Alexander Corvinus

Alexander Corvinus is a male movie character from the Underworld movies.

Biography

Alexander Corvinus was a Hungarian nobleman who lived centuries ago where he operated as a warlord. At some point, he lived to see his home village ravaged by a plague leaving him the only survivor. This incident, however, imparted on him a rare genetic mutation that allowed him to adapt to the virus and turned him into an Immortal. Alexander's body would thus hold the Corvinus Strain that he would pass onto his children that included both Marcus Corvinus and his twin brother William Corvinus. During their life, the two Corvinus children would be out in the wild where William was attacked by a wolf that bit him. The bite led to a transformation within him as the Corvinus Strain turned William into the first Lycan but left him bereft of his mind and in an animalistic berserker state. William's brother Marcus would similarly be bitten by a bat that transformed him into the first Vampire. Despite Alexander's attempts at restraining him, William would manage to escape and attack other humans where his bite infected them with the virulent lycanthropy virus turning them into Lycans like himself that terrorized the lands. To combat this threat, Marcus would seek to establish a military force of his own and made a bargain with the Hungarian warlord Viktor turning him as well as his army into Vampires to battle the Lycans and track William Corvinus. As a result, a war was waged by Lycans and Vampires with Alexander Corvinus seeking instead to contain the conflict from affecting mortal humans. He would keep himself detached from their affairs whilst cleaning up the bodies sired by his two children thus keeping their existence a secret from mankind. In [[1202] A.D., William Corvinus was tracked down by Viktor with Marcus begging for his life leading to the elder werewolf being locked away in a hidden prison. As a result, Marcus would blame his father Alexander for not preventing William from suffering from such a fate.

The individual known as Subject Two, also known as Eve, was noted for being the latest descendant of Alexander Corvinus.

Notes

• Alexander Corvinus was portrayed by actor Derek Jacobi.
• The novel suggests that Alexander created his own bloodline consisting of those immortal Humans who were like himself.

Appearances

• Underworld: Evolution:

External Link

• Underworld Wiki Entry

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