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Libra

In General

The organization that deals with all supernatural related incidents in Hellsalem's Lot. Sprouted from the "Fang Hunters", an order of vampire hunters, when Hellsalems lot first came into being they had to expand their operations, since they now had quite a few new types of enemies to fight. Their identities are a well kept secret, to the point criminals would pay literally billions just to get their hands on the membership roster.

Libra in General

Badass Crew: They're a Badass Organization.
Bloody Murder: The source of most of their abilities.
Calling Your Attacks: All of them do this practically every time they use one of their abilities.
Destructive Savior: The organization's main concern is quashing threats, and while they'll do their best to protect and save people if they can, there's usually a lot of collateral damage and civilian casualties during their really big missions. Typically Played for Laughs but not always.
Hero of Another Story: Though the story focuses on only a relatively small group of members of Libra, we see that the organization is bigger than just them, with lots of people who don't even get named. They presumably work as hard to deal with the supernatural as the main characters do.
Meaningful Name: This organization watches over and protects the balance of worlds in Hellsalem's Lot. Libra is the scales constellation.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: A photographer with God-given eyes, an intellectual potted-plant lover with fangs, a walking curse, a (literal) hot blooded ladies' man, an invisible werewolf girl, a stern fishman and a man whose blood was replaced with the liquified remains of a criminal are among the strangest members of the group.

Leo

Leonardo Watch

Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese), Aaron Dismuke (English)

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The protagonist of the series and the possessor of the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods. He travels to Hellsalem's Lot to find a way to cure his sister of her paralysis and even restore her eyesight.

Adaptation Dye-Job: In the manga color pages and covers his hair is dark blue, while in the anime it's changed to a maroonish brown.
Affectionate Nickname: He's frequently referred to as simply "Leo" by his friends and co-workers.
Animal Motifs: Tortoises, according to his sister. Slow, plain, easy to underestimate, but they nonetheless move forward towards their goals.
Big Brother Instinct: Towards his sister, and sorta towards White as well.
Butt-Monkey: Good God, this poor guy can't get a break. First he gets his camera stolen by a super-fast monkey, gets caught in the crossfire of a bank robbery (rocket launchers were involved) then he gets kidnapped and almost dissected, and then he's evicted when his apartment is abruptly turned into a high-end hotel...
- Not to mention the constant abuse he gets courtesy of Zapp, who frequently mugs him for pizza and leaves him for dead when he's supposed to be guarding Leo.
- In the season 2 premiere, his apartment is blown up, and no one at Libra offers to pay for the damage. AND they refuse to let him ask the presidential envoy for reimbursement even though the the envoy promised Leo he'd be repayed for carrying the former's head back to his body.
- He also gets robbed so often thieves actually know his name.
Camera Fiend: While he never uses it in harmful ways, he always carries a digital camera with him from his days as a photojournalist.
Character Development: He's become braver as the series progresses and steps up to the plate in the final episode of Season 1.
The Chosen Many: He's been chosen by Liga El Metahiut, the being who gave him the "All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods", to witness the future great changes in history. Previous "watchers" included one of the astronauts involved in the moon landing, and someone who was close enough to Hitler to watch his entire rise and fall. According to a certain Blood Breed, Leo is special in that the merging of worlds is the single most important event in human history, and out of the endless candidates it was Leo who got to record it.
Cowardly Lion: Leo will panic and scream his way through the myriad dangerous situations he lands in. But he never leaves anyone hanging, and he'll get the job done while crying the whole way.
Crazy-Prepared: As he reveals to Gilbert's assistant butler Phillip, ever since getting repeatedly mugged, Leo has developed multiple hiding spots on his person like hollowing out his right sneaker to store the majority of his cash and now keeps a deceptively small amount of petty cash in his wallet.
Distressed Dude: He's been kidnapped twice as of episode five. He's kidnapped again in episode six. And again in episode eleven, by none other than the show's Big Bad, the King of Despair.
- Cemented by his frequent shouts of, "Save me, Klaus!"
- He manages to avoid this in season two until the two-part finale, when he's forced to obey the mysterious Dr. Gamimozu, another wielder of the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods who has taken his sister hostage. The Doctor traps him in a hotel room and tortures Leo after he fights back, and it was only thanks to Leo's resourceful trickery and delaying that Libra found out that he was in trouble in time.
Electronic Eyes: Whenever he uses his powers. It gives him Aura Vision, Third Eye, and other eye-related powers.
Erotic Dream: Has one about his waitress friend embracing him... Only to find out it was caused by a strange bat creature perching on his face. However, this was omitted and averted in the anime, having it altered with his non-erotic dream of encountering White.
The Everyman: There is nothing particularly remarkable about Leo in and of himself. He's just a normal dude who was given godlike powers.
Eyes Always Shut: Somewhat justified in that his All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods can likely see through his eyelids, and opening them allows him to use their full potential. Also, his eyes are extremely distinct, and considering what most people who know he has the eyes want to do to him, it is in his best interested to hide his powers. We say "somewhat" because his eyes were shown shut before he got his powers.
Eye Scream:
- In Episode 11, Leo is outfitted with a device that forces his eyelids open and allows the King of Despair to use his powers, and the experience is not pleasant for Leo. Whether this is because the King was staring down something that rivals an Elder Blood Breed in power or because of the device itself has yet to be explained.
- Generally, this is what happens when he uses the power of his eyes too much. They'll actually start to overheart and smoke inside of his eye sockets.
Find the Cure!: His main reason for going to Hellsalem's Lot was to find a supernatural miracle cure to get his sister out of her wheelchair and ideally restore her eyesight at the same time.
Goggles Do Nothing: Averted. They allow him to use his eyes' full power more inconspicuously and he uses them to shield his eyes when driving.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: While his abilities have very little use in combat, as of the second episode his eyes have been key to stopping a major terrorist attack and dismantling a human trafficking operation.
Heroic RRoD: Using his power too much will overheat his eyeballs.
I Know Your True Name: Leonardo's eyes allow him to see the true names of the Elder Blood Breed, extremely powerful vampires that are more powerful than most of Libra's best fighters. The only reason Klaus, the organization's strongest fighter, was able to beat them was because Leonardo's eyes reveal their true names, which he uses to seal them.
I'm Crying, but I Don't Know Why: He starts crying when he eats a burger after losing his memories of Nej.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: The series is largely from his point of view, and he was given the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods in order to record the events of the realm-merge from the eyes of a normal bystander. In other words, the story is his recording.
Living MacGuffin: His eyes make him a prime target for supernatural criminals.
Logical Weakness: Leo cannot activate the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods on anyone he has yet to see.
Magical Eye: Er, eyes. The All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods are pair of powerful magical artifacts given to someone to record pivotal moments in history. Using them gives Leo a variety of forms of superhuman vision, including the ability to see through powerful illusions, telescopic vision, and seeing things beyond the ken of normal vision. He can also manipulate the vision of others, scrambling it to induce intense nausea or allowing others to see through his eyes or vice versa.
Master of Illusion: A variant. One of the more unique uses of his eyes is projecting the things he sees as illusions in front of other people.
Meaningful Name: Being the possessor of the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods, he can "watch" things from a different perspective that nobody else can.
Messy Hair: Leo's hair is always disheveled and he never seems to bother to comb it.
My Greatest Failure: Blames himself being too cowardly to sacrifice his sight to save his sister's, who sacrificed hers for him (they were given a Sadistic Choice, one would receive the All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods, the other would become blind, and they would both be blind if they just said no).
Nervous Wreck: He is, indeed... especially being a newcomer to a city filled with monsters that people strangely do not mind it.
Non-Action Guy: He's the only member of Libra who can't hold his own in a fight. However, he is capable of confusing his enemies via projected illusions as mentioned above, as well as headbutting them.
Occult Blue Eyes: His All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods granted him this.
Older Than They Look: He's 19 but could easily pass for someone three or four years younger. 19 is definitely young, but do you think he'd pass as a college sophomore?
Seeing Through Another's Eyes: His All-Seeing Eyes allows him to see through the eyes of others. He can also cause distractions by mish-mashing other people's visions.
Ship Tease: His relationship with White straddles an odd line between budding besties, Like Brother and Sister, and one-sided crush. It should be noted that when Aligura accuses him of having a potential girlfriend, he didn't exactly deny it.
Taught by Experience: His experience with being mugged also leads him to get wise in where he puts his money when he's in public.
True Sight: The All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods.
Use Your Head: How he fights back against Gamimozu. It works.
- He also uses it against the King of Despair. It also works.
- Zapp actually weaponized it. Whenever he encounters armor he can't pierce with his sword he tosses Leo and his thick skull at it. And it works.
Utility Party Member: He's almost never the one doing the actual fighting due to not having any of the blood style abilities of his co-workers. But his All-Seeing Eyes make him invaluable, whether it's seeing through illusions, parsing out the true names of Blood Breeds, or tracking a fast-moving or hard-to-see target, his abilities have gotten Libra out of tight jams time and again.
Vitriolic Best Buds: With Zapp. Sometimes its more Vitriol than Best Buds, but they do care about what happens to each other, and Zapp is probably Leo's closest friend in Hellsalem's Lot. Though he'd still prefer Klaus to save him when things go pear shaped.
The Watcher: In volume 10, Gamimozu explains that giving this duty to Leo was the true intention of the entity who gave him the "All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods". Every time a War or an event that greatly changed history happened, it would appear and give those eyes to a human, and apparently record everything through them.
Willfully Weak: In a sense, while Leo is nowhere near the powerhouse of his co-workers of Libra are, his All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods could end any confrontation he's in fairly shortly. He made a pledge to himself though not to use his powers for selfish motives given the circumstance of how he obtained them. ^note

Sonic

Voiced by: Yūma Uchida (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

A mach monkey that steals Leo's camera, but after Leo saves/spares him, he becomes Leo's pet. He's mainly loyal to Leo and accompanies on his Libra duties.

A Day in the Limelight: Gets to save the day in season 2 episode 9 with Leo's guidance.
Animal Eye Spy: Leo can navigate him through complex structures by linking each other's sight together with the All-Seeing Eyes. Combine this with Sonic's super-speed and it makes him very good at reconnaissance.
Because You Were Nice to Me: After being trapped, Sonic is scared that Leo may shoot him to end the threat of the demon portal. Leo instead uses his Eyes to see the truth (a tick on the monkey) and removes it, thus ruining Femt's plans. This act of compassion led to Sonic returning Leo his camera and becoming his pet.
Mischief-Making Monkey: He runs off with Leo's camera in the first episode, leading Leo on a merry chase across the city.
No Mouth: He has no mouth yet he can eat things like bananas with seemingly no issue.
Parrot Pet Position: Often perches on Leo's shoulder.
Super-Speed: Sonic's species are called mach monkeys, who have this as their main capability. In fact, they're so fast they're undetectable by the human eye. Hence why the otherworldly patrons are dumbfounded Leo was able to see him move.
Team Pet: He's more or less this to Libra.

