Vlad (Caminhos do Coração)

Heroes character box
name = Vladmir Pereira


caption = Daniel Aguiar as Vladmir Pereira
actor = Daniel Aguiar
debut = "Caminhos do Coração"
power(s) = Pointed fangs, superhuman strength, speed, bat-like agility, night vision, echolocation
occupation = VampireVladimir Pereira also know as Vlad ("Vlado" in original portuguese) is a fictional character of the soap-opera Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração. He was the first evil mutant to appear in the series and become one of the most popular villains of the series.

Personality

Vlad was the stereotype of the Count Dracula, dark, cunning, seductive and evil. His traits are inherent from his "Desmodos rotundos" DNA, he needs blood to survive and he desires the most a bride for himself having turned Marialva into a vampire with this purpose. He also had a relationship with fellow mutant Fury, but she was a felid while he was a vampire and they become enemies when Vlad killed Fury's lover Man-Lion. Since his screwed-up relationship with Fury, he decided to only date female vampires having choose the vampire girl Isis to make be his bride. His greatest archnemesis is the vampire hunter Christiano Pena because Vlad killed her Chris's lover, Marli and he wants revenge because of it. Despite his role as a villain, Vlad had a very dark sense of humor upon facing a enemy. Ex: When a DERECOM agent tried to arrest him and Vlad feed on him, he comented "Got thanks to DERECOM for the delivery blood-food".

Outiline

Vlad first appeared in the insland having killed Teofilo's wife Rosana by bleeding her dry (Its possible in the second seoson she will become a vampire). He later escaped to the continent with help of the fellow evil mutant Metamorpho were he would feed in several victims and they would become vampires. He invaded Dr Julia Zacarias's lab to punish her for creating him; he bit and drank her blood, turning her into a vampire. He also attacked the corrupt cop Dino and turn him into a vampire as well. Vlad would attack Maria Luz but she defeated him and the lab personnel arrested him and sent him back to the Arraial Island.

When the existence of the mutants were revealed, the media reporters travel to the insland to investigate but everyone were killed by the monsters and Vlad was among them having killed his victims, partially eat them and even molested them sexually. A female reporter called Marialva, who have been hit by Meduson's ray, was encountered by Vlad and he told her she would become her blood factory he will harvest. By several times, he dranked her and his bite become more and more pleasurable and she was turned into a vampire becoming his first vampire wife. Toghether, they prey upon the people lost in the insland and he loved Marialva the most. When confronting the League of Well, Marialva was killed accidentally by the bull-mutant Minotaur who pierced her heart with his horns. Vlad bleed him dry for killing her. Later he and Fury begun dating as they hunted for meat and blood, Vlad harvest the blood of their victims and Fury eat their human flesh. They break up when Vlad discovered Fury's secret lover, Man-Lion, a felid like herself and he feed on him. Vlad tried to turn Incarnete Rose in a vampire but she refused and shoot her thorns on his hand. In the Island, Vlad attacked and turned a woman called Janet in a vampire but she was cured.

Vlad saved a young female vampire called Isis from Fury and told she wold be his vampire bride. She accepted with only one condition of Vlad never again attack humans and he accepted. They steal a boat and travel to the continent were Vlad save Isis from a group of fighters. Secretly, Vlad killed several people and dranked their blood in secret to Isis. Vlad and Isis attacked Vlad's previous victim, Janet Martinelli who has survived and was cured and Vlad vow to turn her again but therefore we was defeated by Janet's companion, Danilo Mayer who possesed superhuman strength. Vlad's promise to turn her into a vampire was neve fullfilled as because she would be abducted by the alien forces.A vampire called Dracula came across Vlad and make a alliance with him to destroy the vampire hunter Chris, who was chasing Vlad for killing his mistress Marli. Vlad, Dracula and Bram tried to trap Chris but he wake up a suspended Vlad in the air. Vlad told that even if he die, Marli won't come back from the dead and taunted her death several times until Chris, blidend by rage, incinerated him using pyrokinesis very slowly and Vlad died painfully, burned to dust and ash leaving only his burned skull

Powers and abilities

Vlad is the first vampire of the vampire mutant breed of "Caminhos do Coração". He is the most strongest of them. He can see in complete darkness, has a bat-like echolocation and agility being able to hide in the shadows. Despite being a vampire, he is not immortal like the tradional legends and could neither fly. His hand was injured by Incarnete Rose and he could die easily as human can.