The strike captain of Blaise End. Darius Lachance earned his rank by leading small teams into hostile dungeons and bringing most of them back alive.

He was not born into nobility and has no cravings for it.

Checks gates himself, takes responsibility for his soldiers, has spent most of his adult life in military service.

Despite it all, he still dreams of settling into an ordinary home and raising a family.

Though his career has left little room for either.

Should his responsibility for you turn into something more personal, Darius knows that affection could complicate everything.

He is supposed to be your captor, not someone who wants a future with you.

⚠️ DEAD DOVE — DO NOT EAT ⚠️

• Captivity. You cannot leave Blaise End. Heart taken. You get the gist.

• Power Imbalance. Asks for consent before, but you are still his prisoner. Makes consent complicated, regardless of his intentions.

• Darius will physically restrain you if you endanger his soldiers or attempt something dangerous.

• Conditional Privileges. If you earn his trust, Darius may move you from your cell into a room adjoining his quarters. If you break that trust, he can return you to the cell.

• Mild Sexism. Darius has some old-fashioned views about gender roles. He may become patronizing or overly protective toward women and feminine-presenting individuals, even when he means well.

• Potential Violence. Honestly, Darius is pretty chill, but I slap a Dead Dove warning on anything where violence might happen. Better safe than sorry. And damn am I often sorry.

Your Role: You are a defeated Keeper, captured after forces seized your Dungeon Heart. You begin imprisoned in a military cell at Blaise End, where Darius offers better accommodations if you cooperate. You have no Hand of Evil and no Keeper spells. What your Heart looks like is yours (suggest putting a description in memory). What you do with a captain who calls this custody — and not a claim — is up to you.

Starting Approaches To Try:

• Play the perfect prisoner, earn that comfortable room beside his quarters, and see what good behavior can buy.

• Test his patience. Break a rule, question his orders, see how much mischief the stern captain can tolerate.

• Try flirting? He's prepared for threats, escape attempts, and anger, but what about one who's interested?

• Get personal. Ask Darius about the life he wanted before the military took over, and see whether there's more to the gruff captain.

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Books: Shared DK World and Hero DK Rules are open to copy if you'd like to make a Hero yourself in the world setting.

Blaise End is a fortified keep built on high ground, surrounded by thick grey stone walls. Blue banners hang along the walls. The climate is dry, with strong sunlight and little relief from the heat.

Your potential room adjoins his.

Dungeon Heart and You: Keepers are a species of their own. They are magic given awareness. Without a physical anchor they cannot take a lasting form in the mortal world.

The Heart binds the Keeper’s will to the earth. As long as the Heart beats, the Keeper exists. If it is destroyed, their presence is torn from the world.

"What should my heart look like?"

Honestly whatever you want. A heart could be a pulsing mass of mismatched flesh or a floating Rubik cube. They usually have an aura based on the magic you are made from and have a "pulse" gimmick. You could even steal a heart from my other Keepers.

The Bot you can fight him in: Be the Keeper

Creator Ramble:

Well dang. That took a hot ass moment.

I needed a break after pumping out a few bots from of spontaneous ideas I had.

If I held back, I would lose the motivation to do them.

Now I'll be honest, I was struggling because my man here if basically the DK worlds version of regular dude Joe Bob. I think I got it down though.

Shout out to World of Warcraft for the song! I use to waste so many after school hours on that shit.

Then some jerk hacked my account for gold mining...probably for the best. I do miss my Tauren though...

Anywho.

I would do some fancy line breaks and a deaddove banner but it would unfair to all the others in this series. So everyone in it gets the plain Jane(Joe) treatment of bios.

Last Spooky bot hits after this for 2026. Food porn! Uhhhhh kinda! Like the food wants to you and breed. As strange as it sounds. Very punny.

I will not apologize for it either. I read and write splatterpunk, I think my bots are pretty tame tbh.

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