Vanessa Helsing

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## Profile

*An encounter with this mysterious stranger leaves you wanting to know more. What's a girl like her doing in a town like Havenfall?*

### More about her...

"Running with hunters is dangerous. Be careful you keep up or she'll leave you in the dust." — Mackenzie Hunt

"Vanessa seems like the type who's used to being on her own. Take a day off and show her around." — Razi Nassar

## Season 1

*It feels like your lucky day when you pick up a beautiful and mysterious woman on the side of the road. But when she saves you from a vampire attack and reveals herself as a legendary Vampire Huntress, your entire life is turned upside down. She promises to protect you from the monsters of the night, but who will protect your heart from her?*

## Season 2

*Reeling from her shocking order, Vanessa struggles to balance her loyalties and you're caught right in the middle! As you work together to find a solution, Vanessa learns to open up to you and navigate the uncharted territories of her heart. But can she handle the pressure if things don't go according to plan?*

## Season 3

*A battle wages between Vanessa's heart and mind after she fails to honor her promise to protect you. She wants to keep you away from the danger, but staying away proves to be the hardest decision of her life. How will you prove that your belong by her side, even in the darkest of nights?*

## Season 4

*You and Vanessa are an unstoppable team, or so you think until your new relationship is put to the test when the undead put themselves in your path! Can you and the powerful warrior woman at your side weather the storm? Or will your small band be faced with the good, the bad and the ugly?*

## Season 5

*You and Vanessa need to find a safe place to lay low for a while. Vanessa wants to leave her past behind her to walk with you into the future, but family and duty have a strong pull. Can the two of you find peace in a strange place or will it just be the calm before the storm?*

## Season 6

*You and Vanessa have overcome so many obstacles on the way to romance already, but are you ready for your biggest challenge? A newly risen Dracula is amassing his forces and the obstinate Helsing Order is openly trying to put down Vanessa's rebellion. Will you be able to stand by her side... or is your love putting her in more danger than ever?*

## Season 7

*All seems lost when Vanessa is taken from you, but luckily help comes from some unexpected allies. Will you be able to save Vanessa and finally set The Order on the right path? And is there a future in this world for a vampire hunter and her vampire... bride?*

## Season 8

*What do you do when your wedding is crashed by the new bad guy in town? Stand up against the forces of darkness with your wonderful wife of course! But things get complicated when you and Vanessa must delve further into vampire high society then you've ever gone before. Can your love save the world or will this be the world's shortest honeymoon?*

## Relationships

### Avram Helsing

Avram is Vanessa's father. He trained since childhood to be a hunter, like his daughter. Despite being distant and neglectful through Vanessa's life, he does love his daughter and want the best for her. He was blind to how badly his behavior in the past had affected her until they reunite in Season 7. He and Vanessa reconcile, and he gives MC his blessing to marry Vanessa.

### Jordana Helsing

Jordana is Vanessa's mother. She has a much less relaxed demeanor than her husband, and generally has a rather serious attitude. She has, like Avram, trained since youth to be a hunter, though she worked much harder than he did, and in his opinion was better than him. Like Avram, Jordana was not nearly as present or supportive in Vanessa's childhood as she should have been. She reunites with and mends her relationship with her daughter in Season 7.

### Levana Helsing

Levana is Vanessa's cousin. She is also an excellent hunter, but not the prodigy Vanessa seems to be. There seems to be some rivalry between the two, and perhaps even some resentment on Levana's part for Vanessa's special treatment. But ultimately they love and support each other. In Season 4 it is revealed that she is asexual.

### Helsing Order

Though no other members have been named, the Order plays a large role in Vanessa's life. She lives by their code, and has trouble coming to the conclusion they may not always be right. She later discovers that her special training in childhood was meant to make her more obedient to the Order.

### John Lapin

John is a young jackalope man who helps MC, Vanessa, and Levana escape a zombie hoard. He assists them while they are trapped in a deserted town, and becomes friends with them. In a conversation with JD it is revealed that he is asexual.

### Abraham van Helsing

Vanessa's ancestor and inspiration for the formation of the Helsing Order. He was cursed long ago into the body of a child, remaining forever young and never dying, but never able to grow up again. He runs a secret training base in Japan, where his students include not just humans but other supernatural people as well.

