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Revision as of 20:03, 2 June 2012
- “The name means "child death". This book says he feeds off of children by sucking the life out of them. Ugh! But anyway, afterwards, it looks like they died because they were sick.”
- ―Cordelia Chase[src]
Der Kindestod was a demon that preyed on sick children.
Biography
Der Kindestod killed children by sucking the life out of them. Afterward, it looks like they died of fever. Therefore it preyed on children who are already ill, leaving little evidence to suspect their deaths were unnatural. One of his victims was a girl named Celia, whose death was witnessed by her cousin, Buffy Summers.
In 1998, Buffy encountered Der Kindestod again while being treated for flu at Sunnydale General Hospital. She killed him by breaking his neck.
Powers and abilites
- “Uh, the, um, the Kindestod gorges by sitting atop his prey, pinning it down, uh, helplessly. Then he slowly draws out the life. I-it must be, uh, h-horrifying for the victim.”
- ―Rupert Giles[src]
Der Kindestod was invisible to all adults and could only be seen by the feverishly ill. His eyeballs extended and latched onto people, leeching their life force.
Name
Der Kindestod is german and literally means "the child's death". In german this term is used in "plötzlicher Kindestod", the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Behind the Scenes
- He was portrayed by James Jude Courtney.