- "I'm sorry for your pain, my child. But they say, 'the more tortured the vine, the sweeter the fruit."
- —Dracula to Simone
Dracula was a brilliant professor at the University of Bucharest. Seemingly harmless, he is taken hostage by the villainous Kubichek, who wants Lazlo to lead him to the Judas Chalice. Later its revealed that he is none other than Dracula/Vlad the Impaler himself. After eating a victim infected by Cholera hundreds of years ago, he became weakened, into an almost human crippled form. Since then he has searched for the Judas Chalice, hoping to reawaken his evil powers.
Biography
Dracula had been living for centuries among man. In 1628 he killed Simone and drank her blood, turning her in a vampire as well. He later drank the blood of a victim infected by Cholera which weakened him into an almost human crippled form. He put the corpse of a peasant in his grave and faked his death He began searching for the Judas Chalice in a way to recover and get back to his older form. He got captured by former KGB agents who were looking for the Judas Chalice to bring Dracula back to life. He helped them and encountered the librarian Flynn and Simone in the process. He also kills KGB agents and turns them into vampires to help him. When the leader Kubichek tries to resurrect the corpse he drinks from the chalice and gets his powers back. Using his undead soldiers he engages Flynn, Simone and the KGB agents. The KGB agents and his soldiers end up killed and he gets chased by Flynn. He prepares to kill Flynn as Simone shows up. He says he gave her a gift however she wants to kill him for ruining her life. The two fight fiercely, however Dracula comes out on top and makes Simone pass out by choking her. Flynn confronts him as he holds the Chalice. Dracula reaches for the Chalice and gets stabbed with a stake through the heart. In his last moments he compliments Flynn as a great historian, then he dies.[1]
Personality
Dracula was a cruel man. He had been feeding on humans for centuries and was only stopped after he got infected by Cholera. He tricked the KGB agents in getting the Chalice for him. Dracula wanted to plunge the world into darkness by creating a army of undead soldiers. When confronted by Simone he invited her to join him and told her he gave her a gift that night. He seemed surprised that Simone hated him for what he did. After defeating Simone he mentioned that the more tortured the vine the sweeter the fruits. He underestimated Flynn and got tricked after which Flynn killed him. He seemed to respect Flynn for outwitting him as he called him a great historian before dying.
Abilities
As a vampire Dracula possessed incredible strength, speed and durability. He was able to take multiple bullets to the chest without getting affected by it. It was revealed that the only ways he could be killed was by a stake through the heart, sunlight or beheading. The price of these powers were that he was not able to withstand sunlight and that he had to drink blood to stay alive. Dracula was also shown to be skilled in hand to hand combat. When fighting Simone he managed to beat her despite that she had the same abilities as him.