Darius Takeyama

"*Hello, my name's **Darius Takeyama**. I'm afraid we haven't officially met.*"
—Darius' first in-person encounter with Sara Tamashii

**Darius Takeyama** ( 岳(竹山)山(やま)優(ダリウス) : *Takeyama Dariasu**?***), also known as **Xavier** (ザビエル *Zabieru***?**), **Villain Killer: Darius** 悪役キラー：ダリウス *Akuyaku kirā: Dariasu*), and **The Anti Hero** (アンチヒーロー *Anchi Hīrō**?**),* was a student in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, where he got in through official recommendations and was training to become a Pro Hero. He is the second son of Yu Takeyama and his father, the former No. 14 Hero, Xavier. Darius possesses the quirk of his father, however due to the nature of his quirk he is able to use both his quirk, and the quirks of his ancestors who came before him.

With the death of his best friend, and later his father, Darius goes through a brief state of depression, setting his sights on the killer of his loved ones. Darius eventually kills him and forms the "vigilante-like" organization, The Knights of Chaos. Darius is also the 7th wielder of the famed generational blade, Godslayer, technically being the 8th wielder. Darius has a series of quirks at his disposal, although this is due to his Genetic Alteration quirk and Godslayer respectively.

## Appearance

* Base Form
* Lycan Form
* Vengeful Form
* Ultimate Vengeful Form

In his true/base form Darius has brownish-black hair as well as forbearing eyebrows. In his left eye socket he has an ominous purple eye which he inherited from his mother, and in his right socket, he has a red eye, with a black sclera that surrounds it. This is because his Quirk, Predator Vision always has to be active because he was gifted it and he wasn't born with the quirk. Darius also has a very well-built figure. Furthermore, Darius is tall, standing at 6'1" (185 cm), although he becomes massive when he uses his gigantification quirk. When in his giant state he claims that he can become over 2194 cm (72'9").

Darius has "tattoos" that cover his body, spanning from his neck to his pectoral region. Apparently, it's a physical manifestation of the souls that he has trapped in Godslayer. He also typically wears black Kiatero earings, a dark blue dress shirt, and similar charcoal black pants.
In his Lycan form, Darius becomes taller, his skin changes, his eyes become blue, he grows wolf-like fangs, and claws.

Darius' eyes change and become emerald green, his skin colour also changes and becomes lighter, with his hair becoming a golden blonde. On his face is a dark emblem that starts at his forehead, and ends just beneath his left eye.

In his Ultimate Vengeful Form (referred to as simply, Ultimate Form by Darius), gives him a look, quite similar to his normal Vengeful Form. In his Ultimate Vengeful Form he shrouds himself in darkness. This takes the appearance of a vest-like coat that only covers his armpits, which flares out at ragged ends, and has a very high collar which is spread wide. He also has two wrist bands, made up of the same darkness as the rest of his clothes. His pants are connected to his feet that bear the appearance of a bird's talons, but with five toes. He can also change and manipulate the darkness to do things like granting him wings.

### Clothing/Accessories

Darius' attire usually consists of a blue plaid dress shirt, with black buttons, Black pants with a gold belt, black earrings, black gloves, and Black battle-ready as well as tactical boots. Moreover, Darius has multiple tattoos that cover his true body, starting from the upper-sector of his neck to very close to his pectorals.

## Personality

As a child Darius was very caring, courageous, intelligent, joyous and was truly an overall happy individual. After his best friend's and father's death he goes through a brief state of depression, ultimately becoming unsympathetic, careless, and somewhat heartless. When he is forced to take the life of his best friend, Darius inherits her eyes and he seems to lose any path of steering in the direction of good. When this happens he questions life and why people must suffer. In order to stop others from suffering the same thing that he had, he creates the group known as the Knights of Chaos.

Darius seems to care very deeply for everyone important to him in his life. Despite being somewhat distant from his mother, Darius still shows a deep amount of almost unnatural respect for her. Those who tarnish her name are always met with anger from Darius, which may lead to him killing them, if enraged enough. When Doctor Insanity told Darius that he planned on killing his mother after he "killed Darius", he did not react kindly at all, ultimately deciding to extract his heart from his chest, before decapitating him. He also is not fond of people objectifying his mother. This can be seen most clear when he glares at Mineta for doing this very thing.

