Darla Arrington

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**Darla Arrington**, also known as **Darling Darla**, is one of the main charters of the animation miniseries "Wild West Manhunt" She is a sapphire blooded witch who runs a saloon in old west America and was the former mistress of the thief and outlaw Red Tillman. She is the great grandmother of Isabelle Arrington and thus is also a descendant of Alistair Huntington and his youngest daughter Ivy. Similar to her great granddaughter, Darla tends to use magic to punish those who wrong her or try to exploit her in some way and is very firm in her stance as the one in charge. While she conceals her magical heritage while running a business in a Nonblood community, she does still use her power over magic to get what she wants and keep things in line in her establishment. She runs the Stallion Saloon that offers a number of services such as a Bar, Gambling and most popular, Saloon Girl services. She originally had a romantic relationship with Red Tillman until he fled town after pulling a bank robbery. When he returned 5 months later still on the run from the law Darla used her magic to turn Red into a woman who took the name Rachel. Though this successfully hid her from the sheriff Darla made it clear that Rachel would only be changed back if she worked for her and paid off the dept she now owed for leaving and coming back asking for help in hiding. After just over a month however Rachel came to enjoy her new body and fell in love with the deputy Buck Mcgraw who proposed to her. She then left with Buck to start a new life as a woman much to Darla's shock. Nevertheless, Darla wished them the best and watched as the new couple road off.

## Design/Appearance

Like both her ancestors and descendants Darla has a number of traits similar to them in appearance. She has bright pale blue eyes and dark hair similar to Ivy, Norah, and Isabelle and her Mana Mark is a similar design. She is shown to have preference for the color sapphire blue likely due to her bloodline as is common with most sorcerers. She wears a skimpy saloon girl dress in this color with heeled boots, a corset, and a blue flower in her hair.

## History

Darla Arrington's early life is unknown, but she is confirmed to be the direct descendant of Ivy Huntington meaning by the late 1800's her side of the family has migrated to colonial America, and she has set herself up as the owner of the Stallion Saloon in a Non-blood town in the old west. At some point in her time there she met and had a relationship with an outlaw by the name of Red Tillman. However, Red fled town without saying goodbye after he pulled a bank robbery much to Darla's anger. Five months later Red returned to town but was being chased by the Sheriff and his deputy. Red fled to the Stallion in the hopes Darla would help and hide him. When Darla knew Red would be hanged if he was caught, she agreed but assured him that he would be indebted to her and pay her back for her help. Darla brought red into one of the bedrooms of the Saloon and gave him a few things so he could dress and pose as one of her Saloon girls to hide from the law. She left to try and talk to and delay the approaching Sheriff but as she leaves Red to get dressed, she activates her Mana Mark and casts a spell to make Red transform into an actual woman slowly. Darla talks to the Sheriff and assures him she has nothing to hide welcoming him and his deputy Buck to search he place. She stands by as Red transforms and is spotted by Buck. When Red (now Rachel) come up to her and asks what's happened after the Sheriff has left Darla takes her back into a bedroom and reveals to her that she's a witch and if she ever wants to change back she has to work for her at the Saloon until her dept is paid. Rachel has no choice and agrees. Darla walks her down to the bar and gives her a whiskey, promising that once she's paid up in full, she's free to go and be changed back. Darla then introduces her to the other Saloon girls and about a minute later she shows her to her first Client Deputy Buck McGraw.

A month later Darla is cleaning the bar when Rachel comes down the stairs with a bag and announces that she quits. Darla is angry saying she won't change Rachel back until her dept is paid. Rachel however reveals she doesn't want to be changed back and has fallen in love with and gotten engaged to Buck. Darla is confused and shocked to see the outlaw she once slept with has now chosen to become a housewife. Rachel and Buck bid her farewell planning to move to a farm outside of town. Darla looks out as they ride out of town wishing them the best, forced to accept that Red is now gone, and Rachel is off to start her own life. Though she is clearly shocked, and a bit annoyed she doesn't have Red in her dept anymore she seems content and happy to see Rachel beginning a new life with Buck.