Neclord

Neclord (ネクロード, Nekurōdo) is an antagonist in Suikoden and Suikoden II. Neclord is a vampire with a penchant for taking victims as his brides.

Suikoden
"Now wait a minute. You speak as if I'm going to lose."

- Neclord

Neclord is a runic vampire who is known for turning his victims into zombies. Neclord was transformed into a vampire through the use of a rune. By becoming a vampire through the use of a rune, Neclord gained a stronger resilience against traditional vampire weaknesses, which made Neclord consider himself a well-bred vampire. In the past, Neclord teamed up with Windy and Yuber in pursuit of the Soul Eater; Neclord aided them in the destruction of the Village of the Hidden Rune. Many years later, Neclord destroyed the village of North Window, turning the villagers there into zombies. Despite the horrific damage Neclord caused to North Window, he had little memory of these events.

During the Gate Rune War, Neclord was appointed to the Lorimar region. There, Neclord changed the local Scarlet Moon Empire troops into zombies and skeletons. Neclord then began to threaten local villages with his zombies, demanding they sent him women. Most of the local villages gave in to Neclord's demands, save Warriors' Village.

Neclord travelled to Warriors' Village in order to take Tengaar, the daughter of Zorak, the chief of Warriors' Village. Though Zorak and the villagers attacked Neclord, they were unable to defeat him; Neclord was unimpressed by their performance in battle, claiming that he supposed it was the best humans could do. They were quickly joined by Toran Liberation Army members Viktor and Tir McDohl, but Neclord was easily able to defeat them as Viktor and Tir were unable to do any damage. Neclord noted he had become quite famous and that his was a tough life and repeated his request to take Tengaar. Neclord, in order to prevent further harm to her loved ones, agreed to go with Neclord, who claimed he liked Tengaar's style. Tengaar made Neclord promise that he would not harm the villagers and, true to his word, Neclord left them be as he left for Neclord's Castle with Tengaar

Soon after, Neclord sent wedding invitations to Warriors' Village. The warriors of the village, along with members of the Toran Liberation Army, headed for Neclord's castle. There, Neclord greeted the gathered crowd, noting how rude it was for them to bring so many weapons to his wedding. When Zorak demanded Neclord return his daughter, Neclord refused, but, recognizing Tir McDohl, invited Tir and his party to be his most welcome guests, warning them that should they not reach the top of Neclord's castle by sunset, Tengaar would be his forever.

Tir and his party raced to the top of Neclord's castle, where Neclord remarked that they had taken their time. Viktor damned Neclord and asked him if he remembered what he had done to the village of North Window, but Neclord claimed he had no recollection of North Window, although Viktor seemed familiar. Viktor, promising Neclord that he would never waste his breath again, attacked Neclord, using the Star Dragon Sword, which Hix quickly joined in. Neclord claimed that there were courageous and told Tir that he would present the Rune of Life and Death to Windy.

Neclord was unable to fight against the power of the Star Dragon Sword, but despite the Toran Liberation Army's ability to harm him, Neclord claimed that he had lived for centuries and would be damned if his life ended now, but Viktor, claiming that Neclord's life had only been centuries of evil deeds and that now was the time for Viktor to avenge his village, cleaved Neclord using the Star Dragon Sword, ostensibly killing the vampire.

Trivia

 * Neclord has had at least 69 "brides" prior to his abduction of Tengaar and Lily Pendragon.