On holy ground
From Realmofthemuse
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| Darius | |
| Character Journal: | Sanctuary |
| Race: | Immortal |
| Home Planet: | Earth |
| Home Era: | Ancient Rome to Modern Era |
| Affiliated with: | Hsu Danmei |
| Writer: | Dia |
Contents |
Basic Character Information
Physical Description
- Eyes: Light Blue
- Hair: Brown
- Height: 6'
- Weight: 165 lbs
- Age: 1943, but he appears to be in his late thirties to early forties.
Initially, Darius used his height to his advantage. In his day and age, being that tall was much less common, and he tended to tower over most people. His movements spoke of confidence and leadership at all times. His voice was commanding and showed that same confidence, regardless of who he was speaking to at the time. He wore typical Gothic clothing, knee-length tunics placed over trousers, a cloak worn knotted in front and cut about the edges in long points, and the long hair and beard that was typical of his people.
Darius consciously changed his mannerisms after he took the Light Quickening in order to seem less imposing. He hunched slightly when talking to most people, and he almost always had his hands either clasped together or buried in the sleeves of his robes. He purposely changed the way he spoke as well, making his voice softer and less commanding. This combined with the robes he always wore made him seem like less of a threat than he had been in his 'previous life'.
Personality
- The General: More to come.
- The Priest: More to come.
Background
Canon Basics
Darius' Timeline:
- 50 CE: Darius was found and taken into a nomad's tent east of the Urals, member of an obscure tribe among the Goths in "the North".
- 95 CE: Darius dies his First Death at age 45 fighting "Germanic hordes". His first teacher is Ahasuerus the Parthian.
- Sometime during the 2nd century CE: Darius lives among the Romans.
- Sometime between 95 CE and 409 CE: Darius lives among the Persians and Chinese, travels through the East and to Africa.
- 3rd-4th Centuries CE: The Goths reach the Black Sea steppes and conquer the Sarmatians intermarrying with them and adopting some of their customs and ways of war, including the use of the horse in warfare. They then start to raid the frontiers of the Roman Empire with the Sarmatians and other barbarian allies.
- 365 CE: Claudianus becomes Darius' student and second-in-command after being trampled by Goth cavalry in battle and suffering his First Death. He eventually takes the name Grayson because of the gray wolf skin Darius wears into battle and because he sees himself as Darius' son.
- Winter, 409 CE: Darius, together with Grayson, leads his war band to join Alaric at his winter camp in Cremona, Italy, in preparation for Alaric's planned attack on Rome. Darius carries on an illicit love affair with Alaric's Pre-Immortal sister Callestina.
- Summer, 410 CE: Visigoths under Alaric and Darius sack Rome. Callestina enters the city, is killed in the fighting, and becomes an immortal. Darius rejects Callestina, earning her undying hatred, and marches north with Grayson.
- Fall, 410 CE: Darius kills Emrys, the oldest living immortal and a holy man, before the gates of Paris. He then turns his armies back and changes from a warmonger to a man of peace, making a permanent enemy of Grayson. On a side note, Grayson marries Callestina in Cremona and takes her north where he assumes leadership of Darius' warband. He and Callestina are together for 2 centuries.
- Late 10th century CE: Darius' Watcher first records that Callestina (who is known at this time as Celeste) tried to have Darius discredited and thrown out of his order, but is unsuccessful. She continues making these unsuccessful attempts for centuries, until just prior to the American Revolution. Then she disappears and the Watchers lose track of her.
- 1120 CE: Etienne de Vitry and Hugues de Monteler, cede the ruins of The Basilica of St. Julien the Martyr to the Abbey of Longpont.
- 1170 CE: The Abbey starts to rebuild the church and a priory of 50 monks is founded on the site.
- 1230 CE: Makes the aquaintance of Hugh Fitzcairn, and the two begin a long friendship. The friendship eventually is strong enough that Darius tells Fitz of the prophetic dreams that he has of the future.
- 1240 CE: The work to rebuild St. Julien's is completed.
- Sometime after 1634 CE: Darius comes to know Ursa, the immortal gardener who worked at the Abbey of San Gobain, but loses touch with him after the Abbey is destroyed.
- June, 1804 CE Darius consoles Sean Burns when Sean's former student and dear friend Lady Caroline Mortimer is guillotined along with her mortal husband Jean-Paul.
- June 18, 1815 CE: Darius finds Duncan MacLeod on the battlefield at the Battle of Waterloo and makes a strong impression. He then returns to Paris.
- Fall, 1815 CE: Duncan finds Darius in Paris running a makeshift hospital at a church in the rue St. Julien le Pauvre and becomes his student. They help a young Immortal named Violane Armand get off of the streets and away from prostitution.
- 1816 CE: Darius is killed by looters at his church but revives. Duncan however becomes disillusioned with Europe and travels to the Americas. Darius then sends Violane to the immortal Marie Guilliard to train, but she runs away and returns to her life of prostitution.
- 1842 CE: Duncan returns to Paris to see Darius where Violane attacks him and he takes her head in self-defense.
- Feb, 1993 CE: Grayson resurfaces and starts killing Darius’ students, he is killed by Duncan. Xavier St. Cloud confesses to Darius that he has committed murder, and plots to kill Duncan, but manages to get away.
- March, 1993 CE: Duncan consults with Darius about Ursa. Darius and Duncan help Grace Chandel, who is being stalked by Carlos Sendaro.
- May 30, 1993 CE: Darius is murdered in St. Julien's by James Horton and his renegade Watchers.
RP Basics
More to come.
Additional Information
Friends And Enemies
More to come.
Random Facts
More to come.
Canon Quotes
More to come.
Fanfic Quotes
More to come.
OOC Notations
More to come.
Awards And Nominations
More to come.
