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~Vampiric Traits~
Like Dracula, Alucard has almost all of the standard vampire's powers. His strength seems on par with Dracula's while he at the same time is unable to levitate or fly without changing shape first. That being so, he is able to leap amazing distances and can defy gravity to a point where he can walk on walls and ceilings. In fact, with the exception of levitation, Alucard has all but the ability to control weather. The cause for this is unknown and has lead to a few theories as to why.

Also like Dracula, all of Alucard's powers have been increased to the point that they easily dwarf that of a standard vampire. Unlike Dracula however, Alucard gained most of his incredible power due to SHIELD's tampering with his body. Not only that, but his regenerative powers actually dwarf that of Wolverine's as he can survive even a direct hit from an atomic bomb and still seem relatively unscathed. This is due not to his tampering or him being invulnerable or some such thing. Because of the countless amount of people he has fed on, especially while preforming his "Ultimate Feed". This grants him the ability to regenerate his form for every human he has fed upon. Because he has fed on so many beings, he could in theory be killed for years without dieing for good. This also means that he could be blown to that of mere dust before regenerating again in a matter of moments. What this also means, is that, though very unlikely to the point of bordering on impossibility, Alucard can be killed. His weakness is still his heart which oddly enough has no more protection then any other part of his body would. But also if the amount of lives he sustained were to be drained, he would then die as well.

To extenuate on his normally vampiric power of shapeshifting, Alucard can actually change his form to many different forms. Though this usually will be the form of a fog, swarm of bats, or a Hell Hound, he has also changed into a wolf, six-eyed dog, little girl, and an amorphous mass of darkness. Though there is a limit to how long he can stay as any certain form, it might as well not be as he has stayed in the form of the little girl for years without reverting back to his original form which in itself is nothing more then a shape shifted formation from his actual 45 year old body.

Unlike Dracula however, is that he does not share the same number of weakness as him. For instance, while Dracula must remain in native soil during the day and cannot walk around in daylight, Alucard can freely walk directly outside, though it causes him quite a degree of discomfort. Also, things such as garlic pose no threat to him nor church or religious artifacts such as the cross as he has on a few occasions in his undead life, been forced to enter a church. Though none of these do hurt him, like being out in the sun, the cause him mild discomfort and can prove annoying to the point that they may distract him from his goals. Furthermore, Alucard can go many days longer then most ordinary vampires can without blood as he has been trapped without blood for just shy of a century with only the effects of becoming statuesque. This is instantly rectified if ever he has had but even a drop of blood cross his mouth and will usually render him strong enough to kill all but most super powered humans at that time. Whats more is that he cannot be killed by beheading or silver or holy weapons, though they seem to be, with the exception of magic, among the very select few weapons that can actually harm him. It is interesting though for when he does feed however, he sucks away their soul. Doing this gives Alucard control over their memory and knowledge. Perhaps even more unnerving, is that he can absorb any fallen blood from his clothing which works similar to that of a sponge.

~Experimentation Induced Traits~
Probably what makes him so unique, Alucard has much more abilities then Dracula or any other vampire for that matter.

He has an amazing level of accuracy to the point where he can place a head shot on a person that even a sniper specialist cannot see due to his eyes. This power works best at night though his vision in the day is still quite impressive. Whats more is that this accuracy actually surpasses that of just his eyes, as he can kill someone up to many yards away without so much as facing in that same direction.

Alucard also has the ability to phase in and out of walls and other objects. Still, due to the fact that he is an overly confident person, he hardly if ever uses this as more then a way of lessening his time to meet with Fury.

He does have a sense of teleportation, but this is only to Fury's person, due to him being the foregoer of their contract.

Also, due both to his many years as a vampire along with the many experiments to him, Alucard can almost instantly discern a creature's true race. This means that he can tell if a human guised being is actually a human or a mutant for example. Not only that, but he also can learn a person's powers after knowingly experiencing them at least once.

