Vlad Tepes, more commonly known as Dracula, is a character in the Bloodbound series. He is first seen in Book 2, Chapter 10.
Appearance
Vlad has long black hair, pale skin, and bright blue eyes. When he first appears, he is introduced as tall and wears a black lacy long shirt that shows his abs, leather pants, and a necklace that contains the Eye of Bathory.
Personality
Vlad is charming, seductive, arrogant, egotistical yet wise. He is the type of vampire to enjoy all kinds of debauchery. Adrian says he is excessive but not a bad man and that while Vlad holds a lot of power, it goes hand in hand with his level of insight. He always wants to be the center of attention, always makes grand displays and extravagant provocations. Adrian sums it up by calling him pretentious. Lily notes he appears to be quite handsy which results in Kamilah sharing a story of how he tried to kiss her. He is also extremely wealthy and influential. Vlad is apparently also not above sacrificing other vampires to the Order to secure his own safety.
Chapters
Bloodbound
Bloodbound: Dark Solstice
- Chapter 4: And To All An Endless Night (Determinant)
Book 2
- Chapter 2: The Bloodkeeper (Mentioned; Determinant)
- Chapter 9: The Slaughter (Mentioned)
- Chapter 10: The Plan
- Chapter 11: The Legend
- Chapter 12: The Island (Mentioned)
Book 3
- Chapter 5: The First
- Chapter 6: The Legend
- Chapter 7: The Bacchanalia
- Chapter 8: The Truth
- Chapter 15: The Loss
- Chapter 16: The Beginning
Bloodbound Origins
- Chapter 3: Lily's Story (Mentioned; Determinant)
Relationships
Serafine Dupont
In Book 2, Chapter 10, Adrian reveals that Vlad had a fling with Serafine.
Gaius Augustine
In Book 2, Chapter 10, Adrian reveals that Vlad and Gaius would get up to all kinds of debauchery. In Chapter 11's premium scene, it is mentioned that Vlad was one of Gaius's first disciples. Everything that Vlad knows comes from Gaius. Gaius had relationships with most of his proteges, although his feelings for Rheya, Kamilah, and Adrian were the strongest.[1]
Rheya
Vlad became obsessed by Rheya, the First Vampire, because of Gaius. In the 1500s, Vlad managed to create a vampire cult around her. He is the founder and leader of the Church of the First, and claims to be her greatest and most loyal follower. In Book 3, Chapter 5, Rheya brings him to your group to have him attest to her intentions. In Chapter 15, he is among her followers at the Opera house and tries to stop you and your friends from reaching her. After he sees your display of power, he tells you he won't follow Rheya anymore and will worship you instead if you let him live.
Order of the Dawn
In the beginning, Kamilah and Adrian believe that Vlad has been a thorn in the Order's side for centuries. He has evaded them, flitting between multiple castles, and staying a step or two ahead of them. However, at the end of Chapter 11, you discover that he has been feeding the Order information about certain vampires.
Your Character
When you meet him for the first time, he is drawn to you. You use his interest in you to get a moment of privacy with him to steal the Eye of Bathory from him. Kamilah gives you hemlock to drug his wine which would render him unconscious, or you can choose to become intimate with him. Either way, you are successful in obtaining the Eye of Bathory.
In Book 3, you and your friends run across him again when Rheya brings him over to join her cause. In Chapter 16, you have the option to spare him or stake him and kill him in your anger over Jax or Lily's death.
Powers and Abilities
- Immortality: In Book 1, Chapter 2, Adrian confirms that he does not age. Thus we can assume the same can be said for Vlad.
- Super-Strength: In Book 1, Chapter 2, Adrian confirms that he is strong enough to lift a car. Thus we can assume the same can be said for Vlad.
- Healing Factor: Accelerated healing is an ability that vampires possess that allows them to heal from physical injuries at supernatural speeds. If a vampire uses their blood such as when Adrian was done feeding on Nicole, they can heal the bite mark as well. Thus we can assume the same can be said for Vlad.
- Heightened Senses: In Book 1, Chapter 6, Lily mentions how she can feel the slightest air currents, how she can even see the tiniest pores in Your Character's skin and can hear the water running through the pipes three stories up. Thus we can assume the same came be said for Vlad.
- Hovering: Scholar Jameson's notes in Book 2, Chapter 2, mention that Vlad loves showing off his ability to hover above the ground. In Chapter 11's premium scene, if you choose to have sex with him, you will witness this ability first-hand when he brings Your Character all the way up to the ceiling.
Weaknesses
- Sunlight: Sunlight is one of vampires' weaknesses. As Adrian stated, sunlight does hurt him and can prove fatal after more than thirty minutes of exposure. It's akin to hypersensitivity; overexposure causes, as Adrian describes it, an accelerated heat stroke. This same weakness can be assumed for Vlad.
- Decapitation: Dismembering or manually removing the head of a vampire will result in instant and permanent death.
- Heart Extraction: Removing and subsequently destroying the heart of a vampire will also result in permanent death.
- Unquenched Bloodlust: When Adrian first became a vampire, he felt the powerful thirst for blood which no amount of water can relieve. In the brief period where he resisted the urge, Adrian experienced severe discomfort whereby he eventually gave in to his instincts. It is unknown yet how long a vampire can remain thirsty or what the extent of pain is when this need is unmet. When vampires don't consume blood for extended periods of time, they tend to give in to their instincts and attack the nearest human nearby in order to suppress their thirst. Newly Turned Vampires like Lily are the ones mostly affected by this problem.
- A Feral's Bite: A bite from a feral vampire is infectious to regular vampires because it can turn them feral too.
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Miscellaneous
Trivia
- The author who is stated to have had a fling that led to Vlad's fame is implied to be Bram Stoker who lived in the 1800s and wrote the novel Dracula that indeed made Dracula famous.
- The book exposed vampires to the world. While it crafted an entire legend for himself and made him a household name, many European vampires were furious with him at the time.
- The spelling of his last name differs. In Jameson's notes in a premium scene of Book 2, Chapter 2, it is spelled "Teppes", while in Chapters 10 and 11, it is spelled "Tepes".
- There also appears to be an inconsistency regarding his appearance in the premium scene where you sleep with him to get hold of the Eye of Bathory. The game states that he takes the necklace off while undressing but his image in the character box still shows him wearing it afterwards. He only appears without the necklace after the intimate scene has ended.
- His fate depends on whether you choose to kill him or spare him in Book 3, Chapter 16.
- If you spared him and collected all the Book 3 portrait fragments, he is seen in the epilogue, trying to advertise his new show in Las Vegas, but no one is interested.