Klaus

Klaus Von Reinherz

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), Phil Parsons (English)

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The Leader of Libra, a well-composed and gentlemanly man who is honest to a fault with an unshakable will. His terrifying visage is at odds with his gentle personality and nerdy habits (such as chess and trains). Combined with his awkward behavior, he has trouble with diplomatic missions, but when it comes to fighting evil, no one in Libra even comes close to his strength.

The Ace: Klaus is the strongest member of Libra, capable of eliminating enemies stronger than other members of the organization. Many characters also describe him at this.
The Anti-Nihilist: Implied by this statement he gives to the guy he is playing Prosfair with (it's even accompanied by Ode to Joy):
People are weak. Because of their weakness, they sometimes behave in ways devoid of self-respect. But then, so what if they do, my old friend? Even if I am struck with a thousand setbacks... it does not serve as a reason to alter the way I live... my life!
Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears one, sans jacket, which often gets covered in blood as he fights, either his own or the enemy's.
Bare-Fisted Monk: He demonstrates in episode 7 that even without his Blood Battle Style, he can easily defeat giant Otherworlders with his bare hands.
Beware the Nice Ones: Despite his fearsome looks, Klaus is as amicable and gentlemanly as can be - until you do something that is beyond outright evil, like kidnapping and torturing Leonardo, seriously harming his friends and colleagues, or threatening to either murder or rape a little girl. If you're not a Blood Breed, the results will be horrifying.
Bloody Murder: Brain Grid Blood Battle Style.
Calling Your Attacks: They're in German and he ALWAYS does this when using his Brain Grid Blood Battle Style.
Charles Atlas Superpower: Even without using his blood techniques, he is still capable of defeating opponents far far bigger than him.
Cross Attack: He wears a knuckleduster with a cross-shaped ornament to channel his Brain Grid Blood Battle Style, shaping his blood into elaborate skeletal crosses to strike enemies. He was trained to hunt vampires known as Blood Breeds, but he puts his skills to work fighting various extradimensional and mundane threats in Hellsalem's Lot.
Cultured Badass: Klaus is a titan of a man with incredible strength, a face that can scare people badly enough to give them ulcers, and a great appreciation for chess, trains, and gardening.
Determinator: When he puts his mind to something, he simply will not stop out of principle. Deeds of his sheer single-mindedness and mental strength include lasting 99 hours in a game of Prosfair against an Otherworlder that has done nothing but play the game for the last 1200 years and defeating a powerful Blood Breed possessing a corpse in a fistfight without his Blood Blood Style.
Face of a Thug: Has what could be called an ogre's face, but is in fact an intellectual and a gentleman.
Fate Worse than Death: What he inflicts on Blood Breeds he seals. We never quite find out what it is like to be sealed inside those crosses, but Klaus apologizes every time he uses it, even when the target is an utter monster.
Genius Bruiser: He's the strongest fighter in Libra, and is also one of the most intelligent and cool-headed members as well.
Gratuitous German: If his name is any indication, somewhat justified.
Hidden Depths: Enjoys tending to his potted plants and playing Prosfair (a game which is so complex it can physically injure players or kill them). He also enjoys trains, given how happy he looks to be on one when he gets out.
Hot Blooded Sideburns: He's not hot-blooded, but he still rocks those stylin' sideburns.
I Did What I Had to Do: When sealing vampires, he apologizes, saying he is inflicting such cruelty only in the name of protecting humanity.
Killing Intent: And it radiates red aura.
Nice Guy: Cares very much about his fellow Libra members. He was also willing to put his life on the line for a man who betrayed him.
- His kindness may lead him into trouble, like in episode 3, when he plays 99 hours of Prosfair to save the life of a man who would have had him killed.
- It also lets people (read:Zapp) to take advantage of him. Zapp pretended to be captured by goons to lure Klaus to a fighting ring to have him win a bunch of fights to make the manager let Zapp out of his gambling debt. Leo quickly realizes what Zapp has done, but Klaus buys Zapp's thank you's for "saving" him without question.
Office Golf: Not so secretly spends a lot of his time at the head office playing Prosfair online.
Papa Wolf: He's very protective of his fellow teammates, especially Leo. Gamimozu found out about this the hard way.
Prisons Are Gymnasiums: When the American government has him jailed under the pretense of him destroying the Noctova Smile (but really to get him out of the way while Ex-G.I. makes a go at the Charops Jinko), he spends his brief stint at the Pandorum Asylum working out to keep himself sharp and vent his frustrations.
Rail Enthusiast: He rarely gets to ride the subway, but when he does, Zapp notices Klaus is fidgeting in his seat from excitement.
Retcon: In the original oneshot manga, he was a stage twelve vampire who was saved mere days before he would have turned into a full blown Blood Breed (stage 13), and by some unknown method was "locked" into stage 12 so he could keep the powers and his human conscience at the same time. This backstory was scrapped, but his character design was unchanged. This is why he has seemingly inexplicable fangs; they were originally vampire fangs.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Steven's blue. Nightow describes their relationship as "like yin and yang".
Smart People Play Chess: Likes to spend his free time playing Prosfair, a chess-like game.
- Plays a match of normal chess against Steven in the first episode.
The Coats Are Off: When fighting in the E-den arena.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Underneath, his shirt lacks sleeves entirely.
Supernatural Sealing: Klaus Von Reinherz can use the technique Pattern 999 - Ewigkeit Gefängnis to seal away a Blood Breed Elder in a small crucifux through invoking their true name.
The Von Trope Family: He's of German descent and apparently the Von Reinherz family are quite distinctive. Little is known about them though the fact they have a legion of highly-skilled butlers means they must do some fascinating work.
Younger Than They Look: Despite looking like a man in his 30s or possibly 40s, he's only 28.

Zapp

Zapp Renfro

Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English)

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A hotheaded, womanizing member of Libra who often gets his teammates in trouble. He's assigned to act as Leo's bodyguard, but he treats his job as a chance to exploit him for free meals and fun.

Ambiguously Brown: Dark skinned, but it's impossible to glean any sort of specific ethnicity from him. About as archetypical as it gets.
Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Platonically with Leo. He tends to bully him a lot, but in the Season 2 opener, he starts crying when he thinks that he got Leo killed.
Big Brother Instinct: Towards Leo, even though he usually hides it under a thick veneer of Big Brother Bully.
Bloody Murder: Can turn his blood into bladed weapons with his Big Dipper style.
- Stuff Blowing Up: His Big Dipper Style allows him to use his blood like explosives or a fuse.
Butt-Monkey: Not to the same extent as Leo, but he does suffer quite a bit of abuse, mostly from Chain.
- In episode 2 the side text that describes Zapp calls him out as a 馬鹿バ力 (Fool written in kanji and katakana) while the English text below reads "Dick Suck".
- While unable to speak, Raju, his master, controls Zapp's body and forces him to translate the gratuitous tongue-lashing he gives him for the other Libra members. Even Leo feels sorry for him after that one.
- Season 2 of the anime makes it a point to have Zapp gets abused, bloodied, or screwed over every episode.
The Casanova: At one point Leonardo gets dragged into his apartment while begging him to pay for a pizza Zap had ordered from his employer, only to turn red upon seeing the several scantily clad women he had with him.
- Episode 8 features him having several one-night stands, one after the other.
Cigar Chomper: And he's not above smoking right outside hospitals either.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Zapp could be a huge dick and a clown, but when he is serious, he can kick ass like Klaus. For example, when he confronted the bottom half of a Blood Breed, he defeated the vampire with ease after Chain motivated him by lying, telling him that her friend Angelica was on the phone, saying that she wanted to sleep with him.
Foil: Straightforwardly to Chain. Both are workers of Libra in their 20s and are very alcoholic. The differences, however, are that Zapp is a hotheaded Jerkass who gets in his way of hitting on girls and bully Leo just for fun while Chain is The Stoic who has to put up Zapp's ridiculous actions. Interestingly, Zapp is called a "monkey" by Chain, who is called with dog-related nicknames by the former, which fits the dynamic between a dog and a monkey.
Hidden Depths: Despite Zapp's obnoxious behavior and lack of self-discipline, Raju admits Zapp may indeed be the greatest Big Dipper Style user he has ever trained.
- He respects Leo more than one might imagine at first glance. When Zed gets angry at him for being so casual about finding a missing Leo, saying that Leo is just an ordinary kid, eyes aside, Zapp gets mad at Zed for underestimating Leo, saying he he's a capable member of Libra just like everyone else.
- When explaining about Hellsalem's Lot, he shows disdain at some of the outside world and corporations for their treatment and viewpoint on the Beyonders.
Hot-Blooded: He's bombastic and obnoxious. Also a hilariously literal example given his fighting style revolves using his blood for fire-based attacks.
I Call Him "Mister Happy": Apparently named his wang "Lieutenant Freedom Magnum".
Jerkass: Hilariously enough to Leo most of the time:
- In Episode 2, he chases Leo and steals the pizzas the latter was trying to deliver, sometimes physically assaulting him in the process. He also orders pizzas from him and doesn't pay for them.
- In Episode 3, he sits on Leo's face while the latter is resting on a couch, causing Leo to stop breathing. All Played for Laughs, of course.
- In Season 2 Episode 6, he bullies Leo for no apparent reason other than stepping on him and calling him some pube-related nicknames just for fun (even after the latter put him unconscious during a mission early on). Steven isn't very pleased of this.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It should be noted that both times Leo was kidnapped, Zapp was the one closest to him. The one Leo prays to save him is Klaus, however. In the second episode, Zapp also makes a blood trail to indicate Libra in which place Leonardo is to help in his rescue. Heck, he even gives Leo a Rousing Speech in the finale.
Made of Iron: As banged up as he gets, he's none the worse for wear after a hospital visit or two. Notably, while he suffers a lot of Amusing Injuries at the hands of Chain (which includes her stepping on both his eyelids), the one time she seriously uses force to deter him from compromising a stealth mission, he just shrugs it off.
Mundane Utility: In episode 2, he uses his blood powers to pick up street change.
Mr. Vice Guy: He squanders most of his Libra earnings on hookers and booze.
The Nicknamer: He's the only one to name his certain colleagues' names in a vulgar manner, which includes Pube-Head for Leo and She-Bitch for Chain.
No Indoor Voice: Boy, he is louder compared to Leo's screams, and he can't even bypass the security guards quietly outside a company building to get Zed's headphones back.
Zapp: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING AROUND FOR, YOU WORTHLESS HUMPS?!
Leo and Chain: Shhhhh!!
Zapp: LET'S TAKE CARE OF THIS, ALREADY—
Chain: You idiot! You stupid idiot!
Overdrawn at the Blood Bank: Can drain blood bags dry in a matter of moments to fuel his abilities.
Raging Stiffie: In Z's Longest Day. Not only that, but it's used as a power-up.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Zed's blue, fittingly by his blood powers and the latter's blue skin.
Running Gag: He frequently attempts to catch Klaus unaware and attack him, only to be defeated soundly all the time.
Significant White Hair, Dark Skin: He's Ambiguously Brown with unexplained white hair, serves as Leonardo's bodyguard, and is one of the two masters of the Big Dipper blood manipulation martial arts.
Vitriolic Best Buds: His relationship with Chain bears traits of both this trope and Sitcom Arch-Nemesis. They insult the other viciously with Chain even assaulting at times, but they're still teammates.
- Also with Zed. There's more vitriol than camaraderie between them, sometimes shading into Comically Lopsided Rivalry with Zed ignoring Zapp's attempts to pick a fight or dumbfounding him by responding politely to his barbs. However, when Zed is in trouble, Zapp will go to bat to help his fellow pupil out.
What the Hell, Hero?: At Chain after the Riel incident (since her stealth specialty would've made stopping Riel much easier) given how she and her group were blacked-out drunk and thus they had to use Leo and Sonic. She's so embarassed she takes the verbal lashing for the most part. That is until Leo reveals that Zapp got put in the ICU (from when he was trying to get Leo's friend to pay for his meal after flattering him or legitimately noticing his minute changes and he smashing Zapp away to the hospital)) thus missing the entire crisis, during which time he got multiple sexual harassment complaints from the nurses. Chain is very unimpressed.
White Hair, Black Heart: Subverted. Zapp can be a total Jerkass, but he's part of the good side that fights a bunch of hostile monsters in Hellsalem's Lot.
Wild Card: There's not much the other members of Libra can do to control him.

