Drusilla
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- "Angel and Buffy Summers"
- ―Lie to Me
Drusilla (born c. 1840 in London) was a vampire with psychic powers and member of the Scourge of Europe. She was portrayed by Juliet Landau.
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[edit] History
[edit] Human life and Angelus
Not much is known about Drusilla's life prior to being sired. She was one of three daughters of a Catholic family formed by her mother, uncle and two sisters (one referred to as "little Anne"). One night, in 1860, while walking with her family, she was first seen by the vampire, Darla, who sensed what made Drusilla unique: she was not only chaste and sweet, but she also had visions of future events. Darla showed Drusilla to her lover, Angelus, who became instantly obsessed with the notion of not just killing the young woman, but with destroying her both emotionally and psychically.
At the time, Drusilla was fearful of her visions, which she regarded as a curse, as her mother had told her that they were an affront to the Lord. One day, after having the vision of a mine crash, in which two men died, she sought the help of a priest. She ignored that the man inside the confessional was Angelus, who had just killed the real priest. Drusilla told him about the vision and her fear of becoming evil, causing the bemused Angelus to taunt her by calling Drusilla a spawn of Satan and that she was fated to become evil. This was the first of the many tortures the sadistic Angelus visited upon Drusilla, slowly shattering her fragile psyche.
After his initial stalkings, Angelus then proceeded to murder the entire family of Drusilla: her mother, uncle and two sisters. It is very likely he made her witness each one of the murders and then let her flee to revel in her suffering.
With her sanity nearly shattered both by her visions as well as the deaths of her family and the psychological torture Angelus had devised, Drusilla sought refuge at the convent of the Sisters of Mercy, ignoring that Angelus had a taste for nuns.
- "Angelus and Darla"
- ―Dear Boy
The Sisters of Mercy welcomed Drusilla, oblivious to the fact that Angelus was coming after her. The very same night Drusilla was supposed to take her holy orders, Angelus appeared and massacred the Sisters before Drusilla's eyes, finally destroying whatever hold of reality Drusilla had left after the deaths of her family.
Believing that death would merely release Drusilla of her suffering and considering her his masterpiece, Angelus sired her, despite Darla's objections of having a lunatic vampire alongside them.
For the next twenty years, Drusilla joined Angelus and Darla's whirlwind, becoming Angelus' lover as well. The pure, shy girl had been replaced by a highly sexual predator who enjoyed preying on the weak and innocent, such as children, and also reveled in her psychic powers and her unique view of reality. She did retain a childlike quality and kept a collection of china dolls. However, after 20 years with her sire and "grandmother", as Dru called Darla, Drusilla began to desire a playmate of her own.
[edit] The Poet
- "Drusilla, William and Darla"
- ―Darla (episode)
By 1880 Drusilla sired the young poet William after he had poured his heart out in poem to Cecilia, a noble woman who rejected him. In tears, William bumped into Angelus, Darla and Drusilla. While Angelus and Darla seemed to laugh at his misery, Dru turned her eyes to William.
After turning him, William, later known as Spike, became completely devoted to Drusilla. The two remained together for over a century.
[edit] Sunnydale
Years later, a weakened Drusilla arrived with Spike in Sunnydale. During her time there, she regained her former strength and saw Angel lose his soul, becoming Angelus.
She would use her powers to aid in the torture of Giles, by appearing as his murdered lover Jenny Calendar.
Drusilla was taken from Sunnydale by Spike shortly before Buffy's battle with Angelus.
Sometime after that Drusilla, feeling Spike had lost his edge and sensing his future love of Buffy, would dump him by cheating on him with a Chaos Demon in South America.
[edit] LA
After Wolfram & Hart had brought Darla back as a human to torture Angel and hopefully make him evil, the law office learned she was dying. Rather then let her die, Drusilla was called in to sire Darla.
