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Daniel Holtz
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Joss Whedon
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Daniel Holtz
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Personal vampire hunters militia, former pawn of Sahjhan
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Holtz's training and experience gave him expertice in vampire hunting, torture, tracking, guerrilla warfare and handling of weapons
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Keith Szarabajka
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was a
Fictional Character on the
Television Series ''
Angel ''. He was played by Keith Szarabajka.
Holtz was an 18th century
English Vampire hunter who chased
Angelus and
Darla through much of
Europe and
North Africa . He had connections to an elite order of Inquisitors within the Roman
Catholic Church and an army at his command. Angelus and Darla attacked his family, killing his wife and son, and turning his small daughter into a vampire.
He gave up his hunt and became a hermit. After a time, the demon
Sahjhan came to him and offered a new chance to get his revenge. Holtz was transported through time and space to
Los Angeles in 2001, where he recruited another army to hunt and kill Angel and Darla. A lot had changed in those 200 years. Darla was pregnant and Angel had a soul. Since his motives were not justice but rather vengeance, the increasingly ruthless Holtz used Angel's newborn son
Connor as a grand plot for revenge. Holtz recruited a brash young
Vampire hunter, named
Justine to help with this plot. Shortly after birth, Holtz arranged for
Wesley to kidnap Connor. A tense four-way confrontation between Angel,
Wolfram And Hart , Holtz, and Sahjahn ensued. Holtz ended up jumping through a dimensional rift into the Quor'Toth dimension, where time moves faster than on earth. In days on Earth, years had passed in Quor'Toth, and Holtz had raised Connor as his own son and instilled a deep hatred of Angel within him. Connor found a way to return to Earth, and an elderly Holtz soon followed. Holtz gave the impression that he wanted Connor to live a healthy life with his true father, but this was simply the final phase of the plot. Holtz had Justine kill him, simulating a vampire attack, and blamed it on Angel. Furious, Connor sought revenge on Angel.
Holtz, like many ''Angel'' villans, is not evil per se. In fact, he was a force for great good in the 18th century. However, his life was rocked by the consequences of his good deeds, and he was never able to forgive or forget. After his family was killed, only his bitterness and hatred kept him alive. He did not recognize that Angel's restored soul gave him any more right to exist than any other vampire, and indeed used that soul as an instrument of torture. Even in death, Holtz thought of nothing but his own revenge. One could argue that he finally gave Angel what he deserved.
