Richard Dun

Richard Dun
Biographical Information
Real Name	Richard d'Orleans
Aliases	Champion of Orleans The Keeper of the King
Hometown	Orleans
Home country	Duchy of Normandy
Homeworld	Earth
Birth	35 years before he was vamped
Relatives	Duke Montague D'Orleans (father) Oldest Brother Second Oldest Brother
Physical Information
Species	Vampirised human
Gender	Male
Eye colour	Blue
Hair colour	Blond
Chronological / Political Information
Citizenship	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Knight
Fictional Information
Created by	Nigel Bennett P. N. Elrod
First Appearance	Keeper of the King
Final Appearance	Siege Perilous

Richard Dun (born Lord Richard d'Orleans; ) was a Norman-born vampiric knight, by the late 20th century, a counterterrorist freelance operative of the Canadian government.

Weapons and Abilities

Vampiric Abilities

• Hypnosis: Dun could hypnotise people with a glance a glance; allowing him to force them into sex, prey on their blood, or interrogate them. (PROSE: Keeper of the King, His Father's Son, Siege Perilous)
  • Targets who were heavily drunk were much more difficult to hypnotise and could resist his efforts. (PROSE: Keeper of the King)
  • With small hypnotic suggestions, Dun could cause induce fondness of him in people. (PROSE: His Father's Son)

Assets

• Business ownership: Dun owned the Texas-based company Arhyn-Hill Oil. (PROSE: His Father's Son)

Victims

Killed

• Uncertain number of people killed in gladiatorial combat
• Old Eunuch
• Arlie Webb

Notes

Behind the Scenes

• Dun was created by Canadian actor Nigel Bennett and American novelist P. N. Elrod. Bennett had previously played vampire Lucien LaCroix on the television series "Forever Knight"; there, his character was not himself a knight, but had vampirised the show's protagonist, Nick Knight.

Appearances

• Keeper of the King (first appearance)
• His Father's Son
• Siege Perilous (final appearance)