Drake (Blade)

Drake, otherwise known as Dracula, is the main antagonist in the 2004 film Blade: Trinity.

He is portrayed by Dominic Purcell.

Biography
"Drake" is the name taken by Count Dracula during the time when Blade is alive, and he is famed as the father of the vampire species. He was born a perfect vampire, unlike all others, and he sent himself into exile in the hopes that his absence will prompt all other vampires to cure themselves of their weakness to sunlight. However, Drake is awakened by a group of vampires three hundred years later, where he kills one of them for their blood and Blade is subsequently blamed for the murder. Drake is immune to sunlight, is able to transform into a monstrous demon-like form referred to as "The Beast", and is also capable of shape-shifting into various other beings (as long as they are roughly the same height and shape of himself).

At the climax of the film, Drake crosses swords with Blade in a brutal battle, which ends with Blade impaling Drake with an arrow containing a special serum. This serum, when in contact with Drake's "pure" blood, releases a virus that kills all the vampires in the immediate vicinity. Drake, mortally wounded, praises Blade for being the only one capable of defeating him and tells him that the vampire race will live on through him. Before dying, he also warns Blade that "sooner or later, the Thirst always wins."