Dracula's History
Rise to fame
As a human, Dracula was known as Vlad the Impaler. He claimed to have killed more people than God's plagues combined before he was ever a vampire,[6] and made reference to impaling people in times past, such as those who failed to show him deference, for example.
He met and "hung out" with Anyanka, a vengeance demon and Patron Saint of Scorned Women when she was about 700 years old. Anyanka had cursed a man by making him incredibly obese and Dracula complimented her by saying that the man was doomed forever.
In the 19th century, Dracula's story was published in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, which caused concern among the vampire community, who labeled him a sell-out for making their vulnerabilities public knowledge to humans. He also formed a rivalry with the vampire Spike, at least partially over a debt of eleven pounds, though Spike later claimed that Dracula "forgot all about his foes" because of his increasing fame from both the novel bearing his name and its various adaptations.
Encounter with Buffy Summers
In 2000, Dracula went to Sunnydale, a Californian town which lay on a Hellmouth and was home to Buffy Summers. He had heard the stories about the world-famous Slayer and wanted to meet her himself. Introducing himself to the starstruck Scooby Gang, Dracula hypnotized Buffy's friend Xander into becoming his servant. He later seduced Buffy's mother into inviting him into their home, and hypnotized Buffy to let him bite her whilst in her bedroom.
Xander eventually led Buffy to Dracula's mansion on the outskirts of Sunnydale, where she tried to take control and kill him, but once again fell victim to his "thrall." Dracula forced to feed of his blood, however, this caused Buffy to regain her senses and she proceeded to battle the vampire and staked him. Upon her apparent departure, Dracula tried to reform from mist, but Buffy reappeared and staked him a second time, telling him she was wise to his tricks, having "seen his movies." When he again tried to reform, she reminded him that she was still there and would just stake him again if he came back.
Mid-life crisis
Some time after the destruction of Sunnydale, a lonely Dracula kidnapped Xander and put him under his thrall for a second time. Discovering Xander's location, Buffy arrived at Dracula's castle with two other Slayers and demanded her friend be returned to her, brushing off his attempts to frighten her. While fighting Buffy, Dracula lamented how he had become a joke and warned Buffy that she too would become antiquated one day. Buffy simply ridiculed Dracula for his "mid-life crisis." He eventually agreed to release his "manservant" from his trance, but not before bidding him an emotional goodbye and thanking Xander for the time they spend together.
In Tokyo
A band of vampires possessing abilities similar to Dracula's executed a raid on the Slayer Organization command center in Scotland, successfully stealing Buffy's Slayer weapon mĘ”. With no other leads, Xander and Renee were dispatched to seek Dracula's aid. Unbeknownst to them, Dracula continued to deal with his crisis by drowning his sorrows in alcohol, having even lost his lust to kill. However, the sight of the approaching Xander led him to shave and take on a younger appearance.
After meeting with Xander again, Dracula pretended he led a pleasurable existence with aid of his new manservant, Butterfield, while not hiding his disgust for Renee, whom he referred to as "moor." After a while, Dracula revealed that, while intoxicated, he had lost the secret of his more-than-vampire powers in a bet with a group of Japanese vampires, wagered against a Kawasaki 21000 motorcycle. Outraged with both himself and his opponents, Dracula agreed to assist in the assault on Tokyo, despite his hatred of Buffy and the Slayers in general, in order to get revenge on the vampires who stole his powers.
Upon arriving in Scotland, Dracula aided Willow Rosenberg in preparing the Carolina's Grasp containment spell to counter the magical plans of Toru and his pack of vampires. Toru sought to undo Willow's Slayer activation spell from years before, and remove the powers from the masses of girls that now composed Buffy's army.
Dracula fought in the battle in Tokyo, killing many of Toru's underlings, and providing a magical sword that was able to unmake the vampire's spell before it was completed. Dracula's sword was enchanted by demons and was likened to the Slayer Scythe. Willow used the Sword to remove the mystical powers that the vampires possessed. Toru himself was even bested by Dracula, but the killing blow was given to Xander, who struck Toru down to avenge the death of Renee. After scattering Renee's ashes, Xander told the departing Dracula that he was no longer the vampire's servant and would kill him if he ever called him one again.
Dracula returned to his castle in Transylvania, but kept writing letters to Xander, even though he never received a response.
In San Francisco
Following the end of magic and the subsequent creation of the new Seed of Wonder, the newly sired vampires displayed the power to shapeshift into giant bats, wolves, night panthers, bees and mist. Though realizing they did not get these powers through stealing them from Dracula like the Japanese vampires did, the Scoobies figured Dracula might be able to tell them how these powers worked. Xander and Dawn traveled to Transylvania, where Dracula and Butterfield made up stories about the incredible life they were living in Xander's absence. Hearing of vampires whose powers might outshine his own, Dracula agreed to come to San Francisco to investigate.
After a confrontation with several new vampires, Dracula went with the Scoobies to Xander and Dawn's apartment. They came up with the conclusion that he was emblematic to all vampires, and the new rules accepted this consensus that was applied to those sired under the new magic. Upon learning that the blank pages of the Vampyr book were being filled as the rules of magic were created, Dracula theorized the reverse might also be true: writing in the Vampyr book might establish new rules of magic. He sent Buffy and Willow to capture a new vampire to investigate how their powers worked, but this was a only a ruse to remove them from the apartment. Xander fell back under Dracula's thrall and the two managed to flee with the Vampyr book.
Inside room 303 of the Hotel Luxe, Dracula had Xander write various statements about him in the Vampyr book: first restoring his body to its younger form, then making him be recognized as lord of all vampires by all beings. Vampires quickly started showing up to the room, and while some indeed came to worship him, others intended to kill him to become the new lord of vampires themselves. To prevent anyone from being able to harm him, Xander wrote in the book that "Dracula became the most powerful vampire of all." This, however, caused Dracula to transform into Maloker, the powerful Old One who created the first vampire, whose essence lived on and the vague description allowed him to come back into being through Dracula's body.
The Scooby Gang attempted to battle the massive Old One on the streets of San Francisco, with Dracula's hold over Xander weakening as his persona was being overwritten by Maloker's. Willow used magic to turn Dawn into a giant and had a priest bless the Redwood Investment Group building, after which Dawn staked Maloker by pushing him onto it. Maloker turned to dust, but Dracula was able to come back from being staked and reassemble in his original form.
However, he immediately started transforming again and pleaded with the Scoobies to kill him, but Xander interrupted Buffy's attempt to do so. Writing into into the Vampyr book that Dracula was able to overcome Maloker using his willpower immediately returned Dracula to normal. In addition, Xander wrote that everyone Dracula had power over found themselves free. Xander promised they could still hang out as long as it was as normal people. Warning to be careful with the Vampyr book, Dracula turned too mist and disappeared to return to Transylvania.
Magic Council
Dracula was appointed as a member of the third Magic Council following the demise of the previous members at the hands of D'Hoffryn, and the death of D'Hoffryn himself. When Dracula arrived at the Plaza Inn to attend the August meeting, he was greeted by Lilah Morgan of Wolfram & Hart who hoped to offer legal advice and lobby services. Dracula rejected her offer, as he didn't trust lawyers.
