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Lianda
Continuity: Marvel Universe
Notability: Antagonist
Type: Gypsy
Gender: Female
Race: Vampire
Location: Wallachia, Transylvania, Romania
Status: Deceased
Died: 1459
First: Dracula Lives! #2

Lianda is a fictional gypsy & a vampire and a minor, yet vital antagonist featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is associated with the character of Dracula and first appeared the "That Dracula May Live Again!" story from Dracula Lives! #2 in April, 1973. The character is notable for being the woman who turned Dracula into a vampire.

Biography[]

Lianda was a member of the Romani clan, as well as a vampire. She inhabited the wilds of Wallachia in Romania in the mid 15th century. In the year 1459, the Turkish warlord Turac, at the advice of one of his soldiers, Gordo, brought their dying enemy Vlad Tepes, aka Dracula, to Lianda's camp. Turac had heard that Lianda possessed great powers of healing and wanted her to use them to heal Dracula so that Turac could use him as a puppet to control his former kingdom. Turac promised Lianda payment for her services, and she reluctantly invite the warlord into her tent. She told Turac to return the following evening with payment.

With the Turkish soldiers gone, Lianda concentrated on her subject. She recognized Dracula as the "Impaler" of Transylvania. Seeking to give Dracula as much grief as he has shown to her own people, she decided to "heal" him by turning him into a vampire.

Turac returned to Lianda's tent earlier than expected. Lianda demanded payment, but Turac refused. Angered at being cheated, she bared her vampire fangs and lunged a Turac. He defended himself by impaling her through the chest with his spear, then flung the body away as if it was refuse. Lianda's body disintegrated into a skeletal state. [1]

Abilities[]

  • Vampirism: In addition to the various mental and physical benefits that vampires are heir to, they also possess the ability to turn others into vampires as well. Each new vampire is traditionally subservient to the one who "turned" them, but some strong-willed vampires have been known to rebel against their masters.
    • Enhanced senses: Vampires have improved several times higher than those of any human being of course these skills can vary depending on each person they will have some other stronger senses of his companions always given the dedication and training that each set to improve ways. Among the main ways that vampires have improved we find the following:
    • Immortality: So long as vampires continue to consume blood, they will not age beyond the physical state they were in when they first became a vampire.
    • Invulnerability: Vampires are invulnerable to most forms of injury (certain exceptions apply). Bullets, blades and blunt objects do little to no damage to a vampire's body.
    • Regeneration: In addition to being virtually indestructible, whatever damage a vampire does in fact suffer can be healed through the consumption of human blood.
    • Superhuman strength: A vampire's strength level is several times that of a normal human being and they are considered superhuman.
    • Superhuman stamina: So long as they continue to consume human blood, a vampire can function tirelessly without rest or relaxation. However, a vampire's stamina wanes the closer it is to sunrise.
    • Psychokinesis: Most vampires possess some form of psychokinesis. Some are clairvoyant, others can communicate telepathically, some possess mind control. Particularly powerful vampires can control the minds of several people at once.
    • Hypnosis: Vampires possess the ability to hypnotize or mesmerize human targets. This may become difficult against opponents with an extremely high will power. It often doesn't work against other supernatural creatures. In some cases, vampire mesmerism may be referred to as "glamouring".
    • Transformation: Vampires often possess the ability to transform into a variety of creatures or effects such as bats, wolves, rats or even mist. While their physical attributes may fluctuate during such states, a vampire's mental acuity is the same as that when they are in their human shape. A vampire who transforms into an animal may also benefit from that particular animal's attributes including razor-sharp claws, fangs or the ability to fly.
    • Metamorphosis: Only vampires with a more advanced powers Control demonstrate the ability of altering either its appearance to imitate other people or in such cases selective transformation for creating claws to increase the lethal capability of its attacks in extreme cases and only vampires with a capacity of very advanced monitoring capabilities such change would show how elements, elasticity and other capabilities which vary depending on their ability, imagination and control, because as you know some vampires are stronger than others.
      • Claws: Vampires can often turn their fingernails into sharpened claws, which are extremely durable and sharp. They are ideal for rending and tearing through flesh, though they are not as effective as the claws possessed by a werewolf.
      • Fangs: A vampire's most often-used weapon are her fangs. They are enlarged sharpened canine teeth, which are often retractable so as to allow a vampire the ability to pose as a normal human. The primary purpose of fangs is for feeding, which they use to puncture the jugular vein of a victim in order to get to their blood.

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The character of Lianda was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Neal Adams.
  • Final fate: Impaled through the abdomen by Turac.
  • Lianda is notable for being the woman who turned Dracula into a vampire. This origin story pertains to the Marvel Universe version of Dracula. The character from Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, was never provided an origin as to how he became a supernatural creature.

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