Diego Morales

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

### Diego Morales: 1985 - 2000

Diego was born in St. Roch, Lousiana. As a child of a brief relationship between teenage lovers, Diego was mostly raised by his mother's parents Hector and Maria so that burden of having a son to cate for did not keep her from school and professional pursuits. Diego's grandparents were rather artistic and unconventional; Hector Morales was a Santa Priscan writer for the local paper's arts and culture page and his wife Sarah was a Jewish musician, painter, poet, and all-around artist who taught art to children with special needs.

Diego never knew his father growing up. There were a few pictures of him when Diego was a baby, but he was never told his father's name. When he asked about him, his mother and grandparents would change the subject — this left Diego to assume he was a man best left forgotten.

### Diego Morales: 2000 - 2004

When he was fifteen, Diego and his mother moved to Star City to follow her career as a writer for an entertainment magazine. Diego did not enjoy life on the West Coast. Diego made few real friends at school. He used humor to get himself through the day, but he was only really at peace when he was reading comic books.

### Diego Morales: 2004 - 2013

After graduation, Diego struggled to find a path for his future. He tried acting but found it did not suit him. Diego's mother confronted him about his aimlessness and an argument followed. When it was most heated, Rebecca told Diego that she have let his father have custody of Diego to save her the trouble. She immediately apologized, but it sparked Diego's curious nature. Rummaging through his mother's belongings later, Diego found a stack of letters hidden in her bedroom closet; all bearing the name and address of a Crispus Allen from Gotham City.

Diego worked as a toll booth operator for a few years until he saved up enough to buy a plane ticket and move to Gotham City, intent on getting to know his father. Diego discovered his dad was a police detective. Though his father's wife was not so thrilled by Diego's sudden appearance, Diego had a mostly warm reception and felt as if Gotham suited him.

Without any other prospects, Diego decided to apply for the police academy during the post-cataclysm surge of recruitment. Diego likely thought this would help him build a relationship with his father, but it may have just been the easiest job to get at the time. Whatever his reasons for joining the force, Diego was pleasantly surprised by how much he enjoyed the work. His curiousity would find investigations rewarding. The inherent danger of the career gave him an adrelanine rush and healthy way to work through his anger.

Early into his career, Diego was chosen by Commissioner Gordon to do some undercover work infiltrating the Burnley Town Massive, based on Diego's previous work as an actor. Diego's work on this assignment would earn him an early path to a detective badge after taking a bullet to protect an informant critical to the case. But that was not all it earned him.

While he has been recovering in the hospital, Diego was often visited by the woman whose life he had saved. Her name was Isabelle and she was a former member of the Black Light Tribe gang from Gotham's East End. However, the gang's turf wars with the Burnley Town Massive and the Chinese Triad cost her the life of her husband and nearly killed her son. She was angry and out for blood, with little will to live — until she met Diego. The two dated for a year and got married. Diego also adopted Isabelle's son Santiago. The three of them became a loving family.

### Diego Morales: 2013 - Present

Diego never had a best friend until Will Gorski made detective. Nobody on the Vice Squad wanted to work with Gorski as he was widely considered to be a weirdo. However, Diego always preferred crazy to boring and decided to give Gorski a shot. The two became best friends almost immediately — a first for both of them.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Police Training:** Diego is a graduate of the GCPD's police academy where he became a detective assigned to the Vice/Gangs Division. Since graduating, he has also underwent further training on a regular basis.
	+ ***Althetic:*** Diego keeps himself in good condition through regular intensive exercise.
	+ ***Expert Driver:*** Diego is an accomplished driver, trained in police pursuit tactics.
	+ ***Expert Investigator:*** Diego is a professional investigator with knowledge for a variety of techniques for questioning witnesses, interrogating suspects, and the processing and collection of forensic evidence.
	+ ***Expert Marksman*** Diego is familiar in the use of multiple types of firearms. He has qualified with the GCPD for use of a department issued sidearm, assault rifle and shotgun. He is also trained and adept in the use of a taser.
	+ ***Expert Martial Artist:*** Diego is an accomplished martial artist and brawler. Most of his techniques involve grappling manuevers, pressure point techniques, and typical strikes. He is also skilled in ground tactics.
* **Pop Culture Expert:** Diego is a avid consumer of media associated with caped crusaders, both fictional and real. He is a big fan of the Retaliators franchise and is able to recite the entirety of the extensive movie catalog's dialogue at a moment's notice. His mancave has a number of trophies he considers to be priceless — including a batarang given to him by Black Bat and a picture of him with Red Robin, Black Bat, and Spoiler in front of some bank robbers suspended from a lightpole. He also has a picture of him with Lucas Lee at a comic convention with writing that reads "Swears to me. -Lucas Lee".
* **Streetwise:** Diego has experience working undercover in the criminal underworld of Gotham City. He knows who many of the influential criminals are. He knows many places where black market exchanges are done for drugs, weapons, and other illicit goods. He also maintains a number of connections that act as informants.

### Weaknesses

* **Loyalty:** Though Diego does not consider this to be a fault, he is a loyal friend, husband, and father — even loyal to a fault. He has only ever loved one woman, only loves one kid, and has only ever had a one true friend. Though Diego is a loving son to his parents and loves his grandparents and half-siblings dearly; Isabelle, Santiago, and Will are what he considers to be his true family. He is willing to put himself in personally unfavorable and risky situations to protect them.
* **Vice — Gluttony:** Diego has to eat whenever he gets nervous. He can often be found enjoying his weekday lunch hour at Gotham Dwag. It's likely he'd eat there all the time if his wife would allow it.
* **Vice — Lust:** Diego is a flirt, He loves his wife, but he's got an wandering eye and tends to get himself in trouble as he's unable to stop himself from hitting on any pretty gril that so much as flashes a smile in his direction.
* **Vice — Sloth:** Diego tends to look for the simplest and easiest solution to each and every one of his problems. He often neglects paperwork and puts off chores. He recognizes that he's lazy and will try to find other ways to repay those closest to him that put up with him — such as buying Will Gorski drinks and meals in exchange for Will doing their paperwork; or talking Isabelled out for a fancy dinner every Sunday night without fail to get out of doing dishes and folding laundry.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 1 — Paltry / Below Average
* **Weaponry:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Expertise:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Range:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Strategy:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
	+ **TOTAL:** 36
	+ **RANKING:** Low Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He likes to read Carver Edlund books. He even got Will to read one.

### Expanded Personal Details

* **Blood Type:** B+
* **Zodiac Sign:** Sagittarius
* **Spiritual Paradigm:** Supernal
* **Religion:** Agnostic
* **Ancestry:** ¼ Ogadenese, ¼ Buwundan, ¼ Santa Priscan, ¼ Jewish
* **Favorite Drink:** Koul-Brau Beer

### Notes

* Diego Morales is a character from the Netflix series *Sense8*.
* His appearance is based on the actor Ness Bautista, who portrayed him in the show.
* In the series, he's from Chicago.
* Diego's family has nods to other characters from various media:
	+ Crispus Allen was a host for the Spectre.
	+ Andrea Allen is a user of the H-Dial.
	+ Rebecca Morales is an author and a character from the IDW's *Ghostbusters* comic book series.
	+ Hector Morales is Powerhaus, a member of DV8 in WildStorm.
	+ Isabelle Cordova and her son Santiago are characters from Vertigo's *100 Bullets* series.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Diego Morales

1. ↑ Network Files: Diego Morales
2. ↑ VOX Box: Behind the 8 Ball - Riley 4