Daren

> "*I, Daren, vow this day that I will offer you my protection from this moment, and until the end of this tournament.*"
> ― Daren
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Daren is a main character and protagonist in Magium.

## Appearance

Daren is a bald, dark skinned male around his mid-40s with an X-shaped scar on his forehead. He usually wears a heavy armor with a breastplate that covers as much as possible, but does not wear a helmet. He uses a shield and a sword as a weapon, both of which are heavily enchanted.

## Personality

Daren is an idealist, thinking that there is still good worth fighting for even if there is still lots of evil left in this world and also the reason he join the Magium tournament, that is to gain a power to save the world. He also holds a discrimination against monsters, animals or other race in general and a lot of distrust towards the people he thinks is evil, such as Eiden and Arraka. He is also very stubborn about believing something that he deemed impossible.

## History

Daren is a legendary mage from the Southern Continent who has traveled the world saving countless villages. He has single-handedly battled ten rock golems to save one child, and famously cured the ‘Iknar’ plague of the Eastern Continent. In his youth, He trained under two ex-sages: Nolderan, his enchanting and martial arts master beginning from when he was barely 20 years old, and a white mage.

Before his decision to journey the world, Daren married Sophie, a woman whom he shared a childhood with. He offered to divorce her as a means of protection once he set his mind to becoming a hero. Sophie refused to hear of it, and Daren settled on a compromise, giving her the freedom to spend her life with another man even while they remained legally married. She refused to let go of him, and Daren began enchanting transceivers to maintain a long-distance relationship. She currently resides a remote village in the Southern Continent, where she and Daren spent their youth.

## Abilities

### Healing Magic (White Magic)

Daren is one of the best healers in the world. He is able to heal ordinary injury with ease, dispel ordinary death curses with ease and also has purification magic to eradicate the strong magical auras of banshees. He also has many protection spell for specific type of damage but only for personal use and white mage's advanced version of shield spell to barely cover his weakness against physical damage since the protection spell against physical damage didn't work on him.

### Enchanting Magic

Daren is a very skilled enchanter. He enchanted a magical transceiver that can cover a very long distance between continents. He also enchanted his armor and shield to be as durable as possible against physical damage. His shield can also make a semi-transparent magical barrier around the caster and the surrounding area. Among the things he enchanted, he enchanted his sword the most. His sword can absorb any element, enchanted with dispelling magic, purification magic etc. The more advanced the enchantment is, the more time and resources it requires, for example; his sword takes weeks to be enchanted and costs a small fortune.

* **Enchanter's Oath**: a spell to take an oath at the cost of their life if they break it. This oath can be done by sprinkling a little the blood of the target over Daren's sword and specifying the conditions and duration for them to uphold. If the duration is not specified, the oath will become life-binding. The target will get a warning if the spell considers that they are crossing the line. This spell can be undone by the enchanter.

### Sword Technique

Daren has a sword technique that can temporarily sever a mage's link to the magical plane, making them unable to cast spells for half an hour. Daren can cancel this technique by joining his fingers together and hits the slashed area with them, in three separate places.

### Aura Manipulation Technique

Daren has a natural affinity for aura manipulation, helping him to learn it faster than normal people. The thing he can do now is canceling the opponent aura manipulation technique, pulling his sword in to his hand from far away, and gluing his weapon to his hand.

## Reference

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Book 1, Chapter 1
2. ↑ Book 2 Chapter 1
3. ↑ Book 2 Chapter 7
4. ↑ Book 2 Chapter 2
5. ↑ Book 2 Chapter 6
6. ↑ Book 2 Chapter 8
7. ↑ Book 1 Chpater 7
8. ↑ Book 3 Chapter 6