Dracula Archenemy: Nosferatu (Patreon)

And now for our final villain of the night, a villain whom I've been meaning to formally introduce to you guys for some time now- It's Nosferatu, who in the NRGU is Dracula's archenemy.

ORIGIN

The once and now long-time foe of the Prince of the Nocturne, Nosferatu had been everything in being a vampire and monster that Dracula had long feared becoming, and it was meeting him that he had vowed to use his powers to help others. Originally known as Count Orlok, like Dracula he had been once a man of wealth and power. But whereas Dracula’s vampirism had been a curse brought onto him by his enemies, Orlok’s vampirism was of his own selfish desires, seeking means to expand his wealth and power over those he deemed weaker. And in his quest he had discovered and used dark magic to turn himself into a vampire. As Orlok used his curse for his own wicked means, he turned his back on humanity and became devoted to the supernatural, believing it was the inevitable destiny that the cursed should rule over humanity. Orlok’s own travels and endeavors eventually crossed paths with Dracula in the early 1900s, thinking he had found a kindred spirit who shared his beliefs and goals, and had offered Dracula a place at his side to rule the night as Brothers. But Dracula had lived longer than Orlok, gaining more insight to his curse, and seeing just how dark vampirism had turned a man like Orlok, he rejected his offer, defeating him in a battle that took Orlok’s life at the dawn of sunrise.

That should have been the end of Nosteratu for good, their meeting the pinnacle point of Dracula’s immortality that set the path for Dracula to become a force for good instead of a slave to his curse. But the rise of superhumans brought the return of dark forces that Dracula had once helped put to rest, stronger than ever. And Dracula’s brides, who sought revenge against the Prince of Nocturne for cursing them, brought back Count Orlok in a gamble of revenge against against Dracula. Now reborn in a modern age where the supernatural was now considered a myth, Orlok took advantage of this to reclaim his birthright as ther true prince of the Nocturne, governor of the supernatural and ruler of humanity. And this meant his old “friend” Dracula would have to die to do so.

Powers/Abilities

Nosferatu has all the same vampiric abilities that Dracula has, having a greater edge with more knowledge over the supernatural.

Almost immediately after I decided that I was going to turn Dracula into an NRG Superhero I knew that I wanted his archenemy to be none other than Noesferatu. Both characters are public domain and are the two most iconic vampires in horror mythology, but sadly Nosferatu is greatly overshadowed by Dracula in a lot of ways (although his recent film is starting to bring him out of Dracula's shadow). Regardless, making Dracula and Nosferatu immortal enemies just seems to make so much sense, so to build them up as enemies I had to make Nosferatu everything as the supervillain opposite to Dracula as I could. Whereas Dracula rejects his curse and tries not to be a monster people see him as, Nosferatu embraces his curse and revels in being a monster, believing himself to be the true prince of the Nocturne. Even his design is meant to be a supervillain reflection on Dracula's own superhero design.

Oh, and I mentioned Dracula's brides in his origin. You'll meet them at some point, but for now I'll say they're another part of Dracula's PD lore that I'm bringing into his rogues gallery.

Hope you guys like our take on Nosferatu! Let us know with a comment below!

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