(Eric Brooks) Blade

Eric Brooks is a human-vampire hybrid who hunts vampires. Before he was born, his mother was attacked and bitten by a vampire, dying while giving birth to him. As he grew into puberty, he began exhibiting various vampire-like tendencies without their weaknesses. He was eventually found by Abraham Whistler, a vampire hunter who taught him to control his abilities and hunt vampires. Now, as Blade, Eric works to hunt down and thwart vampire plots around the globe. He is known as the legendary Daywalker to the vampires, who greatly fear him.Vanessa, a nurse, was attacked and bitten by a vampire while she was in pregnancy. Eric was born while his mother was dying, inheriting the powers of a vampire without developing their weaknesses, except for the thirst. For a time, Eric was fed with butcher's blood and stolen blood from the hospital by his father. When it became apparent that Eric could not be contained and his thirst could not be satisfied, Robert called in Abraham Whistler, an expert vampire hunter. Eric realized the nature of his thirst after saving a man from criminals in the back room of his shop, where he believed his father died due to a gunshot wound. Eric broke Whistler's leg and ran off.Blade is a cynical individual who is highly determined to rid the earth of vampires. He is known to be stoic, cold, and holds a temper. Like many in the vampire hunting community, Blade holds a deep grudge against vampires, mainly because of the death of his mother, Vanessa Brooks; when she was killed by Deacon Frost and being half-vampire, he has an unquenchable thirst for blood which caused him major problems as he killed and drained people in his youth. Despite his cold demeanor, Blade is not without a heart; he saved Karen Jenson, a brilliant hematologist; when she was nearly killed by a vampire and later took her in as a partner. Blade holds a tremendous amount of respect for his mentor, weaponsmith and father-figure, Abraham Whistler. His friendship with Whistler was so strong that Blade could not bear to end him of his misery when he was brutally tortured by Frost and his men. When Whistler sacrificed himself, Blade goes through an emotional breakdown and becomes depressed after he gets arrested by the FBI, devastated by his beloved mentor's death