This is a list of characters from the 2017 Philippine action-horror-fantasy drama television series La Luna Sangre.
Main cast Malia Ortega Rodriguez / Emilio "Miyo" Alcantara / Toni Lumakad
Portrayed by Kathryn Bernardo (adult) and Erika Clemente (child), she is the New Chosen One who defeats the evil vampire marked with the cursed ink, hybrid offspring of Mateo and Lia, the granddaughter of Noah, Lyka, Roman and Ceres and Supremo's enemy. The series follows her path to fulfilling her destiny as protector of the races. After Supremo kills her parents, Malia lives in Manila assuming two identities: Miyo Alcantara (male) and Toni Lumakad (female) to penetrate Supremo's organization. Police assassinate Miyô but she resurrects from the dead with powers stronger than other vampires. She gathers the remnant survivors of the massacre and reorganizes the La Liga Unida. Malia is proclaimed LLU's Head Guardian. Malia strives to protect the three races from the evil of Supremo and restore the peaceful coexistence of the species that her ancestors fought to establish. She does not give up on Tristan and wins him back to their side, successfully averting a war that would end their kind. She gains her full powers when she transforms into a hybrid combination of werewolf and vampire.
Tristan S. Torralba / Tristan "Imperador" Imperial Portrayed by Daniel Padilla (adult) and Justin James Quilantang (child). The story tracks his life journey as he pursues revenge against vampires who destroyed his family. He joins the Moonchasers, a vigilante group that protects humans against vampires. He has an aggressive and stubborn personality. Moonchasers' headmaster, Prof. T describes him as a warrior and "special, but difficult to control.”
Tristan is Magnus’ natural child with Rica Sison, a mortal woman. He rejects Sandrino and the evil vampires when he learns of his true nature, and despite Sandrino's warnings about man's treacherous nature and their fear and hatred towards vampires, Tristan holds on to the belief that the humans will not betray him.
After the battle, Sandrino raises Tristan from his death and awakens the cursed ink granting Tristan unparalleled strength. Tristan becomes the Imperator of the vampires. While Supremo plans their attack against Malia, Tristan secretly protects humans from increasing vampire attacks. And contrary to Sandrino's plans, he is determined to annihilate the supernatural species but is conflicted about Malia's fate because he loves her. Tristan's path is foreshadowed early in the series when his stepfather advises the six year old that his real battle would be waged in his heart. In the final battle, Tristan and Malia defeat Sandrino.
Sandrino "Supremo" Villalobo / Gilbert Imperial Portrayed by Richard Gutierrez (adult) and Zyren Leigh Luansing (child), he has three aliases: Sandrino, Supremo and Gilbert Imperial. The story records Sandrino Villalobo's tragic existence after a series of unfortunate incidents sends him on a trajectory towards evil. He is the main antagonist of the series.
Sandrino's father, the vampire Magnus rapes his mother, Maria Villalobo, to sire the chosen one. Despised by his mother, the mortal Sandrino suffers a violent childhood, his mother keeps him imprisoned. Deprived of food, starvation leads him to feed on live chickens and drink animal blood. In a fit of rage, he kills Maria when she attempts to push him off the balcony. He escapes into the forest with Barang, lonely until he meets Rica Sison, a Luna officer who loves and becomes pregnant by his father. She is the only person who shows him kindness and acceptance. When the Lunas capture Rica and kill Sandrino, Barang invokes the spell of the Cursed Ink, conferring upon him a protection from all weapons and transforms him into a vampire. Barang fuels his anger until the curse consumes his soul. He assumes the leadership of his race and becomes the Supremo, the King of evil vampires and architect of a utopian world without werewolves where humans exist solely as their food source.
He takes the name Gilbert Imperial, the name Rica meant for Tristan, meaning “a promise fulfilled.” Gilbert mingles in the mortal world as CEO of a conglomerate and sets the wheels in motion for a perfect world for vampires. On the night Jacintha stabs him with the first Werewolf's fang and destroys the curse inside him, Supremo loses the cursed ink's protection but does not die. Through the Ancient Book of Spells, he discovers the infinite power both marks grant and gets it when he defeats Tristan. Possessing both marks creates two distinct personalities: the Supremo consumed with hatred, consequently overpowering Sandrino who still retained his humanity. The battle between Supremo and Sandrino is significant to the outcome of the story. In the finale, he was killed by Tristan and Malia and thanked Tristan for defeating the evil inside him.
Jacintha Magsaysay
Angel Locsin's third character portrayal in the Moonstone Trilogy is Jacintha Magsaysay. She is Malia herself, a time traveler from the future, precursor of Malia who came to the present time when her powers had not yet manifested. Jacintha’s mission is to facilitate the path for Malia to defeat Supremo. Jacintha surfaces 14 years after the LLU massacre. Gilbert Imperial hires her as his Political Strategist when he runs for President of the Philippines. On the night of the blood moon, she uses the First Werewolf’s fang to end the cursed ink inside Sandrino, stripping him of his invincibility and weakens him. She reluctantly kills Tristan before he turns into a vampire and then disappears into thin air. Angel plays Jacintha and she also reprises her role of Lia from Imortal.
