Characters / Underworld (2003)

Introduced in Underworld

Selene

Selene

Species: Vampire (Corvinus Strain)

Played By: Kate Beckinsale

The main protagonist of the series. Selene is a vampire and one of the best Death Dealers in the Fur Against Fang war, believing that her family were slaughtered by Lycans. She was turned by Viktor because she reminded him of his deceased daughter Sonja. She is a skilled marksman and fighter, making her probably the most prominent badass in the series.

She has a change of heart when she falls in love with human-turned-Lycan Michael Corvin, and is responsible for turning Michael into a Hybrid Monster. She finds out that Viktor killed her family, and she kills him by slicing his head in two. In Evolution, she learns her family built William's tomb, hence why Viktor killed them, and becomes a true immortal after drinking Alexander Corvinus's blood, and kills Markus.

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• Absurdly Sharp Blade:
  • Selene used one in the first film to slice Viktor's head in two.
  • Subverted in Evolution when Selene uses a downed helicopter's propeller to kill Markus.
• Action Girl: Although, creator Len Wiseman instructed Kate Beckinsale not to use Sarah Connor or Ellen Ripley as a basis for her role; but Officer Bud Wight instead.
• All of the Other Reindeer: After killing both Viktor and Markus and falling in love with a Hybrid, nearly every other vampire has come after her or (in Thomas's case) shunned her, and Blood Wars reveals that Cassius and the current Vampire Council have signed her death warrant.
  • It's implied that even before this, she wasn't very popular with the vampire socialites, who appear to look down on her.
• Anti Heroine: Nominal Heroine at first, graduates to Unscrupulous Heroine, or a rather dark Pragmatic Heroine. And descends rapidly back down in the opening sequence of Awakening.
  • To be fair, the people she offed turned out to be either Lycans or humans in cahoots with the Lycans who were planning to vivisect her at some point.
• Awesome Moment of Crowning: At the end of Blood Wars, she is made a part of the new Elder Triumvirate, alongside David and Lena. It doesn't involve any crowns (the designation is by drinking blood), but since Elders are the equivalent of vampire royalty, it's basically this.
• Badass Longcoat: Of the leather variety. In Awakening she makes a point to break into a store so she can get a new longcoat. This one isn't made of leather, so she ditches it when she comes across a leather one.
• Battle Couple: With Michael.
• Berserk Button:
  • Hurting (or, in Marius's case, killing) Michael won't end well for the person responsible once Selene gets her hands on them.
  • Bringing up how her family was killed by Viktor, which Marcus made the mistake of.
  • Trying to harm her daughter (see Mama Bear).
• Bottomless Magazines: Played with. She does reload, but not as often as she should.
• Came Back Strong: After being mortally wounded by Marius in Blood Wars, she is put through the same cocooning process used by The Nordic Coven and ends up gaining their powers too, best demonstrated when she appears during the final battle killing several Lycans using Flash Step.
• Cassandra Truth: Her attempts to warn Viktor about Lucian possibly being alive.
• Cute Little Fangs: First seen when she bites Michael to make him a Hybrid. Awakening shows the first time she uses them to drain a person, who had just shot her in the head. It heals the wound and rejuvenates her.
• Dark Action Girl: She's one of the greatest Death Dealers who's ever lived and generally falls in Anti-Hero territory.
• Dark Is Not Evil: She wears black leather clothing and is a vampire but is ultimately the most heroic character in the series.
• Daywalking Vampire: Becomes this in Evolution by drinking Alexander Corvinus's blood, and thus becoming a Corvinus-Vampire Hybrid.
• Defecting for Love: First she is a merciless Lycan killer, but then she becomes a heroic badass and girlfriend to a Lycan.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Towards Michael in the first movie. And pretty much only towards Michael; the rest of her people skills are somewhere around Viktor's, though she does warm up to David and Sebastian fairly quickly.
• Earn Your Happy Ending: At the end of Blood Wars, which is by far the most optimistic of all the films. While she does lose Michael for good, she gains many new allies and new respect from the vampires now that she is an Elder, plus, the last seconds of the film reveal that she reunites with Eve to possibly live with her permanently, as the Lycans have ceased their hostility, at least for a while.
• Everyone Has Standards: The novelisations reinforce the idea that while Selene is willing to use torture for interrogation, she dislikes the idea of torturing Lycans just for the sake of it, feeling uncomfortable when looking at carvings of Lycans being branded and tortured back in the early days of the war.
• Fanservice: Most of Selene's outfits are made out of leather.
• Flash Step: Develops her speed to this level in Blood Wars by taking on the process used by the Nordic Coven.
• Genetic Memory: Selene has forgotten memories of her life before her family's slaughter, which prove to be a key plot point in Evolution. Justified, she's over 600 years old.
• The Gunslinger: She prefers to fight with guns, though she'll resort to melée weapons, or you know, her bare hands, when necessary.
• Guns Akimbo: Her preferred fighting style.
• Heel Realization: Subverted. By the time she realizes she's been hunting and killing Lycans for a crime they never committed, it's far, far too late for her to do anything other than to keep killing them out of self-defense.
• Hell-Bent for Leather: Her outfit is mostly made of leather.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: At least as far as the Vampires are concerned; she's renowned as one of the finest, if not the finest, Death Dealers ever for 600+ years of defending the Coven and destroying Lycans without relenting. Then she falls in love with Michael, a human-turned-Lycan, and kills Viktor and Markus, two out of the three reigning Elders. Not only is she now shunned by her own kind, but they also want her dead. She finally manages to regain their respect at the end of Blood Wars.
• Ice Queen: She defrosts a bit.
• Immortal Heroine: As a Vampire, she can be killed, until she drinks Alexander Corvinus's blood and becomes a proper Immortal.
• Invincible Heroine: She almost never takes any real damage when compared to other characters, up to and including Michael, who is supposed to be the ultimate fusion of the two species and was briefly killed before resurrecting, and Alexander Corvinus, from whom she gets upgraded to the point that Michael's hybrid state may as well have been a child's toy compared to Selene's power being equivalent to creating Superman in a lab. She's virtually unstoppable to begin with just in the first film. It just snowballs on from there, as she's pretty much a God by the time of Awakening.
  • Averted big time in Blood Wars. She gets curb-stomped by Marius and nearly dies.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Increasingly so after the first film. She won't be nice about it, but she'll save the day when she has to.
• Lady of War: Who said gunslinging can't be elegant?
• Like a Son to Me: Gender Flip to Viktor for most of her existence as a Vampire until the events of the first movie.
• Locked into Strangeness: In Blood Wars, she gains white streaks in her hair after getting a power upgrade via The Nordic Coven's cocooning ritual.
• Mama Bear: Though she was surprised to learn she had a daughter, she unsurprisingly becomes very protective of her.
• Meaningful Name: Selene means "moon". Fitting for someone who primarily fights in the night and avoids sunlight. In Greek myth, the goddess Selene also falls in love with a mortal man, who in some versions is granted eternal life at her request, which parallels Selene the Vampire developing feelings for the initially human Michael and subsequently making him a hybrid.
• Ms. Fanservice: She's played by the beautiful Kate Beckinsale and spends almost the entire series in tight, form-fitting leather.
• Mundane MacGuffin Person: Her family was targeted by Viktor out of fear the Lycans would learn the location of William's prison since her father was involved in the construction. But Viktor spared her because she reminded him of his daughter.
• Not So Stoic: Usually when it involves someone she cares about. In the first film, she tears up when Viktor accuses her of treason and when he admits that he killed her family, and she gets choked up when talking about her family's murder. She breaks down in tears when she thinks Michael's dead, and she's nearly an emotional wreck by Blood Wars due to all of the above plus the added anguish caused by Eve running out on her.
  • ..and then, just as she's getting better, Marius taunts her once she learns that Michael is, indeed, dead by his hand and holds out a vial of blood to her, saying it's all that's left of him, going so far as to yank it away when she reaches for it and drink it down right in front of her. Needless to say, her resulting Heroic BSoD, while brief, is very justified.
• Of Corsets Sexy: Selene wears a corset over her catsuit. The sequel implies that the corset has an actual function: being bullet-resistant, which comes in handy when the character gets buckshot straight to the chest. The corset comes away with only minor damage, and Selene just gets pissed off.
• Rags to Riches: Actually, it's from Riches, to Rags, then back to Riches. She goes from being a respected Death Dealer to a Vampire fugitive, then is crowned one of the new Elders. Of course, she lampshades this.
• Really 700 Years Old: According to the novelisation, she was nineteen when Viktor turned her...back in the 15th century. She still looks damn good for her age (being played by Kate Beckinsale helps).
• Replacement Goldfish: Strongly implied that Viktor spared her on account of strongly reminding him of his dead daughter Sonja. The third film shows there was indeed a strong physical resemblance between the two, especially when they're in their battle garb.
• Self-Made Orphan: Subverted. She kills her father figure in the first film, but it was thanks to him that she was already an orphan.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: Selene and Michael, mirroring Lucian's and Sonja's romance.
• Strong and Skilled: She's got superhuman strength due to being a Vampire and has centuries of fighting experience in a variety of martial arts.
• Super-Strength: She had Vampire strength in the first two films, but when she drank Alexander Corvinus's blood and became a Corvinus strain immortal vampire, her strength went up higher than before. Notably, she shoulder-checks a van in the third film with enough force to flip it.
• Superpower Lottery: Thanks to drinking Alexander Corvinus's blood, not only does she have much higher inherent Vampire powers, but she can endure sunlight and by Awakening, she can pour re-start hearts after cutting open her palm and then re-starting the heart. This is taken further in Blood Wars, where, due to her Mid-Season Upgrade by being cocooned by The Nordic Coven, she develops a Flash Step.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Hurting or killing Michael can result in Selene decapitating you or having your body ripped to shreds.

Michael Corvin

Michael Corvin

Species: Hybrid (Lycan Dominant)

Played By: Scott Speedman

A descendant of Alexander Corvinus, Michael is an ordinary nurse until he becomes the target for the Lycans to create the first Vampire/Lycan hybrid. He is turned into a Lycan by Lucian and later is bitten by Selene to heal him from gunshot wounds. This makes him a hybrid and one of the series's many badasses. He becomes Selene's boyfriend and is currently one of two people to still be alive in the series, the other being Selene.

