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Character Name: Vlad Dracula
Series: The Dracula Series by Fred Saberhagen
Timeline: Post series
Canon Resource Link: Dracula series
Character Background: Dracula was born in 1431 to the prince of Wallachia, Vlad the second. He spent most of his childhood as a hostage to the Ottoman empire, for his father's loyalty. As an adult, he was continually at war with the Ottoman Empire, fighting for the Christian faith and to keep Wallachia a sovereign state. He converted from Eastern Orthodox to Catholicism in 1475. As a breathing adult, Vlad became involved in a bitter feud with his younger, sadistic brother, Radu the Beautiful.
Dracula was killed in 1476 by traitors, but he didn't stay dead. Instead, he became a vampire. At some point, Radu also became a vampire and he and his brother spent the next few centuries hunting each other, though Vlad could not kill Radu, due to an oath. Dracula promised their father to take care of his younger brother. He did, however, devise and implement punishments for Radu, including beheading him and burying him so that his head could not rejoin his body. While so interred, Radu experienced horrible nightmares.
In May of 1891, Dracula met Jonathan Harker, who came to Castle Dracula on business. He was there to assist Dracula with purchasing property in England. Sadly, due to mistakes on both sides, the visit did not go well. Harker consistently misinterpreted Dracula's intentions (often literally, when language was involved) and Dracula failed to understand the effect he was having on Harker and that Harker's polite refusal to ask probing questions did not mean explanations weren't required.
Once the gentlemen were both in England, events transpired mostly as recorded in Bram Stoker's novel, but Lucy and Mina were both willing lovers to the attractive Dracula, with Mina truly loving him. Unfortunately, Dracula's actions brought the attention of Van Helsing, who hunted vampires from bigotry. After causing the death of Lucy, through blood transfusions, Van Helsing convinced the others to hunt Dracula. In order to protect Mina from Van Helsing and to avoid Dracula having to kill Jonathan Harker in self defense, Mina and Dracula worked together to fake his death.
Dracula had two adventures with Sherlock Holmes, during the latter's active career. The two turned out to be related, due to Holmes' mother having an affair with Dracula's brother, Radu.
Over a century later, Dracula recorded his version of the events in Stoker's novel, using the tape recorder of Arthur Harker, Mina and Jonathan's great-grandson. He caused a snow storm to trap their car and held them as a captive audience, though neither suffered any permanent damage.
In 1979, Dracula was magically summoned to Chicago by a spell entrusted by Mina Harker to her grand-daughter, Clarissa. Clarissa was living in Chicago, with her son, Andrew Southerland, his wife, and their three children: Kate, John, and Judy. Kate had been killed and John had been kidnapped, with his pinkie fingers torn off and sent to his family. Dracula intervened on behalf of Mina's family, especially when he realized that their enemies were in fact seeking to battle him. Kate had, in fact, been turned into a vampire, but the process was reversed later.
Following these events, Dracula continued to grow closer to Mina's descendants and their spouses, especially Joe Keogh, Kate's boyfriend and later husband. The American descendants of Jonathan and Mina called their vampire friend Uncle Matthew or Uncle Matt, due to his frequently used alias of Matthew Maule. Dracula and his new family continued to protect and aid each other against other vampires, including Radu and Caesar Borgia, and other threats, including a self-styled crocodile god called Sorbek.
Abilities/Special Powers:
Immortality: As long as he has a fresh blood supply (it need not be human blood, though mammalian is greatly preferred), Dracula can remain eternally young, though he does, at times, allow himself to grow older in appearance, depending on circumstances. He is very difficult to kill, but not impossible. A wooden weapon can fatally wound him. He can be killed by fire, if his body is completely destroyed. If Dracula is deprived of rest by not having access to his native soil, he will die, as well. It is also possible for direct sunlight to kill Dracula. However, sunlight will only kill him, if he is previously weakened by either injury or lack of sleep. Otherwise he is greatly weakened by the sun's rays, but not killed.
