# Count Dracula — Dracula character guide

> Count Dracula in Dracula by Bram Stoker.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Dracula, the Count, Count

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

An ancient Transylvanian nobleman whose courtly erudition and pride of bloodline barely mask a predatory will bent on crossing into England.

## Relationships

### [Jonathan Harker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/jonathan_harker)

_psychological_

Dracula imprisons and psychologically torments Jonathan, treating him as a pawn and later a target.

### [Mina Harker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/mina_harker)

_psychological_

Dracula obsessively targets Mina, attempting to turn her into his vampire bride and control her will.

### [Jonathan Harker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/jonathan_harker)

_psychological_

Dracula imprisons and psychologically torments Jonathan, treating him as a pawn and later a target.

### [Mina Harker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/mina_harker)

_psychological_

Dracula obsessively targets Mina, attempting to turn her into his vampire bride and control her will.

## In the story

### [Dracula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/dracula)

The mysterious and aristocratic client who meets Harker at his castle.

### [Jonathan Harker's Journey to the Carpathians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/i)

The mysterious count who has arranged Harker's journey and sent a letter of welcome.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/ii)

Welcomes Harker courteously, discusses Transylvanian history and superstitions, and expresses his desire to learn English intonation and blend into London society.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/iii)

Crawls down the castle wall like a lizard, recounts Szekely history, and warns Harker not to sleep elsewhere.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/iv)

Dracula is shown gorged with blood, rejuvenated, and exerting control over Jonathan by forcing him to write letters and locking him in.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/vii)

Implied presence aboard the Demeter, causing the crew's disappearance and the mate's madness.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/viii)

Implied presence through the bat, the dark figure with red eyes, and the shipment of boxes to Carfax.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxi)

Attacks Mina, forcing her to drink his blood, and escapes when confronted by Van Helsing with the Sacred Wafer.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxv)

Flees to Galatz via ship; uses Mina's trance to learn the group's location but then cuts off their mental link; his 'child-brain' underestimates the power Mina gains from her blood baptism.

### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxvi)

His box is being transported by water; he is tracked via Mina's hypnotic connection.

### [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxvii)

His tomb is found empty; he is banished from his castle; finally destroyed by Quincey Morris's knife and crumbles to dust.

## Links

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