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Dina is the deuteragonist of Ellie's story in The Last of Us Part II and a playable character in the No Return mode.[3] She is Ellie's partner who assists her in her quest for revenge.[4]
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Biography[]
Background and early life[]
Dina was born sometime between 2015 and 2018.[4] When Dina was ten, she killed a non-infected human for the first time; the man was coming after Dina's mother, resulting in Dina stabbing him.[5] Dina was orphaned at a young age, leading her older sister, Talia, to raise her.[6]
During the early 2030s, Talia and Dina lived in New Mexico.[5] However, Talia was killed, her cause of death currently unknown.
At some point prior to 2033, Dina moved to Jackson, Wyoming, and joined the community under the leadership of Maria. She also became acquainted with Jesse, another survivor who lived within the settlement.[4]
2034 - 2038[]
After Ellie and Joel found safety within Jackson, Dina became friends with the former. She also dated Jesse, though they eventually broke up.[7]
Events of The Last of Us Part II[]
Life in Jackson[]
Ellie and Dina kiss.
A few days after the end of Dina and Jesse's relationship, there is a celebration in a church within the settlement. Dina dances with a man from the group, as Jesse and Ellie look on. She invites Ellie, who is drinking at the bar, to dance with her. While dancing, Dina kisses Ellie, remarking that the other boys in the village should be "terrified" because Ellie has more of a chance with Dina than they do. Seth, however, is offended by the two women kissing and calls Dina a "dyke". Dina watches as Joel comes to their defense and Ellie berates him for his help.[2]
Dina protects Ellie from a clicker.
The day after, Dina and Ellie are assigned to patrol the creek trails, the route which Dina had previously covered with the late Eugene Linden. While on patrol with their horses Japan and Shimmer, they talk about their respective previous relationships with Cat and Jesse, the cheesy action films Joel enjoys, and their dreams of traveling to different places.[4]
After dealing with numerous infected along their route, a strong blizzard develops and they take shelter in a library. Here, they discover that Eugene had been growing marijuana. While sharing an old joint, Dina confronts Ellie about their kiss the previous night, leading to another passionate kiss and the pair consummating their relationship.
After a while, Jesse arrives at the library looking for them; he tells them that Joel and Tommy did not arrive at the lookout as scheduled, and they decide to go look for them, taking different directions. When Dina arrives at the hunting lodge, she finds Joel's corpse and an unconscious, beaten Ellie.
"Ellie. You go. I go."
The next morning, Dina is present as Ellie mourns over Joel's grave. She remarks that Maria locked down the stables following Tommy's departure, which could hinder their plans for leaving. Ellie tells Dina that she should not feel obligated to travel to Seattle. However, Dina assures Ellie that it is her choice. She accompanies Ellie to Joel's house to pick up his watch and revolver, where they are questioned by Maria over their plans for leaving Jackson. Alongside Ellie, she promises to help bring Tommy home safely.[4]
Hunting Abby in Seattle[]
Ellie and Dina arrive at the outskirts of Seattle on Shimmer. They follow the highway to reach the FEDRA wall marking the edge of the quarantine zone. With no easy way in, Ellie climbs to the top of the wall to get over and reroutes power in a generator to briefly open the gates so Dina and Shimmer can enter before it slams shut. They scavenge the area, finding a note that reveals the WLF have an outpost at the Serevena Hotel but it is blocked by a gate. They decide to venture into the city to search the area for gas to power the generator. Along the way, they search a synagogue where Dina mentions how her sister Talia used to take her to synagogues to pray.
Eventually, they collect the gas, open the gate and reach the hotel. After clearing the infected in the building, the pair enter a room to find a deceased Nick tied to a chair, alongside another WLF soldier. Ellie deduces their capture, torture and deaths were Tommy's handiwork. Dina locates a gate code written in blood on the ground. Knowing where to go, they leave the hotel and go through the East gate on Shimmer. However, they trigger a mine while hopping over barbed wire, which cripples Shimmer and throws the pair from the horse. Dina flees as the WLF platoon leader Mike shoots Shimmer dead and captures Ellie.
