Red Shield (Goldschmidts)
The Red Shield is a group dedicated to killing Diva and wiping Chiropterans off the face of the Earth. Many of its members are ex-soldiers who encountered Chiropterans in the field and were the sole survivors of the subsequent attack on their unit.
David, a Red Shield operative.
- David (デヴィッド Deviddo) (I, M)
Voiced by: Jurouta Kosugi (Japanese), Christopher Nissley (English)
Age 44: David is a member of Red Shield, an organization formed to track down and destroy Chiroptera and they also carry a red crystal made from Chiroptera on a trinket. He, like many of the other Red Shield Members, was a sole survivor after his squad was attacked by a Chiropteran. He is aware of Saya's past life and wishes to use her in the struggle against the chiroptera. Much like Joel, David is a title bestowed to those entrusted with the task to watch over Saya, but might not be his true name, although it was his father's, who was the Red Shield operative in Vietnam and possibly seen in Blood: The Last Vampire. Just like any Red Shield member, David always carries an item with a red crystal obtained from a chiropteran's remains encrusted in it—a cross in his case. He saved Julia from the jealous Dr. Collins, and was critically wounded by a gunshot from Collins in the process but later recovered. It was also revealed that David was not his real name but the name he picked up from his father after his father's death.
Julia Silverstein, a Red Shield operative.
- Julia Silverstein (ジュリア Juria) (I, M)
Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Abby Craden (English)
Age Unknown: Julia Silverstein, a medical doctor working for Red Shield Medical Section. She graduated from Sorbonne University, the same University as Argeno. She often accompanies David and was Saya's doctor when she was dormant, supervising her regular blood transfusion. She believed her research about the Chiroptera's true nature, and the changes in Riku's body while he is transforming into one, should be used in the Red Shield's war against them, and be destroyed after it. Collins however, had other plans for this data, and she worked with him and the Cinq Flèches Group for some time, although it appears she is now back with Red Shield after Collins tried to kill her. It has been suggested on several occasions that she likes David, who behaves rather stoically towards her, treating her as just another colleague. As she was sitting with David in the hospital after he saved her from Collins, she leaned over and kissed him. Julia is also revealed to be pregnant in the last episode, more than likely with David's child.
Lewis, a Red Shield operative.
- Lewis (ルイス Ruisu) (I, M) (Luis, Louis)
Voiced by: Takashi Nagasako (Japanese), David Rasner (English)
Age 31: Another Red Shield operative. He is often responsible for the gadgets and transportation for the operations. He makes many of the meals and also provides most of the comic relief. He can be spotted fighting alongside with David on several operations. He used to be slim, while working for the CIA under the name of Sammy as seen and revealed near the end of the Blood+ OVA. His name is probably a reference the Louis from Blood: The Last Vampire, a man who, like Lewis, was also black and worked with a man named David in the same line of work.
Joel Goldschmidt the Sixth, Director of the Red Shield.
- Joel (The 6th) (ジョエル Joeru) (M)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)
Joel Goldschmidt, current head of the Red Shield. His "diary" is a record of Red Shield's activities since its formation, and also contains information regarding Saya, Diva, the Chevaliers and the Chiroptera. He is related to the man who found Saya and Diva, whose name was also Joel. It also seems that there is some relation between him and Amshel as he calls him "Uncle Amshel". One year after the attack on the Red Shield HQ, he is shown to be confined to a wheelchair having been paralyzed from the waist down after he sustained a serious injury from Carl during the attack.
Mr. Collins, second-in-command of the Red Shield.
Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu (Japanese), Steve Blum (English)
Second-in-command of the Red Shield. In charge of researching the Chiroptera with Julia as his assistant. Van Argeno convinced him to betray the Red Shield in order to preserve his research which he believes can be used for the future of mankind. After Amshel made Julia Diva's physician, Collins had a mental breakdown and became extremely jealous of Julia's importance in researching Diva and her babies. He says to Julia that a scientist's task is to "tell the truth to the world" and the "world must accept that truth", and Julia was shocked with his intentions of killing her so that Amshel will hire him to take her place and get what he demands as a greedy scientist, fame, fortune, and "putting a mark on history". Right before he was about to shoot Julia, David took the bullet and act as a human shield to Julia and threw a scalpel in Collins' arm which caused him to run away screaming. His status after this incident is never revealed.
The original Joel Goldschmidt in 1863.
- Joel (The 1st) (ジョエル Joeru)
Voiced by: Wahei Iida
Joel Goldschmidt gathered rare specimens during the 1800s in an estate in Bordeaux named "The Zoo" for his personal studies. One of them was the mysterious creature visibly pregnant and containing Saya and Diva. He separated the sisters after birth, raising Saya as his own daughter, and locking Diva up in a tower, for scientific reasons. He also bought Hagi as Saya's companion, hoping to create more specimens. He was killed by Diva on his seventy second birthday after Saya released her from the tower to sing at his birthday party.
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