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Alucard (アーカード, Ākādo?) is one of the three main protagonists of the Hellsing series created by Kohta Hirano, alongside Sir Integra and Seras Victoria. In both adaptations of Hellsing, he is voiced by Jouji Nakata in the Japanese sub and Crispin Freeman in the English dub.

He is the most powerful weapon of the Hellsing Organisation which works against vampires and other such supernatural forces. Alucard is no mere vampire; it has been implied that he is the most powerful vampire alive and may be the most powerful character in the series, rivaled only by The Captain and Alexander Anderson.

Appearance

Alucard has stated on more than one occasion that he can appear as whatever he wishes, and that the forms he takes on any particular occasion reflect no meaning or purpose.[26][27][28] As a result of taking so many human lives, those lives altered his identity to the point where "form" doesn't matter to him; no longer caring whether he's a man or a woman.[29]

His hair length changes according to his release states from short to knee length. His teeth may also change from those of a typical human with slightly elongated canines, to large and triangular in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a great white shark. It appears that his clothing is part of his physical form due to the fact that when he regenerates, his clothing also repairs itself.

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He appears as a tall, long-limbed, broad-shouldered adult man of indeterminate but reasonably young age, as is commonly seen among vampires. Alucard possesses blood red eyes, which may glow when he is experiencing strong emotions. Though as stated above, he can change his hair as it's a part of his shadow.[30] He commonly has short, jet-black hair and his bangs fall slightly in his eyes, with strands on the sides of his bangs framing his face in this form. Alucard's physical body is very inconsistent; some shots depict him as very lanky, and some depict him as being slightly wide. The most notably inconsistent part of Alucard's body is his arms.

His usual outfit is comprised mainly in a classic Victorian fashion. It includes a charcoal suit, leather riding boots, and an intricately knotted red cravat, covered by a full-length, red frock long coat with shoulder ruffles (similar to the duster coats often associated with cowboys) and cape. He also wears a wide, floppy brimmed red fedora and a pair of circular, heavily tinted, wire-framed orange sunglasses with goggle sidings. Modern iterations of Alucard drawn by Hirano replaces his hat a kin to that of a cowboy hat instead, although the multiple pink straps as the hat's band stays.

On the back of each of Alucard's gloves is what appears to be an arcane symbol. It consists of a five-pointed pentagram inscribed inside a circle, with strange astrological or alchemical characters in the spaces between each of the points. There is a band of writing around the circle with the following inscription: "HellsingHells Gate ArrestedGott Mit UnsAnd Shine Heaven Now." Gott Mit Uns is intended to be "God with Us" or "God be with us" in German. Outside that band are more unusual characters, written in strange runic script. Using letter substitution, it becomes clear that the runic words are English, writing out "Hellsing," "Hells Gate Arrested," and "Shine Heaven Now." At the bottom of the circle, towards the wrist, is a square with rounded corners and four horizontal lines, making a ladder of sorts within the square.

Alucard's Level One form doesn't change that much in terms of physical looks. He was commonly seen in this form sporting long, black hair and a slender body. The form in which Alucard was in when he was found by Integra was in a black straightjacket that kept his arms behind his back. He broke free of the restraints in order to protect Integra Hellsing from death.[31] Alucard's appearance changed since then, but every now and then he goes back to this form. He has used it in his fight with Luke Valentine[32], his fight with Tubalcain Alhambra[33], when he finally killed Anderson[34], and in his fight with Walter.[35]

One of Alucard's alternate forms resembles a little child, which is often nicknamed "Girlycard" by fans and known alternatively as "Lolicard" in the guidebook[36], however is named as "Young Girl Form" within the guidebook. In this form, he is petite and slender with straight dark hair that drapes just below his shoulders. He wears a black office shirt under a white vest with matching coat and scarf, white pants, white shoes, a red tie, a white trench coat, and occasionally, a fuzzy white cap. Although he changed his looks, Alucard didn't change his voice. However, the colors are quite inconsistent in the OVA. In the ending credits of OVA I, Alucard's girly form was shown with a green coat, fuzzy white cap, and a brown office shirt. There was also a flashback where Alucard's girly form had his iconic crimson and black color.[37]

Alucard is also capable of appearing as he did during his reign as Vlad Dracula. In this form, his general stature is unchanged, save for being perhaps slightly bulkier. His face appears to age from that of a young adult to that of the middle-aged man that he was when he died, and he grows a short, full beard and mustache. His hair also increases in length to his mid back and becomes wild and unkempt. His attire changes from his usual suit to a full set of gunmetal grey plate armor and a tattered black cape with red inlay and a high collar. He acquires a Broadsword, which hangs from one of three belts at his waist. He also appears more reserved and stoic.

Personality

As he is essentially immortal and invulnerable, Alucard is very egotistical. He freely taunts and belittles his opponents, often allowing them to inflict seemingly fatal wounds before healing himself and counterattacking. One of his favorite methods of fighting is to allow himself to be blown to shreds before simply flowing back together, declaring that he cannot be killed by dogs.[38][39][40] Alucard has expressed extreme disgust with the vampires he has been hunting for the last 100 years, especially when they kill without purpose. He listed the two vampires' pointless killing in his catalog of how pathetic they are.[41] Having being called a monster for countless of times, it's something he indulges the fact of, and takes pleasure from being so.[42]

In war, he believes that everything done is a gamble, a 50/50. Even if they are humans who are not enemies of the Hellsing Organisation, they were the ones who came to defeat, and kill; so then, the fact that they are a mortal being doesn't matter, they will be treated the same way as arrogant vampires do.[43][44] Alucard has a hatred over those who pathetically kill themselves in the midst of battle, his emotional outburst when talking with Seras was caused by after he witnessed one of the GATE officers commit suicide after not wanting to end up how his comrades did.[45] Alucard fights with ferocity, and often extreme cruelty, rarely shooting to kill until his target has been completely disabled and humiliated.[46]

However, even with his incredible powers, it is possible to take Alucard by surprise, usually because of his arrogance. In his first meeting with Alexander Anderson, he assumed he had easily killed Anderson with a single bullet but was caught off guard when Anderson regenerated.[47] Alucard also expressed deep disappointment that Luke was not a more worthy adversary.[48] Alucard states that he wishes to find an opponent, a human opponent, with sufficient willpower to destroy him despite his strength; multiple times stating that the one who always defeats the monster, is always a man.[49][50][51][52]

