Darion was only eight years old when his parents were killed and his sister, Lykia, was taken from him by raiders who had come and destroyed his village. Gabrielle and the Amazons came to the village's rescue but they had been too late to stop the destruction. Gabrielle befriended Darion from the moment they met. She decided to adopt the little boy as a son she never had. Together, they care for each other like family and it is only by blood that they are truly separated.