Vlad

"Vith you, I dance like a regular Fred Ascare!"

- Vlad

Vlad (デイモン Deimon, Damon) is one of Gabrielle's friends in the Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove series. He is a vampire who lives inside a castle at Monsterville, where he sometimes feel lonely being by himself. Vlad can be a bit of a crybaby and he is afraid of ghosts.

Vlad has made an appearance in Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove: Monster Mix for the WiiWare and Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove 3D for the 3DS.

Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove: Monster Mix
This is Vlad. He's a vampire. This is his castle.

Gabrielle's Ghostly Groove 3D
Proud Vlad (believes he) is the ruler of the night. He is a huge coward who faints when he has an anemia attack.

Appearance
Vlad has purple skin and black hair with red eyes. His hair is styled like two horns and he has a widow's peak. He also has sharp teeth, pointed ears, and two blush marks. Vlad wears a dark gray suit over a white collared shirt with navy blue pants and black shoes. His suit comes complete with a red bow tie.

Etymology
Vlad's name is derived from Vlad Țepeș, the Prince of Wallachia, also commonly known as Dracula. Vlad is short for Vladimir, a male Slavic given name meaning "of great power." Vlad would be written out as ヴラド (Vrado) in Japanese.

Damon is a male Greek given name meaning "one who tames, subdues." A variant of Damon is Damien which is possibly a nod to the fictional character, Damien Thorn, from the 1976 horror film, The Omen.

Trivia

 * Vlad speaks with a stereotypical vampire accent which is based on the Hungarian and Eastern European accent. Notably he will replace the "w" with "v". Though there are times he will pronounce the "w" like in "Stage 1 - Missing Zombies!" and "Stage 3 - A Mandrake Mission" where he says "without," "Stage 2 - A Scary New Monster?" where he says "wrong," and "Stage 10 - Let's Dance" where he says "we've."
 * Vlad has a crush on the resident witch Crystal.