Rido Kuran

A pureblood vampire, one of the antagonists of the Vampire Knight and the older brother of Haruka and Juri Kuran, he is the true head of the Kuran family.

Characteristics
Rido has typical Kuran features, resembling his younger brother and nephew, however is most interesting characteristic are his unique eyes. Rido has complete heterochromia, meaning he has two differently colored eyes, one blue and one crimson. He is slightly taller than his brother and has shoulder length curly hair. His powers included morphing of his body and the pureblood ability to transfer his soul into another, which will retain the same colored eyes.

Background
Born over 3,000 years ago, he was in love with his sister, Juri Kuran by whom he was rejected. Until his death, he continued to desire her. He did however continue to have other lovers including Senri Shiki's mother, with whom he fathered Shiki, though not marrying her. He was engaged to Shizuka Hio, who did not love him.

Sometime during the past, he stole the Kuran's child away (the orginal Kaname), following that he was held by the council, more to protect him from Juri than the other way around. Ten years ago he attacked the Kuran's, attempting to take the Kuran princess, he managed to kill his brother, but failed at taking Yuki. Kaname Kuran confronted him, Rido revealed that despite Kaname's desire, he was unable to kill Rido, because Rido was his master who awoke him from his slumber. Instead Kaname obliterated Rido's body leaving him to slowly recover.

During the 10 years that followed, his powers to transfer his soul was retained and he managed to continue interfering in other people's lives. In order to subdue Shizuka's spirit like Shiki's mother, he was able to get her lover's name on the hunter's list and worked with Asato Ichijo.

Plot Summary
In the current chapters, it is revealed that he is still alive and he is haunting Kaname. Apparently it as something to do with the fact that Rido was the one that revived him.


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Unanswered Questions

 * How and why did Rido revive Kaname?

Trivia
"Ri" means plum, and "do" means earth. Kuran means "nine orchids", with "ku" as nine, and "ran", orchid.