She discovers that the Lycans were tracking the man she had noticed in the subway, though she doesn't understand why. Erika tries to persuade Selene to get ready for the arrival of the Elder Amelia's envoy, but Selene ignores her and begins sifting through pictures from the night's hunt. She confides to Erika, a curious servant sent by Kraven to watch after Selene, that she dislikes Kraven and that Viktor would have believed her. Angered, Selene heads to the Elders' Chamber, where she stares at Viktor's resting place to ease her mind. She returns to Ördögház with news of the lair but is promptly ignored by Kraven. While in the tunnels beneath the subway, Selene discovers what she thinks may be a Lycan lair. Though Trix is able to ambush her, she quickly kills him and discovers the ultraviolet ammunition he was using. Selene chases Trix as he flees into deeper parts of the subway. Selene notices that the man she had seen previously rushes to aid the woman, and she admires his bravery. Rigel is killed instantly, but Selene is able to avoid the gunfire long enough to shoot Trix after he leans out to shoot an innocent woman. Selene during the subway station shootoutīefore the Vampires can make a move on the Lycans, Raze senses their presence and starts shooting at Selene and Rigel. There, Selene sees a man she immediately notes as being handsome, though she declines to speak to him.

Selene follows fellow Death Dealers Nathaniel and Rigel into a subway station as they hunt two Lycans, Raze, and Trix. She thinks to herself that her life will have no meaning once the species is completely wiped out, as she has dedicated herself to the extermination of Lycans since she first became a Vampire. Pity, because I lived for it.Īt the start of Underworld, Selene is seen sitting atop a building, lamenting the extinction of the Lycan species. Like the weapons of the previous century, we too would become obsolete. For 600 years, Selene remained loyal to Viktor, never believing anything ill of him.įor those like me, a Death Dealer, this signaled the end of an era. Selene believed that Tanis was spreading lies, as Viktor claimed, although this was another false truth. Under the orders of Viktor, Selene exiled Andreas Tanis, the Coven historian.

He pursued her for years, but she constantly rejected him, bruising his massive but fragile ego. Kraven, the Coven’s regent, was obsessed with her, although she did not return the feeling. According to the Underworld: Evolution novelization, Selene was 19 years old when Viktor turned her. In retaliation, Selene became a Death Dealer and began to hunt and kill Lycans, intending to drive them into extinction. He lied to her, telling her a pack of Lycans had killed her family, ensuring that she would never betray the species as Sonja had. Instead, Viktor turned her into a Vampire. However, he could not bring himself to kill Selene, because she reminded him of his deceased daughter, Sonja, who he had killed after she became impregnated by a Lycan. To keep the location of William's prison secret, Viktor killed Selene's entire family. As a child, Selene had roamed the halls of the dungeon alongside her sister Cecilia and drew on its walls. The fortress was a dungeon intended for the imprisonment of the Werewolf William Corvinus, who was condemned for his bloody and destructive behaviour. Her father was a well-known architect who helped design a fortress for a Vampire general, Viktor. Selene was born to a Hungarian family sometime in the year 1383. Andreas Tanis, explaining to Selene why her family was killed The prison your father was commissioned to build. She is also a prominent figure in the anime, video game, the novelizations, and various comic books. Selene is the main protagonist of Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Underworld: Awakening, and Underworld: Blood Wars. She is currently one of the new Vampire Elders alongside David and Lena and thus one of the leaders of the entire Vampire race.

Her companion and lover was Michael Corvin, the first Hybrid, and they have a daughter together, Eve. Eventually, she becomes the first Vampire- Corvinus Strain Hybrid. She was born to Hungarian parents sometime in 1383. Selene is a former Vampire Death Dealer, sired by the Vampire Elder Viktor after he had slaughtered her family unknown to her. I am reborn and my eyes have been opened to the sacred world and the promise of what is yet to be. I have lived a thousand years, I may live a thousand more, or I may die tomorrow, but I no longer fear death for I have known it once already. Laura Harris (voice: Underworld: Endless War) “

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