Darius can be misunderstood as a cold-hearted villain because of the way that he portrays himself, however he truly is semi-confused on where he truly aligns. He cannot be deemed a hero as he kills Villains rather than detaining them, doesn't follow basic Hero rules, does not appear to like Heroes much, and will do anything to eventually achieve his goal. Though he also cannot be considered a Villain either because of his kindness, moral compass, and other factors.

Even though he has multiple good qualities he has some bad ones too. Despite his claim to nobility, behind it he lies a ruthless and bloodthirsty killer, caring little for the lives of others, and only his goal of obtaining "true peace". He can be moderately hypocritical too, as was show when he deliberately criticizes Villains for killing, whilst doing the same thing himself moments earlier. When Doctor Insanity looks into the mind of Darius, all he could find was "pain and suffering", however later on Darius remarks that he fought feelings of love, locking them away.

Darius also has a strong-willed mind, capable of withstanding the effects of some of the strongest mental quirks. Furthermore, he feels strongly when it comes to his goals, dreams, and aspirations, with those who disregard them or look down upon them often experiencing Darius' wrath. Darius doesn't care what age people are due to him being exceptionally strong at his young age, making him not care about this.

Around his close friends and family, Darius is kind, caring, polite, and happy. He typically addresses them with large amounts of respect and politeness, and treats them with overall generosity. When amongst the people he calls family, Darius can open up, show his sensitive side, and he feels at home.

When Darius likes someone a great deal, he may adopt their mannerisms and speech. His own fascination with the life of Koharu shapes his view on reality, and makes him question his own goals. When meeting Sara Tamashii he even greets her in the same way that Koharu greeted him when they first met, paying homage to their initial interaction in a way.

In *To Save the Future,* Darius goes through drastic changes. He is consumed with guilt for taking the lives of so many, whilst also dawning the latest task of defeating the New World Order from destroying everything he holds dear. Although he deals with this, he also ponders the thought of if he can be redeemed or not, a thought which plagues his mind for days. It is only due to Nana Shimura that he is alleviated of this overwhelming concern that he can not atone himself. And it's because of her that he finally sets out on his path of forgiveness.

Through more recent times Darius has shown a slight side of change. He is more thoughtful and giving, possibly being attributed to his friendship with Kyra and Nejire Hado. He is more kind-hearted too, though he still focuses on his goals and the main objective of The Knights of Chaos.

## Abilities

### General Abilities

* **Masterful Intellect:** Darius is quite intelligent, easily being able to come up with plans even in the midst of battle. When he was doubted by Katsuki (in terms of intellect), Darius came up with an elaborate plan and uses his own quirk against him in order to harm him. When Darius fought Doctor Insanity, he came up with a plan in order to win the battle. When he was forced to take a test he scored 184 IQ, although he showed signs of not wanting to participate, so this very well could be over 184.
* **Ability to wield Godslayer:** Due to his heritage, Darius has the ability to wield Godslayer.
* **Bodily Expert:** Along with his prestigious intelligence, Darius is also a bodily expert, possibly being attributed to the fact that his quirk is genetic based and that his father taught him about the human body. His father was also a biologist and geneticist.
* **Tailoring:** Darius is able to create casual-looking attire that has wondrous properties. He did this for the Knights of Chaos as well as Himiko's Villain Suit.
* **Musical Talent:** Darius took multiple Music classes in his youth, even producing about 7 released songs. Although his music was enjoyed and beloved by many (and still are), due to his age at the time, his parents convinced him to live out his life instead.
* **Physiology:** Darius' body is made from unique and very special cells, largely due to his quirk and lineage.
* **Regeneration:** Darius' body is in a constant state of regeneration. Darius' body can recover from minor cuts or scratches within at least 40 seconds, with more grievous wounds taking about an hour - days depending on how vicious.
* **Pain Tolerance:** Because of his genetic makeup Darius is less vulnerable to the effects of pain, meaning that he feels less of it.
* **Resistance to Torture:** Through the numerous attempts to kill himself when he was ten years old and his time brutalised in the past, Darius has a strange tolerance to the effects of torture.
* **Body Changing:** When he was young Darius began to undergo deep transformation. This was because he hadn't yet gotten a grip upon his quirk. Because of this he had altered his body in an almost permanent way. Because of what he did, it made it so that his body changed and switched between two different stages. His first state changes his appearance to that of a young man, with spiky white hair, and red eyes. His second state only occurs when he holds onto his werewolf power and it gives him the appearance of a man with blue hair, a stripe of white hair to the left of his hair and a slim build.
* **Leadership:** As the leader of The Knights of Chaos, Darius is constantly forced to make quick decisions, causing him to develop great leadership qualities over time.
* **Lock Picking:** Darius is adept in the art of Lock Picking (Picking Locks).
* **Swordsmanship:** Darius is very skilled with swords, being able to go blow-to-blow with masterful sword users, with striking ease.
* **Muay Thai:** Muay Thai is one of the fighting styles that Darius uses and is most proficient in. It is a highly-skilled form of martial arts.
* **Jujutsu:** Another one of the fighting styles Darius is skilled in, jujutsu allows for Darius to delve out and send monstrous attacks at his opponents, at high speeds, allowing for him to kill and/or injure many people.

