AMELIA BERTRAM-HAYES

Real Name: Amelia Bertram-Hayes

Identity/Class: Human vampire (British citizen)

Occupation: Socialite, spy

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Mys-Tech (Ormond Wychwood, others);
   formerly Nazis, Dracula

Enemies: MI13 (Blade/Eric Brooks, Peter Wisdom, Spitfire/Jacqueline Falsworth, others)

Known Relatives: Unspecified family members

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC;
   formerly United Kingdom

First Appearance: Spitfire#1 (October 2010)

Powers/Abilities: Amelia had most of the standard powers and weaknesses of a vampire. She was far stronger and faster than a normal human, could rapidly heal from injuries, and didn't age. She also possessed sharp fangs and claws when she wanted to. She was vulnerable to sunlight, as well as presumably to Holy objects backed by faith, and she needed to drink blood to survive. She didn't demonstrate any shapeshifting abilities, but whether that was because she couldn't or because she felt turning into an animal was too gauche for someone of her class remains unrevealed.

   Amelia wielded a "Spellcaster" cross that did not burn her, but instead allowed her to project binding bands of energy, a magical artifact given to her by Mys-Tech. The cross glowed a light purple when in use, but looked like a regular wooden crucifix when out of Amelia's hands.

 

Height: 5'6" (by estimation)
Weight: 120 lbs. (by estimation)
Eyes: Lavender; pupils slitted like a cat's
Hair: Black

 

History:
(Spitfire#1 (fb) - BTS) - Amelia Bertram-Hayes was a member of the English aristocracy and a vampire. Exactly how long she'd been undead was unrevealed, but she was already old enough by the time of World War II to be overcome with ennui. She'd long since lost her entire family, and felt the weight of meaningless history. Human conflicts would pass, and she believed there was no cause in the world worth belonging to, so she was willing to work for any side, not for the money, but to keep herself entertained, desperate to find excitement to make her endless life worth living. Thus she spied for Hitler and the Nazis and felt no regret doing so. In much more recent times she sided with Dracula when he sought to conquer Britain, but changed sides once the vampire lord's mental sway over his followers was broken; whether this was because she had never wanted to work for him, or simply realized he was about to be the losing side, remains unrevealed. Subsequent to that Amelia was hired by Mys-Tech's Ormond Wychwood to steal plans for the new Iron Lion armor, paid for in blood and with a Spellcaster device, but the theft was noticed and Amelia became a prime candidate on MI-13's list of suspects.

(Spitfire#1 (fb)) - MI-13 head Pete Wisdom planted several of his operatives at a party in Kent (presumably because they'd learned that was the intended site of the handover of the stolen plans). During the party Wisdom and his vampire agent Jacqueline, Lady Falsworth, a.k.a. Spitfire, approached Amelia, ostensibly just to make conversation, but Amelia brushed off their attempts to chat as boring, calling the recently undead Spitfire a "novice vampire."

(Spitfire#1 (fb) - BTS) - At some point after this MI-13 confirmed Amelia to be the thief, but she fled to New York, where she began to frequent a vampire bar somewhere in Greenwich Village. However she fully expected someone from MI-13 to eventually come for her, most probably the vampire slayer Blade.

 

(Spitfire#1 (fb)) - Hanging out with some younger vampires, Amelia willingly discussed her past spying activities, openly telling them about working for the Nazis. Though the other vampires thought that was somewhat racist, they made excuses in their own minds that it had happened long ago, and enjoyed her company because she was "sheer camp" and thus cool. Unknown to Amelia, out of curiosity they also followed her home to the abandoned apartment building she was living in.

 

(Spitfire#1) - Six weeks after the Kent party Spitfire and Blade tracked Amelia to Manhattan, then by scent to the Greenwich Village vampire bar, and then finally her apartment building after the bar's other regulars volunteered the location. The heroes snuck in, but Amelia was ready for them, and trapped Blade in energy bands projected from her cross. She held Spitfire off with the cross for a few moments while she admitted to stealing the plans and told Spitfire who had hired her in the hope that might be enough to get the heroes without arresting her. However Spitfire made it clear they were not there to arrest her. Shocked at this, Amelia began to rant against the unfairness of being sentenced to death for choosing the wrong side, insisting that if MI-13 had only trusted her she could have worked for them. Spitfire interrupted, asking Amelia if she really wanted her last words to be an incoherent rant, adding that she was in danger of becoming tiresome. Possessing the English aristocracy's sense of decorum, Amelia paused as the words hit home, then admitted Spitfire was right and thanked her. Then they began to fight.

   With her superhuman speed greater even than most vampires, Spitfire dodged Amelia's attempt to bind her using the Spellcaster, and kicked the cross out of Amelia's hands. The pair then grappled hand-to-hand, crashing outside onto the scaffolding platform built around the building. As it quickly became obvious that Spitfire was the far better fighter, Amelia realized her end was coming, and so told Spitfire that whatever she had done, she had always loved her coun... She never finished the sentence, because Spitfire decapitated her, sending her head dropping to the street below. Glancing at Amelia's headless corpse, Spitfire promised to tell everyone that Amelia's last words were something witty.

 

Comments: Created by Paul Cornell and Elena Casagrande.

   This profile was completed on 08/17/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event to represent Spitfire. 

Profile by Loki.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Amelia Bertram-Hayes has no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Spitfire#1, p19, pan5 (main image)
Spitfire#1, p17, pan5 (headshot)
Spitfire#1, p16, pan1 (spellcaster)
Spitfire#1, p15, pan2 (binding Blade with spellcaster)
Spitfire#1, p21, pan1-2 (death)
Spitfire#1, p17, pan6 (eyes) 

Appearances:
Spitfire#1 (October 2010) - Paul Cornell (writer), Elena Casagrande (art), Lauren Sankovitch (editor)

First Posted: 09/25/2026
 Last updated: 08/17/2026

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