SPIKE
Spike, also known as William the Bloody, was changed into a vampire in the late 1700s by Drusilla, the convent-oriented vampire.
He gained his nickname by torturing his victims with railroad spikes. In the last two
centuries, he has fought two slayers and killed both of them, one of whom begged for her life. When Angelus' soul was
restored and he vanished from
society, Spike and Drusilla became inseparable. In the twentieth century, Drusilla was almost killed by a mob in
Prague. Spike became very protective of her and began to look for a way to heal her. The two arrived in Sunnydale
a few days before the Feast of St. Vigius, 1997. Spike was all set to kill the present Slayer, Buffy Summers, in
order to get in good with Colin, the Anointed One (aka the Annoying One), but failed. Angry and disappointed,
Spike lashed out at Colin, killing him and usurping his power as head of the Sunnydale vampires. Several more
times over the next seven months, Spike attempted to kill the slayer and almost succeeded several times. Once,
when Summers was turned into a helpless woman (Halloween), and second, when she was betrayed be her friend
Ford (Lie to Me). However, the whole time he was trying to kill the Slayer,
Spike was also searching for Drusilla's cure. Spike would have made a wonderful general. In What's My Line?,
he found it. Using the DuLac Cross as the key, he had one of his vamp minions decode the book (stolen from Giles'
Library in "Lie To Me"). Then, paying Willy the human sleeze to hand a wounded Angel (by the hand of Kendra, the
Vampire Slayer) over to him, he chose not to take Angel to a dinner and a movie but instead take him to church,
strap him to Dru and stick a knife between their joined hands. This revitalized Dru but also, unfortunately for
Spike, drew the attention of not one, but two Slayers (one of whom is very protective of her boyfriend!). Spike
gets thrown into an organ which collapses on him and cripples him. He spends the next several months trapped in a
wheelchair watching while Spike and Dru become Spike, Dru and Angelus with the emphasis on the latter two. Angelus
wrecks havoc on Sunnydale while taunting Spike about his inability to "satisfy" Dru and the fact that he can't go
out hunting with them. In I Only Have Eyes For You, it is revealed that Spike has been able to walk again
for sometime, but that he is biding his time to have his revenge on Angel. He has it in Becoming where he
allies with the Vampire Slayer in order to take down Angelus (who is out to destroy the world, again) and get his
Dru back. He succeeds, but one imagines this is going to put a strain on his and Dru's relationship. After going
to South America, Dru ditches him for a Chaos demon (have you ever seen a Chaos demon? They're gross). Distraught,
Spike goes on a drinking binge (how can you tell him apart from all the other English?) and meanders back to
Sunnydale intent on wreaking revenge on those who caused the schism between himself and his beloved Drusilla.
Soon, however, he sobers up and realizes that the way back to Dru's heart is through her heart ... and hands ...
and anything else he can reach to torture her. Unfortunately, his new-found determination doesn't seem to pay
off: Dru dumps him again in Rio. So, Spike meanders back to Sunnydale, meets up with vamp-Harmony with whom
he strikes up a bizarre romantic relationship and seeks to find the Gem of Amara. The Gem, which makes all
vampires sun-protected and unstakeable, is discovered by our intrepid vamp and he sashays into the sunlight
to bash a little Buffy. However, Buffy gets the better of him, gets the Gem and our Spikey has to retreat
to the sewers. Finding out that Buffy has sent the Gem to Angel via Oz, Spike makes a foray into the City of
Angels to get it back. Hiring a torturous, pedophile-vamp as his aide, Spike tries to torture the information
about the Gem out of Angel. No luck. Brassed off, Spike returns to Sunnydale to wreck some vengeance but before
he gets the chance he gets zapped by paramilitary goons known as the Initiative who want to experiment on him.
Ha! Good luck! Our intrepid vamp soon escapes, makes his way to Buffy's room to do some biting, has a heart-to-heart
with Willow instead and then disappears to lurk some more. The Initiative, however, has managed to insert an
implant into our favorite vamp and he is longer able to kill (it somewhat impedes his feeding). Starving, dissolute
and thrown out by Harmony, Spike seeks assistance from the only other 'friends' he has in Sunnydale ...
Buffy and the Scooby Gang. He gets a Buffy welcome (she smacks him around a while, ties him up and laughs at
him).
Soon, Spike fits right in to the Scoobies as the anarchic bastard they go to when they can't go to anyone else.
Spike's settling in, got himself a crew, got a babe in the crib (make that crypt) when all of a sudden ... he realizes he
has a crush on Buffy. He lets himself stew for a while, then confesses his love to her when Riley's out of the way. She
laughs, freaks a bit and Spike is crushed. Now our favorite bad boy isn't on best terms with the Scoobies anymore.
Add to that, he then gets himself a Buffy robot, which is just gross and the Scoobies really hate him (for about an episode)
and Buffy actually un-invites him to her house! Then, just when we think our Spike will be in the doghouse for a while,
he turns around and proves himself golden in the eyes of the Slayer by enduring torture at the hands of Glory for the sake
of the Slayer's kid sister. When Buffy dies, Spike is devastated and is haunted by dreams where he saves her from her death.
He is overcome by emotion when she is resurrected and the friendship between Slayer and vampire continues to grow.
Sire: Drusilla Gang: Drusilla, Angel, Darla 
Playmate: DrusillaHeight: about 5'10" Weight: almost nothing; he has a fast metabolism. Hair: Originally brown; now peroxide blond. Eyes: Hypnotic Fingernails: Black Age: 126 (according to Spike himself in "The Initiative"); barely 200 (according to Giles in "School Hard"); but we'll say about 146 (that's when he was born plus the years as a vampire) Slayers Killed: Chinese Slayer (c. 1900), Brooklyn Slayer (c. 1977) |
