Santiago Aldecaldo

*"Guns. Guns and cyberbikes. That's how we hold the line. We don't have any home except the Caravan. We don't have any rights except what we take. We get run out of town by the cops; we get raided by the roadwarrior packs, and we survive because we've got guns and bikes...*

*There's kids, old men and women - families here. This ain't no boostergang. These people are my family."*

― **Nomad Santiago, *Cyberpunk 2020***

## Dossier

**Santiago**, commonly known as **Nomad Santiago**, was a nomad leader of the Aldecaldos clan. He was a reserved and quiet man, who often came across as a slightly crude nomad stereotype. To some degree he cultivated this image, in part to fool the statics and in part because it gave him an excuse to pursue fast women and faster bikes. He was also a skilled negotiator and a hard-working man.

It was on the road that Santiago met a solo named Rogue Amendiares. They became quick business partners, doing gigs together around the area of Night City. Being a simple man, Santiago liked girls, guns, and fast cyberbikes; and he often teamed up with Rogue mostly because she was the one girl he hadn't been able to score with.

The true test for Santiago as a man came through in 2013, during a business meeting with Rogue in the Atlantis Club. The mercs were interrupted by a rockerboy known as Johnny Silverhand - an old friend of Rogue - who explained that he needed them for an important job. Although Rogue was hesitant, Santiago wasn't, as the rockerboy was talking about business - and as he had told Rogue before, that always came first. The job was to rescue Alt Cunningham, from the Arasaka Corporation. After hearing who the target was, Santiago got more interested, as Arasaka wasn't a simple corporation. Rogue didn't like it at all, but Santiago shook hands with Silverhand after negotiating the payment. Both mercs, the rockerboy, and a media named Thompson successfully assaulted Arasaka Tower, although in the end they were not able to save Alt's life. After this, they all went underground among the nomads to escape Arasaka.

During the next two years, Santiago and Silverhand stayed with the Aldecaldos clan, who at the time were in the neighboring Mexico. While working with them, Santiago started to become more famous and visible in his community, suddenly finding out he was a leader.

At the great nomad meeting in Omaha in 2017, the diverse nomad clans created what would be known as the Seven Nations. It was there were Santiago asked others to join him. They responded in vast numbers, leading the Aldecaldos to become one of the most powerful nomad nations.

Santiago saw a great deal of conflict coming to the USA, and considered it his duty to make his nation as immune as possible to the effects.

At the end Fourth Corporate War, the nomad leader sent the Aldecaldo Lobos to help Silverhand, Rogue and the rest of their strike team in their attack on Arasaka Tower, which would later cause the AHQ Disaster and the end of the war.

At some point, Santiago had a son, Trace, who would become a well-known media in Night City. Santiago use to tell him about the old days, earning the nickname "Old Man".

By 2045, he was still leading the nomad nation.

NOTE: Santiago Aldecaldo is a canon character.