YMMV / The Diaries of the Family Dracul

• Anti-Climax Boss: Similar to the original novel, Dracula is easily dispatched without a struggle by the heroes after getting ambushed in his casket.
• Complete Monster:
  • Prince Vlad Tsepesh, formerly Vlad III, is the vampiric head of the Tsepesh household. During his time as ruler of Wallachia, Vlad earned the name "Dracula" ^note which means "son of the Devil" for his various acts of torture and sadism towards his subjects. Desiring immortality, Vlad made a pact with the Dark Lord to become a vampire, and has feasted upon hundreds of victims throughout the centuries, with infants comprising much of his prey. As per his bargain with the Dark Lord, Vlad offers up the souls of his family's firstborn son of each generation, binding them to him from infancy via a blood ritual. He has no tolerance for disloyalty among his family; he proved this by killing his "brother" Petru's wife and eldest son, Stefan as punishment for his unwillingness to serve him. Following Petru's death, Vlad attempts to corrupt his son Arkady to be his servant and terrorizes his pregnant wife Mary. He even violates his covenant with his family to never transform his own kin into vampires by transforming Arkady and his sister Zsuzsanna into vampires. He later abducts Mary's son Stefan and attempts to perform the blood ritual on him, only to kill him in a rage upon learning he is not Arkady's biological son, following this by killing Arkady himself. Over two decades later, Vlad moves to London to expand his array of victims. There, he turns Lucy into a vampire and kills her mother, corrupts, then later kills, Renfield, and performs a blood ritual with Mina Harker. Vlad's ultimate ambition is to achieve godhood through the use of a special manuscript, thus giving him dominion over all evil in the world.
  • Countess Elisabeth of Bathory, Vlad's cousin, is a power-hungry vampire who can match even the Impaler in brutality. Noted to have tortured and murdered over 650 maidens in her lifetime and bathed in their blood, Elisabeth made a pact with the Dark Lord for immortality, and has continued her killing spree in undeath. Having acquired the special manuscript by destroying its previous owner, Elisabeth uses it to increase her own power, hoping to achieve godhood through its use. Summoned by Vlad to restore his fading power, Elisabeth seduces Zsuzsanna, luring her into a seemingly loving relationship while in truth planning to sacrifice her to the Dark Lord as part of their bargain. While in Vlad's castle, Elisabeth mesmerizes and violates Jonathan Harker, joins Zsuzsanna and Dunya in feeding on an infant, sacrifices Dunya's soul to summon the Dark Lord, and turns three children into vampires. Arriving in London, Elisabeth kidnaps a young girl and tortures her to death, an act that horrifies Zsuzsanna to the point of leaving her. Following Vlad's death, Elisabeth kills Quincey Morris before assaulting Zsuzsanna to force her to help her locate the remaining key of the manuscript, promising that once she's achieved godhood, she will keep Zsuzsanna as her tortured slave for all eternity.
• Squick:
  • Lazslo having his way with the corpse of one of Dracula's recent victims.
  • The whole relationship between Dracula and Zsuzsanna. Not only are they related, but he's hundreds of years her senior.
• The Woobie: Nearly everyone in the trilogy is this in some form or another.

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