The father superior of the second Jesuit expedition to the planet Rakhat, Danny is a mixture of Lakota (Sioux), French, and Swedish, but mostly identifies with his Indian heritage and despises racial comments. He grows up in Winnipeg, Canada, to have a large Swedish body. Assuming that he has an Indian's intolerance of alcohol, he carefully limits his consumption. Danny's speech is characterized by addressing everyone as "Ace." A political scientist destined for leadership in the Order, Danny leaves a full professorship at the Gregorian University to go to Rakhat.