Renfield
Mad vampire's assistant
Renfield is a character from Bram Stoker's *Dracula*—a madman who eats insects and small animals to absorb their "life force," slavishly devoted to the vampire.
The name has become shorthand for a sycophantic minion who does a powerful figure's dirty work: Every supervillain needs a Renfield.
The term often implies degrading loyalty or willing servitude to someone malevolent.
Deranged or irrational person
- insanitySevere mental illness
- asylumShelter from persecution
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
hallucination · derangement · mania · ravings · unhinged · disturbed · cell · straitjacket
Legendary Transylvanian vampire
- lunatic asylumOutdated mental hospital
- fliesWinged buzzing pests
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
- VictorianOf a prim era
Bram Stoker · epistolary · madman · patient · inmate · cell · journal · solicitor
Desire to kill
- immortalityExemption from death
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- Nosferatu1922 German vampire film
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
coffin · invitation · nocturnal · Transylvania · Count · castle · eternal life · supernatural
One held captive
- minionServile subordinate
- servantOne employed to serve
- masterAuthority or controller
- obedienceCompliance with authority
loyalty · fealty · subjugation · bondage · enslaved · compelled · summoned · commanded
Winged buzzing pests
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
- catsSmall domesticated felines
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
consuming · life force · predation · devouring · eating · swallowing · catching · collecting
Held in rapt attention
- hypnotizedInduced into trance state
- spellboundHeld as if enchanted
- captivatedWholly absorbed by something
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
obsession · fixation · influence · manipulation · seduced · charmed · bewitched · under control
lunatic
Deranged or irrational person
psychosis · hallucination · derangement · mania · ravings · unhinged · disturbed · cell · straitjacket · babbling
Dracula
Legendary Transylvanian vampire
- lunatic asylumOutdated mental hospital
- fliesWinged buzzing pests
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
Bram Stoker · Victorian · epistolary · madman · patient · inmate · cell · journal · solicitor · Van Helsing
bloodlust
Desire to kill
- immortalityExemption from death
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- Nosferatu1922 German vampire film
fangs · coffin · invitation · nocturnal · Transylvania · Count · castle · eternal life · supernatural · darkness
thrall
One held captive
obedience · loyalty · fealty · subjugation · bondage · enslaved · compelled · summoned · commanded · bound
flies
Winged buzzing pests
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
- birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
- catsSmall domesticated felines
insects · consuming · life force · predation · devouring · eating · swallowing · catching · collecting · cages
mesmerized
Held in rapt attention
- hypnotizedInduced into trance state
- spellboundHeld as if enchanted
- captivatedWholly absorbed by something
compulsion · obsession · fixation · influence · manipulation · seduced · charmed · bewitched · under control · willpower
RenfieldDracula
Legendary Transylvanian vampire
Count Dracula · vampire lord · master · overlord · dark lord
RenfieldVan Helsing
Renfieldrational mind