Manfred Beriam



Manfred Beriam is a US senator in 1931 and 1932. He has close ties with the Runorata Family, and is interested in immortality. His wife Natalie and their daughter Mary are on board the Flying Pussyfoot, and are used as hostages by the Lemures to force Beriam to use his political power to free Huey Laforet. Beriam does not comply with this demand, nor does he try to have the train stopped despite this being within his power, since the train's cargo of explosives is apparently more important to him than his family. He does, however, attempt to negotiate with Huey to call the Lemures off, although Huey refuses. Mary briefly escapes the Lemures' grasp in the company of Czeslaw Meyer, but Czes abandons her for his own safety and she is recaptured by Chane Laforet. Mary and Natalie are then rescued by Rachel, and arrive safely in New York.

In 1932, Senator Beriam is seen in conversation with Bartolo Runorata about the possibility of immortality and plans to capture and study the partial immortal Dallas Genoard.