Post by Dawn on Feb 10, 2010 1:27:34 GMT -5
First Name: Seras
Last Name: Victoria
Alias or Nick-name: Draculina, Mignonette
Age: not sure... 18 to 20
Height/Weight:
Eyes: Blue when alive, red in vampirism
Hair: Blond
Persuasion: Good-Neutral-Evil
Powers/Weapons: Able to use all mannor of firearms and miltary weapons. Clairvoyance, superhuman strength, regeneration, flight, major shapeshifting.
Victoria's preferred weapon is the Hellsing ARMS Anti-Midian Cannon 'Harkonnen'. Weighing 120 lb. (~60 kg) unloaded, this 30 mm, single-shot breech loader cannon uses various types of shells, including depleted uranium with silver for piercing armored targets and incendiary napalm rounds for destroying large groups of opponents both on land and in the air. Carrying this weapon, the vampirically-enhanced Seras serves perfectly as long-range fire support. Her immense strength also allows her to use the weapon while moving; sometimes, especially in the manga, she wields it with an extraordinary ease, even firing over her shoulder.
Seras is well-trained in hand-to-hand combat and can easily take down opponents using brute strength
History:
(Copied with editing from Wikipedia.org)
Seras was originally a policewoman who, along with the rest of her squad, was sent into Cheddar Village, where a vampire disguised as a priest had taken control of the town and turned its inhabitants into ghouls (zombies). Taken hostage by that vampire, who used her as a human shield, she was given a "choice" by Alucard: she could either die together with the vampire, or be turned into a vampire herself, and live. She chose to live, and so Alucard turned her into a vampire, her virgin blood allowing her to successfully make the transition from human to vampire (non-virgin or same-sex vampire victims become ghouls). She was employed by the Hellsing Organization immediately afterwards. Seras is a strong willed woman, and apparently had always been since childhood which is confirmed through her flashbacks.
Seras is often considered a tomboy; a very brave, strong-willed and heroic young woman who often rejects following orders of her master, that cross with her personal beliefs. However, she is a loyal and trustworthy soldier who will diligently follow the orders of her commander, provided said commander has proven his or her worth. Her level of maturity in comparison to the other characters is somewhat questionable; she seems to be the child the others could not be, possessing a sort of worldly maturity and superficial intelligence that most other characters lack, as well as a sort of 'nature winning against nurture' mentality, as opposed to most other characters. She's the "light that stands out from the darkness" (quoting Kouta Hirano from a recent interview). Her actual age is not known but she is generally believed to be at least 18 and is popularly believed to be 19 or 20, the approximate age of the main female characters Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. The most possible, though, is the latter, since she had already join the police force, therefore, the age of 18 is unlikely.
Seras's father, also a police officer, "got in too deep" during an undercover mission. The group he had infiltrated traced him back to his home and brutally murdered him. Her mother hid Seras in a closet and then walked out to face the criminals, who immediately killed her as well. A distraught Seras charged out and stabbed one of the criminals in the eye with a fork before being shot in the gut and thrown against a wall. The flashback ends with Seras seeing glimpses of the criminals having their way with her mother's dead body. It was also shown that, after the ordeal in her orphanage, she threw a stone at another child for taking a toy she was playing with. Near the end of the flashback, Seras is told that she may be relocated if her violence continues, as the orphanage may not be able to care for her any longer. There, she expresses her strongest wish, to become a police officer.
As stated by Hellsing's creator Kouta Hirano, in his interview in Otakon 2006: Her relationship with Alucard is very complex, since "many things mix together", like being part of the same kind. Comradery, or, from Seras point of view, propably Alucard is the master, teacher. Certainly, of course, there is the feeling of the love, but also, it could be something closer to the ties of familiship." When questioned about them having a father daughter relationship, the autor answered: "There's no one way to distinguish how they (Alucard and Seras) feel about it (their relationship). We cannot say it's just father and daughter." Moreover, the theory that is a master and simple servant/slave relationship was rejected by him, saying that "At first, they were saying it should be master and slave, but then they changed their minds because they said 'no, no, master and slave is the relationship between Alucard and Integra'. So, we cannot call Alucard and Seras master and slave."
What is for certain is that Alucard expresses genuine concern for her; he was shocked and worried when Anderson attacked and pierced her throat and ribcage with blessed bayonets. He can be rather harsh with her too, like in volume 3 when he yelled at her about slaughtering "just humans", even if later he regretted it, calling her to "follow me in fear into the darkness". In chapter 71 he stated that her "voice is calling out for" him, recognizing it. Seras, on the other hand, feels rather nervous and uneasy around him, even if she does not hesitate to help him in his battle with Tubalcain Alhambra and Alexander Anderson, or to talk back to him at times. Later on, Seras develops her relationship to him, aproachinghim more directly, and understanding her role better. After the death strike by Anderson, Seras' voice brings Alucard back from torpor. The last visage in his dream was Seras' face, ending the flashback and chapter with the words: A voice is calling out to me. What...So it's...You? When facing Anderson he puts his hand on hers and says: Why so loud, Police-woman? Your voice sounds fine regardless. Like fragments of shattered melody. The terms he uses to describe her being, roles the two character have (the man beeing the master to the young girl) including the behaviour the two characters express towards eachother, include various elements of romanticism relationships between a man and a woman. The final nature of this relationship is yet to be seen in the future, since the manga is still running.
