Raphael Le Rouge FINISHED [Shot to death]

Death: Pursued to his ancient castle by agents of Iscariot, Raphael was finally felled by a well-placed sniper shot to the head by Meabh Eir.

Have you see the OVA or read the manga series of Hellsing? If so how far have you gotten? If not please direct your attention to YouTube, and watch OVA 1-4 at least. Warning: If you have watched the anime we require you watch the OVA, or read the manga. The anime is not canon. This is not our opinion. This is the law set down by the creator of Hellsing, Kouta Hirano. Everything except the Manga.

Name: Le Seigneur du Sang(The Lord of Blood) a.k.a. Raphael Le Rouge

Age: 350, appears 25

Gender: Male

Physical appearance: Raphael is 6 feet 2 inches tall. His skin is a semi-pale white. His eye's are jet black in color, giving people staring into them the impression of either a bottomless pit, or a black hole, sucking you in. His hair is medium length, falling past his ears and between his eye's. His hair itself is jet black. His face is angular in shape. His muscles are well toned and enhanced by his vampiric powers. His weight is approximately 223lbs.

Clothing of choice: Raphael wears a white shirt underneath a golden vest. Overtop of the vest, Raphael wears a dark blue trench coat. The cuff's on the sleeve are colored a blood red with golden markings on them. He wears black gloves. His pants are also a dark shade of blue. The pants are tucked into his boots, which are dark brown and have a silver top, silver toe, and the bottom and heel are colored silver as well. He also wears a light blue scarf around his neck. Since Raph doesn't walk in the city streets, preferring shadowed rooftops, he doesn't have an alternate attire.

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Weaponry of choice: Raphael uses a longsword made out of the finest steel. While not unbreakable, it can withstand great punishment before even fracturing or cracking. The hand guard is silver in color with blood red markings on it. The hilt is jet black with 3 small, golden lines running along it, evenly spaced out on the hilt. The pommel is golden. The swords scabbard has a base color of silver. Parts of the scabbard are raised slightly and colored blood red like the markings on the hand guard. The base silver color runs between these elevated red pieces, forming an elegant design. In total the blade is 5 feet in length and the width of the blade is 2 inches.

Race: Vampire Category D, reverted from a Category A

Abilities: Raph's second ability is to transform, however, at this point, the ability is in its basic stage. At Cat D, he grows a pair of bat-like wings which allow him to fly. At Cat C, the shape of his jaw changes and his fangs become more pronounced as well as his other teeth becoming razor sharp. He also gains claws at this stage on both his hands and feet, with a single blade like claw sticking out from the back of both his hands as well. At Cat B, the rest of his body becomes more of a humanoid bat hybrid, but only in bone structure and body shape. At Cat A, the transformation finalizes and he loses his hair, and his skin becomes more leathery and alot tougher to pierce with normal weaponry. Normal weaponry includes non-blessed/silver blades and all non-blessed/silver bullets. However, his tough skin becomes softer and much easier to pierce for a 6 second window if a blessed blade/bullet or blessed/silver bullet passes within a foot of it. However, the item will only cause that section of his skin to become soft. So for example, if the bullet passed by his thigh, and depending on the size of the bullet, whatever portion of skin that it passes over, is what becomes soft, the rest stays tough. Even without this natural weakness, silver/blessed weaponry can still pierce his hide, making it the most effective way to fight him at that point. Explosives, whether it be full on explosives like C4 or explosive bullets/blades, will do more than normal weaponry(explained above), they will still only go so far, still making silver and blessed weaponry the best choice.

The bread and butter of vampires, often these sorts of vampires are a step up from the Category F, having evolved from that level to be a better fit hunter of the night. They are the second largest group of vampires, but still cannot match up to the numbers of the Category F sorts.

Traits: Regeneration may take a long amount of time for major damage (ie: 15 posts), sublime supernatural strength, agility, stamina, durability, and reflexes, big weakness to silver and blessed weaponry but survivable, killable through conventional means, ability to turn virgins into vampires, non-virgins into somewhat weak ghouls, the need to drink blood occasionally, susceptible to unblessed damage (still fatal to them), meagre weakness to sunlight (as in they get sick around it).



