Daina Le Guin
Unitologist Handler of the Sprawl
Daina Le Guin was a high ranking Unitologist who helped orchestrate the Necromorph outbreak on Titan Station and led the Church's effort to seize Isaac Clarke for his ability to build Red Markers.
Daina Le Guin was a high ranking member of the Church of Unitology on Titan Station who helped engineer the Necromorph outbreak there and led the effort to take Isaac Clarke for the Church. Knowing that EarthGov had used Isaac's mind to assemble the Site 12 Marker, the Unitologists wanted the engineer for the same gift, and Daina presented herself to him as a rescuer offering a cure for his Marker-induced dementia. (Dead Space 2; Dead Space (2011 mobile))
Outbreak on the Sprawl#
Before the Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl, the Unitologists of Titan Station had laid plans to pull Isaac Clarke out of the EarthGov asylum where he was being held, and Daina Le Guin headed that effort. She and Tyler Radikov were among the believers who took part in sabotaging the Government Sector, and when the station was overrun the Church set its plans in motion. The Unitologist Franco Delille freed Isaac and tried to warn him of his situation, but was killed by an Infector before he could finish. Daina, who had been monitoring Franco's progress, contacted Isaac directly and urged him to flee the creatures closing in around him. (Dead Space 2; Dead Space (2011 mobile))
Daina offered Isaac her help in escaping the station and promised to cure the dementia that EarthGov's Project Telomere had left him with. Isaac was uncooperative at first, and she left him to fend for himself until an encounter with several Necromorphs drove him to call her back and admit that she was his best chance of getting out alive. She told him what had happened during the three years he had lost on the Sprawl and warned him that Hans Tiedemann now wanted him dead for his connection to the Site 12 Marker. (Dead Space 2)
Betrayal and death#
Daina led Isaac from the Titan Memorial Medical Center toward the Cassini Towers, guiding him deeper and deeper into the Titan Station Church of Unitology. As the route carried him further into the Church complex, Isaac grew suspicious and hesitated, certain the place was dangerous. Daina pressed him on, reminding him that she had lost a brother in the work of saving him and insisting her plan would succeed. She directed him to a safe room within the complex and waited for him there, revealing nothing of her true purpose until he arrived. (Dead Space 2)
When Isaac reached the rendezvous, two of Daina's men apprehended him. With the engineer in her grasp, Daina at last admitted that the cure she had dangled before him was a ruse, invented only to draw him to the Church and its uses for his Marker knowledge. (Dead Space 2)
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daina Le Guin?
- Daina Le Guin was a high ranking member of the Church of Unitology on Titan Station who helped engineer the Necromorph outbreak there and led the effort to take Isaac Clarke for the Church. She presented herself to Isaac as a rescuer offering a cure for his Marker-induced dementia.
- Why did the Unitologists want Isaac Clarke?
- Knowing that EarthGov had used Isaac's mind to assemble the Site 12 Marker, the Unitologists wanted the engineer for the same gift, his ability to construct Red Markers. Daina Le Guin spearheaded the Church's plan to free him from EarthGov's asylum and exploit that ability.
- How did Daina Le Guin help cause the outbreak on the Sprawl?
- Before the outbreak, the Unitologists of Titan Station planned to pull Isaac Clarke out of the EarthGov asylum, and Daina headed that effort. She and Tyler Radikov were among the believers who took part in sabotaging the Government Sector, and when the station was overrun the Church set its plans in motion.
- How did Daina Le Guin manipulate Isaac Clarke?
- Daina contacted Isaac directly as the creatures closed in and offered to help him escape the station, promising to cure the dementia that EarthGov's Project Telomere had left him with. She told him what had happened during the three years he had lost on the Sprawl and warned him that Hans Tiedemann now wanted him dead for his connection to the Site 12 Marker.
- How did Daina Le Guin betray Isaac Clarke?
- Daina led Isaac from the Titan Memorial Medical Center toward the Cassini Towers, guiding him deeper into the Titan Station Church of Unitology and directing him to a safe room within the complex. When Isaac reached the rendezvous, two of her men apprehended him, and Daina admitted that the cure she had dangled before him was a ruse invented only to draw him to the Church for its uses for his Marker knowledge.
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Sources
- GameDead Space 2, Visceral Games, 2011
- GameDead Space (2011 mobile), IronMonkey Studios, 2011
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