Dracula (Transylvania, Lord of the Vampires)

DRACULA

Real Name: Vlad Tepes Dracula

Identity/Class: Human vampire

Occupation: Lord of the Vampires; former prince of Transylvania and voivode (prince) of Wallachia

Citizenship:Formerly Transylvania and Wallachia

Group Membership: Former member of the Legion of the Unliving

Affiliations: Lord of the Vampires; allied with or led: the Belonging, Brides of Dracula, Children of Judas, Children of the Night, Legion of the Damned (civil war), Legion of the Damned (modern era), Legion of Doom, the Order of the Dragon; temporary master of the Darkholders; Lianda (transformed him into a vampire); Varnae(transformed him into Lord of the Vampires); Jamal Afari, Andrea, Angela, Asmodeus, Baron Blood (John Falsworth), Paul Beare (acquaintance), Blade (temporary/uneasy alliance), Elsa Bloodstone (temporary/uneasy alliance), Charity Brown, Ruth Caulderon, Claverling, cult of human followers, Marguerita D'Alescio, David, Lenore Decade, Defenders (Dr. Strange, Clea, Gargoyle, Hellcat, Nighthawk, the Son of Satan [Hellstorm], and Valkyrie; temporary/uneasy alliance), Frankenstein Monster (as Adam; temporary/uneasy alliance), Bethany Flynn, Sgt. Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos ("Izzy" Cohen, Dino Manelli, Gabe Jones, "Dum-Dum" Dugan, Eric Koenig, "Reb" Ralston, "Pinky" Pinkerton), temporary allies; Alexander Gordski (former lackey), Grandmaster (temporary master), Richard Grant, Harold H. Harold (occasional), Lord Henry (servant), John Hunyadi, Karlos (former servant), King Louis XVI, Hauptmann Rudolph Kriss (possessed by him), Lila, Lydia (former prisoner), Marlene McKenna, Marguerita, Marissa, Dr. Heirich Mortte, Murgo (forced alliance), Jasper O'Conner (slave), Cecile Parker (slave), Postmortem, Aurora Rabinowitz, Raynee, Renfield, Made Rogers, Professor Gregor Smirnoff, Comte St. Germaine, Anabelle St. John, Sif, Storm (only when under supernatural duress), Ilsa Strangeway, Beverly Switzler, Tara, Horatio Toombs (slave), Rachel Van Helsing (after transforming her into a vampire), Henri Verne, Carl Von Harbou (former servant), Daphne Von Wilkinson, Shiela Whittier, Zaveria; possibly Diablo (see "Other Comments")

"Once Bitten" (Bitten and/or vamped by him):

Jamal Afari, Alonzo, Edna Appleton, Emily Arthurs, Lucas Bane, Baron Blood, Giorgia Bathory, Sarah Beauregard, Louis Belski, Mary Jo Bentley, Bessie the Hellcow (possibly), Bettina, Blade, Lucas Brand, Colleen Brown, Odette Byelai, Beverly Carpenter, Rosella Carson, Cartwright, Lt. Chapel, Roberta Christianson, Captain and Marianne Cutlass, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Catherine, Chu, Clark, Crew of the ship Demeter, Count Marcos de la Triana, Amber Drey, Du Monte, Augustus and Florence Ebers, Bethany Flynn, Beverly Gable, Jean Garver, Giuseppe, Betty Gold, Buckley Grainger, Elizabeth and Quincy Harker, Edith Harker, Suze Harlow, Harold H. Harold, Jennifer Hobarth, Howard the Duck, Jean, Julie, Katerina, Marie Komph, Maria Kroner, Elizabeth Langley, Ursula Lensky, Lila, Liza, Lupescu, Marianne, Mary, Louisa Morelli, Morgo, Angelica and Laurie Neal, Adri Nital, Jasper O'Conner, Mr. Owens, Cecile Parker, Maria Patrelli, Audra Pennington, Anna Reynolds, Louisa Russoff, Lorenza Safina, Sarah, Henry Sage, Sif, Andrea Simmons, Hamilton Slade of Clan Akkaba, Connie Stewart, Storm (Ororo Monroe), Lyza Strang, Dr. Strange, Ilsa Strangway, Mr. Swales, Tara, Tituba, Lord and Elianne Turac, Rachel van Helsing, Velanna, Isabel Vortok, Mrs. Vryslaw, Alice Weinburg, Lucy Westenra, Wong

