Dar Eckstein

Dar is the upstanding heir to Eckstein Corp; the most well-renowned tech company in all of Aetherain. Dedicating himself to his work since he was a young child, Dar has always been considered highly capable, reliable and talented by those around him. Many often rely on or admire zem highly as a role model, a beacon of light even.

Blessed with the skills to create wonderful machineries, he dreams of improving the lives of many with the creations he makes. Although he can be quite perfectionistic and harsh on himself as a result, as well as highly neglectful of his own health. Once his eyes are set on a goal, zie will work to no stop until every tiny little detail is just right, or until those zes working for are as pleased as can be. Anything less than perfect, even the tiniest mistakes is a failure in his own eyes— yet he would not consider another's mistakes the same at all. Despite the fact zie talks all about how happy he is to take over for his family, one can’t help but wonder about those tired, lifeless eyes behind that polite expression, dreaming of being anything but himself.

A natural helper of the people and a generally pleasant seeming person to be around. Dar cares a lot for people, maybe a bit too much...? But he's always willing to chime in and add zes own two cents in, offering advice or knowledge about things others might be clueless about, even rambling about said things too to rather extensive degrees. He is also very known for being nitpicky and particular about his work. He won't stop until he gets something just right, and sometimes that will take lots of time and frustration.

In some instances, he's saved the team more than enough time by taking the time to figure things out, at other times this can come at the cost of sacrificing his own health as they focus only on their goal. He is a big perfectionist with a self-esteem as low as it gets. In fact zes prioritize others far more than zemself, hardly thinking to stop and take care of zemself. He also believes he has to always be accomplishing things to prove his worth, not wanting to let others down at all yet not wanting to accept any help from others.

Specializing in digital art, Dar excels at drawing both people and animals. Landscapes and objects are a bit tough for him though.

Dar has always been talented at working with machinery and robots, building and tinkering with things ever since he was a young child.

He is capable of adapting to most game genres, but is particularly fond of both platformers and rhythm games.

Dar has been "gifted", as others call it, with a creative mind ever since he was young. The Eckstein family owns the biggest tech corporation in Aetherain after all. He was fascinated by the line of work and his parents encouraged him to take after them and their company. This high praise from both family and from all the adults around him gave him a big confidence in his skills and intelligence despite being so young. He wasn't a particularly sociable child so he struggled to build connections with his peers at school, but his parents told him to pay no mind as he had bigger things to focus on- Dar figured zie wouldn't necessarily need to make friends with people zes age since he had all the grown ups cheering him on, and wanted to make his parents proud.

He did however also get invested in drawing in his free time. His tutor and aunt Peitil was an artist, and she often held mini drawing sessions after their lessons together to cool down. While he didn't mind the idea of taking over the family company for his parents sake, he found that he adored drawing and how calming it felt. He enjoyed the feeling of creating something for the sake of it-- rather than doing it because everyone just wants you to. It made him happy, and he found himself doodling on the side of notes or drawing whenever he found the time to.

As time went on though and as Dar grew up, so did his parents expectations. Having to juggle the success his parents want for him alongside school started taking its toll on his mental wellbeing, and he began growing into a depressive slump. He was scared of reaching out to his parents out of fear of failing their expectations as their high-achieving son, and slowly found himself turning to art for comfort. While this provided some form of solace, his academic success only declined further until his parents took notice themselves. Instead of supporting him, they guilt-tripped Dar for focusing so much on art than the future they picked out for him, expressing that it hurt them so much that he didn't agree with their choices and would focus on something that had no value in the end.

Dar started feeling guilty that he tried to run from his shortcomings through simple pleasures rather than confront them by working harder-- promising to them it wouldn't happen again and reassuring that he would take over the company for them. He promptly stopped asking Peitil for art sessions during their tutoring, and after graduating school, hardly saw her much afterwards either. With school out of the way and more time on his hands, Dar tried to push himself to work more. He did end up more productive by cutting art out, but with all his time now being used on work... he only felt drained day after day.

His parents however were ecstatic about some of Dar's latest progress, cooing to him that he's capable of changing the world with his skills and that he's going to do so much good for the family and for everyone-- and that just putting in more effort was all he needed to do. Dar felt a bit happy, getting to hear this praise from his parents once more, and kept pushing forward despite the strain it put on him. He was starting to lose his spark and love for this future of his, but he kept up the good face just so he wouldn't worry his parents. He just needed to make them Happy.

Dar's parents began arranging public appearances for him to promote his role as successor in the near future and pushing him to aid with bigger projects within the company. One project involved research in the Auremos Ruins and the rumors of a powerful Orykto, so Dar left with a team of researchers to go investigate the matter. While they were arriving at their destination however-- the group was attacked by a frenzy of wild monsters, and scattered amongst one another. Dar was left stranded all alone in the hot fiery desert, until he was soon after found by Opal and the rest of the Auremos group. From there, he agreed to help Opal's cause in his words, "because he owed it to her out of respect as a member of the Eckstein family", but in truth-- he desperately wanted an escape; an excuse to run away again from his responsibilites.

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