Chain

Chain Sumeragi

Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)

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A reserved member of Libra with a cool, often flippant demeanor and superhuman senses and agility.

Action Girl: She uses agility more than anything, but she's still capable in combat.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Leo had a small crush on her in the manga, but these feelings are transposed to White in the animated adaptation.
A Day in the Limelight: Season 2 is this for her along with Steven and Zed, all three of whom had minimal screentime in the first season.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Usually seen in a business suit and always kicking ass.
Big Sister Instinct: One of the certain times Chain shows concern of Leo was during the Second Great Collapse, where she and the others were able to bring him back safely, and the other time later on was bringing his wallet back after it was stolen by those two tourist thugs.
Call-Back: After easily beating an out-of-towner in a drinking contest in s2e3, he mutters that she must be some kind of monster. Six episodes later, when Zapp learns that she didn't show up to help during the latest crisis because she was out with four friends on ladies night (drinking an ENTIRE RESTAURANT dry in the process) Zapp asks if she's some kind of monster or something.
Cannot Spit It Out: Has a massive crush on Steven Starphase to the point he's her link to existence. She's also hideously embarrassed about it. This becomes a Chekhov's Gun of episode 4, season 2
Cessation of Existence: If she uses her ability too much, she will literally erase herself from existence and retroactively cease to have ever been. Her kind usually have safeguards that allow them to will themselves into existence; hers is her massive crush on Steven and her fear/embarassment at him going into her room and stumbling onto her packrat habits.
Cool Big Sis: To Leo, in comparison to the "turd monkey" who is a Big Brother Bully to him (AKA Zapp).
Deadpan Snarker: Several of her lines are this. Particularly in the dub, and usually at Zapp's expense.
Expy: Bears a resemblance to Wolfwood.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: A mild and comical example. She's definitely a pretty face (in fact, her introduction text includes her being referred to as "shawty", an urban slang term for an attractive lady). However, behind said pretty face lies a surprising depth of sadism. One of the series’s most frequent running gags involves her doing something horrible to someone (mostly Zapp) while looking like she wouldn’t harm a fly. She has in fact used her innocent looks before (once to trick a boorish tourist who stole from Leo into drinking himself stupid so she can get Leo's wallet back.)
Foil: To Zapp, obviously. Both are in their 20s who work for Libra, not to mention they are very alcoholic. The differences are that Chain is a stoic and coolheaded werewolf who acts apathetic yet respectful to her colleagues, especially Leo, while Zapp, on the other hand, is a hotheaded and undisciplined Jerkass who often acts as a Big Brother Bully to Leo and is highly addicted to women and booze. To fit with the dog-and-monkey dynamic, Chain is called with dog-related nicknames by Zapp, who is called a "monkey" by her.
Guns Akimbo: Typically dual-wields guns in battle, but being part of the Bureau it's implied she's a bad shot because they somehow managed to miss an assassination target at point blank range. It’s quickly revealed they intentionally miss; they want to send messages, not create bodies. At least this is what one of them claims as it is then very quickly implied they are indeed really awful shots and made up that excuse for their incompetence..
In-Series Nickname: Zapp is always calling her Dog Lady, Pooch or some other dog-related nickname.
Intangibility: Her power of existential dilution allows her to do this, easily walking through walls and such. A few times she takes down her opponents by reaching into their chests and crushing their hearts.
Invisibility: Her main ability, though it's not so much "turning invisible" as it is "erasing her presence".
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While she is mostly apathetic towards other people, sometimes abandoning those in danger without showing any concern, she has been shown to be kind at times too, such as winning back Leo's wallet from some thuggish tourists in a drinking contest, or giving Nej a notepad to make remembering things easier for him
Meaningful Name: She needs a link (a chain) to connect her to the world to counter the effect of her ability.
Ms. Fanservice: Not typically, but season 2 does play up her attractiveness with some loving shots of her above-average bust.
My God, What Have I Done?: She does not take it well she was passed-out drunk during her Ladies' Night that she and her unit were unable to help during the Riel Crisis, especially since her powers would've made it alot easier to deal with and thus, forcing Leo and Sonic to save the day. So much so, she initially lets Zapp chastise her for it... until Leo spilled the beans to make Chain provoke him to the point he's back in the hospital with more injuries offscreen.
Not So Stoic: Chain has several moments of this:
- To get back at those two certain thugs who beat Leo up and stole his wallet (a fate she left him to), she makes a bet to one of them with a drinking contest. Drinking Beyondian liquor, she is able to down an insane amount of shots seemingly without even getting tipsy. She still ends up puking her guts up the next morning as the episode's post credits stinger shows.
- In episode 4 of season 2, she rather calmly accepts her fate to phase out of existence after pushing her powers too far. But then, after reality had already started to rearrange itself around her non-existence, the thought of Steven seeing her hoarding problem at her apartment willed her back into existence in a flurry of horrified embarrassment.
- She's laughing her guts out alongside Leo and Zapp at seeing Zed's usage of his Blood Battle technique to make a bubble of water on his head to breathe, finding it ridiculous as the others. Heck, she's the first one to crack up.
Our Werewolves Are Different: Is described as one, but doesn't display any physical transformation abilities. In the world of Blood Blockade it seems werewolf abilities are to erase one's own causality and exist 'everywhere and nowhere' as stated by a turncoat werewolf in Season 2.
Overshadowed by Awesome: Her powers allow her to put her hands through the skin of an opponent and squeeze their organs to kill or incapacitate them. This has less utility as one would expect since some of the menaces that Libra fights (such as garbage golems) can't be beaten that way.
"I know what you're thinking...you wish that someone who can actually fight were here, don't you?"
Pun: She is a where-wolf given how her powers involve diluting her existence and enabling to be anywhere and nowhere.
The Lad-ette: While seemingly cooly ruthless and sharp dressed, Chain's apartment is a mess due to her hoarding and she frequently goes out on heavy drinking benders, such as the time she and her fellows at the Werewolf Agency drank a restaurant's entire stock of wine in a single night. She can probably hold her alcohol the best of any character in the story as far as we've seen, though there are often bad side effects such as her being too drunk to respond to a potential world ending crisis, or simply being hung over and throwing her guts up the following morning. It's all Played for Laughs.
Not Quite Flight: While she can reduce her weight to near-nothingness to glide and make humongous leaps, she cannot, in the strictest sense of the word, fly.
The Stoic: Has a cool and flippant way about her that's never ruffled. Though as seen above, she does have her moments where she ends up in her own silly situations and cracks.
Super-Speed: Since her ability is to "dilute her presence", she can negate her existence to an extent that allows her to lessen the effect that gravity (along with presumably other factors like friction and air resistance) on her, letting her do this.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Zapp. It doesn't matter if they're teammates. She's either insulting him or injuring him in whatever scene they share.
Trash of the Titans: Likely due to her fear of losing all connection to the world and ceasing to be, she is scared of getting rid of any belongings (even garbage) and thus has a serious hoarding problem. One of the reasons she keeps people at arms length is to prevent them from finding out.
Waif-Fu: Small, slight, and a physical powerhouse who can kick a ton of ass.

Steven

Steven A. Starphase

Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English)

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Libra's second-in-command, a debonair but mysterious man with many connections. Works in secret with his own private forces to eliminate the villains who he feels are undeserving of his leader's mercy.

Adaptation Decay: Suffered this heavily in the first season of the anime due to the fact that the majority of his defining scenes from the manga were absent. Season 2 finally gives him A Day in the Limelight though.
An Ice Person: Manipulates ice using the soles of his feet. According to Nightow, the crosses on the bottoms of his shoes facilitate ease of use.
Badass in a Nice Suit: He always looks like he's ready for business.
Beneath the Mask: Hides his darker thoughts and feelings when in front of Libra, only revealing them in private or when around his forces. Due to guilt, he seems to believe that his darker side is his unforgivable true self.
Bloody Murder: His ability, Esmerelda Blood Freeze. It involves projecting and flash freezing his own blood.
Break the Cutie: After the Great Collapse turned New York into Hellsalem's Lot and invited all manner of evil into the city, Steven became paranoid of everyone around him and consequently lost the ability to have faith in human decency. Klaus is the last person he trusts completely. Shows the potential to become a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds if anything were to ever happen to him.
Expy: Of Nicholas D. Wolfwood as a deceptively more normal-looking, cynical, and less socially awkward companion to a red-hued Ideal Hero. Unlike Wolfwood, he elegantly sidesteps the philosophical clashes he'd have with Klaus over his Dirty Business by making sure he never finds out about his wetwork.
Dark Secret: He regularly “cleans up” after Klaus by killing past targets who he thinks did not deserve Klaus’ mercy.
Extremity Extremist: Primarily uses kicks. He even has custom shoes so that he can use his abilities more easily.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: One 'good' scar on his left cheek. May also be a subtle version of a Two-Faced scar. It's currently unknown when or how he received it.
Gratuitous Spanish: All of his attack names are yelled in Spanish such as Espada del Cero Absoluto (Sword of Absolute Zero).
An Ice Person: Foremost among the reasons he's so cool.
In-Series Nickname: K.K. calls him Scarface.
- His name also happens to be an intentional Stealth Pun. "Starphase" sounds like "Scarface".
Kill It with Ice: His powers manifest usually as giant icicle spears.
Pay Evil unto Evil: His personal modus operandi, which became the result of growing cynicism and paranoia since the rise of Hellsalem's Lot. He is more than a little ashamed of it.
Playful Cat Smile: Has a bit of this when he's in a rare good mood. But as Zapp said, Starphase's smile is a sign that he's about to berserk.
Precision F-Strike: Says that the group of assassins he thought were friends invited over for dinner are "fucking rude" for their deception, the only f-bomb of the series (in the dubbed version, at least).
Properly Paranoid: He’s made even more enemies than the rest of Libra. A group of over a dozen assassins even spent what’s implied to be a couple years becoming a circle of friends for him solely so they could kill him when he finally invited them over for a party. It’s no wonder he’s so distant from anyone non Libra.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: He seems unassuming until he's got his enemies cornered. If he's glaring at you, it's probably already too late to run.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Klaus's red.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Goes behind Libra's backs to ensure that Klaus won't regret offering kindness to irredeemable villains by taking them out on his own.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: He's typically a no-nonsense person, but if you're his friend, he'll treat you kindly.
Smart People Play Chess: Plays a match with Klaus in the first episode.
Sparing Them the Dirty Work: He goes behind Klaus’ back constantly to “correct” what he thinks are bad choices. He is not above doing morally grey (or worse) things to enemies Klaus has previously spared. He even keeps a group of private goons on payroll for inflicting a Fate Worse than Death on captured enemies, something someone as pure hearted as Klaus would never consider doing.
Tattoo as Character Type: Its exact design and purpose (if it has one) are currently unknown. Like his scar, the tattoo that's just barely visible above the collar of his shirt adds to his "mobster image". Nightow has confirmed that it's extensive and goes all the way down his side to his feet.