Enemies: Aamshed, Jamal Afari, Goodman Alden, Benjamin Solomon Alomii, Angel, Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), Asmodeus, Dr. James Lloyd Barrett, Giorgia Bathory, Nathan Beauregard, Louis Belski, Benitio of Bologna, Bessie the Hellcow, Bible John, Blade, Blood Countess, Elsa Bloodstone, Ulysses Bloodstone, Father Nicholas Bordia, Lucas Brand, Francis Leroy "Cowboy" Brown, Jacob Buckner, Paul Butterworth, Cagliostro, Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau), Lt. Chapel, Inspector Chelm, Roberta Christianson, Clan Akkaba, Duncan Corley, Cristina's uncle, Joshiah Dawn, Death Man, Defenders (Dr. Strange, Clea, Gargoyle, Hellcat, Nighthawk, the Son of Satan [Hellstorm], and Valkyrie); Randolph Dering, Hellyn DeVill, Marie DeVoe, Devil's Heart, Nick Diablo and his gang, Dimensional Man, Dr. Druid, Doctor Strange, Doctor Sun, Frank Drake, Helene and Jacques DuBois, DuMonte, Durenyi, Fatherand Sister Marie Eisner, Enclave, David Eshcol, Faceless Man, Frederick Ferguson, Father Vergilius Flotsky, Father William, Jason Faust, Enzo Ferrarra, The Forever Man, Frankenstein Monster, Kate Fraser, Frenchman, Lou Garver, Gaston, Generation X (Chamber, Husk, Jubilee, Skin, Synch), Gladys, Golden Angel, Hellsgaard, Inspector Judiah Golem, Gordski, Clifton Graves, Ludwig Gruber, Gruner, Corker Haller, Hans, Johnathan and Quincy Harker, Harold H. Harold, Mr. Haskell, Jimmy Hodges, Howard the Duck, John and the Baron Hunyadi, Jackson, Orji Jones, Juno, Solomon Kane, Katinka, Hannibal King, Melanie and Paul Knight, Baron Korda, Kubbard, Lala, Marie LaVeau, Anton Levka, Lilith, Anton Lupeski, Joe Don Mahoney, the Marshal, Mason, Dr. A.J. Maxwell, Anna+Jacque+Peter McDonald, Azu M'Dammen, Mockingbird, Mohammed the Conqueror, Montesi family, Montpelier, Baron (Karl) Mordo, Morgo, Mortuus Invitus, Sultan Murad II, Musenda, Frank Neal, Torgo Nia, Father Nicholas, Night Terror, Nimrod, Taj Nital, Noelle, Nosferatu, Nosferati vampires, Orphelus, Ozymandias, Puishannt, Radu the Handsome (usurpedDracula's throne backed by the Turks), Anton Rizzoli, Baron Grigori Russoff, Saint, Colonel Saint Johns, Satan, Scarlet Witch, Scotsman, Charles and John Seward, Skinnee Shore, Lord Singleton, Six-Fingered Hand, Sandra Sommers, Spider-Man, Jack Starsmore, Steppin' Razor, Gorna Storski, Archibald and Lyza Strang, Ogun Strong, Lee Switzler, Tamsin, Lucas Telling-Stone, Vlad Tepulus, Thor, Aaron Thorne, Topaz, Noah Tremayne, Lord Turac, Elianne Turac, the Turkish Empire, Angie Turner, Rache and Rachel and Abraham van Helsing, Vargas of Spain, Varnae, Frank von Frankenstein, Carl von Harbou, von Roon of Prussia, Count Vryslaw, Werewolf (Jack Russell), Warbird (Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers; attempted victim, escaped), Michiyo Watanabe, Wong, X-Men (Colossus, Cyclops, Sprite [Shadow Cat], Wolverine, and Nightcrawler), Y'Bsgloth, Y'Garon, Y'Griarth, and Zofia; rival vampire clans

