Kurt Barlow

==Summary==
Kurt Barlow is a vampire and main antagonist of Stephen King's novel, Salem's Lot. He arrives in the town with his partner, Richard Straker to apparently start a furniture shop that sells antique furniture. However, he is really only there to feed and create more vampires. He eventually turns every remaining part of the town's population, turning it into a ghost town.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Kurt Barlow, Barlow
Origin: ’Salem’s Lot
Gender: Male
Age: Possibly hundreds of years old
Classification: Type 1 vampire
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Corruption (Type 1. Can make others vampires by biting them, normally on the neck), Natural Weaponry, Longevity, Preparation, Power Bestowal (Was able to grant Father Callahan the ability to detect type 3 vampires by having him drink his blood), Levitation, Teleportation, Self-Sustenance (Type 1. He is not alive in the general sense, and other vampires don't need to breathe), Mind Manipulation (Those who look into his eyes will eventually begin to obey his every command), possibly Transformation (As he shares many similarities with the mythological vampire, he might have the ability to turn into bats, a wolf, or mist), possibly Elemental Intangibility, minor resistance to Holy Manipulation (Although he is weak to the cross, he was able to hold his own relatively well when confronted with one)
Attack Potency: Wall level (Shattered two grown adults’ skulls by knocking their heads together, which would require this much force. Is easily capable of mutilating and gutting people with nothing but his bare hands.)
Speed: Subsonic (Can move so fast that he appears as a blur)
Lifting Strength: At least Athletic Human (Should be stronger than Straker, who could easily lift large antique furniture)
Striking Strength: Wall level
Durability: Wall level (Should be comparable to other vampires, some of which are able to tank shots from a shotgun)
Stamina: Unknown, likely high to limitless
Range: Standard melee range physically. Unknown, likely hundreds of meters with teleportation
Standard Equipment: Nothing notable
Intelligence: Genius (Has likely lived for countless centuries, in which he honed his intellectual prowess. He had his assistant get rid of anything that might possibly be a threat to him and easily manipulated a large group of people. Is capable of setting up very complicated traps to end his foes)
Weaknesses: Is cocky and arrogant. Sunlight, roses, dogs with “Angel Eyes”, and having a stake driven through his heart can weaken/kill him.
==Notable Matchups==
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