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• Battle Couple: With Selene. Only really comes up once or twice in the entire franchise though.
• Big Damn Hero: Immediately following his Back from the Dead moment, he jumps out of an airborne helicopter in time to save Selene by driving his bare arm through a Lycan's torso. If that's not an entrance, I don't know what is.
• Body Horror: Michael's transformation into a hybrid looks quite painful, especially since he seems to switch between Lycan and vampire several times before his body finally gets the balance right.
• Dark and Troubled Past: The car accident and his inability to save his wife, which convinced him to enter medical school.
• Demoted to Extra: He definitely is this in Awakening, seeing as he is practically non-existent in the film aside from one flashback and a single scene where he's shown encased in ice. But one can make the argument that this is also true in Evolution as well, as he's taken out of focus for the better part of the middle-to-latter half of the movie when he finally pops up again to raise some hell. Though, to be fair, he was technically dead for a good part of that.
• Distressed Dude: He needs rescuing by Selene an awful lot; justified in that he's a surgeon with no fighting experience.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: Selene learns after drinking Marius's blood that the latter has murdered Michael by exsanguination sometime between Awakening and Blood Wars.
• Good Samaritan: Constantly in the first movie, whether it's risking his life to help a woman during a shootout, or saving Selene's life even after she kidnaps him.
• Hospital Hottie: Is a medical intern in the first film before he goes on the run with Selene.
• Hybrid Monster: He turns grey-blue and gets black eyes.
• The Lancer: To Selene in the first two films (more so in the second).
• Lightning Bruiser: Becomes one after being turned into a Hybrid.
• Living MacGuffin: In the first movie. His status is revoked entirely by the second film and by the fourth, he's practically non-existent as a character.
• The Lost Lenore: Implied in the theatrical cut, confirmed in the director's cut. His fiancée was killed in a car crash, he became a doctor afterward and moved to Prague (the supposed setting) for a fresh start.
• LEGO Genetics: Michael is the only descendant of Alexander Corvinus who has the same blood type as his, allowing Lucian and Selene to turn him into a Vampire/Lycan hybrid.
• Nice Guy: In comparison to the others
• Non-Action Guy: For the majority of the first movie, until he becomes a Hybrid Monster and Took a Level in Badass.
• Not Quite Dead: Michael is seemingly killed by Marcus, but is revealed to be alive.
• Mr. Fanservice: A nice and helpful Pretty Boy who gets tortured multiple times, has a Dark and Troubled Past, and who gets to show his ripped body every time he transforms? Yeah, Selene is lucky.
• Put on a Bus: In Awakening, Michael is seemingly killed but is revealed to be frozen in Antigen's labs, only to escape and disappear.
  • Blood Wars reveals he was captured by Marius shortly after and got Killed Off for Real by exsanguination, turning this trope into Dropped a Bridge on Him.
• Single Specimen Species: Technically the first hybrid ever in the millennium-plus existence of Vampires and Lycans (the unborn child of Lucian and Sonja would have been one) until Marcus also turns into a hybrid... then Markus dies, leaving Michael the only hybrid in existence. If you want to get technical, this also applied when Markus was still alive, as Michael is a Lycan hybrid, while Markus was a Vampire hybrid. Whichever way you look at it, Michael is the first and only of his kind. He's not the only hybrid around anymore as of Awakening, but he is the only one of his type of hybrid.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Selene.
• Super-Speed: Could move fast enough to disappear from Viktor's sight.
• Super-Strength: He can tear transformed Lycans to pieces.
• Unfazed Everyman: At first, but it doesn't last long.
• Unskilled, but Strong: When he becomes a hybrid, his unprecedented strength and healing abilities allow him to fight some of the most dangerous beings around. His lack of training bites him in the ass more than once, though.
• Unwitting Pawn: At the beginning of the first film, he has no idea he's being fought over by Lycans and vampires as part of a centuries-long war, at one point even yelling at Selene "What the fuck is going on?" after being attacked by Lycans two days in a row.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Basically whenever he turns into his Lycan and later hybrid forms, he rips his shirts to do that (but not his pants). It's particularly notable in Evolution, where he spends 90% of his screen time shirtless.

Lucian

Lucian

Species: Lycan

Played By: Michael Sheen

The first Lycan born with the ability to turn back into a human. Lucian falls in love with Sonja, a Vampire, and they become Star-Crossed Lovers. When Viktor finds out, he has his daughter executed via sunlight, kicking off the war between Vampires and Lycans. Lucian fakes his death with help from Kraven and spends the next few centuries trying to find a descendant of Alexander Corvinus who has the right blood to create the first Hybrid Monster. He succeeds in turning Michael into one with help from Selene but is gunned down by Kraven.

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• Anti-Hero: Turns out to have been a Type III-IV in the first movie.
• Anti-Villain: In the first movie, it turns out that he's fighting to avenge his lover and the wrongs done to him, and to protect his species from extinction - hardly evil goals. He is utterly ruthless in doing this.
• Badass Longcoat: Sports one throughout Underworld and wears one in the climax of Rise of the Lycans.
• Barbarian Long Hair: In the prequel. He still has long hair in the original film, but keeps it tied back.
• Big Bad Ensemble: He leads the Lycans opposite of Viktor leading the Vampires.
• Big "NO!": When Sonja dies.
• Born into Slavery: As soon as he was born, Viktor killed his mother and raised him as a slave.
• Death by Irony: He faked his death centuries ago with Craven's assistance only for Craven to end up doing the deed for real in the present day.
• Disc-One Final Boss: For the first movie. At first, it seems like he's the instigator of the war, out to exterminate all Vampires. As it turns out, he's only after Viktor, who killed his wife and made the war genocidal.
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: In the original film.
• Evil Brit: At first seemed to be until it turned out he was a good person. Well, mostly.
• Faking the Dead: He pretends that Kraven had killed him for over 600 years.
• Forced to Watch: Viktor did this to him, making him watch as Sonja was executed by sunlight.
• Go Out with a Smile: Right before Kraven finishes him, he gets the satisfaction of seeing Selene bite Michael, turning him into a hybrid just as he wanted.
• Good All Along: Downplayed. As the first film drags on, it becomes more and more clear that Lucian isn't some dangerous psychotic killer as The Coven would have the viewer believe and is doing what he does to stop the much more evil Vampires and protect his people. In Rise of the Lycans, it's much more overt that Lucian is supposed to be the hero of the story. He spends the film fighting Vampires and freeing slaves, then giving the slaves the choice to either get away from all this craziness or become Lycans themselves and join the fight.
• Greater-Scope Villain: As the intelligent Lycan who first led their uprising against the vampires, he's this to any other Lycan leader who serves as the Big Bad of a film.
• Healing Factor: His is powerful enough to push silver arrows and bullets out of his body.
• Heartbroken Badass: Due to the death of his lover Sonja and their unborn child.
• Incoming Ham: "You are acting like a pack of rabid DOGS!!! And that, gentlemen, simply will not do."
• Large Ham: At times, being fond of Chewing the Scenery, though he's nowhere near as bad as Viktor.
• Meaningful Name: Lucian meaning "light". also fitting to tie to Lucifer, as Viktor's favorite servant who eventually rebelled against him
• Monster Progenitor: He's the first of the true Lycans.
• Mr. Fanservice: More so in Rise of the Lycans, where he spends a lot of the film shirtless.
• Nothing Up My Sleeve: He keeps a retractable, mechanical blade up his sleeve.
• Only Sane Man: Being an intelligent Lycan able to fully retain his mind just about makes him the only sane Lycan too.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: He is the first Lycan born as a human with the ability to turn back into his human form.
• Papa Wolf: Literally.
• Patrick Stewart Speech: His speech to his fellow Lycan slaves fits this trope.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!:(crossing over with Chewing the Scenery)
  • "WE CAN BE SLAVES, OR WE CAN BE LYCANS!"
  • "I'LL KILL YOU! ALL OF YOU!!!"
  • "You are acting like a pack of rabid DOGS!!!
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Goes on one in Rise of the Lycans after seeing Sonja killed in front of him, complete with actual roaring.
• Satanic Archetype: viewed as this by the vampire covens due to being a servant who rebelled against them, also has a name meaning light for their daylight guard, resembling Satan's tie to light as the angel Lucifer who rebelled against God. Subverted as it turns out Viktor instigated the conflict by executing his own daughter when she was discovered to be pregnant with Lucian's hybrid child as well as enslaving the Lycans in the first place, giving them a good reason to rebel.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Rise of the Lycans, good lord.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Lucian has killed generations of Alexander's descendants to find one whose blood can mix both Lycan and vampire blood, in order to avenge his dead lover and unborn child. Also, it must be stressed, to prevent the Vampires from wiping out his species.
• Wonderful Werewolf: Downplayed in the other films but played straight in the prequel Rise of the Lycans where he is the heroic protagonist. He was the one who led the lycan uprising against the vampires that enslaved them. He only becomes cold and ruthless due to the death of his Vampire love Sonja and their unborn child at the hands of Viktor, and although his methods become more extreme, his goal remains very easy to sympathize with, he just wants to keep the vampires from exterminating his people.

Viktor

Viktor

Species: Vampire

Played By: Bill Nighy

Dubbed By: Georges Claisse (European French)

The Big Bad of Underworld and Rise of the Lycans. Viktor is one of the three Vampire Elders and the foster father of Selene. Having Fantastic Racism against Lycans, Viktor went to great lengths to either control or kill them, including killing his own daughter Sonja when she became impregnated with a Vampire/Lycan hybrid.

