John Seward

John Seward (ジョン・スワード,) is one of the main characters from the novel, Dracula. In the Hellsing manga he made a short cameo appearance in Volume 8, and later made a cameo in Volume 10 along with Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, and Mina Harker.

Appearance
Seward is shown to be a young man with a big and long blonde hair, and wears a what seems like to be a grey, floppy brimmed fedora. He's also shown to be quite fit, and almost as tall, if not taller than Abraham Van Helsing. He wears a large, grey coat with cape with a white lining and large white cuffs.

His appearance however would change in his next cameo appearance in Volume 10, where he's shown to be wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt with high collar and a tie under an oversized green overcoat with ruffles on exclusive on his shoulder, similar to what Sir Helsing wore during the confrontation with Count Dracula. He also wore a pair of white gloves and a matching green trousers and brown business shoes. He had blue eyes, is a tall man and had a short, combed to the back, blonde hair.

He used a double-barrel shotgun as his weapon during the final fight, though he briefly used the Winchester Repeating Rifle during the race against the sunset.

Personality
Seward is inquisitive, always seeking to understand, based on his discussions with asylum patient. He is also loyal and kind, which is emphasized by the care and attention he gives Lucy Westenra after she begins to exhibit symptoms of an unknown illness which they later recognize as the onset of vampirism. He is best friends with Quincey Morris and Arthur Holmwood. All three propose to Lucy Westenra on the same day. Although Lucy turns down Seward's marriage proposal, his love for her remains, and he dedicates himself to her care when she is suddenly taken ill.

Novel Description
"The former pupil of the vampire expert Professor Van Helsing, John Seward is in charge of a lunatic asylum in which one of the patients is displaying strange symptoms connected to a devotion to Count Dracula. Seward is in love with Lucy, and although she turns down his marriage proposal, he remains a good friend, travelling to Transylvania after her death to hunt down the evil Count."

- Dracula by Bram Stoker, page 450: EXTRA MATERIAL FOR YOUNG READERS.

Dracula
Seward is the administrator of an insane asylum not far from Count Dracula's first English home, Carfax. Throughout the novel, Seward conducts ambitious interviews with one of his patients, R. M. Renfield, in order to understand better the nature of life-consuming psychosis, or as he calls it, zoophagous.

As a psychiatrist, Seward enjoys using the most up-to-date equipment, including using a recording phonograph to record his interviews with his patients and his own notes. Several chapters of the novel consist of transcriptions of Seward's phonograph recordings. One of the main contributions made by Dr. Seward is his recordings of the events depicted from his personal perspective as a doctor; allowing the reader to gain a scientific understanding of the behaviour of vampirism through his behavioural analysis of Renfield.

He calls in his mentor, Abraham Van Helsing, to help him with her illness, and he helps Seward to realise that Lucy has been bitten by a vampire and is doomed to become one herself. After she is officially destroyed and her soul can go to heaven, Seward is determined to destroy Dracula.

Hellsing
He was present during the fierce fight between Abraham's men and the Count, and eventually, the Count was defeated and was seemingly finished off by Abraham. Later on, he and the others, including Abraham was mentioned by Dracula, now Alucard, during his fight with Alexander Anderson; with the Count telling Anderson to defeat him, just like what those men (referring to the group of Vampire Hunters that defeated him) did.

Trivia

 * His name was mistakenly written out as "Jack Seward (ジャック・セワード,)" in both English and Japanese version of Volume 8.
 * Although "Jack" is confirmed to be apart of John's name, Seward throughout the novel is still referred to as "Seward" and "John" for the most part. It's likely a misreading done by Hirano.