Kakistos

From The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project

Kakistos was a master on Buffy the Vampire Slayer during season three. He was played by Jeremy Roberts.

Kakistos (whose name is said in the series to be Ancient Greek for "the worst of the worst"; in actuality, the word means simply "the worst") is an ancient vampire so old that his hands and feet have been transformed into cloven hooves. He is well known enough to have been heard of by Giles. He had assembled a small cult of fanatically loyal minions known whose motto was "For Kakistos we live, for Kakistos you die".

Kakistos traveled to Sunnydale to hunt down Faith. The two had already faced each other in a fight that resulted in the death of Kakistos' pet alligators and him receving a massive scar that ruined his right eye. In retaliation, Kakistos murdered Faith's first Watcher before a horrified Faith, who escaped to Sunnydale hoping to avoid Kakistos.

While Kakistos' right hand, Mr. Trick, quickly laid plans as to how adapt to Sunnydale and enjoy their unlife, Kakistos only cared for torturing and killing Faith. Not wanting to displease his master, Trick quicky tracked down Faith to her motel. The ancient vampire took all his minions hunting.

Kakistos however, was abandoned by Mr. Trick, who regarded his master as retrograde and "cheap". Buffy staked Kakistos to no avail, however, Faith impaled the vampire with a large beam of wood, finally killing Kakistos.