Alucard

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Volume 8 gives brief flashbacks of his human days. It is not explicitly shown or stated how he became a vampire, but there is a scene showing him drinking blood from the floor before an executioner.^[1]

The series mentions the events of Bram Stoker's Dracula, but deviate at the point of Dracula's defeat. In Hellsing, he was staked in the heart but not destroyed. It is unknown if he was forced into servitude or was willing, but he became a servant of the Van Helsing family. He, along with a young Walter C. Dornez, were sent to Warsaw, Poland to stop Millennium's vampire production program.^[2] Integra's father eventually imprisoned Alucard in a dungeon in the Hellsing manor, as he believed the vampire was too powerful to be used frequently.^[3] After 20 years of imprisonment, Integra's blood awakened and resuscitated Alucard. He rescued Integra from her traitorous uncle and became her servant.^[4]

[edit]Personality

Alucard taunts and belittles his opponents, allowing them to inflict wounds before healing and retaliating, as shown within pages of his first appearance in the manga.^[5] He longs for battle.^[6]

He expresses admiration for some humans, calling Integra's order to kill "splendid"^[7] and the determination of his rival, Alexander Anderson, to destroy him an example of the "fantastic" and "magnificent" qualities of humans.^[8] He recognizes Anderson as a parallel to himself, and pities him.^[9]

Alucard expresses extreme disgust with the vampires he hunts, especially when they kill without purpose. When commenting on the "Bonnie and Clyde" early in the story, he lists the two vampires' pointless killing in his catalog of how pathetic they are.^[10]

[edit]Abilities

Alucard is immortal and does not age.^[11] Other characters are hard pressed to severely wound him, and even when he receives extreme damage, he simply reforms.^[12] He cannot be destroyed via decapitation or being staked through the heart.^[13] He exhibits incredible accuracy when firing his twin large caliber handguns, and is capable of accurately shooting targets while looking the other way.^[14][15] He can physically tear humans apart with ease and move faster than the eye can see.^[16] He is seen passing through walls^[17] and moving up vertical surfaces.^[18]He shapeshifts into various forms, including bats,^[19] insects,^[20] demonic dogs,^[21] amorphous masses of darkness,^[22] and other humanoid forms.^[23][24] He can communicate with telepathy at least with Seras^[16] and can hypnotize other characters.^[7] He can absorb memories through blood^[25] and is immune or resistant to sunlight.^[26]