Darlington Motorize (Original Universe)
- Primary work
- JORGE JOESTAR
- Version
- Original Universe
- Species
- Zombie | Human (Formerly)↗
Darlington Motorize (ダーリントン・モーターライズ, Dārinton Mōtāraizu) is a secondary ally featured in the light novel, JORGE JOESTAR.
Darlington is an acquaintance of George Joestar (Universe O) Jorge Joestar (First Universe) from the first/original universe. She initially has a crush on him but ends up marrying William Cardinal in the future. She is the daughter of Ben and Harriet Motorize, and the younger sister of Steven, and Kenton.

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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
03Personality
She initially has a sweet and gentle disposition. However, compared to her siblings, Darlington can be vain and rude to George, mostly due to her initial crush on him when they are teenagers only to discover that George never noticed her in their class. She usually deflects topics when she doesn't want to admit something, such as when Kenton teases her about her crush. She blames George for forcing Steven to grow his wings and tends to take out her anger on her father as well as her butler, Faraday.↗↗
Darlington seems to dislike reading as she scowls when borrowing her father's books, but she's fine with doing so to impress George. Although George states that she doesn't seem like a heavy reader, she has all the books that he had read in the Canary Islands and also offers to loan him books that he hasn't read yet.↗
She is popular with the boys in her class, and because George is the only one not very interested, she stubbornly tries to get his attention. George thinks she treats him like the prize of a hunt, and she'll keep it up until she's satisfied, but he feels she doesn't exactly want to be with him. When Darlington learns that George is in love with someone else, she attempts to make him jealous by declaring she likes William Cardinal. She gloats about Cardinal's traits and indirectly insults George by mentioning that Cardinal thinks George is weird because of his opinions on a novel.↗↗
04Story
SPOILERS
Background
Darlington was born in 1889 as the third child of Ben and Harriet. After George Joestar moves to England and attends Hugh Hudson High School, Darlington is in the same class as him.↗↗
1905
Darlington notices George arriving at her shed with her siblings and goes out to give them tea as an excuse for getting to know George better. She introduces herself to him, pretending not to know his name already, but is disappointed when George doesn't know who she is. She also gets upset after seeing Steven has his wings out, and blames George since it takes three weeks for it to heal.↗
In school, Darlington tries talking about airplanes with George but he changes the subject since he thought the other kids may pull pranks on them. Instead, they start talking about novels. George is surprised to learn that Darlington had all the books he acquired on the Canary Islands, and Darlington also offers to loan him more books. However, Kenton reveals that Darlington was merely borrowing all of them from their dad's library so she could have something to talk about with George.↗
After George leaves, Darlington sees his Star Shooter glider fly to her house at 3:30 PM. About half an hour later, Kenton is murdered and George is the prime suspect. Darlington does not see him again until two years later.↗↗
1907
Darlington visits the Joestar mansion. She apologizes for her sudden visit, but George leads her outside where they could talk, worried that Penelope de la Rosa might see her. Darlington asks if George remembers William Cardinal and then expresses regret over insulting George when she was younger. She says that Cardinal decided he wants to become a commissioned officer, as he might be a better commander than a doctor.↗
Furious, Penelope begins summoning her locked room clown to kill Darlington, but George traps himself with her inside the walls. Darlington continues explaining that they found two witnesses: herself and Penelope. Both women saw George's plane fly away from the house but they kept quiet for George's sake. While Penelope might deny everything on the witness stand, the police also found alternative proof.↗
1908
Darlington's father loses his desire for business after the case with Kenton becomes impossible to prosecute further. He retires to Miami and with Steven fleeing to France, Darlington becomes the official heir of the business.↗↗
1912
George obtains a photograph of Steven's Motorizing plane in England and wonders what he is doing there. George interrogates Darlington about Steven's plane and she's surprised to learn that George had become confident. She hesitates for a long while and then deflects the topic, asking if George thinks it's possible for the dead to come back to life. George knew it was somewhat possible by becoming a zombie, but lies and says it isn't.↗
She pleads for George's help because Steven and Ben have gone too far in their desperate attempts to bring back Kenton. George says he'll contact Lisa Lisa and assures Darlington that her group is composed of trustworthy people who would help Ben and Steven change their minds. Darlington cries and thanks George. He considers hugging her but decides it would be best not to. Just then, William Cardinal arrives at the door and Darlington introduces him to George as her fiancé.↗
1920
George heads inside the Motorize manor when Steven is mysteriously absent from his wedding. Upstairs, he discovers that Darlington was murdered along with her entire family by Antonio Torres, who also turned them into zombies. She is presumably put to rest by Lisa Lisa and Penelope after they arrive at the Motorize home.↗↗
05Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
After Kenton is murdered and Steven has to leave to France, Darlington quickly matures over the years into becoming intimidating and formidable.↗
Profile details
Status: Deceased (JORGE JOESTAR)↗
Date of Death: November 11, 1920↗↗
Cause of Death: Eaten and turned into a Zombie by Antonio Torres↗↗
06Relationships
| Character | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Motorize | Father | ↗ |
| Harriet Motorize | Mother | ↗ |
| Steven Motorize | Older Brother | ↗ |
| Kenton Motorize | Older Sister | ↗ |
| William Cardinal | Husband | ↗ |
07Sources & attribution
- Darlington Motorize
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