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{{Character infobox
|name = Darius
|image = <tabber>
Original= [[File:Darius_Original.jpg|250px]]
|-|
Reignited=[[File:Darius_Reignited.jpg|278px]]
</tabber>
|species = [[Dragon]]
|gender = Male
|homeworld = [[Dark Hollow]]
|first_appearance = ''[[Spyro the Dragon (game)]]'' (1998)
|latest_appearance = ''[[Crash Team Rumble]]'' (statue cameo) (2024)
|portrayed_by = [[wikipedia:Clancy Brown|Clancy Brown]] (1998)<br>Unknown (2018)
}}
{{Quote|Big enemies like this Guh-norc with a club cannot be charged, but a quick flame, that should defeat them.|Darius}}
'''Darius''' is an [[Artisans]] dragon who resides in [[Dark Hollow]]. In ''[[Spyro the Dragon (game)|Spyro the Dragon]]'', he instructs [[Spyro]] on how to take down large enemies; not by [[Charge|charging]], but by [[Flame|flaming]]. He is notable for being one of few characters in the original game to pronounce the "G" in "Gnorc".

==Physical Appearance==
===Original Design (1998)===
Darius is a grey scaled dragon with light brown wings and underbelly. He shares the same character model as [[Argus]], [[Gavin]], [[Alvar]] and [[Delbin]].

===Reignited Design (2018)===
In the ''[[Spyro Reignited Trilogy]]'', Darius is an actor, holding a rose, pen and writing board in his right hand and a dragon-skull with a lit candle on the forehead in his left. He also wears a blue scarf.

==Names in other languages==
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!Language
!Name
!Meaning
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|Arabic
|داريوس 
|Darios
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|Danish
|Darius
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|Dutch
|Darius
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|Finnish
|Darius
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|French
|Darius
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|German
|Darius
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|Italian
|Darius
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|Japanese
|ダリアス<br>グリフーチョ
|Dariasu<br>Gurifūcho
|-
|Norwegian
|Darius
|-
|Polish
|Dariusz
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|Portuguese
|Dلrio
|-
|Russian
|Дариус 
|Darius
|-
|Spanish
|Darius
|-
|Swedish
|Darius
|}

==Voice portrayals==
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!Voice Actor
!Appearance
|-
|Clancy Brown
|''[[Spyro the Dragon (game)]]''
|}

===Voice Portrayals in other languages===
{|width=20% class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Language
!Voice Actor
|-
|French
|Serge Thiriet
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Darius_SpyroReignitedTrilogy_Art.jpg|''Spyro Reignited Trilogy''
Spyro_Darius_Reignited_Credits_Art.jpg|''Spyro Reignited Trilogy''
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*In the demo, Darius is just text and his dialogue is different: ''"Big enemies cannot be charged, but there are other ways to defeat them. Use your wits and don't forget your flame."''
*In the ''Reignited Trilogy'', he no longer mispronounces the word "Gnorc".
*His inspiration of being a poet must have come from William Shakespeare's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet Hamlet]'' play, in particular, the famous scene where the titular character is seen holding the skull of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorick Yorick] in one hand, reciting "Alas poor Yorick...".

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[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Artisans dragons]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Spyro the Dragon characters]]
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