Dario (Steel Ball Run)

"Hah! Now I got rid of both of them... Good riddance!"

- Dario (Steel Ball Run)

Dario (ダリオ) is a tertiary character featured in the seventh part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Steel Ball Run. An abusive alcoholic without regard for anyone but himself, his abandonment of his family left Diego Brando and his mother in abject poverty. This set in motion a chain of events that became the impetus driving Diego's primary ambition: to get revenge on Dario and the rest of society that wronged him and his mother.

Appearance
Dario is a man of average height and build. His light-colored hair is shaved on the sides with a tuft in the front, and kept long in the back. In contrast to his fair hair, he sports a dark goatee and sideburns. His eyebrows are also dark and have the same prominent arch as his son's. Typical for a rural peasant, his attire consists of a simple cloak, tunic, and pants.

Personality
Dario is cruel and callous, having no qualms with infanticide or leaving his family for dead. Prone to flying into a rage, his abusive nature is apparent when he beats his wife for suggesting that his alcoholism is a contributing factor to their poverty. He sees his wife and child as nothing more than a burden, and is overjoyed at the prospect of "getting rid of them."

Steel Ball Run
Dario was already displeased with his living conditions in an impoverished rural village in England when his wife, then about 16 or 17 years old, gave birth to a baby boy in 1870. Believing themselves too poor to be be able to care for their child, they took the newborn into the mountains to bury him.

As they were leaving, the rain began to pour, flooding the nearby river. The baby