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{{Character Data
|title= Magyrato
|photo= Magyrato.jpg|Magyrato, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
|name= Magyrato
|age= ??
|race= [[Vampires|Vampire]]

|occupation= Vampire
|appearance= A bald head. Dark-rimmed, staring eyes. Two teeth like needles, two ears like batwings, fingernails that hadn't been trimmed for years.

|residence= [[Überwald]]

|books= {{CJ}}
}}

Magyrato was an ancestor of the de Magpyr clan of vampyres who descend on [[Lancre]] during the events of {{CJ}}. His picture was shown to [[Agnes Nitt]] by his grandson [[Vlad]] as he escorted her round [[Lancre Castle]], which they had taken over. Half of his portrait is just blank canvas, the explanation being that Magyrato got hungry.

==Annotation==

Magyrato's description in the book (and his representation in the drawing here) goes right back to one of the earliest depictions of the vampire on screen: Nosferatu [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu] in the classic German silent movie[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJIS4c3pwsA&mode=related&search=] of the 1920's. Just as vampires on the big screen and TV have evolved since - through the "classical" Christopher Lee presentation right through Gary Oldman's recreation of the character in the newest big screen version - the paintings in Castle Magpyr appear to show a similar sort of "evolution".

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