Click on headings for Glossary of Beings
The Valkyrie
Myst the Coveted: Nicknamed Mysty the Vampire Layer. Considered the most beautiful Valkyrie, green-eyed Myst is part fierce warrior, part beguiling seductress who can “make you want her even as she’s killing you.” She has devoted her life to protecting an ancient, powerful jewel and to fighting the Horde.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Daniela the Ice Maiden: Beautiful, elven Danii, with her tears that immediately freeze, was born of the ice Fey fifteen hundred years ago. Her freezing skin can only be touched by one of her kind, but because her mother assassinated their king, Danii was exiled and has no contact with the ice fey. She has been untouched for centuries.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Kaderin the Cold Hearted: A delicate, vulnerable, yet chilling assassin, Kaderin is the most prolific vampire killer the Valkyrie have ever known. Because of Kaderin's mercy to a vampire a millennium ago, both of her full-blood sisters (born with her as triplets) were murdered. She begged for oblivion from the sorrow and guilt, and some mysterious entity deadened her sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Once known as Kaderin the Kind Hearted, she now represents the Valkyrie and the Furies in the Talisman's Hie.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Emmaline Troy: AKA Emma the Lamb or Emma the Timid. Half-vampire, half-Valkyrie, she is exceedingly young at seventy years old and has been overprotected by her Valkyrie aunts and sheltered from the world. She fears developing blood lust like Horde vampires and has never drunk from another being.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Nïx: AKA Nucking Futs Nïx. The first born Valkyrie, or proto-Valkyrie as she deemed herself, raven-haired Nïx is rarely lucid and has a diabolical sense of humor. She is a soothsayer (she prefers predeterminationally-abled) who sees the future more clearly than the present, and is thought by many to be attempting to steer the outcome of the Accession.
Lucia the Huntress: Never far from her bow, amber-eyed Lucia is as mysterious as her background. Cursed to feel indescribable pain whenever she misses a shot, she has become the world's best archer. She is best friends with Regin the Radiant. Garreth, loyal brother to the werewolf king, desires her from afar, trailing her and protecting her.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get and A Hunger Like No Other
Regin the Radiant: Her mother's people, The Radiant Ones, were exterminated by vampires, and Regin lives for retribution. Even with her innate loneliness, she has evolved into a wit and prankster, quick to laugh and striving to be the world's most immature immortal. Her kisses are as drugging as the most powerful mystical narcotics and just as addictive. Centuries ago, she kissed Aidan the Fierce, a human berserker, and he's since been reincarnated three times, unknowingly defying death to seek her again and again. Yet always when he unconsciously returns for her, history repeats itself, and just when Aidan remembers who he was and what Regin meant to him, he is killed trying to win her.
Cara the Fair: Twin sister to Furie, who along with her is part Fury. Her purpose in life is to secretly protect a noble line of humans, watching over them as a guardian angel. One problem--the oldest son of the new generation is a thrill seeker and extreme sports enthusiast who runs Cara ragged as she races around the globe to keep him safe. She has begun to suspect he knows about her, and is trying to draw her out.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Furie: Fifty years ago, Furie, the violent Valkyrie queen, disappeared after seeking to kill the vampire Horde king. Now she is rumored to be trapped at the bottom of the ocean for the last fifty years. Her existence is to die, only to have her immortality revive her. If the rumor is true, then she has died over four million times. If she rises, no vampire will be safe from her wrath.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Holly the Bright: AKA Holly Ashwin, PhD candidate
in computational cryptography. A half-human daughter of a Valkyrie,
she was struck by lightning to become a full-fledged Valkyrie. She suffers
from obsessive compulsive tendencies and is the
Vessel for this Accession
The Lykae Clan
Lachlain MacRieve: The king and ruthless leader of the Lykae. He was imprisoned by the Horde for nearly two centuries in a pit of fire that could never quite kill him.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, and No Rest for the Wicked
Bowen MacRieve: Cousin to Lachlain and Garreth, Bowe lost his fey mate over one hundred and eighty years ago and has done nothing since then but search for a way to bring her back to him. He enters the Talismans Hie seeking a prize that could allow him to prevent her death--he will do anything to win.
Found in: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (coming Nov 07), A Hunger Like No Other, No Rest for the Wicked
Garreth MacRieve: Loyal brother to Lachlain. Desires Lucia, but can never tell her.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get and A Hunger Like No Other
The Vampires
Nikolai Wroth: AKA the Overlord. A brutal Estonian warlord who died three hundred years ago in the Great Northern War. He was turned into a vampire by King Kristoff to head his Forbearer army.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, No Rest for the Wicked, and Dark Needs at Night's Edge
Sebastian Wroth: A master strategist and harsh commanding officer who fought alongside his three brothers in the Great Northern War. Sebastian was turned into a vampire against his will by Nikolai and Murdoch.
Murdoch Wroth: Second eldest of the Wroth brothers, Murdoch has been a merciless warrior since he was old enough to go to battle. As a human, he was also a renowned rake. His motto that he'd never met a woman he couldn't seduce is about to be proved false.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, No Rest for the Wicked, and Dark Needs at Night's Edge
Conrad Wroth: Youngest of the four Wroth brothers, Conrad is a Fallen vampire and master assassin who clings to the last of his sanity.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, No Rest for the Wicked, and Dark Needs at Night's Edge
King Kristoff: AKA The Gravewalker. The leader of the Forbearer army and rightful king of vampires. After his crown was stolen, Kristoff stalked the battlefields of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army and plans to reclaim his kingdom.
Found in: Playing Easy to Get, A Hunger Like No Other, No Rest for the Wicked, and Dark Needs at Night's Edge
The Demons
Rydstrom Woede: AKA King Rydstrom III. Deposed ruler of Rothkalina, the kingdom of the rage demons. The rare rage demon who worships logic, and rarely loses his temper or his control.Found in: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, Dark Needs at Night's Edge, and Dark Desires After Dusk
Cadeon Woede: AKA Cadeon the Kingmaker. A brutal mercenary who specializes in usurping thrones, but can never reclaim his brother's. Cade acts as a self-appointed guard for Rydstrom. The two brothers rarely separate and are collectively called The Woede.
Found in: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, Dark Needs at Night's Edge, and Dark Desires After Dusk
Other Notables
Mariketa the Awaited: Daughter of a fey druidess and a warlock of questionable repute, she is a young mystical mercenary. Even before her birth, she was predicted to be the Awaited One, the most powerful born to the House of Witches in centuries—but four years ago, it was also predicted that a male from the Lore would recognize her as his own and claim her. He would lock her away, guarding her with a ferocity that no magicks could defeat, thus robbing the House of her powers.
Ever since the prediction, she’s been forced to cloak and disguise herself every time she sets foot outside of her home.
Found in: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, No Rest for the Wicked, and Dark Needs at Night's Edge
Lucindeya the Siren: AKA Cindey. A cunning and merciless competitor who represents the Sirenae in the Talisman's Hie.
Found in: No Rest for the Wicked
Aidan the Fierce: A berserker who died over a thousand years ago, trying to win Regin the Radiant. He reincarnates again and again, forever seeking to be with her.
More descriptions coming soon!