DRACULA
Played by
Staccato Tenuto
Gaia Name: Staccato Tenuto
Character Name: Vlad Dracula
Codename: Count Dracula
Alignment: Evil
Powers:Flight, Super-strength (about enough to lift a Sedan or small truck), Superspeed (just barely sub-sonic) the ability to shape-shift into bats, wolves, or mist, the ability to mesmerize anyone whom he can make eye contact with, casts no shadow/has no reflection, virtual immortality (see below), enhanced senses, including darkvision and superhearing, in addition, he is also a competent sorcerer and can keep pace with the likes of Dr. Doom or Dr. Strange (albeit for only a short while).
Weaknesses: Dracula is repulsed by the smell of Garlic, but it is largely an irritant (like really hot peppers are for normal people, or like an extreme allergen), he also likes to avoid mirrors, as they betray his vampiric presence. Dracula can be killed (though not permanently) by the driving of a wooden stake through his heart. (Ash, Oak, or Rowan is thought to be best, but it really doesn't matter as long as its plant-based) But his most telling and powerful weakness is ultraviolet radiation, especially in the form of the sun, exposure to which (if its as strong as the sun or better) will cause him to combust and die within seconds (he has about a minute to find shade or he's toast).
Bio: Born Vlad Dracula in 1430 in Schassburg, Transylvania (now Sighişoara, Romania), he was the second son of a Transylvanian nobleman. He was named prince of Transylvania and voivode (prince) of Wallachia and became ruler while still a child. Over the next several years, he struggled against the Ottoman Turks, losing and regaining his throne. Through an arranged marriage to a Hungarian noblewoman, he sired his daughter, Lilith. He sent his wife away and later married a woman named Maria, with whom he had a son named Vlad Tepelus. He had a son with his third wife Domini named Janus.
In 1459, Dracula was mortally wounded by the Turkish warlord Turac, who brought Dracula to a gypsy named Lianda to be healed. However, Lianda was a vampire, and in revenge for his persecution of the gypsies, transformed Dracula into a vampire as well. Turac raped and killed Dracula's wife Maria, and in revenge Dracula slew Turac, causing him to become a vampire. Dracula gave his son Vlad Tepelus to gypsies to raise.
Dracula defeated the vampire Nimrod in battle, and thus succeeded him as ruler of Earth’s vampires. Soon afterwards, he enhanced his own blood with that of Varnae, giving him greater powers than any other vampire. In 1471, Dracula abdicated his princehood.
In the 19th century, he faced opposition from Abraham van Helsing and Jonathan Harker in England, the exploits of which were recorded in the 1897 novel by Stoker, Dracula. When the humans destroyed Dracula, his remains were placed in his coffin, concealed within a cave blocked by an enormous boulder. In Frankenstein's Monster, the behemoth in the story was tricked into unsealing the cave and opening the coffin, thus, freeing Dracula.
Extra: Dracula has made appearances in both the marvel and the DC universe, for the sake of clarity, however, I'm using the marvel version, the bio is courtesy Wikipedia.
Played by
Staccato Tenuto
Gaia Name: Staccato Tenuto
Character Name: Vlad Dracula
Codename: Count Dracula
Alignment: Evil
Powers:Flight, Super-strength (about enough to lift a Sedan or small truck), Superspeed (just barely sub-sonic) the ability to shape-shift into bats, wolves, or mist, the ability to mesmerize anyone whom he can make eye contact with, casts no shadow/has no reflection, virtual immortality (see below), enhanced senses, including darkvision and superhearing, in addition, he is also a competent sorcerer and can keep pace with the likes of Dr. Doom or Dr. Strange (albeit for only a short while).
Weaknesses: Dracula is repulsed by the smell of Garlic, but it is largely an irritant (like really hot peppers are for normal people, or like an extreme allergen), he also likes to avoid mirrors, as they betray his vampiric presence. Dracula can be killed (though not permanently) by the driving of a wooden stake through his heart. (Ash, Oak, or Rowan is thought to be best, but it really doesn't matter as long as its plant-based) But his most telling and powerful weakness is ultraviolet radiation, especially in the form of the sun, exposure to which (if its as strong as the sun or better) will cause him to combust and die within seconds (he has about a minute to find shade or he's toast).
Bio: Born Vlad Dracula in 1430 in Schassburg, Transylvania (now Sighişoara, Romania), he was the second son of a Transylvanian nobleman. He was named prince of Transylvania and voivode (prince) of Wallachia and became ruler while still a child. Over the next several years, he struggled against the Ottoman Turks, losing and regaining his throne. Through an arranged marriage to a Hungarian noblewoman, he sired his daughter, Lilith. He sent his wife away and later married a woman named Maria, with whom he had a son named Vlad Tepelus. He had a son with his third wife Domini named Janus.
In 1459, Dracula was mortally wounded by the Turkish warlord Turac, who brought Dracula to a gypsy named Lianda to be healed. However, Lianda was a vampire, and in revenge for his persecution of the gypsies, transformed Dracula into a vampire as well. Turac raped and killed Dracula's wife Maria, and in revenge Dracula slew Turac, causing him to become a vampire. Dracula gave his son Vlad Tepelus to gypsies to raise.
Dracula defeated the vampire Nimrod in battle, and thus succeeded him as ruler of Earth’s vampires. Soon afterwards, he enhanced his own blood with that of Varnae, giving him greater powers than any other vampire. In 1471, Dracula abdicated his princehood.
In the 19th century, he faced opposition from Abraham van Helsing and Jonathan Harker in England, the exploits of which were recorded in the 1897 novel by Stoker, Dracula. When the humans destroyed Dracula, his remains were placed in his coffin, concealed within a cave blocked by an enormous boulder. In Frankenstein's Monster, the behemoth in the story was tricked into unsealing the cave and opening the coffin, thus, freeing Dracula.
Extra: Dracula has made appearances in both the marvel and the DC universe, for the sake of clarity, however, I'm using the marvel version, the bio is courtesy Wikipedia.
