Diego Brando

## Information

### Appearance

Diego is a young man of below-average height and slim to medium build. He has golden blond hair, dark eyebrows, and light, sharp eyes.

He commonly wears an equestrian helmet with the letters "DIO" loosely mounted on bending pins emerging from a small ribbon tied at its front, a turtleneck jumper patterned with a diagonal grid, light, mid-forearm-length gloves, light, wide-legged breeches, and tall, dark riding boots.

After obtaining the corpse and wishing for power, he gained what can only be described as text in his right eye, reading "Turbo".

### Personality

Using any opportunity, he is said to have married an old woman for her wealth, and in the same vein, participated in the Steel Ball Run for prestige. Diego is particularly vindictive against anyone who gets in his way, and doesn't hesitate to injure or kill them, although he doesn't manifest murderous intents automatically. For instance, at one point during the race he warns Nepli to stay away from him as the latter tried to attack him.

Diego possesses a strong misanthropy, describing humanity as a "flock of pigeons", thus the name of his horse, and resents humans as a whole for the death of his mother. Diego is naturally solitary, never looking to bond with anyone, and in case he has to cooperate with someone, he will keep a certain amount of separation between them. Diego sees human life as worthless and will sacrifice anyone to further his goals without hesitation. For instance, he allowed Murder Drones to be killed by This World To U's ability in order to escape from a flag.

### Abilities

Diego's stand "Starstruck" has the ability to record up to 10 sounds and replay them, imitating the events in the sound and reliving them on the target. For example, if he shot a bullet in someones leg and recorded that sound, he could play that sound near a target and have that target be shot where in the leg too.

### Personal Skills

* **Horse-riding:** Diego is one the most talented jockeys of his generation, and is considered one of the favorites of the Steel Ball Run. Diego's skill allows him to ride across many types of terrain and he is able to use advanced techniques such as riding close to others as to use their horse as air pressure shields to get ahead in a race. His enhanced senses as part of his stand allow him to analyze horses but also the terrain in order to secure the victory. His original, beloved horse is named Flock of Pigeons, or Pigeon for short.

### Backstory

Diego was born in England sometime in 1870 to parents that were very poor and not prepared to support their newborn child. Diego's father convinced his wife to quietly dispose of the baby with him by burying it alive near a riverbank, but due to the heavy rainfall at the time, the earth gave way and Diego was washed into the nearby river. Diego's mother was overcome with guilt after hearing her son's cries for help and jumped into the fast flowing currents to save him, whilst Diego's father, Dario, stood by.

Just before she died, she told a then 6-year-old Diego to use his talent with horses to rise from the pit of poverty they had been trapped in.

Diego took his mother's final words to heart, and as a result, he developed a strong sense of pride. He grew up resenting everyone who abandoned him and his mother, swearing to get revenge against all those who turned a blind eye to their plight. Over the following years, Diego worked as a handler at horse races until he was old enough to become an actual jockey himself, after which his natural talents allowed him to quickly rise to the top of the British equestrian world and active the notoriety he had been longing for.

About a year before he participated in the Steel Ball Run, Diego married a 83-year-old widow who ended up dying only six months into their marriage. Although it was obvious Diego had married her to eventually inherit her belongings, it was rumored that he had been poisoning her to speed up the process.

Diego Brando thought the process of the Steel Ball Run would allow him to become even more wealthy, and finally deprive wealth of those who did nothing, who stood by idly whilst he and his mother suffered.