K.K.

Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)

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A lively and confident Libra member. She's an old friend of Klaus's and treats him with great fondness. While she can't participate in Libra activities quite as much due to having to raise kids, her combat ability hasn't been dulled in the slightest.

Action Girl: She's one of their strongest fighters, being either second or third most powerful.
Action Mom: Having kids hasn't slowed her down at all. Though the time needed to properly raise said kids means she can't accompany Libra on as many missions as she used to.
Badass Biker: K.K. is a motorcyclist and in the opening episode of Season 2, utilizes a tricked out sports bike equipped with cannons that fire electric bolts to save Leo as he makes his run across the city to Federal Hall.
Badass Longcoat: It's long enough to drag along the floor. The only reason it doesn't is because it curls up at the end.
Bloody Murder: Downplayed, in that her specialty is electric powers, which she uses to enhance her bullets, so unlike the powers of other Libra members hers doesn’t have the visual motifs associated with the trope. But like most human superpowers in the series, it comes from her controlling her own blood.
Doting Parent: Very devoted to her sons, who she treasures above all else, to the point where she fought in a shoot out at a convenience store to find a special birthday card for one of them. She also wanted to skip an important mission to stop a gang war because it coincided with Parents' Day, as in "Parents spend time with their kids at school" day until Steven guilt tripped her into joining by asking what her kids would think of her if she let her comrades die.
Eyepatch of Power: We have yet to see an explanation for it.
Friendly Sniper: Moves effortlessly from bantering with her Libra colleagues and assigning them cute nicknames to mowing down enemy mooks by the hundreds while whistling a jaunty tune.
Gossipy Hens: According to Episode 11 of Season 2, she loves gossip.
The Gunslinger: Wields high-powered guns that can electrocute enemies.
Happily Married: She and her husband love each other very much.
Lightning Gun: Her guns fires bullets with such a high charge that it has a similar effect.
Navel Window: Her coat is open just enough to show a bit of stomach and her belly button.
Parents as People: She loves her kids more than anything, but she can't keep all of her promises to them due to having to go on missions to stop chaos throughout the city. Because of this, her children resent her even though she tries her best to give them as much attention as she can.
Platonic Life-Partners: With Klaus. They have a bond so close many viewers initially believed they were romantically involved. In reality K.K. is devoted to her husband, and her bond with Klaus is not romantic but instead the strongest friendship imaginable.
Smoking Is Cool: Sometimes she's seen smoking. Whenever Klaus plays Prosfair with Don Arlellelle, a potentially fatal endeavor, she comes along and chain-smokes in sheer worry. After his 99-hour game, the floor beneath her is absolutely littered with cigarettes, most of which she hasn't even smoked halfway down.

Dog & Deldro

Dog Hummer & Deldro Brody

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (Dog) and Keiji Fujiwara (Deldro) (Japanese), Orion Pitts (Dog) and Mike McFarland (Deldro) (English)

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Click ^hereto see them using their Exocrimson ability

Two men in one body. Dog Hummer had his blood replaced with the liquefied body of Deldro Brody. Deldro, a former serial killer, can materialize as gigantic living armour that surrounds Dog. The two are often kept sealed away in the deepest part of Hellsalem's Lot's largest asylum, but are sometimes called up to aid Libra in dire situations.

Affably Evil: Brody. Despite being an infamous serial killer, he’s struck up a genuine friendship with Dog and controls his impulses in public so as to not add more to his already astronomical sentence, seemingly only because he doesn’t want Dog to suffer more.
Animated Armor: What Deldro can materialise as to protect Doug and grant him immense physical strength.
Bloody Murder: Much like the others, though his is perhaps a bit more ridiculous.
Body Horror: Dog Hummer is a man who's blood was taken out, mixed with the remains of another man and put back into him, all with the blood now being conscious.
Chick Magnet: Dog is really tall, really handsome and a sweet guy with a disarming smile. Even K.K and Sumeragi, who are normally fawning over Klaus and Steven respectively, do a Double Take and agree that they both think Dog is a real catch.
Dub Name Change: The dub changed his last name to “Hammer” since in english his original name quite literally meant “Dog Blowjob”. Some translations go further and name him “Doug Hammer” to avert As Long as It Sounds Foreign.
Expy: Of Venom and Carnage.
- Brody's liquified body even looks just like Carnage.
- Brody looks an awful lot like carbon!Greed. Not to mention also being a notorious criminal made of red liquid, capable of creating impenetrable armour and forced to share a body with a polite, cheery young man voiced by Mamoru Miyano.
- Dog Hummer looks like a tanner Knives.
Hidden Depths: Turns out Brody appreciates art.
Informed Attractiveness: Dog's supposedly handsome, but were it not for the Perception Filter of the ladies, you wouldn't know he's a Chick Magnet.
Mellow Fellow: Hummer is an easygoing young man who is relatively relaxed at having to both serve out Brody's titanic prison sentence alongside him and risking his life to fight for Libra despite having no formal fighting skills or experience.
Nice Guy: Hummer is genuinely friendly to his fellow Libra members. The only time he loses his cool is when he remembers Aligura.
Odd Friendship: Hummer and Brody get along very well, despite of, or because of, the circumstances that bound them together in the first place.
Pretty Boy: Dog Hummer is quite an attractive man, with even the ladies of Libra finding him attractive
- Even Warden Alice, who suppose to be watching Doug & Brody's activity, is swooned by Doug's face.
Running Gag: Ladies love the Hummer.
The Symbiote: Brody has been reduced to a liquid form, and Hummer obviously can't live without his blood. Their relationship is mutual.
Terrorists Without a Cause: Before his mutilation and imprisonment, Deldro was a member of "the non-ideological militant group" Dead Lynx. His old teammates want to extract him from Dog and give him a new body he'll have complete control over.
Top-Heavy Guy: Their Exocrimson form has a giant upper body and beefy forearms, but the legs are relatively smaller in comparison.
Two Beings, One Body: They weren't like this originally, but thanks to Aligura, they are now.
Strong, but Unskilled: They have enough power to punch a giant truck monster in the face and stop it in its tracks, but lack the control to keep themselves from being thrown across the city by the resulting kickback.

Zed

Zed O'Brien

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Alex Organ (season 1), Christopher Wehkamp (season 2) (English)

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A stern fishman with who joined Libra after being abandoned in Hellsalem's Lot by his and Zapp’s teacher, Raju. He is studious, modest, polite, and hardworking; everything that Zapp isn’t.

Adaptation Personality Change: In the anime adaptation, he's generally pretty stoic about everything to the point of being Comically Serious and tends to blow Zapp off when the latter is trying to annoy him. In the manga, he has a lot less patience for Zapp and is shown getting visibly (comically) angry with him more than once throughout the manga.
Always Someone Better: Part of his conflict with Zapp comes from the fact that Zedd had the attitude, but Zapp has the aptitude. Its not that Zedd failed in his training, but that Zapp is literally the best student Raju has ever trained.
Blade Below the Shoulder: Has pointy fins on his wrists.
Bloody Murder: Uses the same style as Zapp as they both studied under the same master. He uses the Shinatobe branch of the Big Dipper Blood Battle Style.
Blow You Away: He inherits the wind based Big Dipper Style Blood Technique from his master.
Carnivore Confusion: To haze Zed, Zapp takes him and Leo to a sushi restaurant when Leo says they should all go out for lunch. To Zapp's annoyance, Zed has no issue eating fish, noting that in the sea, bigger fish eat smaller fish all the time. Though averted at the end of the episode when he says he doesn't eat sea creatures. He presumably just wasn't backing down from Zapp's obvious hazing.
Early-Bird Cameo: Zed doesn't appear in the show (or even arrive in Hellsalem's Lot) until the latter half of season 1, but you can see glimpses of him in the OP from the beginning.
Expy: Of Abe Sapien. His backstory in s2e7 confirms it.
Fish People: Described as half-man, half-fish.
Fishbowl Helmet: Normally uses an unobtrusive device to allow himself to breathe on land. Alternatively, as long as there is water available beside him, he can use his Big Dipper Style Blood Technique to encase his head with a water bubble to help him breathe without his breathing apparatus. The water bubbles he makes can be weaponized by throwing it on an enemy's head and drowning them. However, he gets laughed by Leo, Zapp, and Chain, because of how ridiculous it looks.
I Just Want to Have Friends: To a lesser extent, but it turns out Zed was pretty lonely before joining Libra. Initially he only had his creator to talk with, and after that only Raju who was just interested in teaching Zed the Big Dipper Style. Though he doesn't outwardly show it, he is very excited to go to a New Years party with the rest of Libra to the point that he taped the flyer Leo gave him to his water tank he spends a lot of time in.
Logical Weakness: He's half-fish. Without his neck apparatus, he can't breathe in air.
Razor Floss: ...And threads.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Zapp's red. Bonus points for actually having blue skin.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: Wears a very tight sleeveless shirt that shows off his well-toned arms nicely.
Taking the Bullet: Not a bullet, but a giant piece of falling rubble to the back, which he heroically endures when saving Vivian from the mobile tank that just crashed through the roof of the diner in Run Lunch Run.
Weak, but Skilled: He lacks Zapps natural talent for blood magic, but makes up for it by having actually taken his training seriously.