Known Relatives: Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Elder, father, deceased), Mircea, Radu the Handsome (brothers, deceased); Prince Basarab the Great (first rulerof Wallachia/ancestor), Prince Mircea the Old (grandfather), Stephen Bathory (Prince of Transylvania, cousin); Zofia (first wife, deceased), Lilith (daughter by Zofia); Maria (second wife, deceased), Vlad Tepulus (son by Maria, deceased), Frank Drake (descendent of Dracula by Vlad Tepulus); Domini(third wife), Janus/Golden Angel (son by Domini)

Aliases: Count Dracula, the Devil, Doctor Vlad, Dragon, Drake, Justin Drake, Father Death, the Impaler, Lord of the Damned, Lord of the Undead, Lord of the Vampires, Prince of Darkness, Vlad the Impaler, Vladimir Tepesch, Kaziglu Bey (the Impaler Prince-This was aname given to him by Turkish warriors upon encountering the forests ofimpaled victims Dracula littered his kingdom with)

Place of Birth:Schassburg, Transylvania (now Sighisoara, Romania)

Base of Operations: Real World Turgoviste (in what is now modern dayRomania) was his capitol during his reign as ruler of Wallachia; Fortress Poenari - sometimes referred to (among other places) as CastleDracula - which was built by slave labor on the backs of those boyars whohad allowed so many previous princes of Wallachia to be slain andoverthrown. Marvel Universe Castle Dracula (I) - Southern Transylvania near Snagov, ancestral home Castle Dracula (II) - Borgo Pass; inherited by Frank Drake Castle Dracula (III) - London, usurped from Sheila Wittier, formerly Castle Dunwick, destroyed by explosion of Quincy Harker's wheelchair, since rebuilt; Otherwise mobile; Also has various former bases of operation in London, Paris, Boston, New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C. Active from mid-15th Century to the modern era

> Education: Tutored by finest instructors of the 15th century; extensively self-taught

First Appearance: (Historical) Dracula by Bram Stoker, published by Constable (1897); (Atlas) Suspense#7 (March 1951) First mentioned in the Marvel Universe: Fantastic Four I#30 (September, 1964); First true appearance: Tomb of Dracula I#1 (April, 1972)

Powers/Abilities: Dracula's intelligence is above normal, and he was tutored by some of the finest instructors of the 15th Century. Since this time period, he has adapted well to new knowledge and technology that has developed over the following centuries. He is also a good hand-to-hand combatant and swordsman and highly trained in 15th Century arts of warfare as well as being a master military strategist.

Besides these abilities, Dracula possesses many powers due to his vampirism. Dracula has the mental abilities to control victims he has bitten, temporarily mesmerize any human with his gaze, command mice, rats, bats, and wolves, and mystically summon thunderstorms.

Aside from these attributes, Dracula possesses all the conventional powers of a vampire, but to a far greater extent than any other, except, perhaps Varnae. He can transform himself into a bat (of normal or human size), a wolf, and all or parts of his body into mist while retaining his intelligence. Dracula cannot be killed or permanently injured by most conventional means; he ignores most physical attacks, regenerating damaged or lost tissue quite quickly. He not only has superhuman speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes but strength, as well, allowing him to lift (press) one ton. In addition, his powers have been, on occasion, greatly amplified or some of his weaknesses have been circumvented through magical sources, such as by the spells cast via the Darkholders.

Weaknesses: As just mentioned, Dracula has a number of limitations like other vampires, as well. For one, Dracula must drink blood to survive, becoming physically weakened and through prolonged deprivation. Weapons of silver damage Dracula normally.

A combined variant of Dracula's blood dependency and weakness to silver happened when Dracula was impregnated with many minute particles of silver sometime after 1875, which weakened him, causing him to age rapidly whenever he went a considerable time without ingesting sufficient blood. Consuming enough blood restored him to normal. By the start of the 20th Century, he had recovered from this weakness.

