Victor Darius

Victor Darius, better known as Trent, is the overarching protagonist of the S.D. Perry Resident Evil novel series. He is the manipulative mastermind behind the events of the entire series. His background and actual identity is unknown to anyone to all save himself. Despite being connected and manipulating and controlling the major elements to both the Umbrella Corporation and “The Agency”, Trent is fighting on the side of good and an ally to the protagonists, but is determined to do so on his own terms.
==Appearance==
He is described to be a tall man with a melodious voice, in his early forties, with dark hair and a slim build. He regularly wears a trench coat. Beneath the coat, he wears a black suit, black tie, and matching shoes, worth about two thousand dollars according to John Andrews, showing the luxury and sophistication that Trent had. His only accessory was a set onyx ring.
==Personality==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===The Umbrella Conspiracy===
While Jill  was taking each member’s equipment before leaving for the mission, a man introduces himself only as Trent and hands her a mini-disc player, which had articles talking about the disappearances and murders in Raccoon City, along with S.T.A.R.S. and a list of Umbrella employees, among which were: William Birkin, Steve Keller, Michael Dees, John Howe, Martin Crackhorn, Henry Sarton, Ellen Smith, and Bill Rabbitson. The disc also had a map of the two floors of the Spencer Mansion as well as the clues about the puzzles and traps, which implied that Trent already knew that Wesker would try to direct them there. Before leaving, he told Jill not to trust anyone, implying there was a traitor amongst the S.T.A.R.S. team.
Near the end of the novel, Trent radios to the Pilot of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team, Brad Vickers, who was flying over the Raccoon Forest, looking for both the Bravo and Alpha teams, and gave him the coordinates of the heliport of the mansion, where he would find the four surviving members: Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, and Rebecca Chambers. This caused quite a bit of fear for the pilot of the STARS Alpha team but in the end the information was real and useful.
===Caliban Cove===
Trent visits the home of S.T.A.R.S. Exeter member David Trapp and gave him some sheets that seemed to the STARS member to be just clippings and a diagram, but Trent claimed he would need them later and quickly disappearing, excusing himself from the rain. What he actually left the man with was a map of Caliban Cove and articles about what was going on there, as well as a list of names of Umbrella employees, who were the following: Lye Ammon, Alan Kinneson, Tom Athems, Louis Thurman, Nicolas Griffith, William Birkin and Tiffany Chin. He also leaves a poetry class that David, Rebecca, and other members of the Exeter S.T.A.R.S. Exeter would use in the Cove mountains. Before going on this mission, David ordered Jill, Barry, and Chris to look for information on who this mysterious man was. Knowing that they would not find much. Trent was careful in the extreme according to David.
===City of the Dead===
The spy Ada Wong, works for Trent and was sent to find a freelance investigative journalist named Ben Bertolucci and if knew anything about the G-Virus, Ada must eliminate him. She was also tasked to retrieve the G-Vrius sample that Birkin possessed, even though the White Umbrella soldiers were also sent to steal it from the scientist. She thought that Trent was the one who had revealed Birkin's secret work and that is why now they wanted to take it from him. She also thought that Trent was a real enigma, also thinking why would he want the G-Virus. She had never met someone who had as much capacity for self-control as she did. Every time they had spoken, she had gotten the feeling that the man had laughed inside, as if he knew some amusing secret known only to him, but he hadn't seemed arrogant or pushy. She also described him as a quiet guy and his genius was so natural that she had felt a little intimidated, with his face was one of real power, a person with a plan and the means to carry it out.
===Underworld===
Trent infiltrates the plane that the former S.T.A.R.S. Exeter members were on, who are travelling to Europe. He explains to the group about the information on White Umbrella and sends them to get one of the existing Black Books from an Umbrella lab in Utah. The Black Books were a kind of master key, with codes used to program the White Umbrella organization. One of the members, John Andrews, stood up to Trent and threaten to beat him. Normally, John was an aggressive person, but seeing the man’s confident and happy look made John he needed a beating. However, he failed to hit Trent as the enigmatic man moved as if he had received martial arts training. Rebecca thought that this attitude of John towards him was due to the fact that he had not been able to intimidate him. Trent reveals that harming Umbrella was a hobby of his and that the confusing information he gave was because since few people knew what he was, he might be discovered.
Later in the novel, one of the leaders of White Umbrella, Jay Reston, mentions that Trent had been hired as a problem solver, and in less than six months he had become one of the most respected members of the group. Even mentioning that Trent was a role model to Reston. However, he soons discover that Trent was a traitor to White Umbrella.
===Nemesis===
Trent gives information to a mercenary named Carlos Oliveira, warning him about the dying hours within Raccoon City and not trust anyone and gives him the address of the Grill 13 restaurant, telling him to be there at 7:00 p.m. When Carlos arrived at the restaurant, he received a phone call, where Trent provided him with information about what was going on in the city and how much of it was Umbrella's doing. He helped him with some puzzles in the city, he told him that there were weapons in the Clock Tower.
===Code: Veronica===
While Wesker was escaping from Antarctica, he thinks of Trent, revealing that after escaping the Spencer Mansion, Trent saved him and arranged for him to be healed of his injuries. He even admitted that he was scared of Trent. He was so polite and calm when speaking. A sparkle in his eyes gave him the impression that he was always laughing, according to Wesker, those who smiled were the enemies more dangerous. Wesker gladly said that he was on the same side as Trent.
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