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	{{Quote\|We—we trusted him! Loved him! We were all as brothers, but he drew his blade against us! Did you not consider the cost? They'd be alive. Your mother, your siblings... He may as well have killed them himself.\|A dying Pactyas to Natakas on Darius's past, c. 429 BCE.\|Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted\|Protector of Persia}}		{{Quote\|We—we trusted him! Loved him! We were all as brothers, but he drew his blade against us! Did you not consider the cost? They'd be alive. Your mother, your siblings... He may as well have killed them himself.\|A dying Pactyas to Natakas on Darius's past, c. 429 BCE.\|Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted\|Protector of Persia}}
	[[File:ACOD LotFB Protector of Persia - Amorges and Darius Fighting.png\|thumb\|250px\|Darius stopped by his former friend Amorges]]		[[File:ACOD LotFB Protector of Persia - Amorges and Darius Fighting.png\|thumb\|250px\|Darius stopped by his former friend Amorges]]
	After Xerxes' son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia\|Artaxerxes I]] ascended the throne, ~~Darius~~ feared he too would be manipulated by the Order and thus plotted his assassination as a preemptive measure. However, his close friend Amorges opposed his decision and later joined the Order to bring "true peace" to Persia. As Artabanus was about to assassinate Artaxerxes, he was confronted by Amorges, who called for the guards. Branded a traitor and pursued by the Order, Artabanus fled Persia with his family, taking on the new name of Darius.<ref name="Protector of Persia"/>		After Xerxes' son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia\|Artaxerxes I]] ascended the throne, Artabanus feared he too would be manipulated by the Order and thus plotted his assassination as a preemptive measure. However, his close friend Amorges opposed his decision and later joined the Order to bring "true peace" to Persia. As Artabanus was about to assassinate Artaxerxes, he was confronted by Amorges, who called for the guards. Branded a traitor and pursued by the Order, Artabanus fled Persia with his family, taking on the new name of Darius.<ref name="Protector of Persia"/>

	When the Order failed to manipulate Artaxerxes to their side, they sought to have him dethroned and assassinated. Taking advantage of Darius' status as a fugitive, they used his name as a guise for the assassination,<ref name="Bloodline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]''</ref> working with Artaxerxes' brother [[Hystaspes]]. The assassin, using the guise of Darius, poisoned the young king, taking the man's sight, but was unsuccessful in his assassination attempt. Artaxerxes later spread the tale that Darius had succeeded, so that he might safely escape Persia.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref>		When the Order failed to manipulate Artaxerxes to their side, they sought to have him dethroned and assassinated. Taking advantage of Darius' status as a fugitive, they used his name as a guise for the assassination,<ref name="Bloodline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]''</ref> working with Artaxerxes' brother [[Hystaspes]]. The assassin, using the guise of Darius, poisoned the young king, taking the man's sight, but was unsuccessful in his assassination attempt. Artaxerxes later spread the tale that Darius had succeeded, so that he might safely escape Persia.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref>

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	{{Quote\|We—we trusted him! Loved him! We were all as brothers, but he drew his blade against us! Did you not consider the cost? They'd be alive. Your mother, your siblings... He may as well have killed them himself.\|A dying Pactyas to Natakas on Darius's past, c. 429 BCE.\|Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted\|Protector of Persia}}		{{Quote\|We—we trusted him! Loved him! We were all as brothers, but he drew his blade against us! Did you not consider the cost? They'd be alive. Your mother, your siblings... He may as well have killed them himself.\|A dying Pactyas to Natakas on Darius's past, c. 429 BCE.\|Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted\|Protector of Persia}}
	[[File:ACOD LotFB Protector of Persia - Amorges and Darius Fighting.png\|thumb\|250px\|Darius stopped by his former friend Amorges]]		[[File:ACOD LotFB Protector of Persia - Amorges and Darius Fighting.png\|thumb\|250px\|Darius stopped by his former friend Amorges]]
	After Xerxes' son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia\|Artaxerxes I]] ascended the throne, feared he too would be manipulated by the Order and thus plotted his assassination as a preemptive measure. However, his close friend Amorges opposed his decision and later joined the Order to bring "true peace" to Persia. As Artabanus was about to assassinate Artaxerxes, he was confronted by Amorges, who called for the guards. Branded a traitor and pursued by the Order, Artabanus fled Persia with his family, taking on the new name of Darius.<ref name="Protector of Persia"/>		After Xerxes' son [[Artaxerxes I of Persia\|Artaxerxes I]] ascended the throne, Darius feared he too would be manipulated by the Order and thus plotted his assassination as a preemptive measure. However, his close friend Amorges opposed his decision and later joined the Order to bring "true peace" to Persia. As Artabanus was about to assassinate Artaxerxes, he was confronted by Amorges, who called for the guards. Branded a traitor and pursued by the Order, Artabanus fled Persia with his family, taking on the new name of Darius.<ref name="Protector of Persia"/>