Physical contact with other things causes damage or death to a vampire, as well. For instance, direct sunlight burns vampires to the touch. Wood, such as from a stake, when pierced through the heart kills a vampire. As the vampire slowly dies in this manner, it cannot remove the wooden object due to unspecified circumstances (See Comments).

Dracula can be held at bay or physically damaged by the religious symbol of the Christian crucifix. In addition to the religious symbol of the Christian cross, any religious symbol that the holder believes in strongly enough might be effective. For example, Kitty Pryde's Star of David burnt him. The strength of the belief was much more important than the size of the religious symbol: Dracula laughed off a cross made by Wolverine, an atheist, but was sorely pained by one held by Nightcrawler, a fervent Christian.

Many of Dracula's weaknesses vary under given circumstances (and, more accurately, the writer's interpretation/memory/etc.). For example, vampires do not cast reflections. Also, they cannot enter a house unless first invited. Often, normal bullets pass through him, causing no harm, whatsoever. However, a hunter once shot him out of the sky while in bat form. The rule of not entering without permission is often broken, for instance. In one issue, Dracula could be held at bay for several feet by a cross. In another, he physically grabs a cross out of a man's hand (though it burns him to do so) and throws it across the room--saying only the crucifix can kill him.

Height:6'5"Weight:220 lbs.Eyes:RedHair:Black

History: Dracula was born in 1430 in Schassburg, Transylvania (now Sighisoara, Romania), the second son of Vlad Dracul, aka Vlad the Elder, who later became both prince and Voivode (warlord) of Wallachia.

(Tomb of Dracula II#2 (fb)) [1444]- The young Vlad rode to Turkey alongside his father and his younger brother, Radu, to discuss policies of peace between the Magyars and the Ottoman Empire. They were ambushed and captured by soldiers of Sultan Murad II, who then took the two sons hostage, to force Vlad the Elder to adopt policies which favored Turkey. For five years, they remained prisoners, suffering much torture and humiliation--during which time Radu died, and Vlad the Elder (and his eldest son, Mircea) was killed by his own advisors (led by John Hunyadi) for his support of Turkey (see comments). It was in the Turkish prison that Vlad learned his lessons in cruelty.

(Tomb of Dracula II#2 (fb)) [1448]- Vlad escaped imprisonment and returned to his home, taking the title as Voivode of Wallachia after ousting the Danestis.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2) [1449]- Fearing the Transylvanians who had slain his father, Vlad fled to Moldavia.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2) [1451]- Vlad returned to Transylvania, throwing himself on the mercy of John Hunyadi-- who schooled him in the arts of war.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2/Tomb of Dracula I#60 (fb))- Vlad married Zofia, a Hungarian noblewoman, which had been arranged by his father--Dracula hated Zofia.

(Tomb of Dracula I#60 (fb)) - Vlad expressed his hatred for Zofia, both physically and mentally abusing her--even going so far as to romance other women while Zofia was locked in the closet of the same room.

(Tomb of Dracula II#5 (fb1))- Vlad forced Zofia, and the infant Lilith, to dine with him, overlooking the scene of a recent impaling.

(Giant-Size Chillers#1 (fb))- One year after their marriage, Vlad stripped Zofia of her royal standing and gave her one night to leave the castle with her belongings and Lilith. Zofia gave Lilith to an elderly gypsy, Gretchin, paying her to care for her, and then killed herself.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2) [1456]- With Hunyadi's help, Dracula again became Prince of Wallachia. Dracula was opposed by the unfriendly new Sultan, Mohammed the Conqueror.

(Tomb of Dracula II#2(fb))- There he ordered the impalement of all those involved in his father's assassination--earning him the title of Vlad the Impaler. His second act was ordering a massed assault on the hordes of Turkey.

(Doctor Strange III#37)- Frank Von Frankenstein--one of the fanatical band known as the Teutonic knights--converted the "heathens" of eastern Europe at the point of a crimsoned sword. He had many such "triumphs" of religious frenzy over reason...but he was most fiercely resisted by Vlad Tepes. Ultimately the Transylvanian tasted the sweet wine of victory, and Frank and the German knights were impaled on stakes, as was Vlad Tepes' wont.

