One of the more unique aspects of Bram Stoker's Dracula, aside from the preternatural pretentiousness of his immortal fiend, is the format in which he chose to tell the tale.

In Dracula, Stoker relied on the literary device of presenting excerpts from the journals and diaries of his key players (excluding Dracula), interspersed with other bits of crucial information such as letters, newspaper articles, phonograph recordings and the like, which gives Dracula the distinct advantage of portraying fictional firsthand accounts of the drama and horror as it takes place from Transylvania to Victorian London.

What follows are descriptions of the major characters in the novel, each immortal in their own right as over the decades they've been used outright or adapted as characters throughout the vampiric genres of fiction and film. While it's unlikely that Stoker could've ever dreamed of such longevity for his creations, it's certain he'd be overwhelmed in the knowing that all of them have withstood the test of time. We begin with their origins as created by Bram Stoker.