FACE:  KYLE SCHMID

Darius is the acknowledged leader of a particular "lost" group of Carpathians, and a member of the Daratrazanoff clan. He was six years old at the time of the Turk invasion of the Carpathian Mountains and saved several other children from death. He is the group coordinator for their band, the Dark Troubadours, and is Desari's bodyguard. Talented in healing and hunting, as well as leadership, he is an eclectic individual, merging the personalities of Mikhail and Gregori into one individual.

Tall; long, dark/black, shaggy, untamed hair; large black eyes; grim mouth; wide shoulders; broad chest; narrow hips; straight posture; easy fluid movements

They are a musical group formed by the "lost" group of Carpathian children. They travel like old-fashioned minstrels or troubadours, from town to town, city to city, never employing outside musicians or technicians and always performing only their own songs. If anyone notices their not aging, they pose as their own descendants. Savon's death, their lifestyle of being up all night, and their pet leopards caused the Vampire Hunting Society to take notice and target them.