Kurda Smahlt is a Vampire Prince candidate who supports unity between the Vampires and Vampaneze. He implies that he was chosen as a candidate for his intelligence as opposed to the brawn and valor which Vampires value. He betrays the Vampires in effort to prevent the War of the Scars (by uniting the two clans again), and is executed close to the end of book six, The Vampire Prince. He has blond hair and blue eyes with three red scars on his left cheek (a mark left by the Vampaneze when he was discussing peace between the clans). Kurda comes back to life as a little person called Harkat Mulds after striking a deal with Desmond Tiny .