Manfred Bloor

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Manfred Bloor is a fictional character in Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King series.

Manfred Bloor (b. 1985), is a teaching assistant at Bloor's Academy. He lives with his father--headmaster Doctor Harold Bloor--and great-grandfather Ezekiel Bloor in the west wing of Bloor's Academy. Until the end of the second book, his mother, Dorothy de Vere was also at Bloor's.

A descendant of the Red King's son Borlath, Manfred is endowed with the ability to hypnotize people by staring them in the eyes, sometimes having a very prolonged effect. As of the fourth book, however, Manfred is concerned that his hypnotic ability seems to be waning. In the fifth book, it is revealed that he is developing into a fire-bringer like his ancestor, Borlath.

Manfred took a role as Charlie Bone's arch-nemesis early on, and continues throughout the series to play a major antagonistic role. Charlie and Manfred are actually fourth cousins, however Manfred is on the side of the evil children while Charlie is on the side of the good.

At the beginning of the series, Manfred was Head Boy at Bloor's Academy, and a student in the Drama department. However, at the beginning of the fall semester in the fourth book, he is revealed to have taken a job as teaching assistant at Bloor's because he graduated.

|Role in Midnight for Charlie Bone| Manfred was a student who attended Bloor's academy. He was the head boy for the drama department. There was fire at Bloor's academy and Charlie sees a photo of it and hears his reaction. Charlie later finds out that it was Manfred who hypnotized Charlie's father. He tries to prevent Charlie form helping Emma Tolly. He is at the fight in the forbidden ruins at the end of the book.