Pearl (Blade)

Pearl is an antagonist who was featured in Blade(1998). He was played by character actor Eric Edwards.

Biography
Pearl is a vampire perhaps a more legendary immortal from a unknown origin or time. It is not specified if he is a pure blood or was a creature from a unidentified race of vampires, due to his abnormal obesity and his native knowledge of predating history, he is much more older the House of Erebus senates Deacon Frost and Gitano Dragonetti.

Film
As Blade and Karen Jensen was exploring the underground facility of the house of erebus, The heroes stumble across Pearl who was intiating Frost the information regarding the return of LA Magra The Blood God and the sacrifice of the purebloods in order to complete the ritual in success. Blade was gone wary on why the project is such a beneficial importance to the vampire race in which Pearl reveals that the apocalypse is near and the vampire would conquer the world again. Blade orders Karen to torture Pearl for information about Frost's plans for Blade in which Pearl states it's inevitable to prevent the human race from being extinguished. As Blade seeks to venture further into the Erebus library, Pearl attmepts to stop him prompting Karen to use the UAV Sunlight lamp to burn Pearl to a deformed state, possibly killing him before the team infiltrates further into the vampire territory.

Character Traits
Pearl is the House of Erebus most trusted advisor for science field study on the history stowed beyond the eons the vampire race had evolved. He is brilliantly determined for his research of Frost goals to attract power for leadership amongst his people, but despite how much usefulness he acquired amongst his boss's pleasure, Pearl is still considered the weakest link for his cowardness. Pearl's most trusted ally that impresses him for the supply running dealings is familiar Officer Krieger of the NYPD who is exceptionally responsible for running errands for both Frost and Pearl (mainly because he does not want to expierence the wrath from either). It is still unspecified on how Pearl's horrified appearance came to being, as the director of Blade predicts that while other vampires feeds normally on prey, Pearl however devours quite grizzly that it can be presumed that he eats children of any ages.