Daarken came into being in a dark, dank basement under the stairs of an abandoned barber college located in the heart of the tenderloin of San Francisco. Occasionally he emerged from his cave to attend classes at the Academy of Art University, and his bright white skin glistened in the sun as he moved from building to building, sketchbook in hand. After graduating in 2004 he spent three long years honing his skill (a.k.a. playing video games) as a freelance artist before moving to Virginia to work for EA Mythic as a concept artist for the video game Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. To this day Daarken still plays video games and stuff.