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• Abusive Parents: There's abusive and then there's having your daughter burnt to death.
• Badass Longcoat: Wears a fancy one embossed with his personal symbol in the climax of the first film.
• Bait the Dog: When the audience first sees him, he seems to be the reasonable fatherly figure for Selene...only for him to be a manipulative piece of work.
• Battle Cry: In Rise of the Lycans.
  "KILL THE DOGS!"
• Big Bad: He serves as the primary antagonist in the first movie and the Rise of the Lycans prequel.
• Big Bad Ensemble: With Lucian (and to a lesser degree Kraven) in the first film, with Viktor leading the vampires opposite to Lucian leading the Lycans.
• Big Good: A major subversion. He's built up as this during the first act of the movie, and his first appearance casts him in a heroic light, but he's revealed to be the Big Bad opposite Lucian's Anti-Villain and Kraven's Big Bad Wannabe.
• Broken Pedestal: Selene loved him and respected him, but he loses both when she discovers that not only did he execute his own daughter, but he was the one who killed her family.
• Bullying a Dragon: Is responsible for the creation of his own kind's worst enemy by creating the Lycans, enslaving them, and treating them like dirt until they couldn't stand it any longer. In particular, executing his own daughter Sonja by exposing her to daylight in front of Lucian (while she's pregnant with Lucian's child, nonetheless) is what ultimately drove Lucian to lead the Lycans to rebel against the vampires, leading to a centuries-long war.
• Delayed Causality: His death invokes this trope, with him staring blankly at Selene before the top part of his head slips off.
• Diagonal Cut: His cause of death is a diagonal slice right through the top of his head.
• The Dreaded: Is this to the Lycans and the enemies of Viktor's Coven. Viktor is the Vampire Elder who hates the Lycans the most (Markus is fairly ambivalent, as he only cares about freeing William while Amelia only fights the Lycans out of obligation) and is responsible for their enslavement. When he arrives at the Lycan headquarters, Lucien and Kraven have an Oh, Crap! moment.
• Dual Wielding: After losing his sword, he whips out a pair of hidden daggers from his sleeves. Subverted, as he never gets to use them.
• Evil Overlord: Ruler of the vampires. He'll enforce the letter of the law obsessively, but only to ensure he stays on top and to the extent that he'll even kill those he once loved if they challenge his power in any way.
• Fantastic Racism: Viktor despises the Lycans and considers a hybrid to be an abomination, though the latter has more to do with his fear that they could one day overthrow him.
• Faux Affably Evil: He acts benevolent and fatherly toward Selene, but it's just another one of his endless manipulations.
• Greater-Scope Villain: As the Elder of the Vampires and the one who set off their war with the Lycans, he's this for most films in the series, or at least the ones that don't have him as the direct Big Bad (the exception being Evolution).
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Viktor hid the keys to William's tomb in plain sight, one being a necklace owned by Sonja, and the second hidden inside his own body.
• Hidden Villain: For the first movie. Lucian initially seems like the instigator of the conflict until it's revealed Viktor was really responsible, and the one who murdered Selene's family on top of all that.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Viktor's plans keep coming back to hit him in the face. He creates an army of Lycans; they rebel. He kills Sonja and her child; Lucian swears revenge and makes a new hybrid. He turns Selene into a vampire; she kills him. Even the sword that Selene used to kill Viktor was Viktor's. What a tangled web we weave.
  Markus: I knew Viktor made a mistake by keeping you as a pet. He should have killed you with the rest of your family.
• Hypocrite: Would not approve of Amelia, a fellow elder, having a child David, fearing that it would disrupt the balance of power between the Elders despite having a daughter of his own many centuries ago.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Subverted. Viktor may claim he was doing what was best for The Coven, but every last one of his actions (deceiving Markus, imprisoning William, killing Sonja, murdering Selene's family, turning Selene into a vampire, etc.) directly or indirectly leads to the Vampires being all but wiped out by the fourth movie.
  Viktor: I loved my daughter! But the abomination growing inside her womb was a betrayal of me and of the coven! I did what was necessary to protect the species, as I am forced to do yet again!
• Idiot Ball: He pretty much ran with this one (see above), but punching Singe to death and not having his bleeding body immediately removed will forever be a classic due to his blood dripping into Markus's tomb and inadvertently turning him into a hybrid.
• I Hate You, Vampire Dad: Both Sonja and Selene don't have the warmest feelings towards Viktor. For Sonja, Viktor didn't approve of her romance with Lucian and had her executed when he found out she was pregnant with his child. Selene initially did respect Viktor until she found out he murdered her family.
• It's All About Me: At the end of the day, Viktor only cares about himself and the advancement of his own power. Everything else, including the laws of The Coven, his daughter, and his surrogate daughter, are all secondary to that.
• Large Ham: Possibly the hammiest character in the whole franchise.
• Long-Lived: One of the older (if not quite the eldest) Vampires, and also one of the strongest.
• Manipulative Bastard: Viktor managed to fool all the Vampires into thinking that he is the first Vampire in existence, imprisoned William for all time, and went to extra lengths to ensure Markus couldn't stop him — which failed spectacularly. Not to mention making Selene think her family was killed by Lycans for 600+ years.
• Monster Progenitor: Subverted. Markus was, in fact, the first Vampire, but Viktor rewrote history to make him appear as the progenitor of the species, a secret he fiercely guarded for over half a millennium.
• Never My Fault: He has his own daughter put to death and then has the nerve to blame Lucian for it. He also murdered Selene's family except for Selene herself and let her spend the next six centuries thinking that it was the work of the Lycans. Selene rightfully calls him out on both of these once the truth is revealed to her.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Two instances- killing Sonja was what started the war in the first place. Not believing Selene results in his worst fear being recognized in the form of a hybridised Michael Corvin and his death.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: In his view, everything he did was to protect the species and the coven. It really doesn't hold water, given his cruelty, his prejudice against Werewolves, and his ultimately leading The Coven to their doom.
• Offing the Offspring: Twice over, since he kills his only child and his unborn grandchild. Then he has the audacity to accuse Lucian of doing the deed to his face, knowing damn well that Lucian witnessed the murder himself and, being physically chained, was unable to even touch her. In Viktor's warped mind, Lucian condemned her to death by entering a relationship with her, absolving himself of any responsibility.
• Parental Substitute: Was this to Selene for centuries until the first movie.
• Rank Scales with Asskicking: He's a Vampire Elder and their de facto leader, and no single opponent can defeat him in battle.
• Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: He helped make the law that Vampires can't feed on humans, but he himself regularly broke the law and gorged on human blood, Selene's human family being among his victims. Either subverted or a convenient coincidence since Selene's father was the only one besides Viktor himself who knew about William's prison.
  Kraven: Never could follow his own rules.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: With the twist being he's assumed to be a Sealed Good in a Can for most of the first film. After Selene awakens him from his slumber, it isn't too long until she realizes what she actually did was set free the true Big Bad.
• Smug Snake: He's extremely arrogant and, while badass, is not unstoppable, and his own depraved actions end up causing his death.
• The Starscream: To Marcus in the past; he overthrew the man as the most powerful of the Elders and proceeded to deceive everyone afterward.
• Strong and Skilled: Viktor is a Vampire Elder, making him stronger than a normal vampire, as shown when he effortlessly lifts a fully transformed Lycan up by the throat and then snaps its neck, all with one hand. He's also a warlord with centuries of combat experience, best shown when he faces off against the newly hybridized Michael Corvin; while Michael is stronger and faster, Viktor's superior fighting skills soon allow him to turn the tide.
• Super-Strength: As an Elder Vampire, he's a fair bit stronger than regular vampires and Lycans, as shown when he does a Neck Lift on a transformed Lycan, which leads into a Neck Snap. He can even match the hybridized Michael Corvin, though Corvin is a lot faster.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Anyone who has helped Viktor has ended up paying for it.
  • Markus comes to Viktor while the latter is on his deathbed and grants him immortality. How does Viktor repay him? By wresting control of The Coven away from Markus, indefinitely imprisoning Markus's brother, and having the Vampires' history rewritten so that Viktor, not Markus, is the first and most powerful of the vampires.
  • Lucian transforms into Lycan form to save Sonja from becoming Werewolf kibble. Viktor's response to this is to have him publicly flogged to near-death for removing the slave collar that would have prevented said transformation. Mind you, he gave Sonja a brief lecture earlier about showing gratitude to Lucian for saving her life. When she calls him on it, he responds that letting Lucian live is his gratitude... then decides to have Lucian killed anyway as a cautionary tale to any would-be upstarts.
  • Selene potentially all but saved Viktor, and The Coven, from certain doom by breaking the Chain and making him aware of her concerns. After literally centuries of her Undying Loyalty to him, Viktor refuses to hear any of it and orders her judged (which would almost certainly result in her death). After Selene acquires undeniable proof for her suspicions, Viktor refuses to absolve her unless she kills Michael, who's totally innocent and only the "enemy" by being turned against his will.
• Villain Has a Point: Regarding William needing to be stopped. To an extent, preventing the birth of a hybrid could count as well, considering all the trouble that the mere possibility of creating one ended up causing. Markus and Marius do absolutely nothing to prove him wrong after transforming themselves into full-blown hybrids.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Even as late into the series as Blood Wars, Viktor is still remembered in-universe as the oldest and most powerful Vampire despite earlier films having established that this was a lie and that he was a belligerent tyrant who used subterfuge and violent coercion to gain his status and wasn't above killing his kind, even his own daughter, in order to maintain it, all the while claiming he was acting for the greater good of The Coven.
• Weak, but Skilled: In comparison to the hybridized Michael Corvin. While Michael clearly outmatches Viktor in sheer strength and initially has the upper hand, Viktor, having 600+ years of combat experience under his belt, eventually manages to turn the tide, with Michael only being saved by Selene making a Conveniently Timed Attack from Behind.

Amelia

Amelia

Species: Vampire

Played By: Zita Görög in Underworld and Evolution and Sveta Driga in Blood Wars

The second of the Vampire Elders. Hardly anything is known about her, making her a bit of a Flat Character. However, she aided Markus and Viktor in catching William and sided with Viktor to imprison him forever. She has since been revealed to have been the lover of Thomas and the mother of his son David.

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• Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Gender-flipped. She leaves her son David in the care of her lover/his father Thomas and keeps his existence a tightly-held secret because his life would have otherwise been in danger between the Lycans and the internal power struggle between her fellow Elders. Considering what befell her in the first film, it's a good thing he wasn't with her when that happened.
• Et Tu, Brute?: She aided Viktor in imprisoning William as a result of his rampages, despite Markus’s wishes.
• Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: At some point during the investigation of the village in Evolution, she removes her helmet but after the Lycans begin to turn, she never sees the need to put it back on. They don't seem to do much, though, so it may be that she preferred the added range of vision.
• Lady of War: She's an extremely elegant Vampire Elder and a Badass on the battlefield against vampires.
• Missing Mom: Blood Wars revealed she's David's mother, which eventually makes him the last true heir of The Eastern Coven bloodline and therefore supreme ruler of The Vampire Council.
• Token Good Teammate: She seems to have been this to the other two Elders (although part of this may be due to her brief appearance not providing much information), working to imprison William Corvinus to stop his rampages with the others, focusing on building new covens over trying to hunt the Lycans and not displaying the disregard for human life that Viktor and eventually Marcus have.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: In her first scene in Underworld, she gets whacked by Lycans. She has a slightly larger role in the prologue of Evolution but is more of a background character until Blood Wars, where, despite being dead she becomes central to the plot due to being revealed as David's mother.
• With Friends Like These...: Hinted at with her relationship with the other two Elders, between Markus’s resentment over the other two defying him by keeping William locked away and Viktor’s escalation of the Vampire-Lycan feud Given that she took steps to hide the birth of her son from them.
• Women Are Wiser: Once the Lycan threat is (believed to be) contained, Amelia focuses her time and energy on expanding the Vampires and establishing new Covens in other countries and continents so that they have a better chance of surviving as a species. She seems to have spent her last century reigning from The New World Coven. Unlike Markus, Amelia is fully aware of the danger that the Werewolves pose, so she is unwilling to turn a blind eye to William's savagery. Unlike Viktor, Amelia has no interest in engaging in a genocide of the Lycan species and escalating the war between the immortals.

