Viscount Gerhardt von Waldstein (ゲルハルト･フォン･バルシュタイン Geruharuto fon Barushutain) "The Red Pool of Blood" (赤き血潮 Akaki Chishio) is one of the founders of The Organization and its current chairman. He was the Lord of Waldstein Castle until he passed the title down to his adopted son Relic von Waldstein. Gerhardt was originally a human (born centuries prior to the novels) who was turned into a vampire when he was a young man. He helped to found The Organization after his turning, and began researching a way to get rid of vampiric weaknesses.