The Narrator
The novel is told in three parts from the perspective of the narrator, who is the daughter of Paul and Helen. The novel chronicles her adventures with her father Paul in search of Helen, whom they believe to be still alive, as well as the mythical Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula. She is also later revealed to be a descendant of Count Dracula.
Bartholomew Rossi
Rossi is the mentor of the narrator's father Paul, whose disappearance leads him to go on a search for Dracula. He embarks on this journey with Rossi's daughter Helen, with whom he later has a child with. He is later found in the midst of being transformed into a vampire, and is killed by Paul with a silver stake to prevent this unfortunate fate.
Paul
Paul is the father of the narrator who finds an ancient tome containing an emblem of Dracula. When he consults his mentor Rossi about it, Rossi reveals that he too found a similar tome as a younger man. He disappears shortly after this encounter with Paul, leading Paul to go on a search for Dracula, whom the two men both believe is still alive.
Count Dracula
Vlad Tepes, also known as Dracula, is a vampire prince from Wallachia who is later revealed to be still alive. He is later killed by Helen, who shoots him in the heart with a silver bullet and thereby preventing him from recovering.
Helen
Helen is the daughter of Bartholomew and the mother of the narrator. She is later revealed to be a descendant of Dracula. She disappeared when the narrator was just a baby as she feared that she might infect the narrator due to a bite that she received from a vampire during her and Paul's search for Dracula.
Turgut Bora
Turgut is a professor from the Istanbul University whom Paul and Helen encounter during their search for Dracula. He reveals that he too had found a similar tome to the one possessed by Paul and Bartholomew.
