Derek Tepes (Earth-30)

Other Aliases:

* Yellow

 You want this to end as much as we do. Ever since mother died, this has been nothing more than **history's longest suicide note!**
—**Alucard**
**Deoric "Derek" Tepes** is more known in much darker, supernatural circles as The Vampyre of Time and Memory, **Alucard**. Born to a human father and a vampiric mother from the African kingdom of Myrth, Derek was bestowed a unique physiology as a "Living Vampire" which is what he was deemed by his mother and later, Dakari Onasi. Once thought to be impossible, Derek was a miracle and a scientific wonder to Myrth but was blessed by the Gods, nevertheless. As a Daywalker, Derek enjoyed both the powers that came with being a vampire and the joys of humanity as he still was able to consume food, stand within sunlight, all whilst still having an addiction to blood. However, after his father was turned by Dakari, Derek's mother would die tragically after being forced into sunlight. His father would lose his mind and attempt to assume command of Myrth for himself after taking the name Dracula. Forced to action to protect Myrth, Derek dubbed himself **Alucard** in spite of his father and ended his reign of terror against Myrth.

After he stopped aging, he would travel the world and go on many adventures, expanding his knowledge of the world and science. However, in the modern era, Derek would be drugged by Calypso and set loose on Las Vegas. He would eventually be stopped and cured by Tarantula but not before severely traumatizing him. Following this, Derek would begin to work at Dynamics Industires in hopes of gaining information on Dynamics to feed to Hooligans and also somehow figure out a way to cure his vampirism, wishing to rid himself of the addiction to blood.

More recently, Derek was encountered by Kang, The Conqueror and was asked to join Hollow as Derek was one of the tormentors of Tarantula across the multiverse and a viable threat to most superheroes. Kang expressed her plans for the group to become a multiversal villain team that both protects the timelines and attacks when needed. Derek agreed to join as he hoped that the secrets to curing his spiritual vampirism laid within time and space and Kang dubbed him The Vampyre of Time and Memory as a result.

## History

**Expand**

This section of the article needs to be added onto or updated. Check back soon to see the further adventures of Derek Tepes (Earth-30).

*This template will categorize articles that include it into Category:Incomplete Articles.*
## Attributes

### Powers

**Living Vampiric Physiology:** Derek is in an interesting position attributes-wise. He has all of the perks of being a vampire and none of the drawbacks, which makes him more powerful than most. After his DNA was studied by Alexis, it revealed that Derek is actively mutating as time goes on but does not receive any new abilities but instead, his base abilities are getting stronger with age. It is unknown if his tampering with magic has anything to do with this but it is important to note that Derek is not the strongest vampire. However, his physiology combined with his dark arts is enough to make him a match for Dakari Onasi and his father. While he was unsuccessful in killing his father, Vlad stated later that Derek and Dakari are the only two beings to get close.

* **Superhuman Physiology:** Derek is incredibly powerful in terms of physicality. His strength rivals that of even the most prolific of superhumans with a few notable exceptions. However, his physical strength is on par with Shay's as he was able to take hits from Shay and return them in kind with equal strength. Which is impressive because Shay was able to fight the Hulk which means that Derek could potentially fight The Hulk. Granted, the circumstances were different. As stated prior, Derek's durability is equally off the charts as he was able to take hits from his father, Shay, and even Dakari at one point which was an accident but still, he took it without showcasing any pain response. His stamina, durability, and other native abilities are insanely high as he has shown to be just as swift as Shay, if not more and just as agile, but lacks when it comes to his senses as Shay was able to react faster than Derek during their fight.

**Dark Arts/Nightospherian Magic:** After traveling the world and seeing all manner of mysticism, Derek began to home in and master Nightospherian Magic. He learned it from a woman in Brooklyn in 1986 named Veronica Meyers who taught him all about The Nightosphere and even explained that she was not native to this reality as she used the very magic she taught him to traverse the multiverse. She taught him everything she knew and he even began to surprass her but when she left, she told him to seek out The Forever Magician of Earth-30. While Derek did, he disregarded the man as nothing more than a con-artist but was wrong when the man defeated Derek before Derek even had the chance to fight back. As a result, Derek lost a potential mentor which forced him to learn more on his own. As he is a master of Nightospherian Magic, he does not compare to the likes of The Forever Magician, The Sorcerer Supreme, or even Magus from an alternative reality. Furthermore, he was primarily scared of Ren Carter and her blade, Epitaph as he learned of The Blades of Power from his time in England.

### Weaknesses

* **An Addiction to Blood:** Derek is afflicted with an extreme addiction to blood. In order to do all of the fantastical things that he needs to do, Derek must have some type of blood to survive. Before and after Calypso, Derek survived off of blood bags and various animals. However, after meeting Hooligans and such, Derek solely began to rely on blood bags as he learned that it makes him stronger than animals.

## Notes

* Derek Tepes (Earth-30), and by extension, Donuts exist outside of mainstream Marvel Universe continuity. Themselves, their stories, and other characters are unrelated and not connected to the Marvel Multiverse and exist within solely within The Donuts Multiverse.

## Trivia

* Derek has been known to enjoy a good bottle of wine which has been a point of contention between himself and Hooligans as most of them don't like wine.
* While Derek has shown villain leanings, he is more classified as a "Lethal Protector" as stated by Shay.