Manfred Beriam

"This country doesn't belong to those immortal monsters. This state was built for humans, by humans. If they hide in the darkness and live like ordinary humans, I can allow them to exist. But I will never let them treat humans as their playthings."

- Senator Manfred Beriam

Congressman Manfred Beriam (マンフレッド・ベリアム, Manfureddo Beriamu) is a United States Senator whose platform is staunchly anti-crime. He has close ties with Nebula, and despises immortality for reasons that are currently unknown.

At the tail end of December 1931, Manfred's wife Natalie Beriam and daughter Mary Beriam are taken hostage by the Lemures aboard the Flying Pussyfoot. The Lemures' plans to blackmail Manfred into releasing Huey Laforet from prison ultimately fail as Natalie and Mary both survive the incident.

Appearance
Manfred is a man "halfway between youth and middle age," sporting neatly combed short blond hair and dark blue eyes. He is seen wearing a dark brown suit in the 2007 anime adaptation.

Personality
Senator Beriam is indifferent to social graces and seldom smiles in front of others. Although broad-minded in his dealings with others, he is aloof and frigid and expresses gratitude via money rather than more emotive methods. However, he hugs Mary when she runs to him in 1933, and speaks with audible frustration to his subordinates in 1935. Calculating to the last, he has some capacity for acting – such as when he pretends to be scared when Hong Chi-Mei breaks into his his office.

Above all else, Beriam is man for whom the ends justify the means and views money and power as fundamental tools in his array. Despite his genuine desire to clean out the United States of crime, he has connections to the mob, in particular with Don Bartolo Runorata. Despite his view of immortals as monsters, he has funded some of Nebula's research - including that which pertains to immortality. He is ultimately willing to sacrifice human lives for the sake of societal progression, including his family's and his own.

Chronology
(Under Renovations)