Underneath his arrogance, Alucard is deeply sad and appears to be envious of humans.[53][54] Alucard also has great respect for humans who have the willpower to endure old age and death because he had none of these qualities when he faced death.[55] All of these feelings are shown at various points throughout the series, such as when Alucard tells the Queen that she is that "same spirited young woman" from 50 years ago and that now she is truly beautiful.[56][57] He became infuriated when Anderson stabbed himself in the heart with the Helena's Nail, as he viewed it as Anderson making the same mistake Alucard made.[58][59] While facing off against Walter's younger, vampire form, Alucard stated that Walter's old, aged body was "a trillions, quadrillions of times" more beautiful than his new, vampiric one.[60] However, he does have some humanity left in him, as he is still capable of shedding tears and showing affection for those who are dear to him as he shows a great deal of it to Seras and Integra on occasions.[61] In conjunction, Alucard also holds a great affinity for humans who take pride in themselves, often expressing his desire to die by a mere mortal.[62]

Despite his disgust for homicidal vampires, he is not entirely against becoming something above human. Rather, he believes it is something one must earn. Presumably, he views his own transformation as an escape from death and a cowardly action. He happily let Seras choose to become something inhuman (despite his self-reflection) due to her indomitable will and courage, for continuing to fight against the monsters in Cheddar and not giving up even when she was about to die. Several characters were surprised by Alucard's actions. Alucard states that resignation is what kills people, and once they've rejected resignation like Seras, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.[63]

Another important aspect of Alucard's personality is his relationship with God. As a human, he was raised by the Turks and was raped by the Sultan as a prisoner and as a child soldier. As a warrior, he believed that words alone were not enough to establish one's faith. Rather, he believed that the only way to attract God's attention was to accomplish deeds in his name, a belief shared by his rival, Alexander Anderson. In accordance with this belief, he never asked God for favors, but instead did many great and terrible things. He became famous and feared for punishing and impaling evildoers and those who opposed his methods in his own lands and abroad, for waging a war against the Muslims in hopes of bringing down "the New Jerusalem," and for sacrificing his troops and his people to achieve his own goals. He believed that if he and his men put forth great enough effort and sacrificed enough, God himself would intervene on their behalf.[64]

His actions caused even his own people to fear him, and subsequently, only a small amount of his peasants and soldiers showed up to aid him in his last battle. When he lost his war and was taken prisoner by the Turks, he realized that he had failed and that his country, his kingdom, his people, his friends, and his family (his wife and his child) had all been killed because of his desire for revenge, greed, war, violence and power. Because of this, he felt abandoned by God, so he abandoned God in turn, and drank up the blood of his scorched and besieged homeland, thus becoming a vampire.[65] Over the years, his hate against God deteriorated and he accepts the truth that it was his own hatred against those who wronged him in his youth that drove his actions, and that he used the name of God to mask his own hate and lust for power and battle. This is similar to how Count Dracula was portrayed in Francis Ford Coppola's film, Bram Stoker's Dracula, which Hirano has cited as one of his greatest sources of inspiration.

Relationships

Allies

  • Abraham Van Helsing: Abraham was once Dracula's sworn enemy. He was the reason his empire fell and the one who helped Jonathan Harker and his friends in an effort to save Mina.[66] However, after the actions of Van Helsing in which he had saved Dracula's life, Dracula pledged loyalty for Prof. Helsing.[67] Later in his life, now renamed "Alucard" by Van Helsing's son, Alucard respected Van Helsing and his friends the most for being the ones who totally defeated him as mortal beings.[68] Van Helsing also sometimes appears in Alucard's nightmares.[69]
  • Sir Arthur Hellsing: Arthur Hellsing was Alucard's previous master before Integra Hellsing. Nothing is known in specific details about their relationship, however Arthur was the one who gave Dracula the name "Alucard."[70][71]
  • Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing: Alucard is extremely devoted to Integra Hellsing, his current master and the Hellsing Organisation's leader. In all versions of Hellsing, Alucard and Integra share a complex, but strict, "master and servant" relationship. Integra has been connected to him since her father's death.[72] He describes her as his "beloved master," showing his undying loyalty to her.[73] Over the years, Alucard and Walter help her grow and mature into the leader and master she becomes. In addition to being her servant, Alucard could accurately be described as Integra's weapon, and she as his wielder. He made it very clear that although he can massacre her enemies without even a bit of hesitation or an ounce of regret, but what will kill is her intent.[74][75]

    As such, Integra is the only person whom Alucard will obey. Integra is also one of few people whose life and honor Alucard will bother to openly protect. When Enrico Maxwell calls Integra a sow, Alucard appears and threatens to kill Maxwell for daring to believe he could leave England alive after insulting his master.[76] In the midst after releasing Level Zero, Alucard meets Integra and addresses Integra with his own title, calling her Count, meaning that he accepts her as his equal in power.[77] After the 30 years he spent with killing the absorbed souls to regain control over Schrödinger's ability, he reveals his return to Integra first, as he manifests in Integra's room.[78]
  • Seras Victoria: Seras Victoria is Alucard's first fledgling since Mina Harker. Alucard holds deep feelings of admiration towards his fledgling, Seras. He states to Walter and Integra that he turned her into a vampire on a whim based on Seras' own accord to live. He reveals to Walter that he finds her a fascinating creature and seems to admire her will to live despite the hellish events in Cheddar Village.[79] As he watched her die, he apologized for shooting her and told her it was necessary, and while he watched her die with tears in her eyes, he actually went so far as to hold her hand.[80] While he is frustrated with her refusal to drink blood at first, he was always confident that eventually she would drink and seemed quite proud of her when the time came.[81]

    Alucard takes on a role of a mentor and teacher to help Seras reach her full potential.[82][83] During Alucard's last fight with Anderson, Seras comes to his rescue in a desperate attempt to save him.[84] After stopping the strike by Anderson, Seras' alarmed calls bring Alucard back from torpor.[85] The last visage in his dream was Seras' face, ending the flashback and chapter with the words: "I hear a voice. A voice calling me. Oh, huh. It's you."[86] Before facing Anderson once again, he wakes up and says to her: "You're so annoying Police Girl. As always, I can hear your voice just fine. Like an ear-splitting song."[87] By Volume 9, Alucard fully recognizes Seras' growth and tells her, "Go, Seras. A master needs a reutine. Go and put an end to that man's long dream."[88] Later, he calls Integra and Seras his beloved master and beloved servant.[89] In the end, Seras is the only one who has undying faith of his return.[90]
  • Queen of England: Alucard had previously met the Queen 50 years before the events of Hellsing. Upon his return from Rio de Janeiro, they speak to each other as old friends. Alucard sees her as the same "saucy filly" from fifty years ago, and that to his eyes, time had made her even more beautiful. This is one of the few moments where Alucard and another character openly express affection for one another, as the Queen touches his face as she talks to him, and Alucard looks at her with a gentle and genuinely kind expression.[91]

