The Saga of Darren Shan/Characters

This is the character sheet for The Saga of Darren Shan. Unmarked spoiler ahead, read on your own peril.

Darren Shan
Twelve years old Darren Shan is the main protagonist of the series. At the start of the series he was a fan of spiders, so when the Cirque du Freak visited his home town, he became obsessed with Madame Octa, a rather large and colorful performing spider, with leathal poison, and stole it from it's rightful owner: a vampire.


 * Angst: First after Mr Crepsley blooded him, and much later, following Mr Crepsley's death.
 * The Chosen One: Played straight in that, he's one of three vampires who are allowed to kill the Vampaneze Lord. Subverted in that he was chosen to destroy the world, should he, or the other two succed in doing so.
 * Dhampyr: Sort of. He's half-vampire, but he was transformed into one by blood transfusion, instead of being born one.
 * May-December Romance: with Debbie. Subverted as she is the same age as he is, but looks older than him, because she's a nomal human.
 * Older than he looks like: he was blooded into a half-vampire at the age of twelve. At the end of the series, eighteen years later, he had apparently aged about six years, and only because he had a
 * Plot Relevant Age Up: in Hunters of the Dusk.
 * Screw Destiny
 * The Smart Guy / The Strategist: He came up with some rather impressive strategies, particularly his plan to confuse the Vampaneze before the battle in The Vampire Prince, worked so well, that the vampires lost twelve warriors, instead of the estimated thirty to forty minimum casualty. It largely contributed to his election as the youngest Vampire Prince. He even outwitted Mr. Tiny in the final book.
 * Take a Third Option: Mr. Tiny's plan was that either Darren or Steve would become the destroyer of the world, whichever survived/killed the other. It backfired on him, when Darren realised that only means both of them must die at each others hands.
 * Teacher-Student Romance: With Debbie.
 * Took a Level In Badass: He took at least one in each trilogy.
 * Unwitting Pawn: To Mr. Tiny trough the entire series. Then he subverts it, by literally saying Screw Destiny to him.

Larten Crepsley

 * Badass: He was considered to be nominated to be a leader of an proud warrior race, where Asskicking Equals Authority, and is informarly the second highest ranking member of the vampire clan, out-ranked only by the 800 years old Paris Skyle. The first time we really see how badass he is, he punches a werewolf unconscious with his bare hands.
 * Badass Cape: He wears a red cape.
 * Badass Teacher: To Darren.
 * Breakout Character: He has his own series of four novels.
 * Dual-Wielding: His prefered fighting style with knives.
 * Dying Moment of Awesome Fighting the highly skilled Vampaneze Gannen Harst, Steve and the Lord of the Vampaneze (both half-vampaneze) all at once, and apparently winning by killing the Vampaze Lord. Then it's revealed the guy he killed was only a ploy...
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars Has a long scar running down on his cheek.
 * Knife Nut: His weapon of choise.
 * Parental Substitute: To Darren, after he got through his I Hate You, Vampire Dad period.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Senseless Sacrifice: He didn't take Steve down with himself to give his friends a chance to escape. After he died, Steve revealed to Darren, that he is actually the real Vampaneze Lord.

Harkat Mulds
A Small persone, who was brought back to life by Mr. Tiny, and was tasked with protecting Darren.

Vancha March
One of the four Vampire Princes, and one of the three Hunters, who're allowed to kill the Vampaneze Lord.

Desmond Tiny
A malevoulent being who only wants to throw the world into chaos.