Daniel Vanguard

Daniel Vanguard is the villain for the first crossover event in Angelverse history, Titanfall. He is currently deceased.

Biography
Daniel lived a very simple life, with a few bumps in the road from time to time. Later on, he met Sara Matthews, of whom he grew a crush on her. They became good friends, but after Daniel learned of Sara's relationship with Liam Lyanhime, he entered a violent rage where his powers emerged for the first time and he killed both of them.

Daniel then learned that he has become immortal, which drives him more mad. After years of trying and failing to get Sara to love him back, Liam always gets in the way of his goals, of which he kills them to start it all over again.

In modern times, Daniel is not a scientist who secretly hunts down Sara. After locating her again, he tries to make his move when he is hindered by the intervention of Dorian Cope and Malcolm Holland. When the pair take Sara to Team Angel, Daniel appears in his normal disguise and explains Titan to the team, claiming he's been studying him for a while.

As soon as this happens, Sara is kidnapped by Liam, who reveals himself to the team.

Later on, Daniel gets the Staff of Bane, which he intends to use on Sara and Liam, sensing that they have reconnected. A meeting between Daniel, Aren, and Dorian is soon formed. Daniel demands they turn over Sara and Liam or he will destroy both New Jump City and New York City with the Staff of Bane.

They try to make a plan to deliver the pair as a ruse to get close enough to destroy the staff. The plan ultimately fails and the Staff is used, only Dorian manages to escape by running at supersonic speeds, travelling back in time. They change their approach to the plan and Dorian is able to steal the staff. He and Aren use it on Daniel, burning his body to ash.

Behind the scenes
Daniel is played by Mark Fischbach, who is famously known as YouTube's Markiplier, who has amassed about 20 million subscribers as of this page's creation.