Origin
Michel was abducted by age three by the vampire Vladimir Hikkel, who raised him as his own son. Renamed Mikal, he did his best to try to fit in with his new vampire family. He even slept in a coffin at daytime. Pale from getting no sunlight, he nonetheless liked garlic and sometimes secretly ate it, much to the chagrin of Vladimir.
As an adult, Mikal became friends with Fanny Kiekeboe who had invited him to a neighborhood party. There, Thea Traal recognized his necklace, claiming that was the necklace of his abducted son Michel. Having found his real mother, he sometimes returned to his vampire family.