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Bram Stoker (ブラム・ストーカー, Buramu Sutōkā?) was a member of the Decay of the Angel. He owned the ability named Vampirism.[2]
Appearance
Bram had a vampire-like appearance, which includes having fangs. He had long, wavy hair that reaches below his shoulders. He also had distinctive triangular-shaped pointed ears similar to elven ears. Two scars can also be seen on his face, one on each side of his face, and there are distinct markings beneath his eyes.
He had no lower body ever since Ōchi Fukuchi severed his head from his body, but a Holy Sword Soluz Levni can be seen attached to his lower body, which is stretched all the way to his brain.[6]
In his full body appearance, Bram wore black pants and a black trench coat with ripped up sides and dark gray fur wrist cuffs on his left and right wrist. He also wore brown boots and similar to his fur wrist cuffs, also have dark gray fur that's close to his ankle.
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Personality
Bram was seen as an emotionless individual who craved nothing more than to sleep in his coffin for an abnormally long time. [2] Despite that however, he did admit that he gets bord in his coffin and wished for a radio to past the time.[8]
Bram appeared to have had a disdain towards insolent people and looked at Fukuchi as someone who fits in that category, even going as far as calling him a curse and told him to obliterate the world himself as long as he's left out of it[2]. All though he does detest insolent people, he also didn't seem to be too interested in stopping Fukuchi's planes either, even telling Aya that the only plane he has was sleeping for 200 years[9].
Judging by his past, Bram possibly had a dislike towards his own ability and didn't wish to use it to add more to his kin after being dubbed as a calamity eight years ago (likely due to his subjects in the past killed because of it); However, when threatened by Fukuchi to do it, Bram ended up obeying him regardless of how much he didn't wish to go against his personal vow of turning no one else into his kind[2].
With the time period he lived in, Bram seemed to lack a little bit of knowledge about the modern-day world and barely knew what goes on outside because of how often he stayed time in his coffin. Case in point, Bram thought that a truck was a carriage that lacked a horse only for Aya to tell him it's a truck and how he thought he learned something new when he believed that today's generation use bathtubs to worship kings[10].
When around Aya, Bram was more engaged in conversations with her than with anyone else, even shared some info about his past life with the holy sword which seemed personal and private to him.[10] Despite how brooding and emotionless he came across as, Bram had a soft and protective side to him that he only showed to Aya. In fact, he had no concern about the world and only cared about her safety.[7]
Ability
- Main article: Vampirism
Bram's Vampirism turns whoever he bites into a vampire. It also makes the victim the next aggressor. The ability's infection rate is fast, surpassing the speed of the South American werewolf incident. Bram himself has complete control over the victims infected by his ability and the victims they infected, allowing him to build up an army of loyal subordinates incredibly fast. According to the world's governments, Bram's ability is counted as one of the "Top Ten Calamities to Destroy the World". This makes his power one of the ten capable of destroying the world and causing wide-scale death, destruction, and chaos.
As seen with Akutagawa, it is possible that his ability also allows him to bring the dead back to life by turning them into his "kind".[2]
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Manga Debut: | Chapter 88 |
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| Anime Debut: | Episode 54 | |
| Ability: | Vampiric infection | |
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Bram and his subjects pierced on stakes.
In the past, Bram was an earl in Northern Europe. Despite formerly being a human, his cells had been mutated due to an ability, which then resulted in him being transformed into a vampire.[2] Sometime later, Bram and his kind were captured and beheaded on stakes by an army, who rejected his plea to spare his subjects. One of them struck Bram with the Holy Sword Soluz Levni for the first time.[10]
Eight years ago before the incident at Standard Island aboard the Boswellian, Bram became known as one of the "ten calamities" who were said to be destroyers of humanity. At some point, he encountered and clashed with Fukuchi, resulting in the latter severing his lower body[2] and gaining control over him through the Holy Sword Soluz Levni that pierced him.[10]
Appearances
Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc
- Chapter 88 - As If Hurtling Downward
- Chapter 89 - Hero War, Gang War
- Chapter 90 - Hero War, Gang War, Final Part
- Chapter 91 - At the Detective Agency Anew (cameo)
- Chapter 92 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 1
- Chapter 92.5 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 2 (mentioned)
- Chapter 94 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 4
- Chapter 95.5 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 5.5
- Chapter 97 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 6
- Chapter 98 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 7
- Chapter 99 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 8
Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc
- Episode 54 - Hero War, Gang War
- Episode 55- At the Port in the Sky (Part 1)
- Episode 56 - At the Port in the Sky (Part 2)
- Episode 57 - At the Port in the Sky (Part 3)
- Episode 58 - Land of Inhuman Demons (Part 1)
- Episode 59 - Land of Inhuman Demons (Part 2)
- Episode 60 - Land of Inhuman Demons (Part 3)
- Episode 61- Twilight Goodbye
Etymology
- The name Bram is derived from Abraham, meaning "exalted father".
- The surname Stoker is of Old English origin; it's an occupational name for "tree stump remover".
Namesake
- Main article: Real-life References#Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912)
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Trivia
- The real-life Bram Stoker's birthname is Abraham Stoker.
- In the synopsis of Bungo Stray Dogs Volume 22, he is referred to as "Vlad". This is a reference to the inspiration of Count Dracula being the Romanian ruler Vlad the Impaler.[11]
- He shares his birthday with Margaret Mitchell, on November 8.
References
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 95.5.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 88.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Anime: Episode 60.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 117.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bungo Stray Dogs Official Guidebook Gongeroku.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 97.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 107.5.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 89.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 98.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 102.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Volume 22.