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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.
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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."