"Look at my son, Mr. Raven. Isn't he handsome, my little Manfred? That's right. Look into his his eyes. Like lovely shiny coals, aren't they?"
Manfred Bloor (b.1985) is a major antagonist of the Charlie Bone Series. Manfred was the only son of Harold Bloor and Dorothy de Vere and grandson of Ezekiel Bloor.He is evil.
Appearance
In the first book, he is described as a mean looking boy with a wispy moustache and long black hair drawn back into a ponytail, and being tall and thin. Manfred also is said to wear dark colours like black and pruple to match his cape and when his hair is released from its ponytail, it hangs around his pale face like cords. Manfred is also described in Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock to have streaks of grey in his hair.
Powers and Abilites
As a result of his ancestry, Manfred is endowed with the ability to hypnotise people by staring them in the eyes, sometimes having a very prolonged effect. He used this power to erase all of Lyell Bone's personal memories, as well as to keep Emma Tolly in a state of constant hypnosis for over eight years. However, it is later revealed that this power was at its peak when Manfred was nine years of age, and as of the fourth book, when Manfred is eighteen, he becomes concerned that his hypnotic ability seems to be waning. By the fifth book, he has seemingly lost this power completely. However, this book also reveals that Manfred is developing into a fire-bringer like his ancestor, Borlath.
Role in Series
Manfred is one of the bad endowed and he first comes in the first book as the head boy of Bloor's Academy and the son of the headmaster. In the book, he appears in a newspaper and makes an appearance were he hynotises Charlie in order to prevent him waking up Emma Tolly. In the third book, after he graduates as a senior, he passes his exams and doesn't go off to a university like most of the seniors, he chooses to stay at Bloor's Academy to learn magic with his great-grandfather and becomes a teaching assistant. In the end of the fifth book, The Flames attack him and lacerate his throat as well as scar his face. In the sixth book, Dorcas Loom creates a solution called Altering Bugs and soon after he gets better, Manfred becomes the Talent's Master at Bloor's, as he deals with the endowed children and the three departments (drama, music and art). Manfred lives after the battle in the 8th book