Transformation: Dracula has the ability to take many forms, including the shapes of animals, dust motes, and mist. Given the smallest of cracks, he can pass through walls and other barriers that would keep in or out even tiny insects. Some of his favorite forms are wolves, bats, and mist. However, Dracula can only transform at night. Once the sun rises, Dracula is trapped in whatever form he is currently in.
Strength: Dracula is much stronger than ordinary humans. He normally has the strength of twenty to thirty strong men. He is also much faster than humans.
Weather: Dracula is able to control the weather to some degree. At night, he can summon storms, fog, and mist or make these things clear up. However, he can not do this when the sun is up.
Telepathy/hypnosis: Dracula is a strong hypnotist. He can overcome almost all minds, provided they make eye contact with him. He has limited telepathic ability with the person under his control, once he or she is hypnotized. However, Dracula's telepathy is much stronger with those he has shared blood with, particularly those who have drank his blood. For those he has bonded with in this way, Dracula can communicate directly mind to mind, at great distances. The hypnosis and telepathy do give Dracula a certain amount of control of the other person, especially if they have weak wills.
Magic: Dracula has some ability with magic, though he is very far from being a great sorcerer. One of his strengths is sympathetic magic. Using part of an item or person, such has hair or fibers, he can magically track movement and location. Magic, however, is his weakest skill. He does know a some spells and can be summoned, using a sample of his hair, a candle, a mirror, and a secret incantation.
Third-Person Sample:
Dracula stood in the entrance hall of the mansion he had entered a short time ago. The hallway possessed an abundance of mirrors, their surfaces gleaming and reflecting everything...including him! For a brief moment only, he had seen what he expected, for the mirrors to reflect everything, except himself. Dracula was unashamed to admit that he had recoiled in shock, when his reflection appeared in the mirrors, after mere seconds. A quick transformation to mist had confirmed that, despite the image in the mirror, Dracula was still nosferatu.
For the first time in over five centuries, Dracula found himself gazing at his own image, able once more to look himself in the eye and reflect on what he saw. He smiled, recalling his beloved Mina writing that his face was hard and sensual, not betraying much goodness. So far as Dracula could recall, his face hadn't changed much over the centuries. If the mirror didn't lie, he was a handsome enough man, with brown eyes and dark, curly hair. Certainly, Dracula never lacked for company, when he desired it.
Yet, mere vanity didn't keep Dracula gazing at his reflection. In fact, he looked shocked and disturbed. He had always wondered why those of his kind were denied their reflections. Staring hard at himself, Dracula tried to see, if his mirror image gave him any new insights into his own character. He wasn't generally given to introspection, but he thought the opportunity shouldn't be wasted.
Eyes were supposedly the windows to the soul, so Dracula began there. He saw nothing of note, except that his expression was becoming somewhat disappointed and stubborn. His jaw was firm and set, revealing more of his stubborn nature. Well, that was hardly news to the centuries old vampire. He wouldn't be alive, in any sense, if he didn't have a strong will. Dracula decided reflecting on his own actions and feelings would give him more insight, if he needed any.
Dracula didn't know why vampires normally lacked a reflection and he didn't know why his had returned. They were mysteries and Dracula intended to solve the latter one, at least. That meant he must find out where he was and how he came to be here, in the first place. Turning from the mirror, Dracula began to explore.
First-Person Sample:
You need to understand me. I am not a patient man. I am, in fact, probably not an especially good man. What I am is honorable. Oh, I'm not above telling a lie or being misleading, when it suits me or the situation calls for it. All is fair in love and war, if you will recall. However, I never go back on what I swear for good or ill.
If I promise to protect you, I will lay down my very life to see to your safety. If I promise to destroy you, one of us is certainly going to die. So, be warned. Do no harm to me or mine and you should be safe enough. Cross me, make me angry, and there will be consequences .