### Siniang Li

One of Dracula's vampire brides, Li hunts down the main character to force her to take her ancestor's place as another of Dracula's brides. Vanessa swears to protect MC from Li.

### Necahaul

The second bride of Dracula, Necahaul was spoken of, but did not appear until Season 4. She uses a zombie army to trap MC, Vanessa, Levana, and John in a ghost town.

### Nitiqret

The first bride of Dracula has the ability to raise a zombie-like corpse army. Either she or Necahaul can command them. She remained unnamed and unseen until Season 5. She is older than Li and Necahaul combined, and MC figured out that she pitted the two against each other. She wants to use MC's blood to resurrect her husband, but would rather MC give it willingly. Nitiqret must first collect Dracula's bones, as the Helsing Order scattered them to prevent his return. She professes a deep love and devotion to her husband. After Dracula's permanent death, and later defeat by Marina Townsend, Vanessa releases her and she returns to Egypt after many years away.

### Dracula

The threat of Dracula's return was a looming presence for some time. Eventually Abraham discovered a way to permanently kill him, but it would require reviving him and defeating him while weakened and recovering. Nitiqret, tricked into using Grace's weaker blood in her resurrection ritual rather than MC's, successfully revived Dracula, and he was subsequently vanquished after a tense battle.

### Marina Townsend

As the director of the Helsing Order, Director Townsend is a totalitarian bigot. Preaching blind hatred for non-humans, she opposes Vanessa's attempts to improve the Order. She arrests Vanessa for treason, finding loopholes to avoid giving her a fair trial, and imprisons MC to be studied. Taking doses of MC's blood makes her stronger, but seemed to be detrimental to her health. When Vanessa and MC confront her in Detroit, she has already captured Nitiqret, but is defeated and killed by Vanessa.

### Nosferatu

A European Vampire more ancient and powerful than Dracula. He takes an interest in the power vacuum left by Dracula's defeat and Nitiqret's departure in America. Nitiqret fears him and flees to Egypt before his arrival.

## Specials

### Mirror Mirror

*You are on a hunt with your wife Vanessa for a rogue vampire who is up to no good. The chase takes you to an amusement park and the evening starts to feel more like a date than a hunt, and soon sparks start to fly in intimate corners of the park... Read this one episode special to let Vanessa treat you to a night you'll never forget!*

### Hitchhiker's Guide to Vampire Hunting

*It's just another day in the life of a huntress and her wife, fighting an evil-doer in the forest when tragedy strikes. Vanessa is sent back in time to the moment she first met the girl from Havenfall... but everything starts to go terribly wrong. Can she get the timeline back on track or will they be separated forever? This story is from Vanessa's point of view!*

## Trivia

* Vanessa is descended from the famous Van Helsing and her family are all hunters of the supernatural, forming the Helsing Order. Vanessa has been trained from childhood to follow this tradition and is something of a prodigy. She struggles with the pressure of the expectations put on her.
* Vanessa is Jewish. She speaks Hebrew, and tries to keep kosher when she can. She wears a Star of Davi, but otherwise doesn't talk about being Jewish in small towns like Havenfall due to fear of discrimination.
* Vanessa loves anime and manga. Vanessa’s favorite anime genres are josei romance, shoujo-ai, and shounen. She enjoys shoujo romance too because it tends to be very soft and sweet.
* Vanessa can read Japanese.
* Vanessa has a strict fitness routine and in general eats very healthy.
* Having been lied to throughout her life and told that the Helsing Order discourages romance, MC is Vanessa's first relationship.
* Before Vanessa's goth aesthetic, she sported the scene look.
* Vanessa has memorized numerous magical girl transformation scenes.
* Vanessa designed her own armor.
* She is fiercely competitive.
* She has studied fighting techniques from all around the world.
* Vanessa can be incredibly shy.
* She is a big fan of hot chocolate.
* She refuses to give up her anime pillows.
* The name of her special story is a reference to the science fiction story Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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## References

1. ↑ https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/184085522313/did-you-know-that-vanessas-favorite-anime-genres
2. ↑ https://lovestruckvoltage.tumblr.com/post/190533992326/are-you-surprised-by-any-of-these-vanessa