dracula'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 dracula's precepts (""transient guests are we""—implied to refer to the nobility) in the first novel. dracula 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 dracula's power remains, d remembers dracula telling him that ""you are my only success."" like d, dracula 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 dracula respected humanity and did not feed on innocent people.