Enemies

  • Alexander Anderson: Anderson and Alucard have an intense and fiercely competitive rivalry that borders on kinship; their remarkable similarities and nature as polar opposites fuel both their intellectual and physical combat, making him a perfect and worthy rival for Alucard, something Alucard himself thinks. In their first meeting, Alucard thought nothing about Anderson. Constantly mocking him, and after winning the stand-off, calling him a "fool" for attacking vampires in the middle of the night head-on without so much of a surprise, though he praised him for being "brave." This was before Anderson was revealed to be a Regenerator, which caught Alucard off-guard.[92]

    The relationship between the two grows as the series goes on. The two almost seem to live so that they can fight each other.[93] When Anderson turns into a "Monster of God" towards the end of the series and is defeated by Alucard, Alucard cries blood and shouts at Anderson, saying that they're both the same and he was just like that.[94] The sense of respect between the two is most apparent when Anderson tells Alucard not to cry and points out that Alucard became a monster so that he no longer had to cry, then tells him to instead, smile- that haughty and insolent smile like he (Alucard) always do.[95][96] Anderson then asks Alucard how long he'll live while also calling him "pitiful," to which Alucard replies that he'll live until his expansive future shatters his expansive past. Smiling, Alucard says his goodbye and calls him an "old foe" as a sign of respect, to which in response, Anderson smiles. When Anderson says his final amen, Alucard repeats it too; while smiling as he utters the word "Amen."[97]

    Unlike many other enemies, Anderson is the only opponent that Alucard has ever shown respect for in battle, and even states he would have let Anderson kill him when he had the chance as a human.
  • The Major: Alucard, in some strange sense, seems to almost feel a sense of joy upon the return of the Major and the Millennium Organization, which is evidenced by him stating "I'll destroy you any number of times" upon hearing the Major's declaration of war, even complimenting the declaration, calling it "superb." [98] Alucard seems to think of The Major and those who follows him as "incorrigible warmongers" and that the lust for battle never being enough for them.[99]
  • Luke Valentine: During the first fight between him and Luke, he was at first very impressed by Luke's abilities and comments his reflexes are amazing. Due to the fact that Alucard rarely praises his opponents, this could be considered a form of respect, similar to how he praised Alexander Anderson. While the battle goes on, Alucard asks for Luke's name again; he states the battle was the most fun he had in ages, and remarks that his skills are above that of even the most powerful vampires.[100][101]

    Once he transforms, however, and impatiently waits for Luke to regenerate his legs, he realizes that Luke is nothing but a spineless coward who ran away in terror when faced with an opponent more powerful than him. After Luke is eaten by the Baskerville, Alucard states that he was dog shit.[102] When Luke was used by Walter against Alucard, he once again praises Luke for his skills and states that his talents were wasted being inside Baskerville, implying that Alucard regretted not making Luke into a familiar instead of letting him rot inside of Baskerville.[103] After successfully fooling Walter into attacking his double which was Luke's body, Alucard stated that a half-eaten dog bait's are surprisingly good.[104]
  • Walter C. Dornez: Alucard and Walter are old and close friends, almost like brothers. Furthermore, Alucard commented on because of how many people they've killed over the years on their missions when Walter and Alucard was the organisation's trump cards.[105] Walter's first weapon was also Alucard's first ever weapon of choice, and had praised it throughout the years before the encounter with Anderson, in which, he asked Walter for a brand new gun and then, the Jackal was created and how it looked was already on Walter's mind, with "Jesus Christ is in Heaven" as the gun's inscription, as a mockery towards Alexander Anderson.[106][107] However, when Walter betrayed Hellsing, Alucard began to see him as a mere plaything, even going so far as to call Walter's younger vampiric body ugly and state that his elderly human body was "a trillions, quadrillions of times more beautiful."[108][109]

Powers and Abilities

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The following are Alucard's powers gained from both his being a Vampire and years of occult research by the Hellsing Organisation.[110] Alucard is an extremely formidable and deadly opponent who can cut down most supernatural enemies without releasing the seals that contain his true power. He sometimes lets his opponents damage him, then regenerate as a way to taunt them.[111] He demonstrates several unique abilities as well as the ability to regenerate from virtually any injury.
Abilities
Supernatural Strength: As a true vampire, Alucard is inherently strong. To start, his guns Jackal and Casull are far too unwieldy for a human to hold, let alone use, but he does both with ease.[112][113] He has been seen going up barehanded against even some supernatural weapons and destroying them, such as Tubalcain's magic cards.[114] Despite their armor, Alucard was able to disembowel and tear apart several police officers with one hand.[115] The extent of his strength is unknown, though it appears to vary with the release state that he is in, as his black, jumpsuit-clad form has significantly greater feats of strength and durability than his other forms.[116][117][118]
Supernatural Speed and Reflexes: Alucard is too fast for the human eye to follow, but other vampires such as Walter and Tubalcain Alhambra, and Regenerator's like Anderson can keep pace with him just fine.[119][120][121] Alucard's reaction times are top-notch, letting him catch Rip Van Winkle's bullets with his teeth, despite a single one of these bullets penetrating an SR-71 blackbird multiple times while the plane was moving as fast as possible.[122]
Supernatural Durability and Endurance: Alucard takes most damage without flinching or making a sound, quietly allowing the enemy to attack before retaliating tenfold.[123][124] He can even attack after being torn asunder by bullets.[125][126] After Rip Van Winkle crashes his Blackbird, he exits the craft without a scratch and easily destroys everyone aboard, even as they use high-caliber weaponry on him.[127] He's been thrown through skyscrapers, and bled excessively.[128]
Hematophagy: As a vampire, Alucard has the ability to consume blood raw. He has long, conical fangs to assist in this job as well as a serpentine-like tongue. His feeding habits have been seen to vary: from the traditional neck-biting[129] to simply ripping people to pieces and outright devouring them.[130] Alucard doesn't seem to need blood to survive, however, if starved of it, he will enter an inactive death-like state.[131]

Aestivation: Alucard will enter a dormant state if he goes too long without blood. It is unknown if he can be starved to death, as he goes decades without a drop of blood before a young Integra finds him.[132]

Hemokinesis: Alucard has the ability to manipulate blood.[133][134] This ability seems to be limited to blood outside of the body, as he is never seen influencing the blood of enemies while they are intact.
Soul Absorption: By draining a person of their blood, Alucard gains dominance over their souls and very forms. He also takes on whatever knowledge they possess, as he was able to find out about Millennium by draining Tubalcain Alhambra of his blood.[135]