Sonja

Sonja

Species: Vampire

Played By: Jazmin Dammak in Underworld and Rhona Mitra in Rise of the Lycans

The daughter of Viktor, and Lucian's lover. The two were the original Star-Crossed Lovers, Sonja becoming impregnated with the first hybrid. Viktor was furious when he found out and had her executed via sunlight, kicking off the war. Lucian stole her necklace, actually one of the keys to William's tomb.

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• Battle Couple: With Lucian, briefly.
• Childhood Friend Romance: Implied with Lucian.
• Cool Sword: She wields a rather nice sword that launches silver shuriken from the hilt.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Poor Sonja. Chained to a column to await the risen sun. Not to mention her lover being beaten in front of her and forced to watch. And to top it all off, she's pregnant at the time as well.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Frequently wears black or dark colours, but she is far from evil. In fact, she's one of the nicest characters in the franchise.
• Death by Origin Story: She's a posthumous character in the first film, killed by her father for the sin of miscegenation.
• Death by Childbirth: Her mother died giving birth to her.
• Defecting for Love: She helped free the Lycan slaves and was planning on leaving her coven to join them, because of her relationship with Lucian, though this never came to pass due to Viktor discovering what she'd done first.
• Doomed by Canon: Her death was the spark that ignited the Lycan-Vampire war and was never retconned.
• Doppelgänger: She bears a remarkable, coincidental resemblance to Selene. Which is why Viktor turned Selene instead of just killing her.
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette / Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Being a vampire probably helps in this department.
• Imperiled in Pregnancy: For most of Rise of the Lycans.
• Interspecies Romance: With Lucian. Also doubles as an Interclass Romance, as she's the daughter of an Elder, while he's a slave.
• Lady of War: Usually dresses in a feminine manner (even her armour has a feminine touch, being form-fitting to her chest) and can outmatch her father in a sword fight. Also, as the daughter of an Elder, she carries the title of 'Lady'.
  • As a pure-born, she's implied to have the power, or the potential, to match the Vampire Elders, as Viktor speaks of her sitting as an Elder one day, and Singe compares pure-borns to Elders.
• Lost Lenore: Is this to Lucian in the first film.
• Memento MacGuffin: Her pendant. Viktor gave it to her as a child, with her apparently viewing it as a mere token of his affections (according to the novelisation, she was under the impression it had belonged to her late mother), unaware it's actually one of the keys to William's tomb. Lucian himself takes her pendant to remind himself of her after her death.
• Patricide: Averted. Whilst she does battle her father, she never tries to do him actual harm and outright states she has no desire to "defeat" him. In hindsight, it probably would've gone better for her if she had killed Viktor.
• Plot-Triggering Death: Her execution kickstarts the Lycans' centuries-long war with the Vampires, and hence the entire plot of the franchise.
• Pregnant Badass: Though she doesn't reveal she's pregnant until quite late in Rise of the Lycans.
• Say My Name: Lucian screams her name in anguish when she's executed.
• Secret Relationship: With Lucian. It's implied they've kept it a secret for quite some time. Inevitably, it comes out eventually and Viktor is not happy.
• Sex Signals Death: Has sex with Lucian, gets pregnant with his child, is judged, and is sentenced to death for it.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Lucian. Anyone who's watched the original movie knows it ends tragically.
• Token Good Teammate: To the Vampires in the prequel, being the only one who sympathises with the Lycans, views them as people, and tries to help them.
• White Shirt of Death: When she's executed, she's wearing a white shift.

Kraven of Leicester

Kraven of Leicester

Species: Vampire

Played By: Shane Brolly

Dubbed By: Bruno Choël (European French)

Viktor's Dragon, Kraven is in charge of the old coven during Viktor's slumber. A Smug Snake and a Manipulative Bastard, Kraven helped fake Lucian's death to become a hero among the vampires, and to keep Lucian's plan under wraps. Their ultimate agreement is to eliminate the vampire elders so Kraven can rule the vampires and Lucian can create the hybrid. Kraven has a thing for Selene despite being perfectly willing to engage in casual sex with Erika.

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• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Pleads for Markus to spare him. It doesn't work.
  Kraven: Please, I can assist you.
  Markus: Oh, you already have. ( Markus beheads Kraven)
• Asshole Victim: He's a Jerkass and his torture plus execution at the hands of Markus (though he isn't a saint either) is entirely justified.
• Big Bad Wannabe: At the end of the day, Kraven is a coward nowhere near the threat level of either Viktor or Lucian, who's easily dealt with without them.
• Blatant Lies: Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He does this to everyone (Viktor, Lucian, Erika).
• Dirty Coward: He shoots Lucian as his back is turned and pathetically grovels when Markus, whom he intended to kill, has him cornered.
• The Dragon: To Viktor and then Lucian. He ends up betraying both.
• Fake Ultimate Hero: Supposedly the one who killed Lucian, when in reality both he and Lucian conspired to fake the latter's death and Kraven couldn't be bothered to kill anyone in a fair fight.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Becomes jealous of Michael when Selene shows more concern and affection for him. this leads to Kraven shooting him upon setting eyes on him out of anger of seeing Selene with another man, prompting Selene to make him a hybrid to save his life
• Healing Factor: After getting stabbed in the leg, he's perfectly fine and able to run about a minute later.
• I Can Explain: Kraven outright says this when Markus confronts him with the evidence of his collusion with Lucian. Unfortunately, Markus is in no mood to listen to Kraven's snivelling excuses.
  Markus: ( indicates Singe's body) The blood memories of this wretched creature have shown me that your treachery knows no bounds!
  Kraven: I can explain...
  Markus: Why would I listen to your lies, when the journey to the truth is so much sweeter?
• Informed Ability: It's stated multiple times within the series that the older the immortal, the more powerful that immortal is. Kraven is among the oldest of the Vampires (700 years old in the books, over 800 in the movies) and a former Death Dealer, but we never see him engage in physical combat. Even an unenhanced Selene, who is more than 200 years younger than Kraven, is able to put up a better fight against Marcus.
• Jerkass: He demands respect he hasn't earned, treats Erika like crap despite her Undying Loyalty to him, just assumes Selene wants to be with him and tries to control her, even slapping her across the face at one point, shoots Michael purely out of jealousy, shoots Lucian for calling out what a loser he is, and only looks out for Number One.
• Jerkass Has a Point: He's a snivelling, self-serving, and back-stabbing coward, but he's not wrong at all when he points out Viktor's hypocrisy to Selene.
• Karmic Death: Kraven has his head blown off by Markus, whom he tried to kill seconds earlier.
• Large Ham: Kraven's reaction to Erika telling him that Michael is a Lycan is downright hilarious.
• Manipulative Bastard: He just can't stop manipulating everyone to serve himself.
• Meaningful Name: The word "craven" means "coward".
• Mole in Charge: The second-in-command of the Vampire Coven and secretly in league with the Lycans.
• Non-Action Guy: Despite being a Death Dealer, he generally lets everyone else do his dirty work. The only time he actually lifts a weapon is to shoot Lucian and Michael in the back. However, it is implied that he was something of a competent warrior in his youth.
• Obviously Evil: The guy is a scowling aristocrat who ignores Selene's suggestions and requests while creepily pining after her.
• Opportunistic Bastard: Kraven has no loyalty to anyone or anything but his own ambition. When spared from death by his own cowardice at the hands of the Lycans' leader Lucian, Kraven aligns himself with Lucian's plans to seize power for himself in the vampire covens. Kraven seizes on a chance to allow Lucian's Lycans to massacre the vampire elder Amelia, and when his treachery is exposed, he later betrays and murders Lucian before taking advantage of the resulting power vacuum from the large-scale battle at the conclusion of the second film to attempt to murder the final sleeping vampire elder and rule the coven. Lacking his own plans, Kraven simply ingratiates himself to whoever is in power for his own success and has no compunction taking any chance fate gives him in pursuit of it.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Kraven gets his head torn off by Markus when his collusion with Lucian is exposed.
  Markus: (to Selene) Kraven has already reaped the rewards of his own misdeeds.
• Sissy Villain: Selene, Lucian, and damn near everybody thinks he's a little bitch. He even kills Lucian for calling him out on it.
• Smug Snake: He's extremely arrogant, in over his head, and not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.
• Stalker with a Crush: He's quite obsessive over Selene.
• The Starscream: To everybody. He teamed up with Lucian to defeat the Vampire Elders and then turned on Lucian. He's eventually Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves by the last Elder Markus, who caught on to this act.
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Especially considering most fans were expecting him to be the villain opposite a heroic Markus.
• What Does She See in Him?: It’s easy to wonder this when considering Erika’s desire for him, although the fact that according to the novel he was her sire is probably part of it.

Raze

Raze

Species: Lycan

Played By: Kevin Grevioux

Lucian's closest friend and a Scary Black Man. He became a Lycan in Rise of the Lycans and helped Lucian fight back against their vampire suppressors. He has a rivalry with vampire Soren going back to their earliest days. And yes, his voice is actually that deep.

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• Badass Normal: Back when still human. The first thing he does when confronted with one of the wild and feral Werewolves? Punches the damn thing down. Three vampires struggled to restrain him.
• Creator Cameo: Raze is played by Kevin Grevioux, writer for the films.
• The Dragon: To Lucian. Also The Big Guy.
• Dragon Their Feet: Lucian is betrayed and fatally wounded by Kraven not long before Raze arrives with the elder blood.
• Hidden Depths: He is shown to be quite close to the other Lycans he interacts with. He brings back Trix, apparently hoping that Singe can heal him, and has a close friendship with Lucian.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After returning to the lair only to find Lucian dead, he mourns his friend's passing, composes himself, and hurls himself at the Vampire invaders.
• Scary Black Man: Due to his size.
• Undying Loyalty: To Lucian.
• Wrestler of Beasts: Rise of the Lycans shows us a human Raze before he was bitten and became a Werewolf. The first thing he does when confronted with one of the wild and feral Werewolves is punch the damn thing down. Raze later confesses to Lucian that while he was afraid of the Werewolves, he wanted to live that much more.

Kahn

Kahn

Species: Vampire

Played By: Robbie Gee

Kahn is the weapons specialist in the coven and head of security. He clashes with Kraven and is just as suspicious of him as Selene is. He is a skilled marksman and inventor, replicating the Lycans' sunlight weapon with silver bullets which can harm Lycans on the genetic level.

