Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing

Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing (インテグラル・ファルブルケ・ウィンゲーツ・ヘルシング卿,) is one of the three main protagonists of the Hellsing series created by Kohta Hirano, alongside Alucard and Seras Victoria. In both adaptations of Hellsing, she is voiced by Yoshiko Sakakibara in the Japanese sub and Victoria Harwood in the English dub.

A 22-year-old noblewoman member of the Protestant Knights who is the head and last member of the Hellsing family; descendant of Professor Helsing, the Bureau Director of the Hellsing Organisation, and the current master of Hellsing's vampire, Alucard. She runs the Hellsing Organisation with charisma and patriotism, and she is one of the few people who can stand up to the force of Alucard's personality and command his respect.

Appearance
Integra has creamy brown skin, blue eyes and long blonde hair (her hair is slightly curly in the manga and has bangs also). She has a tall, thin build, almost to the point of being lanky. Thirty years later, after Millennium's Operation Sea Lion 2, her left eye is injured to the point where she adopts a black eyepatch to cover it, which she wears under her glasses and her hair has turned white, her age now being fifty-two years old.

Integra's attire consists of a black blazer and black dress pants, a white buttoned shirt, black shoes and a red cravat. She also wears a pair of circular wire-rimmed glasses, and is often seen sporting a dark green trench coat when venturing outside her manor. She also appears to keep a large revolver in a hidden holster beneath her blazer, supplementing it with a more overt Sig-Sauer pistol and a saber when combat seems likely. She has a fondness for smoking cigars, even in a combat situation. In the first colored picture of Integra featured on the back cover of the first volume of the manga, her cravat is neither blue nor red, but gold. Integra also appears in several Young King Ours covers and on the cover of Volumes 3 and 6, along with Alucard. Here, her ascot is red.

Personality
A calm and collected individual, Integra handles most situations that would induce terror and fear in the average person with a controlled ease. In most cases, even genuine surprise and happiness, her reactions to stimuli are subdued. Her conduct is very business-like, however she isn't incapable of a bit of humor, good-natured or not. Despite appearing detached and cold, she cares deeply for the lives of her men, vowing revenge for them after their slaughter by the Valentine Brothers.

Integra as a child was more timid than she was back in 1999, yet a very willful girl, being brought up with a commanding presence that even Alucard respects. When Alucard became her servant, she grew more confident and comfortable with her position as head of the Hellsing family and a Knight of the Round Table. Much like Seras Victoria, Integra experiences a coming of age, gaining experience and losing her remaining innocence as events unfold and the war begins, transforming into a leader with an iron resolution who does not flinch at the first signs of danger and who gains wisdom through dire losses and betrayals. The Major recognizes her change from a "beautiful Fräulein" to the most dangerous enemy who stands in the way of his plans, calling her forth into his Zeppelin.

Integra is fearless, has been since she was a child, and has carried this trait with her into adulthood. Though not as overt as Alucard, there is an intimidating and domineering air about her; even as a young girl she could make Sir Shelby M. Penwood bend to her will when he shows hesitance. This fearlessness does not stop at humans either, as she challenges an entire squad of Nazi Vampires after decapitating one of their number. Shortly after, Alexander Anderson looms over her, but she does not even show the slightest bit of fear to him, a man arguably as strong as her servant Alucard and with no reason not to kill her. As evidenced by one call between her and Alucard, Integra appears to be rather easily flustered.

Integra is very patriotic and incredibly loyal to the crown. She is responsible, usually reasonable, however her calm demeanor can give way to bouts of rage at times. One notable example is when Alucard questions her orders, which she responds to by telling him fervently and angrily that they are what they are and that she is not to be questioned. Integra, though serious and stoic, isn't hard-hearted or unfeeling. When Alucard slaughters innocent humans cooperating with Tubalcain Alhambra, she asks with a noticeable amount of horror what her servant did to those men. At times, she seems to forget who and what he is. There is genuine pain present when she gives the order for Alucard to kill a traitorous, vampirized Walter, a man she'd practically grown up with. Later, Alucard himself begins to fade after ingesting Schrödinger, and she was visibly upset; desperately begging for Alucard to not close his eyes.

Three decades later, her personality seems to have relaxed some, but she can still be serious when the time calls for it and age hasn't diminished her commanding presence. Her temper is also a bit quicker.

History
Born into the prestigious and mysterious Hellsing family, Integra has been sheltered and educated all her life to take the place of her father as Bureau Director of the Hellsing Organisation. Integra's Mother was a woman from India, she does not appear in her flashbacks, suggesting either that Integra never met the woman or that she died when Integra was very young. When she was 12 years old, Integra's father passed away and entrusted her with their family's mission to lead the Royal Protestant Knights and protect England against the vampires.

