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Hannibal King is a member of a vampire hunting group known as the Nightstalkers, led by Abigail Whistler.

Biography[]

Hannibal King used to be a Vampire; turned and enslaved by Danica Talos. Approximately 6 years prior to the events of Blade: Trinity, King had a run-in with the Nightstalkers; a group of Vampire hunters led by Abigail Whistler. The nightstalkers cured Hannibal of the Vampire virus and recruited him to their cause.

Blade Trinity[]

After Blade’s capture by the authorities, he is held at a local police station; for processing and interrogation by the FBI. At the station, the House of Talos use their influence to gain access to Blade, however, before they had a chance to interrogate him, the Nightstalkers enacted their plan to break Blade out of custody. During the breakout, King is confronted by Danica Talos; his former Vampire sire. King, alongside Abigail Whistler, kill a number of Vampires, as well as subdue multiple police officers, however, Danica and her brother escape during the chaos of the conflict.

Personality[]

Hannibal is an intelligent and quick-witted Vampire Hunter, who uses humour to ease serious and tense situations; a jockish self-defence mechanism that distances him from the reality of the dark and deadly world he lives in.

Powers and Abilities[]

Former Powers[]

As a Vampire, King would have possessed a number of superhuman abilities; including longevity, protractile fangs, superhuman strength, speed, agility and senses, invulnerability to conventional causes of fatality, and an accelerated healing factor.

Abilities[]

  • Expert Marksman
  • Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant

Weaknesses[]

As a Vampire, King would have been highly sensitive to silver, garlic and ultraviolet light, and trauma such as destruction of the heart and decapitation would have proved fatal. As a Human, King no longer possesses these specific sensitivities, but is still vulnerable to the limitations of mortality.

Equipment[]

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Relationships[]

Family[]

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Allies[]

Enemies[]

Trivia[]

  • Hannibal King was originally going to first appear in Blade II; but instead only appeared in Blade Trinity.
  • The movie includes the premise that Hannibal is a former vampire; having been turned by Danica, and cured by the retrovirus serum that was developed in the first Blade film.

Behind the scenes[]

When he was asked what it was like working with Wesley Snipes on this film, Ryan Reynolds said sincerely that "I never met Wesley Snipes on this film, not for a second. I only met Blade."

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