### Quirk

* **Gigantification:** Gigantification is the quirk that Darius inherited from his mother. It allows him to make certain parts of his body gigantic, allowing for more powerful blows. Although he is less skilled in the usage of this ability, Darius can make his body massive, affording him a gigantic transformation. He rarely uses this ability though, as Darius is less versed in this form of his quirk.
	+ **Genetic Alteration:** Genetic Alteration is the quirk that Darius inherited from his father. Genetic Alteration makes it so that Darius can copy the genes of others so that he can gain advanced powers. Darius uses this ability in order to use Werewolf, his third natural quirk. He has to do this in order to use his grandfather's quirk. This is because he cannot use his grandfather's quirk, as it is too high in terms of his bloodline. Genetic Alteration allows Darius to access Werewolf easier. With his quirk, Darius can use quirks from at least 5 generations back in his familial bloodline.
* **Werewolf:** Werewolf is the ability that was possessed by Darius' Grandfather before his death at the hands of old age (174). Werewolf gives Darius wolf-like endurance, speed, strength, longevity, and even power. He can also access Lycanthrope, which is a partial-transformation ability, allowing for Darius to use certain werewolf powers, without fully transforming.
* **Predator Vision:** Predator Vision is the transformation quirk that was given to Darius by Valerie Tamashii. This allows Darius to (in some cases), see in the dark, grow enhanced abilities, and even see multiple meters with stunning ease. Due to him being gifted it Predator Vision is always active, instead of being able to be deactivated. Because of this, Darius is always having to pour small amounts of stamina into his quirk, draining his energy at all times.
* **Elemental Manipulation:** As the name implies, Elemental Manipulation enables Darius to use every single Element. Tremendous power is gathered within, allowing Darius to even use up to 10 elements at a single time, however depending on the Element, Darius could severely harm himself, or even put himself in a near-death state. When Kota disrespects Darius' goal of becoming a hero, Darius uses Cosmic Key on him in order to seal him. Darius is met with great scoulment from Shino Sosaki, inevitably forcing him to release Kota. Because of him releasing Kota without actually wanting to do it mentally, Darius' arm that used the technique is damaged to the point that it was unusable for days.
* **Marking (Through Godslayer)****:** Marking is the quirk that Darius can only use via his ancestral sword blade, Godslayer. It allows him to expel powerful markings (curses), upon others in order to do a variety of things. Even if the person is Immortal the quirk can curse (mark), its target to die at some point, with markings lasting even through death.
* **Fabricate (Through Godslayer):** Fabricate is a quirk that allows its wielder to create items with ease. With it, Sano Takeyama was able to create Godslayer and Takeyama Fruit, however even though Darius has access to these abilities he has never used it.
* **Reattach:** Reattach allows Darius to reattach parts of his body that have been lost. The best example of this, was when Darius reattached his arm after it had been sliced off by Sasuke Takahashii.

