Daaren is a werewolf, and made a loner more by circumstances than by choice.
Tall (1,80 m, about 5'11'') and wiry, dark brown, shaggy hair seeded with grey, pale blue, narrow and slightly slanted eyes. He's naturally fair-skinned, but since he prefers being outside usually with a healthy tan.
When given the choice he prefers natural materials and dyes and loose fits for his clothes, but he will wear whatever, especially when he has to steal it from a washing line because he had no opportunity to collect his clothes where he left them.
Daaren considers himself practical; he has little patience for philosophy and the like, and even less for people he perceives as lazy. He also dislikes dogs.
When in company of people he doesn't trust - and he needs quite a while before he trusts someone - he'll act reservedly, show little emotion.
He has principles, including "no fighting and killing unless neccessary" (but doesn't fret about it at all when it appears neccessary) and "give a second chance wherever possible, but never a third". By he standard of his culture he is very honourable.
Somone trying to offend him would be out of luck, unless they likened him to a dog or called him a liar, with the latter drawing by far worse reactions.
Daaren was mostly a hunter, scout and, if neccessary, fighter, so he has whatever skills are attached to it, including sitting very still for a long time. When it comes to weapons he prefers knife or dagger, or spears, but can handle sword and bow if needed.
He is a good runner, probably not the best sprinter around, but excels when it comes to endurance.
He can hold decent conversations in Rahji (his mothertongue), New Lantarrean and English, and knows some smatterings of Eodean Orcish and Elvish as well as German, Spanish and Russian, but cannot read or write.
Daaren's vision is different from your average human's, most notably his colour vision is weak, lacking blue and violet completely. On the other hand he has excellent night vision. His hearing and sense of smell are very good, but while in human shape more on the lines of "amazing what a human is capable of with training" than truly superhuman feats.
Being a werewolf he can change shape between human-like and wolf-like. The change takes at the very least half a minute of concentration. Eodean werewolves keep most of their intelligence while in wolf-like shape, unless they stay in it for too long (weeks and months). When Daaren is in need of sharper hearing and/or sense of smell as well as sharp thinking, he can take on an intermediate shape, but he's not skilled in holding it.
The to them more defining aspect of being a "werewolf" is being lunar-sensitive. This gives him a very good sense of direction and of time - provided he is used to the moon in question. After coming to a new world it takes him some time to get used to the new moon, if there is one. The time depends on many factors, including lenght of month and number of moons, but will not be less than a month unless the cycles coincide very closely.
Daaren also has what on Eodea is sometimes known as "fey spirit", a minor magic ability he does not even recognize as such. There's some magic/spiritual theory behind it, but practically it means that he can make himself unconspicious if he wants to, and on the other hand he's likely to get a feeling of being watched if it is the case.
As he learned later from Nico, he seemed to have "caught" something from her which pulled him out of whatever natural after-death-happening applied to people. When he dies, the body vanishes, and turns up in some other world. That way Daaren has by now had several lives in different times and places.
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