From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://www.cbr.com/strongest-vampires/   
      
   The 20 Strongest Vampires, Officially Ranked         [by WHOM, may I ask?]   
      
   Vampires have become a cultural mainstay. While the frenzy around them from   
   a few years ago has largely calmed down, vampires are still a constant   
   presence in pop culture.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   One thing all vampires have in common is a set of supernatural powers and   
   abilities that set them apart and make them exceptional. These can include   
   the power of mind control, ever-lasting life, and, of course,   
   super-strength.   
      
   [snip]   
      
   These are the 20 strongest vampires in pop culture, officially ranked.   
      
           [text with every picture, click the the link to see and read]   
      
   20.    David   (The Lost Boys)   
   19.    Damon Salvatore   (The Vampire Diaries)   
   18.    Jesse (Near Dark)    [no idea who this is or the show]   
   17.    Bill Compton   (True Blood)   
   16.    Rayne (Bloodrayne)   [video game]   
   15.    Eli   (Let the Right One In)    [don't know the character or the   
   movie]   
      
   14.    Angel    From the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and later his own   
   titular spin-off series, is a tortured being. Cursed with a soul after   
   decades of killing indiscriminately after becoming a soul-free vampire,   
   Angel’s remorse seems to know no bounds. His desire for redemption has led   
   him to become a warrior against evil, and he’s taken on everything from   
   other vampires to malevolent lawyers.   
        Angel’s willing to fight for what he thinks is right no matter what the   
   odds are against him. Given his vampire-powered fighting skills, he wins   
   more than loses while keeping his well-honed moral compass intact.   
      
   13.    Barnabas Collins (Dark Shadows)   [TV show, not the movie]   
   12.    Eric Northam   (True Blood)   
   11.    Vampirella    [comic book character]   
   10.    Miriam Blaylock   (The Hunger)    [don't know the character or the   
   movie]   
   9.    Vampire Hunter D    [novels, anime, comics; no idea who he is]   
      
   8.    Spike    (BtVS)    Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Spike can do pretty much   
   anything he sets his mind to. As a soulless vampire, he was responsible for   
   the deaths of not one but two vampire slayers. Then, when he fell in love   
   with a slayer, he found a way to win his soul back in order to be worthy of   
   her. Yet, whether souled or soulless, Spike is pretty much the same   
   character.   
       Morally flexible, sarcastic, and even funny, he wears his vampirism as a   
   badge of honor rather than something to be ashamed of or broody about. In   
   addition to physical strength, his strength of character, periodic bursts of   
   wisdom, and acceptance of the grey areas in life make him a unique   
   individual.   
      
   7.    Blade   (movies)   
   6.    Selene   ('Underworld' movies)   
   5.    Alpha Vampire   (Supernatural)    [don't watch the show; don't know   
   the character]   
   4.    The Master  (The Strain)   [not from S1 Buffy]   
   3.    Klaus Mikaelson   (The Originals)   [vamp/werewolf hybrid]   
   2.    Lestat De Lioncourt    (The Vampire Diaries)   
      
   1.    Dracula      Could any other vampire top this list? Since Bram Stoker   
   published the novel Dracula in 1897, the character has taken on a mythic   
   stature. For his enduring cultural legacy alone he would qualify as the   
   strongest vampire. However, he also possesses a slew of supernatural powers.   
        Although they tend to vary from story to story, he tends to possess   
   super-strength, super-speed, the ability to shape-shift, and the ability to   
   seduce pretty much anyone. While he typically is defeated by the end of each   
   movie in which he’s appears, the question of whether he’s really gone   
   lingers. Given our unending fascination with him, Dracula always returns   
   sooner or later.   
      
           [ I could add a few more from Buffy that might make the list   
   somewhere - The Master from S1; Kakistos from S3; the Turok-Han from S7; and   
   of course Drusilla or Darla ]   
      
      
   David   
      
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