Seras also, interacts a lot with her Captain, Pip Bernadotte, the leader of the 'Wild Geese' mercenary group. Hirano revealed that "if Seras wasn't a vampire and Pip wasn't a mercenary, they would be the perfect couple, everybody would be envious of".
This is quite clear from the manga: Seras shows genuine grief at the moment of his death, thus she expresses some feelings of love that had been developed earlier in the series (confirmed in the title of the chapter: The Man I Love). Along with many humorous fights, both had expressed the trust and fondness they feel for each other, in volume six, saying to each other "don't die" before a fierce battle with the Millenium. Especially from Pip's side, in volume 7 he tries to kiss her twice, only the second try being successful, during the time of his death by Zorin Blitz. He even offers his blood to her when she's heavily wounded, suggesting that they "fight together". In the anime, this relationship is absent, since Pip doesn't exist in it because the TV series from Gonzo was based only on the first two volumes and Pip hadn't been introduced yet.
Her relationship with Integra Hellsing is strained and professional in the TV series. It's purely employee-employer with a degree of tension. But in the manga and OVA, the two main heroines interact very well. Seras is dedicated to her and Integra herself trusts her and has expressed sympathy towards the young Draculina. In volume 2, when Seras loses control of her vampire instincts during the attack of the Valentine brothers and kills ghouls in a berserker rage, Integra, who had been looking with horror at her, doesn't hesitate to run to her and embrace her, pleading for her to stop. Seras after this, finds herself again and feels remorse for her actions. In volume 4, chapter 8, seeing that Seras refuses to drink blood, Integra cuts her finger, ordering her to lick it, for both avoiding infection and helping Seras drink blood to become stronger. Seras hesitantly obeys and feels "relief", as Integra says, having drank blood. In volume 7, chapter 10, Seras is the one who saves her from the Iscariots, creating a protective barrier all around her with her shadow-shifting abilities of her left arm. Seras does not even have to say that Captain Pip has died before Integra realises.
In chapter 82, Integra and Seras face the Captain and Seras suggests that Integra go on to face the Major while she faces the Captain. Integra calls her name, her worry for her obvious and doesn't go further in the ship, unless Seras assures her that she will be alright. Even then, Integra says that she "won't forgive her if she dies".
After being fatally wounded by Zorin's scythe, Pip tells Seras, who was blinded and crippled, to drink his blood so they can win together; he dies before she can respond. She does drink, however, and becomes one of the "True Undead." Her eyes regenerate and she regains the use of her legs. Furthermore her left arm, which had been severed at the shoulder, is restored as the same type of shadow-matter that Alucard can manipulate. It seems that upon becoming a full vampire, Seras has inherited some of Alucard's powers, and perhaps whatever modifications Hellsing had made to him as well. After she kills Zorin, Seras uses her new powers to fly to London and defend Sir Integra from the treacherous Iscariot priests
After drinking Pip's blood, Seras displays a few changes. Not only are her powers enhanced, but it is also evident that she is no longer afraid to use them. Some of Pip's self-confidence seems to have rubbed off: after descending upon an armed party of Iscariot soldiers who are about to kill Integra, Alexander Anderson notes her change declaring her an unholy creature (while Anderson displayed his characteristic hatred of vampires towards her before, he was convinced of Seras's status as a "rookie", and favored confronting Alucard to concentrating on her). Seras, in response, calmly smiles and says that she's "not afraid of anything anymore".
In recent chapters, Alucard appears to be on the losing end in his battle against a god-like Anderson. Alucard is nearly sliced in two by Anderson's bayonet and can't seem to regenerate the damage. Seras appears at the last second and tears the blade from his chest but the thorns and what appears to be holy fire start to consume her. This gives Alucard enough time to shift into a more powerful form and resume combat against Anderson. With Anderson's defeat, she now is guarding Integra. Seras and Integra were last seen boarding the Major's zeppelin to terminate him and the rest of the crew, starting with an unfortunate Schrodinger.
Integra is now marching towards the Major with Seras heavily protecting her with her shadows and superhuman speed whilst dispatching enemies with her bare hands. The Captain has also confronted her. In her battle with the Captain she has proven to be an opponent of at least equal ability to his human form and has forced him to transform.
