Character Name

Let's not be too sure his name is really even Olaf.

Also Known As

Olaf Gundersson
Otto Jefferies

First Seen in

Obsidian Butterfly

Character Description

Olaf is extremely tall, over six feet, eight, and has to bend over to get through doorways. His body is broad and muscular, without an ounce of fat, and he moves like a well-oiled machine. He is completely bald, with heavy black eyebrows. His eyes are brown and set deeply into his face. He has a deep voice with a trace of German accent; he is originally form Hamburg, Germany. Olaf favors black clothing, even black pajamas, though it doesn't always fit perfectly, a consequence of wearing Jolly Green Giant sizes. He needs to shave twice a day to avoid 5 o'clock shadow. (TH)

Character Casting Picture

Actor Michael Chiklis has been chosen to protray Olaf.

Character Occupation

Olaf is a 'retired government worker' according to Edward. He was a government spook, and is now a freelance assassin.(OB) He occasionally helps train antiterrorist infiltration groups; he speaks several Middle Eastern languages. (TH)

Character Race

Olaf is human.

Character Status

He was still alive at the end of The Harlequin

Character Associations and Ties

• He is a friend of Edward's... and we use the term 'friend' loosely.
• He is obsessed with and wants to stalk Anita.

Also seen in

The Harlequin

Character Factoids

• Olaf has a 'black file' with the government.
• He was imprisoned once for rape, and will brag about it.(OB) He has raped and killed other times, mostly outside of the United States. The government turns a blind eye to it, as long as he keeps his sprees ouside US borders. (TH)
• He likes his bacon crisp.
• Olaf operates from a black well of hatred, focused on women. It cripples him because it colors his reactions and makes him underestimate them. There is a question whether he desires more to kill women or to catch his prey.
• He can turn the scary face on and off, and tune it to an understandable sort of scariness.
• He helped Bernardo style his hair, very skillfully, but bristled when Anita made a jest about being gay. He was seriously upset about the vampire feeding on Seth by sucking his penis, though he was aroused by the whippings.
• He lusts for the kill and the blood, and yearns to hunt with Anita at his side. He would have killed Professor Dallas had Anita and Bernardo not come to check on her.(OB)
• He caressed Anita's exposed intestines in a highly sexual way when she was wounded and out cold. (TH)
• He is a covert spook, excels in hand-to-hand combat, knows 'any weapon you care to name', and is better with explosives than Edward is, by Edward's own admission. He has been a special-ops assassin most of his adult life. (TH)

Character Quotes

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