Van Helsing, Abraham

Professor Abraham van Helsing is the husband of Elizabeth van Helsing and grandfather to Rachel van Helsing; he is also a member of the van Helsing family who had a blood feud with Dracula for centuries.

## Abraham van Helsing, Professor van Helsing, Father

### Relatives

Elizabeth van Helsing (wife), Rachel van Helsing (granddaughter), Unnamed second Mrs. van Helsing (dead), Adam van Helsing (relative), Conrad van Helsing (relative), Rache van Helsing (ancestor), Hans (ancestor), Inn Keeper van Helsing (ancestor, dead), Boris van Helsing (brother, potentially deceased), Jeremiah van Helsing (son, potentially deceased), Eveline O'Reilly Van Helsing (daughter, deceased), Rachel van Helsing (great-granddaughter, deceased), Noah van Helsing (great-step-grandson, potentially deceased), Cami van Helsing (descendant)Mr. O' Reilly (son-in-law, deceased)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Walter Ladengast (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht), Anthony Hopkins (Bram Stoker's Dracula), (Edward van Sloan

## History

### Early Years

Abraham van Helsing was born to unnamed parents during early to middle 1800s. Abraham's childhood is currently unknown.

### Teen Years

Professor van Helsing's teenage years are questionable.

### Adulthood

Professor Abraham van Helsing was a legendary monster hunter during the mid to late 1800s, where he frequently clashed with Count Vlad Dracula, the king of all vampires. Professor Abraham, at some point, met the ancient mutant Apocalypse and mistook him for a vampire because of his appearance.

### Dracula

When Count Dracula arrived at Whitby on the Demeter, he almost immediately began hunting for fresh victims. Count Dracula found Lucy Westenra, a friend of Mina Harker's, and began the seduction that would ultimately transform Lucy into a vampire. Lucy’s fiancé, Arthur Holmwood, discovered that Lucy was sick, and sought the aid of Doctors Doctor John Seward and Professor Abraham van Helsing. But neither of them were able to save Lucy's life. Lucy died and rose from the grave as a vampire. Arthur, and Professor Van Helsing went to her tomb and captured her during sunrise. They hammered a wooden stake through her heart, destroying her.

Jonathan and Mina returned from Budapest and learned about everything that has happened to Lucy. Jonathan even saw Count Dracula striding down the streets of London. Jonathan told Professor van Helsing and Arthur of his trials at Castle Dracula, and Professor van Helsing understood that Dracula must have been the vampire lord responsible for turning Lucy into one of the undead. During the next few evenings, Count Dracula discovered Mina Harker and bagan seducing her. Jonathan, Doctor Seward, Arthur, and Professor van Helsing learned that the only way to save Mina from suffering a fate similar to Lucy’s was to destroy Dracula.

They banded together and flushed the vampire out of London. They trailed him back to his castle in Transylvania where they waited until the sun rose. Catching Count Dracula powerless inside his dungeon coffin, they stabbed him with sharp knives until he was apparently destroyed.

### Apocalypse

Later on, Professor Van Helsing met Apocalypse once again when he joined him, Jack Starsmore, Frederick Slade, and Ozymandias to combat Count Dracula and the undead members of Clan Akkaba. They were at first overwhelmed by the vampires, but eventually emerged victorious thanks to Frederick and Jack.

Professor Van Helsing then left Europe to head to the Americas, having heard of large, white furred, man-eating monsters in the north, also known as Wendigos.

### Death

He was eventually ambushed by Dracula and killed.

## Attributes

### Abilities

* Abraham van Helsing possesses vast knowledge of the undead, particularly nosferatu. Much of this came from misconstrued lore and some findings by Abraham van Helswing.
* **Multilinguistic**: Professor van Helsing can speak multiple languages.
	+ Dutch
	+ German
	+ English