History ComicBook / RequiemVampireKnight

** Merlin himself appears. [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons As an egg.]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Wearing a wizard hat.]]

* SmokingIsCool: Requiem and Tengu light up while their respective masters are dueling, for absolutely no reason other than to look badass.

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: But of course.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Dystopians, who represent evil committed in the name of dominion and empire. Also [[EvilBrit mostly British]].

* DevilButNoGod: Since many good people also end up in Résurrection, it could be interpreted that there is either no God, or at least no Heaven. Though, the trope gets played with quite a bit. To begin with, there is no discernable Devil either. Black Sabbath makes mention of Lucifer [[spoiler:(the original owner of the hammer [[UnholyHolySword Thurim]])]], but he is nowhere to be found, and the top dogs of Résurrection seem to be competing {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. In addition, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] ''do'' exist, and by extension heaven must as well... but horrifyingly enough, since Saint's heads are used as ammunition, horribly desecrated saints as shields, and a Seraph used as a weapon of mass destruction is shown, it appears that the forces of Hell have access into Heaven.

* ImmortalRuler: Dracula will rule over the kingdom of Draconia until the end of time, although forces within his inner circle are also plotting to overthrow him. As a general rule, the vampires in this setting are ''not'' immortal, they just [[MerlinSickness age backwards]]. Dracula is unique among them because his bloodline produces TheAgeless

* StrawHypocrite: Thurim was a medieval warlord who fought for the Catholic Christian Church in both the crusades in the Holy Land and the teutonic crusades in the Baltics. However, he was secretly a Satan-worshipper who was after Lucifer's hammer all along.

* BloodMagic: Elizabeth Bathory pretty much exemplifies this [[spoiler:as she uses it to [[CurbStompBattle easily overpower and slaughter Mitra]].]]

* {{Dracula}}: Ruler of the vampires, of course. And married to the Blood Countess ElizabethBathory.

** In the Vampire corner, we have {{Dracula}} and Countess Elizabeth Bathory ([[HistoricalVillainUpgrade although they've already had an upgrade in real life]], [[AristocratsAreEvil so they don't really count]]), Caligula, Nero, Creator/AleisterCrowley, UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, Atilla the Hun, possibly UsefulNotes/{{Rasputin|The Mad Monk}} and, of course, [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, who is possibly too evil to be a vampire and is a literal PersonOfMassDestruction]].

* PersonalityPowers: Dracula's family manifests superpowers as side effect of his dark kiss, that are related to their crimes on Earth. Nero, who was infamous for burning Rome gained [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]], while Elizabeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of hundreds of virgins to preserve her youth, gained BloodMagic.

* NeverMyFault: What mostly separates ghouls from vampires is the fact that ghouls were all {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s who refused to admit the fact that their actions wreaked more harm than good: nuns who ran orphanages where children were mistreated, a StrawFeminist who had all men killed in the name of her ideals, etc. They see vampires as {{Complete Monster}}s for being openly evil, while vampires look down upon ghouls for being deluded instead of [[AtLeastIAdmitIt owning up to their evil deeds]].

* CardCarryingVillain: Pretty much anybody who's somebody in Resurrection's screwed-up social order, with the ghouls being the only exception as they were [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] and feel like they don't deserve being sentenced to Hell for their actions. Vampires in particular are notable for this, the requirements for becoming a vampire seem to be A) being perfectly aware that you're a CompleteMonster and B) being '''proud''' of your horrific actions in life. Requiem is a rare example of a vampire who checks the first box but not the second, but Thurim, [[SuperpoweredEvilSide his original self]], happily checks both and may be part of the reason why he ended up as a vampire again.

* CardCarryingVillain: Pretty much anybody who's somebody in Resurrection's screwed-up social order, with the ghouls being the only exception as they were [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] and feel like they don't deserve being sentenced to Hell for their actions.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Lord Cryptos. Though he doesn't look any less disturbing than the rest of the cast.
** If anything, he looks MORE disturbing than the rest of the cast. What makes him even creepier is that he mentions that due to his age he can no longer feed on blood, and therefore feeds on pure pain and terror. Doesn't stop him from enjoying some blood on occasion, too.

See also ''ComicBook/{{Sha}}'' for another Mills/Ladroit collaboration.

An age-old adage was that, if you were bad in life, when you died [[FromBadToWorse it generally got worse]]. Nowhere is this idea more assaulted, mugged, curb-stomped and left for dead face-down in a rancid gutter than in the world of Résurrection, the brainchild of Pat Mills and [[SceneryGorn illustrated in excruciatingly loving and gory detail]] by Olivier Ledroit, originally published in French by Nickel Editions as ''Requiem Chevalier Vampire'', and currently being translated into English and published in ''Heavy Metal'' magazine as ''Requiem Vampire Knight''.

** In the Vampire corner, we have {{Dracula}} and Countess Elizabeth Bathory ([[HistoricalVillainUpgrade although they've already had an upgrade in real life]], [[AristocratsAreEvil so they don't really count]]), Caligula, Nero, Creator/AleisterCrowley, UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, Atilla the Hun, possibly {{Rasputin|The Mad Monk}} and, of course, [[spoiler: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, who is possibly too evil to be a vampire and is a literal PersonOfMassDestruction]].

* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: While these vampires are firmly on the unfriendly end of the scale, though they are all over the place in the requirements:

* NunsAreSpooky: The Sisters of Blood. Even though they wear {{Fetish Fuel}}errific outfits, they are more creepy than sexy: the lowly workers that work producing blood tend to be fat old hags and the guards slaughter intruders with extreme prejudice. They do follow a strict code of vows and seek to preserve virginity (both in terms of sex and vampire bites), their own and that of the victims under their "care".