14 Facts About Mina Harker

Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker is a fictional character and the main female character in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.

Mina Harker begins the story as Miss Mina Murray, a young schoolmistress who is engaged to Jonathan Harker, and best friends with Lucy Westenra.

Unlike her best friend, Mina is an orphan who never knew her father or mother.

Mina Harker cares for him during his recovery from his traumatic encounter with the vampire and his brides, and the two return to England as husband and wife.

Mina Harker slowly succumbs to Dracula's influence, switching back and forth from a state of consciousness to one of semi-trance, during which she is telepathically connected with Dracula.

Mina Harker then uses her inherent telepathic abilities to track Dracula's movements under the hypnotism of Van Helsing.

Van Helsing does this as a test; if Mina Harker is unable to exit the circle, he reasons that vampires would be unable to enter, as well.

The book closes with a note written seven years after these events about Mina Harker's and Jonathan's married life, and the birth of their first-born son; who they name Quincey in remembrance of their friend, Quincey Morris; who was killed by Dracula's Roma minions during the final confrontation.

The birth of Jonathan and Mina Harker's son signifies hope and renewal of life as the close of the novel ushers in the 20th century.

Mina Harker has appeared in most film adaptations of Stoker's novel.

In Stoker's original novel, Mina Harker recovers from the vampire's curse upon Dracula's death and lives on with her husband, Jonathan.

However, in some media, Mina Harker is killed at some point in the story, while in others, she becomes a full vampire and keeps her powers after the death of Dracula.

Mina Harker died before Dracula could be defeated, but because he did not die, the curse was still active in her, which the Doctor exploited to create Millennium's vampires.

Mina Harker appears in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, but cannot be interacted with, only appearing in the intro and ending, though a doppelganger of Mina Harker is killed by the main antagonist midway into the game in order to try and force Soma into becoming the new dark lord of the castle.