Dizzy Wallin

Private Dizzy "Diz" Wallin is a character in the Gears of War series, appearing as a supporting character in the 2008 video game Gears of War 2 and its 2011 sequel Gears of War 3.
Serving in the Merchant Navy during the Pendulum Wars, Dizzy returned home following E-Day to find his wife and adopted son, but learned of their deaths. Following the hammer of dawn counterattack, Wallin was left stranded and distrustful of the Coalition of Ordered Governments. He later joined the COG's military to protect his two daughters, participating in Operatin: Hollow Storm and the final push during the Lambent Pandemic. Despite his distrust of the COG, he proved himself loyal and vital in stopping the horde and the locust due to his mechanical prowess.
He was voiced by Peter Jason.
==Overview==
He was a former Stranded turned Gear. He served in the merchant navy during the Pendulum Wars, but was left Stranded after the Hammer of Dawn Counterattack. Like many Stranded, he was torn between his distrust for the Coalition of Ordered Governments and doing what's right for his family. As the Locust War escalated, Dizzy realized he was endangering his family by living outside Jacinto City's secure walls. Signing on with Operation Lifeboat, he joined the COG military in exchange for asylum for his two daughters. He participated in several battles, and became an Assault Derrick driver during Operation: Hollow Storm. 
He was later reunited with his family at Port Farrall after the Sinking of Jacinto. He moved with the rest of the COG to Vectes, and fought in the Stranded Insurgency and Lambent Pandemic. After the COG collapsed and was forced to split into several different groups, Dizzy traveled with his daughters to Anvil Gate alongside Col. Victor Hoffman, Sgt. Bernadette Mataki, and several dozen other Gears and thousands of refugees. After being rescued from a Locust attack by Delta Squad, Dizzy proved instrumental in the group reaching Azura and using Adam Fenix's weapon to destroy the Locust and Lambent.
==Biography==
===Background===
Not much is known about Dizzy Wallin's past, but hew as born around 30 B.E. by unnamed parents, and later became the husband of a woman named Lena and adoptive father of her son Richie. During the Pendulum Wars, he was drafted to serve the Coalition of Ordered Government's Merchant Navy as Richie was already serving in the COG's military. During the war, Wallin served on numerous ships, developing skills in mechanics and learning how to repair and pilot submarines.
===Locust War===
Upon the emergence of the Locust War, Dizzy and the others were allowed to find their families while they still could, and he started to search for his family in Mattino Junction. However, he learned from another COG soldier that Richie's tags were found, and that his wife was found dead. Despite grieving over his loss, Wallin focused on volunteering to recover bodies to prevent diseases from spreading and finding survivors. When searching for people in Halvo Bay, Wallin rescued a woman named Rosalyn, whom he became his second wife months later. Fearing that the Locust could take over Sera, Coalition Chairman Richard Prescott ordered the use of the hammer of dawn to destroy the occupied cities. After surviving the incident, Dizzy developed a distrust of the Coalition, believing they killed more people than the Locust due by using the hammer.
Months after the hammer of dawn strikes, countless were left stranded, and formed a group of the same name to live outside of the Coalition's government. Around this point in time, Rosalyn gave birth to their two daughters Teres and Maralin, and the family then moved to a camp in Ilima. However, Rosalyn soon died from an ilness that swept through the camp, further increasing Dizzy's guilt, and he soon turned to alcohol. When Maralin developed an ilness later on, Wallin decided to join the COG's army to prevent the loss of another family member, and assigned to derrick driving due to his mechanical prowess.
===Gears of War 2===
When the COG enacted Operation: Hollow Storm, Wallin was tasked with driving the Derrick Rig 314 to help Delta Squad and others reach Landown. The group managed to reach the drill zone, but they were attacked by the High Priest Skorge, forcing Wallin to defend himself with the lancer's chainsaw. He was then assisted by Tai Kaliso, whom ordered the former to escape since they couldn't defeat the high priest. Despite being separated from Delta, Wallin escaped from Landown as Tai was taken and tortured by the horde, and later committed suicide due to the trauma. Following his escape, Dizzy reunited with his daughters and the squad, where he was informed of Kaliso's death.
===Gears of War 3===
==Gallery==
Dizzy.jpg|Dizzy Wallin in Gears of War 2.
==Trivia==
*His name was originally spelled as "Walen" in concept artwork, but was later changed.
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