1915-1916 Cast

Below is a list of the cast from 1915-1916 from the novel *Dark Blaze.* This page includes major and minor characters from both Nicholas Aero and Hadrian Voivode's storylines.

The character's statuses relate to how they are by the end of the novel, in 1920. Very minor characters have been omitted from these lists, such as those mentioned only or briefly seen, such as Clayton McIntosh and Pvt. van Owen.

## **Nicholas Aero Storyline Character's Trivia:**

* The La Tissier Family name came from the former professional footballer, Matt Le Tissier.
* Charles Pelletier's story was a reflection of the Vatican Church's attempts to cover up paedophilia within their ranks.
* The exorcism of Sabine La Tissier is based on the real life exorcism of Robbie Mannheim in 1949.
* Yury Komlichenko was inspired by the Commissars which populate the world of *Warhammer 40k* and fight for the *Imperial Guard* faction, which protect mankind against supernatural and xenomorphic threats, similar to the Kataphraktoi.
* John French and Joseph Joffre were real people, and commanders during the Great War.
* Gabriel Van Helsing is the son of *Dracula* character, Abraham Van Helsing.
* Gabriel Van Helsing is known as a *Legacy Character* according Finch-Ellis.
* Darryl M. Finch-Ellis believes the following actors would suit roles for a live action adaption: Derek Theler (Gabriel Van Helsing), Michael Bisping, Karl Urban or Davey-Boy Smith Jr. (Trent Moore), Mitch Hewer (Aaron Wicks), George McKay (Alan Whitby), Tommy Flanagan (Carl McIntyre), Tom Holland (Benjamin Campbell), Dean Charles-Chapman (James Mason), Jean Reno (Gerard Platini), Christioforos Papakalitatis (Stelios Manolas), Iain Glen or Ian McKellen (Vivian Williams), Olga Kurylenko (Esmee Baille), and Richard Madden or Lewis MacDougall (Samuel McIntosh).

## **Hadrian Voivode Storyline Character's Trivia:**

* Friedrich von Laaber's last name was originally going to be *von Eingeweide*.
* George Neuer's surname is a tribute to the Bayern Munich F.C.'s goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer.
* Cuman Kurtz's name comes from the Cumans, a nomadic people who settled in Central Europe, and Kurtz, one of the central characters from *Joseph Conrad's - The Heart Of Darkness.*
* Béla Kiss was a real person, who during the war was sired and became a member of the Thule.
* Oda Nobunaga is the only attendant of the Marele Consiliu who is not a supreme-strigoi, a tremendous honour.
* Roberto Mata's last name is named after Juan Mata, a Central Midfielder who plays for Manchester United F.C.
* In this world, it is the exploits of Florin Damaschin which are the events covered in *Bram Stoker's - Dracula*.
* Julius Intintola was named after Julius Caesar.
* Nikolai II Romanov, Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, Cao Futian, Oda Nobunaga and Béla Kiss were real people.
* Basarab Voivode is named after Basarab Întemeietorul, otherwise known as Basarab I of Wallachia.
* Brecca the Black is named after Breca the Bronding.
* Sigurd Gunnarsson is named after Sigurd Snake-In-The-Eye.
* Kali Vineeth named herself after the Hindu Goddess, Kali, during the Ceremony of Maturity.
* Darryl M. Finch-Ellis believes the following actors would suit roles for a live action adaption: Leo Gregory or Anthony Starr (Julian Orndorff), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mitsurugi Sojobo), Marc Warren, Alexander Skarsgard or Michael Fassbender (Otto von Langsdorff), Carter MacIntyre (Philipp Schaub), Diane Kruger (Bianca Wedemeyer), Til Schweiger (Gunther Heidenreich), Nicholas Hoult or Daniel Bruthl (Petru Voivode), Alexander Fehling (Lothar Breitner), Gotz George (Friedrich von Laaber), Jeorg Stadler (Gyula Bozsik), Emilio Rivera (Roberto Mata), Ben Barnes (Julius Intintola), Ian McShane (Martin Murphy), Manu Bennett (Todd Miller), Selim Bayraktar (Emre Yilmaz), Cem Yigit Uzumoglu (Bertan Demir), Gordon Liu (Cao Lei), and Peter Mensah (Vincent Dossevi).