A while later, Dina locates Ellie in the nearby school, tied to a table with Jordan and Mike discussing executing her. Dina climbs on to the glass roof above them and shoots Mike to save her. However, Jordan draws his gun and shoots the glass, causing Dina to fall. He proceeds to strangle her but Ellie breaks free and kills him with her switchblade. Now free, Dina warns Ellie that the gunshots have alerted more WLF soldiers but Ellie focusses on taking Jordan's letter and a photo of Leah. WLF soldiers arrive, forcing the pair to fight their way out of the school. Resting in a nearby apartment, Ellie shows Dina the photo and has her read the letter, learning Leah was posted to a TV station nearby.
Dina and Ellie find Leah's corpse.
On their way to the TV station, the pair find Tommy's mutilated horse and a group of dead infected. Ellie takes this as a sign Tommy is close. When they arrive at the TV station, they find WLF soldiers hanging and disemboweled from the ceiling, killed by Seraphites, who have used blood to cover the walls in their insignia. Ellie and Dina find Leah dead upstairs and Dina does not find anything worth taking on her corpse. However, Ellie finds photos of the group of people who killed Joel in Leah's bag. Ellie specifically recognizes Abby as Joel's killer. However, a nearby radio cries out that a WLF support platoon are inbound, intent on finding the Seraphites. Dina and Ellie attempt to sneak out of the building but the arriving WLF patrol ambush them. With no other choice, Ellie and Dina put on their gas masks and flee into an underground, infected-filled metro.
A squad of WLF soldiers follow them in and a battle ensues between the WLF and the clickers in the area. Ellie and Dina continue onward, encountering more infected, including several shamblers. The pair make it to the street level but a train car Ellie is walking through collapses, resulting in Ellie falling into the spore-infested station and her gas mask breaking. A runner then attacks Ellie but Dina jumps down and saves her. Dina notices Ellie's cracked mask and attempts to give her own mask to Ellie but Ellie stops her from doing so. Ellie then removes her mask, revealing that she is immune as she does not cough or succumb to the infection. Before she can explain, a horde of infected charge at the pair, forcing them to flee to the upper levels. They make it out alive but Dina grows weak and collapses to the ground. Ellie picks her up and helps walk her to a nearby movie theater.
Dina reveals to Ellie she is pregnant with Jesse's child.
While resting in the theater, Ellie explains that her story about being immune to the Cordyceps fungus was true. She asks Dina to say something but Dina reveals that she is pregnant with Jesse's child. Angered that Dina kept it a secret for a long time, Ellie decides to let her rest while she ensures the theater is safe.[5] The following day, Dina gets the radio working in the theater. Realizing it used to be a FEDRA station, she tunes into the the WLF's frequencies and gets a lead that Tommy may be in the neighborhood of Hillcrest. She tells Ellie and, before Ellie leaves, Dina gives her a bracelet to wear.[fn 2]
Hours later, Ellie returns with Jesse. However, she also has a lead about reaching Abby at the Lakehill Seattle Hospital. She leaves Jesse behind with Dina while she departs to continue her crusade.[7]
Dina embracing Ellie while cleaning her.
When Ellie returns, she has learned that Abby is hiding at the aquarium, but she is covered in blood and shaking. Dina helps wash the blood off, and Ellie — traumatized at having tortured Nora — confesses she doesn't want to lose Dina.[7]
The next day, Ellie and Jesse leave Dina in the theater to look for Tommy, and return with him several hours later. Ellie then lays by Dina's side backstage, watching her struggle with her fever, before leaving to check on Tommy and Jesse in the theater hall.[8]
Soon after, Abby finds their location, shoots Tommy, kills Jesse, and then engages Ellie in a fight. Finding Abby beating Ellie, Dina runs up to Abby, tackles her, and slashes her with her knife. However, Lev shoots Dina in the shoulder, allowing Abby to gain the upper hand and knock Dina out. Ellie pleads with Abby to spare Dina, revealing the latter is pregnant. Abby, however, says "Good" and prepares to slit Dina's throat. Lev calls out to Abby, leading her to come to her senses and spare Dina. Afterward, Dina, Ellie, and Tommy return to Jackson.[9]
Living with Ellie on a farm[]
Dina being kissed by Ellie on the farm.