Organization: Unaffiliated, Attempting to recreate The Shadow Court

Personality: Raphael is a very overconfident person at times, and it causes him to be severely pissed off when he loses. Being sealed away by the Vampire Hunter did nothing to help this. However, he is no fool. If he believes a situation to be too dangerous, he sends his thralls in his stead, preferring to stay in the back and let others do the fighting, until he thinks that it is up to him to get things done. He does not like being lead. He prefers to do the leading. If someone orders him around, he does not take it kindly. He will express his disatisfaction, and if he is above you, he might even try to kill you. After learning that his 318 year imprisonment inside a blessed coffin caused him to revert from a Cat A to a Cat D, he tends to get pissed more easily at his weakened state, and wishes to return to his former glory and crush all those that oppose him. He believes that all Humans should be eradicated and has a deep hatred for priests, the Iscariot priests imparticular. He views all Vampires serving the Hellsing Organization as pets that should be liberated from their Human masters.

Rank: N/A, Leader if recreation of the Shadow Court is successful.

Biography: Raphael Le Rouge was born in 1654, to the Lord of one of the many regions of France. Raphael was raised to be a proper young man and was expected to take his father's place as Lord of the region when he passed. Throughout his childhood, Raphael eagerly awaited this day, and prepared for it, accepting it as his destiny. As he grew older, Raphael became very ambitious. He wanted his father's title sooner, but he lacked the power necessary to usurp the throne. So he grudgingly awaited the day, when his chance finally presented itself.

One day, at the age of 25, he decided to spend a considerable amount of time in his personal quarters in the eastern tower of the castle. He stared out of the far right window. The stars shown brightly in the night sky, and the moon was red. As the wind blew through the window, he heard a soft step behind him. He turned to face the intruder. A woman, with bright red eye's stood before him. She introduced herself as Katrina. Raphael had never seen or heard of her before, but he knew she wasn't human. Since she knew Raphael was no match for her, she made him an offer. Give himself to her, and he would become more powerful. As cliche as that sounded, he agreed, as he desired more power. She sunk her teeth into his neck and began drinking. When she finished, she stepped back and looked at Raphael. As he opened his eye's, they too were a bright red. He was now a Vampire. He smiled a devilish grin.

The following day, Lord Le Rouge and his wife went missing, leaving Raphael to inherit the throne. In truth, he had killed them in the night and consumed their blood, hiding their bodies where no one could find them. Katrina appeared before him after he was proclaimed Lord. Raphael asked her to become his wife, and she agreed. Over the next few years, they consumed the blood of the castle staff, and would make occassioanl trips into the local villages to sate their thirst. Their power grew immensely over the years, and eventually, some of the more powerful vampires in France flocked to Castle Le Rouge. Proclaimed their leader, Raphael established The Shadow Court. A group of powerful Vampires intent on taking control of all of France.

Eventually, Raphaels plans grew even more ambitious. He wanted to create a world shrouded in darkness, so that Vampires could roam freely, and not be constrained to the night. Because of his identity as a Vampire being common knowledge, the whole of France began referring to him as Le Seigneur du Sang, or The Lord of Blood. In an ongoing effort to make a list of all known Vampires in France, the King commissioned the writing of a tome called The Nightwalkers. Raphaels name as well as his nickname were recorded in the book along with all his deeds. The only thing not listed, was what he planned to do. The tome was eventually lost in England, and so one copy only exists.

The King of France, pushed to the breaking point, enlisted the aid of an infamous Vampire Hunter who had never been beaten, it was also said that he was very powerful priest from the Vatican in Rome. The hunter went to Castle Le Rouge and defeated all of the Vampires there, save for Raphael and Katrina. Raphael sent Katrina far away from the castle, to hide and only return should he prevail. Raphael and the hunter fought for an entire day, with only the western and southern towers bearing any damage. Knowing that they were evenly matched, the hunter forced him into the bowels of the castle and forced him into his own coffin. The priest placed a very powerful blessing on the coffin, sealing it for all eternity. However, the coffin could still be opened from the outside, by someone not of the undead. Katrina fled the castle that day and returned 3 days later, hoping to find her husband still alive. When she entered the castle basement, she came upon Raphael's closed and blessed crypt, as well as the priest's corpse that had turned to dust. Knowing that she could not free him, Katrina fled the castle, fearing that other similarily powerful vampire hunters, may come seeking stragglers. For the next 318 years, she too, was not seen again. It is assumed that she was found and killed, but no body or ashes have turned up.

