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I was watching the Hellsing Ultimate and I feel like a lot of backstory on
characters is sort of left out. I don't quite get the reason for Walter's
treason and why does he want to kill Alucard so bad?

And how did Walter go to his younger form in the last fight?


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Why did Walter want to kill Alucard in Hellsing Ultimate?


While I cannot completely answer your question, I can point to a few reasons.

1) Walter is getting old, and he does not wish to.

2) Walter does not want to become obsolete.

3) Walter wants to defeat Alucard in battle.

Based on this, we can come to a possible answer. After Walter and Alucard
fought against the Nazi in the Second World War, Walter saw Alucard as a
challenge. He wanted to become stronger than Alucard, and thus made a deal
with Millennium. He would be made into an artificial vampire, and try to kill
Alucard.


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You have 2 questions here, and so there are 2 answers to provide.

Your first question, Why did Walter want to kill Alucard, has little to no
real revealed reasons. The Wiki article for [Walter C
Dornez](http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Walter_C._Dornez) Has one quote that
offers Alucards belief why.

> Alucard goes on to present what he believes is the reason for Walter's
> betrayal; his fear of becoming old and useless. To prove his abilities to
> himself, Walter desired to destroy Alucard, and allowed this obsession to
> consume him.

This however has one flaw, in that Walter planned to die regardless of success
or not in the end. proving oneself to not be obsolete, but then becoming
obsolete instantly afterwards is counterproductive. Why he planned to die is
unknown, but it was guaranteed for reasons I will mention later. This means
that this reasoning was not the truth when Walter attacked, but it may have
been the reasoning when he began. It was heavily hinted that Walter began his
betrayal when he was about 14 years old, and first witnessed Alucard's power.
It could be that he had that kind of reasoning at that time, but later on
changed his mind, wanting to surpass or kill Alucard regardless of his death
after success. That would satisfy half of the origional goal of beating
Alucard, and in his older age allow him to die, at least satisfying his
obsession.

It could also be that he saw Alucard as a real monster, a threat, and decided
Alucard had to die, one way or another.

A third reason is hinted at by one of his quotes

> "We are the evening's entertainment. And I... just wanted to do something
> with my time on the stage worthy of applause..."

if this one is the truth, it could be that he did have an obession with
killing Alucard, but it was so that he could have the Legacy of being the one
who killed Alucard the Neigh immortal and undeniably evil monster, to feel
that his life truly had meaning.

We never truly got a straight answer out of him though, So this will probably
forever be shrouded in that mystery unless someone else has stuff I missed.

As for your second question, How he got younger, it is a fairly simple one. He
had the Millennium Doctor perform a special version of the Vampirification
Surgery on him. He became an [Artificial
Vampire](http://hellsing.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Artificial_Vampire) , and
what made it special was that it's modified but flawed regeneration regresses
his body as it activates. That tidbit is hidden in the wiki in the third
paragraph of Walters Millennium Secret weapon part of his history Section. The
down side was that it was not a perfected surgery, and was rushed, so
permanent damage was done to him. He was literally deteriorating as he fought
Alucard. His deterioration would cause his Flawed regeneration to kick in, and
he would heal, and regress in age. As such, the surgery doomed him to only
have hours or days left alive, no matter what he did.


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The first comment mentions how Walter already planned to die after he killed
Alucard, and then goes on to use the quote "We are the evening's
entertainment. And I... just wanted to do something with my time on the stage
worthy of applause..."

Based on these words, Walter wanted to do something that everyone thought to
be considered impossible to become infamous. And as we see in the fight
between Luke and Alucard, everyone thinks Alucard is immortal. Luke tried to
prove otherwise by killing him but he failed, so Walter stepped in to prove
what Luke Valentine could not. "Worthy of applause." He wants to do something
he will be praised for, and he believes killing Alucard will get him that
praise. It would be something he would be remembered by. Alucard also says in
his fight with him that he believes Walter was

> Afraid of becoming old and useless. Maybe [he was] afraid of being
> forgotten.

I don't think he _originally_ planned to die, seeing as his betrayal started
when he was fourteen years old and he had his whole life ahead of him. But as
time passed and Walter grew old, he grew bored of life and was ready to die.
So he planned to die after he killed Alucard, which was his life's goal. Or
perhaps he did want to die after he killed Alucard no matter the age, and felt
as though after he had completed his biggest goal in life, there would be no
point in living. There's really no clear reason why Walter planned to die, so
those are just a couple of my theories. But he betrayed the Hellsing
organisation for a couple of reasons. As Alucard says, he didn't want to be
old and useless. Walter also confirms that Alucard's theory that he didn't
want to be forgotten. He just wanted to do something he would be remembered
by. Everyone wants to be remembered for something great they did, and Walter
is no exception.

As for him becoming younger...well, I believe that question has already been
thoroughly answered, but I'll give a brief run-down of it.

Walter becomes what is called an Artificial Vampire
(<https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Artificial_Vampire> That's the
article. Forgive me, I don't know how to put the name with the link. I'm new
to this website and this is my first time answering a question. Until now,
I've just been reading threads.) Artificial Vampires are made using Mina
Harker's DNA. Mina Harker is 'The Girl' who was mentioned in Alucard's dream
in the second episode, and she is also one of the main character's in Brom
Stoker's book. Mina Harker is special because she drank from Alucard
(unwillingly), and therefore has his blood inside of her.
(<https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Mina_Harker> Wiki page on Mina Harker. I'll
figure out this whole naming the link thing eventually.) The Doktor was using
her DNA to make vampires, including Walter. He implied that Walter was
supposed to be a higher level vampire by calling him an 'Experiment,' which he
didn't seem to do with the other vampires he created. In this experimentation,
he made Walter younger, and gave him advanced regeneration. However, since the
experiment was rushed, it was flawed and also gave him advanced deterioration,
as well as forced him to regenerate, which turned back time.
(<https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_C._Dornez> The advanced
deterioration is and forced regeneration is briefly mentioned in the 'Post-
Experimentation' paragraph.)

So to sum all that up and put it in simple terms, Walter's body is being
forced to regenerate, which is causing deterioration, and is shown in loss of
years.


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