	When the Order failed to manipulate Artaxerxes to their side, they sought to have him dethroned and assassinated. Taking advantage of Darius' status as a fugitive, they used his name as a guise for the assassination,<ref name="Bloodline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]''</ref> working with Artaxerxes' brother [[Hystaspes]]. The assassin, using the guise of Darius, poisoned the young king, taking the man's sight, but was unsuccessful in his assassination attempt. Artaxerxes later spread the tale that Darius had succeeded, so that he might safely escape Persia.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref>		When the Order failed to manipulate Artaxerxes to their side, they sought to have him dethroned and assassinated. Taking advantage of Darius' status as a fugitive, they used his name as a guise for the assassination,<ref name="Bloodline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline]]''</ref> working with Artaxerxes' brother [[Hystaspes]]. The assassin, using the guise of Darius, poisoned the young king, taking the man's sight, but was unsuccessful in his assassination attempt. Artaxerxes later spread the tale that Darius had succeeded, so that he might safely escape Persia.<ref name="Prince of Persia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Prince of Persia]]</ref>

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	[[File:ACOD Legacy of the First Blade 28.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Darius arriving in Egypt with Elpidios]]		[[File:ACOD Legacy of the First Blade 28.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Darius arriving in Egypt with Elpidios]]
	Later, as Darius decided to leave Greece, Kassandra realized that Amorges' warnings about the Order were true and that Elpidios would never be safe with her. As such, she reluctantly chose to abandon her son and leave him in the care of Darius, who promised to protect the boy as they continued to evade the Order. Subsequently, Darius became a guardian to Elpidios and took him to [[Egypt]], where he raised and trained his grandson in his ways.<ref name="Legacy of the First Blade"/>		Later, as Darius decided to leave Greece, Kassandra realized that Amorges' warnings about the Order were true and that Elpidios would never be safe as long as he was with her. As such, she reluctantly chose to abandon her son and leave him in the care of Darius, who promised to protect the boy as they continued to evade the Order. Subsequently, Darius became a guardian to Elpidios and took him to [[Egypt]], where he raised and trained his grandson in his ways.<ref name="Legacy of the First Blade"/>
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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	{{Quote\|It's an ancient blade that killed the tyrant Xerxes. A weapon of justice.\|Aya passing down Darius' Hidden Blade to Bayek, 48 BCE.\|Assassin's Creed: Origins\|Aya (memory)}}		{{Quote\|It's an ancient blade that killed the tyrant Xerxes. A weapon of justice.\|Aya passing down Darius' Hidden Blade to Bayek, 48 BCE.\|Assassin's Creed: Origins\|Aya (memory)}}
	[[File:Aya 05.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Aya giving Darius' Hidden Blade to Bayek]]		[[File:Aya 05.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Aya giving Darius' Hidden Blade to Bayek]]
	Darius' teachings ~~would be~~ passed on from generation to generation through Elpidios until his distant descendant, [[Amunet\|Aya]].<ref name="Legacy of the First Blade"/> By 48 BCE, Darius' Hidden Blade had wound up in the hands of Queen [[Cleopatra]], who later passed it on to Aya. After building a Hidden Blade of her own, Aya gave Darius' blade to her husband [[Bayek]], who went on to wield it for the rest of his life~~, regularly upgrading it~~.<ref name="Aya"/> After Bayek and Aya founded the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]], it became the signature weapon of their organization,<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> still used centuries later when their Brotherhood was rechristened as the [[Assassins]].<ref name="AC2"/>		Darius' teachings were passed on from generation to generation through Elpidios until his distant descendant, [[Amunet\|Aya]].<ref name="Legacy of the First Blade"/> By 48 BCE, Darius' Hidden Blade had wound up in the hands of Queen [[Cleopatra]], who later passed it on to Aya. After building a Hidden Blade of her own, Aya gave Darius' blade to her husband [[Bayek]], who went on to wield it for the rest of his life.<ref name="Aya"/> After Bayek and Aya founded the [[Assassins\|Hidden Ones]], it became the signature weapon of their organization,<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> still used centuries later when their Brotherhood was rechristened as the [[Assassins]].<ref name="AC2"/>

