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<div>{{Era|AC2|ACB|Assassins}}<br />
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[[File:Darius.png|thumb|160px|Darius.]]<br />
'''Darius''' was a member of the [[Persian Assassins|Persian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] during the Achaemenid Dynasty.<br />
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In the 5th century BCE, the [[Templars]] supported the reigns and conquests of the Achaemenid kings [[Darius I]] and his son [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]].<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> Using a newly-created weapon named the [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]], which would later become the Assassins' iconic weapon, Darius personally assassinated King Xerxes I.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><br />
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By the [[Renaissance]], Darius' remains were transferred to the [[Santa Maria Novella]] in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], where his body lay with an Assassin Seal needed to get access to the [[Armor of Altaïr|armor]] of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] hidden inside the [[sanctuary]] in [[Monteriggioni]]. In 1478, his sarcophagus was opened by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who took the Seal and later obtained the armor.<ref name="AC2"/><br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Darius was the first known user of the hidden blade.<br />
*Darius had all ten fingers, as seen on the picture on the right. Whether this is artistic license or oversight is unknown.<br />
*Though the Assassins have been around since the era of the First Civilization, Darius could have been the insparation or founder of the actual orginization of Assassins. Not onlt did he create and use the first hidden blade, but his insigna resembles the Assassin's symbol.<br />
*Unlike most other Assassins, Darius had his hidden blade on his right arm.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center"><br />
NVS 22.png|The sarcophagus of Darius.<br />
NVS 23.png|The Seal of Darius.<br />
Novella's_Secret_8.png|Darius' insignia.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{ACII}}<br />
[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II characters]]<br />
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood characters]]<br />
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<div>{{Era|AC2|ACB|Assassins}}<br />
{{WPAssassins}}<br />
[[File:Darius.png|thumb|160px|Darius.]]<br />
'''Darius''' was a member of the [[Persian Assassins|Persian Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] during the Achaemenid Dynasty.<br />
<br />
In the 5th century BCE, the [[Templars]] supported the reigns and conquests of the Achaemenid kings [[Darius I]] and his son [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]].<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> Using a newly-created weapon named the [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]], which would later become the Assassins' iconic weapon, Darius personally assassinated King Xerxes I.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><br />
<br />
By the [[Renaissance]], Darius' remains were transferred to the [[Santa Maria Novella]] in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], where his body lay with an Assassin Seal needed to get access to the [[Armor of Altaïr|armor]] of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] hidden inside the [[sanctuary]] in [[Monteriggioni]]. In 1478, his sarcophagus was opened by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who took the Seal and later obtained the armor.<ref name="AC2"/><br />
<br />
==Trivia==<br />
*Darius was the first known user of the hidden blade.<br />
*Darius had all ten fingers, as seen on the picture on the right. Whether this is artistic license or oversight is unknown.<br />
*Though the Assassins have been around since the era of the First Civilization, Darius could have been the insparation or founder of the actual orginization of Assassins. Not onlt did he create and use the first hidden blade, but his insigna resembles the Assassin's symbol.<br />
.<br />
<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center"><br />
NVS 22.png|The sarcophagus of Darius.<br />
NVS 23.png|The Seal of Darius.<br />
Novella's_Secret_8.png|Darius' insignia.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{ACII}}<br />
[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II characters]]<br />
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood characters]]<br />
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