Comic character is from: Hellsing, Manga
Last Name: Victoria
Alias or Nick-name: Draculina, Mignonette
Age: not sure... 18 to 20
Height/Weight:
Eyes: Blue when alive, red in vampirism
Hair: Blond
Persuasion: Good-Neutral-Evil
Powers/Weapons: Able to use all mannor of firearms and miltary weapons. Clairvoyance, superhuman strength, regeneration, flight, major shapeshifting.
Victoria's preferred weapon is the Hellsing ARMS Anti-Midian Cannon 'Harkonnen'. Weighing 120 lb. (~60 kg) unloaded, this 30 mm, single-shot breech loader cannon uses various types of shells, including depleted uranium with silver for piercing armored targets and incendiary napalm rounds for destroying large groups of opponents both on land and in the air. Carrying this weapon, the vampirically-enhanced Seras serves perfectly as long-range fire support. Her immense strength also allows her to use the weapon while moving; sometimes, especially in the manga, she wields it with an extraordinary ease, even firing over her shoulder.
Seras is well-trained in hand-to-hand combat and can easily take down opponents using brute strength
History:
(Copied with editing from Wikipedia.org)
Seras was originally a policewoman who, along with the rest of her squad, was sent into Cheddar Village, where a vampire disguised as a priest had taken control of the town and turned its inhabitants into ghouls (zombies). Taken hostage by that vampire, who used her as a human shield, she was given a "choice" by Alucard: she could either die together with the vampire, or be turned into a vampire herself, and live. She chose to live, and so Alucard turned her into a vampire, her virgin blood allowing her to successfully make the transition from human to vampire (non-virgin or same-sex vampire victims become ghouls). She was employed by the Hellsing Organization immediately afterwards. Seras is a strong willed woman, and apparently had always been since childhood which is confirmed through her flashbacks.
Seras is often considered a tomboy; a very brave, strong-willed and heroic young woman who often rejects following orders of her master, that cross with her personal beliefs. However, she is a loyal and trustworthy soldier who will diligently follow the orders of her commander, provided said commander has proven his or her worth. Her level of maturity in comparison to the other characters is somewhat questionable; she seems to be the child the others could not be, possessing a sort of worldly maturity and superficial intelligence that most other characters lack, as well as a sort of 'nature winning against nurture' mentality, as opposed to most other characters. She's the "light that stands out from the darkness" (quoting Kouta Hirano from a recent interview). Her actual age is not known but she is generally believed to be at least 18 and is popularly believed to be 19 or 20, the approximate age of the main female characters Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. The most possible, though, is the latter, since she had already join the police force, therefore, the age of 18 is unlikely.
Seras's father, also a police officer, "got in too deep" during an undercover mission. The group he had infiltrated traced him back to his home and brutally murdered him. Her mother hid Seras in a closet and then walked out to face the criminals, who immediately killed her as well. A distraught Seras charged out and stabbed one of the criminals in the eye with a fork before being shot in the gut and thrown against a wall. The flashback ends with Seras seeing glimpses of the criminals having their way with her mother's dead body. It was also shown that, after the ordeal in her orphanage, she threw a stone at another child for taking a toy she was playing with. Near the end of the flashback, Seras is told that she may be relocated if her violence continues, as the orphanage may not be able to care for her any longer. There, she expresses her strongest wish, to become a police officer.
As stated by Hellsing's creator Kouta Hirano, in his interview in Otakon 2006: Her relationship with Alucard is very complex, since "many things mix together", like being part of the same kind. Comradery, or, from Seras point of view, propably Alucard is the master, teacher. Certainly, of course, there is the feeling of the love, but also, it could be something closer to the ties of familiship." When questioned about them having a father daughter relationship, the autor answered: "There's no one way to distinguish how they (Alucard and Seras) feel about it (their relationship). We cannot say it's just father and daughter." Moreover, the theory that is a master and simple servant/slave relationship was rejected by him, saying that "At first, they were saying it should be master and slave, but then they changed their minds because they said 'no, no, master and slave is the relationship between Alucard and Integra'. So, we cannot call Alucard and Seras master and slave."
What is for certain is that Alucard expresses genuine concern for her; he was shocked and worried when Anderson attacked and pierced her throat and ribcage with blessed bayonets. He can be rather harsh with her too, like in volume 3 when he yelled at her about slaughtering "just humans", even if later he regretted it, calling her to "follow me in fear into the darkness". In chapter 71 he stated that her "voice is calling out for" him, recognizing it. Seras, on the other hand, feels rather nervous and uneasy around him, even if she does not hesitate to help him in his battle with Tubalcain Alhambra and Alexander Anderson, or to talk back to him at times. Later on, Seras develops her relationship to him, aproachinghim more directly, and understanding her role better. After the death strike by Anderson, Seras' voice brings Alucard back from torpor. The last visage in his dream was Seras' face, ending the flashback and chapter with the words: A voice is calling out to me. What...So it's...You? When facing Anderson he puts his hand on hers and says: Why so loud, Police-woman? Your voice sounds fine regardless. Like fragments of shattered melody. The terms he uses to describe her being, roles the two character have (the man beeing the master to the young girl) including the behaviour the two characters express towards eachother, include various elements of romanticism relationships between a man and a woman. The final nature of this relationship is yet to be seen in the future, since the manga is still running.
