Bart of the Blackness

''I am Bart of the Blackness, Duke of the Darklands, and Ward of the Night Souls. Do you think your trickery will fool me?"''

Bart, also known as Bart of the Blackness, Duke of the Darklands and Ward of the Night Souls, is a vampire wizard who was killed by Gertrude's catastrophon. He was an avid collector of deadly animals, such as giant snakes. He was also a gambler, which ultimately cost him his life.

Appearance
Bart was a tall, thin vampire with purple skin and a very large head. He had receding black hair and yellow/red eyes. He wore purple clothes and a large red cloak decorated with an eye-shaped emerald. He also wore a large black belt with golden studs.

Personality
Bart was a smug but angry individual. He was easily outraged when people questioned his intelligence, and seemed to pride himself on his cunning. He had little mercy for anyone, sticking to his commitment to feed a six-year-old to Mr. Slitherington due to her losing to him at gambling.

In-Series
Bart appeared gambling in his castle along with other evil-doers, such as Horribella and Gertrude. After winning the gamble, Gertrude found herself in debt to him. As she had no money, Bart demanded that she be fed to his giant python pet, Mr. Slitherington. Gertrude offered to give him a catastrophon, which he thought extinct. He agreed, and she was sent into Larry's Hat of Holding to find it. As she took longer and longer, Bart and the others began to unwind, ordering pizzas and eventually having a party and falling asleep, drunk. When Gertrude eventually returned, she did not honor her deal and instead used the catastrophon to slaughter everyone in the room except Horribella and Larry. Bart presumably died.

Later, Bill shapeshifted himself into Bart in order to try and provoke a response from Gertrude. He changed promptly when Gertrude displayed no remorse for Bart's death.