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Raphael awoke in his chair. His right hand was curled into a fist and pressed up against his tilted head. "Katrina, my wife, what is it?" Katrina had been shaking him. Something she didn't usually do. "We have an uninvited guest making his way through the lower halls." Raphael sturred in his seat and listened. He could hear the sounds of blades striking blades, and arrows whizzing through the air. The sounds grew louder and louder and the fighting moved ever closer. By the sound of things, his thralls were being dispatched quite easily. "A powerful one at that." His top two lieutenants were standing in the middle of the room facing the main doors. Francois and Giovanni, were their names. The sounds of battle died down, and moments later, the main doors opened. A man dressed in shining armor and blue cloth stepped into the room. A silver cross hung around his neck and a leather-bound book tucked into a satchel aroud his waist. "I congratulate you for making it this far, Priest. But you shall go no further." boomed Raphael. His voice echoed throughout the hall. His top two lieutenants rushed the priest, and with a quick swing of his sword, he cut them both down.

Raphael scowled and arose from his throne. "Katrina. I bid you leave this place, and do not return unless I prevail over this priest." Katrina looked as though she was about to speak, but when Raphael's bright crimson eye's turned to meet her's she withdrew and fled through the side corridor. Raphael turned his gaze back to the priest and drew his sword. "It appears that its just you and me now, priest. I should warn you, I am not as weak as my subjects." The priest grinned and chuckled. "They wouldn't have hired me if you were weak. This should be exciting.... abomination." The priest lunged forward. Raphael sidestepped and blocked the blow with his sword. Their eye's met. Raphael used his left hand to draw his pistol. He aimed it at the priest, who noticed it immediately and jumped back as the pistol discharged and missed. Raphael holstered it. "Not bad, priest. Your quick. This should be fun. Raphael moved swiftly and came up beside the priest, swinging his blade, attempting to cleave his head from his shoulders. The priest ducked and swung his own blade, thrusting it forward in an attempt to pierce Raphael's heart. Raphael spun around the priest, avoiding the blow just in time. The battle continued for the rest of the day, their powerful clashes destroying the ceiling and tearing down the western tower.

Their battle soon moved into the depths of the castle. They busted through the door to Raphael's underground chambers, where his steel coffin resided. Raphael blocked an oncoming blow from the priest. "Your attacks are futile. You cannot defeat me." The priest reeled back from one of Raphael's swings. "Aye, it would appear we're on even terms." They were both bloodied and beaten from the attacks they did manage to land, but nothing fatal. The priest eye'd the coffin and realized that there was only one way to defeat this vampire. Raphael braced for another attack, but was caught off guard when the priest went to kick him. The kick struck Raphael's blade and sent him flying into his casket. "The priest forced the lid shut before Raphael had a chance to retaliate. The priest pulled out his bible and began reciting and ancient prayer. He focused all of his energy onto the coffin, placing a very powerful blessing onto it, sealing Raphael inside. The priest collapsed onto the ground out of exhaustion, and soon after, died, having used all of his energy placing the blessing. For the next 318 years, Raphael remained locked inside the coffin, laying dormant, waiting for some poor fool to release him. As he waited, he began to weaken, and he reverted from a Category A Vampire, to a Category D due to lack of blood, using the souls that he had consumed to sustain himself and to prolong his reversion.

Alright, let's go through this step by step.

Name: Fine by me

Age: The 350 is a bit on the sketchy side but unlike other apps shooting for a high age you actually explain why he hasn't been killed the hell off yet. Tentatively I'm alright with it for now.

Gender: No problem there.

Physical Appearance: Semi-pale is an awkward description, jet black eyes are a wee bit in sue territory but those are nit picking things on my part. I would like a weight on this guy though. It's one thing to say he's in good shape but once we have a weigh to put with his height it's far easier to get specific, accurate ideas of what he looks like.

Clothing of choice: Seems like the outfit lends itself more to the "Tales" video game series but it works well enough considering the time period when he got it and was walking around. That being said, in that get up you won't be walking the streets without being gawked at by every pedestrian nearby savy?

Weaponry of choice: Okey dokey, couple issues with the sword. First, specify whether the hand guard is made from silver or simply silver in color. Second, change the wording on the length of the sword. 4-5 feet isn't gonna cut it, I want an exact length. Third, and a lot of people on here make this mistake, you said the width of the blade is 6-7 inches. Traditional longswords had blades about 2 inches wide with larger swords reaching around 2.5 inches on the high end. So basically, if you still want to go with the sword shown in your character appearance picture you need to adjust the width to about two inches.

Race: Add in Category D for clarification.

Abilities: It's blank. Copy/paste the Category D vampire abilities.

Organization: The name seems a tad cliche to me but it's definitely acceptable as is.

Personality: Acceptable.

Rank: Here's another area where alot of people make the same mistake. Rank refers to your station within an organization, NOT your spot on the vampire evolutionary chain. In your case it would be N/A until you establish your Shadow Court and become it's leader.

