Lord Ruthven (vampire)

[2] The character of Lord Ruthven in John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" was based on Augustus Darvell in Byron's "Fragment of a Novel".

In the following issue, dated May 1, 1819, Polidori wrote a letter to the editor explaining "that though the groundwork is certainly Lord Byron's, its development is mine.

She tells him about the legends of the vampire, which are very popular in the area, and Aubrey recognises that Ruthven fits the physical description.

This romance is short-lived: Ianthe is killed, her throat torn open by an attacker who injures Aubrey and leaves behind an unusual dagger.

Upon recovering, Aubrey learns that Ruthven has inherited an earldom and is engaged to his sister, and they are due to be married on the day that his oath will end.

Cyprien Bérard wrote an 1820 novel, Lord Ruthwen ou les Vampires, which was falsely attributed to Charles Nodier.

[5] In The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), the main character Edmond Dantès is often referred to as Lord Ruthven by a countess.

A Lord Ruthven also appeared in the Swedish novel Vampyren (1848), the first published work by author and poet Viktor Rydberg; as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that he is inspired by him in name only.

Lord Ruthven served as the inspiration for a 1945 film, The Vampire's Ghost, which was adapted into comic book format in 1973.

Originally, he appeared in the first issue of Marvel's Vampire Tales (1973), as the possessor of the mystical book called Darkhold.

Lord Ruthven appears as a main character in Nancy Garden's young adult book Prisoner of Vampires (1985).

Lord Ruthven appears as a boss residing within the Manor of Immortals dungeon in the bullet-hell MMO shoot 'em up Realm of the Mad God (2011–).

A vampire character called August Ruthven appears in the anime and manga series The Case Study of Vanitas (2015–).

Ruthven and Sir Francis Varney are two of the main characters in Vivian Shaw's Strange Practice (2017) and its sequels.

Lord Ruthven was also mentioned in passing in the animated television series Castlevania: Nocturne (2023) as an enemy of Juste Belmont.