Darren Berlgund

This article contains information on a **Non-playable Minor Character**.As these characters are often only mentioned in passing, all information is gathered from various canon sources then compiled here. Due to this nature, some **assumptions and theories** may be included and will be updated as more sources and information is revealed or discovered.

## Story Details

### Connected Characters

Major:* Yidhra
* Luchino Diruse

Minor:

* Volcker Berlgund
* Dr. Duquein Thompson

### Connected Locations

Lakeside Village

**Darren Berlgund** is a minor character connected to Dream Witch and Luchino Diruse. He is the brother of Volcker Berlgund. He is not seen in-game.

## Character Details

### Events before Identity V

Darren Berlgund was a janitor in charge of cleaning the rooms and labs at a University. Notably, he was the janitor for the labs belonging to Dr. Duquein Thompson and the new young professor, Luchino Diruse. He mentions that he dislikes reptiles, which made cleaning Luchino's lab more difficult for him. During this time, besides his cleaning duties and caring for his sickly mother, he kept up correspondence through letters with his brother, Volcker Berlgund. According to their letters, Volcker had become "obsessed with [their] father's strange sleep studies", even though they were struggling to pay their own mother's medical bills.

He also discovered a strange "demon-possessed" snake that grew four legs climbing up his mother's window, which he chased off. It was also during this period that Volcker had been sent to Lakeside Village to investigate what was happening there. After some time it seems their mother's health was declining, and she "wanted to see [Volcker] one last time", but Darren was no longer receiving replies from his brother.

Dr. Thompson then posted a bounty for strange and exotic reptiles for a high price. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Darren captures the snake that grew legs that had been lingering around his mother's window, and turned it in to the professor. After talking about the snake with Dr. Thompson, Darren falls asleep, and dreams of a long flight of stairs going downwards - the same staircase that had enthralled both his father and brother in their research.

After this, both Darren and Luchino Diruse went missing from the University at the same time. Only a large strange scale was found, similar to the scale found in Lakeside Village.

### Further Potential Details

* Unlike his brother Volcker who is a skeptic, Darren seems to be somewhat superstitious, calling the snake that grew legs a "Demon" and considering evolution to be "ridiculous."
* It seems his relationship with his brother Volcker was strained, considering what is written in Dream Witch's Deduction Quests.

## Mentions

### Letters

He appears in 2 letters:

* Hastur's Character Day Letters (2020)
* Luchino's Character Day Letters (2020)

### Deductions

* Dream Witch (See Deduction Quests 1-9)
* Evil Reptilian (See Deduction Quest 7)

## References

1. ↑ Menntioned in Dream Witch's Deduction Quest #4, "New and Old" : *"Diary 2: The new professor looks young and good-natured. But, cleaning his lab has never been easy. God, those scaly things always give me goosebumps!"*
2. ↑ See Dream Witch's Deduction Quest #2 "Madness" where he is mentioned, and Deduction Quest #3 "Unfortunate Start" where he mentions how he is replying to Volcker and criticizes him for his obsession.
3. ↑ See Dream Witch's Deduction Quest #8
4. ↑ See Luchino's Deduction Quest #7 which talks about Luchino encouraging Darren (the janitor) to capture the strange reptile): *Diary 4: The laboratory janitor told me about a peculiar snake. He claimed that this type of snake could grow four limbs within ten or so days. That may sound like a wild man's crazy story, but I soon realized that he's serious. I suggested to him that he should put on gloves or use other tools to catch that "snake". Perhaps we'll discover a new species together.*
5. ↑ From Luchino's 2020 letter: *A laboratory professor went missing recently, and the police department has found a large, cryptic scale from the lab. According to our sources, the scale recovered from the lab is similar to the scales our investigators have found in the local woodland in Lakeside Village.
What concerns us is that fact Darren also went missing, leaving his bedridden mother behind.*
6. ↑ In Dream Witch's Deduction Quest #6 "Ignorance" it seems to be Darren who is commenting on the theory of evolution that Professor Diruse mentions, calling it "ridiculous." In the same deduction quest he says that he is certain it must be a "demon-possessed snake!"
7. ↑  See Dream Witch's Deduction Quest #3 which states that "The only thing you can't choose is family" and is also where he criticizes his brother saying that he is "tired of replying Volcker's scary letters." In the Deduction Quest #7 called "Family" it states "No matter what he did, Darren, you need to bring him back" which seems to be said by his mother in regards to Volcker.