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    The Waldstein Family 

Viscount Gerhardt von Waldstein

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A viscount and Lord of the island of Growerth, Gerhardt is a centuries-old vampire. In the past, he undertook a series of experiments in order to discover a way to negate vampires' weaknesses, which resulted in him becoming a pool of blood.

As of the end of volume 3, he is no longer Lord of Growerth as he passed on his title to Relic.

  • Blob Monster: He is a literal blob of blood.
  • Blue Blood: Gerhardt was the adopted son of a human nobleman, although the precise details are unclear.
  • The Fettered: He lives by the ideal of chivalry and gentlemanly conduct.
  • Large Ham: In spite of the fact that he can't physically speak.
  • Mind over Matter: A very weak version. In his own words, other than moving his own body, Gerhardt can't do much more than brew tea and switch DVDs on his own.
  • Non-Action Guy: Gerhardt isn't much of a fighter, especially in comparison to his friends from the Organization.

Ferret von Waldstein

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"...Honoured Brother, that was much too merciful an act."
Relic's twin sister and the adopted daughter of Viscount Waldstein. Ferret is an unusual vampire who has no powers or weaknesses. She constantly uses formal language and insists on acting like an aristocrat, which bothers Relic greatly.

  • Our Vampires Are Different: Ferret is the inverse of Relic. She possesses almost no vampire abilities, but also has no weaknesses.

Relic von Waldstein

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"If you think I'm doing something wrong, then go ahead and speak your mind. Even if it means disagreeing with me. Remember? I just want you to be yourself."
Ferret's twin brother and the adopted son of Viscount Waldstein. Relic is a powerful vampire. Unfortunately, his many abilities are accompanied my just as many crippling weaknesses.

As of the end of volume 3, Relic is the Lord of Growerth, having succeeded his father.

  • Beware the Nice Ones: Relic is about the most pleasant vampire you'd ever meet, but when he gets angry...
  • Blue Blood: He is Viscount Waldstein’s adopted son.
  • Glass Cannon: He's capable of using every known vampire ability, but he also possesses most vampire weaknesses.
  • Guinea Pig Family: Born as a result of a breeding program to create the ultimate vampire.

    Residents of Growerth 

Hilda Dietrich

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Relic and Ferret's childhood friend, and the younger sister of Michael. Hilda is an ordinary human girl who does not fear vampires or other supernatural beings.

At the end of volume 5, Hilda is turned into a vampire by Dimguil.

Michael Dietrich

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Relic and Ferret's childhood friend, and the older brother of Hilda. Michael is madly in love with Ferret, constantly attempting to win her heart in whatever way he can. He is loved by many non-humans on the island because of his all-accepting attitude.

  • All-Loving Hero: Deconstructed. Because he loves and trusts anyone and everyone, Michael is extremely susceptible to betrayal and manipulation.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: To Ferret.
  • Heroic Resolve: Subverted in his fight against Rudi. Michael gets back up several times in order to help Ferret, but is unable to win.
  • Magnetic Hero: Michael is friends with a large majority of the island's non-human population.
  • The Team Normal: One of the few human characters in the story who have no special powers or skills to speak of.

Watt Stalf

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"Ah, I shall say, I shall say—though you may criticize my words with claims of triteness, I shall say—Fuck your face, you son of a bitch."
The mayor of the city of Rukram(and after the merge with Mozartzungen, the city of Neuberg). Watt is a Dhampyr born to a human father and a vampire mother. Although he never lets it show when he's in the role of the mayor, Watt is a petty villain who is determined to one day defeat Viscount Waldstein by any means necessary.

At the end of volume 3, Watt gets hold of Relic’s powers.

  • Bad Boss: Only as a Dhampyr, however. As mayor, Watt is quite competent and well-respected.
  • Can't Catch Up: Being a Dhampyr means he's stuck this way permanently.
  • Cool Shades: He switches to these from his glasses when he gets out of ‘mayor-mode’.
  • Dhampyr: His mother was a vampire and his father a human.