### Super Moves

* **Waking Touch:** This move allows Darius to temporarily lower the melatonin levels in one's body, waking them from their slumber (or things such as unconsciousness).
* **Sleep Touch:** Darius activates his quirk, before touching his intended target. When this happens, he uses Genetic Alteration to increase the natural melatonin levels in his target's body, forcing them asleep.
* **Death Touch:** Darius uses the absorption side of his quirk to suck the life of his opponent. Typically after this happens, his intended target's body starts to disintegrate and degrade, turning to ash.
* **Quirk Snatch:** Darius steals the genetic cells of a someone or multiple people, absorbing their quirks in the process. This only lasts for a momentary time of five minutes, though the less quirks he absorbs, the more time he can use them.
* **Gigantic Storm:** A giant storm forms in the air, striking its target with powerful lightning.
* **Fragmentary Transformation:** This works similarly to his Lycanthrope Enhancement, however it allows him to transform certain parts of his body into gigantic sizes. This allows for super-powered strikes, kicks, punches and overall attacks. With it Darius is able to destroy massive amounts of property.
* **Lycanthrope Enhancement:** The ability to manifest partial transformation in order to use some of Darius' werewolf abilities, without literally transforming.
* **Canyon Canon:** While amplifying his body to become large, Darius can perform a devastating flying kick.
* **King of Bamboo Mountain:** The flow of wind changes and rain starts to pour upon the ground. Darius is then able to control the rain with his Elemental Assault, and turns it into strongly, condensed hail that will swarm the enemy. Afterwards the residual water turns into a ball and gives one fearsome blow into the target, exploding.
* **Cosmic Key:** An attack capable of sealing targets within, it uses cosmic-like energy to create a spacial-force, able to incapacitate its foe's.
* **Cosmic Lock:** Vibrant, violent energy springs out from the ground, trapping its enemy in place.
* **Devastating Blow:** Darius makes his arm giant and slams his elbow into his enemy.
* **Titan Cliff:** Darius makes his head giant and headbutts his target.
* **Monstrous Smash:** Darius transforms into a Werewolf and puts his fist together, in order to send a powerful smash into his opponent.
* **Revenge Karma:** All of the quirk-based attacks used against Darius are sent back in a energy wave or explosion. This is usually a last-resort option.

#### Combination Attacks

* **Twin Detroit Smash****:** Darius and Nejire use their quirks at 100% and combine the energy stored within their hands, to use and create a smash more powerful than anything they can discharge alone. This move is powerful enough to destroy Sora Takahashii's gargantuan body several hundred times larger than Darius and Nejire.
	+ **Toga-Yama Blitz:** Knights of Chaos member, Azzy dual wields two sub-machine guns and shoots it at both sides of her opponent. Darius then goes in the middle of the attack, and using elements: lightning and wind, he is able to move at lightning-fast speeds, before running at his opponent, and striking them with a rock-hard, lightning and wind infused punch.

### Transformations

* **Lycan Form:** Darius uses Genetic Alteration to access some of his Werewolf power. With it he can partially transform and attack his enemy with brute force.
* **Vengeful Form:** A brutish and practically impervious form, Darius can quickly become consumed with rage when wielding it. The severe repercussions from using it causes severe, intense pain and blood loss, easily capable of incapacitating Darius after usage. However the amount of power granted by accessing the transformation, is enough to deal with the backlash.

### Stats

* Ultra Archive
* Ultra Analysis

Darius Takeyama's stats, according to the creator.

Darius Takeyama's stats, according to the Ultra Analysis Book
## Equipment

* **Kiatero Earrings:** Black earrings that allow Darius to not be able to have his quirk stolen.
* **Eyepatch:** On occasion, Darius is known to have an eyepatch, which he covers his right eye with.
* **Eye Drops:** Darius carries eye drops on him at all times. This is so that he can prevent burning and irritation in his eye socket.