Gilbert

Gilbert F. Altstein

Voiced by: Banjo Ginga (Japanese), Francis Henry (English)

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Klaus' butler and a member of Libra who handles most of Libra's intelligence work.

Badass Driver: AND HOW! During the 5th episode of Season 2, he gets to take his car out for a spin, and leaves a trail of destruction in his wake as he pursues the criminals that stole the brain of his fellow butler.
Bandaged Face: He's covered almost entirely in bandages.
Battle Butler: He's Klaus's butler, so he couldn't be anything but this.
Beware the Nice Ones: As placid as he normally is, hurt one of his coworkers and he will rain fire upon you.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: A seemingly decrepit butler with several health problems and age, Altstein demonstrates in Season 2 Episode 5, why underestimating him is the last mistake anyone would make. When a gang of criminals steal the brain of his assistant butler, Alstein takes his tricked out roadster for a spin, and proceeds to use the built in weapons to carve a swathe of destruction through Hellsalem Lot waterfront, massacre the criminals down to the last man, recover the brain and shrug off his head getting bisected with a Katana.
Determinator: Altstein won't stop even his head getting bisected with a Katana.
Healing Factor: His regenerative powers only activates when he receives fatal wounds.
Hidden Depths: Is briefly shown playing video games with Leo and Zapp in his focus episode.
Meaningful Name: The F in his name is for Franke (+ Altstein), nearly similar to Franken (+ Stein), as in Frankenstein's monster, which kinda explains his Bandaged Face & his regenerative ability.
Nice Guy: Leo mentions that Gilbert gets along with pretty much everyone.
Weaponized Car: Drives a custom vehicle that's packed with weapons.

Blitz

Blitz T. Abrams

Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese), Mark Stoddard (English)

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Klaus' former mentor and a world-famous vampire hunter. He's also known as Lucky Abrams due to his disastrously BAD luck and tendency to bring disasters and accidents in his wake wherever he goes.

The Ditz: Comes across as one due to his nonchalance about the curse on him. He is completely unaffected by it, but everything and everyone around him is, causing mayhem wherever he goes. He generally seems unaware that anything is unusual about it, such as not seeing why its unusual that a giant monster about to eat the train they were on got randomly struck and killed by a random meteor. He also has a somewhat goofy personality. That said, he is very competent at his job.
Doom Magnet: He's been cursed so many times that misfortune follows him around, though he never seems to get affected by it himself.
Establishing Character Moment: During his introduction in the anime, he's seen walking on the tarmac at an airport and sneezes. A plane behind him that was taking off suddenly explodes. When he first sees Zapp and Leo, a car accident occurs right in front of him. A shard of glass from a crashed vehicle flies into Zapp's forehead, while some metal debris falls on Leo's head, knocking him out in the process. Later a giant flying monster is about to attack the subway train he's on with other Libra members, only to be immediately killed by a meteorite that also happened to slam into it before the train could be attacked. Zapp lampshades this, screaming about such an unlikely scenario happening.
The Friend Nobody Likes: There are only two people in Libra with a positive opinion of the man, Klaus (his protégé) and Steven (who respects his expertise on Vampires). Everyone else wants to stay as far away from him as possible, with good reason.
Large Ham: Incredibly expressive when he gets worked up. Ironically he gets worked up about almost everythingexcept his curse.
Innocently Insensitive: Seems entirely unaware of the disasters he causes and why people go out of their way to avoid him. Also chastises Leo when he injures his eye, telling him to sacrifice an arm next time.
In-Series Nickname: 'Lucky Abrams'. Except he has notoriously bad luck, often causing or triggering mayhem for those around him and getting cursed repeatedly. Zapp even comments that nobody gets nicknamed "Lucky" for actually having good luck.
The Jinx: A fairly unique case. He is widely regarded as the 'Greatest' Vampire Hunter. As a result, the entire species has cursed him to the point said curses actually cancel each other out, causing them to lash out at those around him.
The Mentor: To Klaus.
Non-Action Guy: Klaus clearly learned his blood style from someone else. Other than his curse immunity and encyclopedic knowledge of Vampires, Blitz is just a perfectly normal, decently fit middle aged man who lacks the ability to fight the threats Libra faces.
The Smart Guy: When on vampire hunts, he doesn’t really fight but instead uses his encyclopedic knowledge of vampires to help more combat capable companions do the actual fighting. Its clearly a winning strategy, considering how much the Blood Breeds collectively loathe him.
The Jinx: Due to being cursed so many times that the curses cancel each other out, he's personally immune to them, but they can still affect the people around him.
Vampire Hunter: He's described as one in his intro.

Patrick

Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka (Japanese), Major Attaway (season 1), Ray Hurd (season 2) (English)

Libra's weaponsmith and occasional field agent.

The Blacksmith: He makes all the impressive firepower and weapons for Libra. The most modest weapon we've seen him have is a stun baton he gave to Leo.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Almost always seen hanging out with the tiny Neyka.
Technological Pacifist: Stocks and maintains a huge arsenal of guns and weaponry, but uses none of them himself.

Antagonists

Femt, The King of Depravity

Femt

Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English)

The self-proclaimed King of Depravity and one of the Thirteen Kings of the Beyond's criminal underground. He's an aristocratic superhuman entity with a lot of free time who views the city and its human inhabitants as playthings. Despite this, he is looking for drama and exciting conflicts above else, and intentionally handicaps his own schemes so that mankind will have a chance.

Ax-Crazy: Mild Example. Femt is far from sane, and his idea of fun is very twisted, but even he has his moments of calm and rationality.
Bad Samaritan: Fascinated by Curious' condition, he offers to restore his humanity, not even bothering to hide the fact that he's aware that the criminal doesn't want to be normal again and that the process will likely involve tortuous experimentation.
Big Bad: Subverted in the anime at least. At the beginning of the series, things indicate that he will be the one that will cause problems to Libra. However, with the appearance of the King of Despair, Femt become a mere spectator in his schemes and leave the work to him.
- In the manga, he is still the closest thing to a Big Bad, the only recurring villain at least, but he doesn't seem to have any actual plans beyond just causing mayhem in the city for his enjoyment.
Bodyguard Babes: Has two, Eve & Odd.
Drama-Preserving Handicap: Invoked Trope. Femt lives for drama and intentionally makes it so, even if only barely, his plans can be foiled and his monsters can be defeated, so he can enjoy watching the desperate struggle of humanity.
Establishing Character Moment: In his very first appearance, the first thing he do is to challenge Libra to stop one of his monsters via TV in a very... energetic way.
Even Evil Has Standards: In the OVA he defends the restaurant when it is attacked, and states that he wouldn't do anything to damage it despite his typical Ax-Crazy nature. Although this is probably simply because he enjoys eating there, rather than any moral standard.
Evil Is Hammy: His mannerism and way to speak make him do the largest ham of the series.
Evil Wears Black: When he meets the King of Despair in episode 9 he wears his black clothes without his lab coat.
Expy: Femt is basically Blood Battle Blockade's version of the Joker.
Fangs Are Evil: Has a very prominent fangs to accentuate his evil aspect.
For the Evulz: The reason why he challenges Libra and sets up the game is because he's bored and wants excitement.
Go-Karting with Bowser: After spending some time getting to know Leo while trying to escape the bathroom hallway, he decides he's pretty OK for a human and invites the latter out for dinner. The OVA ends with Leo debating whether to go or not, for obvious reasons.
Laughably Evil: Admit it, his over-the-top actuations and his behavior in general are pretty funny.
Mad Scientist: His MO. He’s physically not very strong compared to the other Beyondian kings, but he’s able to cook up all sorts of magical and scientific abominations with very very little effort and let them loose. He even has the lab coat to match.
One-Way Visor: Though it looks more like a steel plate.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: During the Calamity Auction arc, Femt hijacks the body of the American President to try and spring Klaus from Pandorum Asylum to make the chaos of the Charops Jinko even more entertaining with the leader of Libra in the mix. But when Klaus moves to protect the guards of the prison from him, Femt actually bothers to attack directly.
Red Baron: "The King of Depravity".
Spanner in the Works: Frees Leo who was tied up in a crypt unlikely to ever be found because he found the King of Despair's apocalypse to be too boring.
Villainous Friendship: Is friends with the King of Despair and Aligura.
Villains Out Shopping: When the fancy restaurants' dimensional security system in the OVA goes haywire, guess who Leo runs into while looking for the bathroom. They end up forming a temporarily alliance to get back to their respective dining rooms, and both agree to never speak of the incident again... until Femt invites Leo out for dinner.

Aligura

Aligura, The Queen of Monomania

Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English)

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The Queen of Monomania. She's another one of the Thirteen leaders of the underground in Hellsalem's Lot who likes to stir up chaos in the same way Femt does, but not without reason.

Ax-Crazy: Her Yandere behaviour goes to extreme heights. Like what she does to her boyfriend when she thinks he deserves a better body...
Chekhov's Gunman: If you pay attention at the people behind Femt during his introduction, you can see Aligura eating with the rest of his gang (the pink silhouette in the right)◊.
Cool Mask: Wears a metallic mask over her eyes that looks similar to Femt's. Hers can open in the middle to reveal a single Cyclopean eye.
Cute and Psycho: In one hand you have a very cute gothic lolita girl, in the other hand, you have a Yandere who liquefied her boyfriend into a mass of blood and fills him in the body of a more attractive man after draining all the blood out of that guy.
Cyclops: On the rare occasion that her Cool Mask opens up, you'll see she only has a single purple eye.
Determinator: As the Queen of Monomania, this is her main trait. She will take what she wants, regardless of what she must do or who she must hurt/kill in order to do it. In addition, she will keep throwing herself at a problem as many times as it takes to solve it, albeit with long breaks of planning in between each attempt.
Elegant Gothic Lolita: Her style of dress resembles one. It leads to Leo to mistake her for a regular young girl in the manga when he first sees her, before he knows what she really is:
Leo: "There's someone in the cockpit of the truck... it's a gothic lolita!"
Evil Wears Black: Well, a mix of black and pink.
Red Baron: "The Queen of Monomania".
Rose-Haired Sweetie: No.
Troll: Seemingly kidnapped Leo For the Lulz.
Villainous Friendship: She is the friend of Femt and The King of Despair.
Wisdom from the Gutter: She's completely insane, but gives some sort of reasonable advice to Leo regarding a girl he likes (which he actually uses when he's free from her.)
Yandere: An unusual variant, stemming form her Blue-and-Orange Morality; she genuinely loves her boyfriend and her affections were reciprocated. What wasn't reciprocated was her desire to turn him into a blood monster that could possess a body that was more attractive. When that doesn't go well she kills a lot of people in an effort to capture her boyfriend and his host.

