Dorio Gunnarsdóttir

Dorio Gunnarsdóttir is a major character in .
==Appearance & Personality==
Dorio is an extremely tall and imposing woman with a very muscular appearence. She is the second tallest member of Maine's crew, with only Maine (who has drastically increased his physical size with cyberware) shown to be taller. She has short, blonde hair and strong facial features, as well as serious, sullen looking eyes. Her simple outfit consists of a large, open jacket with nothing underneath and tight, black shorts. Both of her legs are bare metal cyberware and left exposed at all times.
Dorio is shown to be caring and nice to those she trusts, predominantly to Maine. Despite her gruff appearance and commanding leadership skills, she is very motherly and also cheerful at times.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Dorio Gunnarsdóttir was born in Iceland to professional athlete parents. She spent her childhood and youth training in gyms, consuming uber-healthy meals, and traveling the world with her family from one weight-lifting or track meet to the next while living off wealthy sponsors and tournament rewards. Dorio's parents basically groomed her to be able to become a world-class athlete, however, that dream changed once they arrived at the West Coast of North America.
Dorio's family was going to participate in a track meet for the West Coast Grand Prix Circuit celebrated in Night City. During that tournament, Dorio's family met the Animals, a local gang of heavy-weights, who told them about the underground fight circuit they were running, a conversation that Dorio's mother said outright broke Gunnar, Dorio's father. At the end of the tournament, Gunnar emerged as the top hammer thrower, obtaining a solid, yet overwhelming prize money. This, however, made him realize he could make much more eddies by winning a single punch-up on the underground fights ran by the Animals instead. One night, Gunnar decided to sign up for an illegal tournament in order to join the Animals, though this was a very difficult endeavor as everyone participating was close to being considered a world-class athlete. To the surprise of a number of spectators, Gunnar came out on top, and the Animals paid out and took him as one of their own. Dorio's mother was infuriated with him for participating in that event, however, the money ultimately gave her family a comfortable life in Night City.
===Life in Night City===
With Dorio and her mother spending their days training and not worried about their next competition, the mother's doubts were calmed down. That is, until a shootout between the Animals and the Voodoo Boys killed Gunnar, with only a scrap of his face being identifiable after he had been ripped apart by the crossfire. The family's comfortable life came crashing down, however, this wasn't too much of a worry for the two women, who lived instead a modestly life, pumping iron day after day.
As time went on, Dorio started to become bored of her life, while her mother instead made the conscious decision to become a notorious professional athlete, sacrificing anything else and devoting herself fully into that. Dorio didn't follow her mother in this decision, and in time also realizing it wasn't for her either way. Ever since her father's death, Dorio's hate for the gangs around Night City had only increased over the years, with a special focus on the Voodoo Boys and the Animals. But being a weightlifter was the only thing she knew to do, however, during the following months she skipped a few practices and meetings, and instead wandered around Night City, looking down at many dark alleys, while searching for something she hadn't yet grasped on. One day, she decided to buy a gun for herself, since while living in Night City, that was the natural thing to do.
Not much later, Dorio trained her gaze on an Animal; a simple random guy whom she observed, followed and stalked. At the same time, Dorio began thinking of killing him, someone that didn't know her nor what had happened to her. And finally, one night, Dorio decided to proceed with her thoughts to quench her rising hatred. She followed the Animal to a bar, watched him drink (which was a lot), and when he went to the bathroom, Dorio followed behind. Once he started his business, Dorio pulled the gun on his head, but failed to pull the trigger. A split second later, she was on the floor with a broken nose and with the Animal in front of her pointing Dorio with her own gun. But he didn't fire either, as his brain was exploding from the gunshot of another shooter. A guy called Maine had saved Dorio's life, someone who had been stalking her while she stalked the Animal. He helped Dorio up and mentioned he was looking for people for his mercenary crew of edgerunners. Those words meant something for Dorio, who accepted to join his crew in a heartbeat.
Over the years, Dorio became a veteran edgerunner and Maine's right-hand crewmate as well as romantic partner. She was jacked and strong, but, despite her tough exterior, had a soft side that she only showed to the people she trusted. At some point, Dorio was drinking in the Afterlife alongside Rebecca, Maine and Sasha before the later two left for a gig from which only Maine returned."Let You Down"
===Cyberpunk: Edgerunners===
She, Maine and Pilar are the crewmembers who initially arrive at Lucy's apartment in Episode 2 after being alerted that David was in possession of Maine's already purchased Sandevistan.
The first time we see Dorio in action is during the Maxim car-hacking mission in Episode 3, though her only task is to clone Maxim's car keys while Rebecca distracts him, which ultimately backfires. However, the mission ends up being successful overall.
In Episode 4, we see more of Dorio's exceptional physical strength and adept boxing capabilities. She is seen training David in hand-to-hand combat, where she shows him up by striking a punching bag so hard it flies multiple feet into the air. We also see that she is a generally cheerful person, especially when drinking with her friends. Her relationship with Maine is extremely physical--expected, as they are both muscle in the crew--and sometimes seemingly masochistic, as she is often seen hitting him as a sign of affection. She and Maine are the first to notice growing interest between Lucy and David, and even set up a romantic scenario by dropping them off at Doc's clinic and loaning them Maine's car so he can drive her home. This is the catalyst to the events that lead up to David and Lucy being in a relationship.
After the plan to kidnap Jimmy Kurosaki initially backfires, she accompanies Lucy to rescue David, who had, in turn, been kidnapped by Jimmy. She also accompanies Maine later to kidnap Tanaka. Around this time Maine, begins to suffer cyberpsychosis, which Dorio initially notices when his hands shake uncontrollably. She gently tries to convince him to downgrade his cyberware, to which he responds defensively and goes on a rampage. Dorio manages to inject him with immuno-blockers, ending his episode, but not before he seriously injures Kiwi. As a result, she demands that Lucy take over for Kiwi, an order Lucy initially disagrees with but eventually accepts.
After Lucy attempts to kill Tanaka from the inside, which calls Trauma Team and NCPD to their hideout, Dorio and Maine tell David and Lucy to flee and prepare the getaway car while they attempt to defend the area. Though they manage to hold their own, Maine eventually lapses into cyberpsychosis again, almost shooting Dorio in the process. Dorio is distracted trying to administer suppressants to Maine, resulting in her being shot multiple times in the head and back. Dorio's death causes Maine to finally break and fully give in to cyberpsychosis. David, determined to help them, returns to the hideout to find Maine creating a funeral pyre for Dorio out of explosive canisters. Maine tells him to run, as he will not survive if he stays. When MaxTac arrives, Maine ignites the canisters, completely obliterating himself and whatever remained of Dorio.
===Legacy===
Lucy wrote "You were the only family I ever had" on Dorio, Maine and Pilar's shared niche in the North Oak Columbarium. (Columbarium's niche)
==Stats & Equipment==
Cyberware	2x cyberarms (2x Gorilla Arms), 2x cyberlegs (w/ right leg unnamed hidden gun cyberware), EMP Threading, Neuroport
Weaponry 	Unity, Overture, HJSH-18 Masamune
Vehicles 	Chevillon Emperor
==Notes==
*Dorio is introduced at the end of episode 2 Like A Boy.
*Though Dorio's father is not named directly, his name Gunnar is inferred from Dorio's patronymic surname.
==References==
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Category:Cyberpunk Edgerunners characters
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