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Count Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/) is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. He is considered the prototypical and archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction.
Count Dracula is the first character to come to mind when people discuss vampires. [144] Dracula succeeded by drawing together folklore, legend, vampire fiction and the conventions of the Gothic novel. [143] Wendy Doniger described the novel as vampire literature's "centrepiece, rendering all other vampires BS or AS".
The video game series Castlevania is one of the long running video game series featuring Dracula as a final boss character. Count Dracula has appeared in video games ranging from being a lead character to brief cameo appearances. [116] Among the first Dracula-themed computer games was The Count (1979) by Scott Adams.
R. M. Renfield is a fictional character who appears in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. [2] He is Count Dracula's deranged, fanatically devoted servant and familiar, helping him in his plan to turn Mina Harker into a vampire in return for a continuous supply of insects to consume and the promise of immortality.
Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.An English solicitor, his journey to Transylvania and encounter with the vampire Count Dracula and his Brides at Castle Dracula constitutes the dramatic opening scenes in the novel and most of the film adaptations.
In the 1977 adaptation Count Dracula, he is merged with the Arthur Holmwood character and renamed Quincey Holmwood. To date, Morris has been portrayed in film and television by: Jack Taylor in Count Dracula (1970)-here he is an Englishman and Lucy’s fiancé; Richard Barnes (as Quincey Holmwood) in Count Dracula (1977)-here he is Lucy’s fiancé
The film Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), which is a modern retelling of Dracula, has a character similar to Mina named Donna (played by Donna Anders) being the main target of the titular vampire. It's the death of her mother, whom Yorga was dating, that starts the plot.
The main character Dia becomes Dracula's fourth bride. In Dracula's Brides: A Paranormal Romance Anthology, the three Brides are named Crina, Emilia and Isabella. In The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, the two dark-haired brides are sisters Kisaiya and Lillai. The blonde bride is an unnamed countess.