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| Nadja | |
| Aliases: | Nadja of Antipaxos |
| Continuity: | What We Do in the Shadows |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Vampire |
| Location: | Antipaxos, Greece Vampire residence, Staten Island, New York City, New York |
| Associations: | Vampiric Council Cannon Capital Strategies |
| Relatives: | Laszlo Cravensworth Nadja doll |
| Status: | Undead |
| Born: | 16th century |
| First: | "Pilot" |
| Final: | "The Finale" |
| Actor: | Natasia Demetriou |
Nadja is a fictional vampire and one of the main characters featured in the FX Network television series What We Do in the Shadows. Played by actress Natasia Demetriou, she first appeared in the pilot episode of the series.
Biography[]
Before she was a vampire, Nadja was a simple peasant girl from Antipaxos, a tiny island in the Mediterranean. Her foray into running her own nightclub resulted in some mild arson and an unfruitful insurance claim. Also, the spirit of the ghost of the human Nadja before she technically died and became a vampire lives on in her little sidekick, the Nadja doll.
Abilities[]
Powers[]
- 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.
Unique powers[]
- Sonic projection: Like the legendary sirens of old, Nadja can project a wave of sonic force from her mouth that is strong enough to propel an adult male (usually her husband) clear across the street.
Weaknesses[]
- Anachronism: As is common with many vampires of a certain age, Nadja's sensibilities are locked into a pattern of behavior common to the 16th century. Although she demonstrated stronger adaptability than her housemate Nandor, there are many modern processes, technology and social trends that are completely alien to her.
- Low intelligence: Nadja is not particularly bright. Most of this is due to her seeming unwillingness to learn or comprehend anything that is not in her immediate scope of interest. However, she does seem to be a bit knowledgeable of folklore and the culture of other superhuman creatures.
- Religious iconography repulsion: As a vampire, Nadja suffers physical damage when her flesh makes contact with a crucifix. She can enter a church, but her skin will begin to blister and burn within a matter of minutes. [1]
- Substance vulnerability: Holy water will cause Nadja's skin to burn. Garlic doesn't do her any favors either.
- Ultraviolet sensitivity: All vampires suffer a fatal vulnerability to sunlight. If exposed to direct ultraviolet radiation, they will instantly explode.
Equipment[]
- Nadja's dolly: This item is a doll fashioned in the likeness of Nadja. It contains the spirit of Nadja's human soul, which escaped her body shortly before being resurrected as a vampire. He soul manifested during a séance and was placed within the doll, which Nadja has maintained at the residence ever since.
- Skull: Nadja owns a human skull that she likes to polish from time to time. It is not known whose skull it is, but there's a strong chance that it may have belonged to a former lover named Gregor.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Nadja was created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.
See also[]
External Links[]
Appearances[]
Season One
Season Two
Season Three
Season Four
Season Five
Season Six
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