Editing Vampire Hunter D (section)

==Main characters==
===D===
{{Infobox character
| name = D
| series = Vampire Hunter D
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| first_major = [[Vampire Hunter D (novel)|Vampire Hunter D]]
| first_date = 1983
| creator = [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]]
| designer = [[Yoshitaka Amano]]
| voice = * {{ubl|'''Japanese:'''|[[Kaneto Shiozawa]] {{small|([[Vampire Hunter D (1985 film)|OVA]], audio dramas)}}|[[Hiroshi Yanaka]] {{small|([[Vampire Hunter D (video game)|video game]])}}|[[Hideyuki Tanaka]] {{small|(''[[Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust|Bloodlust]]'')}}}}
* {{ubl|'''English:'''||[[Michael McConnohie]] {{small|(OVA; 1992 [[Streamline Pictures|Streamline]] dub)}}|Andrew Philpot {{small|(''Bloodlust'')}}|[[John DeMita]] {{small|(video game)}}|[[John Gremillion]] {{small|(OVA; 2015 [[Sentai Filmworks|Sentai]] dub)}}|David Cui Cui {{small|([[GraphicAudio]] dramas)}}}}
| species = [[Dhampir]]
| gender = Male
| occupation = [[Vampire Hunter]]
}}
D is a ''[[dhampir]]'', the half-breed child of a vampire father and human mother (actually genetically engineered by the ruler and first of vampires called Sacred Ancestor using his own DNA and that of humans in an experiment to create a vampire without vampires' typical weaknesses like the sun and having to drink blood), the ideal [[vampire hunter]]. He is renowned for his consummate skill and unearthly grace but feared and despised for his mixed lineage: born of both races but belonging to neither. Often underestimated by his opponents, D possesses surprising power and resourcefulness, having most of the strengths of the Nobility and only mild levels of their common weaknesses. It has been seen in both movies that his power is not only physical, but extends into the magical realm as well. His supernatural powers make him one of the strongest beings in the world, if not the second strongest (second only to his father). However, D prefers his physical abilities, only using his magic in times of great need. Unlike most dhampirs, D is able to live as a "normal" human; however, he is marked by his unearthly beauty and exceptionally potent aura and thus rarely accepted by human settlements. In terms of weaknesses, he is randomly susceptible to sun-sickness, a severe type of sunstroke, about once every five years (far less than most dhampirs). D also recovers from it at a rate far greater than other dhampirs. Usually, it takes several days to recover from sunlight syndrome, longer if the dhampir is exceedingly powerful, but D recovered in a few hours (around 1–6 hours approximately) despite being one of the strongest dhampirs alive. Otherwise, D does not appear to suffer from other vampiric weaknesses usual to dhampirs, being able to physically restrain opponents with his aura and having godlike reflexes surpassing even those of Nobles.

His symbiotic left hand states, in ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'': "The Herarchy of us became impatient with the heartless David and impaled The Lord on 'The Sword'". Speculation on whether "The Sword" is D's sword or not is debatable. It is important to note here, however, that the movie differs sharply from the book it takes its story from, ''Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase'', and future entries in the novel series do not differentiate between Dracula, The Vampire King, The Sacred Ancestor and D's father, proposing that they are one and the same.

D rides a [[Cybernetics|cybernetic]] horse with mechanical legs and other enhancements, wields a crescent [[longsword]] which looks similar to Yoshitaka Amano's scimitar sword design found in many of his works of art, but the sword has a hefty length, similar to that of a Japanese [[nodachi]]. D always wears a mystical blue [[pendant]]; it prevents many of the automatic defenses (such as laser fields and small nuclear blasters) created by the Nobility in past millennia from working properly and allows him to enter their sealed castles. He also uses wooden needles in the novels and game, which he can throw with super speed. He protects his milk-white face from the noonday sun with long black hair, flowing black clothing and cape, and the shadow of a wide-brimmed hat. D is described as appearing as a youth between 17 and 18 years old, though D's age is unknown (although in the novel ''Pale Fallen Angel'' parts I and II, it is made known that he is at least 5,000 years old, and later it is revealed that he is over 10,000 years old). His beauty is mesmerizing, often unintentionally wooing women and sometimes flustering men.

