The Lord Doctor is the father of Maika Halfwolf and one of the main antagonists of Monstress. One of the direct descendants of the Shaman-Empress, the Lord Doctor will stop at nothing to claim his place in the world as the Shaman-Emperor and see his bloodline prosper.
Personality[]
The Lord Doctor is the fearsome leader of the Blood Court. A scientific genius and powerful adversary without equal, his reach extends far and wide. He doesn't care for the conflict between the Federation of Man and the Arcanics, but does plan to use this war as a means to gain more wealth, power, and influence for the Blood Court. In his eyes, the ends justify the means.
The Lord Doctor has mastered himself: he satiates his inhuman hunger with cannibalism and embraces his monstrous nature. Through meditation, he has access to Zinn's memories and otherworldly strength.
The Lord Doctor is duplicitous and conniving. He fears nothing, not even Zinn and the other Monstrums.
Appearance[]
The Lord Doctor is a physically tall and imposing Arcanic with deep brown skin, white hair, and an unkempt beard. He bears scars all over his body and the red Mark of the Eye at the center of his chest. He has two technologically advanced prosthetic legs.
Background[]
A descendant of the Shaman-Empress, the doctor is over five hundred years old and was, until Maika's birth, Zinn's host.
When he was young, he struggled with the cannibalistic hunger, just as Maika, often giving in and consuming friends and relatives. Eventually, he accepted this hunger, believing it a fact of life, and began to mindfully select victims to be consumed, proactively killing to satisfy his hunger. His identity was never discovered, but these killings led to him being named the Ghoul Killer in human and arcanic cities.
The Doctor founded the Blood Court to further his agenda of hegemony, seeking to restore the power of the Shaman-Empress and, ultimately, recreate the utopia-like civilization of his ancestors. This included the ability to travel to other planets.
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The Lord Doctor travels with his servants, and Yvette Lo Lim, to capture Maika. Upon meeting her, he announces himself as her father, and introduces her to the Blood Court. He has a mechanical arm installed on her, without her consent, and shows her his experiments in an attempt to convince her to join his cause. He reveals his ultimate aim: to return their race to the stars and the interstellar travel once enjoyed by the most powerful beings.
It is revealed to Maika that the Lord Doctor once held Zinn within himself, although Zinn never physically manifested. Zinn was later passed on to Maika at her birth, seemingly robbing the Lord Doctor of Zinn's dreams. It is later revealed he can still see these dreams when meditating, however.