Immediately after Arthur’s death, Richard Hellsing, jealous of Integra for inheriting the family headship, attempted to hunt her down and kill her. Integra escaped her traitorous uncle and managed to reach a dungeon in the mansion's sublevels, where her father had said she would find her salvation. Hoping to find a knight, she stumbled across an old, dried-out corpse instead. Richard found her, cornered her, and shot her in her shoulder, spilling her blood across the floor of the room. The corpse, who ended up being a vampire whom Arthur had imprisoned 20 years earlier, awoke and licked up Integra's blood. Rejuvenated, it proceeded to kill her persecutors, thus saving her. Richard desperately attempted to kill Integra one last time, but the vampire blocked his bullet. Picking up a gun, Integra shot and killed her uncle, becoming the last descendent of the Hellsing bloodline. The vampire, whose name was Alucard, became her loyal servant.

After being knighted, Walter introduces Integra to Sir Penwood; someone Arthur had told Integra that whenever he needs something, then she should seek Sir Penwood. Ten years later, Sir Integra was called upon to investigate an attack on Cheddar Village. She sent in Alucard to deal with the vampire Pastor and was brought into surprise and shock when Alucard brought in a girl whom he implied, is a vampire. Integra later tasked Alucard to train his fledgling, Seras Victoria as a result of him turning her into a vampire.

While Alucard and Seras trains, Integra reminisces about the past in which Alucard ridiculed her for it. Seras joins in, which caused Integra to be enraged and yell at them for it. The Hellsing Organisation was later called upon to help the police with the situation in Birmingham. Arriving, Integra asked the commander, Chief Malfas to explain the situation for her. Now understanding the situation, she calculated the next move the hooligans will make next, and stated that she's had enough of the FREAKs ridiculing the Protestant Church, England, and Hellsing. To further improve Seras on her training, Integra tasked Alucard and Seras to eliminate the vampire hooligan.

TBC

When Integra reaches the Major, she attempts to attack him but is stopped by a glass dome. There, she witnesses Alucard's disappearance when he unknowingly drinks the blood of Schrödinger. After defeating the Captain, Seras arrives and uses her cannon to break the dome. In the process, she ends up blowing off half of the Major, revealing that he is a cyborg. Integra approaches the Major and guns him down, but a shot from the Major hits Integra in the eye. Integra and Seras escape from the giant Zeppelin.

After the thirty year transition, we discover that Integra is still the head of the Hellsing Organisation but has accepted the fact that family-run agencies are a thing of the past and that government agencies will someday take over her Organisation. She and Seras have grown considerably close over the course of thirty years and the two anxiously await for the day when Alucard will return (though Integra has her doubts). In the final chapter, Alucard returns and attempts to bite her, but she shoots him before he has the opportunity. Once she realizes it was him, he explains his thirty year absence and says that he has not had blood in all that time. When Integra reminds him that she is an old woman now, he doesn't seem to mind. She bites her finger enough to draw blood and allows it to drip into his mouth after welcoming him back.

Family
Integra's known family includes Abraham Van Helsing, a Dutch metaphysican and philosopher and one of the main characters of Bram Stoker's Dracula, who was either her ancestor. Her biological mother was a Indian-origin women and her father was Sir Arthur Hellsing, who died when she was 12 years old, in 1989. Her skin color is a creamy brown, darker than that of many other characters, to which Hirano mentions in that her skintone being that of an "Indian." Due to her being a descent of Abraham Van Helsing, she uses phrases such as "Jah," often in the manga.

Even though Integra had a far from normal childhood and did not go to school or a daycare, it was obvious that Arthur loved Integra very much, and wanted the best for her. It was from him that she inherited her current position as Bureau Director of the Hellsing Organisation and her seat in the Convention of Twelve. Her uncle, Richard, sought to kill her and take the headship of the Hellsing family for himself. This was prevented by Alucard, when he blocked the bullet that was fired at Integra's face. Richard's exact motivations are unknown, though it is possible that he coveted the power and prestige of a seat in the Convention of Twelve. Integra herself fired the bullet that killed Richard.

Familial

 * Arthur Hellsing: Arthur entrusts Integra with the protection of England and the Protestant church. When Integra finds Alucard in the dungeons, she mentions how she "imagined that there might [have been]... a knight who'd protect [her] from the bad guys." Considering that Arthur Hellsing was a knight of England, it could be implied that Integra was longing for someone like her father protecting her from harm. Throughout the manga and OVA, we learn that Arthur Hellsing went through great lengths to ensure Integra's protection and safety. In addition to freeing Alucard, we discover in Volume 6 that Arthur trusts Sir Penwood with his daughter's life. Integra says, "While he was alive, Father would often tell me: ' Whenever you need a favor, ask Sir Penwood. ' " In Volume 9, we discover that Integra remembers conversations with her father on his deathbed. She immediately remembers his comment on how vampires "look like terribly pitiful children who might simply break down and cry feebly," when Alucard is forced to kill Anderson. From his teachings, although was tragically cut short, Integra learned a lot. Though Arthur had wished that he had lived longer in order to teach Integra more, in which he had many.

