Age: 25

Physical description: In his human form, he looks like a tall and slim young man, with slightly tanned skin, forest-green eyes and 
curly black hair that falls freely down his shoulders to mid-back. His moves are very graceful, like those of a feline. This reflects 
his true nature as a predator; while in animal form, he is a huge black panther.

Powers: Darken is a shapeshifter. This means that he can change shape from human to panther whenever he feels like it. Like a true 
predator, he can feel the fear of those entering his suite, as well as various other emotions.

Attire: When in human form, Darken wears a pair of black leather trousers, a colarless silk black shirt and laether boots. Around his 
neck, there is a heavy silver collar with a huge onyx stone set in the middle. Obviously, he wears no clothes while in panther form. 
Only the collar remains around his neck. There is no visible way of removing it, and a series of scratches around it clearly show that it 
has been attempted more than once.

Background: Darken has been captured by a bunch of poachers, who had no idea of his true abilities. Bought from them by the Palace as a 'decorative' black panther, he was initially locked up in a silver cage in the Palace garden. After about two months or so, the staff 
found a beautiful (and naked) young man in the cage, instead of the feline they had been accustomed to. Puzzled by this, the owners made a couple of inquieries in all the right places, and found out that the youth was one of the few shapeshifters that had ever been 
captured. they decided to train them as a Key, which was not a very easy process because of Darken's constant distractions and fits of 
rage. Nevertheless, it was managed, and the young shapeshifter was given his own suite in the Palace.

Personality: At first sight, Draken looks like a very pleasant person, interested in all things that manage to catch his attention. 
He can spend hours looking at a painting, or a simple flower in a vase. But underneath that, there lies the personality of a true 
predator. All his actions are subordonated to one - that of the hunt. When his patience wears up, or looses interest, an all-encompasing 
anger takes hold of him. He cannot stand the sight of the thing - or person - he had been obsessed with anymore, and thus he will destroy it. Also, when someone attempts doing something that does not please him, both in and out of bed, he will become violent and cause 
phisical harm. The more scared that person gets, the more likely it is for it to leave the room a corpse - Darken's body will react to 
their fear and he will turn panther, and then all hell breaks loose. He may not kill all his victims, but he does leave a mark they will 
remember him by.

However, there are a privileged few that have made it out of his room in one piece, either because they were sane enough to leave before 
Darken lost interest, or because they have found a means to hold his attention.

Experience: Plenty. Many people were attracted to the mystery he represents, and have risked their lives owning him. Those who have 
survived, including those disfigured or crippled for life, will testify that sex with him is a mind-blowing experience. He *is* 
popular with the S&M crowd, but usually he is only offered to people with a good life insurance and plenty of guts, as well as vast 
general knowledge to keep Darken entertained.

Rooms: The Panther suite is made out of two rooms overlooking the huge Palace garden. One of them is the bathroom, all in black marble and gritstome and mahogany. The various metal pieces - like shelf edges, racks etc. - are silver-coated. Light comes in through several windows overlooking the garden. 

The bedroom/livingroom is a very large room, decked in midnight blue silk, velvet and plush, again with silver-coated metal pieces showing here and there. Two huge glass doors serving as windows overlook the garden, which Draken is free to prowl at will. The same goes for his masters, of course. In fact, in order to make Darken feel more at home, that part of the garden has been transformed into resembling a jungle.