Dr. Edgar Vance is a famous psychiatrist, and he has written a number of books on criminal pathologies and on conspiracy theories, one of the latter regarding the "urban legend" on vampires' existance. In reality, Vance is a familiar of the Talos Family, and his duty is to keep the population unaware of the activities of vampires. He, along with Chief of Police Martin Vreede, appears in a TV show to scientifically demonstrates that vampires are a mere legend and that Blade is a dangerous serial killer and a psychotic vigilante.