Religion: not determined yet
Name: Lydia Varadi
Classification:
supporting character
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #15 (Mar. 1974): "Death of a Monster!"
Creators: Marv Wolfman, Mike Ploog, Frank Chiaramonte
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Dracula, Grigori Russoff
Location: Transylvania, Romania
Race: white
Gender: female
Note: werewolf who infected Jack Russell's 1st werewolf ancestor
In 1795, Lydia was a werewolf. She was kept as a prisoner by the vampire lord himself: Dracula.
It was Lydia who turned Grigori Russoff into a werewolf. (Russoff is the great-great grandfather of Jack Russell, the starring character of Werewolf By Night comic book series, and perhaps the best known werewolf in the contemporary Marvel Universe.)
Although we have seen Lydia Varadi identified as "Lydia Russoff," we believe this is a mistake, conflating Lydia's name with the name of Grigori Russoff's wife Louisa.
Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #15 (Mar. 1974): "Death of a Monster!"
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/russoffgrigoriww.htm#Lydia
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/luolz.htm
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/rprz.htm
- https://www.comics.org/issue/27264/
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Werewolf_by_Night_Vol_1_15
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/wejwg.htm