DW username:
psifi872E-Mail: psifi872@lexyweb.net
IM: PsiFi815
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Vlad Dracula
Series: The Dracula Series by Fred Saberhagen
Timeline: Post series
Canon Resource Link: Dracula series
Character Background: Dracula was born in 1431 to the prince of Wallachia, Vlad the second. He spent most of his childhood as a hostage to the Ottoman empire, for his father's loyalty. As an adult, he was continually at war with the Ottoman Empire, fighting for the Christian faith and to keep Wallachia a sovereign state. He converted from Eastern Orthodox to Catholicism in 1475. As a breathing adult, Vlad became involved in a bitter feud with his younger, sadistic brother, Radu the Beautiful.
Dracula was killed in 1476 by traitors, but he didn't stay dead. Instead, he became a vampire. At some point, Radu also became a vampire and he and his brother spent the next few centuries hunting each other, though Vlad could not kill Radu, due to an oath. Dracula promised their father to take care of his younger brother. He did, however, devise and implement punishments for Radu, including beheading him and burying him so that his head could not rejoin his body. While so interred, Radu experienced horrible nightmares.
In May of 1891, Dracula met Jonathan Harker, who came to Castle Dracula on business. He was there to assist Dracula with purchasing property in England. Sadly, due to mistakes on both sides, the visit did not go well. Harker consistently misinterpreted Dracula's intentions (often literally, when language was involved) and Dracula failed to understand the effect he was having on Harker and that Harker's polite refusal to ask probing questions did not mean explanations weren't required.
Once the gentlemen were both in England, events transpired mostly as recorded in Bram Stoker's novel, but Lucy and Mina were both willing lovers to the attractive Dracula, with Mina truly loving him. Unfortunately, Dracula's actions brought the attention of Van Helsing, who hunted vampires from bigotry. After causing the death of Lucy, through blood transfusions, Van Helsing convinced the others to hunt Dracula. In order to protect Mina from Van Helsing and to avoid Dracula having to kill Jonathan Harker in self defense, Mina and Dracula worked together to fake his death.
Dracula had two adventures with Sherlock Holmes, during the latter's active career. The two turned out to be related, due to Holmes' mother having an affair with Dracula's brother, Radu.
Over a century later, Dracula recorded his version of the events in Stoker's novel, using the tape recorder of Arthur Harker, Mina and Jonathan's great-grandson. He caused a snow storm to trap their car and held them as a captive audience, though neither suffered any permanent damage.
In 1979, Dracula was magically summoned to Chicago by a spell entrusted by Mina Harker to her grand-daughter, Clarissa. Clarissa was living in Chicago, with her son, Andrew Southerland, his wife, and their three children: Kate, John, and Judy. Kate had been killed and John had been kidnapped, with his pinkie fingers torn off and sent to his family. Dracula intervened on behalf of Mina's family, especially when he realized that their enemies were in fact seeking to battle him. Kate had, in fact, been turned into a vampire, but the process was reversed later.
Following these events, Dracula continued to grow closer to Mina's descendants and their spouses, especially Joe Keogh, Kate's boyfriend and later husband. The American descendants of Jonathan and Mina called their vampire friend Uncle Matthew or Uncle Matt, due to his frequently used alias of Matthew Maule. Dracula and his new family continued to protect and aid each other against other vampires, including Radu and Caesar Borgia, and other threats, including a self-styled crocodile god called Sorbek.
Abilities/Special Powers:
Immortality: As long as he has a fresh blood supply (it need not be human blood, though mammalian is greatly preferred), Dracula can remain eternally young, though he does, at times, allow himself to grow older in appearance, depending on circumstances. He is very difficult to kill, but not impossible. A wooden weapon can fatally wound him. He can be killed by fire, if his body is completely destroyed. If Dracula is deprived of rest by not having access to his native soil, he will die, as well. It is also possible for direct sunlight to kill Dracula. However, sunlight will only kill him, if he is previously weakened by either injury or lack of sleep. Otherwise he is greatly weakened by the sun's rays, but not killed.