Very little is known of D's past, and the identity of his parents is ambiguous, but his innate power suggests that his father is an extraordinarily powerful vampire. Regarding D's birth, some Nobles whisper dark rumors about their vampire progenitor, the Sacred Ancestor known as [[Count Dracula]], bedding a human woman called "Mina the Fair" (implied to be [[Mina Harker]]). Dracula conducted bizarre crossbreeding experiments involving himself and countless human women or even other vampires. The only successful product of the experiments was D. D, wanting nothing to do with his father save for killing him, refusing to go by his true name. Instead, he shortens it to the first letter. In ''Twin Shadowed Knight'', D has a twin who goes unnamed. The twin states that he and D were born from the same woman in exactly the same conditions.

===Left Hand===
{{Infobox character
| name = Left Hand
| series = Vampire Hunter D
| image = Image:lefthand.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = D's Left Hand as seen in ''Bloodlust''
| first_major = [[Vampire Hunter D (novel)|Vampire Hunter D]]
| first_date = 1983
| creator = [[Hideyuki Kikuchi]]
| designer = [[Yoshitaka Amano]]
| voice = * {{ubl|'''Japanese:'''|[[Ichirō Nagai]]}}
* {{ubl|'''English:'''||[[Michael McConnohie]] {{small|(OVA; 1992 Streamline dub)}}|[[Mike McShane]] {{small|(''Bloodlust'')}}|[[John Hostetter]] {{small|(video game)}}|[[Andy McAvin]] {{small|(OVA; 2015 Sentai dub)}}|Terence Aselford {{small|(GraphicAudio dramas)}}}}
| species = Countenanced Carbuncle
| gender = Male
}}
D is the host for a sentient [[symbiosis|symbiote]], Left Hand, a wisecracking [[homunculus]] with a human face residing in his left palm, who can suck in massive amounts of matter through a wind void or vacuum tunnel. Left Hand enjoys needling the poker-faced D, but only appears as needed, rarely witnessed or heard by anyone other than D, yet aware of many of D's thoughts and actions. At all other times, D's left hand appears normal. Besides providing a contrast to D's reserved demeanor, Left Hand is incredibly useful, possessing many mysterious powers such as [[Psychometry (paranormal)|psychometry]], inducing sleep, hypnotizing others, determining the medical condition of a victim, absorbing matter, energy, and even [[soul]]s and [[Magic (supernatural)|magic]], healing and reviving D and himself, and the ability to size up the supernatural powers or prowess of an enemy, even beyond D's keen senses. After absorbing four elements, Left Hand can use them to generate powerful attacks, regenerate D and himself, and to transform D into full vampire state rivaling Sacred Ancestor. Left Hand can store absorbed objects in a [[pocket dimension]] inside his stomach, and later spit them out.

In the first and second novels, Left Hand can also revive D when his physical condition is suffering, by consuming the four elements and converting the resulting energy into life force. This ability even saved D from the usually fatal for vampires stake through the heart he received from Rei-Ginsei in the first novel. Left Hand has its own mind and will, and acts as D's guide and sole permanent companion, providing a reservoir of knowledge pertaining to the lost Noble culture. So far, Left Hand's origins are unknown, and it is unclear how they came to be joined. However, some of its nature is revealed in the third book, which features a similar creature; it is implied he was one of the Barbarois (mutant/demon hybrids) who served in the personal retinue of the [[Count Dracula|Sacred Ancestor]], and was experimented on by him to increase his powers over other Barbarois.

===Sacred Ancestor===
The Sacred Ancestor's role in the novels is very mixed, appearing both as the bane and savior to isolated towns, and deified as a legendary god-king to the vampires, many of whom have never even met him in person. D quotes the Sacred Ancestor's precepts ("Transient guests are we"—implied to refer to the Nobility) in the first novel. The Sacred Ancestor appears both as a lawgiver honored for his intelligence, who showed some interest in preserving humans, and as a ruthless scientist (in the second novel), conducting hybrid breeding experiments with humans in order to perpetuate his own dwindling species. D appears to have encountered his alleged father on at least one occasion, as when at times D reaches a place where the imprint of the Sacred Ancestor's power remains, D remembers the Sacred Ancestor telling him that "You are my only success." Like D, the Sacred Ancestor is portrayed as a mysterious and handsome young wanderer who deals with both life and death. However, in the English dub of the anime, D states that the Sacred Ancestor respected humanity and did not feed on innocent people.