## Weapons

* **Godslayer:** Godslayer is a generation family weapon that Darius inherited. With it he has the ability to access two quirks, being one of the strongest, (if not the strongest), weapon in all of existence.

### Former Weapons

* **Darius' Knife:** Darius used a special, small, and rigid knife, that was easily capable of injuring the Immortal women, Sara Tamashii. During the two's fight, Sara destroys the blade, making it unusable for good.
* **Spear of Torchlight:** Crafted by his ancestor Sano Takeyama, the Spear of Torchlight is a shortened spear that has the power of torchlight. A flame that will continously burn a devastating heat. Darius used the spear in a battle against his nephew, Raito. This very weapon is still in Raito's heart, continuosly burning him, and putting him in agony.

## Battles and Events

### Battles

* Darius vs. Simon - Win
* Darius vs Doctor Insanity - Win
* Darius vs. Himiko - Win
* Darius vs. Moro - Defeat
* Darius vs. Moro (Second Battle) - Win
* Darius vs. Sara - Win
* Darius vs. The Five - Win
* Darius vs. Zoro - Win
* Darius and Nejire vs. Minato
* Darius vs. Sora
* Darius, Nejire, Toshinori, Sorahiko, and Sakura vs. The New World Order
* Darius and Himiko vs. Kain - Win
* Darius vs. Kyra - Win

## Apperances

* **My Hero Academia:** Chapter 1
* **My Hero Academia:** Chapter 123 (Mentioned)
* **My Hero Academia:** Chapter 124
* **My Hero Academia:** Chapter 125
* **My Hero Academia:** Chapter 127

### Anime Appearances

* **My Hero Academia:** Episode 1
* **My Hero Academia:** Episode 63 (Mentioned)
* **My Hero Academia:** Episode 64
* **My Hero Academia:** Episode 67

### To Save the Future Appearances

* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 1
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 2
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 3
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 4
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 5
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 6
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 7
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 8
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 9
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 10
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 11
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 12
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 13
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 14
* **To Save the Future:** Chapter 15

### Vigilantes Appearances

* **My Hero Academia Vigilantes:** Chapter 7
* **My Hero Academia Vigilantes:** Chapter 11
* **My Hero Academia Vigilantes:** Chapter 19
* **My Hero Academia Vigilantes:** Chapter 20 (Mentioned)

## Trivia

* The kanji for his surname, Takeyama, means "**Bamboo Mountain**" (竹山; *Takeyama***?**). The kanji for his first name, Darius, means "**King**" (キング *Kingu***?**)
* When Doctor Insanity looked into Darius' "heart" he said that "Darius possesses no emotions nor fear".
	+ Darius' best friend died when he was nine.
	+ Darius' father was murdered when he was only the age of 11.
* Darius is the current wielder of Godslayer.
* Darius only wields one quirk, although he technically possesses a series of quirks through his own quirk and Godslayer.
* Darius is the son of Hero, Yu Takeyama.
* When his best friend Valerie died, Darius was given her quirk.
* Darius is the leader of The Knights of Chaos.
* Coincidentally, Darius shares the same name as his English voice actor.
* Without Darius, Mei Hatsume would've never pursued tech and robotics.
* According to the databook(s):
* **Handedness:** Ambidextrous - (Left and Right)
* **Birthplace:** Hokkaido.
* **Quirk:** Genetic Alteration
* **Hobbies:** Training, hunting Villains, being around his friends and family, playing video games and fighting.
* **Daily Routine:** Commanding the Knights of Chaos.
* **Favorite food:** Caesar Salad, Miso soup, Mango, Apple Pie, Cinnamon Rolls, Onigiri, Lychee, and Yakitori.
* **Dream/Hope:** Peace, ridding the world of villains, eventually having offspring, and building great legacy.
* **Charm-Point:** Unknown.

## See Also

* Yu Takeyama -
* Azzy Toga -
* Valerie Tamashii -
* Gigantification -
* Genetic Alteration -
* Werewolf -
* Elemental Manipulation -
* Predator Vision -
* The Knights of Chaos -
* Takeyama Family -
* To Save the Future -