Dacian stands 6 '3", and yet somehow barely met Sadie's standards in terms of height. He knew men that stood taller than him, sure, but not many consider him short. Water under the bridge, he supposed. Excuse the rest of his appearance; one divorce, five children, and his career as a detective may have left him worse for wear. The most notable thing about him is skin easily tans, a trait that, for the most part with the exception being Kyler, sets him apart from the rest of his family. The rest of his children just burn. It's like raising a little litter of Vampir honestly.
While still tone and able to keep up with his children, he mourns the six pack he once had... He departed with it too soon.
Detective Dacian was born and raised in Elkwood Town, Pennsylvania. He moved around a lot during his college years and was, at one point, homeless and couch surfing. But he was determined to get his bachelor's degree in criminal justice, and at least an associate's degree in criminology. Ever since he was a child he was determined to become a detective. It was fascinating work! He was finally able to open his own office in Oris City, Texas but his business wouldn't truly take off until he was hired by a particularly wealthy client...
As a Tenebris Magi/Melanistic Jaguar Were hybrid, he has all the strengths that come with being a magi, but only inherited enhanced agility and sharp predator instincts from his were side. His werefeline heritage also means he has a weakness to gold and silver on top of his fear of electricity. Go and figure. If he transforms or has heats, he's good at hiding it. Not even a trace of suppressants can be found. He prefers to completely blend in to the Magi community, especially now that he has his kids to think about in a time where hate crimes against hybrids are on the rise. Though having some time of healing factor would have been nice to have and pass down with all the cuts and scrapes his children endured over their childhoods.
He's a little embarrassed to admit it, especially at his age, but between his studies and him flipping between lower class and middle class money wise, he only has an intermediate handle on his magic. He's making an effort to improve his magical ability to at least be considered of advanced skill, but it's slow going. His familiar is a little black cat with a bob for a tail he fondly calls Noir.
Dacian is down-to-earth and humble for a man who is fairly successful as a detective. He's well mannered, disciplined, and reasonable, though a bit of a workaholic. He's also susceptible to bouts of anxiety and stress. Ever since becoming a father, he also experiences caution in situations he never used to, and it's not far-fetched to say he turned into a bit of a coward. At least compared to all of the dare-devilry he used to get up to in his youth. His children are grown now, but he still doesn't want to worry them needlessly when they have their own lives to live.
As a young detective just starting out, it was nothing more than being in the right place at the right time when Ms. Dragonfly barged into his office and hired him to find her daughter. There were 101 ways Rowan Dragonfly was advised on how to handle the hostage situation, there was only one way she was going to go about it. Why someone wanted to piss off a woman so fierce was anyone's guess. Either way, he accepted the case, despite the tight deadline he was under and the ten different ways it could go wrong. It was nothing short of a miracle that he found and even managed to rescue the young inheritress given the circumstance, but it was a good thing he did, otherwise he would not be in the fortunate position he is in now.
It didn't have such a fortunate beginning.
Of course he found Sadie to be an attractive young woman, but it was hardly appropriate to come on to someone who came out of a high stress situation! But through a mix of peer pressure and Sadie actively courting him while dressed to the nines in gold, he could only resist for so long before he gave her that damned yes. During the entire course of their relationship, he never once told her he was actually a hybrid. They were married. They had kids. Dacian was no saint. Some part of him was eaten up by this nasty little secret, but it was buried underneath the need and want to be nothing more than a Magi.
Besides, he was pretty sure Sadie's entire side of their family was hiding way more from than he was for her. He respectfully kept out of their business. Why couldn't he ask for the same courtesy (the five tribrids he brought into the world notwithstanding)?
But it wasn't the fucked up situation and lack of trust that broke their relationship. It was Sadie's infatuation with being pregnant. She was an insatiable woman before her first pregnancy, sure, and Dacian always wanted a large family. At first, he assumed he found someone who shared this desire as well. Until he realized Sadie wanted to be pregnant for the sake of being pregnant. It wasn't something he could pick up on immediately given their first child took up all of their time and focus (before Sadie got bored and handed the child off to a nanny), and that there was at least two years between their first born Celeste, and second born, Selene. But then there was hardly a year and a half between Declan and Raina!
Raina was supposed to be their last child. First because four children seemed as good of an amount as many (though he imagined himself having more - not with this woman!), then because of the constant fighting that occurred. Often it was over Decian not paying attention to her. Granted Dacian's attention was split between his work and home life, he also felt neglected by Sadie, who only offered the bare amount to him while expecting the world in return. Upkeeping a relationship with such a high maintenance individual with children (who she was also neglecting) felt impossible.
The only reason Kyler happened was because of make up sex. To this day he doesn't know if Sadie knew if he was werefeline or not, but she certainly knew dressing in gold made her irresistible to him. He tried making it work now that they had yet another infant in the mix, but the divorce happened anyway and the only reason he didn't lose everything in it was because of his mother-in-law, Ms. Dragonfly.
To this day it was difficult explaining to people that no, he was not having inappropriate relations with the 92 year [young] mother of his ex-wife. Mainly because it was really difficult to explain that he was - as a grown man - effectively adopted. Even after the divorce happened, even after he spilled every after being a hybrid and never telling them just to make hate him, Ms. Dragonfly still chose the sin he never had over her own daughter.