List of From Eroica with Love characters
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The long-running manga series From Eroica with Love by Yasuko Aoike first appeared in 1976 in the Japanese magazine Viva Princess. The series revolves around the adventures of Dorian Red, Earl of Gloria, an openly gay English lord who is an art thief known as "Eroica", and Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach, an uptight West German NATO major.
The Eroica Gang
In stealing things, Dorian Red Gloria, Earl of Gloria is aided by his gang of thieves, who also manage his household. These characters are also inspired by the band Led Zeppelin. For the heists the band often uses sleeping gas on the guards. Dorian sometimes lets his gang perform the heists themselves, but sometimes he participates. When told he needn't be there in person for a heist, he replies: "Occasionally, I like to feel the excitement". In Achilles' last stand they go by submarine, in A Thousand Kisses and Love In Greece by Zeppelin. The exact number of thieves is unknown, but in Hallelujah Express Dorian orders 20 tickets for the trip to Rome. They disguise themselves as nuns, from the covenant of Cecilia.
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