Eduardo Dantes

Eduardo Dantes (real name: Edward de Vere VI) is the main antagonist in the series. He is introduced in Chapter 1: The Bells as Annabel Lee's boyfriend.

Background
Eduardo is the great-grandson of Edward de Vere III, 17th Earl of Oxford. His great works were famously stolen by William Shakespeare. Edward learned this and swore to avenge his ancestor.

When Edward came home for his brother's wedding, his wife (Lenore) had fallen ill and died. Consumed with grief, his brother Guy de Vere commited suicide. Lenore's family hired Krishanti to bring her back in ethereal form but Krishanti could not bring back Guy. This caused his hatred for both Krishanti and Lenore.

His hatred for authors had other reasons. Emily Dickinson kept complaining about construction noise that his company had caused. Ernest Hemingway owed him for a sportsbet. H.G. Wells also took a loan with him. George Eliott met him through her publisher. At a ball, he had a drunken delliance with Oscar Wilde with shame. He also threatened Mary Shelley to take credit for her Frankenstein.

After this, he made a plan to take revenge on everyone at the same time. He seduced Annabel Lee and persuaded her to invite all authors to her friend Edgar Allan Poe's for a murder dinner party.

When he sees that Anne Brontë murders Jane Austen he promises to cover up the murder and not foreclose on her house if she and her sister (Charlotte Brontë) help execute his plan.

Chapter 1
Eduardo Dantes (or "Eddie") is introduced as Annabel Lee's plus-one. At the end of the episode, he is found dead in his soup.

Chapter 11
In chapter 11, he turns out to still be alive. With help of Charlotte, he faked his own death. He also confesses to murdering some of the authors. At the end, he is killed in a fight by Edgar Allan Poe.

Trivia

 * He personally murdered Mary Shelley, Agatha Christie, Krishanti, H.G. Wells and Annabel Lee.
 * He was a banquer.