Zeodora

Zeodora The Heretic

King of Hypersensitivity, and one of the Thirteen Kings of Hellsalem's Lot, considered the most difficult to handle by Klaus. He has incredibly powerful senses, that allow him to detect all things in Hellsalem's Lot.

Blessed with Suck: He has hyperhuman sensitivity, allowing him to detect all things, meaning nothing escapes him, not even Chain and those like her who can dilute their existence. Of course, he cannot turn them off and thus being costantly bombarded with sights, sounds and so on from his environment, especially a loud house like Hellsalem's Lot (New York City plus supernatural chaos) means he ended up going mad.
Deal with the Devil: Makes one with Velved, giving her access to his connectivity, but turning her into a monster
Driven to Madness: The constant flood of every sense in Hellsalem's Lot appear to have done this to him.
Early-Bird Cameo: season 1 episode 1 that one humanoid silhouette with "roots" sprouting from his back (he's with Femt's gang, seen eating a fruit on far left of the screen)◊. But his identity confirmed 2 years later in season 2 episode 4◊]].
Eldritch Abomination: In addition to his otherworldly appearance, he is capable of sensing every sound, light and vibration in Hellsalem's lot, and bestow this power on others.
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Being able to sense everything around you to a supersensitive degree may be awesome, but if you can't tune it out, you're going to be overwhelmed to the point of breaking, especially if it's a loud place like New York City. Doubly so if it's part of New York City that has become infested with extrauniversal and supernatural forces.

The King of Despair

Blank/King of Despair

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Micah Solusod (English)

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Another one of the Thirteen Kings of Hellsalem's Lot's criminal underground introduced in the anime adaptation, who is currently inhabiting Black's body. He's taken a personal interest in Leo.

Arc Villain: For the first season of the anime. Blank aims to dismantle the barrier that keeps Hellsalem's Lot from being torn apart by the beyond, hoping to destroy the world.
Bullying a Dragon: As Black, he often gets picked on in a similar way as Leo does. Of course once that happens the bullies are in for a bloody surprise.
Clark Kenting: As mentioned below, he changes his look when he takes over Black. The change in appearance is so profound that even though they appear one after the other in the opening it's entirely possible not to realize they're the same character until after The Reveal.
Deal with the Devil: Black made a deal to let him use his body as long as he left White alone. The King himself makes a deal with White to free Black if she steals Leo's eyes from him.
Death Seeker: He wants to die. To cause the Great Collapse again is his attempt at ensuring this happens.
- At the end of season 1 anime, it is heavily implied that Blank didn't die & simply possessed a new host body.
Enemy Within: To Black.
Evil Costume Switch: When manifesting himself in Black's body he removes the glasses, messes up his hair, and wears a bright blue coat.
Faux Affably Evil: On one hand, he saved a random woman who was abused by Beyondians when he had no reason to. On the other hand, he tortured and killed said Beyondians in a sadistic way. On one hand, he made a deal with Black to possess his body in return for keeping White safe and promised White that if she helped him with his plot, he'd release Black. On the other hand, he lied about both promises. On one hand, he has plenty of light goofy conversations with Femt. On the other hand, he wants to destory the world, killing everyone on both sides.
I Lied: Does this twice in the same episode. First he breaks his promise of returning Black's body and the second he breaks his promise to not harm White by shooting her.
Knight of Cerebus: Compared with the antics of Femt and Aligura, the King of Despair is shown as a very much serious threat. Also, while Femt only wants fun and Aligura's havoc in episode 5 is only to obtain her boyfriend (and despite that she kills many people in the process, is more or less Played for Laughs), the actions of Blank are totally not for comedy purposes.
Red Baron: "The King of Despair".
Really 700 Years Old: He is pretty damn old to say the least, with his word choice implying that he has been around since ancient Rome and was even referred to as the Devil as one of his monikers
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes are red, unlike Black's blue.
Technicolor Fire: Associated with blue flames.
Two Beings, One Body: Shares a body with Black.
Villainous Friendship: He is friends with Femt, and the two even go out to eat while Aligura rampages through the city in episode five. He is also friend of Aligura herself.
Victory Is Boring: When his plan is on the verge of success Femt comments how bored he is despite his wish for death about to be realized. So they decide to “spice” up the apocalypse by adding in zombies and Femt releasing Leonardo.
Villain Takes an Interest: He's interested in Leo, because he wants to take the Eyes of God from him. Thankfully, rather than literally take them out of Leo's head, he outfits Leo with a device that will allow him to use the Eyes' power and then kidnaps him. He then uses the Eyes to figure out how to break the seal that stopped the Great Collapse.
Who Wants to Live Forever?: Reveals that this is his motivation, and is hoping the destruction of the barrier and the second great collapse might be able to kill him.

Yg'Gfot

A grade-two divine entity/demigod, summoned by Femt to be a part of his game.

Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: He's ginormous.
Half the Man He Used to Be: A strange example because Femt only summoned half of it. It's missing the right half of it entire body, except for the back of its shoulders, meaning it still has two arms.
Healing Factor: Able to regenerate to a certain degree. It's no match for explosions, though.
The Unpronounceable: If it helps any, the Japanese pronunciation is "Yugo Gufoto".

Yahabio

Voiced by: Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese), Andrew Chandler (English)

A Beyondian using a Ghost Wagon to perform human abductions. Works with Shiboroba and Udeshiubo.

Curb-Stomp Battle: Is taken out with one hit courtesy of Klaus.
I'm a Humanitarian: His job is to kidnap humans as food for the Alterworld.
I Want Them Alive!: Kidnaps Leo when he realizes that he can see through their otherwise impenetrable illusion magic.
Katanas Are Just Better: Utilizes one to fight.

Shiboroba

Voiced by: Tetsuo Gotou (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English)

A Beyondian using a Ghost Wagon to perform human abductions. He uses his illusion-making powers to disguise the Wagon to look like a normal vehicle when in Hellsalem's Lot. Works with Yahabio and Udeshiubo.

Curb-Stomp Battle: Is taken out with one hit courtesy of Klaus.
I'm a Humanitarian: His job is to kidnap humans as food for the Alterworld.
Master of Illusion: His illusion magic is so cutting edge, the only people in existence who can see past it are either in league with him or have the Eyes Of God. This is how he identifies that Leo has said eyes.
They Would Cut You Up: The "they" in this case is him. When one of his coworkers snatches Leo, he becomes delighted at the thought of dissecting someone who holds the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods.

Udesiubo

Udeshiubo

Voiced by: (unknown)

A Beyondian using a Ghost Wagon to perform human abductions. Works with Yahabio and Shiboroba.

Curb-Stomp Battle: Is defeated very quickly by Steven.
I'm a Humanitarian: His job is to kidnap humans as food for the Alterworld.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Or he would be dangerous if he'd been able to do anything before getting taken out.

Don Arlelelle

Don Arlelelle Eruca Fulgrouche

Voice by: Shōzō Iizuka (Japanese), Kenny Green (English)

A Beyondian and a leading boss of the Alterworld. Really loves Prosfair. While he's not an out-and-out villain — he and Klaus seem to be on relatively good terms — he is an Eldritch Abomination who challenges those who seek power and information from him to a game that they cannot win. To keep things fair, in order for someone to "win" and get what they want from him, they need only last long enough against him in a game of Prosfair.

Absurdly High-Stakes Game: If you can't hold your own against him for a designated amount of time, he's going to kill you and steal your brain. Coupled with the fact that Prosfair is known to be so complicated that people die from playing it and that you have to play against him for hours spanning several days.
Body Horror: How about being made mostly of human brains for starters?
Deal with the Devil: He is the devil offering deals in this case. People come to him and entertain him with a game of Prosfair. If they can hold out long enough then they get their request granted. If they can't, then he kills them and assimilates their brain.
Noble Demon: He truly is friends with Klaus. When Klaus acts disrespectful to save the life of a previous player, Arlelelle says that he should kill Klaus for interfering... except that as his friend he deserves a chance to explain himself.
Overly Long Name: As most Beyondian Royalty has.
Physical God: Perhaps the strongest entity encountered in the series, and his influence is practically infinite. Whenever Libra simply cannot get info any other way, Klaus comes back for another game of Prosfair, and it has yet to fail them. It's implied not even Klaus, perhaps humanity's greatest fighter, would even stand a chance against him.
Smart People Play Chess: Just to emphasize how big his mind capacity is, he can play over 99 hours of Prosfair and not break a sweat. This is the same game that makes lesser men's brains explode from the complexity of it all, and Don Arlelelle has barely done anything but play Prosfair for the last 1200 years.
Time Abyss: His real age is never specified, if such a thing is even relevant to him, but he's spent the last 1200 years doing nothing but play Prosfair and collect prized and rare Prosfair pieces.
Year Inside, Hour Outside: Plays his game in another dimension so that his absurd time requests can be met with only a few minutes passing in the real world. Despite this, K.K somehow still goes through several packs of cigarettes waiting for him and Klaus to play their 99-hour game.

Valsh Gilika

Valsh Rozzo Valctovoel Gilika

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)

An Elder Blood Breed.

Curbstomp Battle: When she fights K.K and Steven, she wins easily.
Dark Action Girl: She can go toe to toe with some of Libra's best fighters.
I Know Your True Name: Her kind's weak point. She frightfully exclaims on Klaus knowing her name right before she's sealed.
Kiss of the Vampire: With Tonio, of course, this was at least partly due to her already having had sex with him (while the guise of a more harmless Beyondian girl) and decided that he was to her liking.
Minidress of Power: Complete with Zettai Ryouiki.
Overly Long Name: Yep.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: A sign she's a Blood Breed
Would Not Hurt A Child: The anime cut out her summoning from the Alterworld by a mafia family that wanted to make a deal with the Elder Blood Breeds in exchange for power. They offered their youngest member to her as a sacrifice, but she killed them instead and turned the kid into a Blood Breed.

Tonio

Tonio Andretti

Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japanese), Jerry Jewell (English)

A Blood Breed accompanying Gilika.

Adapted Out: Not Tonio himself, but his backstory is absent in the anime.
Satellite Character: In the anime.
Fully-Embraced Fiend: He was nothing but enthusiastic to have been turned by Gilika, and seems to enjoy being a vampire a lot more than he did being a mobster.
We Hardly Knew Ye: In the anime at least. He barely says a phrase until Klaus defeats him.

Ozmaldo

Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), David Wald (English)

The owner and champion of E-den, an underground fighting ring.