Familiar Control: Alucard can summon forth anyone he's taking the soul of at will.[136] Whoever he absorbs, their powers are at his disposal. While Seras gives her familiar, Pip Vernedead, some free reign within her own soul, Alucard seems content to completely dominate everything living inside him. During the battle of London, Alucard releases Level Zero, his final restraint, and releases all souls that he possessed to roam freely, wiping out the entire Crusader army and almost all of the Last Battalion.[137] He has thousands, if not millions, of familiars including Alhambra and Van Winkle themselves. In the end, all of them have been slain, save for one.[138]

Enhanced Regeneration: Alucard has the ability to perfectly and quickly recover from any physical injury. He has been torn to shreds by conventional weaponry and holy weaponry designed to kill his kind and has survived all of it.[139][140] Holy weapons, while they do affect him more, are regenerated all the same, albeit slightly slower.[141]

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Alucard explaining what a "third eye" is to Seras

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Third Eye: Alucard has senses that are not only sharper than a mortal's, affording him abilities such as perfect accuracy, but he has abilities that they completely lack. In particular, he possesses a "third eye" which allows him to see things from far, far distances.[142] Though he never uses it to do so, he can likely see through things that fool human eyes, as Seras does when facing Zorin Blitz.[143] This is not an inherent ability and must be used consciously, as Alucard was unable to see through Tubalcain's illusionary clones.[144] Using his third eye, Alucard can also detect supernatural activity; in The Dawn, a prequel to Hellsing, Alucard knew the Captain was a werewolf the moment he saw him.[145][146] Later during the incident in Badrick, he could see the blessings on Father Anderson's bayonets as well as the holy barrier preventing their escape.[147]
Dark Composition: Though he generally dons a corporeal, humanoid form, Alucard is made up of a highly variable otherworldly substance that is black in core and reddish on its edges.[148] This can be especially seen whenever he takes heavy damage, the darkness being immune to conventional weaponry. Along with composing his being, it can serve as a weapon.
Intangibility: Alucard has the ability to walk through solid objects, such as walls.[149]
Shapeshifting: Though form is of no particular importance to him, Alucard claims to be able to change into anything.[150] He has changed into a child[151], several bats[152], an amorphous darkness[153], and has several "default" forms.[154] It is unknown if he can take the shape of inanimate objects such as tables or chairs. During the fight with Van Winkle, Alucard was shown spawning multiple arms to hold Rip Van Winkle still while he's sucking her blood. It is stated that he can also shapeshift into cockroaches and rats.[155]

Mist Body: Alucard is capable of turning his body into some sort of dark reddish mist in order to render attacks against him useless.[156]

Telepathy: Alucard is able to communicate telepathically with his fledgling, Seras.[157] The telepathy doesn't seem to have a maximum range.

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While Integra and Walter was discussing, Alucard teleports from underneath the floor

Teleportation: Alucard is able to vanish and reappear at a different location.[158] The range in which he can teleport from is unknown. He also can't cross large bodies of water this way as shown when he had to pilot a plane to the H.M.S Eagle and later take control of the ship in order to return to England via telekinesis.[159][160][161]
Telekinesis: Alucard showed said ability when he was able to move the HMS Eagle to London overnight.[162] Said ability was also demonstrated in the OVA when he knocked away two of the queen's bodyguards without even touching them[163], and how he slammed the door shut when the GATE team attacking him in the hotel tried to escape.[164] It can also be assumed that he used telekinesis to toss all of the GATE team out of the hotel to impale them on flag poles.[165]
Hypnosis: Alucard has the ability to control minds, doing so exclusively with Humans.[166] The afflicted human will enter a euphoric, stupor-like state and their eyes will glow red.[167] They will be pliant to all of Alucard's designs, doing and speaking as he wills. This hypnotic link is established through direct eye-contact and does not waver, even when Alucard's attention is elsewhere.[168]
Gravity Defiance: Alucard, during his fight with Tubalcain, is shown not only to be able to stand vertically on a wall, but run backward up it.[169] When reaching London with the HMS Eagle and situated on the Thames river, Alucard leaped great distances and lands down within the center of the stare-down between the Ninth Crusade and the Last Battalion.[170][171] This would indicate some ability to defy gravity.
Immortality
Alucard is biologically immortal, immune to disease and aging. Alucard has suffered all manner of injury to the most extreme degrees, only to reform himself.[172][173] This seems to indicate structural immortality as well, but the vampire himself asserts that there is no such thing as a true immortal.[174][175] This means his immortality is only biological, and there is a way to kill him.

The true secret behind Alucard's immortality is dependent to how many lives he has sucked over the years, mounting up to hundreds of thousands by the battle of London.[176][177] For every time someone manages to kill Alucard in a way that an average vampire would be killed, Alucard reconstructs his body using one of the countless souls he had at his disposal.[178] It is why, although he had been decimated, obliterated, decapitated, Alucard regenerates as if he had suffered no damage whatsoever.[179] Despite Level Zero being his most powerful state, because of all the lives inside of him being separated from him, he's left vulnerable as a result, and if one is lucky enough to impale Alucard's heart, then Alucard would be completely killed.[180][181]

Control Art Restriction System

Main article: Control Art Restriction System
Control Art Restriction

Alucard releasing restraint to Level One

Being too powerful to be left on his own, his power is restricted by the "Control Art Restriction System (拘束制御術式, Kōsoku Seigyo Jutsushiki?)" and has to be accessed by the "Cromwell Invocation."[182] There are shown to be six levels of restriction and four corresponding states, with lower numbers meaning greater levels of power. Alucard can release his power up to Level One by himself, but he needs his master's approval to release his final state - Level Zero, the lowest Level, allowing him full access to his most devastating powers.[183][184] His gloves, which are engraved with the Hellsing seal (a pentacle decorated with occult symbols and several mottoes, reading: "Hell's Gate Arrested / Gott Mit Uns / And Shine Heaven Now") are the mechanism and the source of Hellsing's control over him (Alucard's distinctive gloves are visible in the vast majority of his transformations, even when Alucard himself is not in a humanoid form).[185]

Releasing Control Art Restriction System to Level Three, Level Two, Level One. Situation A. The Cromwell Approval is now in effect: Hold release until target is silenced.
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Alucard's different shapes from top to bottom: as a young girl, in his usual vampiric form, and in his human form