Transformation: Dracula has the ability to take many forms, including the shapes of animals, dust motes, and mist. Given the smallest of cracks, he can pass through walls and other barriers that would keep in or out even tiny insects. Some of his favorite forms are wolves, bats, and mist. However, Dracula can only transform at night. Once the sun rises, Dracula is trapped in whatever form he is currently in.
Strength: Dracula is much stronger than ordinary humans. He normally has the strength of twenty to thirty strong men. He is also much faster than humans.
Weather: Dracula is able to control the weather to some degree. At night, he can summon storms, fog, and mist or make these things clear up. However, he can not do this when the sun is up.
Telepathy/hypnosis: Dracula is a strong hypnotist. He can overcome almost all minds, provided they make eye contact with him. He has limited telepathic ability with the person under his control, once he or she is hypnotized. However, Dracula's telepathy is much stronger with those he has shared blood with, particularly those who have drank his blood. For those he has bonded with in this way, Dracula can communicate directly mind to mind, at great distances. The hypnosis and telepathy do give Dracula a certain amount of control of the other person, especially if they have weak wills.
Magic: Dracula has some ability with magic, though he is very far from being a great sorcerer. One of his strengths is sympathetic magic. Using part of an item or person, such has hair or fibers, he can magically track movement and location. Magic, however, is his weakest skill. He does know a some spells and can be summoned, using a sample of his hair, a candle, a mirror, and a secret incantation.
Third-Person Sample:
Dracula stood in the entrance hall of the mansion he had entered a short time ago. The hallway possessed an abundance of mirrors, their surfaces gleaming and reflecting everything...including him! For a brief moment only, he had seen what he expected, for the mirrors to reflect everything, except himself. Dracula was unashamed to admit that he had recoiled in shock, when his reflection appeared in the mirrors, after mere seconds. A quick transformation to mist had confirmed that, despite the image in the mirror, Dracula was still nosferatu.
For the first time in over five centuries, Dracula found himself gazing at his own image, able once more to look himself in the eye and reflect on what he saw. He smiled, recalling his beloved Mina writing that his face was hard and sensual, not betraying much goodness. So far as Dracula could recall, his face hadn't changed much over the centuries. If the mirror didn't lie, he was a handsome enough man, with brown eyes and dark, curly hair. Certainly, Dracula never lacked for company, when he desired it.
Yet, mere vanity didn't keep Dracula gazing at his reflection. In fact, he looked shocked and disturbed. He had always wondered why those of his kind were denied their reflections. Staring hard at himself, Dracula tried to see, if his mirror image gave him any new insights into his own character. He wasn't generally given to introspection, but he thought the opportunity shouldn't be wasted.
Eyes were supposedly the windows to the soul, so Dracula began there. He saw nothing of note, except that his expression was becoming somewhat disappointed and stubborn. His jaw was firm and set, revealing more of his stubborn nature. Well, that was hardly news to the centuries old vampire. He wouldn't be alive, in any sense, if he didn't have a strong will. Dracula decided reflecting on his own actions and feelings would give him more insight, if he needed any.
Dracula didn't know why vampires normally lacked a reflection and he didn't know why his had returned. They were mysteries and Dracula intended to solve the latter one, at least. That meant he must find out where he was and how he came to be here, in the first place. Turning from the mirror, Dracula began to explore.
First-Person Sample:
You need to understand me. I am not a patient man. I am, in fact, probably not an especially good man. What I am is honorable. Oh, I'm not above telling a lie or being misleading, when it suits me or the situation calls for it. All is fair in love and war, if you will recall. However, I never go back on what I swear for good or ill.
If I promise to protect you, I will lay down my very life to see to your safety. If I promise to destroy you, one of us is certainly going to die. So, be warned. Do no harm to me or mine and you should be safe enough. Cross me, make me angry, and there will be consequences .
