Dardante


 * Viamontian Mage, "Chief Thamaturgical Counsellor" to King Varicci di Corcosi II
 * Leader (Grand Master) of the Ordina Rossu Morta, until he was disgraced and Ranarre put in his place by the King.
 * Responsible for the experiments with Jared Kurth and the forging of his sword Heartbreaker
 * Experimented with the uses for Shade Iron
 * Brains behind the break in into Knorr by Master Malsivir
 * Continuously experimented with the binding of all kinds of spirits, for example with the Bound Falatacot looking for Grael's power source together with Melaverre.
 * Responsible for the experiments around Grael
 * He disappeared during the Toward Ancient Shores patch. There were rumors that he was getting involved with the Raven Hand
 * Grael got released, see From the Darkest Depths Teaser Video for a summary of the events leading up to this as seen by Dardante.
 * Both the Raven Hand and Dardante tried to summon Grael and get him under their control. Pontifex Maegris of the Raven Hand and Dardante decided indeed to cooperate and initiate a summoning ritual
 * Because of suspected treason, the Raven Hand decided to perform the ritual without the help of Dardante even though the outcome might fail catastrophically without Count Dardante there to guide
 * The summoning of Grael did not go as planned, and both Pontifex Maegris and Dardante's main assistant, Archmage Aigonne, were turned into shadows
 * The experiments with Grael having gone awry, Grael became now Dardante's master instead of the other way around and the King saw him as a traitor . Dardante, being corrupted by Grael, was turned into a Shadow.
 * His experiments were taken over by one of his field researchers, Ranarre
 * With the splitting of Grael in three aspects, Dardante disappeared, and can now be found as a shadow creature in the Falatacot Vault of the Shadow Aspect of Grael Quest

Appearances In Game

 * See also Count Dardante (Live Event Character)
 * Commander Jared Kurth Raids - During the April 2006 Shining Runes and Shadowed Hands patch, Jared Kurth was released again by Dardante and attacked different towns. Dardante appeared after Commander Kurth was killed or disappeared and handed out Dardante's Viamontian Propaganda

Locations

 * Count Dardante's Island - location of his villa and Dardante's Keep
 * Dardante's Keep - in his villa on his island
 * Dardante's Workshop - his "Sanamar Compound"

Creatures

 * Bound Falatacot - Summoned by Dardante in his Summoning Chamber