Biography: First things first, this section seems rushed in general. This is a kid that's dreaming of killing off his own parents? He's a damn sociopath! That deserves a little more time and explanation. Next thing is this Katrina girl. Why did she seek Le Rouge out in the first place? Why bother turning him? (a bit nit picky but how did he hear a "silent footstep"?) Perhaps most importantly, why did she suddenly become subordinate to him after he was turned? You see it in movies sometimes when a strong female character is randomly portrayed as helpless and incompetent to make the main male character look good. When did Raphael shoot past her in power and unsheath the pimp hand? Lastly, what happened to her after Raphael was sealed away?

RP Sample: Overall it looks pretty good.

So in summary, clean up the grammar errors and technicalities I pointed out. Add in the abilities section. Once all that's taken care of I'll happily approve you.

Wow, I left alot of loose ends. I'll get to work on that ASAP.

EDIT: Actually, I did kinda explain why he wants to kill his parents. He wanted his father's throne sooner, and in order to do that instead of waiting for the old coot to die off, he plotted to kill his parents in order to usurp the throne. As for Katrina seeking him out, she didn't. She was out looking for a good drink and stumbled upon him. And in truth, she wasn't his subordinate. They were on an equal level. The reason they married is sort of a mutual like of each other, though they weren't necessarily in love at that point. They couldn't have kids because they were vampires. Though I can explain where she went. That was meant to be open ended in the event someone wanted to take her up as a character to RP alongside Raphael. As far as their power goes, she is initially stronger than he is, obviously. The reason he was the primary leader of the Shadow Court, is because he was a better leader than she was. As the years progressed, and their continual feeding continued, Raph grew in power until he became a Cat A. Katrina was too, but Raphael was more powerful at this point.

As for leaving abilities blank, it was because I couldn't think of anything to put for his unique ability, and then I forgot to put something there before slapping the FINISHED on the topic title. I realized this after I was in school. Was hoping no one would catch that until I got home. You beat me to it.

And the book The Nightwalkers, being lost in England, is supposed to be the point where the major orgs learn of his identity after he does enough to make them want to kill him so badly. Someone in either Hellsing or Iscariot finds the book. Whether it turned up in a library somewhere or was found in a cave. If Hellsing finds it, then its a quest to kill another rogue vampire as per usual. If Iscariot finds it, there's already a link there because of the priest that sealed him away in the first place. So Iscariot might be a little pissed that he was freed, probably by some stupid peasant.

Adjustments made.

I'm still on the fence about the first meeting with Katrina. She really just stumbled into his room in the castle and decided "I'm gonna make a boy toy out of that hot piece of ass"? Seems more likely she'd just eat him and be done with it. All this being said, I'm willing to let it slide. As for the abilities though, get rid of the clone ability. No way, no how, not gonna happen. The man bat stuff I'm fine with, mostly because it reminds me of the beast form Dracula adopted here and there in Coppola's film version. Since that movie helped inspire Hirano I figure it's good to encourage references like that. Anywho, before I ramble even more, lose the clone ability and it's an approval from me.

um for me on the second ability, the final stage give examples of normal weaponry because on here that can be a number of things. Especially for the time period we are in. ]]

Also does the transformation just affect his appearance and at its highest level give some added defense? Does he become susceptible to blessed/silver weapons since he takes on a beast form?

The clone thing I completely agree with Anderson.

Everything else looks fine

I can see why you turned down that ability. So i'm not gonna argue about it. I've also explained more on the second ability.

The transformation does not just affect his appearance. From the earliest stage onward, his bat-like wings allow him to fly in open sky, and glide inside buildings with large rooms, making him faster. At his Cat B stage, he grows wolverine-like claws, in a way. His fingernails essentially become razor sharp and extend outward to resemble claws, with a single, longer, razor sharp, blade like claw protruding from the back of his hand ala wolverine. In his final stage, he does gain a much better defense to the point where normal weaponry i.e. non-blessed/silver weaponry, can scratch the surface, but won't penetrate very far. However, he is still very much susceptible to silver and blessed weaponry. I actually explained that he has quite the weakness to it at that point. The reason I added in the different forms at different categorys is because by the time he's a Cat A, I wanted him to be the badass Vampire Lord(Dawnguard reference FTW) that he was 318 years ago

In any event, finished the changes.

I don't think those claws will be quite as effective as you think they will but if it's what you want I'm fine with the sheet's current setup.

APPROVALS: 01

DISAPPROVALS: 00

Hey, their sharp and hard enough to pierce flesh, so they're good enough for me.

alright, Yeah the claws were pretty weak in Dawnguard, but oh well.

Approved: 2

Disapproval: 0