Almost a year later, Ellie and Dina live a quiet and peaceful life on a farm in Wyoming with Dina's son JJ. While Ellie carries JJ around the farm, Dina washes the dishes and hangs the clothes on a washing line. Ellie puts on some music and the trio dance to it before Dina pushes her off and insists she has to put out the laundry. While doing so, Dina tells Ellie to put the sheep back in the barn so they can eat. However, in the process of rounding up the sheep, Ellie has a traumatic flashback to her being unable to save Joel at the moment of his death. Hearing her screams, Dina rushes to the barn to console Ellie and calm her down.
Sometime later, Tommy visits Dina and Ellie. Despite his lost mobility and eyesight, he is happy the pair are doing well. However, he reveals he actually came to ask the pair to pursue Abby again, having narrowed down her location. Dina insists the pair are done with that, to which Ellie hesitantly agrees. Angered, Tommy berates Ellie and storms out. Giving JJ to Ellie, Dina pursues Tommy and demands he never comes back to talk about Abby again. Tommy tells her to save it and rides off.
Dina cries after Ellie continues a mission to hunt Abby.
That night, Ellie stays up thinking about Joel. By early morning, Dina comes downstairs to find Ellie packing her bag to leave. She asks Ellie to come back to bed, but Ellie reveals she has to go kill Abby; she believes it will end her PTSD and enable her to eat and sleep again. Despite Dina's pleas and tears, Ellie leaves for California leaving her and JJ alone.[2]
Some time later, Dina disappears from the farm, along with JJ. Many of their belongings are gone, although Ellie's are in the spare room. Ellie returns to the farm with not even a note clarifying where Dina and JJ went, and it is unknown what happened to Dina and JJ.[10]
Design and appearance[]
Dina wears numerous articles of clothing during the game. She predominantly wears brown and autumn-colored clothes, such as her brown fur coat she wears while on patrol, and her brown denim jacket while hunting Abby in Seattle. She wears blue jeans. Her hair is black and typically tied back in a ponytail, and she has a light dusting of freckles on her face.[4][fn 3] She is also Jewish.[11]
Relationships[]
Ellie[]
Dina and Ellie dancing.
Dina and Ellie are close friends for a long time, both having mutual crushes on each other, yet never admitting it. Eventually, during the dance, Dina - having recently broken up with Jesse for good - decides to kiss Ellie, who responds in kind. The next day, the pair are partnered up for their patrol and consummate their relationship at Eugene Linden's hideout.[4]
Dina insisted on joining Ellie's journey to Seattle in the latter's pursuit of vengeance against Joel's murderers, displaying high loyalty to her.[5]
At some point between Jackson and Seattle, Dina discovers that she is pregnant with JJ. When the two reach Seattle, both their secrets come to light: Ellie learns of Dina's pregnancy, while Dina learned of Ellie's immunity to Cordyceps. Her pregnancy puts a temporary dent in their relationship as Ellie is angered and hurt that Dina would willingly put herself in harm's way, in addition to believing that she would be a burden in Ellie's hunt for Abby.[5]
However, after killing Nora, Ellie expressed that she did not want to lose Dina, indicating that their relationship remained strong.[7] Their love for each other was further strengthened after their departure from Seattle when they moved into their farm with JJ. Their happiness was short-lived, however, when Tommy paid a visit to the farm, demanding Ellie honor her promise to kill Abby. Dina argued with Ellie against it, but Ellie was resolute in her desire for revenge.[2]
Staying true to her word, Dina took JJ and left the farm, leaving Ellie to return home to discover the place abandoned.[10]
Although Ellie did not wear Dina's bracelet while traveling alone,[12] she was wearing it when she returned to the farm several months later.[10]
Jesse[]
Dina and Jesse dated on and off for a few years before eventually breaking up. Although they are not together, they seem to respect and care for each other.[4] Dina was never able to tell him that she was pregnant with JJ before Jesse died.[8]
While Jesse himself never got to meet his son, Dina ensured his family could spend time with JJ, keeping Jesse's legacy alive.[2]
Talia[]
Dina (left) with her older sister Talia
After their mother died, Talia was left to raise her younger sister Dina. She used to take Dina to synagogues to pray, a practice that Dina took up herself in private. Dina told Ellie that if she got her hands on her sister's killer she would do worse than what Tommy did to those who helped kill Joel, displaying extreme devotion to Talia.
