Daku

&nbsp Daku is a major antagonist of Kingdom Hearts: Hour of Darkness. He is one of the dark keyblade wielders and a member of the Malignant Shadow.

Origin
Daku never learns who his parents are, and therefore does not know where hs came from or how he got where he was. His memories stop short of finding himself waking up in the middle of an alley in Radiant Garden when he was seven years old, with no memory of how he got there or what his last seven years of life were like, only remembering his name. When his stomach growled, he looked for something to eat, and wound up stealing from a food stall as three other homeless boys were doing the same. The owner chased the four of them, and cornered them in an dead-end alley. Daku then ferociously attacked the stall owner by biting and clawing at him, causing the frightened man to flee. The three boys were very thankful and amazed, and let him join their group of homeless boys. Somewhere along the way he became the leader of the group.

Story
Daku is introduced distracting a stall owner while his homeless group steal food from the stall. Afterwards, Daku is shown celebrating with his group on a job well done, though soon appears depressed and walks off. His closest friend, Raito, soon follows him and asks him what's wrong. Daku then began to talk about setting the four of them up for life, so that they would no longer have to steal just to survive, and so they would no longer have to sleep on the streets. He then went on to tell Raito that should anything ever happen to him, that Raito would be the new leader of the gang, and would have to look out for them. As Raito was beginning to question what he meant, they were interrupted by the sound of screaming. They ran out to see Dark Embodiments feasting on the lights of the citizens, and when Raito and Daku ran to help their friends, they discovered that their lights had already been devoured. Infuriated, Daku took up a wooden sword and chased after the Dark Embodiments, intent on destorying them. Daku chased after them in the crowd, and eventually found himself at the ruined and abandoned castle of Hollow Bastion. Daku then sees several Dark Embodiments going into the dark halls of the castle, and chases them into the maze-like hallway. Though he pursues them he soon gets lost in the maze-like hallway due to the damp light and complete silence. Daku mentions that the castle feels eerie and and that he feels an ominous presence, but continues on, unafraid and still wanting to avenge his friends. He soon finds himself in Ansem's study, then goes onto his computer room, before at last finding himself in the Heartless Manufactory. It is here that the Dark Embodiments appear, and Daku rushes forward and attacks them, though he is easily knocked back. In great anger, he shouts and brutally attacks the Dark Embodiments, and upon this happening the keyblade Oblivion appears in his hands and he destorys the Dark Embodiments with it. Confused at this new weapon, he hears a voice behind him telling him that he has finally awoken. Turning, he sees a dark figure dressed in a black robe telling him that he will soon get everything hs heart desires. Intrigued, Daku follows this person. This is where Daku's story truly begins.