Darrum

Darrum was a non-corporeal Douwd entity who masqueraded as a human named Christopher Durham in the mid-24th century.

Darrum's early history remains a mystery, but it is known that he was observing the inhabitants of the New Raleigh colony by the year 2340. The real Christopher Tyson Durham was born on 17 September of that year, and died within hours of his birth. Darrum felt compassion for his grief-stricken parents and altered the colonists' memories, inhabiting the infant body in order to experience humanity.

Going through childhood as a human, Durham nearly forgot his true nature, only using his powers on instinct, and always keeping them hidden. In 2348, Durham and his family were on a lunar shuttle when he observed a young boy named Timothy Sinclair. Durham used his abilities to secretly help Sinclair evade the men that had come to return him to Titan.

With adolesence came reawakened knowledge of his previous life, though Durham still barely used his powers. He entered Starfleet Academy in 2358. There he finally met Timothy Sinclair, whom he sensed would be a pivital figure in history. He requested assignment to Nebula Squadron in order to remain close to Sinclair. The two became friends, though Durham was jealous of Sinclair's closer relationship with Ben Dunkerton.

Graduating from the Academy in 2362, Durham was assigned to the USS Rutledge alongside Sinclair. Several months later, both men were part of an away team sent to the surface when the ship responded to the Cardassian attack on Setlik III. The away team became engaged in a firefight with Cardassian troops and Durham and Sinclair became cut off from the others. During the engagement, Durham took a disruptor blast meant for Sinclair, and died in his friend's arms.

In reality, of course, only Durham's body died, and Darrum was released from corporeal form. He remained hidden from his friend, though he found a way to "bond" with him through the mental link that Sinclair had established in an attempt to keep Durham alive.

For years, Darrum observed Sinclair's life, and secretly intervened at several moments. He did not reveal his presence until 2380, during the Pendragon's journey to Emmaus. (PDN: "Approaching Emmaus")

Background Notes
''Star Trek: Pendragon is a fan fiction series written (primarily) by T.L. Morgan. Images of actors are used in photomanipulations to simulate the "cast" of the series. In these photomanipulations, Darrum is "played" by John Goodman.''