Probably his favorite and most powerful ability besides regeneration, Alucard can create an assortment of familiars to aid him. Though most are fallen victims of his, Alucard can create creatures of darkness such as demonic hands, to disturbing eyes that surround or cover him, or even actual demons themselves. Any create he summons is an embodiment of himself and has no free will. To boot, if the familiar he summons is a said victim of sorts, he can use any ability they may have had while alive. For instance, if Alucard had killed Gambit, he would have a familiar based creature who, when summoned, would look exactly like Gambit and as such, have his power. Alucard preform this task at will and can relinquish as many of the creatures as he has souls residing in his body which numbers in the thousands of millions, effectively giving him an army capable of destroying the world's military if he so chose to. This power can be used to the extent he choses how and when ever he so wishes it, though he must revert all of their souls to blood before he can absorb them once again.

~Weaknesses~
The amount of weakness that Alucard has are few. Yet if any of them are met, he can be put in quite a predicament. For one, his most base of weaknesses, if he is stabbed directly in the heart by a blessed or silver weapon, he will instantly die. What most do not understand is that the heart itself must be stabbed and it must be by a blessed or silver weapon. If not, then he will simply regenerate from it.

As for his regeneration, there are a number of items that can, though not halt it, but hinder its progress. If any blessed or silver weapons cut him then it will take considerably longer to heal from. This also goes the same for magic or magic natured weapons. In fact even if there is a modest blessing to the weapon in question, Alucard will find a hard time surviving the attack. His powers can also be cast inert if surrounded by religious or magical spells that do just that.

He is also unable to cross open water without using some sort of transportational means. This hiders his not transformation to any flight-like creature, while ceasing his teleportation powers as well. This seems to be a problem only while trapped on a deserted island or ship while Fury is somewhere else, and this can be rectified albeit at a moderate pace by using his familiars to somewhat fuse with the place in question. This only pertains to sinking ships or other vehicles and can take up to a day or two depending on how far out at sea he was originally at.

As for water itself, not only can he not cross great amounts of it, such as oceans, seas, and even some rivers and lakes, but since he has such an adverse effect, that it causes a burning sensation over his body, he can not even touch it with his bare skin. While he will not catch fire, his body will produce steam off of his person and it will cause enough discomfort that it very well may be pain.

~Release States~
To keep such an incredible monster on a leash, SHIELD has created a powerful set of locks on his ability called "Release States". Each state effectively grants him the ability to preform more powerful attack while making his normal attack all the more deadly. Though he can temporarily bypass these restrictions via activating the "Cromwell Approval" seal, he usually must be allowed this from Fury himself. In total, there are six levels of restriction and six corresponding states, with lower numbers meaning greater levels of power. Still, to an extent, Alucard can lower his his more menial level restrictions. This allows him to release up to level 3 of his power which can range from medium levels of regeneration (less then Wolverine's) and the use of base line familiars and shadow creations. Also it should be noted that to the point of Level 3, Alucard's strength is roughly equal to about 70% of Superman's normal strength. That being said, he can easily tear humans apart as if they were tissue paper and can heave small cars with relative ease. As his levels decrease to zero, all of his powers are released and he can square off evenly with a normal Superman in a contest of strength and can rip apart large vehicles with great ease.

Background:
It was in the dead of winter in 1431, that Vladamir Stefvon was born into the world. During most of his life he was nothing more then an orphan child as his mother and father were poor people of their country. It was in the country of Isreal, that Vladamir lived his early days, and it was in Isreal that he would die.

As was said before, Vladamir, along with his mother and father, were very poverty stricken and barely made enough a day to make ends meet. At this time Vladamir was nothing more then a mere child. Though tasked with doing more then a normal child needed to with work, he was never shown to be at the point where he was a reserved child. In fact if there could be anything about the young boy was that he was quite the contrary to that fact. A trait that would pave many situation from then to come. Still, Vlad spent the entirety of his five years of living were fairly well considering the fact that he was poor. That was until the Ottoman Empire came...

Like a hawk they attacked the country, causing grevious wounds to the many smaller villages and areas that made up the country. Vladamir's home was one of those small villages.

By all rights, Vladamir should have died that day. He had suffered a spear to the left shoulder that would never fully heal nor did he find himself actually complying with any of the men as they decimated the village, sparing only the few remaining ones. In fact, had it not been for the High Ruler taking such an "interest" in Vladamir at the time, he surely would have died. Still, for all beatings and name callings and taunts and chides towards Vlad, the young boy kept ever vigilant in his conviction, believing in Jesus Christ and that he would save him soon enough. For Vladamir Stefvon was a remarkable believer for his time and his age. In fact, because the world had so few goodly folk at the time as it was, had this been a different scenario, Vladamir could have been a tremendous boost in the Christian society. Alas, while he was here, there was nothing more he could do was hold to his convictions and it was that reason mainly, that the High Ruler liked him so much.

