Northdin

**Northdin** (ノースディン, *Nōsudin*) is an old, close friend of Draus and was a 15-year-old Draluc's mentor who sought to teach him to live like a proper vampire.

He has a powerful charm ability as well as ice-like powers, which earned him his moniker "The Icy Smile Lord"(氷笑卿, *hyōshōkyō*).

## Appearance

Northdin is a charming middle-aged vampire with a 'toothbrush-like mustache', according to Draluc. His mustache was grown by himself out of respect for Grandfather and to make himself appear more dignified.

He has dark blue hair and mustache, and red eyes. He wears a classic vampire black suit, brown waistcoat, white ascot, white pants, and black shoes.

## Personality

He's very smug and arrogant, but he does come off as studious and hardworking. He prefers to hide his true emotions and keep the his treasured things and people tucked away. He doesn't like showing his weaknesses.

He is also proficient as being seductive, able to harness his charm ability to hypnotize at a large scale.

Though he sides with Draus, who advocates keeping peace with humans, Northdin has long despised humans. He thinks that humans are better as livestock, though did soften up after Draluc became his apprentice (despite Draluc's resentment towards him).

## Plot

Northdin was initially born as a human. His past, including his human childhood, was "very dark and troubling," the details of which are never elaborated on (due to the unspecified dark subject matter). He was turned into vampire by Draus and was subsequently got adopted into the Dragon Clan, so he has been very grateful and respectful to Grandfather and the clan.

When Draluc was around 15 years old, Northdin offered to mentor him, worried that Draluc never learn to survive on his own (especially in regards the human-vampire conflict) under Draus' constant spoiling. Although Northdin intended to train Draluc in mastering his vampire abilities, was forced to settle on teaching him life skills. During this time, he encountered the vampire exorcist Clergy, who would go on to question the authority of the church that labeled all vampires as devils.

Later, while he was still actively mentoring a young Draluc, Northdin found Clergy in a ragged, near-death state. Seeing him as too "good and virtuous" to be human, Northdin attempted to turn him. Unfortunately, though Clergy took on a vampiric appearance, he remained in comatose state. While depressed by his own failings, Northdin placed and froze Clergy, body in an abandoned church (the pair would reunite about two centuries later).

In the present, Northdin still touts himself as Draluc's mentor. He goes so far as to attack Shin-Yokohama in order to see his growth firsthand. Still best friends with Draus, Northdin is often roped into going along with Draus' whims, which tends to involve assisting Draus a great amount.

## Abilities

* **Blizzard:** The ability to manipulate the cold and create ice. The output of this ability is tied to his emotional state; the more negativity he is experiencing, the more intense his blizzard is. Conversely, when he is at peace, the calmer it is. On a related note, it is said Draus and Draluc can't be the direct cause of a blizzard (due to how much he cares for them). His blizzard can also be activated unconsciously, particularly when Northdin is distressed or angered, so he continues to work on managing it.
* **Charm:** A powerful seductive power that he acquired through self-discipline. He is able to hypnotize others by being amicably flirtatious with them. This ability can affect humans, vampires, and animals alike regardless of gender (though Northdin prefers to use it on women).
* **Telekinesis:** Most often used on himself to make him float.
* **Transformation:** So far, he has only used this ability to transform himself into a swarm of bats.

## Trivia

* **Likes:** Members of Dragon Clan, hot tea, fire at fireplaces
* **Dislikes:** Ydan Ojisan, lewdness, humans, being called "ojisama (lit. uncle)" due to past events
* **Hobbies:** studying, gathering
* After the events of Chapter 155 and Chapter 156, Shin-Yokohama still has a fan club dedicated to him.
* Like Draus, he has also known Ydan Ojisan for a long time (as enemies).
* He wears dark blue boxer shorts.
* He owns a snowman and cat as his familiars, but he usually forbids his cat from going outdoors.
* He recently has been studying everything, ranging from NuTube to video games.
* His specialty is making scones (and he always vaunts that Draluc can never bake scones as proficient as himself).
* He, similar to Mira, thinks that Draus is dog-like, so he sometimes chastises Draus like "stay Draus stay!!".
* He is the youngest member of the Old Blood.
* Draus sometimes praises Northdin by calling him "*Sasudin* (さーすディン, lit. As Expectedin)," a portmanteau of "*sasuga Northdin (*さすがノースディン, lit. As expected of Northdin)."
	+ In contrast, if Draus is being particularly inept, Northdin sometimes scolds him by calling "*Bakaus* (バカウス )," an obvious portmanteau of *"baka Draus* (lit. Idiot Draus)."

## References

1. ↑ Toranoana leaflet for Volume 25, "A Meeting Where the Old Blood Discuss Their Childhood!!!"
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/bonnoki/status/1466385433907003393
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://note.com/bonbon\_storage/n/n5fbb3836ee8e
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Vampire Dies in No Time Official Fanbook vol. 2