(Dracula Lives#2-3, Bizarre Adventures#33/4) <1459> - Varnae, the first vampire, became weary of his existence, and decided to set up a successor: Vlad Tepes. Prodded on by strange dreams sent by Varnae (which Vlad took as prophetic visions), Vlad led the forces of Transylvania in fighting off the third Turkish invasion, with the help of his aid Claverling. However, Varnae had deceived Vlad with the dreams he sent, so that Vlad lost the battle.

(X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula#1 (fb)) - Dracula's troops actually drove off the wave of Turks, but were then slaughtered by Apocalypse's Riders of the Dark. Apocalypse himself took down Dracula.

(Dracula Lives#2-3, Bizarre Adventures#33/4) - The warlord Turac, with Turac's ally Baron Korda watching, had Dracula spared, hoping that they could use him to control Transylvania. Turac had the gravely injured Vlad taken to a gypsy, Lianda, who had legendary healing prowess. Lianda, however, was a vampire, and her "healing powers" were used on Vlad.

Dracula the Vampire

Dracula only realized his powers after Turac killed his wife, Maria: Turac and his men having previously sexually assaulted her. Dracula broke free form his bonds too late to save her, but did bite and slay Turac and most of his guards. Leaving them for dead, Dracula, realized he was no longer a fit father and dropped off his young son Vlad to be raised by gypsies. It was then that Dracula was confronted by vampires sent by Varnae, who brought the Impaler to a special ordeal which Varnae arranged to determine Vlad's fitness to become new ruler of the vampires. Vlad fought Nimrod, whom Varnae had directed to pretend to be ruler of the Earth's vampires, and managed to destroy both Nimrod and Lala, a vampiress. Just then, however, a group of priests raided the vampire gathering, led by the uncle of a girl named Cristina. They destroyed Dracula-his first destruction as a vampire.

Despite Dracula being destroyed so soon after first becoming a vampire, Varnae remained firm in his decision to groom Vlad Tepes as his successor. Varnae contrived to resurrect Dracula with the blood of Cristina, before this time a virgin, shed upon penetration after intercourse with one of Varnae's minions, Serge. The returned Dracula thanked Cristina for her inadvertent assistance. Horrified, Cristina returned to her uncle, but Varnae had already slain him. Serge took on his true, vampiric form, but Dracula killed him. Varnae then, despite Dracula's resistance, fed Vlad his blood, making him the monarch of the undead. Varnae put Vlad in a coffin to protect him from the sun and the first vampire destroyed himself by willingly walking into the day.

(Giant-Size Chillers#1 (fb))- Vlad began to feed upon gypsies, blaming them for what he had become; among those he killed was Arni, the daughter of the gypsy Gretchen. In retaliation, Gretchen transformed Lilith into a vampiress with special powers, and sent her out to destroy her father.

(Dracula Lives#4/8, Doctor Strange III#15/2) [1459]- Dracula returned to Castle Dracula, where he slew Anton Levka, who had usurped his castle and his holdings. He was then confronted by Father Bordia, a devil-worshipping vampire in the guise of a Catholic priest. Dracula overpowered and staked Bordia, and then found a romantic interest in Zaveria, a woman whose husband had been slain by the Turks. Sifting through Borgia's possessions, Dracula discovered a disturbing fact: a spell to destroy vampires existed within the parchments of the Darkhold--the Montesi Formula. Fearful of the Montesi Formula, Dracula took hostage the wife of the reputedly greatest thief on Earth, Murgo. For the sake of his wife, Murgo complied with Dracula's demand to filch the Darkhold from the Vatican library, a holy place where even the Lord of the Vampires could not tread. However, Murgo was ambushed and slain by the sorcerer Cagliostro, who took the dark tome for himself. Dracula slew Murgo's wife for her husband's failure, and he vowed hatred undying on Cagliostro for his actions.

