Hellsing Organization

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8506/20878463.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>What is Hellsing?</strong> <span style="color:darkred"><em>Hellsing (ヘルシング, Herushingu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It first premiered in Young King Ours in 1997 and ended in September 2008. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. As of March 2009 all chapters have been released in 10 volumes in Japan. Hellsing chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret Hellsing Organization, as it combats vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural foes who threaten England.</em><!--color--></span> <strong>What is the Plotline?</strong> <span style="color:darkred"><em>Hellsing is named after and centered around the Holy Order of Protestant Knights, originally led by Abraham Van Helsing. The mission of Hellsing is to protect Queen and Country from the undead and other supernatural forces of evil. This organization is currently led by Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, who inherited the leadership of Hellsing as a child after the death of her father. She is protected by the faithful Hellsing family butler and former Hellsing "trashman," Walter C. Dornez, and Alucard, the original and most powerful vampire that swore loyalty to the Hellsing family after being defeated by Van Helsing one hundred years before the story takes place. These formidable guardians are joined early on in the storyline by former police officer Seras Victoria, whom Alucard turned into a vampire. As the scale and frequency of incidents involving the undead escalate in England and all around the world, Sir Integra discovers that the remnants of a Nazi group called Millennium still exist and are intent on reviving the Third Reich by creating a battalion of vampires. Millennium, Hellsing, and the Vatican Chapter XIII Iscariot clash in an apocalyptic three-sided war in London, and Millennium reveals its true objective: to destroy the vampire Alucard, ending a feud begun during World War II.<!--color--></span></em> <strong><span style="font-size: 200%;">.:[Hellsing Organization]:.</strong><!--size--></span> <span style="color:darkred"><em>More formally known as the Royal Order of Protestant Knights, the Hellsing organization was founded by Abraham Van Helsing shortly after the events of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula as a response to the threat posed by vampires. The Hellsing Organization is traditionally headed by Abraham's descendants, who control Alucard, the ultimate vampire created by the organization for use in their continuing struggle against supernatural threats. After World War II, it was decided that Alucard was too powerful or potentially too dangerous to continue to be used as a weapon, and was locked away in the basement of the Hellsing mansion. Upon Arthur's death, his daughter, Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, became the director of the organization. Integra's uncle, Richard Hellsing, attempted to assassinate her and take control of the organization, but was defeated by Alucard, whom Integra accidentally released. In the Hellsing universe, the organization is an integral part of the true power-structure of Great Britain, which is, according to the story, still ruled by a hidden aristocracy and the monarchy. The organization is tasked with defending the country's shores from any and all supernatural threats and often faces controversy over the highly unconventional methods Hellsing chooses to do this, such as the use of "anti-Christian" powers and creatures. In the TV series, Hellsing is portrayed much more like a paramilitary or counter-terrorist organization armed with Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns and GKN Saxon or VAB APCs used to transport Hellsing soldiers to areas where there are reports of supernatural outbreaks in Britain. The paramilitary aspects are rarely mentioned in the OVA or the manga.</em><!--color--></span> <strong>Members:</strong> <span style="color:darkred"><strong><em><!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/character/601/Alucard">Alucard</a></strong> <img src="http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/4/29274.jpg" border="0" /> The secret weapon of the Hellsing organization, Alucard is a vampire, specializing in killing other vampires. At first glance he seems to be nothing but a rather odd gunman, but when he truly unleashes his powers, it becomes quite clear that he is not a mortal. After walking the night for half a millennium, he is constantly seeking a worthy opponent, and with his powers of regeneration, strength, and shape-shifting, not to mention his army of familiars, he lays waste to any of his master's enemies. However, beneath his cool and heartless exterior lurks a dark and tragic past, and a longing for the only thing an immortal can never have. <strong><!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/character/603/Integra_Fairbrook_Wingates_Hellsing">Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing</a></strong> <img src="http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/9/55654.jpg" border="0" /> Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing is the current leader of the Hellsing Organization, and Alucard's master since waking him up when her uncle attempted to kill her. She is a determined and cool-tempered woman with a commanding aura, and is an expert at fencing and gunsmanship. <strong><!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/character/624/Seras_Victoria">Seras Victoria</a></strong> <img src="http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/14/5098.jpg" border="0" /> A policewoman sent to investigate the troubles at Cheddar Village. Her squad is killed and she is nearly raped and killed by the mad vampire priest inhabiting the dead village, but is "saved" when Alucard sends a bullet through her to kill the priest. On the verge of death she allows Alucard to turn her into a vampire, and joins Hellsing as Alucards minion. She is reluctant to embrace her new powers at first, but gradually comes to terms with what she is, and eventually discover her true powers after a certain event. <strong><!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/character/609/Walter_Dornez">Walter Dornez</a></strong> <img src="http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/2/55651.jpg" border="0" /> Walter C. Dornez is the butler of Integra Hellsing, but is at the same time a deadly combatant, wielding high-velocity microfillament wires (dubbed by fans "The Dental Floss Of Doom"), and fought together with Alucard in the Second World War to stop a certain groups attempt at creating an undead army. But is he really just a devoted servant of the Hellsing family? </em><!--color--></span><!--center--></div>