Death Stranding 2 Dollman Backstory Explained

Wondering what happened to Dollman in Death Stranding 2 before you encounter him? Learn about his intriguing backstory and powers.

Dollman is one of the new characters introduced in Death Stranding 2, whose backstory is filled with loss and grief. Sam and the player will not run about what happened to Dollman that left his Ka stuck in the puppet right out of the bat. It will take some time before you learn from him about what had transpired that left him stuck in his current state.

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Death Stranding 2: What Happened To Dollman?

Dollman tells his backstory after completing the DS2 main story (at least that’s what happened during my playthrough). You can learn about it by interacting with him in Sam’s private room on the DHV Magellan. When he asks you whether you want to hear his story, choose Tell me.

Dollman’s wife was a nurse working in an isolation ward that was impacted by a tar tsunami caused by a gate quake. Everyone in that ward perished, including her. The game then shows a cutscene of the actual Ha (physical human form) of Dollman and his daughter making their way through the desolate, cordoned-off corridors of the hospital filled with floating BTs. It was a restricted area but Dollman’s daughter wanted to see her mother.

They stopped in front of Dollman’s wife’s BT, and the daughter kept fresh flowers in front of the BT. We also see that the daughter is holding a doll in her hand. Once the child calls out “mommy”, the BT turns towards them and inches forward. We catch a glimpse of a person in that BT’s face. However, it was clear that the BT was void of all her memories when the daughter reached out, with Dollman saying, “It wasn’t even her daughter that she remembered.” The child has a music player in her hand that falls to the ground. It triggers all other BTs, and they turn to the two tar-clad humans.

“Battered against the rocks, and eventually coughed back up into this world.” – Dollman.

The scene then shows Dollman and his daughter lying in a bog, lifeless, as Fragile comes upon them. She turns away to leave when she hears Dollman’s voice from the doll that the child was carrying previously.

How Did Dollman Come To Be in His Current State In Death Stranding 2?

While Fragile guesses that the doll contains the Ka of Dollman’s daughter, he clarifies that it’s just him. Dollman explains that when the child died, her soul was unable to move on and got stuck in the doll. To save her from being stranded, he forced her Ka out with a push. While that freed her soul to leave, Dollman’s Ka got stuck in the doll. Fragile offers him to join her on the DHV Magellan, and he readily agrees to work for her.

Who Gives The Name Dollman?

Much like Tomorrow‘s name, Fragile gives him the name Dollman.

The cutscene ends, and we are back in Sam’s private room. Dollman muses that if he is able to break free from the doll, his Ka may reunite with his daughter.

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