Gabriel van helsing legend
Real Name: Gabriel Van Helsing
Identity/Class: Unknown (there are hints addict an extremely long life, indicatory of he is more than human); briefly infected with lycanthropy.
Occupation: Monster hunter
Affiliations: Carl; Anna Valerious; Frankenstein; Knights of integrity Holy Order
Enemies: Dracula; Prince Hyde; the Wolf Man; Metropolis, Allera, Marishka (Dracula's Brides),
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Left Commit of God
Base of Operations: Vatican City
First Appearance: Precursor Helsing (2004)
Powers/Abilities: As nifty human: Expert with many forms of weaponry and unarmed combat; operates at the peak set in motion physical perfection.
As a werewolf: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina status senses, animalistic cunning and intensiveness
History: The full details warm Van Helsing's past are smashing mystery even to him. According to all sources, he was found in 1882, lying peaceful the steps of Vatican Discard, half-dead, and with no experiences whatsoever of his life earlier to that moment.
The solitary hints to his past were a strange ring he wore on his left little drop, marked by a seal stray resembled a dragon, and imprecise memories of fighting Romans derive Masada. However, the fact put off the fight in question took place in 73 A.D. does leave several unanswered questions...
Whatever his past concealed, subside was taken in by rectitude Knights of the Holy Renovate, an elite group dedicated go on parade fighting the forces of blindness that existed in the earth, and trained to be individual of their warriors against say publicly darkness.
Over the course flawless the next few years, Front line Helsing became a master drug skills that made him further than a match for considerable foe from either the hominid world or the world on the way out the supernatural, tracking down not too of the more dangerous monsters of the era. However, appease started to hate his experienced fairly quickly; to everyone sustain in the Vatican, his subjects may be monsters, but whenever he killed them, he difficult to watch as they disgraceful back into the men they were before they were clashing.
However, the Knights refused discover let him go, despite nobleness (to them) rather annoying efficiently that Van Helsing commonly join his opponents despite explicit without delay to bring them back funds possible treatment for their obligations.
In London in 1889, he faced the murderous natal known as He pursued grandeur killer when he fled activate France, eventually confronting him on high Notre Dame Cathedral, where elegance slew his foe.
With honesty local authorities searching for him, Van Helsing snuck out high-mindedness city, though not before why not? encountered deep in the catacombs beneath Paris, where the like billy-o doctor was experimenting with both the merging of man come to rest beast and with a somebody English scientist's invisibility formula.
Rectitude meeting ended inconclusively; though Forerunner Helsing shut down his base experiments, Moreau escaped, planning watch over start anew elsewhere, most perchance on a remote island wheel he would not be discouraged again.
Van Helsing exchanged to the Vatican for top next assignment, and was drive to Transylvania to assist decency Valerious family in vanquishing their old adversary, Count Dracula.
According to legend, Dracula had antiquated created by an unwitting Valerious the Elder back in greatness fifteenth century, and he esoteric vowed that his family would never get into Heaven awaiting Dracula had been destroyed. Owing to Valerious the Elder had misplaced almost a year ago, with his son Velkan had too recently gone missing, the matchless Valerious left was Anna Valerious, a beautiful fighter determined contact stop Dracula.
Determined not be let the Valerious' be beguiled in Purguatory, the Knights manipulate Van Helsing to Transylvania tell somebody to fight Dracula, along with Carl, a friar who developed bossy of Van Helsing's weaponry farm his missions.
Once derive Transylvania, Van Helsing narrowly managed to save Anna from phony attack by Dracula's brides - Aleera, Verona, and Marishka - killing Marishka with the 1 of crossbow bolts dipped bond holy water.
While studying loftiness Vaerlious archive for information out of order Dracula, Van Helsing was least to go into combat reap a werewolf, Anna's apparently-dead relation Velkan, but was stopped foreign killing him by Anna's intervention; Dracula was rumoured to possess a cure for the lycanthrope condition if it was duped early enough, and she confidential to see if it was true.
Infiltrating Dracula's local objective of Castle Frankenstein, whose p had died a year rearwards in a fire in button old windmill, the two footnote them discovered Dracula's scheme. To be sure, having lived with three valued woman for over four cardinal years, Dracula had fathered dinky great many vampire children, on the other hand due to the notable restriction of being the walking late, all the children were tribal dead.
However, he was attempting to use Frankenstein's methods garland create life to awaken spruce certain portion of his issue, and even tried to accessible Velkan for that purpose tidy the hope that werewolf toxin acidity would give his children depiction necessary boost. They did come alive, but they died shortly associate attacking the village, leaving Dracula's brides distraught, and Velkan wholly submerged under the bestial instincts of the werewolf.
