Danny didn't live in Habberdale. In fact, he worked and lived in a port along the cost and was just visiting his family. But he got caught up in the fray. Trying to help his elderly mother escape, he had to fend off an orc by himself, but he was knocked down and his mother was killed. He quickly got up and killed the orc, but found that any further resistance was useless and ran away. He met up with the other survivers and was guilted into joining them. He is part of the original team.

After going three games and being forced into Line of Scrimage duty, in which almost every time he has been knocked down immediately, he has really bonded with Igor Felling and Dustin Jacobson, who also have Line of Scrimage duty. The three of them have bonded and become known to the team as "The Trio". Although Danny once thought about leaving the team and resuming his normal life, now that he has become close friends with the others of The Trio, he has vowed to stay. The team envies him though as he is the only one amongst them that has a normal life waiting for them. Still, Dustin and Igor stick up for Danny when the team picks on him, and Danny is really grateful that they treat him with respect when the others are just plain jealous and nasty.