Seras also, interacts a lot with her Captain, Pip Bernadotte, the leader of the 'Wild Geese' mercenary group. Hirano revealed that "if Seras wasn't a vampire and Pip wasn't a mercenary, they would be the perfect couple, everybody would be envious of".
This is quite clear from the manga: Seras shows genuine grief at the moment of his death, thus she expresses some feelings of love that had been developed earlier in the series (confirmed in the title of the chapter: The Man I Love). Along with many humorous fights, both had expressed the trust and fondness they feel for each other, in volume six, saying to each other "don't die" before a fierce battle with the Millenium. Especially from Pip's side, in volume 7 he tries to kiss her twice, only the second try being successful, during the time of his death by Zorin Blitz. He even offers his blood to her when she's heavily wounded, suggesting that they "fight together". In the anime, this relationship is absent, since Pip doesn't exist in it because the TV series from Gonzo was based only on the first two volumes and Pip hadn't been introduced yet.
Her relationship with Integra Hellsing is strained and professional in the TV series. It's purely employee-employer with a degree of tension. But in the manga and OVA, the two main heroines interact very well. Seras is dedicated to her and Integra herself trusts her and has expressed sympathy towards the young Draculina. In volume 2, when Seras loses control of her vampire instincts during the attack of the Valentine brothers and kills ghouls in a berserker rage, Integra, who had been looking with horror at her, doesn't hesitate to run to her and embrace her, pleading for her to stop. Seras after this, finds herself again and feels remorse for her actions. In volume 4, chapter 8, seeing that Seras refuses to drink blood, Integra cuts her finger, ordering her to lick it, for both avoiding infection and helping Seras drink blood to become stronger. Seras hesitantly obeys and feels "relief", as Integra says, having drank blood. In volume 7, chapter 10, Seras is the one who saves her from the Iscariots, creating a protective barrier all around her with her shadow-shifting abilities of her left arm. Seras does not even have to say that Captain Pip has died before Integra realises.
In chapter 82, Integra and Seras face the Captain and Seras suggests that Integra go on to face the Major while she faces the Captain. Integra calls her name, her worry for her obvious and doesn't go further in the ship, unless Seras assures her that she will be alright. Even then, Integra says that she "won't forgive her if she dies".
After being fatally wounded by Zorin's scythe, Pip tells Seras, who was blinded and crippled, to drink his blood so they can win together; he dies before she can respond. She does drink, however, and becomes one of the "True Undead." Her eyes regenerate and she regains the use of her legs. Furthermore her left arm, which had been severed at the shoulder, is restored as the same type of shadow-matter that Alucard can manipulate. It seems that upon becoming a full vampire, Seras has inherited some of Alucard's powers, and perhaps whatever modifications Hellsing had made to him as well. After she kills Zorin, Seras uses her new powers to fly to London and defend Sir Integra from the treacherous Iscariot priests
After drinking Pip's blood, Seras displays a few changes. Not only are her powers enhanced, but it is also evident that she is no longer afraid to use them. Some of Pip's self-confidence seems to have rubbed off: after descending upon an armed party of Iscariot soldiers who are about to kill Integra, Alexander Anderson notes her change declaring her an unholy creature (while Anderson displayed his characteristic hatred of vampires towards her before, he was convinced of Seras's status as a "rookie", and favored confronting Alucard to concentrating on her). Seras, in response, calmly smiles and says that she's "not afraid of anything anymore".
In recent chapters, Alucard appears to be on the losing end in his battle against a god-like Anderson. Alucard is nearly sliced in two by Anderson's bayonet and can't seem to regenerate the damage. Seras appears at the last second and tears the blade from his chest but the thorns and what appears to be holy fire start to consume her. This gives Alucard enough time to shift into a more powerful form and resume combat against Anderson. With Anderson's defeat, she now is guarding Integra. Seras and Integra were last seen boarding the Major's zeppelin to terminate him and the rest of the crew, starting with an unfortunate Schrodinger.
Integra is now marching towards the Major with Seras heavily protecting her with her shadows and superhuman speed whilst dispatching enemies with her bare hands. The Captain has also confronted her. In her battle with the Captain she has proven to be an opponent of at least equal ability to his human form and has forced him to transform.
Comic character is from: Hellsing, Manga
