'Van Helsing' Season 4: Here's everything we learned about Dracula's Bride Michaela in Episode 4 'Broken Promises'
'Van Helsing' Season 4 is introducing a number of seriously powerful villains for Vanessa Van Helsing (Kelly Overton) to go up against starting with the newly-upgraded Sam (Christopher Heyerdahl) who is now the Fourth Elder vampire. With the Oracle (Jesse Stanley) by his side, Sam is now on a mission to free the Dark One, the one and only Dracula (Tricia Helfer), and the first stop on their journey is at the tomb of the Sisterhood's dark founder.
In Season 4's fourth episode, fans were given a brief glimpse into the origins of the Sisterhood and its Great Mother, Michaela (Heather Doerksen). The Mother is the Third Bride of Dracula and one of the most powerful vampires to be featured in the series.
So far, Sam was arguably the biggest threat that Vanessa had to worry about but Michaela immediately makes it clear that she's far more powerful than the Fourth Elder, incapacitating him and reading his entire life history with little more than a touch. As one of the Brides of Dracula, she commands a lot of respect among other vampires, especially the Sisters who are her chosen army.
Ivory (Jennifer Cheon Garcia) reveals that the Sisters were sworn to protect Michaela's tomb with their undead lives. The Sisterhood practically worships Michaela as a god and though she is little more than a corpse when she is revived, Michaela is more than capable of striking fear into the hearts of the Sisters, even in her weakened state.
Over the course of the episode, we learned that Michaela once commanded an army of vampires before she was tricked by the Oracle and sent into exile for over two centuries. Michaela clearly still holds a grudge against the Oracle for her treachery while the Oracle herself seems quite envious of Michaela's position at Dracula's right hand so that's something we'll probably see explored further in the coming episodes.
Now that Michaela has returned to the world of the living, she plans on awakening the other Brides so that together they may free Dracula from her prison and consolidate their rule over the Earth. Vanessa doesn't seem to be aware of any of these developments and she's currently continuing her new mission to cure as many vampires as possible but all her efforts would be in vain if she doesn't find a way to stop Michaela from freeing her fellow Brides and her beloved Dark One.
'Van Helsing' Season 4 Episode 5 'Liberty or Death' will air on Syfy October 25.