Of course by like I don't mean respect. That would be quite foolish. No, he did not save Vlad's life because he respected him. He didn't save him initially because of his strong belief in Jesus Christ. He didn't save him because of his spunky attitude. He saved him because the High Ruler needed some enjoyment in his life. And this kid looked more then able to play the part. Almost every night following the day he was brought to the castle, Vladamir was forcefully sodomized. Every night when the sun went down and almost all types of people had taken to their beds, the boy was raped. It was almost sad for the few bodyguards that watched silently as this, once virgin boy, was now being put in a position that really only high raking officials knew about. In fact, the only thing that seemed to keep Vlad sane from the constant forced out late night visits, was his strong belief in God. His belief that someday this would end and he could make something of his life besides being some man's pleasure toy.

Though he hated the man with an intense passion, he could not help but admire the control the ruler had over his people. A power, he sorely wished for as many a time, because he was property of the High Ruler, they would grant him almost any luxury he wished before nightfall. This hell of a world Vlad lived in continued for many a year until he turned 15. Once then while being raped, he took the small cross that had been stared upon in this position for all these years, and thrusted it into the man's heart. Then, with the will to survive and the hatred towards the man, Vlad managed to kill the two guards before escaping the empire. But this had not yet finished.

Having returned to his newly restored home, Vlad was welcomed with open arms. It then came aparent from the words of a wandering Turk, that the man that Vlad had killed (they didn't know it was him so it was that he had been assassinated) was not the actual high ruler after all. He was something of a duke and, though he was granted a vast and amazing level of power, there was a man that surpassed even him. His name was Turac, and he was the true high ruler.

As time went by and the stories of Vlad and Dracula came closer together, Turac, thinking the death of his duke was because of Dracula, raped and killed his wife, setting off a chain reaction of events. From there Dracula had decided to wage war on the empire. As Vlad himself was becoming more and more of an uprise himself, he eventually was lead to Dracula's whereabouts. It was then that the two of them spoke of their views on the Ottoman Empire. It seemed to the vampire that this boy who shared his same first name spoke of things on a similar level as him. Thinking of somewhat taking a chance, he decided to grant the boy with a high seat of control when they went to war with the empire.

As war waged on and Dracula had killed Turac, Vlad was faring very differently. Though he had vision at the level of a man past his years, so consumed with hatred towards the place, Vladamir went into a blind rage sending men after men to fight, causing heavy casualties on both sides. This persisted until nightfall, where Dracula and Turac faced each other outside and onto the battlefield. Though the vampire had won, he had been wounded and was forced to leave his destroyed home and take refuge somewhere else. Before he did, he looked upon Vlad with mixed emotions. Yes, he had successfully defeated the Ottoman Empire, but the cost had been steep. Amazingly so. In fact save a small hand few, none had survived the attack. His homeland was destroyed along with that of many women, children, and elderly. With but a look of disappointment towards the boy, he left him to the surviving people. Not as a man who had saved them, but a man that had damned them all.

Being taken as prisoner was short for Vlad. He was to be beheaded almost that very day. So consumed in hatred, the man didn't truly even care. The only thing that mattered to him at this point was power. And as such, he received it almost the moment he was to be beheaded. Seeing what seemed like blood calling to him, wishing to be apart of his being, he licked the blood. And with that, forever lost his humanity to that of the undead monster, destroying his belief in Christianity for all eternity.

Quickly making short work of his would be assailants and the rest of his surviving homeland, Vlad, now taking on the persona of his new father, Dracula, changed his name to Alucard as a simple thought that maybe they would be in the same league. As the years went bye, Alucard killed and killed, draining the blood of countless people while doing so. For centuries Alucard was left unopposed as he ravaged the world, a single vampire with an insatiable appetite for blood. And though none of the people he killed became vampires themselves, their souls belonged forever to him. This all changed the day he met Nick Fury.