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• Nice Guy: He's one of the nicest Vampires in the series.
• Spotting the Thread: He begins to realise Selene may be right about Kraven after Kraven doesn't send his team but a less trustworthy group, led by Soren, to pick up Amelia and the Council from the train station and shortly afterward sends one of his men to investigate.
• Techno Wizard: He is responsible for creating silver-nitrate bullets, which he achieved by copying the Lycans' UV ammo.
• Uncertain Doom: The camera cuts away right as his group is ambushed and never goes back to them, so it's not known if they were truly killed or just decided to get while the getting was good.

Erika

Erika

Species: Vampire

Played By: Sophia Myles

Kraven's one-and-off girlfriend, Erika is pretty much used by Kraven for sex, and he treats her like dirt whilst pining after Selene. Erika discovers that Michael is a Lycan and tells both Selene and Kraven. After finding out that Kraven intends to make Selene his queen, Erika ditches him and frees Selene from her imprisonment to get back at Kraven. Her fate afterwards is unknown. In the novelisation, she and Selene have a somewhat tenuous friendship, and it's mentioned that she left the mansion and "wondered if Viktor liked blondes."

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• Clingy Jealous Girl: Erika is quite eager to be Kraven's lover and is annoyed by his fixation on Selene. However, she remains friendly with Selene and gives up her crush on Kraven in the novel and in a deleted scene.
• Cute Little Fangs: She bares her fangs while clinging to the ceiling and hissing like a deranged cat.
• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: She poses no threat to humans and is sociable with her fellow Vampires.
• Friend Versus Lover: She has this dynamic with Selene, who is her friend and an object of her crush Kraven's obsession (although Selene doesn't want to be).
• Evil Brit: Averted, although she does appear to have some of the Fantastic Racism towards Lycans.
• Non-Action Girl: She is uninvolved in the covens fighting and is aware of it, showing a healthy respect for Death Dealers like Selena and Khan.
• Oh, Crap!:
  • She seems both frightened and reverent when she sees Viktor woken up and quickly kneels before him.
  • She is also quite frightened when realising Michael was bitten by a Lycan and therefore will become one himself, jumping to the ceiling and hissing at him like a deranged cat when he comes to.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: One interpretation after Kraven leaves her behind when he flees is that she also takes off to get away from Viktor if he takes her actions poorly.
• Sideboob: In one scene, her chest is briefly visible from the side.
• Toplessness from the Back: In the same scene, she takes off her shirt while facing away from the camera.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Erika only appears in Evolution during a flashback, and it is never established whether she was among Markus's victims when he destroys the Coven, leaving her ultimate fate in the franchise unknown.
• Woman Scorned: She eventually turns on Kraven after one too many betrayals even when he can see how she loves him.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: She spends most of the movie seemingly believing that she is the female lead of a much lighter Gender Flipped Uptown Girl story with Kraven and that sooner or later, he'll realise Selene isn't interested in him and give her the time of day. She seems to give up on this after Kraven flees the mansion.

Singe

Singe

Species: Lycan

Played By: Erwin Leder

A scientist Lycan, Singe has spent years trying to find the right carrier of the Corvinus strand and is at his wit's end. Lucian delivers him Michael's blood and he is proven a carrier. Singe is sent to help retrieve Michael from the Vampires but is captured by Selene and forced to reveal Lucian's plan and Kraven's treachery. After Amelia is killed, Viktor punches him to death.

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• Adaptation Expansion: The novelisation says that he was an Austrian biochemist suffering from leukemia who was turned by Lucian. In the film, there is nothing to suggest his origin.
• Chekhov's Gun:
  • His blood turns Markus into a hybrid.
  • Selene recalls Singe mentioning the hybrid's creation and follows his advice to turn Michael into a hybrid.
• Combat Medic: Singe is shown to remove the silver shuriken Selene hurled into Raze and is shown to declare Raze's partner dead.
• Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: Learns this the hard way with his smugness towards Viktor, although it could also count as being Defiant to the End given the unlikelihood he would have had of walking out of there anyway.
• Evil Genius: For the Lycans, being the one who handles their scientific research to create a hybrid.
• Megaton Punch: Viktor delivers one that kills Singe instantly, which serves to illustrate just how powerful Viktor is.
• Mr. Exposition: Provides an info dump, which is vital to the plot of the two original Underworld films, as he is made to explain Lucian's plan to create a hybrid as well as the science fiction background of the Vampires and Lycans.
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Singe is a skilled scientist in biology, genetics, and medicine, not to mention espionage.
• Reluctant Mad Scientist: He's a bit tired of doing his experiments but still is a mad scientist by chaining Corvin's family members up.

Soren

Soren

Species: Vampire

Played By: Scott McElroy

Kraven's minion and once Viktor's bodyguard. Little is known about him, but he has a rivalry with Raze. He uses a pair of whips in battle and is killed by Raze.

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• Awesome, but Impractical: His silver razor-bladed whips. Sure, it’d cause searing pain to a Lycan, but, unfortunately, as his last battle with Raze shows, those blades can get caught in something other than Werewolf flesh.
• Enigmatic Minion: Is apparently content to remain Kraven's second with no explanation for this despite being almost as old as Viktor and having had various positions of authority in the Coven.
• Evil Minion: Under Kraven.
• Idiot Ball: For whatever reason, once one of his whips gets snagged in rubble, he doesn’t just think to let go of it and fall back on, say, a firearm to kill Raze.
• The Rival: To Raze.
  • Kahn also seems to slightly dislike him and how he is granted more important jobs by Kraven.
• Sinister Shades: Wears a pair, with it being most notable as they reflect the gunfire when Amelia and her entourage are under attack.

Introduced in Underworld: Evolution

Andreas Tanis

Andreas Tanis

Species: Vampire

Played By: Steven Mackintosh

Formerly the historian of the vampire coven, Andreas Tanis was exiled on Viktor's orders, by Selene, for telling "malicious lies".

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• Everyone Has Standards: He refused to falsify history for Viktor and also seemed unsettled by Sonja's and Lucian's trial.
• The Exile: He was kicked out of the Coven and sent to live in a remote church he's fixed up into a sybaritic love nest.
• Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: While Selene is distracted, he tries to shoot her in the back from about 15 feet away and misses. She snarks that his aim hasn't improved since she last saw him.
• Mr. Exposition: Well, he is the Vampire historian, so he reveals many secret histories to Selene and Michael.
• Oh, Crap!: When Markus comes for him, he completely freaks out despite the latter's affable demeanor, and given what Markus does to him, it's not unwarranted.
• Pet the Dog: While he only covered up Lucian's and Sonja's relationship in the first place in exchange for a bribe (her council seat), even after receiving it, he snuck Sonja into the prison to visit Lucian after his arrest.
• Secret-Keeper: He is a somewhat self-interested one while helping Sonja and Lucian hide their relationship.
• The Smart Guy: He is the only one besides Markus and Viktor to know the true history and designed the weapons that the Lycans unleashed in the first movie.
• Techno Wizard: He built weapons for Lucian after he was exiled.
• Wild Card: In the third movie, while mostly an ally of Sonja and Lucian, he does stand by during their trial (although it is unlikely he could have done anything with either words or actions that would have made a difference) and also rescues the Elders and their caskets when the Lycans storm the castle.

Markus Corvinus

Markus Corvinus

Species: Hybrid (Vampire Dominant)

Played By: Tony Curran

The third Vampire Elder and first son of Alexander Corvinus. He was bitten by a bat and became the first vampire. With his Lycan brother William out of control, Markus recruited Viktor, Amelia, and their army to catch his brother, only for Viktor to double-cross him, take control of the vampires, and imprison William forever. In the second film, he is turned into a hybrid and vows to free his brother and rule the world with a new series of hybrids.

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• Angsty Surviving Twin: He is this for a short time, as he gets killed not long after William's death, but that scream he does when William dies is proof enough.
• Affably Evil: While he gets the idea to rule the world with hybrids, his main goal is to reunite with his beloved brother.
• A God Am I: He intends to create a new race of immortals, with himself as their God.
• Ascended Extra: Literally given that his presence in the first film is simply as an emancipated figure inside of a coffin waiting to be reawakened.
• Bat Out of Hell: He has large bat wings in his hybrid form.
• Bait the Dog: As with Viktor before him, Selene holds out hope that this wise Vampire Elder will wake from his torpor and restore order to The Coven. Also like Viktor, among his first on-screen acts is to torture and kill Kraven. And just like Viktor, he himself is the Big Bad.
• Big Bad: In the second movie Underworld: Evolution, he seeks to unleash his brother from prison and create a new species of immortals.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When he awakens and learns that it's possible for his bloodline to become hybrids, the first thing he does, the only thing he does is try to rescue his brother from his mindless torment.
• Evil Uncle: To Michael several generations removed since one of the latter's ancestors was his brother. Specifically, he kills him, at least temporarily.
• Face–Heel Turn: Initially he did want to stop William's rampages and rule peacefully, but Viktor's betrayal of him soured this side of his personality, although he did reign as an Elder for some time without attempting a coup until anyone in The Coven who he felt respect or fear for died in Viktor's and Lucian's war.
• Genetic Memory: He can see the memories of others by drinking their blood, something which Viktor could also do (and Selene as well, at least as of Awakening). Selene, Kraven, and Andreas Tanis all become victims of his ability.
• Greater-Scope Villain: As the first Vampire and the one who passed down its gene to Viktor and the others.
• Helicopter Blender: Selene pushes him into the spinning blades of a downed helicopter.
• I Hate You, Vampire Dad: Ended up being betrayed by his own Vampire creations.
• Lineage Comes from the Father: All the members of the Corvinus family that we've seen (bar one) are male, and all the testing done in the first movie was on people whose surnames are derivatives of Corvinus.
• Monster Progenitor: He's the first true Vampire.
• Patricide: Kills his father, Alexander Corvinus, claiming that a God has no father.
• Shapeshifter Longevity: Played with; while he's both a thousand-year-old immortal and capable of transforming into a giant batlike monster, he only recently gained the ability to transform as a result of becoming a Vampire-Lycan hybrid, as (in this setting) Vampires don't normally have any shapeshifting powers.
• Super-Strength: He could lift a massive stone door and pull a helicopter out of the sky.
• Villain Has a Point: He was right about William not attacking him, even in his feral state. He also had a point about how his Father did not accept his sons as they were, which was also pointed out by Selene, for different reasons of course. (Selene pointed out that Alexander did not stop his sons when they became Monster Progenitors, and Markus pointed out how he left William imprisoned or when William was on the rampage and didn't try to help him)

William Corvinus

William Corvinus

Species: Werewolf

Played By: Brian Steele

Alexander Corvinus's second son, and the first werewolf. Unlike Lycans, William could never regain his human form and was imprisoned by Viktor in a tomb, which was built by Selene's father.

