Vandemar
Vandemar is a fictional character created by Neil Gaiman for the 1996 fantasy novel Neverwhere. He and Mr. Croup form a pair of ruthless mercenaries who operate in London Below, a hidden city beneath London. Vandemar is described as tall and stoic, speaking rarely, and is typically seen as the physical counterpart to Croup's cunning. The two are hired to capture Door, a key figure in the city's politics, and they relentlessly pursue Richard Mayhew and Door across the strange, labyrinthine underworld. Their presence underscores the novel's themes of danger, anonymity in urban space, and the moral ambiguity of survival in a divided city.
Vandemar also appears in adaptations of Neverwhere, including a 2013 BBC television miniseries, where the character