Drusilla placed Darla in a nursery under a star filled sky, seeing it not as a death, but as a birth. She battled Angel, giving Darla enough time to rise.
The newly sired Darla and Drusilla would fight briefly before Darla realized she was better off as a vampire. They then murdered everyone in a clothing store before going to a Wolfram & Hart party with the intent to slaughter everyone there. Angel locked the two vampires inside, allowing it to happen.
Shortly after, Drusilla and Darla began recruiting demons who enjoyed carnage, wanting to turn LA into a demon playground. While they were announcing their intentions to a gathering of demons, Drusilla sensed Angel's presence.
The two were set on fire by Angel, after discovering he had killed their recruits.
[edit] Return to Sunnydale
Being with Darla and seeing Angel again had made Drusilla nostalgic for the old days. She returned to Sunnydale, slaughtering the passengers from the train she traveled on, to find Spike.
Spike, in love with Buffy, chained Drusilla up. His plan was to prove his love for the Slayer by staking his sire. The plan did not go as hoped as Drusilla managed to escape.
She has yet to be heard from again.
[edit] Powers and abilities
- "Look at me, Dearie. Be in my eyes. Be in me."
- ―Drusilla hypnotizes Kendra Young[src]
Drusilla has the standard powers and vulnerabilities of a vampire. She is immortal, regenerates damage, drains human blood to survive, and is stronger than most humans. Drusilla's technique in combat, although awkward-looking, has allowed her to hold her own in a fight against Angel (in "Reunion") and Spike (in "Becoming, Part Two"), along with holding her own against Kendra the Vampire Slayer (in "Becoming, Part One") before using the hypnosis technique and then killing her.
It was also in this fight with Kendra that Drusilla showed that her fingernails are sharper than one would normally expect, as she uses them to slit Kendra's throat. Darla had demonstrated a similar technique when she sired Angel; whether this is due to her vampiric abilities or physical manipulation of her nails is unclear.
Like all vampires, she is vulnerable to holy items and sunlight, can be killed by decapitation or a stake to the heart, and cannot enter the home of a living human without being invited by someone who lives there first.
Drusilla is also a seer with minor psychic abilities. She receives vivid visions that contain possible glimpses of the future, and can also see into people's minds and project false imagery into them (e.g. in "Becoming, Part Two", when she convinces Giles that she is really Jenny Calendar). Drusilla had these powers since before being made a vampire; their source or cause is unknown. She is also capable of hypnotizing people, mesmerizing her prey and rendering them helpless, which she achieves by catching their gazes, pointing her fingers towards her victim's eyes and whispering to them ("Be in me"). Drusilla uses this technique to murder Kendra in the episode "Becoming, Part One", and earlier in Season Two, taunts and threatens Spike's academic minion, Dalton, with her talents. The Master uses a similar skill to paralyze Buffy in "Prophecy Girl."
Unlike most vampires shown on the series, Drusilla rarely is shown in her demonic form. Only when she is about to kill someone does her face change.
[edit] Appearances
- All's Fair
- Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row
- The Queen of Hearts
- Paint the Town Red
- Who Made Who
[edit] Buffy Season 2
- School Hard
- Halloween
- Lie to Me
- What's My Line, Part One
- What's My Line, Part Two
- Surprise
- Innocence
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
- Passion
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Becoming, Part One (Also in flashbacks)
- Becoming, Part Two
[edit] Angel Season 2/Buffy Season 5
- Dear Boy (Only in flashbacks)
- Fool for Love (Only in flashbacks)
- Darla (Only in flashbacks)
- The Trial
- Reunion
- Redefinition
- Crush
[edit] Buffy Season 7
- Lessons (Only as a disguise of the First Evil)
- Bring on the Night (Only as a disguise of the First Evil)
- Lies My Parents Told Me (Only in flashbacks)
[edit] Angel Season 5
- Destiny (Only in flashbacks)
- The Girl in Question (Only in flashbacks)
