The Count

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**The Count** is the main antagonist from the story, The Master Thief.

## Appearance

### Light

He is a smartly dress individual wearing a red coat with aqua striped trousers. His hair is slicked back and he has a curled moustache and small tuff for a beard.

### Dark

In contrast, he now a vampire, based on Dracula or so Grimm claims, his coat is now black and torn with his face becoming grey and pointed, his eyes red and his hair now practically missing.

## History

### Light

The Count is married to The Countess and rules the land, by the time his godson returns. The village has an issue with its food supply which the Master Thief investigates and goes to The Count's castle. The Count wants to hand the Master Thief for being a criminal but decides instead to challenge him by making him perform three difficult tasks. The First is to steal The Count's horse from the stable, then steal The Countess' wedding ring as well as the bed sheet she and The Count are sleeping on and finally the third task was to steal the Parson and the Clerk from the church. If the Master Thief fails then he is to be hanged. The Master Thief agrees and goes and does the first task. After accomplishing the first task the Master Thief moves on to the second. For the second task, the Thief grabs a corpse from the gallows, predicting that The Count would be prepared for him, which The Count was, having locked all the doors and windows except for one which The Count keeps guard with a gun. The Master Thief pretends he's at the window, using the corpse as a ploy which The Count shoots, thinking he's killed his godson, as a result, he then lets his guard down by going outside and burying the corpse allowing the Master Thief to steal the wedding ring and bed cover by pretending to be The Count, speaking from the window. The Master Thief meets with The Count, mocking him for his gullibility. Later, the Master Thief succeeds in completing his final task and meets back up with The Count. The Master Thief goes ahead with delivering the stolen goods, however, he is banished and still under threat of death. The Master Thief leaves proud of his mastery but ashamed that he is still in The Count's bad book.

### Dark

In contrast, The Count is a powerful vampire who's taken over the village by the time his vampire hunting godson returns. Monsters run rampant and cause chaos with few human survivors, this includes the Master Thief's parents. This is all caused by The Count, whom the Master Thief needs to kill to stop the monster crisis. He meets his godfather who claims the two will fight in combat but the Master Thief needs to perform three tasks, the first to steal The Count's horse, the second The Countess's wedding ring and bed sheet and finally extracting two creatures from the church. He performs the first task before moving onto the second. Here, the Master Thief calls up the army of the undead and stirs a rebellion against the one who caused their suffering. The Count fights off the zombies as the Master Thief orders the zombies to take the whole coffin bed which in turn means both items have been stolen. The third and final task sees the abandoned church inhabited by two werewolves, as The Count did no say that the two had to be apprehended alive, the Master Thief kills them both before taking them back to The Count, ready for the show down. The two meet with a crowd watching the battle, both The Count and the Master Thief throw insults to each other before fighting. The battle ends with The Count being killed by the Master Thief's crossbow, saving the village from The Count's control.

The Count appears in Snow White, alongside his godson. Here, Grimm is attempting to put together a force of various fairy tale characters to destroy Snow White's wedding and kill the Seven Dwarves and the Dwarf King. However, upon getting converted by Grimm, the Master Thief kills his godfather and goes on to help Grimm's mission.