Count Nightfell

The Night Earl (ナイト伯爵, Naito Hakushaku) is a character appearing in the manga series, Beyblade Burst. The beyblades he uses are Shadow Orichalcum and Baldur Bumper Bite. He is a phantom thief blader with an intense obsession for rare beys. He has only appeared in special chapters of the manga that featured rare prize and collectible beys.

Appearance
The Night Earl is a tall young man with gray shoulder-length hair. He wears a black brimmed hat with a purple sash and a purple feather, a flowing black cape with purple trim, a lavender cravat, a black vest with purple trim, purple gloves, white trousers and black calf length boots with purple cuffs. He carries a gold walking cane with a red handle. Half of his face is hidden by a black mask. He has lilac eyes (though probably from colored contact lenses as part of his disguise).

Personality
The Night Earl is confident, daring, and fearless in his work collecting the world's rare beys. His tone of speaking is very polite and he carries himself like a gentleman, but he is capable of being insensitive and cruel. As a phantom thief and not a common criminal, he follows a code of conduct: He only steals a bey if he can defeat it, otherwise he will peacefully retreat. He shows little emotion except in the heat of battle, when the bey he is going after is so impressive he can barely contain his excitement and eagerness to have it.

In the Night Earl's encounters with Valt Aoi, he comes to respect him as a fellow blader. He defeated Valt in Spain and was about to take Valtyek, but decided to let Valt keep the bey while Valtryek's evolution was still in progress. He is somewhat annoyed that Valt always calls him "Feather Hat," being rather proud of his image, and will sometimes gently remind him that he prefers to be called "The Night Earl."

Biography
The Night Earl first appeared in two special chapters at the end of Volume 4 and the beginning of Volume 5, when the WBBA received an advanced notice announcing his intention to steal the Gold God bey. Zac the Sunrise, Xander Shakadera, Valt Aoi and the Beigoma Academy Beyclub were summoned by Muraki to help protect the bey. After easily defeating an entire room full of guards and dodging all of Xander's moves to subdue him with martial arts, he states that he has not come for a physical fight but for a bey battle. Muraki entrusts Valt with the Gold God bey and The Night Earl uses his Badlur. Valt wins and the Gold God bey is saved, but The Night Earl declares that he is not giving up his goal of posessing the world's rarest beys.

He next appeared in Volume 8 during a tournament held at the Sagrada Familia in Spain. His aim was to steal the grand prize, a Shadow Orichalcum. The winner of the tournament, a boy from a bey club in Madrid, challenged him and lost. As the Night Earl was walking off with his Minoboros, Valt challenged him with the hopes of saving the boy's bey. Valt agreed to wager his own Valtryek.

Trivia
-The Night Earl may have been inspired by the titular Joker from Kaitou Joker, another manga serialized in Corocoro Monthly Magazine. He shares many similarities with Joker, such as sending an advanced notice card announcing his intent to steal.

-The Kaitou or "Phantom Thief" genre can be traced back to the French pulp hero Arsene Lupin, created by Maurice Leblanc in 1905.