The only real difference between each form is the preferred method of fighting. In his form as a young girl, he uses a Tommy gun[186], while in his normal form, he uses his dual pistols[187], when in his Level One form, he uses his hands and shadows to fight[188], and in his Count form, he primarily uses his Broadsword.[189] To sum it up, the release states are not just the markers of Alucard's growing powers, they also have an effect on his appearance and fighting methods as well. Up to Level One, Alucard usually takes his usual form, even with his new personality, he still takes the form he once had as Count Dracula. In this state, he usually fights with his guns, using his bare hands only against human targets or to finish off his vampire victims, often by impaling them.[190][191]

During the chaos ensuing in London, Sir Integra issues the command "Control Art Restriction System, Level Zero. Released. Fulfill your preparation. Declare it." However, Alucard's power is not unleashed until he incants the words written on his coffin, "The Bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame."[192][193] This demonstrates what is called "the two-man rule," a protocol requiring the actions of two persons to advance, used in cryptography and nuclear weapons launches. Alucard remains at Level Zero for his final fights with Alexander Anderson and the vampirized Walter.[194][195] In Level Zero, Alucard appears, at different times, in all forms seen throughout the series to that point. In the final minutes of his fight against Walter, Alucard adopts his form as a young girl to mock Walter's age-regression.[196]

Weapons

Hellsing ARMS .454 Casull Auto
Hellsing Combat Pistol "Jackal"

Identity

Alucard's true identity - that of both the historical Vlad Ţepeş and the fictional Count Dracula - is only hinted at in the earlier volumes. Such early hints include his anagrammatic name (Alucard is Dracula, reversed), the title of the series and the name of Integra's family, and most notably, his many frequent impalements of his opponents (the Pastor and Huger with his bare hands[198], the GATE officers in Brazil on flagpoles[199], Rip Van Winkle with her own musket[200], and hundreds of victims in London during the Millennium/Vatican siege.[201]). From there, the hints become much less vague, and his identity as the fictional Count Dracula is brought to light. In Volume 4, a dreaming Alucard recalls his defeat at the hands of Abraham Van Helsing, which marked the beginning of his servitude to the Hellsing family.[202] In Volume 7, the narration alludes to the Count's arrival in London aboard the Demeter, from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (although Dracula never came aboard London to search for Mina as the narration implies).[203]

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Alucard's true Identity

In Volume 8, his full identity is made plain when Integra places his control Level at Zero and greets him with, "Welcome back, Count."[204] Reverting to the body he had at the time of his "death" at age 44-49 (as the historical Vlad III's death occurred in either December of 1476 or January of 1477 and his birth year is around 1428–1431), he summons massive hordes of souls he had devoured during the centuries.[205] These include his own Wallachian army, his slaughtered peasantry, the Turkish Janissary, war horses, and countless others.[206] Throughout his battle with Anderson, Alucard frequently compares his rival to the group of men who defeated him a hundred years ago.[207] In Hundred Swords (3), the other protagonists of Dracula are spoken of by Alucard - Abraham Van Helsing, John Seward (mistakenly written as "Jack" Seward in the manga), Quincey Morris, and Arthur Holmwood (Jonathan Harker is strangely left out).[208] The final chapter of Volume 8 consists of a flashback of Alucard's life and "death" as the former Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad III Țepeș.[209]

Vlad the Impaler

Vlad the Impaler painting

Historically, Vlad Ţepeş was responsible for the deaths of between 40,000 and 100,000 of his enemies and various villains in his own country during his reign as the monarch of Wallachia (a major portion of what is now present-day Romania). His most well-known way of execution was impalement. For torturing people by impalement, it is alleged that his executioners learned how to have the victims placed so that the pikes, spears, or other shafts on which they had them impaled would pass most or all of the victim's vital organs, entering their lower nether regions and exiting near the back of their neck. In this way, the victims could be kept alive for days on end before they finally bled to death. When simply executing a person, they were typically impaled straight through the center of their torso, with the shaft entering their groin and exiting through the mouth.

Vlad was also known for his deeds as the Voivode of Wallachia, particularly the fact that any criminal, thief, etc. would be punished severely. When the Ottoman army attempted to invade Wallachia in the mid-15th century, they encountered several thousand impaled and rotting corpses staked on the banks of the Danube River. Historical records state that the Ottoman emperor saw his forces return shortly after, many of them sobbing and ranting that whoever had slaughtered all those people had to be the Devil.

Perhaps the best-known incident regarding Vlad's means of execution was the way by which he prevented the Ottoman Army from invading Wallachia again (following the fall of Constantinople) in 1462. Reports show that he had 20,000 captured Turkish soldiers and convicted criminals impaled and staked out on the borders of his capital city, Târgoviște. Mehmed II, the leader of the Ottomans (who was well-known himself for his use of psychological warfare), was sickened by the sight of the corpses outside the Wallachian capital and ordered his forces back to Constantinople.

Concept and Creation

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Alucard's name originates from a choose-your-own-adventure novel by J. H. Brennan; the same fake name Alucard later used in Rio.[210] Alucard was also the main character of the original Hellsing prototype, which Hirano created after wanting to do a story about "gun-play."[211]

Alucard was depicted as "a man wearing a trench coat up to his neck as some kind of neck-protector, and the rest of his body acts to block any damage including physical, and from bullets." Hirano stated that he tried to create an invincible character. However, he thought that the character ended up looking bad; so he switched the trench coat with a long coat (later kept the shoulder ruffles, however), and made him so powerful that he no longer needs a bullet proof vest to cover him anymore.[212]

Alucard's design was said to be inspired by Eat-Man's Bolt Crank, and Trigun's Vash the Stampede.[213][214] Moreover, Alucard's appearance is similar to Vash during the first few chapters of the manga, in which, Hirano admitted to drew inspiration from (with a similar jacket and glasses shared by the two characters).[215] This is most notable in early chapters of Volume 1, back when Alucard's character design was vastly different from the rest of the manga. It is not until Chapter 4 where Alucard's design gain a massive overhaul.[216]

Below the star on Alucard's gloves, it has the German words, "Gott Mit Uns," which translates to "God With Us." Interestingly, those words were used by the German military until the end of World War II, and during the Nazi era by the Wehrmacht (the regular German army) whereas the Nazi Waffen-SS used "Meine Ehre heißt Treue," which means "Loyalty is my Honor" instead. It is stated in the official guidebook that the term "The Bird of Hermes is my name/Eating my wings to make me tame" etched on his coffin is his pledge of loyalty to serve the Hellsing family after his capture. So his coffin not only serves as his resting place, but it also serves as the promise and contract he made to the Hellsing family.[217]

