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The Darkness
The Darkness (Character)
Biographical Information
Height: 5'11
Gender: Male Male
Status: Deceased
Religion: Pagan
Affiliations: The Blood Wood
Relationship Information
Character Information
Only Appearance: Slaughter of Innocence
Portrayed By: Ron Kennell
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The Darkness is the leader of a radical sect of Pagans. He and his worshippers sacrifice people, supposedly to stop a greater evil.

Personality[]

A pagan man known as The Darkness was driven by his own belief that what he was doing, murdering people and animals was all to stop a larger evil from taking over.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Nothing is known about The Darkness for sure. However, it seems to be a position that is passed on from generation to generation.

Season 1[]

Pilot
There appears to be a sinister force in the woods.

A Chill in the Air
After the attack on Olivia D'Amencourt and her lady, Sebastian has reason to believe the Pagans are luring people into The Blood Wood and sacrificing them. That is because the only survivor of the attack, a carriage driver, has spoken of what he overheard the Pagans say before he succumbed to his injuries. He heard them talk of a creature who resides in the dark in a cave that few know of.

Chosen
Members of the radical sect who serve The Darkness have successfully integrated themselves into French court and now terrorize the royals, namely the Queen of Scotland, because of her connection to Sebastian. Two members, Sarah and Robert, are found out and burned at the stake for heresy.

Dirty Laundry
Months after going missing, the dishevelled, slovenly Olivia D'Amencourt crawls out of a bush in the woods to the shocked stares of Sebastian, Rowan, and Carrick. The three wrap her in a blanket and talk about what to do next, when Carrick notices bite marks on her forearm - meaning she has been fed on by The Darkness. Sebastian secretly brings her back to court to be treated by Nostradamus.

The Darkness was keeping a blonde woman alive, and feeding off her blood. She escaped a couple months after she had been captured and was eventually found and taken back to the Kingdom of France by the former pagan Sebastian.

The Darkness
The darkness choose a pagan family who had helped the blonde woman escape. He marked their door with blood.

That night he came to choose a sacrifice. He took the small goat that had been offered to him and took note of the man tied up, laid out before him. However when the young woman looked up at him, he took her instead. He dragged her away screaming.

Monsters
A couple days​ later, when it was realized the former pagan had retrieved reinforcements from the castle, he left a piece of the young woman's thumb to deter them from following further.

Long Live The King
The Darkness slaughtered a pagan boy's family, but left the young boy, Pascal alive to be the solo survivor. 

Slaughter of Innocence
The Darkness came back for Pascal a few weeks later. Wishing to sacrifice the young woman who helped him, and take the boy to eventually follow in his footsteps. He tried to bargain with the boy, but to no avail. After the two had barricaded themselves in a room, The Darkness hid away, biding his time. When the same man from months earlier arrived, a fight broke out. Sebastian eventually won the duel, a stuck an axe though The Darkness's head.

Notes[]

Appearances[]

Season One
Pilot Snakes in the Garden Kissed Hearts and Minds A Chill in the Air Chosen Left Behind Fated For King and Country Sacrifice Inquisition
Royal Blood Consummation Dirty Laundry The Darkness Monsters Liege Lord No Exit Toy Soldiers Higher Ground Long Live the King Slaughter of Innocence

Related Pages[]

Pages related to Pagans are the following:

Pagan 
Pagan Necklace
The DarknessThe Darkness' Lair
GaleSarahThe Blood WoodRobertPascal
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