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 and 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 eldest son Borlath, Manfred is endowed with the ability to hypnotize people by staring them in the eyes, sometimes having a very prolonged effect. However, it is later revealed that this power was at its peak when Manfred was nine years of age, and as of the fourth book, when Manfred is eighteen, he becomes 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.

[edit] Role in Midnight for Charlie Bone

Manfred is a student who attends Bloor's academy, and is the head boy for the drama department. He is photographed in a local newspaper after escaping a fire at Bloor's academy, and through this photo, Charlie hears his reaction to the event. Charlie later finds out that it was Manfred who hypnotized Emilia Moon, who is really Emma Tolly. Manfred tries to prevent Charlie from helping Emma Tolly. He is at the fight in the forbidden ruins at the end of the book, but, along with Zelda Dobinski, is overpowered by Tancred Torrson and Lysander Sage.

[edit] Role in Charlie Bone and the Hidden King

At the end of the fifth book, Manfred attempts to stop Charlie from "awakening" his father and is attacked and seemingly killed by the Flames, who had been reverted from three cats back into leopards.

[edit] Role in Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf

In the sixth book, Manfred is revealed to have survived the attack of the leopards. However, his face is severely scarred and his throat lacerated as a result of being mauled by the creatures. He holds his old sidekick, Asa Pike, prisoner in a cave because Asa helped Charlie save his father. Toward the end of the book, Manfred's disfigured face is magically regenerated, and he returns to plague Charlie Bone once again.