After Alucard receives the Jackal, he is seen using it alongside the Casull in a dual-wielding style. The Jackal has a left-facing case ejector, something most guns do not have, and this makes it appear as though the gun was meant to be used with the Casull. However, Alucard is almost always shown in the Manga and the OVA holding the Jackal in his right hand and the Casull with his left, causing the case ejectors to face each other (which would throw spent shell casings into his face). Hirano is fully aware of this, and stated that he doesn't care about the accuracy of the weapons and draws whatever he likes it to be drawn.[218] In addition, Hirano jokingly said that Alucard's Casull has an endless amount of bullets, saying: "They're all cosmoguns that can hold a million rounds."[219]

Name

Up until the release of Dark Horse Comic's Volume 1 of the Hellsing manga, and the pronounciation of Alucard's name in the English dub, Alucard's name varied between Japanese and overseas sources; with the most well known one writing out his name as "Arucard."[220] This is due to the Japanese spelling of Alucard's name in katakana, "アーカード (Ākādo)." In Japanese, "r" and "l" are the same sound and are represented by the same character, so either "r" or "l" can be used in romanization. As a result of the spelling discrepancy, Hirano stated that he made a mistake because of that.[221][222] Despite that being the case, Geneon (distributor of the Hellsing OVA series), insisted that it should be kept as "Arucard." In official merchandises and website, Alucard's name is written as "Arucard."[223][224] After rescuing the rights for the Hellsing: Ultimate OVA in the west, Funimation still kept "Arucard" in the subtitles.

An alternative way of spelling out Alucard's name in Japanese is "アルカード (Arukādo)."[225] Hirano is aware of this, as in one panel, Jan Valentine stated "アーカードだかアルカードだか知らねーが (Ākādoda ka Arukādoda ka shirane ̄ ga)," roughly translating to "I don't know if it's Alucard or Alucard," essentially poking fun of the whole debacle over the translation of Alucard's name. Dark Horse Comics avoided this by changing the dialogue completely to "Alucard? What the fuck ever, man!".[226] In reverse, Alucard's name is spelled out as "Dracula," which is Hirano's intention.[227] By the guidebook's release, Alucard's name is finally written as it is; not as "Arucard," but "Alucard."[228] Though despite this, the English subtitles for Hellsing: Ultimate still calls Alucard, "Arucard." The ending of the tenth OVA mistakenly refers to him as "Sir Arucard."[229]

Trivia

  • Interestingly, in the English commentary for the first Hellsing: Ultimate OVA, Crispin Freeman notes that he was originally going to give Alucard a Romanian accent, but decided on an American accent instead. Most likely, the Romanian accent heard in the intro of the English OVA II, and the one in OVA VIII upon unleashing Level Zero is what Alucard was originally going to sound like.
  • In some scenes of the manga, the pentagram on Alucard's gloves changes to a hexagram or sometimes disappears entirely.
    • Alucard's gloves hold an Easter egg in the manga, as one of the words readable was "Excel Saga," which is the name of a manga series made by Rikdo Koshi.
  • Alucard has two Paganism references on him. The obvious one is the Pentacle symbol on his gloves. The second is his epithet, "The Bird of Hermes." Hermes was the Greek messenger god, noted for his winged sandals and ability to fly. Hermes was also noted for transporting souls to the Underworld, while Alucard, in contrast, devours them.
    • "The Bird of Hermes is my name/Eating my wings to make me tame" is also part of the Ripley Scroll, a medieval work about emblematic symbolism. George Ripley was an alchemist who lived around Vlad the Impaler's time and is also said to have known the formula to create the Philosopher's Stone.
  • Before becoming a vampire, Alucard's eyes were a bluish-purple in the OVA. However, in his famous portrait, Vlad Tepes has brown eyes. There are also historical records that describe him as having "threatening" green eyes.[230]
  • The character Solomon from Genndy Tartakovsky's Sym-Bionic Titan cartoon is a visual reference to Alucard.
  • Alucard appeared in the videogame Call of Duty as a playable operator, with Crispin Freeman returning to reprise his role as Alucard.[231]