While living on the farm, Dina kept a photo of herself with Talia.[2]
Gameplay[]
No Return[]
Dina is the first Ellie-aligned character to be unlocked in No Return, playable after the player has completed three encounters as Ellie. Dina begins her run with a standard revolver, some crafting items, the trap mine recipe, the stun bomb recipe, and the Double Craft upgrade branch; her play style is predictably branded "Crafting." Dina's behavior and strength are comparable with Ellie, as she possesses an unbreakable knife that can be used to silently assassinate enemies from behind. However, she is less formidable in head-on combat situations because she does not automatically have the molotov cocktail recipe. Dina'a crafting abilities can be extremely useful, but her lower health and weaker melee abilities put her at a disadvantage in drawn-out combat sequences. It is recommended to take a stealthy approach when playing as her.
Quotes[]
- Dina: "You know what I love about you? How you let me finish my sentences."
- Dina: "You wanna see something spectacular?"
- Ellie: "You're going to point at your face, aren't you?"
- Dina: "Nothing is that spectacular."
- Dina: "You go, I go. End of story."
- Dina: "Ellie… I think I'm pregnant."
- Ellie: "What?"
- Dina: "Don't worry, it's not yours."
- Ellie: [To JJ] "Your mom is very easy to please."
- Dina: "I'm with you, my bar is very low."
- Dina: "Hey! What the fuck was that?"
- Tommy: "Nothin'."
- Dina: "God damn it, Tommy. You know what we've been through--"
- Tommy: "Save it! She made me a promise!"
- Dina: "I don't fucking care!"
- Tommy: "I know you don't, Dina. That's your goddamn problem."
- Ellie: "I'm… just a girl. Not a threat."
- Dina: "Oh, Ellie… I think they should be terrified of you."
- Dina: "We've got a family. She doesn't get to be more important than that."
Gallery[]
The Last of Us Part II[]
Concept art[]
Official stills[]
Screenshots[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Dina's actress, Shannon Woodward, and Isaac Dixon's, Jeffrey Wright, were both previously in the HBO series Westworld together. Halley Gross, who was the narrative lead for Part II, was also a writer for the show.
- ↑ Dina wears a hamsa bracelet. Such bracelets are common throughout the Middle East, and often serve as a good luck charm, or protection from the evil eye (jealousy or spite). Hanging on the wall at her and Ellie's farmhouse is another hamsa featuring the chai symbol, the Hebrew word for "alive" or "living" and a prominent Jewish symbol.
- ↑ In the earlier concept art, Dina's nose was supposed to be more bridged.
References[]
- ↑ Cascina Caradonna is Dina from The Last of Us 2, YouTube, (Accessed 25 August, 2020)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "The Farm"
- ↑ Dornbush, Jonathon (December 5, 2023). "The Last of Us Part II Remastered: Exploring the Roguelike Survival Mode, No Return". Naughty Dog. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Jackson"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Seattle Day 1"
- ↑ Naughty Dog, The Art of The Last of Us Part II, (Oregon: Dark Horse Books, 2020), p.25
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Seattle Day 2"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Seattle Day 3"
- ↑ "Seattle Day 3"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "The Farm"
- ↑ Fan Theory Confirmed, Mashable, (Accessed 6 March, 2021)
- ↑ "Santa Barbara"
