Dark Duke

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The **Dark Duke** is one of the Five Arbitrators/Leaders of the Dark World Arbitration Department, one of the 13 Vampire Guardians, and Damon's Personal Guardian/Foster Uncle. He also unofficially holds the title of Guardian of England, much like that of Ye Qingcang for China and Oleg Nikolavich for Russia.

He is the leader of the Five Chiefs of the Dark World Arbitration Department and is the strongest among them. His Divine Artifact is the Divine Goblet of Blood, the department's most powerful Spirit Artifact.

## Appearance

He was wearing a luxurious tight noble suit with a black cape and a rhino leather belt imprinted with complex patterns, as well as a pair of black riding boots. He was a middle-aged man of extremely good looks and scarlet eyes; he looked as if he were the king of darkness.

## Personality

He was acting with an ancient and elegant manner, just like a Medieval noble. Damon was like a child compared to him; his strength and experience were leagues away from the Dark Duke’s.

## History

### Past

During the time that the British Empire had conquered the world, the Dark Duke and his companions was the one who guarded the kingdom for the next 300 years as the Higher Member of the Dark World Arbitration Department.

He did it while ruling the entire Dark World and confronting the Christian Church for centuries. Even the nine Immortal State Cardinals can’t do anything to him. He also helped the Christian Church when the United States forced them to shut down.

Appeared also rumors that he was the controller behind the Western World. Countless consortiums and countries were manipulated by the Dark Lord. Even the few Immortal State Warriors of the West World had to obey his orders.

He was also the one who has been controlling everything behind the Dark World since ancient times. The many rules that were set in place—including the categorization of the mercenary groups, bounty hunters and the Extraordinary, as well as the ranking on the big rolls and the ranking of the assassin organizations.

### Current

When Damon and his allies was attacked by Chen Fan in the Withered Castle, the Dark Duke interferes and introduces himself to Chen Fan. But Chen Fan refuses to stop killing Damon, and when he did, the Dark Duke was enraged and commanded the French Special Forces and the Kindred Warriors to attack him, while both him and Arthur escaped.

Later in the Wisteria Manor in Romania, he and the Dark World Arbitration Department alongside it's other chiefs came to give a Death Sentence to Chen Fan and his sect's members, and each of them fight each chiefs. When Chen Fan awakened his Peak-Stage Spirit Sea level when they thought he was about to lose, the Chiefs was defeated one by one, but the Dark Duke used the Divine Goblet Of Blood to block the attack and later escaped. When Chen Fan performed the Bloodline Slaughtering Spell, it didn't affect both the Blood Ancestor and the Dark Duke, who was using the Blood to protect and conceal himself.

After escaping from the failed assassination attempt on Chen Fan he gathered the blood of countless humans in order to resurrect Reinhart Von Camarilla to seek revenge. However, When Reinhart was no match for Chen Fan, the Duke who tried to escape again was killed alongside him at the conclusion of the battle.

## Paraphernalia

**Divine Goblet Of Blood:** Created by Reinhart Von Camarilla and held by the Dark Duke until their demise. It is considered the department's ultimate divine artifact and contained the blood and resentment of millions of humans and was able to repel the Fiery Golden Eyes and heal members of the Kindred. It was even powerful enough to protect the Dark Duke from the Bloodline Origin Curse. It has the unique ability of converting human blood into fiend blood, which was a substance that was fatal to humans, but provided enormous benefits for members of the Kindred. It was also said that this blood could defile the holiest man on Earth and even an angel. To the Earth's Kindred, it was their equivalent of the Holy Grail.

1. ↑ Chapter 563, Source
2. ↑ Chapter 563