"The Jester" Pirie Mistwalker

Watt's loyal underling, Pirie is a teenaged girl who wears clownish makeup and dresses like a jester. She is talented at turning to smoke, but is weak against sunlight.

"Mage" Masashi Mamiya

A Japanese salaryman-turned-vampire with a talent for stage magic. He is assigned as Watt's underling by the Organization.

Valdred Ivanhoe

A mysterious shapeshifting vampire who has a complex about his true form. He is assigned as Watt's underling by the Organization.

As of the end of volume 3, Val's vessel is the entire island of Growerth.

  • Artificial Human: He was created by Melhilm during his experiment to create the ultimate vampire.
  • Mind over Matter: Val’s illusions work in conjunction with his telepathy to create the impression that he is a bonafide shapeshifter.
  • The Mirror Shows Your True Self: His ‘shapeshifting’ is actually an illusion, which means that mirrors do not reflect the forms he projects.
  • Plant Person: Val’s original vessel is a watermelon.
  • Physical God: As of the end of volume 3. But his powers only apply on Growerth.
  • Taking the Bullet: For Selim at the end of volume 3.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifter: Subverted. Valdred doesn't shapeshift, but he projects illusions onto the eyes of other creatures. In other words, his "shapeshifting" is not visible to those like Gerhardt and Professor, who have no eyes.

Selim Vergès

A shy alraune with the form of a human girl atop a gigantic flower. Selim lives in the caverns underneath Waldstein Castle.

  • All-Loving Hero: She took on the mindset that ‘no one is truly evil’, and has lived by it for centuries.
  • Meaningful Name: The name ‘Selim Vergès’ comes from the names of two people who left a profound impact on the alraune’s life—a girl named Selim who came to water the alraune every day, and the executioner named Vergès who took over watering the alraune after Selim’s death.

"Doctor" Theodosius M. Waldstein

A vampire who lives in the laboratory underneath Waldstein Castle. Doctor is in the process of researching immortality alongside his partner Professor.

  • The Atoner: For the thousands of grisly murders he committed over the years.
  • Pretty Boy: It’s stated by the narration that if Doctor were to grow into adulthood, he would be handsome enough to bend every woman on the island to his will.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifter: Unlike most cases, however, Doctor’s shapeshifting powers are extremely limited and only apply to parts of his body for seconds at most.

"Professor"

An amnesiac vampire who lives in the laboratory underneath Waldstein Castle. Because she is unable to move on her own, Professor is always inside a white coffin equipped with caterpillar tracks. She assists Doctor in his research into immortality.

  • Amnesiac Lover: Possibly this, as Professor is the consciousness bound to the bones of Elsa. But since she has no memories, it’s impossible to know if she and Elsa are really the same person.

    The Organization 

Caldimir Aleksandrov “The Blue Flow of Blood”

The self-proclaimed leader of the Organization, Caldimir is a Russian vampire with a grudge against Viscount Waldstein.

  • Butt-Monkey: Every conference involves Caldimir being comically lynched by the other Organization members.
  • Large Ham: Yellow describes him as a ‘third-rate actor’.
  • Our Vampires Are Different: Caldimir’s powers haven’t been revealed yet, but his abilities supposedly make him a formidable opponent when fighting one-on-one.
  • Really 700 Years Old: Like many other vampires, he hasn’t aged since reaching adulthood.

Melhilm Herzog “The Violet Sage”

Gerhardt's sworn friend and fellow researcher, Melhilm is responsible for many of the Organization's experiments.

  • Animal Eyes: Inverted with his bats, which all have human eyes.
  • Mad Scientist: Several characters in the series are the product of Melhilm’s experiments.
  • Not Quite Dead: It’s revealed in volume 2 that he survived being devoured by Shizune in the first book.

Dorothy Nifas “Snow White”

An officer of the Organization and Gerhardt's fiancee.

Laetitia Gitarin Aztanduja “The Orange Magic Lantern”

An officer of the Organization who enjoys dressing up and acting like a soldier. Laetitia has a fondness for watching other people suffer.

