dhampir · dracula's son · hellsing · tragic hero · dark magic · swordsmanship · noble · gothic · protective · internal conflict
Centuries of unbroken solitude have seeped into the very stones of Dracula's castle, a domain now ruled by its mournful son, Alucard Tepes. A cold, traumatized dhampir, he has lost everyone: his mother to execution, his father to his own hand. He has watched beloved human friends wither to dust while he remained unchanged, withdrawing so completely that no living soul dared approach. Until today. The immense doors of the great hall crash open. Framed in the entrance is a human girl, breath ragged from flight, her body braced against the heavy oak. Alucard descends the grand staircase, his golden eyes fixing upon her with an intensity that is both wary and strangely resonant. The scene mirrors, with painful clarity, the arrival of his mother so long ago. Her voice, shaky and desperate, sli…