Darriel Blinnit is quite the mystery. Having run away from a well-to-do family to start a life as a performer, this talented musician soon learned he could effect the world through music in more ways than most people could. He was embraced by the Cult of Ecstacy and studied with them for about a year, fine-tuning his abilities and gaining some amount of prestige in the world of music. During his training he had focussed mostly on combative skills, learning to use music to flow throw battles. This tendancy was preyed on by a barrabi-verbena who seduced Darriel into becoming Nyphandi.
That short era in Darriel's life ended with a rather unfortunate encounter with a Euthanatos by the name of Ian Winters. Josh, the other Nyphandi, was killed, and Darriel's body was all but destroyed. He was revived, however, by the Nyphandi Lord Zach Pardane and kept as a person of great importance amoung his ranks both for Darriel's fighting ability and his ability to bring other mages through the Avatar Storm safely.
As it stands now, no one really knows what is going on with Darriel. At various points he has been seen being hunted by Nyphandi, demons, Sons of Ether, and Void Engineers. Several times he has attempted to build a repor with tradition mages. His rough manor is usually overlaid by a sincerity others find charming. Thinks makes most mages extremely paranoid about his motives. One thing most mages can agree on about Darriel is that engaging him in a fight, especially in the umbra, is near suicide.