(Tomb of Dracula II#2) [1459]- Dracula invited Sultan Murad II to Castle Dracula, where he gained his revenge. The Brides of Dracula vamped Murad's soldiers, and Dracula put the bite on Murad, before tossing his corpse to his assembled troops outside.

(Dracula Lives#12/3) [1465]- Dracula was visited by emissaries of various countries--Vargas of Spain, von Roon of Prussia, and Benitio of Bologna--who on behalf of their respective lords, asked Dracula and his followers to stay out of their respective countries. Dracula then slew them, and decided to visit their realms and beyond. Eventually, he grew bored and returned to Transylvania, but in his journeys, he had bitten and killed the sister of a man named Hans, who sought vengeance. Hans nearly died from frostbite in his long trek to Transylvania, and was nursed back to health by Rache van Helsing. The two fell in love, but eventually Hans went after Dracula, and was slain by him. Rache, pregnant with Hans' child vowed that her unborn son and all of his descendents would face and eventually destroy Dracula--starting the long of enmity between the van Helsings and Dracula.

(Dracula Lives#13/3) [1471]- Dracula fought off an attempt by the Magyars to steal some of his serfs. One of the serfs, Giorgia Bathory, became obsessed with Dracula after he saved her from being ravaged, but he had no interest in her. Dracula confronted Baron Hunyadi--one of the younger sons of John Hunyadi--whom he believed to be responsible for the attack and threatened to kill him should he ever try something similar again. Giorgia, insane with jealousy, made an alliance with Hunyadi and tried to stake Dracula during the daylight hours, but her obsession with him caused her to wait too long, and he awoke, bit and slew her. Dracula then freed his serfs, to end this problem, and abdicated his rule.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2)- It was around this time that Dracula, without the proper basis for doing so, assumed the title of Count. He remained in his Castle in South Transylvania for over a century.

Dracula in the 16th Century

(Tomb of Dracula I#60(fb, BTS)) [1553]- As Vlad Tepulus grew to adulthood, the gypsies taught him to hate his father, Dracula. He tried multiple times to slay Dracula before Dracula finally slew him instead.

BTS- Dracula encountered and put the bite on Rosella Carson, taking her to live in Castle Dracula.

(Dracula Lives#3/3) - The Puritan adventurer Solomon Kane came to Transylvania in search of Rosella Carson. Kane was nearly overcome when attacked by a pack of wolves, but Dracula intervened and saved him. Later, Kane was accosted by and slew the vampiric Rosella, and then battled Dracula. Kane defeated Dracula in a swordfight, but ultimately had to use a handful of silver coins to incapacitate him before preparing to behead him. However, Dracula called in Kane's debt for his life, and Kane allowed him to live.

(Fantastic Four III#36 - BTS) - Dracula encountered Diablo.

(Savage Sword of Conan#26/3 (fb)) - Dracula seduced and took possession of a girl named Julka. Her father Franz, a priest, went after Dracula and was slain by him. Julka's mother locked the windows and placed garlic to ward off Dracula from her other daughter, Morgit, but the mother died of a heart attack after seeing Dracula outside the windows.

(Savage Sword of Conan#26/3) - Guilt over not destroying Dracula ate at Solomon Kane as he continued to hear news of Dracula's activities; he returned to Transylvania to put things right. He met up with and was joined by Morgit. Kane came prepared, armed with a wooden sword, garlic, and other weapons, but Dracula, at the full height of his powers, toyed with him. He disarmed Solomon and knocked his sword into the fire. Kane retrieved his sword and hurled it at Dracula, who turned to mist and allowed it to pass through him, into the impaled corpse of Morgit's father. However, when Dracula returned to "human" form, the flames leapt onto his cape. Dracula called up a wind to put out the flame and divest Kane of his garlic. Dracula had Kane at his mercy, but Kane had one last weapon, his most potent defense of all. Kane prayed to the Lord, and Dracula's winds lifted the impaled, burning corpse's arms into the air, forming a blazing cross. Weakened and distracted, Dracula fell victim to Kane, who retrieved his sharpened cross from Morgit and staked the vampire. However, it was mere hours later that a group of hungry travelers passed by the castle, saw the jeweled cross stuck in the skeleton's chest, and thought they might want it for themselves... (Tomb of Dracula II#3/2)- This was at least the second "death" of the vampire Dracula.

