Godric was the vampire sheriff of Area 9, a designation for an area that includes Dallas, Texas. Despite being at least 2,000 years old, he still has the human body of a teenager. He is also covered in tattoos from the rituals of a long-dead tribe. He is depicted as being friendly toward humans, interested in their well-being, and supportive of a peaceful co-existence between vampires and human beings. Eric Northman claims "there are none above him in the New World", referring (erroneously[8]) to the physical power he has accumulated as the oldest vampire in the Americas. He is Eric's Maker, having turned Eric vampire after seeing his magnificent fighting in a battle. He and Eric investigated Nazi Germany's use of werewolves in World War II.

(extract from Wikipedia 2011)