[/quote][edit] The Premise
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D, a sort of lonely knight-errant, wanders through a far-future post-nuclear Earth that combines the best of pulp genres: western, science fiction, horror and high fantasy with a good dash of Lovecraftian mythos, folklore and occult science. The planet, once terrified by the elegant but cruel Nobles (vampires), ancient demons, mutants and their technological creations, is now slowly returning to a semblance of order and human control — thanks partly to the decadence that brought about the vampires' downfall as a race, to the continued stubbornness of frontier dwellers and the rise of a caste of independent hunters-for-hire who eliminate supernatural threats.][/quote]





[/quote]As a dhampir (incorrectly transliterated in the films first as dampiel, and later as dunpeal) or half-breed child of a vampire (Noble) father and human (peasant) mother, D makes the ideal vampire hunter. He is renowned for his consummate skill and unearthly grace, but feared and despised for his mixed lineage: born of both races but belonging to neither. Often underestimated by his opponents, D has surprising power and resourcefulness, possessing most of the strengths and only mild levels of vampiric weaknesses. Unlike most dhampirs, D is able to live as a "normal" human, though marked by his extremely pale skin, fangs, and pointed ears, and thus rarely accepted by humans. His only notable weaknesses are that he is, while not unfeeling, emotionally remote. He is also (far more rarely than other dhampirs) randomly susceptible to sun-sickness, a severe type of sunstroke, about once every five years. Otherwise, D does not suffer from vampiric weaknesses usual to dhampirs, possessing an imposing supernatural aura to his opponents and godlike reflexes surp***ing even vampires. (Note that in the first film this is described a bit differently. Dhampirs are actually much weaker than pure breed vampires. Thus they are not that common nor feared by vampires. When D killed the powerful vampire, Count Lee, at the end, it is revealed that D is actually strong because his father was the strongest vampire: Dracula.)[/quote]

[/quote] D's parasite residing in his left handD is the host for a sentient symbiote, Left Hand, a wise-cracking shriveled old face residing in his left palm, who can suck in m***ive amounts of matter through a wind void or vacuum tunnel. Left Hand enjoys needling the poker-faced D, but only appears as needed, rarely witnessed or heard by anyone other than D, yet aware of many of D's thoughts and actions. At all other times, D's left hand appears normal. Besides providing a contrast to D's reserved demeanor, Left Hand is incredibly useful, possessing many mysterious powers such as psychometry, inducing sleep, determining the medical condition of a victim, and the ability to size up the supernatural powers or prowess of an enemy, even beyond D's keen senses.In the first and second novels, Left Hand can also revive D when his physical condition is suffering, by consuming the four elements and converting the resulting energy into life force. This ability even saved D from the usually fatal stake through the heart he received from Rei-Ginsei in the first novel. Left Hand has its own mind and will, and acts as D's guide and sole permanent companion, providing a reservoir of knowledge pertaining to the lost Noble culture. So far, Left Hand's origins are unknown, and it is unclear how they came to be joined, however, some of its nature is revealed in the third book, which features a similar creature[/quote]



[/quote]Very little is known of D's mother, or his past. However, the Vampires whisper dark rumours about the Sacred Ancestor, Count Dracula, falling in love with a human woman.

Dracula's role in the novels is very mixed, appearing both as bane and savior to isolated towns, and deified as an ancestral god-king to the vampires, many of whom never even met him. D is granted some respect by those who recognize his birthline, known to Left Hand, even though he himself refuses to acknowledge it, and quotes his father's precepts ("Transient guests are we"--it is unknown whether he referred to Nobility or humans) in the first novel. Dracula appears both as a lawgiver honored for his intelligence, who showed some interest in preserving humans, and as a ruthless scientist in the second novel, conducting hybrid breeding experiments with humans in order to perpetuate his own dwindling species. D appears to have encountered his father on at least one occasion, as when at times D reaches a place where the imprint of Dracula's power remains, D remembers Dracula telling him that "You are my only success". Like D, Dracula is portrayed as a mysterious and handsome young wanderer, who deals out both life and death
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i think this anime is very much worth watching
and is one of the darker anime i have seen other
than hellsing but this one has proven to be more popular
over the years. hear is a link to a pic of him

http://www.gamemc.com/files/vampire_hunter_d.jpg