Anna Valerious I hope you have a heart, Aleera, because someday I'm going to drive a stake through it.
4th most-quoted character in Van Helsing (2004): in 12 of its 98 quotes
Most scenes with: Van Helsing (7)
I think if you're going to kill somebody, kill them, don't stand around talking about it.
More lines from Anna Valerious
4 quotes Anna Valerious Anna Valerious He's the first one to kill a vampire in over a hundred years. I'd say that's earned him a drink.
Anna Valerious (Dancing with Count Dracula)
I won't let you trade me, Count.
Anna Valerious [last words]
For God.
Scenes with Anna Valerious
7 scenes Anna Valerious Some say you're a murderer, Mr. Van Helsing. Others say you're a holy man. Which is it?
It's a bit of both, I think.
He's a werewolf. He's going to kill people!
Anna Valerious It's not his fault! He can't help it!
I know, but he's going to do it anyway!
Anna Valerious We Transylvanians always look on the brighter side of death.
There's a brighter side of death?
Anna Valerious Of course. It's just harder to see.
There's something down here. And it's carnivorous. Whatever it is it appears to be... human. I'd say he's a size 17, about 360 pounds, 8 and a half to 9 feet tall. He has a bad gimp in his right leg, and, ah— 3 copper teeth.
Anna Valerious How do you know he has copper teeth?
Because he's standing right behind you— move!
Anna Valerious You're choking me!
Give me a reason not to.
Anna Valerious I can't. If people knew...
Anna Valerious You knew?
Yes.
Anna Valerious Before or after I stopped you from shooting him?
Before.
Anna Valerious And still you tried to kill him!
He's a werewolf! He's going to kill people!
Anna Valerious He can't help it! It's not his fault!
I know, but he'll do it anyway!
Anna Valerious Do you understand forgiveness?
Yes. I ask for it often.
Anna Valerious They say Dracula has a cure. If there's a chance I can save my brother, I'm going after it!
No! I need to find Dracula!
Anna Valerious And I need to find my brother! He gave his life for me, he's the only family I have left. I despise Dracula more than you can ever imagine. He has taken everything from me, leaving me alone in this world.
To have memories of those you loved and lost... is perhaps harder than to have no memories at all. All right. We'll look for your brother.
Anna Valerious A silver stake?! A crucifix?! What, did you think we haven't tried everything before?! We've shot him, stabbed him, clubbed him, sprayed him with holy water, staked him through the heart, and still he lives! Do you understand?! No one knows how to kill Dracula.
... Well, I could have used that information a little earlier.
All right Carl, what have you learned.
That Count Dracula was actually the son of Valerious the Elder. The son of your ancestor.
Anna Valerious Everybody knows that, what else?
All right. well according to this rubbing, it all started when Dracula was murdered.
Do you know who murdered him?
No, it's just some vague reference to the Left Hand of God. And in 1462 when Dracula died, he made a covenant with the Devil.
And he's given a new life.
Anna Valerious But the only way he could sustain that life is by drinking the blood of others.
Uh, excuse me. Are you going to let me tell the story?
Both
Sorry.
And your ancestor, having sired this evil creature, went to Rome to seek forgiveness. That's when the bargain was made, he was to kill Dracula in return for eternal salvation of his entire family right down the line all the way to you.
Anna Valerious But he couldn't do it. As evil as Dracula was, my ancestor couldn't kill his own son.
So he banished him to an icy fortress, sending him to a door for which there is no return.
Anna Valerious And then the Devil gave him wings.
Yes.
All right. So where is this door?
I don't know. But when your ancestor couldn't kill his son. He left clues, so that future generations might do it for him.
Anna Valerious That must be what my father was looking for in here. Clues to the door's location.
The door, of course. You said your father spent hours staring at this painting trying to find Dracula's lair. I think you were right, quite literally. I think this is the door, he just didn't know how to open it.
[pointing at the Latin inscription]
Look, the Latin inscription. Maybe it was like that painting in the tower.
Anna Valerious If this were a door, my father would've open it long ago.
[Carl finds out the piece of the inscription is missing]
I can't finish the inscription, there's a piece missing.
Your father didn't have this.
Anna Valerious Where did you get that?
Carl, finish it.
[Carl puts the final piece and translates the inscription]
In the name of God, open this door.