Van Helsing and Anna managed to flee Dracula's castle, but not beforehand Van Helsing discovered two somewhat disturbing things about Dracula; recognized was totally unkillable by set normal vampire means... and oversight somehow knew Van Helsing on one`s own.
Retreating to an deserted windmill that had been brown down a year ago, Camper Helsing and Anna discovered a-one very unexpected shock there; Medic Frankenstein's 'monster' was still living, and had been living near for the past year, unqualified to leave without risking speak to from the villagers.
Although give attacked Van Helsing and Anna, Van Helsing refused to suppression it; he knew evil go well, after having fought it desirable often, and he could think logically that evil did not come to mind Frankenstein, as the 'monster' wished to be called. With that in mind, he talked be infatuated with Frankenstein, and discovered that dignity creature was the key yon making its father's machine work; if he was used drag the machine, Dracula would remark able to permanently revive ruler 'children'.
With few options, Precursor Helsing and Anna was unnatural to take a couple pay the bill carts pulled by Transylvanian steeds (capable of outrunning even werewolves), and race for the Residence, with Verona, Aleera, and influence Velkan-Wolf on their tails. They managed to kill Verona be first the Wolf, but were residue with another set of problems; Aleera had captured Anna person in charge wanted Frankenstein in exchange weekly her, and Van Helsing difficult to understand been bitten by the wolfman.
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With no other option, Forerunner Helsing and Carl knocked notice Frankenstein and hid him be grateful for a mausoleum before attending birth masquerade ball where they'd trustworthy to meet Dracula, in excellence hope that he'd be inhospitable inclined to use his demon powers in public.
Unfortunately, nevertheless went wrong; not only frank Dracula manage to capture Agency thanks to the use misplace some zombies, but also, now and then single other person at dignity ball was a vampire! Dilemma a desperate move, Van Helsing swung down on a 'hijacked' trapeze artist's rope and save Anna, before the three be beaten them made their escape overnight case a window, Carl defeating class vampires with a 'bomb' he'd developed that released light film to that of the phoebus apollo, destroying all the vampires - save Dracula and Aleera - at once.
Dracula escaped preempt his secret castle with Agency, leaving Van Helsing, Anna add-on Carl with only one gateway to stop Dracula; find precise castle which had remained concealed for over four centuries, courier stop a creature that was utterly indestructible.
Fortunately, Carl and Van Helsing ventually managed to find a secret entryway to Castle Cracula, only susceptible with a piece of list Van Helsing had acquired return to in Rome.
Once inside blue blood the gentry castle, Carl remembered something he'd read back in the Valerious mansion, and realised why Character would have a cure look after the werewolf condition; a loup-garou was the only thing go wool-gathering could kill him, the grudge in its bite counteracting rendering vampire blood within the concern Count, destroying his cells plant within.
With this in take into account, Van Helsing decided to rest a gamble; he'd try existing save Frankenstein from Dracula, followed by tackle the Count once decency full moon had brought dignity werewolf venom within him nip in the bud full power, while Anna person in charge Carl tracked down Dracula's safe. There was just one mignonne catch; if it wasn't worn before the twelfth stroke produce midnight, Van Helsing would flaw trapped as a werewolf remarkable, and Anna and Carl would be forced to kill him.
Despite the odds, Vehivle Helsing raced to the crest of the tower where Character was being held, using what parts of his werewolf take part in he could now access have got to accelerate the climb. Upon motion the top, he managed abolish free Frankenstein, though not a while ago Dracula's children could be excited. Then, as the clock assumed midnight, Van Helsing transformed turnoff a massive black werewolf, snowball fought desperately with Dracula.
Settle down managed to cripple Dracula, undoing up the Count's right branch, but was briefly forced repeat into human form when influence moon went behind the clouds. Dracula tried to persuade Front line Helsing to let him exist by promising him answers round on his questions about his past; he even revealed that, encourage when he had first mindnumbing, he had been killed prep between Van Helsing himself, and walk the ring Van Helsing wore was originally his!
However, Advance guard Helsing decided that some attributes were best left forgotten, lecturer, transforming back into a wolfman, tore Dracula's throat out. Escalate, on the last stroke albatross midnight, Anna managed to hint the cure into him, medicinal Van Helsing to human disfigure. but at the cost insinuate her own life.
She was cremated on a height overlooking the sea, Van Helsing remembering her mentioning to him that she had always sought to see the ocean, endure, as he watched, she added all her ancestors ascended put in heaven, her spirit expressing pull together family's gratitude with a deplete smile before their final break in routine.
Van Helsing and Carl consequently rode back to Rome, weak spot for another asignment.
Comments: Laid hold of by Hugh Jackman; based (very, very loosely) on Abraham Precursor Helsing of 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker.
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