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• The Dragon: For Markus after he's freed. He keeps Michael from helping Selene as she faces Markus in the climax.
• Dumb Muscle: He's every bit as powerful as you would expect for the first Werewolf, but his mind is that of a feral animal dominated by instinct and savage bloodlust.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Even in his feral, rage-fueled state, Marcus is the only person William will not attack or kill.
• Foreshadowing: William is more intelligent than Viktor credits, being able to tell who is friendly, this reasoning ability is used in the next film When Lucian allies with the first gens to fight Viktor.
• It Can Think: Selene notes in the novelisation that William must be more cunning than Viktor gave him credit for since he was able to evade capture from an army of death dealers for six hundred years, led by Viktor himself nonetheless. This applies to the rest of his kind, the first generation Werewolves, exploited by Lucian in "Rise of the Lycans" in his fight with Viktor
• Living MacGuffin: Was this for the second film. Markus trying to find and free him is what drives the plot.
• Monster Progenitor: He's the first true Werewolf.
• The Nose Knows: After being separated for centuries, he recognizes Markus by sniffing him.
• Off with His Head!: Michael wrenches William's jaw open to the breaking point, then rips his upper head off.
• Perpetual-Motion Monster: Once he's out of his coffin after over 600 years of imprisonment, he's at full strength. He clearly wasn't in suspended animation.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Viktor would've preferred to kill him had he not agreed with Markus to keep him alive.
• Shapeshifter Longevity: Subverted; though he's been alive for more than a thousand years - most of it in captivity - he's never been able to revert to human form following his initial transformation, so he's just a giant feral wolf-man. And thanks to his older strain of the lycan virus, the same goes for anyone he infects as well - one of the reasons why he was locked up in the first place.
• Sibling Team: With his brother Markus after he's freed.
• Super-Strength: Commonplace for Werewolves, especially the very first. His blows send Michael flying and break stone.
• Tragic Monster: Despite all the carnage he's caused, William has no control over himself and is little more than a raging animal.
• Was Once a Man: He was a human, albeit an immortal human like his father and twin brother, but a human before he was bitten by a wolf, became the first Werewolf, and never changed back
• White Wolves Are Special: The only Lycan that has white fur and is the first, most powerful Lycan

Alexander Corvinus

Alexander Corvinus

Species: Immortal

Played By: Derek Jacobi

Alexander Corvinus became the first true immortal after his village was ravaged by a plague which he was able to mold into what gave him his immortality. He then fathered three sons, Marcus, William, and a third son. Markus and William were bitten by a bat and a wolf, becoming the first Vampire and Werewolf, leading to the rest of the events in the films. The third son remained human but carried the Corvinus Gene that would later lead to Lucian's quest to find a descendant who could adapt to Vampire and Lycan blood.

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• Almighty Janitor: He's been cleaning up the chaos the vampires and Lycans have been causing for centuries.
• Big Good: He has safeguarded mankind from the Vampire-Lycan war and minimised the damage caused by it. In addition, his blood gives Selene the necessary strength to defeat the Big Bad at the end.
  • He also keeps the vampires and Lycans safe by hiding their existence from humanity. Once Alexander and his Cleaners die, humanity quickly learns of the existence of the Immortals. The Purges that follow drive both the Vampires and Lycans to the brink of extinction. Human technology has also advanced so far that even Michael and Selene, two of the most powerful hybrids in the series, were quickly captured in the early stages of the Purges.
• Cleanup Crew: His men, all human, have been cleaning up after his children for centuries. Whenever possible without violence.
• Cool Boat: His roaming headquarters is a merchant vessel that's been thoroughly upgraded with all the latest tech. Also, awesome Gothic decoration.
• Driven to Suicide: After giving Selene his blood so she can take down Markus and William, he blows himself up with a bomb because he could not bear the pain of knowing he was about to lose his sons.
• Fatal Flaw: His love for his sons means that he didn't kill them when they became the first werewolf and vampire, starting a war that threatened the entire world and would continue for 1500 years, and instead became a glorified cleaner who hid the existence of the war. This also means he refused to fight Markus even when he fatally stabs him.
• Go Back to the Source: Selene and Michael visit Alexander, as does Markus shortly after.
• Informed Ability: In a world where, as long as hybrids are not mentioned, the rule is that the oldest you are, the strongest you get, Alexander Corvinus is many times stated as the strongest immortal. Too bad that the only character he faces is his son, therefore he doesn't fight back even when Markus fatally stabs him.
• The Older Immortal: The oldest character in the films.
• Passing the Torch: To Selene and Michael.
• Sole Survivor: Of a 5th-century plague that decimated his village. Instead of killing him, his genetics mutated the disease, turning him immortal.
• Where It All Began: He became the first Immortal after surviving and being mutated by a mysterious virus. His immortality was passed down to his sons and the rest is history.
• World's Strongest Man: As the first and oldest of the Immortals, it is implied that he is the most powerful character in the series. While we never see him in combat, Selene outright says that Alexander is the only one who can beat Markus in a direct fight.

Samuel

Samuel

Species: Werewolf

Played By: John Mann

The second-in-command of Alexander's Cleaners.

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• And Then John Was a Zombie: He's turned into a werewolf during the final assault against the Corvinus brothers.
• Badass Normal: He's an ordinary, mortal human unafraid to fight against heavily armed monsters.
• Bearer of Bad News: He's the one to report that Markus has woken up and burned down The Elders' mansion.
• Disposing of a Body: He's apparently a veteran in doing this to uphold The Masquerade.
• Icy Blue Eyes: He's a grim blue-eyed man.
• Number Two: He seems to be Alexander's second-in-command and has authority over his men in the field.
• Undying Loyalty: He's loyal to Alexander and upon seeing him hurt is distressed and races to help him.

Introduced in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Luka

Luka

Species: Vampire

Portrayed By: Tania Nolan

A born vampire and Sonja's lady-in-waiting.

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• Bearer of Bad News: She's the one to tell Lucian of Sonja's arrest.
• Heroic Seductress: She is used by Sonja to lure away the guards to the Lycans' dungeon at one point with the promise of sex while Sonja goes to see Lucian.
• Hidden Depths: She offers some comforting words to Sonja as Lucian is whipped.
• The Quiet One: Speaks less than sixty words of dialogue in any version of the story and in the final version of the film speaks less than twenty.
• Secret-Keeper: She safeguards the secret relationship between Lucian and Sonja (something that gets more detail in the novel and comic)
• Undying Loyalty: to Sonja, although she seems to disapprove of her relationship with Lucian — which might make her Properly Paranoid given how it turned out — she never betrays them.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: The movie novelisation has her caught in the crossfire along with the rest of the Vampires when the Lycans attack the castle, but in the movie and graphic novel, it's questionable if she was even there at the time after they'd executed her mistress and she'd left the castle to tell Lucian of their intentions.
• What You Are in the Dark: Despite apparently not appearing to like Lucian much, she goes to warn him about Sonja's arrest and Viktor's knowledge of their affair when it would have been easy to do nothing. Whether she does this to give Lucian a warning to keep him safer or out of hope that he can rescue Sonja is unclear, but either way, she would have likely been killed by The Coven if they'd found out what she was doing.
• You Should Have Died Instead: She seems to show a little bit of this when telling Lucian about Sonja's impending fate.

Lord Coloman

Coloman

Species: Vampire

Portrayed By: David Aston

A senior member of The Vampire Council concerned about Viktor's mismanagement.

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• Bait the Dog: While somewhat pragmatic, he is less harsh towards the Lycans and the humans than Viktor, but in the end, it isn't enough to keep him from referring to their slaves' freedom as a "disease" and insulting Sonja for consorting with Lycans during her trial and calling for a vote to have her executed.
• Commander Contrarian: He's often opposed to Viktor, feeling frustrated with his lack of concern with protecting their human subjects, and the potential consequences that will bring, as well as Viktor's frequent dismissal of any suggestions he makes for those subjects.
• Fantastic Racism: He's also alarmed at the idea of a hybrid and concedes that Sonja cannot be allowed to give birth to one, although he displays more tolerance towards Lycans in general than Viktor.
• Gory Discretion Shot: Coloman isn't explicitly shown being killed, but he is surrounded and jumped on by the Lycans (along with several other councilors) and his Non-Action Guy status makes it unlikely he could have defeated them.
• Honest Advisor: He comes across as a brutally honest councilor, although Viktor doesn’t appreciate this and suspects his motives according to the novel.
• Mouth of Sauron: He's an ally of Markus, according to the novel, and protects his interests while Markus is slumbering.
• Non-Action Guy: He spends his time focusing on the coven's politics and is irritated at Sonja's decision to go out hunting werewolves rather than do the same. When the Lycans attack at the end, he can do nothing but run and cower.
• Pet the Dog: He suggests promoting Lucian to the role of overseer and giving some of the Lycan slaves more freedom and better treatment in exchange for getting them to protect the humans against the feral Werewolves during the day.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Invoked when Sonja accuses him and the other councilors of ignoring all the times she's saved The Coven during her trial and Coloman counters that, nonetheless, she has provided aid to its enemies and killed fellow Vampires.

Sabas and Xristo

Sabas and Xristo

Species: Lycan

Played By: Craig Parker (Sabas), Jared Turner (Xristo)

Lycan friends of Lucian, who join his army.

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• Fantastic Racism: Showing that this can go both ways, they're reluctant to trust the aid provided by Vampire Sonja, although given what they've been through, it's not too unreasonable.
• Pet the Dog: Help treat Lucian's wounds after he's whipped.
• Those Two Guys: They share all of their scenes and seem to be confidants to each other.
• Took a Level in Badass: Both of them when it comes from serving the Vampires to fighting them.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Both survive the movie, but their fates in the centuries of war that follow are unknown.

Introduced in Underworld: Awakening

Eve (Subject 2)

Eve (Subject 2)

Species: Hybrid

Played By: India Eisley

A young Hybrid Monster who Selene finds after awakening 12 years after the purge of vampires and Lycans.