Allies

 * Alucard: TBA


 * Seras Victoria: TBA


 * Sir Shelby M. Penwood: Not long after, Integra was knighted and introduced to Vice Admiral Sir Penwood, a former friend of her father. Upon seeing Integra for the first time, Sir Penwood said that she was far too young to fulfill her duty. He revised his opinion during the actual storyline, in which he admitted that it was an honor to have met and served with her in his farewell message, prior to his death. His sacrifice was just one of the many examples that helped solidify Integra's resolution about humanity's worth and continue her duty. Integra has deep respect for Sir Penwood for his Heroic last stand; though she exaggerated it for his grandson, so he could looked upon more favorably.

Enemies

 * Alexander Anderson: When Anderson ambushed Alucard and Seras on their mission in Badrick, Integra had a dislike towards Anderson for his psychopathic nature and his actions; calling him a "monster" for being a Human Regenerator. In the face of a man who's almost as strong as Alucard, Integra shows no fear and remains calm, still smirking as she struggles to keep her guard up from Anderson's bayonets. Later in Volume 6, Integra once again faces Anderson completely alone. She stares begrudgingly at Anderson as he berates yet, respecting her actions for not giving up while being swarmed by members of the Last Battalion. After witnessing Alucard's battle with Anderson, Integra found her new respect towards Anderson and carefully placed his bayonets on the floor as she witnesses Alucard peacefully talking to his true sworn enemy.


 * Walter C. Dornez: TBA

Skills
Integra is a superb fencer with fast reflexes and speed and is even able to block an attack from Alexander Anderson and behead a Nazi vampire after a car crash that shook her. Later, she met a head on attack by another vampirized Nazi soldier, cutting him down as he leaped at her. Her aim with a pistol is almost superhumanly accurate. She demonstrates similar abilities in the manga during Volume 6. Perhaps the best example of her shooting skills is in Volume 1 where she emptied a modified Sig-Sauer into Alexander Anderson's blessed bayonets, shattering them just as he was about to kill Seras Victoria despite the fact that the bayonets were moving.

Very intelligent, Integra was able to determine the route Leif and Jessica would take and who their next targets would be by following their patterns, and she devised a strategy accordingly. She was also the first to guess what Jan's mysterious clue, "Millennium", was actually referring to. In spite of her talents, she is still fairly young and inexperienced as a leader, and thus unable to grasp or deal with the full extent of the Major's plans. However, she makes up for that in her stern and unbendable will, not backing down no matter the situation. This clearly shown where she was able to order members of Iscariot, the Organisation that wants the Hellsing Organisation destroyed, to follow her orders and protect her on her way back to her mansion.

Integra seems to have a very strong presence and charisma, able to intimidate and scare Heinkel Wolfe by ignoring her intimidation with a gun and convinces her, (see episode 6 OVA) despite strong protest to light her cigar, the other Iscariot priests seem very scared by Integra's intimidation and will.

Name and Title
The manga and the OVA use Integra's full name. Although the OVA version as well as the anime uses the first name Integra, the English adaption of the manga refers to Integra's full first name as Integral due to the extra -ru in the Japanese spelling. The main characters in particular call her Sir Integra (Alucard usually preferring to address her as "Master"), Integra being a nickname. Hellsing, as the bonus booklet included in the Japanese edition of the first Hellsing anime DVD reveals, is an acronym for "Her Royal English Legions of Legitimate Supernatural and Immortal Night Guard", as well as one of the protagonist of the 1897 novel Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing. Wingates is an uncommon English name.

As a member of the Royal Protestant Knights, she is designated with the title, "Sir", which has caused some confusion with fans, about Integra's gender. Whether the title is inherited from her father, in which case she is a Baronetess, remains a matter of speculation. The correct appellation for knighted females within the British honours system is, in fact, "Dame", not "Sir." Whether Integra's title is correct within the fictional Protestant Knights of the Hellsing Universe or is simply a misnomer is not known.

Trivia

 * Integra normally smokes a fictional brand of small cigars (either cigarillos or possibly panatelas) called "Hendi Winzermans small cigars." The name and the packaging design indicate that they are a play on the real cigar brand Henri Wintermans. In fact, the similarity of the spelling may even indicate that it was simply a spelling mistake.
 * Integra's prototype was featured Kouta's old manga Hi and Low along with Yumiko Takagi.
 * There is artwork of Integra and Alucard where his arm is around her shoulders and his hand is down to her side. The fingers are positioned awkwardly, leading some to believe that Alucard was groping Integra's breast. However, the position and anatomy of her body suggests that he isn't groping anything and his hand is positioned over her ribs, not her chest.