Eric Northman is a vampire over thousand years old and the vampire sheriff of louisiana area five, the owner of a bar called 'Fangtasia' where humans are welcome too, still such a fucking vampire even after all these years, described as 'eric fucking northman who's gonna kill all of you', better to be feared, Eric/Erik comes from Old Norse, (c. 1300) "rik" meaning "Ruler" which he is, one of the oldest vampires on earth who could slice you in two parts with his hand, Eric Northman but to you better known as the true death.