Anti-Villain: The Blood Breed possessing his body is easily the most reasonable and morally upright Libra ever encounters, which says a lot when he's running a violent underground fight club. When Klaus accidentally reveals said Blood Breed's existence, he thanks Klaus for a good time, knocks him out, and leaves him and the rest in Libra in peace, never to be seen again.
Blood Knight: Loves to fight strong opponents, with his entire arena on the line when he fights. The Blood Breed posessing his body sheepishly admits that he took over Ozmaldo's (already dead) body to be able to have a proper fistfight without being hunted or feared for merely existing.
Cigar Chomper: He's got one in his mouth most of the time.
Dead All Along: Turns out to be a corpse possessed by a Blood Breed. The Blood Breed admits that he wasn't the one that killed him.
Pointy Ears: He's got 'em.
Your Head A-Splode: Klaus ends up punching the top part of his head above the bottom jaw off, much to everyone's shock.

Gemnemo

Genmemo

Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase (Japanese), Daniel Baugh (English)

A hyper-intelligent biological terrorist microbe who seeks to enlarge and strengthen living things to cause chaos and disorder.

Psycho Serum: Created one that would cause the victim to become bigger and stronger the more people harm it's host.
Villain of the Week: He appears in two episodes and then dies. Kind of sad.

Dr. Gamimozou

Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese), Barry Yandell (English)

A powerful Beyondian with an interest in the various divine "parts of the Gods".

Ambiguously Human: Played with. He is certainly entirely Beyondian now, but whether he was always one is a question that will never be answered.
Body Horror: Looks like a floating, withered corpse with tubes and pipes running through it.
The Chosen Many: Averted. While he has possession of the All Seeing Eyes of the Gods, its only a single eye, and one he surgically implanted into himself after stealing it from a corpse, rather than ones given to him naturally.
Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: His obsession with modifying himself with divine cybernetics has driven him to do some unspeakable things, and he appears to be addicted to it.
Evil Counterpart: He's a grotesque reflection of what Leo could become if he let the power of his eyes corrupt him.
Grand Theft Me: His motus operandi. He himself is more like a mass of surgery and life support equipment, and in order to actually act he must attach himself to victims.
Kick the Dog: Randomly kills a Beyondian to make a point to Leo.
Lotus-Eater Machine: Anyone he possesses is put into one, only half in control of their actions. It's apparently painless, but we only have his word for it.
Mood-Swinger: Jumps between Pet the Dog moments and Kick the Dog moments at the drop of a hat.
Weak, but Skilled: Easily the most fragile Beyondian ever faced in the series, but between his cunning and his mastery of illusion magic he is also one of the most frighteningly effective outside the 13 Kings.

"Greedy Madman"

Curious, Christine, Dane, Ink Face & White Face, Lyme, Nag, and Rudger (w/Ivy)

A loose coalition of superpowered criminals who are led by Curious, the self-professed "man who obtains all forms of ruin."

Big Bad Ensemble: Curious is this with Veneno in "Dead of Night Warfare" and the team as a whole forms a conflicting one with Zooloody's in "Calamity Auction".
Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: The hulking Ink Face & White Face die protecting Curious from being killed by a vengeful Veneranda's sneak attack.
Collector of the Strange: Curious aims to collect as many of the 42 Tools mentioned in the Book of Demise that he can. So far, he has only managed to attain the Eternal Compression Clock.
Dishing Out Dirt: Lyme is able to use specialized drones to manipulate the ground and even form constructs.
Hive Queen: Christine has a series of honeycomb-shaped holes on her body that let her summon a multitude of flying ravenous mouths.
It Amused Me: While the money's good, they chiefly follow Curious because his quest is interesting to be a part of, even if it might result in the end of the world.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Fittingly for a remorseless killer who wants to collect them at the cost of everything else, Curious has had a sizable role in the destruction of two of the 42 Tools, having been tricked by Klaus into rapidly aging the Noctova Smile into dust, and indirectly getting the Charops Jinko critically damaged when Veneranda slashed it open as a distraction during her attempt on his life.
Rapid Aging: The primary way Curious uses the Eternal Compression Clock outside of manifesting armor and weapons with its gears. To his horror, he discovers that it's actually beneficial to Blood Breeds as it accelerates their already fast ability to heal. Once the Tycoon Brothers realize that the leader of Greedy Madman's power isn't anything to fear, they start attacking him and his team even more ferociously.
They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: Dane is a scruffy, middle-aged man with a truly nasty, if specific, Space Master ability.
Villain Teleportation: Nag is a new recruit who specializes in this.
Vine Tentacles: Rudger fights with these, courtesy of his "friend" Ivy.

The Tycoon Brothers

Maximillian & Yngwie

Brothers Maximillian and Yngwie are a pair of Blood Breeds who are uniquely focused in bodyguard and retrieval services rather than wanton slaughter. They are known as “the strongest and most feared security tag team” in Hellsalem's Lot.

Continuing is Painful: Every single member of Libra besides Chain uses their abilities on them in some way, and they're clearly in a lot of pain when the attacks land but press on because they have a job to do. They likewise incur similar amounts of injury from members of Greedy Madman and Ex G.I.
Gemini Destruction Law: Because they trust one another completely, they're comfortable leaving the care of their respective hearts to the other, which is usually unthinkable for the typical individualistic Blood Breed. This makes sealing them tricky, as even if a Fang Hunter knew their real names, piercing the heart in their bodies wouldn't fulfill the usual conditions (piercing the Blood Breed's heart and then invoking their name). Yngwie claims that the only way it would work is if he and Maximillian were sealed at the same time.
The Heavy: Working for Zoolandy's, they're the most physical active threat for the Calamity Auction arc, contending with Libra, Greedy Madman, and Ex-G.I.
It Only Works Once: Dane incapacitates Maximillian for a while with his Killer Tesseract technique. When he tries to use it on him later, it takes the Tycoon Brother less than a minute to escape the construct a second time.
Power Copying: From just a few minutes of fighting Zed and Zapp, they manage to replicate their usages of the Beast Blade technique perfectly to the point that they can maintain it perpetually to inflate their already absurd strength. This proves to be their undoing as they were unaware of the risk of Super-Power Meltdown that comes with using it for too long.
Right-Hand Attack Dog: Subverted with their Blood Breed Bull Terrier Bruno. Unlike Zamedie's dog, he's not relied on to fight, and the brothers aren't comfortable with him getting shot either.

Others

Michella

Michella Watch

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English)

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Leonardo's younger sister, who was born with weak legs and is unable to walk. Although their parents brought them to Hellsalem's Lot in hopes of finding a miracle, she ended up losing her eyes to protect her brother. Leo writes her letters to let her know what he's up to - or at least, he intends to.

Handicapped Badass: She might be blind and in a wheelchair, but she shouldn't be underestimated since she'll do what she can to help Leo. Including beating up her fiancee when his body gets hijacked.
Heroic Sacrifice: She gave up her sight for her older brother.

Master

Voiced by: Riki Kagami (Japanese)

The owner and proprietor of Leo's favorite restaurant, Diannes Diner, and Vivian's father.

Papa Wolf: See Taking the Bullet.
Taking the Bullet: Shields Vivian with his body when Yg'Gfot destroys his diner. Getting pelted by the falling rubble knocks him out for a bit, but he's fine soon after.

Vivian

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Lindsay Seidel (English)

A waitress at Diannes Diner and Master's daughter.

Cool Big Sis: While a little on the blunt side, she's encouraging towards Leo and willing to cut him some slack when he isn't able to foot his diner bills.
Running Gag: Her mourning the destruction of Diannes.
Tomboyish Baseball Cap: Wears one as her default design.

Ulchenko

Korsakov Ulchenko

Voiced by: Satoshi Mikami (Japanese), Chuck Huber (English)

An intelligent man and one of the best human players of Profair.

Fate Worse than Death: Nearly avoided this, after losing a match of Prosfair to Don Arlelelle, he would have had his brain incorporated into the Don's, and been forced to play pros fair with him until he died, had Klaus not intervened.
Hoist by His Own Petard: He would have soundly gotten what he'd wanted had he not insisted that Don add killing Klaus and K.K. to his requests, even after the Don explained that Klaus wouldn't tell anyone about their encounter. Since he still wanted them silenced, another hour gets added to his fee. Though credit to him, he was only about a minute away from that.
You Know Too Much: Asks Don Arlelelle to kill Klaus and K.K. if he wins the game, because he doesn't want to risk the knowledge of his meeting with Don Arlelelle becoming public.

Dr. Estevez

Dr. Luciana Estevez

Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English)

A doctor who met Klaus and Stephen three years ago during the Great Collapse. After being fatally injured by the pet of a Blood Breed, she made a deal with a Beyondian, obtaining the power to divide herself in multiple copies, allowing her to man the hospital.

Ambiguously Brown: Her last name is Spanish.
Cursed with Awesome: The procedure done to her costed Estevez her humanity, and she's fairly certain that she's stuck in Hellsalem's Lot as her new biology would have an extremely adverse reaction to conventional reality. However, her new abilities also allow her to help more people, which she views as a net positive.
Excuse Me While I Multitask: Obviously.
Honorary True Companion: Ehh sorta. She does become pretty close over to Libra as a while and they in turn have a great deal of trust in her.
Hospital Hottie: She's a nice and attractive doctor. And when her younger copies remerge into one, she becomes even more beautiful.
Idiot Hair: Her copies have one. And it even moves.
Self-Duplication: She now has the power to man most of the hospital by herself. The more copies she makes, the younger they become.
Took a Level in Badass: Originally a simple doctor, thanks to her power she was able to dismantle a Blood Breed's dog like a dummy.

White

White/Mary Macbeth

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Megan Emerick (English)

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A mysterious girl Leonardo meets in a graveyard by a hospital. Introduced in the anime adaptation.

Barrier Maiden: The barrier that acts as her heart is also tied to the barrier that stops the Great Collapse. The King of Despair shoots her in the end in order to break it.
Canon Foreigner: An original anime character who has no manga equivalent.
Color-Coded Characters: She goes by the name of White and her outfit is mostly white, with a bit of black.
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Black and White's parents are implied to have been one of the Casters who gave up their lives to create the barrier that stopped the Great Collapse from growing.
Deal with the Devil: She made a deal with the King of Despair that he would leave Black's body if she retrieved Leo's eye abilities, but since she legitimately wants to be friends with Leo, she's not completely willing to do this.
Disappears into Light: Her final fate in the finale, as she willingly gives William the remaining energy in her body to repair the shattered barrier around New York.
Enemy Mine: Dislikes the King of Despair, but is helping him in his schemes and is keeping Black in the dark.
Genki Girl: Maintains a remarkably upbeat and cheerful personality in her interactions with Leo. Later episodes imply that there's a sadder girl beneath the surface.
Girlish Pigtails: Wears her long blonde hair in this style.
Meaningful Name: William and Mary, as in William and Mary; her brother is housing the King of Despair, while she's working with him.
Mirror Character: White comes from a similar place as Leo. Both feel extreme guilt over letting their siblings sacrifice themselves when presented with a Sadistic Choice, and both White and Leo both decide to follow along with the sadistic choice presenter's directions. Leo chooses to watch the events unfolding in Hellsalem's Lot (while helping Libra keep the peace) and White helps the King of Despair carry out his plans to remove the barrier surrounding Hell Salem's lot, even though that would cause the world to plunge into chaos. And both do this for their siblings' sakes.
Muggle Born of Mages: Her parents were both psychics from a long line of psychics, and her twin brother is a very powerful psychic. She however is completely powerless. This left her with some resentment towards Black, who as she puts it has enough psychic power for the both of them yet refuses to use his powers, even while getting beaten up by bullies.
Parental Abandonment: Her parents were among the casters that sacrificed themselves to prevent the Great Collapse, leaving her an orphan and living in a hospital.
Replacement Goldfish: Serves as a possibly romantic version of this for Leo in regards to Michella, who she shares a number of physical traits with. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking when she fades away.
Ship Tease: A fair bit between her and Leo. Leo clearly likes her more than a friend and she in turn does care about him. It says something when she turns into a butterfly of light after sacrficing her body that she briefly lands on Leo's lips before flying away.
Sibling Yin-Yang: A subtle variation with Black that stretched back to when they were kids. As children, he was softhearted and easy to mess with while she was blunt and more intolerant of bullies.