Aiji Ishibashi “The I-Shadow”

An officer of the Organization. Aiji appears to be Japanese, in spite of being twins with Yellow Bridgestone. Unlike his younger brother, Aiji is calm and composed.

Yellow Bridgestone “The Yellow Bullet of Joy”

An officer of the Organization. Yellow appears to be American, in spite of being twins with Aiji Ishibashi. He is loud and Hot-Blooded, unlike his brother.

Zygmunt Kiparis “The Green Army”

An officer of the Organization who is staunchly loyal to Caldimir. Possesses the power to subjugate humans through airborne infection.

  • Hive Mind: Zygmunt’s powers are essentially this, although the effects are reversible and no lasting damage is done to the vessels who join Zygmunt’s army.
  • Plant Person: Zygmunt evolved from a plant, although details are still scarce.
  • The Virus: Is capable of using airborne infection to subjugate humans.

Garde Ritzberg “The Black Gravekeeper”

An officer of the Organization who has the power of necromancy. Garde is loyal to Gerhardt, which is one of the only things keeping them from unleashing all kinds of havoc.

    Eaters 

Shizune Kijima

A Japanese Eater who arrives on Growerth alongside a group of Vampire Hunters.

Rudi Wenders

An Eater working for the Organization. In the past, Rudi’s family was murdered by a vampire, which led him to becoming an Eater in a bid for revenge.

  • Cannibalism Superpower: Inverted—Eaters gain enhanced power from eating vampires:
  • Deadly Upgrade: Removing his armor unleashes his full power. It also leads to…
  • De-power: After being resuscitated by Garde, Rudi is said to have lost more than half his power.
  • Expecting Someone Taller: Almost literally, as no one realizes at first that the skinny, sickly-looking young man is the same guy who was fighting in a gigantic suit of armor just seconds earlier.
  • Heroic RRoD: A not-so-heroic version. Rudi’s eaten so many vampires that his body can't handle all the power; when he fights at full strength for too long, Tainted Veins show up and his body begins to shut down.
  • Revenge: His motivation, which is taken to its logical extreme.
  • Trauma Conga Line: Volumes 2, 3, and 4—in other words, every volume he appears in—seems to be just one traumatic incident after another for Rudi.

Theresia Riefenstahl

An Eater working for the Organization. She is Rudi’s partner and childhood friend, who also lost her family to the same vampire.

  • Brainwashed and Crazy: When she is subjugated by Loa in the prologue of volume 2, although it doesn’t kick in until the end of volume 3.
  • Cannibalism Superpower: Inverted—Eaters gain enhanced power from eating vampires:
  • Mad Love: For Theo.
  • Murder the Hypotenuse: She discovered Theo living in hiding with Elsa, and wound up murdering the latter in a fit of jealous rage.

Carnald Strassburg

A famous artist from Growerth’s past, Strassburg is known to humans primarily for his artistic accomplishments. Working as the court painter of Waldstein Castle, he was responsible in part for creating the coexistence between humans and vampires on Growerth by bringing vampires to the island.

    Other 

Cargilla

The leader of the vampire exterminators who arrive on Growerth in volume I. He is a grizzled man with mercenary experience.

Loa

A mysterious young girl who arrives on Growerth for the Carnale Festival.

  • Chekhov's Gunman: She's the little girl who Theresia supposedly killed in the mine in the beginning of the second volume.

Elsa Wenders

Rudi’s older sister who was turned by Theodosius and went missing about a decade ago. Elsa was actually a vampire to begin with—she was the vampire Theo met and fell in love with when he was still human.

  • I Just Want to Be Normal: Elsa really, really doesn’t like being a vampire.
  • The Lost Lenore: Possibly. If she really is Professor, she might not be so lost after all.
  • Posthumous Character: It’s not known if she’s dead or alive, but Elsa’s character is developed only in flashbacks. It’s revealed in volume 3 that she was killed by Theresia several years prior to the main story, but depending on Professor’s true identity, she might not be so dead after all.

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