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  6. Order 12: Balance of Power (2) p. 6
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  8. Order 12: Balance of Power (2) p. 6
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  10. Hellsing: Ultimate II
  11. Order 01: Vampire Hunter
  12. Order 31: D (6) p. 3. "It's him!! The Mad Mouthpiece is coming."
  13. Order 32: D(7) pp. 4-5. "Zamiel just may... appear before you, too."
  14. Order 57: Wizardy (1) p. 12. "The Black Peril comes. The Black Peril comes!!"
  15. Order 70: Heart of Dream Chapter Cover
  16. HELLSING official guide book p. 006
  17. Order 78: Warcraft (1) p. 13. "What must one do to kill such a Mad King?"
  18. Order 78: Warcraft (1) p. 13. "He's prone to drink blood once again. He's the Glutton King."
  19. HELLSING official guide book p. 006
  20. Order 23: Call to Power Prologue
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  26. The Dawn - 4 p. 13
  27. Order 76: Lunatic Dawn p. 14
  28. HELLSING official guide book p. 009. "「容姿は私にとっては何の意味もない」という 言葉通り、見た目の年齢や性別などは彼にとっ て大した問題ではない。 (Translation: As he says, 'appearance and shape hold no meaning for me,' so age and gender are not a big issue for him.)"
  29. HELLSING official guide book Kohta Hirano Vs. Interviewer: Battle 01
  30. HELLSING official guide book p. 009
  31. Order 02: Master of Monster
  32. Order 10: Dead Zone (4)
  33. Order 19: Elevator Action (6)
  34. Order 69: Castle vania (2)
  35. Hellsing: Volume 9
  36. HELLSING official guide book p. 009
  37. Hellsing: Ultimate IV
  38. Order 01: Vampire Hunter pp. 22-26
  39. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) pp. 10-16. "I cannot be killed by dogs."
  40. Hellsing: Ultimate II
  41. Order 03: Murder Club pp. 14-15. "No nobility, conviction, or rationale. You kill women and children when you don't even need to feed. And lastly, you can't even fight once the bullets run out. You sill think you can be a Nosferatu? What a disgrace!!"
  42. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) p. 23. "I get that a lot. So what does that make you? A man? A dog? A freak?"
  43. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) pp. 26-27. "That's the way of war. They gambled all they had on the cards in their own weak hand. That's how it works."
  44. HELLSING official guide book p. 008. "自らむやみに喧嘩をふっかけるようなことはしないが、売られた 喧嘩は必ず買う。ヘルシング機関の敵であっても敵でなくても、 下された命令の遂行を阻むものはノリノリで打ち倒しにかかる (Translation: He never picks a fight on his own, but he always buys a fight when he is offered one. Whether they are enemies of the Hellsing Organisation or not, he will fight with gusto to defeat anyone who prevents them from carrying out the orders he has been given.)"
  45. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) p. 24-28
  46. Order 01: Vampire Hunter
  47. Order 06: Sword Dancer (3) p. 17
  48. Order 10: Dead Zone (4) pp. 2-5. "Oh, so that's what you are, boy. A worthless, good-for-nothing lump of flesh."
  49. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) p. 14. "That which defeats a monster, is always a man."
  50. Order 64: Hundred Swords (3) pp. 1-2. "Like a dream. Humans are like a dream!"
  51. Order 65: Might and Magic (1) pp. 5-6. "A monster like me, a weak monster that could not go on being human... must be defeated by a human!!"
  52. Order 69: Castle vania (2) pp. 8-10
  53. Order 63: Hundred Swords (2) pp. 2-4
  54. HELLSING official guide book p. 008. "かつて人間でいることに耐えられず、信仰を捨てた アーカード。だからこそ、最後まで「あきらめ」を捨 てない人間の誇りに羨望の情を抱く。 (Translation: Alucard, who once gave up his faith because he could not bear to be human. Therefore, he is envious of the pride of people who do not give up until the very end.)"
  55. Order 13: Balance of Power (3) pp. 1-6
  56. Hellsing: Ultimate IV
  57. Order 23: Call to Power p. 8
  58. Order 65: Might and Magic (1) pp. 5-7. "Stop this, human!! Don't become a monster like me."
  59. Order 69: Castle vania (2) pp. 20-22
  60. Order 71: Relics p. 31
  61. Order 61: Wizardy (5) pp. 5-8
  62. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) p. 14
  63. Order 13: Balance of Power (3) pp. 13-15
  64. Order 68: Castle vania (1)
  65. Order 68: Castle vania (1)
  66. Order 23: Call to Power Prologue
  67. HELLSING official guide book
  68. Order 64: Hundred Swords (3) Chapter Cover
  69. Order 23: Call to Power Prologue
  70. Order 02: Master of Monster p. 24
  71. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  72. Order 02: Master of Monster
  73. Order 74: Finesthour (2) Chapter Cover
  74. Order 16: Elevator Action pp. 2-4
  75. Order 73: Finesthour (1) pp. 7-8
  76. Order 12: Balance of Power (2) pp. 6-7
  77. Order 60: Wizardry (4) p. 6
  78. Order 89: Romancia
  79. Order 13: Balance of Power (3) pp. 13-15
  80. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  81. Order 13: Balance of Power (3) p. 15
  82. Order 02: Master of Monster
  83. Order 03: Murder Club
  84. Order 68: Castle vania (1) p. 15
  85. Order 69: Castle vania (2)
  86. Order 68: Castle vania (1) p. 15
  87. Order 69: Castle vania (2) p. 7
  88. Order 73: Finesthour (1) pp. 22-23
  89. Order 74: Finesthour (2) Chapter Cover
  90. Order 89: Romancia
  91. Order 23: Call to Power pp. 7-8
  92. Order 05: Sword Dancer (2)
  93. Order 12: Balance of Power (2) p. 13. "Yes!! Let us kill, Judas Priest!"
  94. Order 69: Castle vania (2) pp. 20-22. "You! Are! Me!! You are me!! I was this same way! I was this... same damn way!"
  95. Order 69: Castle vania (2) p. 22
  96. Order 70: Heart of Dream
  97. Order 70: Heart of Dream
  98. Order 24: Ultima on Line p. 10. "You truly are a vengeful brood! A superb war declaration!"
  99. Order 19: Elevator Action (6) p. 30. "Your lot and I truly are incorrigible warmongers. Aren't we, Major?"
  100. Order 09: Dead Zone (3) p. 22. "I can see that you're above even a 'Category A' vampire."
  101. Hellsing: Ultimate II
  102. Order 10: Dead Zone (4) p. 5. "You were more a piece of shit than a man. Now you can be a piece of dog shit."
  103. Order 75: Finesthour (3) pp. 11-12
  104. Order 76: Lunatic Dawn p. 10
  105. Order 13: Balance of Power (3) pp. 1-6
  106. Hellsing: Volume 1
  107. Order 07: Dead Zone (1) pp. 8-10
  108. Order 71: Relics p. 13. "When you were aged, you were trillions, quadrillions of times more beautiful than this. Look how ugly you are now."
  109. Hellsing: Volume 10
  110. Order 06: Sword Dancer (3) p. 21. "Just as you're the crystallization of anti-monster technology... The Hellsing family has spent 100 years gloriously building him into the Ultimate Undead: The Vampire Alucard!"
  111. Order 01: Vampire Hunter pp. 16-22
  112. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  113. Hellsing: Ultimate II
  114. Order 19: Elevator Action (6) pp. 14-18
  115. Hellsing: Ultimate III
  116. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  117. Hellsing: Ultimate III
  118. Hellsing: Ultimate IX
  119. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  120. Hellsing: Ultimate III