Black

Black/William Macbeth

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Micah Solusod (teen), Apphia Yu (child) (English)

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White's older twin brother, a young boy with mild psychic powers. His body is currently also being used by the King of Despair. Introduced in the anime adaptation.

Big Brother Instinct: Towards White. In a move mirroring Leo's sister, he sacrificed his body as a vessel to keep her safe.
Canon Foreigner: An original anime character who has no manga equivalent.
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Black and White's parents are implied to have been one of the Casters who gave up their lives to create the barrier that stopped the Great Collapse from growing.
Deal with the Devil: Made a deal with the King of Despair that he could use his body as long as he left White alone.
Enemy Within: Currently housing the King of Despair in his body.
Heroic Sacrifice: In an event that directly parallels Michella's sacrifice of her eyes for Leo, he offered his body for the King of Despair to use so that he would leave White alone.
Meaningful Name: He and his sister's real names are William and Mary; he's housing the King of Despair, while she's working with him.
Nice Guy: Appears to be a friendly, and overall relatable young guy.
Psychic Powers: Black attempted to freeze hot coffee from spilling onto Leo, but he didn't hold it long enough for Leo to dodge. Black confesses the ability runs in his family but he's not good at it.
Put on a Bus: He leaves Hellsalem's Lot after the events of S1 as the city reminds him of White too much to stay. Leo is seen video calling him near the end of season 2 where he states the above as why he isn't ready to come back yet.
Sibling Yin-Yang: He's the calmer, responsible brother to the more hyper White.

Nej

Amagranoff Luzontam Ouv Lee Nej (Nej)

Voiced by: Ikue Otani (Japanese), Alison Viktorin (English)

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A Beyondian living in Hellsalem's Lot, he's obsessed with burgers. He's more special than he looks however.

Break the Cutie: Life hasn't been particularly kind to Nej. Poor guy can't even remember his mother, and that's without getting into what happens in his episode.
- You know the creators were going for sympathy when they gave this role to Pikachu's voice actor.
Forgetful Jones: He is extremely scatterbrained, possibly due to the below trope, but he's so forgetful that he needs a mnemonic device just to remember Leo's name. And he considers Leo his best friend.
Laser-Guided Amnesia: He can do this, apparently he releases spores when stressed that trigger amnesia.
Nice Guy: As nice as Leo, nicer even.
Overly Long Name: Shares this trait with the Blood Breeds.
Trademark Favorite Food: Loves burgers.
Unstoppable Rage: He is already calming down when Leo distracts the couriers, but when the couriers beat Leo, he loses his cool and causes a massive explosion of spore.

Gregor Maximus

Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)

An E-den fighter, initially Klaus' first opponent before he's shoved aside by another competitor.

Bait-and-Switch Boss: He's set up to be Klaus' first opponent, but then, he is forcibly shoved away.
Handwraps of Awesome: Wears some cool looking hand-wraps.
Walking Shirtless Scene: No shirt.

Raju

Raju Jugei Shizuyoshi

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (English)

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A legendary fighter and master of the Big Dipper Blood Battle Style. Raju is the master to both Zed and Zapp.

Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Most of his lines are either condescending or passive aggressive. The only two people who even vaguely impress him with their skill are Zapp (for somehow being good at the Big Dipper style without having any self discipline) and Klaus (for being able to seal vampires who aren't even weakened yet, though Raju says he does a sloppy job of it)
Ambiguously Human: The show intentionally leaves it ambiguous whether he is Beyondian or a just horribly maimed but extremely powerful human hiding under a cloak.
Beyond the Impossible: He'd prefer if Zed and Zapp could use both of the styles he taught them individually, but Zapp goes off the hook yelling at Raju because that would require being able to compartmentalize your cardiovascular system, or require you to have two sets of veins through your body.
Bloody Murder: As the master of the Big Dipper Blood Battle Style he can do all sorts of impressive skills with it. Turning his blood on fire, using it as hands, translating his words through someone else via their head, creating barriers, etc.
Blow You Away: He can combine wind and fire based techniques together to yield more devastating results.
Brutal Honesty: In very short order, his first meeting with Zed had him explaining that he killed his creator, calling his future pupil an "unholy bastard child", telling him that he was going to burn his home down with him in it if he chose to stay, and warning Zed that as someone who is neither Beyondian nor human, he would be cursed with solitude if he decided to leave and live.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Beast Blade form greatly enhances a person's parameters to an astronomical degree, but it's so taxing on a body that if it's not turned off after a certain period of time, even Blood Breeds will painfully explode into Ludicrous Gibs. Even more dangerous is how there's no buildup to the technique going critical. A user will feel perfectly fine right until the moment it happens.
Flipping the Bird: Enters the Calamity Auction arc doing this to Zed and Zapp after saving them from the Tycoon Brothers.
Good Is Not Nice: He's on the side of humanity, but man is he pretty caustic.
Handicapped Badass: Has lost several of his limbs in the pursuit of mastering his Blood Battle Style, but thanks to his powers can fight easily without them. Only his arm seems to be left.
Jerkass: He's pretty condescending and belittling to people in each one of his appearances.
Jerkass Has a Point: Every belittling word he says about Zapp is never refuted by the other members of Libra since they know how Zapp usually acts.
Old Master: The oldest vampire hunter seen so far and probably the most powerful. Steven calls him "a Real Deal among Real Deals" after seeing him fight in his introduction.
Playing with Fire: Can set his own blood on fire.
Power Floats: Is never seen directly touching the ground.
Red Baron: Known as the "Blood Battle God".
Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Wears a skull over his head that hides his face.
Training from Hell: Put Zapp through these over the years to let Zapp learn his battle style. According to Zapp, Raju subjects himself to training like this constantly.
The Faceless: His hood and the skull mask underneath it obscure his face in shadows. Only his eyes and mouth are shown.
The Unintelligible: No one but Zapp (and presumably Zed) can understand him, so Zapp is forced to translate. Though in his later appearances, he appears to be speaking normally (though this may be the audience understanding him).

Philippe

Philippe Lenore

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese), John Burgmeier (English)

A combat butler in service of the Reinherz family who greatly admires Gilbert.

Actor Allusion: This is not the first time Daisuke Ono voiced a badass Battle Butler character. Sound familiar?
Badass Normal: He doesn't have Blood Art Techniques, but he is still a hard-worker who can hold his own to an extent.
Battle Butler: He's literally called a combat butler!
Distressed Dude: His brain is kidnapped by some Beyondians, forcing Gilbert (plus Leo, Zapp, and Zed) to save him.
Eye Scream: Not only loses his left eye, his whole brain was removed by some thugs, forcing Gilbert to save him.
Hero-Worshipper: Towards Gilbert.
Naïve Newcomer: Despite his competence as a butler, he finds the hard way you can't underestimate Hellsalem's Lot. To compare, even Leo comes off as more street-savvy than him, having learned his lesson from being mugged a couple of episodes ago.
No Indoor Voice: He speaks pretty loudly most of the time.
Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: After getting kidnapped and having his brain (and an eye) removed, when Gilbert offers him a permanent position at Libra, he can't say no fast enough.

Riel

Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (Japanese), Austin Tindle (English)

Once an ordinary (if weak) guy, this lonely Beyondian gets turned into a giant, rampaging monster thanks to the Villain of the Week, Gemnemo.

And I Must Scream: He initially isn't even aware of the fact that his body is a mindless, rampaging monster, because his conciousness is trapped inside his own head.
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Grows to kaiju-size once he's been hurt enough significantly.
Cthulhumanoid: Has facial tentacles that bring this to mind.
Extra Eyes: Has four eyes.
Eyes Always Shut: He briefly opens them when he gets shocked, though.
Incredible Shrinking Man: Shrink to action figure size at the end of the episode.
Non-Humans Lack Attributes: When his clothes are torn off by growing to giant-size, he is shown to have no visible genitalia.
Nothing but Skin and Bones: Before his muscular upgrade, he's very thin and weak.
Remember the New Guy?: In the anime, Leo already is friendly with him, but he's never been introduced to the audience until now.

Toby

Toby McLachlan

Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Japanese), Brandon McInnis (English)

Michella's fiancee.

Demonic Possession: By Dr. Gamimozu.
Early-Bird Cameo: He appeared at the end of season 1, approaching Michella from behind.
Satellite Love Interest: He doesn't really have a lot going for him other than being Michella's fiancee.
Understanding Boyfriend: Accepts everything he learned about Leo and Michella's situation and genuinely wants to help them in any way he can.

Ex-G.I.

The American military's most elite soldiers outfitted with top-of-the-line cybernetics. They are typically called in by the President for dangerous missions that aren't entirely above board.

Cape Busters: Thanks to having so much of their information on file, they have been trained and outfitted to counter the abilities of superhumans from organizations like Libra and the Werewolf Bureau.
Underestimating Badassery: Since Fang Hunters have done a decent job at suppressing Blood Breed activity, Ex-G.I. has never had to deal with any of these vampiric menaces themselves, and thus have no intel on them on file. This costs them dearly when they fight one of the Tycoon Brothers, turning their backs to what they thought was a corpse maimed beyond repair only to be ambushed and overwhelmed for their carelessness.

Valerie

Valerie Bama

Zapp's daughter from ten years into the future. She's introduced in the novel, "Only a Pay-Per-Moon".

Cosmo & Chaos

Two godlike beings whose ongoing feud over the people of Earth led to the creation of Hellsalem's Lot.

The Monolith: The Hexas that Cosmo situates around the world, though they're integral to his plans, they're ultimately meant to distract from the soda bottle that will truly destroy the world.
Order Versus Chaos: Though in this case, Chaos is the one with the more serious temperament and appearance.

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