Abraham Van Helsing

Professor **Abraham Van Helsing** is a recurring character on Syfy's *Van Helsing*. He is portrayed by Michael Eklund.

Van Helsing was a polymath Dutch doctor, a vampire hunter, and the original patriarch of the Van Helsing family.

## Biography

Abraham is the ancestor of Vanessa Van Helsing and all the other Van Helsings before her. He was also the twin brother of Jacob Van Helsing.

He was known as the greatest threat to the vampire race.

Van Helsing hunted down the B'ah and nearly killed her before she escaped his grasp.

He was adversaries with Dmitri, who admired and respected Van Helsing. He was also enemies with Dracula, who he managed to previously trap in the Dark Realm.

## Throughout the Series

### Season Four

When Violet calls out to Jack with no response, Vanessa warns her to calm down. The two of them suddenly find themselves face-to-face with Abraham Van Helsing himself. Abraham claims he’s no threat to them. In fact, he used to be the greatest threat vampires have ever known. Vanessa and Violet introduce themselves. Abraham suspects they have what he needs to kill the Dark One that he entombed with him in the dark realm. Vanessa reveals that they have the amulet and Van Helsing book. He finds that the book is missing pages. Vanessa explains that the family was torn apart and history was lost. She knows nothing about a weapon or pages. Vanessa asks what happened to him. Abraham explains that all their attempts to kill the Dark One had failed, and when Jacob was turned, without a weapon powerful enough to kill it, Abraham realized his only chance at stopping the Dark One was to trap it in the realm of darkness. He threw both himself and the Dark One through.

Abraham tells Vanessa and Violet that the book and the amulet are the means to open the portal to the dark realm, activated by their blood. And under no circumstances, is it to be opened without the means to kill the Dark One. Abraham warns Vanessa to be cautious as the darkness has seduced more than one Van Helsing. Abraham can see great darkness in Vanessa, which could put all of humanity in danger.

Jack continues to hear someone calling to her. Telling her to come closer. She happens upon an ancient tomb of sorts with a pentagram inscribed on it. Jack removes the lid off the tomb, releasing the Dark One.

The lights go out in Abraham’s home and he realizes the Dark One has been awoken.

The Dark One appears as a black cloud of smoke. It asks Jack to be one with it as it surrounds her. Jack can’t move as the Dark One chokes her.

It goes completely dark outside, leaving Abraham to wonder what hasn’t Vanessa and Violet told him yet. Jack shows up and explains that something terrible happened. Abraham instructs Vanessa to make a weapon. She must find the pages and open the portal, and only then can she kill the Dark One. He then tells Vanessa to leave and to take her children with her.

## Trivia

* In Bram Stoker's *Dracula*, Abraham van Helsing is a Dutch doctor who's done extensive research on vampires. Though he lacks hands-on experience with the supernatural, he's still the best hope for combating the titular count. While Van Helsing doesn't kill Dracula (which is done by Quincy Morris and Jonathan Harker), he does kill the three female vampires who serve Dracula.