(Dracula Lives#12) [1597]- From Snagov, a village near Castle Dracula, a man named Durenyi accepted payment to destroy Dracula. Durenyi was forced to flee from Dracula, but he learned of his weaknesses to sunlight and the cross and stole Dracula's diary--all of which he sold to the people of Snagov for a large sum of money. Dracula eventually had his revenge, slaying Durenyi, but his diary had already been sold and shipped to unknown parts of England.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2)- It was at this point that Dracula moved from his castle near Snagov to the castle near the Borgo Pass, where he remained for nearly four centuries. However, as others began to learn of his weaknesses, he began to travel more to find prey.

(Blade III#11 (fb)) - At some point, Dracula salted the Earth around his castle to protect it from certain magics.

Dracula in the 17th Century

(Dracula Lives#4/3) [1606]- Dracula encountered Countess Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess, seeking to force her to become his vampiric servant. However, her practice of bathing in the blood of virgins had made her immune to his control, and she instead proposed an alliance. She then betrayed him, trapping him in his coffin by covering it in garlic. Dracula escaped by becoming mist, and then turned her journals in to the authorities, causing her to be arrested and walled up within her own castle. Dracula confronted her within her cell and drained away the blood that had kept her young--aging her to death in seconds.

(Tomb of Dracula I#52(fb)/Tomb of Dracula II#2)- Dracula began to spend increasing amounts of time away from Transylvania, often for decades. He eventually became ruler of a province of Spain, until he was beset by a demon (in actuality the time traveling Golden Angel, associated with the spirit of his later son, Janus).

(Dracula Lives#1/2) [1691] - Tiring of his wanton Brides, Dracula magically or spiritually connected with the American woman Charity Brown in Salem, Massachusetts. Dracula placed his sign upon her (a bat over her left bosom) and began his long trek to her. However, a man whose advances she had spurned, Goodman Alden, accused her of witchcraft, and she was hung just before he arrived. Dracula slew Alden, and then made a slave woman from the West Indies, Tituba, a vampire, and his servant.

(Dracula Lives#1/2/Tomb of Dracula II#3/2) [1692]- After having waited a year to allow the people to forget, Dracula had Tituba unleash his vengeance on the town of Salem. Tituba turned a number of others into vampires as well, thus precipitating the Salem witch trials.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2)- Dracula's contact with Charity represented the first time he felt love for another woman since Maria. This affected his future relationships with his female victims--making them less predatory and more sensual.

(Giant-Size Man-Thing#5/2 (fb))- At approximately this time, a familiar looking vampire came to a Swiss town. All the doors and windows of the village were locked, and the vampire sated himself on the cow's blood instead. The cow returned three days later as Bessie the Hellcow and followed its murderer's trail for years until its final destruction.

Dracula in the 18th Century

(Dracula Lives#7/3/Tomb of Dracula II#3/2) - Hellyn deVill led her band of pirates one hundred miles inland, to Castle Dracula, where they stole the Dracula Pendant, a valuable item, which had great sentimental value to the Vampire Lord--being a locket of his beloved wife, Maria. Dracula tracked them back to their ship, overpowered the pirates, retook the pendant, exposed Hellyn as a witch hag, and left her to the mercy of her crew.

(Tomb of Dracula II#4/3 (fb)) [1750]- In Germany, Dracula was captured and staked by Father Eisner, although Dracula terrified the priest so much that he had a heart attack. Eisner's adopted ward, Marie, pulled the stake from Dracula and, holding him at bay with a cross, made a deal to become a vampire if he would save Father Eisner. Dracula instead tore out Father Eisner's heart. Marie again drove off Dracula with a cross, but Dracula told her that one day she would beg him to give her life.

(Tomb of Dracula II#3/2) [1762]- Under the combined threats of the Turks and Catherine the Great's Russian rule, Dracula relocated to France.

In addition, shortly after Dracula's departure, Baron Grigori Russoff took over part of his domain.

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