Fantasy-horror/Police Drama
Aired 1992-95
Primary Characters
Nick Knight -- A vampire brought
across in
1228 who now wants to be human again.
LaCroix -- The master vampire who made
Nick and means to keep him "in the fold."
Natalie Lambert -- A coroner who's in
love with Nick and hopes to cure him.
Don Shanke -- Nick's all-too-human
police
detective partner.
Janette -- A beautiful vampire and
Nick's
former lover; she remains a "very good friend."
Vachon -- A free-spirit "lost boy"
vampire
from Spain.
Premise
To atone for centuries of killing, Nick Knight
fights
evil as a police detective in modern-day Toronto while he searches
for
a way to regain his mortality. Determined to thwart him is
his vengeful
vampiric sire, Lucien LaCroix, as well as the sultry Janette, who
first
tempted Nick into the darkness. The evils of Nick's past are
presented
in flashbacks to previous centuries. The contemporary
stories concern
his police cases and his ongoing search for a cure.
Though it owed much of its inspiration to
both
Dark Shadows and Anne Rice, Forever Knight carved
its own
unique place in the hearts of vampire aficionados and gothic
romance fans.
The poignant dissensions of Nick's doomed romance with Natalie
and his
recurrent flirtations with Janette, the warring of his dual
natures (human
vs. vampire) and his continual love-hate battles with LaCroix
made for
some very exciting stories. FK fans have many
factions, clubs,
zines and web pages. See the links on our main page for
some of them.
