User blog comment:Lesdin/Darssan, the Inciter/@comment-26815373-20160224202750/@comment-27802145-20160225092733

As you should be able to tell from the backgrounds section, Darssan's full alias is 'the Inciter of Curses'. This title is supposed to be a commentary on Darssan's motivation in life after the curse afflicting his arm (which he also originally despised) saves him from Kindred when they've come for his life.

So simply put: whilst more akin to parasites which naturally protects their host to ensure their own survival, Darssan, after the confrontation with Kindred, believes that curses are more than just incantations, and that they may even be sentient (experiencing near-death in a high stress scenario while also suffering from depression and lacking dignity broke the man; the curse on his arm saved his life in his time of most urgent need, and this basically made him a fanatic for curses whose sole desire from then on is to urge the curses around him to express their existence).