Database: Darius

Xerxes' Bane

Once known as Artabanus, Darius was an elite warrior and proto-Assassin who lived in Persia during the 5th century BCE. The Persian Emperor, Xerxes I, was a pawn of the Order of the Ancients, and fulfilled their whims at the expense of the Persian people. Darius saw this, and joined with some of his fellow warriors to oppose the Order. Darius constructed and used a precursor to the Assassin's Hidden Blade to assassinate Xerxes.

Artaxerxes I, Xerxes' son, succeeded his father and Darius moved to assassinate him before he fell to Order corruption. Darius' allies disagreed with his aggressive stance. Darius' closest friend and confidant, Amorges, betrayed him to the Order, and Darius was declared a traitor. Darius chose to flee Persia with his family rather than face the Order alone.

Despite his efforts to protect his family, the Order eventually caught up with them, and Darius' wife and daughter were killed. Driven further west, Darius and his remaining son, Natakas, settled in Greece and hid from the Persian Order of the Ancients in the wilderness of Makedonia.

Darius was a self-sufficient assassin and warrior of great skill. He preferred stealthy tactics to open conflict, but was more than capable of holding his own in a fight. He was slow to trust, and short of words, but also a staunch ally.

Darius never ceased being obsessed with defeating the Order of the Ancients and took any opportunity to exact what revenge he could upon them.