( history )
Mina's history, including dates and details not given or elaborated on in either Dracula or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are headcanon. Due to certain conflicts between Dracula and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen there are some elements of Dracula that have had to be ignored (or twisted slightly) in order for them to fit with both canons - as Mina is originally of Dracula and later in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Mina was born Wilhelmina Murray, the only daughter in a small middle class family in 1841 in London. They lived comfortably and Mina spent the majority of her time with Lucy, her best friend through school. After school, Mina spent much of her time, and many summers, visiting her friend Lucy in Whitby. Mina was a smart girl, different to her peers through her ideas and had a wish to learn more. Mina learned reading, writing and shorthand and, when she was older, extended her skills into more education aspects and trained to be a chemist.
Mina met a young man by the name of Jonathan Harker, a bank clerk, during the early portion of her life. The two began a courtship and, in 1861, they became engaged. It was during a business trip of Jonathan's when things started to change - not only for the pair but also for Mina's friend Lucy, also. After Jonathan travelled to Transylvania on business Lucy began to fall ill. A man by the name of Van Helsing was summoned to care for Lucy, though his efforts were in vain as Lucy eventually died - something which Mina was unaware of due to being in Transylvania caring for Jonathan. It is not until after Mina and Jonathan, who had married in Transylvania, returned to England that they learned of Lucy's demise and then a much worse fate. It is with the help of Van Helsing that Lucy is finally put to rest after being slain, preventing her vampiric self from rising again.
After an offer from Van Helsing Jonathan began working for him as his assistant, with Mina aiding in various clerical matters, though things became problematic when Dracula returned - the man that they learned to be Lucy's killer and a vampire himself. With the aide of Van Helsing again, as well as their friends Morris and Seward, they fought a dangerous battle in their attempt to destroy Dracula. Their battle was successful but yielded several casualties - Jonathan was killed during the fight but Mina had been captured by Dracula. After having been taken under his influence Mina had been bitten, turning herself into the creature that they'd fought. Unfortunately Dracula's death didn't reverse the transformation. Scared for her fate, her friends and what this meant Mina fled - keeping herself hidden, hoping to keep under control the now bestial nature that lay within her.
Mina met a man named Dorian Gray five years later. In the short time that they knew each other they were together as lovers, Mina attracted to the power of Dorian and him to how interesting she was. Though she was unaware of Dorian's uniqueness, his own 'curse' and inability to age, Mina recognised that there was something special - different - about him. Their relationship wasn't to last and, for a reason still unknown to Mina, Dorian cheated on her. This betrayal broke Mina's heart, though that fact wasn't something that she wouldn't ever tell, and caused her to end the relationship.
Mina has taken other lovers since then, though Dorian's betrayal and her wish to protect both herself and others has kept relationships from properly blooming. In the time between then and when Mina would meet Dorian again, Mina spent much of her time working on her research - though she'd accepted what she had become it did not mean that she was happy about it nor enjoyed it, particularly when it came to feeding. Mina's research currently involves examining her own blood, as well as that of others and animals, as well as looking at chemical based alternatives to help with her need to feed. It's her silent research, not reaching out to other minds in fear of being found or for their repulsion, that has kept Mina's existance silent to that of the world - those that knew her would, most likely, think her dead.
It wasn't until the summer of 1899 that Mina would see Dorian again, her role in the League being that of two things - to entice Dorian into joining the League but also for her own special abilities. Mina's role in the League utilised not only her background in chemistry, and slight surgical knowledge, but her vampiric abilities also. Mina, although at first seen as only a distraction and a set back to the mission of the League, provided more than useful for the League - giving cover in a gauntlet as well as being able to quickly and efficiently take down the enemy. Even though it was later revealed that Mina's purpose in the League was so that Dorian would be able to steal her blood, Mina was a crucial part in preventing the power of the League from destroying the world - as well as in stopping Dorian Gray.
Mina was born Wilhelmina Murray, the only daughter in a small middle class family in 1841 in London. They lived comfortably and Mina spent the majority of her time with Lucy, her best friend through school. After school, Mina spent much of her time, and many summers, visiting her friend Lucy in Whitby. Mina was a smart girl, different to her peers through her ideas and had a wish to learn more. Mina learned reading, writing and shorthand and, when she was older, extended her skills into more education aspects and trained to be a chemist.
Mina met a young man by the name of Jonathan Harker, a bank clerk, during the early portion of her life. The two began a courtship and, in 1861, they became engaged. It was during a business trip of Jonathan's when things started to change - not only for the pair but also for Mina's friend Lucy, also. After Jonathan travelled to Transylvania on business Lucy began to fall ill. A man by the name of Van Helsing was summoned to care for Lucy, though his efforts were in vain as Lucy eventually died - something which Mina was unaware of due to being in Transylvania caring for Jonathan. It is not until after Mina and Jonathan, who had married in Transylvania, returned to England that they learned of Lucy's demise and then a much worse fate. It is with the help of Van Helsing that Lucy is finally put to rest after being slain, preventing her vampiric self from rising again.
After an offer from Van Helsing Jonathan began working for him as his assistant, with Mina aiding in various clerical matters, though things became problematic when Dracula returned - the man that they learned to be Lucy's killer and a vampire himself. With the aide of Van Helsing again, as well as their friends Morris and Seward, they fought a dangerous battle in their attempt to destroy Dracula. Their battle was successful but yielded several casualties - Jonathan was killed during the fight but Mina had been captured by Dracula. After having been taken under his influence Mina had been bitten, turning herself into the creature that they'd fought. Unfortunately Dracula's death didn't reverse the transformation. Scared for her fate, her friends and what this meant Mina fled - keeping herself hidden, hoping to keep under control the now bestial nature that lay within her.
Mina met a man named Dorian Gray five years later. In the short time that they knew each other they were together as lovers, Mina attracted to the power of Dorian and him to how interesting she was. Though she was unaware of Dorian's uniqueness, his own 'curse' and inability to age, Mina recognised that there was something special - different - about him. Their relationship wasn't to last and, for a reason still unknown to Mina, Dorian cheated on her. This betrayal broke Mina's heart, though that fact wasn't something that she wouldn't ever tell, and caused her to end the relationship.
Mina has taken other lovers since then, though Dorian's betrayal and her wish to protect both herself and others has kept relationships from properly blooming. In the time between then and when Mina would meet Dorian again, Mina spent much of her time working on her research - though she'd accepted what she had become it did not mean that she was happy about it nor enjoyed it, particularly when it came to feeding. Mina's research currently involves examining her own blood, as well as that of others and animals, as well as looking at chemical based alternatives to help with her need to feed. It's her silent research, not reaching out to other minds in fear of being found or for their repulsion, that has kept Mina's existance silent to that of the world - those that knew her would, most likely, think her dead.
It wasn't until the summer of 1899 that Mina would see Dorian again, her role in the League being that of two things - to entice Dorian into joining the League but also for her own special abilities. Mina's role in the League utilised not only her background in chemistry, and slight surgical knowledge, but her vampiric abilities also. Mina, although at first seen as only a distraction and a set back to the mission of the League, provided more than useful for the League - giving cover in a gauntlet as well as being able to quickly and efficiently take down the enemy. Even though it was later revealed that Mina's purpose in the League was so that Dorian would be able to steal her blood, Mina was a crucial part in preventing the power of the League from destroying the world - as well as in stopping Dorian Gray.