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• Creepy Child: When in her hybrid form. Not only is she a dead ringer for Regan McNeil, but the first kill she performs involves ripping a Lycan's skull in two. Like father, like daughter.
• Genetic Memory: Can see through the eyes of her parents, and they can do the same in return.
• Hybrid Monster: And one who is potentially even more powerful than her father, considering that not only is she the daughter of a hybrid, but her mother just so happens to be a vampire who possesses immortal genes.
• I Hate You, Vampire Mom: Resents her mother Selene's apparent detachment towards her until Selene explains it's due to her being brokenhearted over Michael's disappearance. While the two do bond over Awakening, Selene later has to send her away so she would not be in danger from the Lycans.
• Living MacGuffin: In Awakening, the Lycans plan to extract her genetic code to make Lycan clones. In Blood Wars, they're still after her, albeit for seemingly slightly different reasons.
• Luke, You Are My Father: Casually reveals that she's Selene's daughter while on escape from the facility.
• Put on a Bus: After Awakening, Selene sends her away (or she goes away herself) to protect her from being hunted by the Lycans. That said, her absence is noted multiple times throughout Blood Wars; in fact, one of the Lycans' goals is to extract information from Selene about Eve's whereabouts. She makes a cameo appearance at the end of Blood Wars, though with a body double.
• The Runaway: At some point between Awakening and Blood Wars, Eve runs off for parts unknown, leaving Selene a lock of her hair and a note stating in no unclear terms that her mother is not to try to find her. They reunite in the end.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Can rip a transformed Lycan apart with her bare hands but obviously has never been in a real fight. Like father, like daughter.

David

David

Species: Vampire (Corvinus Strain)

Played By: Theo James

Introduced in Awakening, David is a survivor of the Purge. The Idealist of the film, David aids Selene, willingly helping her and Eve escape the humans and Lycans. He believes the vampires should honor their predecessors and fight back, being at odds with his father Thomas.

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• Ancestral Weapon: In Blood Wars, he gains a silver sword that Thomas had forged.
• Awesome Moment of Crowning: At the end of Blood Wars, he is designated a part of the new Elder Triumvirate, the Vampire equivalent of royalty.
• Back from the Dead: Killed by Lycans but is resurrected by Selene when she cuts open her palm and then forcefully using her hand and immortal blood to restart his heart.
• Big Damn Heroes: Arrives in the climax of Awakening just in time to help Eve dispatch Lane.
• Daywalking Vampire: After being revived by Selene in Awakening, he has become a Hybrid.
• I Hate You, Vampire Dad: He is at odds with his father Thomas, the local Well-Intentioned Extremist, who wishes to hide away to survive instead of fighting back.
• The Idealist: Dreams of restoring the Vampires to their former glory and looks up to Selene as the one who will help achieve this.
• The Lancer: To Selene since Michael is unavailable. Shared with Detective Sebastian.
• Missing Mom: His mother apparently died giving birth to him. It's then revealed his mother was actually the Vampire Elder Amelia, who was forced to leave him for his own protection.
• Rightful King Returns: Blood Wars reveals that he is the son of Amelia, making him not only the last surviving Elder heir of the Eastern Coven but also the supreme head of the vampire council. He announces his claim before the climax and is formally designated at the end.
• Royal Blood: Thanks to being Amelia's son.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Kraven just without any Jerkass tendencies and like Michael, serves as a possible Love Interest to Selene and comes back from the dead. With the latter being more possible since Michael was Killed Off for Real in Blood Wars.

Thomas

Thomas

Species: Vampire

Played By: Charles Dance

Dubbed By: Philippe Catoire (European French)

David's father and ersatz Elder of the surviving Western Coven vampires following the deaths of Amelia, Viktor, and Markus. Unlike his son, he feels that continuing to fight will only hasten the demise of their species and favors hiding out until things blow over. Roughly 20 years before the events of Underworld, he became the lover of the Vampire Elder, Amelia, resulting in David's birth, but he was forced to break off the relationship and go into hiding for David's safety.

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• Expy: If Thomas were a lot meaner and/or ruthless, he'd be Viktor 2.0; he's got the looks and general mannerisms down to par. He also takes on the role of an acting Elder in Awakenings.
• Cool Old Guy: In Blood Wars, he has mellowed out somewhat, is more open to David's way of thinking, and become a lot fonder of Selene due to her saving David's life in the previous film, even personally going against The Council to offer her amnesty within The Coven. Oh, and he's shown to be a badass with a sword.
• Foil: To Viktor of all Vampires. Despite being an Expy of the deceased Elder, Thomas is more reasonable by comparison and genuinely acts for the good of the Vampires in his charge, his son included, rather than his own interests. Also, he would rather lay low when the odds become overwhelming while Viktor never backed down from a fight.
• Heroic Sacrifice: He goes up against Semira and Varga while trying to buy David time to escape with a comatose Selene and is tragically stabbed to death for his efforts.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Thomas's defense for handing Eve over to the Lycans is that he did so in order to avoid the further slaughter of his coven.
• Pacifist: Would rather for the vampires to hide and lay low as opposed to fighting the Lycans and the humans trying to seek out and destroy them.
• Sword Cane: He dual-wields his sword and the cane he draws it from.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: He does all he can to keep what's left of The Western Coven safe, including handing over an innocent 12-year-old ill girl to the people seeking her whilst knowing that doing so will be a death warrant for said girl.

Detective Sebastian

Detective Sebastian

Species: Human

Played By: Michael Ealy

The first human since Michael to become a prominent character in the films. A police detective who pities the Vampires and Lycans, Sebastian teams up with Selene to take down Antigen to save Eve and avenge his dead Vampire wife.

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• Badass Normal: He's well-versed in fighting Lycans and presumably Vampires as well.
• The Lancer: To Selene, shared with David.
• Made of Iron: He suffers a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Jacob Lane, which ends with Jacob slamming his head into the concrete, and he remains conscious and defiant.
• One-Man Army: Single-handily launches a one-man assault against Antigen, kills a guard with a rocket launcher, helps stop a van carrying off Eve, tries to fight the Big Bad, and survives with the intention to cover Selene.
• Suicide by Sunlight: His wife, a Vampire, willingly walked out into daylight and killed herself so he would not have to see her be murdered during The Purge.
• Super Cop: Of the Badass Normal type. He is like John Matrix of Underworld.

Dr. Jacob Lane

Doctor Jacob Lane

Species: Lycan (Corvinus Strain)

Played By: Stephen Rea

The chief scientist at Antigen, Jacob Lane kept Selene, Michael, and Eve as test subjects to find an antidote to the Vampire and Lycan viruses.

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• Big Bad: Of Awakening.
• Healing Factor: Heals almost instantly from Sebastian and David's gunshots. However, it's not powerful enough to save him from a ripped-out throat.
• "It" Is Dehumanizing: Constantly calls Eve "It" or "Subject 2", and even kills one of his employees for caring too much about the girl.
• Mad Scientist: He is a Lycan scientist who wishes to make his species completely invulnerable.
• No-Sell: He's immune to silver due to injecting himself with Eve's blood.
• Slashed Throat: Eve tears his throat out.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: He comes off as one, wanting to protect humanity from Lycans and Vampires. Turns out he's a Lycan, and what he wants is to wipe out Vampires and have Lycans become dominant.

Quint Lane

Quint Lane

Species: Lycan (Corvinus Strain)

Played By: Kris Holden-Ried

A wolf known as the Uber Lycan, Quint kidnaps Eve so Dr. Jacob Lane can use her to create an army of Lycans.

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• Canis Major: A huge Lycan, over twice as tall as a regular one.
• The Dragon: To Dr. Lane.
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He comments that he wishes his mother was still around. Jacob dismissively says she abandoned them by choosing not to become a Lycan.
• Healing Factor: A pretty powerful one. His wounds heal almost instantly. Selen uses this against him by shoving a grenade into his body, and his wounds heal too quickly for him to dig it out.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Doomed by his own Healing Factor.
• Insert Grenade Here: Selene shoves a grenade into Quint's body just as he heals his wounds.
• Ludicrous Gibs: His fate when a grenade explodes while inside him.
• No-Sell: He's immune to silver due to injecting himself with Eve's blood.
• Oh, Crap!: When Selene reveals she stuck a grenade inside him, he screams in horror and desperately claws at his own torso before blowing up.
• Painful Transformation: A side-effect of the treatments that made him so large seems to be that he can't transform seamlessly like most Lycans.
• Partial Transformation: He can turn just his hand into a paw.
• Slasher Smile: Quint does this in his Uber-Lycan form... twice.
• Super-Strength: In human form, he can Neck Lift and Neck Snap people and break an elevator cable. In wolf form, he can throw cars around.
• Why Am I Ticking?: He's largely immune to silver due to being injected with Eve's blood, and has a powerful Healing Factor making him nigh invulnerable to injury. Selene takes him out by jamming a grenade into his body just as his wounds heal; when the bomb goes off, the sheer force of the explosion from within rips him apart, and leaves behind a smoking pile of Ludicrous Gibs.

Introduced in Underworld: Blood Wars

Semira

Semira

Species: Vampire (Corvinus Strain)

Played By: Lara Pulver

One of the leaders of The Eastern Coven, who plots to take over The Coven and make herself a Hybrid.

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• Bad Boss: To Varga. It eventually come back to bite her in the ass.
• Battle Couple: With Varga when they fight Thomas.
• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Oh, so averted. Being stabbed in the mouth from the back is not a pretty way for her to go.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Along with Marius.
• Brainy Brunette: Dark-haired and very cunning and manipulative.
• Dark Action Girl: She's the first prominent female villain in the series and a skilled swordswoman.
• Daywalking Vampire: She becomes immune to sunlight after drinking Selene's blood.
• Depraved Bisexual: She attempts to seduce David and also plants a kiss on Alexia's lips just before killing her.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Her hatred of Selene is implied to have been partly caused by her jealousy over Selene becoming Viktor's new favourite.
• Hypocrite: She kills Alexia for her betrayal against their kind, (which ultimately does lead to many Vampires being slaughtered), but she has no qualms about ordering the death of at least two dozen unsuspecting Death Dealers-in-training, or murdering Thomas and attempting to do the same to David to further her own ends.
• It's All About Me: After drinking Selene's blood, she smashes the bowl to the ground instead of sharing it with her lover Varga, who was in the room with her.
• Karmic Death: Her fascination at successfully hybridising herself distracts her long enough for David to blindside her with a sword through the back of the head after she killed his father Thomas in the same manner. Said sword was originally owned by Thomas.
• Lady of War: A coven leader and a skilled warrior who usually wears rather elegant and feminine outfits.
• Manipulative Bitch: Most clearly demonstrated during the Council meeting, where she feigns nothing but concern for the coven and acts like it was all Thomas's idea to bring Selene in.
• Ms. Fanservice: She uses many gorgeous dresses, some sporting Navel-Deep Neckline and indicating that there is also nothing underneath it. Being The Vamp (figuratively speaking) and played by the gorgeous Lara Pulver doesn't hurt either.
• Navel-Deep Neckline: Some of her outfits feature a plunging neckline so deep that it reaches her navel.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Her poor treatment of Varga leads him to betray her to help the protagonists, whilst her earlier attempt to kill Selene and David forces them to seek out The Nordic Coven for protection allowing David to learn of his true heritage as Amelia's son and heir and return with proof to challenge her for control of the covens.
• Opportunistic Bastard: She's essentially a female version of Kraven, though more competent.
• Pay Evil unto Evil: She kills Alexia for her betrayal while trying to wrest control of The Coven for herself via subterfuge and hybridizing herself.
• The Vamp: She uses her beauty and sexuality to get what she wants (or tries to, at any rate).
• Villain Has a Point: Whilst she's primarily motivated by her own ambition, Semira's got a pretty good point about the Council doing nothing about Marius being a huge mistake.
• Villainesses Want Heroes: A downplayed example. She clearly shows an interest in David, though he makes it pretty clear the feeling isn't mutual. The moment he interferes with her plans, she has no qualms about trying to kill him.