Special participation
Lia Raymundo Ortega-Rodriguez, portrayed by Angel Locsin, is the daughter of Noah and Lyka and the former “Chosen One” and Head Guardian of her pack in Imortal series, who ends the conflict between werewolves and vampires in the last war against Magnus and the Hybrids. Lia becomes a mortal woman when she and Mateo transfer their special powers and protection onto their infant daughter, Malia, who is stillborn. Her family's peaceful life in San Isidro is disrupted when Supremo discovers their whereabouts. She is killed by Supremo, along with her husband Mateo. Mateo Rodriguez, portrayed by John Lloyd Cruz, is the strongest vampire in Imortal series. He is the biological son of Roman and Ceres, a vampire man and a mortal woman; the first mortal child born out of such a union because vampires cannot have children. Mateo is the only child living in Roman's vampire community. He later marries Lia Ortega and together they establish La Liga Unida. He becomes a mortal man when he and Lia transfer their powers to revive their stillborn infant daughter, Malia. His family's peaceful life in San Isidro ends when they are forced to flee from Supremo and his vampire minions. To save his family, he asks Gael to turn him into a vampire so he can fight squarely against Supremo in the battle of San Isidro. He thinks he is able to kill Supremo but it turns out to be an illusionary trick Supremo perfected since he was a child. He is eventually killed by Supremo, with Lia and an unknown young child who Lia switches with Baristo. He reprises his role from Imortal. Samantha Imperial, portrayed by Maricar Reyes-Poon, is the co-founder of Moonchasers and Jacintha's tag team. She is Magnus' adopted daughter and Sandrino's and Tristan's half-sister. Her mother is bitten by Magnus while carrying Samantha in her womb. After failing to sire a vampire child who he believed would be the destined savior of the vampire race, he decides to raise Samantha and grooms her as their chosen savior. He turns her into a vampire at 21 years. She falls in love with Mateo but he loves Lia. Samantha turns her back on her father and their evil goals, and joins Lydia and Roman's community of righteous vampires who subsist on animal blood. Samantha has a love-hate relationship with Lia but they become strong allies and mutually respect each other. She is bitten by Lucas at the last battle against Lucas and Magnus in Imortal, and commits suicide to prevent herself from turning into a hybrid. She is the only cremated vampire known. She repeatedly commits suicide because she views her immortality as a curse but resurrects each time. She cannot die because she has a specific mission to fulfill in saving humanity. She plays a significant part in her brother Sandrino's redemption, and works in tandem with Jacintha and Prof. T in fending off Supremo. Together with Prof. T, she establishes the Moonchasers for the purpose of derailing Supremo's plans. She is extremely intelligent and calculative. She is aware of Tristan's role in the prophecy and does everything to keep him away from Sandrino. She reconnects with Barang and learns that Sandrino is her sibling. Despite their kinship, Samantha refuses Sandrino's offer to ally with him. Her secret alliance with Jacintha provides powerful cover for the Moonchasers and LLU members during their missions, providing distractions to keep Supremo away from Malia until she gains her powers. She is killed by her half-brother, Sandrino, after pretending to be the lady in red to protect Jacintha's identity. She dies without knowing that Tristan is also her half-brother. In the finale, Sandrino is killed by Tristan and Malia, avenging her death. She reprises her role from Imortal. Theodore Montemayor, portrayed by Albert Martinez, known as "Prof. T", is the headmaster of Moonchasers and a scientist. He graduated Biomedical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. His wife and daughter are killed by a vampire, and since then, vampire research becomes his life's work. He returns to the Philippines to organize an elite force of youth vigilantes who call themselves Moonchasers. As a scientist, he develops several anti-vampire weapons, such as the silver spear made of werewolf fang, a memory blocker spray that permanently removes traumatic memory encounters with vampires, a blood treatment serum that rapidly heals wounds infected by vampires, and a serum that temporarily protects mortals against vampire bites by converting their blood into a bitter tasting poison for vampires. Rica "Fall" Sison-Torralba, is portrayed by actress Tanya Garcia, is Tristan's mother and the wife of Tonio, it was revealed that she was raped by Magnus, she was saved by Tonio from Sandrino and Barang. Tonio married her even though she's already carrying the son of Magnus, they also had their own child named Apple. She became a vampire and never seen by her children. Barang, portrayed by Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino (Present) and Kalila Aguilos (Imortal series), is Magnus's seer who lies about her prophecy to manipulate events for her own self-serving goals.She has a big influence on Sandrino, the seer who casts the cursed ink on him, and turns him into a vampire to save his life. She shares Magnus’ vision of creating a perfect world rid of werewolves, with humans as their main food source, a world controlled and led by vampires. She raises Sandrino on this evil vision, steers him away from love, and directs him towards his father's path of death and destruction. When she realizes Sandrino is falling for Jacintha, she rouses his suspicions about her and encourages him to kill more innocents to stop his beating heart. Bent on proving Jacintha's duplicity, she discovers that Samantha and Jacintha are allies. Jacintha kills her before she can tell Sandrino. In the final seconds before she dies, she recognizes her killer is not Lia. Atty. Elize is portrayed by Wilma Doesnt. Supremo's vampire Ally. She works for SMV Corporation as a corporate lawyer. She taught Diana about the vampire world. She died during the LLU Massacre. Malina is portrayed by Maika Rivera. Supremo's Ally. She died during the Massacre.
Supporting cast