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Name: Daniel Tabor Arlington V Door: Left, door pass Canon: Ninth House Canon Point: Mid chapter 18, just before he disappears, after figuring out what Alex did. Age: 21 Appearance: here or here. History: Darlington was raised by his wealthy grandfather in New Haven, Connecticut. He inherited an obsession with New Haven from his grandfather, and when his grandfather died, he threw himself into researching magic and the occult. He tried to brew a potion that would let him see the dead, and it nearly killed him. As a result, was tapped to take on the role of Dante at Lethe House, the organization tasked with overseeing Yale's magic-wielding secret societies and given a full-ride to Yale for his troubles. For three years, he learned the ins and outs of the societies and magic, and his fourth year, he transitioned to the position of Virgil, guiding a new Dante, Galaxy (Alex) Stern. Personality: Negative traits: Darlington's main negative trait is obsession. As a young man, he lands himself in the hospital through his obsession with magic. His obsession with his family home means he spends every penny he has keeping the building standing. He's already started to devote his life to finding out why New Haven has these nexuses of magic and why it's never flourished the way other New England cities have, despite those nexuses. Once he joins Lethe, he becomes obsessed with researching a particular ghost's death, and ends up with some very powerful enemies. Once he's made a determination to do/know something, he can't stop until he's achieved it. These obsessions tend to isolate him from people, and while he doesn't do it on purpose, he doesn't stop himself when he notices it. On the flip side, if he's not obsessed with someone or something, he has a tendency toward being dismissive of it. He'll assume he understands motivations when he hasn't paid enough attention to someone to see beyond the surface, and he tends to view most people as uncomplicated and therefore uninteresting. He's also an incredible snob. He grew up wealthy, he's ivy-league educated, and he was chosen as the only Yale student in three years to take on the mantel of Dante. He doesn't often fall into full-on arrogance, but he has very specific tastes and can't help looking down on anything that falls outside them. He expects certain things from life, and he doesn't take well to not getting them. Deceit is another negative. He's not a habitual liar, but he has no qualms about hiding information, making up alibis, or telling outright lies when necessary. He also deceives people unconsciously. He's used to pretending to be sociable and outgoing as a way to cover his discomfort in social situations, and he's done it so long that he doesn't realize he's pretending or that he often uses this practiced charm to manipulate people. Positive traits: One major positive trait is his sense of honor. His grandfather believed in doing the Right Thing, whatever he determined that right thing to be, and Darlington very much inherited that. He tries to do what he's supposed to, and he tries to keep his promises. Family honor in particular is important to him. He goes to church every Sunday despite not believing in any god because his grandfather said that's what Arlingtons do. He's keeping up the family home because there should always being Arlingtons there. As a side effect of his obsessive nature, he's incredibly thoughtful. He pays attention to people, to the details of their lives, and he offers to help without hesitation when he can. The first day he meets Alex, he notices she's hiding her tattoos, and he gives her a way to remove them. He's good at getting people to talk, and he uses that ability to gather details about them. Powers and Abilities: Darlington is baseline human, but he's very intelligent and well-educated. He speaks several languages, plays several instruments, and has a vast knowledge of literature, especially arcane literature. Inventory: A coin of compulsion, a jar of bone dust, and a copy of The Life of Lethe: Procedures and Protocols of the Ninth House Samples: Sample 1 Sample 2: The last thing he remembers is being at Rosenfeld with Alex. They'd dispersed the storm, and there had been that noise, that breathing like a creature waiting for them in the shadows. Alex had all but admitted to killing everyone in that house. Ground Zero, she called it. But it couldn't have been her. The blows were left-handed, Alex could barely bruise someone with a baseball bat, let alone beat grown men to death. He's grown to like Alex in the months they've worked together, but he still couldn't stop that rush of fear. He'd let in a monster and been foolish enough to think he could keep it on a leash. When he wakes, his first thought is that she'd attacked him, desperate to keep her place at Lethe, her life at Yale. He's in a room with two doors, and he knows too much about magic and mythology not to see immediately it's a test, but a test of what? Has he died? Is this how the afterlife sorts its inhabitants? Ring out the false. Ring out the true. Darlington reaches for the false door. He could use some reassuring lies, someone to tell him it will all be all right, that there can be fairies without demons. He stops, of course, before turning the knob, and sighs. Even in death, he can't pass up a peak behind the veil. |
