Vampire Hunters (group)

The group of strong, brave men were brought together by Abraham Van Helsing, in order to defeat and put an end to Dracula and save Mina Harker from turning into an undead being.

The Vampire Hunters
They were a group of strong, capable men brought together by Abraham Van Helsing to defeat Dracula from fully turning Mina Harker into a vampire, and to be his eternally.

In order to defeat Dracula, they seem to use such trickery to defeat him, as Abraham said that he had defeated all his servants, and that there's no such way for them to defeat Dracula and his army without the use of magics, as Abraham is a genius. They had also known about the Counts weakness to sunlight, in which a direct sunlight disables the Count's wide variety of abilities, and they had taken advantage of this; the climax of the novel revolves around the iconic "Racing for the sunset" scene, in which, they abruptly attacked Dracula's cartridge, which was aiming at his castle at approximately 5PM.

Members

 * Abraham Van Helsing - Leader
 * Jonathan Harker
 * John Seward
 * Quincey Morris
 * Arthur Holmwood

Weapons
The weapons in which the group uses varies between one and another. Some uses one while others may use two or so. Quincey Morris notably keeps around a bowie knife during his travels, and at the flashback of Volume 10, a revolver was shown beside his body. John Seward was seen wielding a Winchester Repeating Rifle, although the next scene he appears in shows that he's wielding a Double-Barrel Shotgun instead. Abraham Van Helsing used a traditional Wooden Stake and Axe; this remains consistent throughout his flashback appearances. The weapon Arthur uses remains unknown, as he appeared only in one flashback. However, due to the wealth he has, the group was able to pay the expenses in order to defeat the Count.

Dracula
The group formed after Arthur Holmwood's wife, Lucy Westenra, had been gotten sick; and as a last resort by John Seward, calls his professor; Abraham Van Helsing; whom he claimed to know better than anyone when it comes to mysterious and unnamed diseases. Van Helsing arrives in Whitby, and, after his initial examination of Lucy, orders that her chambers be covered with garlic. For a time, this effort seems to stave off Lucy’s illness. She begins to recover, but her mother, unaware of the garlic’s power, unwittingly removes the odiferous plants from the room, leaving Lucy vulnerable to further attack. Seward and Van Helsing spend several days trying to revive Lucy, performing four blood transfusions. Their efforts ultimately come to nothing. One night, the men momentarily let down their guard, and a wolf breaks into the Westenra house. The shock gives Lucy’s mother a fatal heart attack, and the wolf attacks Lucy, killing her.

Not fully convinced that Lucy is actually dead; Van Helsing decided to lead the three men who were inlove with him, to Lucy's grave; and in doing so; he told the rest that Lucy had transformed into a creature known as a Vampire. While they were unconvinced by Van Helsing's words at first, they were proven very wrong after seeing Lucy preying on a defenseless child, which eventually convinced them to put an end to this. They agree to follow the ritual of vampire slaying to ensure that Lucy’s soul will return to eternal rest. While the undead Lucy sleeps, Holmwood plunges a stake through her heart. The men then cut off her head and stuff her mouth with garlic. After this deed is done, they pledge to destroy the culprit.

Hellsing
In the middle of the night the culprit, otherwise known as the mysterious "Count Dracula" succeeded in biting Mina Harker, Jonathan Harker's wife. He proceeded to drink from her and feed to her his own blood, making her into a vampire as well, but bonding her to himself as his servant Vampire.

Knowing time is short, and the only way to save Mina is to defeat Dracula, Van Helsing lead a frantic search for the Count. Due to her telepathic link to the No-Life King, they were able to use Mina to trace Dracula's steps, finally finding his whereabouts after putting her into a hypnotic state.

The group finally followed the count back to his castle and confronted him for a battle just before dawn. After a fierce "Race to the Sunset", Van Helsing and the others cornered the count and Quincey Morris was able to drive a stake through the No-Life King, defeating the Count by the light of the coming dawn. The wafer marks left Mina's flesh, a fact that Van Helsing took the opportunity to shout at the disgraced vampire and again, plunge the Stake deeper onto the Count's heart.. However Abraham decided not to deliver the finishing blow to his felled foe, instead taking Dracula's now powerless form with him back to England.

Legacy
After the defeat of Count Dracula, each member decides to live their own lives peacefully. However, Abraham Van Helsing, after discovering that there are some more vampires out there, decided to create an organization also known as the Royal Order of Protestant Knights, A.K.A - The Hellsing Organisation. The death of Quincey Morris left the group quite sad, however; they eventually managed to get over it and in return, Mina Harker and Jonathan Harker named their son after Quincey.

It is also unknown how the members of the group reacted to Abraham doing experiments on Dracula's body. However, it could be that Abraham just kept this experiment a secret, as the purpose of this group being created was to end Dracula to save Mina Harker and by letting Dracula live, the curse within Mina will still be active.

Trivia

 * While mentioning the names, Alucard did not say Jonathan Harker's, which could be a mistake on Hirano's part while naming the members of the group.
 * In addition, Hirano mistakenly wrote Seward's name as "Jack Seward" instead of "John Seward." Although Jack is John's middle name.