Character Name Mr. Oliver
	Also Known As The Earthmover (BO)
	First Seen in Circus of the Damned

Character Description

Mr. Oliver stands not more than four feet tall, and has normal proportions. He has little chin and forehead, but a wide nose and prominent bony ridges at the eyebrow. His eyes are brown and his brown hair is well styled. He favors expensive suits, though he wore a clown costume for his duel with Jean-Claude.

Character Casting Picture

A reconstruction of Homo erectus, based on skeletal remains, shows what Mr. Oliver might have looked like in his youth and our prehistory.

Character Occupation

Member of the Vampire Council (BO)

Character Race

Mr. Oliver (surely not his original name) was an ancient master vampire of Homo erectus origin. He was possibly as old as one million years.

Character Status

Deceased as of the end of CotD

Character Associations and Ties

• His human servant is Karl Inger.
• He traveled with Melanie, a lamia, and her consorts
• He belonged to the Vampire Council
• Alejandro, a 500 year old master vampire, worked for him

Also seen in

He is mentioned briefly in CS, ID, and TH, as his death reverberates through the vampire community.

Character Factoids

• He could cause earthquakes, though he agreed not to do this during his duel with Jean-Claude.
• He could draw blood at a distance.
• His voice induces calm and trust; he need not touch or even gaze to play mind games.
• He can levitate himself and others; he lifts Jean-Claude without touching him.
• He can walk in daylight, which helped fool Anita about him being a vampire at first, but avoids crossing direct sunlight.
• Even though he is a vampire, he agrees with HAV and Humans First that vampires are too dangerous to be legal; he tries to interfere with the legal status by taking over Jean-Claude's kiss and making the vampires run amok, thinking this will remind humans of the danger and get the legislation about citizenship reversed. (CotD) The Vampire Council could not interfere with his plans because the Council cannot fight to the death amongst themselves and nothing short of death would have dissuaded him. (BO)
• He could feel Jean-Claude's marks on Anita, though he could not identify nor locate him that way.
• Mr. Oliver felt the pull of Anita's necromancy.
• Snakes were his animal to call; the giant cobra's rampage may have been his instigation. Melanie, a lamia or immortal snake shifter, answered to him but was not completely under his control. She tried to create breeding partners under his nose, something he didn't notice until Anita brought it to his attention. Melanie was rather contemptuous of him, thinking he was growing sentimental and weak.
• He tore Richard's throat out but did not kill him.
• He wished for Anita to stake Jean-Claude, but she staked Mr. Oliver instead, at the very last moment, before ripping his head off. (CotD) The Vampire Council would very much like to know the true circumstances of his death. (BO) Jean-Claude refused to take the Earthmover's council seat, though it was his by right of combat, believing that he was not strong enough to hold it. (BO)

Character Quotes

Popular sayings, quotes and quips attributed to this character:

• book, page, set-up, quote

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