San Sui

"If this fellow had been drawn to Sunnydale by the Hellmouth, we had better be very careful. A creature this old is extremely deadly."

- Rupert Giles

San Sui is a fictional vampire featured in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer mythos. He first appeared in the first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series by Dark Horse Comics.

Biography
San Sui was an ancient Chinese vampire who hailed from Changsha, near the Xian River. He was a traveling vampire who fed on the blood of his vanquished foes, which he believed afforded him additional strength. It was rumored that San Sui rang a huge bell a thousand times a night at a temple in Hunan province to commemorate his victories. This earned him the nickname "Iron Fist".

In 1998, San Sui came to the Hellmouth in Sunnydale, California hoping to find a worthy opponent. He witnessed Buffy Summers fighting off a horde of lesser vampires and decided to keep a close eye on her. He later popped up at a local martial arts dojo where he attacked the school's sensei. Buffy appeared and fought with the vampire, but it was actually her non-powered friend Xander Harris who dealt the killing blow, running San Sui through with a broken, wooden pole.

Notes & Trivia



 * San Sui is likely considered a "non-canon" character since he was never referenced in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series or in the canonical Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic book series.


 * Giles hypothezied that San Sui may have been the inspiration for Lu Zhishen, the fraudulent monk character in the classical Chinese novel, The Water Margin.


 * Xander Harris referred to San Sui as "The Mickey Rourke of ancient China". Mickey Rourke is a film actor who has appeared in movies such as Sin City and Iron Man 2.