Alucard

Alucard Morningstar is the head of a vampire coven from New Orleans, who arrives in St. Louis to kill Nate Temple after Nate kills vampires under Alucard's protection. He first appears in Grimm.

## Appearance

According to Nate: *His eyes were dark, distant, and lazily aware. Like a lion...He wore trendy black slacks with the stereotypical loose-fitting white dress shirt of vampires from every movie ever made. A tailored coat hugged his torso before flaring out at the hips like a Steampunk piece, complete with oversized buttons and crisscrossing straps, reminding me of a 1700’s era Colonial Pirate or Privateer. His hair was pulled back in a ponytail and a pair of heavy leather boots covered his feet, completing the look. His skin was naturally pale, but he had acquired a light tan somehow.*

## Biography

Alucard is from New Orleans, LA, and has a sister, Nevaeh. Having been given the name Alucard Morningstar by his voodoo-involved parents, he decided to own the moniker, and fell in with a 'bad crowd'. These turned out to be vampires. They murdered Alucard and turned him into a vampire, as well. The Kiss he was inducted into was old-school, wanting nothing more than to dominate and victimize humans, and feed. Alucard wanted something more.

He began turning bankers, real estate moguls, and politicians and the like. He demanded 50% ownership in their projects or he would out them as vampires. Eventually, he'd amassed enough money and power to oust the more powerful vamps in the city. Those who objected were killed. Unfortunately, not all vamps in NOLA agreed with Alucard's more businesslike, less bloodthirsty rule. He found the leader of this faction and killed him. That resulted in the other rebellious vamps turning on him for killing one of his own.

Alucard found out that the true leader of the coup against him was his sister, Nevaeh, who demanded he join her to rule NOLA from a position of power. Alucard killed her, only to find that, in doing so, he had become the bloodthirsty monster he'd tried to avoid. Shortly after, he traveled to St. Louis to track down a group of vampires who were impersonating him and attempting to expand into the new city. At this point, Alucard met Nate Temple. This changed his life, as encounters with Nate tend to do.

Alucard become the Reds' *de facto* stepfather after their mother is killed in battle with the Grimms. When they are kidnapped to Kansas City, Alucard realizes his sister isn't dead, after all, and she is trying to force Alucard to join her by threatening the girls. He and Nate kill Nevaeh - again - and rescue the twins.

During a battle against Rumpelstiltskin, AKA Silver Tongue, Alucard was gravely wounded. He instinctively reached for someone to drink from to heal himself, but it happened to be Tory, whose blood had been changed by her encounters with the Fae Sprites. Alucard was transformed, becoming a Daywalker who not only no longer needs blood and can walk in daylight, but in facts needs sunlight to recharge his now expanded powers. At the Vaults, the Freak bank, the magical light spell placed to expose anyone trying to conceal themselves reveals Alucard as a shining, godlike being of incredible beauty, like an angel of fire. He's described as beautiful and majestic, with ruthless eyes, but his robes are tattered and stained with blood. When active in Fae, he leaves golden footprints behind.

(Master vamp in Boston, head of Sanguine Council, allies with Callie...)

## Series Appearances

Alucard is an major character in the Templeverse, appearing in nearly every Temple Series novel, as well as crossing over into both companion series.

* Nate Temple Series
	+ Grimm
	+ Silver Tongue
	+ Beast Master
	+ Beerlympian
	+ Tiny Gods
	+ Daddy Duty
	+ Wild Side
	+ War Hammer
	+ Nine Souls
	+ Horseman
	+ Knightmare
	+ Ascension
	+ Carnage
	+ Dark Horse
* Feathers and Fire
	+ Whispers
	+ Black Sheep
	+ Godless
	+ Trinity
	+ Halo Breaker
	+ Angel Dust
* Phantom Queen
	+ Cosmopolitan
	+ Dark and Stormy

1. ↑ Grimm, Ch. 17