Nikola Tesla (Sanctuary)

Nikola Tesla was a vampire that featured in the TV show Sanctuary.

Biography

Nikola Tesla was a young white skinned Human male born during the Victorian Era. His keen scientific mind and his knowledge of Abnormals meant that he was invited into a group called the Five. This group consisted of similar scientists which included Helen Magnus, John Druitt, Sir James Watson and Nigel Griffin. In order to test the limits of evolution and decided to inject themselves with pure Sanguine Vampiris blood which Magnus had managed to retrieve. Each member of the Five took an injection of the blood and were altered as they were each given different abilities.

Tesla's transformation was the most profound of the group as he had been transformed into a Vampire. However, he had vowed not to indulge in taking the bloods of Humans and instead devoted his life to exploration of the scientific world. His most noted accomplishment was the development of radio and he continued this line of work for over a century. One of his developments was a powerful death ray which he planned to sell to various nations but this simply provoked them into sending assassins to kill him. Calling upon the aid of Helen Magnus, she managed to fake his death and planned his funeral whilst Tesla remained hidden for decades.

Background

Personality and attributes

Whether it was always a part of his personality or a development after being turned into a vampire, Tesla began to yearn for the rebirth of the vampire race. He believed that they were immensely superior to ordinary Humans and that they would bring about a new era of peace on Earth despite the history of their tyranny. To that end, he secretly sought to recreate the species and make their race dominant on the Earth.

Powers and abilities

One of his noted abilities was his enhanced endurance which made him resistant to most forms of injuries. Tesla was able to survive a powerful sonic shockwave that would pulverise normal Humans and even recover from being speared through the chest by a large wooden stake after being propelled into it by said shockwave. In addition, he also survived a teleporting punch through his stomach and recover easily even though it was believed he was killed.

A more dangerous ability of Nikola's was that of the Sanguine Vampiris blood within him. By feeding a few drops of his blood into a dead Human body and shocking the body with an electrical charge from specialist equipment; Tesla was able to turn dead Humans into vampires like himself. However, there was a notable problem with this transformation as the reborn Humans lacked any form of intelligence making them little more then powerful feral Abnormals. Their loyalty was to Nikola who directed their actions.

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