Skewing the average rate of spider consumption since the 1930s

Name: R.M. Renfield
Door: Door Pass (Dominant)

Canon: Dracula (1931)
Canon Point: After the end of the movie when he is killed by Dracula and left for dead

Age: 25-35
Appearance: Picture

History:
Going the route of the movie, with non-conflicting details from the book. H.M. Renfield is a London solicitor from the early 1930's who found himself bitten and enthralled by Dracula. After a long and terrible sea voyage where most of the crew were eaten, he arrived back in London as the vampire's servant.

Once they arrived at port, Renfield was found, judged insane and incarcerated in a local asylum. He showed grandiosity and paranoia in turn, talking about a "master" who had promised him eternal life, then becoming fearful and close-mouthed. He also began collecting flies, specimens of small animal life and eating them to satisfy a craving for blood. Renfield's incarceration was part of Dracula's plan to keep an eye on Carfax Abbey next door.

Renfield badly wanted eternal life from Dracula, or at least blood to sate his hunger. But even though he had an enormous thirst for life, he was also conflicted. Rather than trying to take blood from people, he focused on animals. Once Renfield met Mina and became friends with her, he became even more rebellious, warning her and trying to prevent Dracula from getting to her. Eventually Renfield was strangled by Dracula.

Personality:
Renfield seems to have some sort of inferiority/ superiority complex. Though he started out a well mannered London solicitor, when stressed he swings wildly from cringing in fear to behaving as though he is a superior being. He's also very dramatic, moody and volatile. Things that make him angry include feeling robbed or denied, and being looked down on. He can be quite condescending himself though. The combination of feelings of inferiority and loneliness might have left him especially open to Dracula's influence. In general, Renfield is easily manipulated by promises from people he sees as powerful. He does consider himself "crazy" and "weak willed" for being influenced by Dracula and incarcerated in a sanitarium, but it is ambiguous whether he actually is mentally ill or not.

He does have a certain sensitivity to others. For example, he is sympathetic to some degree and wants to help Mina even though it means going against Dracula. (Another factor is that without Mina he'd have Dracula all to himself, but sympathy was probably the larger part of it.) Renfield wants to drink blood from animals rather than people, preferring to take a lot of what he calls "small lives." He is willing to cross a lot of taboo lines by drinking blood at all, so the fact that he stops at animals even though he wants people might say something. Finally, he's pretty clever. He almost tricks the guards at the sanitarium into allowing him a pet, for example.

Renfield is seemingly torn between his desire for the things Dracula could provide and his desire to be free, however at the last moments of his life he dies protesting that he is loyal to Dracula. His death was sudden and did not leave any time for resolution, so he likely remains conflicted and will enter Duplicity feeling as though he is missing something.

Powers and Abilities: Renfield extremely strong. He does have some sort of craving for blood, though he is not completely a vampire. He also is put off by the smell of wolfsbane and would probably have some reaction to garlic, silver, and sunlight as well.

Inventory: One man's suit from the 30's with shoes and suspenders and a white hat.

Samples:
Speaking voice
Sample with thought process.