  121. Hellsing: Ultimate IX
  122. Hellsing: Ultimate IV
  123. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  124. Hellsing: Ultimate II
  125. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  126. Hellsing: Ultimate III
  127. Hellsing: Ultimate IV
  128. Hellsing: Ultimate IX
  129. Order 34: D (9) pp. 3-8
  130. Order 15: Elevator Acton (2) pp. 16-17, 22
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  133. Order 06: Sword Dancer (3) pp. 8-9
  134. Order 77: Operation Wolf pp. 20-25
  135. Order 19: Elevator Action (6) pp. 20-29
  136. Hellsing: Volume 2
  137. Hellsing: Volume 8
  138. Order 89: Romancia p. 19. "3,400,867. I killed them. Killed all of them but one."
  139. Order 01: Vampire Hunter pp. 16-22
  140. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) pp. 10-16
  141. Order 05: Sword Dancer (2) p. 16
  142. Order 02: Master of Monster pp. 26-27
  143. Hellsing: Volume 7
  144. Order 18: Elevator Acton (5) pp. 15-16
  145. The Dawn - 4 p. 14
  146. The Dawn - 5 prologue and page 1
  147. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  148. Hellsing: Ultimate IV
  149. Order 11: Balance of Power (1) p. 12
  150. Order 76: Lunatic Dawn p. 14
  151. Hellsing: The Dawn
  152. Order 06: Sword Dancer (3) pp. 20-21
  153. Order 01: Vampire Hunter pp. 18-19
  154. Order 83: Black Onyx (2) p. 1
  155. HELLSING Catalogue YKO 97 #30
  156. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  157. Hellsing: Volume 1
  158. Hellsing: Ultimate I
  159. Order 30: D (5)
  160. Hellsing: Ultimate V
  161. Order 42: Aubird Force pp. 12-16
  162. Order 42: Aubird Force pp. 12-16. "Its speed is only several knots... But it is definitely moving! Towards London!"
  163. Hellsing: Ultimate IV
  164. Order 15: Elevator Acton (2) p. 21
  165. Order 17: Elevator Action (4) pp. 20-24
  166. Order 14: Elevator Action (1) pp. 2-3
  167. Hellsing: Ultimate III
  168. Order 17: Elevator Action (4) pp. 8-11
  169. Order 18: Elevator Action (5) pp. 17-18
  170. Order 57: Wizardy (1)
  171. Order 58: Wizardry (2)
  172. Order 01: Vampire Hunter pp. 22-26
  173. Order 15: Elevator Action (2) pp. 10-16
  174. Hellsing: Ultimate II
  175. Order 74: Finesthour (2) p. 6. "You said so once yourself!! There's no such thing... as an Immortal FREAK!!"
  176. Order 82: Black Onyx (1) p. 8. "Keep killing. You've only got thousands upon thousands more to go."
  177. HELLSING official guide book p. 007. Transcription: "人間の血を吸い、怪力を もち、日光を嫌うなど、 一般的に知られる吸血 鬼。の特性をもつ。さら にそのなかでも「最強の アンデッド」と謳われる だけあり、数え切れない ほどの命 (=血) を吸って きた彼を倒すことは、ほ ぼ不可能と思われる."
    Rough Translation: "A vampire is a creature known for their ability to suck human blood, possess great strength, and hates sunlight. He is hailed as the "strongest undead" among the vampires, and it is almost impossible to defeat him after he has sucked countless lives (blood)."
  178. Order 82: Black Onyx (1) pp. 6-8. "How the hell many lives does Alucard have now? A million? Two million? You can no longer beat him."
  179. Order 59: Wizardry (3) p. 16. "No wonder you do not die. No wonder I cannot kill him!!! Just how many lives does he have?! Just how many human lives has he sucked?!"
  180. Order 60: Wizardry (4) p. 2. "Now, when Alucard's restriction system is fully released. That is a system that lets him release all the lives he has and send them into battle. All the soldiers have sallied fourth on the castle in a combined force. Just one stands inside the castle, the lord!!! He's alone, alone!! Just a single vampire, now. Just a single Dracula."
  181. Order 76: Lunatic Dawn pp. 6-7
  182. Order 09: Dead Zone (3) p. 23
  183. Order 58: Wizardry (2)
  184. HELLSING official guide book p. 007. "敵の能力 に伴う段階までは自ら解放することができるが、最後の砦とも言 える「零号」だけは、主人の指示がない限り解放不可 (Translation: He can release his own restrictions up to the level associated with those of his enemies, but "Zero," the last restraint, cannot be released unless his master instructs him to do so.)
  185. HELLSING official guide book p. 007. "ヘルシング家に仕える吸血鬼となってから、彼の能力は拘束制御 術式ヘクロムウェル》によって数段階に制限されている。 (Translation: Since becoming a vampire in the service of the Hellsing family, his abilities have been limited to a few levels by the Control Art Restriction System.)
  186. HELLSING: THE DAWN
  187. Hellsing: Ultimate III
  188. Hellsing: Ultimate IX
  189. Hellsing: Ultimate VIII
  190. Order 01: Vampire Hunter
  191. Order 03: Murder Club
  192. Order 58: Wizardry (2)
  193. Order 59: Wizardry (3)
  194. Order 61: Wizardry (5)
  195. Order 74: Finesthour (2)
  196. Order 76: Lunatic Dawn pp. 10-16
  197. HELLSING Catalogue YKO 97 #30
  198. Hellsing: Volume 1
  199. Order 17: Elevator Action (4) pp. 20-24
  200. Order 34: D (8) pp. 18-20
  201. Hellsing: Volume 8
  202. Order 23: Call to Power Prologue
  203. Order 57: Wizardry (1) pp. 17-19. "Once, a vampire came to England. To get a woman he personally desired. The vampire sailed aboard a schooner. The schooner dashed from wave-to-wave through the fog at unbelievable speed. The entire crew was killed. And so, the ghost ship, fully laden with corpses and caskets, made port in London. Her name is the Demeter. In Russian, the Demitri."
  204. Order 61: Wizardry (5) p. 6
  205. Order 60: Wizardry (4) p. 1
  206. Order 59: Wizardry (3) 16-19 "Kazans...!! The Janissary Infantry!!" "Wallachia... The principality's army!! Your own soldiers! Your own vassals! Your own subjects!!"
  207. Order 64: Hundred Swords (3) p. 1. "Come stand before my eyes, like that man. Like that man, old and merely human. Like that man, come and dexterously pierce the bowels of my heart!!"
  208. Order 64: Hundred Swords (3)
  209. Order 68: Castle vania (1)
  210. HELLSING Catalogue YKO 97 #30
  211. https://archive.org/details/Play_Issue_045_2005_09_Fusion_Publishing_US/page/16/mode/2up
  212. HELLSING official guide book Kohta Hirano Vs. Interviewer: Battle 01
  213. Hellsing: Volume 1 Character Introduction
  214. HELLSING Catalogue YKO 97 #30
  215. Hellsing: Volume 1
  216. Order 04: Sword Dancer (1)
  217. HELLSING official guide book p. 007
  218. HELLSING official guide book Kohta Hirano Vs. Interviewer: Battle 03
  219. Hellsing: Volume 1 Character Introduction
  220. HELLSING Catalogue YKO 97 #30
  221. Crispin Freeman comments on the situation regarding Alucard's name
  222. Hellsing: Ultimate English Commentaries
  223. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2006-12-14/hellsing-ultimate-th
  224. https://www.animenation.net/blog/ask-john-is-it-alucard-or-arucard/
  225. Hellsing (Prototype)
  226. Order 07: Dead Zone (1)
  227. Crispin Freeman comments on the situation regarding Alucard's name
  228. HELLSING official guide book p. 006
  229. Hellsing: Ultimate X
  230. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/vlad-the-impaler-may-have-shed-tears-of-blood-study-finds/
  231. https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/1709599385498038568
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