Marius

Marius

Species: Lycan (Corvinus Strain)

Played By: Tobias Menzies

The Lycans' new leader in Blood Wars and one of the deadliest Lycans since Lucian, who seeks to use Eve's blood to increase his power.

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• Bad Boss: The guy at one point uses one of his comrades as a human (or rather, Lycan) shield. Since he's immune to silver bullets anyway, he got that man killed needlessly. On the other hand, most of his troops seem to look up to and respect him, he gives them encouragement, and he lets another Mook live despite repeated failures, though he does smack him about a bit.
• Beast with a Human Face: His powered-up Lycan form has a more human appearance than regular Lycans while still looking more beastly than Michael's hybrid form.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Alongside Semira.
• Domestic Abuser: Downplayed. In one scene, he grabs his girlfriend by the throat and slams her against a wall, though he's not shown mistreating her otherwise.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He seems to genuinely care for his lover Alexia.
• Foil: To Lucian and Michael. They're all Lycans who take Vampire lovers, but he's the only one who is truly villainous whereas Lucian only wanted freedom for his species and Michael simply wished to be left in peace. Also, Lucian actively pursues vengeance for Sonja's death whereas Marius is seeking revenge for Alexia, but doesn't openly state it.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: He shows no visible reaction to Alexia's death, and it's implied she was just his way of keeping tabs on the Coven.
• Genius Bruiser: The man is very tall and imposing, but he is no mere brute just because he is a Lycan: a genius tactically speaking, having turned the Lycans into an effective fighting force by utilizing tools that make them more versatile.
• Healing Factor: He heals from getting shot, impaled with a sword, and slashed across the throat in seconds.
• Kick the Dog: After Selene discovers he killed Michael, he shows her vial containing Michael's blood and says that it's "all that's left of him", whilst holding it out to her. As Selene reaches for it, he promptly tips the contents of the vial down his throat to boost his power.
• Interspecies Romance: With The Mole, Alexia.
• No-Sell: He's immune to silver due to drinking and injecting himself with Michael's blood.
• And Show It to You: Selene kills him by ripping his entire spinal column out.
• Super-Strength: He effortlessly manhandles Selene and throws her through a castle wall. Later, he kills a Nordic Vampire by punching a hole right through his armored torso and tears a cage apart.
• Villainous Breakdown: After acting cordial with Selene even when fighting her, when Alexia drinks her blood to see her memories and confirms Selene doesn't know where Eve is, he loses his temper and shoots Selene several times while screaming.
• Would Hurt a Child: He seeks to use Eve's blood to make himself more powerful. Played with in that he does tell Selene he won't actually kill Eve, though it's unclear if he's being honest, and Selene certainly doesn't believe him.

Varga

Varga

Species: Vampire

Played By: Bradley James

The lead Death Dealer of The Eastern Coven and ally to Semira.—-

• The Dragon: To Semira. He jumps ship the moment he learns David is the rightful heir to The Eastern Coven, due in no small part to Semira's crappy treatment of him.
• Dumb Muscle: Averted. He's actually not that stupid, and Semira treating him like he is proves to be a big mistake on her part.
• Foil: To Kraven. They're both pretty boy types directly serving higher Vampires, but while Kraven openly plots to do away with Viktor and take control of the Coven, Varga is loyal to the Coven and, more specifically, to its rightful ruler; when this is revealed to be David, he promptly turns against Semira, but it wasn't premeditated.
• Heel–Face Turn: After learning that David is the rightful heir to The Eastern Coven, he turns on Semira and devotes himself to David.
• Karma Houdini: He gets no comeuppance of any kind for being party to the attempted murder of Selene and killing several Death Dealer trainees and framing Selene for it. Even though he was Just Following Orders, it's still rather glaring.
• Poisoned Weapons: He has a dagger laced with nightshade, which kills lesser Vampires and paralyzes stronger ones.
• Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: He has a pretty large role in the film but is barely featured in trailers and promotions.

Alexia

Alexia

Species: Vampire

Played By: Daisy Head

A Death Dealer in The Eastern Coven, who is secretly Marius's lover and spy.

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• Anti-Villain / Villain Has a Point: In spite of some of her more morally questionable actions, Alexia doesn't really seem to be truly evil, lacking the Jerkass tendencies present in most of the other villains. It's implied part of her motivation is wanting to stop the war and take out Semira, who she rightly fears only cares for her own ambition. She seems pretty emotional at times, often tearing up, and during her confrontation with Selene, she's practically begging her to help them and doesn't seem all that enthusiastic about killing her.
• Foil: To Selene (and by extension, to Sonja). They're all Death Dealers or high-ranking Vampires who fall in love with Lycans and ultimately betray their Covens. However, whilst Selene only turns on Viktor after he betrayed her first and flees with Michael and Sonja only fights her fellow Vampires to protect Lucian and her unborn child, Alexia actively helps the Lycans to invade the Coven and doesn't seem to care that her former comrades are probably going to be slaughtered, making her far less sympathetic. Sure enough, she gets Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: If Marius feels any grief or anger about her death at Semira's hands, he doesn't show it.
• Interspecies Romance: With Marius to an extent, seeing as Lycans and Vampires are viewed as separate species but are technically humans infected by different strains of a virus.
• In the Back: Stabs Selene through the back with a sword.
• The Mole: Serves as one for Marius.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves/You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Semira, as it turns out, knew about Alexia's betrayal all along, taking her out with a Slashed Throat once she's fulfilled her purpose.
• The Starscream: To Semira. Goes about as well for her as it does for the Trope Namer.

Cassius

Cassius

Species: Vampire

Played By: James Faulkner

One of the leaders of The Eastern Coven, who greatly despises Selene for killing Viktor.

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• Kneel Before Frodo: He's the first to bow to Selene, David, and Lena when they become the new Elders.
• The Nose Knows: He recognizes the scent of Amelia's blood even after she's been dead for over twelve years.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite his hatred of Selene, when she is framed for killing several Death Dealers, he orders her to be brought in alive so she can stand trial. When David proves he is Amelia's heir, he immediately defers to him.
• Super-Strength: He manages to wrestle a transformed Lycan to the ground and pin it before shooting it in the head.
• Tempting Fate: He boasts that The Eastern Coven's fortress is impregnable shortly before Marius's army invades it.

Lena

Lena

Species: Vampire

Played By: Clementine Nicholson

A member of The Nordic Coven, with special abilities granted by a 'cocooning' process known only to her people.

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• Action Girl: Despite not being a Death Dealer like Selene and appearing vulnerable, she is a Vampire and isn't afraid to take up a sword and go against her enemies.
• Awesome Moment of Crowning: Is made a part of the Elder Triumvirate at the end of Blood Wars, the only non-Eastern Coven Vampire to be so.
• Daywalking Vampire: Develops this property by being given the blood of Selene, who herself had taken up the blood of Alexander Corvinus, The Older Immortal.
• The Empath: She says she can read people's souls. It may be closer to telepathy, as she is able to recite several details from Selene's life.
• Enigmatic Empowering Entity: Played with. She teaches Selene the cocooning process used by her coven, which grants her extra powers to defeat Marius, the Lycan half of the Big Bad Ensemble and she comes across as quite mysterious, though this is more due to the fact her character as only just been introduced. Selene herself gives Lena her blood, thus turning her into a Hybrid, in return for her help.
• Exposed to the Elements: When introduced, she's barefoot and in a backless dress in snowy conditions.
• Flash Step: Part of her status as a Nordic Coven vampire.
• Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: During the climax, The Nordic Coven serves as The Cavalry against the Lycans and they are all wearing heavy armor to protect them from the sunlight — except for Lena. This is used to illustrate that she has become an immortal hybrid just like Selene.
• Hidden Elf Village: The Nordic Coven remains hidden somewhere in Norway or Sweden and has refused to take part in the Vampire-Lycan War. Appropriately enough, Lena and her people have some vaguely Elvish appearance.
• Ms. Fanservice: When the Lycans attack her coven, she doesn't bother suiting up from the skimpy tunic/loincloth she's wearing; she just grabs a sword and shield and starts killing them.
• Meaningful Name: Lena is the Scandinavian diminutive of Elena or Helen, which means "bright" or "shining".
• Mystical White Hair: Implied to be the result of having gone through the cocooning process many times.
• Nice Girl: Easily one of the nicest characters in the series. Unless, of course, you're threatening her coven...
• Sexy Scandinavian: Lena is a gorgeous Nordic vampire lady with silver hair.
• White Shirt of Death: Her white clothing is eventually covered with enemy blood.

Vidar

Vidar

Species: Vampire

Played By: Peter Andersson

The leader of The Nordic Coven and Lena's father. He was a close friend to David's father Thomas and the Elder Amelia.

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• Bald of Authority: He is the bald leader of The Nordic Coven. Notably, he is the only bald Vampire in his coven, where everyone else is blonde or silver-haired.
• Cool Old Guy: Vidar is welcoming and pleasant towards Selene and David, which is refreshing for other vampires in the series.
• Meaningful Name: He shares the same name as the Norse God of Agriculture, who killed the wolf Fenrir in revenge for devouring his father, Odin.
• Secret-Keeper: Vidar reveals to David that his mother wasn't a lowborn that died in childbirth as his father told him but Amelia herself.
• So Proud of You: When David takes up his father's sword, he pats him on the back with a giant grin on his face.

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