Turok-Han

A Turok-Han

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The Turok-Han vampires (a.k.a the "über vamps") are fictional characters from Joss Whedon TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They appear in the 7th and final season of the series, in the episode Bring on the Night, when the Seal of Danzalthar is opened under the basement of Sunnydale High, over the Hellmouth (Buffyverse).

They are a race of ancient powerful vampires resistant to being staked and otherwise stronger and fiercer than the regular vampires from the series, though sunlight and beheading do kill them. Andrew, another character from the series, calls them ubervamps. They look similar to Nosferatu, but appear to be much more aggressive, and also bear a remarkable resemblance to the Mutant Enemy "Grr... argh" mascot..

Although the series' mythology initially claimed that the Turok-Han could only be summoned by pouring blood onto the seal, they later challenged this - in what some see as a continuity error - when several creatures unleashed themselves in the third-last episode of the series, Touched. Yet it can also be argued that the Bringers raised some more Turok-Han with fresh blood offerings.

The name "Turok-Han" bears resemblance to "Uruk-hai" a powerful breed of Orcs in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

The Turok-Han also bear striking resemblance to The Master, suggesting that he is a remnant of the ancient times when the Old Ones, pure demons, and (presumably) the Turok-Han walked the Earth.

Appearances on Buffy

The First, via his Bringers, first used Spike's blood to open the Seal, thus releasing the first Turok-Han on the series. It took two episodes for Buffy to slay this; her first encounter nearly killed her, but she managed to defeat it in the episode Showtime.

For a while it seemed that the Turok-Han was just one individual in the First's master plan; however, the Shadow Men eventually show Buffy a vision, wherein it is revealed that there are actually thousands of them, all living below the seal.

Eventually, more Turok-Han are released, as seen in the episode Touched. Still more waited under Sunnydale for the time when the First would be able to free them all.

In Chosen, Buffy and the other Slayers go into the Seal to fight the Turok-Han; in the end, all of them are apparently killed, including thousands by the amulet that also kills Spike.

Oddly, the Turok-Han army's performance in the final battle of the series is noticeably worse than the performance of the first Turok-Han. While the first Turok-Han was able to nearly kill Buffy, the later Turok-Han seem evenly matched against the Slayer Potentials and even normal humans such as Xander and Anya. This appears to be a result of the inverse Ninja law.

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Turok-Han

Appearances on Buffy

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