User blog:Ekreture/The Count of Monte Cristo vs. Count Dracula

First of all, yes, this is completely fair.

Two counts from 19th century literature.

One, a man born to humble beginnings, who after betrayed and thrown into prison, learns incredibly fighting skills, discovers his true genius, gains vast knowledge, and finds an incredible wealth greater than that of any other man.

The other, a vampire and sorceror who's hundreds of years old, with the strength and speed of twenty men.



In many ways, these men are polar opposites: Wealth by birth vs. wealth by aquisition, rationality vs. passion, brain vs. brawn, knowledge of the natural vs. knowledge of the supernatural.

But in the end, I'm asking one question.

Who is Deadliest?

Preface
This battle is...special. It is not the conventional fight, and while I will go through the attributes and strengths of each individual, this isn't going to be short range weapons and long range weapons. This is a man who's brain is unmatched vs. a man who's muscle is unmatched. A man with no weaknesses besides his mortality and a man with many weaknesses but is immortal.

Now, yes, The Count of Monte Cristo has no supernatural abilities. But personally, I feel like Batman may be based off of him, for instance, both have secret identities, both are amazing fighters, both have dead parents, both are geniuses, both are dark and brooding, both seek justice, and both are extremely wealthy. And Monte Cristo isn't just going to blindly attack the vampire; he'll come prepared, and his wealth can buy him anything he'll need, which includes vampire hunters to help him.

For me, it's a pretty equal fight. So, with that in mind, let's begin.

Count Dracula
A centuries-old vampire and nobleman, Count Dracula has imbedded himself into the horror genre. Ever since his creation by Bram Stoker in 1897, Dracula has terrified and fascinated the minds of readers. On top of that, there have been an estimated 217 movies with the Count in a major role, making him second only to Sherlock Holmes.

Not much of his early life is known, however, it is known that he studied Black Magic, and took up arms against the Turks, as befitting a noble of his ranks. When he died, he came back as a vampire.

During the late 19th century, Dracula started to act on a long thought out plan for world domination, beginning in England. Eventually, his plans fail, and he's killed when a kukri slits his throat and a bowie knife stabs him through the heart, his body turning to dust.

Abilities
From his vampirism and years of practicing sorcery, Dracula has many abilities. He has the strength and speed of twenty men, and hypnotic and telepathic abilities. On top of that, he can teleport at will, and has control of the weather, as well as shapeshifting and the ability to control nocturnal animals, however, many of these abilties are not usable during the daytime, which is when Monte Cristo will be attacking.

Weaknesses
Dracula has many of the weaknesses that other vampires have. He is repulsed by garlic and crucifixes, as well as holy water and sacramental bread. While the sunlight doesn't kill him, it does weaken him, even if he's not directly in it. There is only one way to kill him: slit the throat or decapitation, followed immediately by puncturing the heart.

On top of that, Dracula is prone to fits of rage, especially if something in his plans go wrong.

X Factors
Strength: 100

Speed: 100

Cunning: 77

Recourses: 73

The Count of Monte Cristo
First, let me say, I'm not explaining the plot of this book. It's way to complicated. What I can say is that it's an amazing book you should all read. If not, Wikipedia's nice.

The Count of Monte Cristo, serialised 1844-1845 by French author Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most important books in European Literature, and has left its mark on the world. Spanning the historical events of 1815-1838, it follows a man named Edmond Dantes. A young and successful first mate on a merchant ship, he had everything going for him: he was young, charismatic, and handsome, he had a beautiful fiance, and he was due to be promoted to Captain on his ship since his captain had been killed.

And two men hated this; Danglars, his junior officer, and Fernand, who was in love with his fiancee. The two of them plot together and have Dantes arrested. While he could be saved by VIllefort, a prosecutor who knew that he was innocent, he is instead wrongfully thrown into prison.

Anyways, if you want to know more plot details, again, either read the book or look it up. Basically, while in prison, he becomes super educated, finds out about this incredible wealth on the island of Monte Cristo, becomes incredibly weatlhy, buys the title of Count and the island, travels the world, learns incredible fighting skills, goes back to France, and disguised as the Count of Monte Cristo, he enacts his revenge against those who wronged him.

Abilities
Dantes, or Monte Cristo, take your pick, has no supernatural abilities, but instead, is a mega genius with great combat training and sword skills, who has an incredible knowledge of the natural world along with his vast wealth. On top of that, he has very intricate plans; whereas Dracula gets into fits of rage when his plans fail, The Count of Monte Cristo's plans never fail. He would learn of his opponents strengths and weaknesses, and use them against him. On top of that, he can see in the dark. Don't know if that helps. He just can.

Weaknesses
As I said before, The Count of Monte Cristo's only weakness is really his own mortality. He's cold, cunning, and emotionless. He's likely not to buy any of Dracula's trickery or hypnotism, but would he possibly get hurt by the punches of twenty simultaneous men? Yes. Yes he would.

X Factors
Strength: 75

Speed: 82

Cunning: 100

Resources: 100

Additional Information
I'm not sure how long voting will last. Regardless, however long it lasts, I am going to put in some voting rules, especially on this one.

Being a bit unconventional, I don't expect edges on weapons or anything like that. I do, however, expect at least one larger paragraph explaining why you think either Count should win.

I may or may not add a prologue.

This battle is taking place in Dracula's Castle during the day, meaning no shapeshifting. Dracula will be alone, while Monte Cristo will have his mute Nubian servant Ali and six vampire hunters.