	By the 860s CE, the [[Greek Brotherhood of Assassins\|Greek Hidden One]] [[Itamos]] had acquired a sketch of Darius' Hidden Blade and decided to send it to his fellow Hidden One [[Roshan]] at [[Alamut]], believing that Darius would have wanted the sketch to return to his homeland.<ref name="A New Beginning>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[A New Beginning]]</ref>		By the 860s CE, the [[Greek Brotherhood of Assassins\|Greek Hidden One]] [[Itamos]] had acquired a sketch of Darius' Hidden Blade and decided to send it to his fellow Hidden One [[Roshan]] at [[Alamut]], believing that Darius would have wanted the sketch to return to his homeland.<ref name="A New Beginning>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[A New Beginning]]</ref>
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	Around 429 BCE, the [[Order of Hunters]], led by Darius' former ally Pactyas, arrived in Makedonia to find and eliminate Kassandra, allying themselves with the [[Spartan army]] in the process. Darius decided to track the Ancients and attempted to ambush a meeting between an Order member, two [[Sparta]]ns [[soldier]]s, and a Persian [[Immortals\|Immortal]]. However, his plan was inadvertently thwarted by a group of [[Mercenary\|mercenaries]], who had heard tales of the lauded "Eagle-Bearer" and hoped that helping eliminate this Order branch would be a worthy enough feat to join their crew.<ref name="The Serpent Coils">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' – [[The Serpent Coils]]</ref>		Around 429 BCE, the [[Order of Hunters]], led by Darius' former ally Pactyas, arrived in Makedonia to find and eliminate Kassandra, allying themselves with the [[Spartan army]] in the process. Darius decided to track the Ancients and attempted to ambush a meeting between an Order member, two [[Sparta]]ns [[soldier]]s, and a Persian [[Immortals\|Immortal]]. However, his plan was inadvertently thwarted by a group of [[Mercenary\|mercenaries]], who had heard tales of the lauded "Eagle-Bearer" and hoped that helping eliminate this Order branch would be a worthy enough feat to join their crew.<ref name="The Serpent Coils">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' – [[The Serpent Coils]]</ref>

	After the Ancient fled the scene and the mercenaries killed the Immortal and one of the Spartan soldiers, Darius revealed himself and assassinated the last soldier. He then briefly explained the Order's nature and their [[New World Order\|goals]] to the mercenaries before returning to his and Natakas' camp to check on his son.<ref name="The Serpent Coils"/> However, he found the camp ransacked and Natakas missing before being attacked by several Spartan soldiers~~, though he~~ defeated ~~almost all~~ of them alone before ~~the~~ the mercenaries arrived. Rejecting the mercenaries' offer of help, Darius insisted that he worked better alone and ran off to find and rescue Natakas.<ref name="Achilles' Heel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' – [[Achilles' Heel]]</ref>		After the Ancient fled the scene and the mercenaries killed the Immortal and one of the Spartan soldiers, Darius revealed himself and assassinated the last soldier. He then briefly explained the Order's nature and their [[New World Order\|goals]] to the mercenaries before returning to his and Natakas' camp to check on his son.<ref name="The Serpent Coils"/> However, he found the camp ransacked and Natakas missing before being attacked by several Spartan soldiers. He defeated most of them alone before the mercenaries arrived and dealt with the remaining assailants. Rejecting the mercenaries' offer of help, Darius insisted that he worked better alone and ran off to find and rescue Natakas.<ref name="Achilles' Heel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' – [[Achilles' Heel]]</ref>
	[[File:ACReb - The Hydra's Nest.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|The cave used as a hideout by the Order]]		[[File:ACReb - The Hydra's Nest.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|The cave used as a hideout by the Order]]
	Darius tracked his son to a cave, where he was being held hostage by six Order members and a Spartan ''ekdromos''. Initially hiding behind a stalagmite, he dashed to the cave's opposite end to flank the group upon noticing the mercenaries had followed him inside and were about to directly confront the Order. When one of the mercenaries mentioned Darius' name, Natakas used the distraction to knock down the Order leader.<ref name="The Hydra's Nest">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' – [[The Hydra's Nest]]</ref>		Darius tracked his son to a cave, where he was being held hostage by six Order members and a Spartan ''ekdromos''. Initially hiding behind a stalagmite, he dashed to the cave's opposite end to flank the group upon noticing the mercenaries had followed him inside and were about to directly confront the Order. When one of the mercenaries mentioned Darius' name, Natakas used the distraction to knock down the Order leader.<ref name="The Hydra's Nest">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Hunter's Hounds]]'' – [[The Hydra's Nest]]</ref>

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{io\|sc}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{io\|sc}}
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''
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