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* HeroesWantRedheads: She loves Dani dearly, who has red hair.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Grete Ravenhallow does roll off the tongue. [[spoiler:As does Grete Luciana Alevia Delac, which earns her bonus points as all ''three'' of those names belong to some of the most powerful, accomplished characters of the setting.]]
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* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: [[spoiler: while she and Hardestadt enjoy some BDSM, Erin is the sub there with her safe word being 'moonlight.']]
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* KnifeNut: In battle, she loves her knives.
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* BetaCouple: She and Dani are the secondary couple to to Hardestadt and Erin.
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* BadassGay: [[spoiler: Grete reveals she's an out and proud lesbian in the final chapter.]]
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* AndThisIsfor: AndThisIsFor: She seems to have taken up Hardestadt's habit of delivering this to enemies. [[spoiler: As Jacobs finds out.]]
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->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/NoneTooHoly'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/HeartOfGreed'' (mentioned only) | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/InTheCastleOfTheNight'' | ''Literature/SangueSerenissima'' | ''Literature/TheKissOfWrath'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever'' | ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'' | ''Literature/ReignInHell''[[note]]During the DistantFinale[[/note]] | ''Literature/LeChevalier'' | ''Literature/TheFinalGirl'' | ''Literature/TheUnquietGrave'' | ''Literature/OverHighSeas'' | ''Literature/ChildrenOfValentine''
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->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/NoneTooHoly'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/HeartOfGreed'' (mentioned only) | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/InTheCastleOfTheNight'' | ''Literature/SangueSerenissima'' | ''Literature/TheKissOfWrath'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever'' | ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'' | ''Literature/ReignInHell''[[note]]During the DistantFinale[[/note]] | ''Literature/LeChevalier'' | ''Literature/TheFinalGirl'' | ''Literature/TheUnquietGrave'' | ''iterature/ChildrenOfValentine''
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->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/NoneTooHoly'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/HeartOfGreed'' (mentioned only) | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/InTheCastleOfTheNight'' | ''Literature/SangueSerenissima'' | ''Literature/TheKissOfWrath'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever'' | ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar'' | ''Literature/ReignInHell[[note]]During ''Literature/ReignInHell''[[note]]During the DistantFinale[[/note]]'' DistantFinale[[/note]] | ''Literature/LeChevalier'' | ''Literature/TheFinalGirl''
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Hardestadt is thousands of years old and a veteran of many battles, being a capable warrior from the word go.
* FightsLikeANormal: He prefers to use his sword and fists in combat as opposed to devil powers.
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* SurpassedTheTeacher: Part of his training was to surpass his infamous teacher Satannus of Wrath. He succeeded.
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* BedTrick: [[spoiler:Hardestadt is raped by Lucia, the Shadows Consultant, who takes the form of his lover Eliza when he is drunk and despairing.]]
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** He also crosses it at the conclusion of ''The Wolves of War'' when Eliza vanishes and leaves only a note telling him not to look for her.
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* FireForgedFriends: Grete goes through a lot in World War with the Seers Elazar and Jeanne and with Saviri, forming a tight bond with them.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:She opts to continue and try to heal after she loses her lover Carmilla in 1888.]]
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* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: She is finally able to stand up to Siegfried, and while she admits she is still afraid of him, it won't stop her from ending him.
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!!Hardestadt Delac
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/NoneTooHoly'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/HeartOfGreed'' (mentioned only) | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/InTheCastleOfTheNight'' | ''Literature/SangueSerenissima'' | ''Literature/TheKissOfWrath'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever'' | ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar''
-->''"I'm just doing the best I can for people along the way."''
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The main character of the saga. A mysterious man with a talent for finding things, particularly those entwined with the supernatural. His real name is [[spoiler: Daemon Satanael Lucifer.]]
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* ActionDad: [[spoiler: Ever since Grete was born, Hardestadt has been as action oriented was ever.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Heroic variant. Hardestadt thinks nothing of his dignity next to innocent lives and begs Jacobs for the life of an innocent woman without hesitating.
* AmazonChaser: Hardestadt HasAType for strong women. He loves Erin because of her spirit and drive, and prior relationships included a warrior named Maria who was nearly his equal in combat. As far back as his youth in Hell, he also had a relationship with the devil Satannus-the most powerful of all of them save for Lucifer himself.
* AndThisIsFor: Has a habit of repeating the names of those he's avenging.
* TheAntiNihilist: He slowly comes to accept he cannot create a perfect world like he wanted, and the dream he took on is impossible. It doesn't mean it's not worth fighting for and for all his failures, he's achieved so much to be proud of as well.
-> '''Hardestadt''': They say paradise cannot exist. So why can't I stop looking for it?
* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Hardestadt is wealthy enough to own at least two houses, an apartment, a vintage car, with seemingly limitless resources while being able to pay Erin a large salary. [[spoiler: He later reveals he's quite embarrassed that his wealth comes from his aunt Mammon, the Sin of Greed, dumping in billions of dollars to his account every month and refuses to let him turn it down.]]
* ArchEnemy: Nyarlothotep considers him this and the feeling is fully mutual.
* TheAtoner: Part of what he does is driven by guilt for failing to save his mother. [[spoiler: It is also revealed that he had a hell of a FaceHeelTurn centuries ago until he came back from it and has never stopped trying to make up for it. It is made fully clear he never ''will'' stop trying.]]
* BadassBoast: Doles these out pretty regularly.
* BadassInDistress: Spends the second half of ''Girls On Film'' in Rich Jacobs' clutches.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Hardestadt's played a role in a number of historical events.
* BenevolentBoss: A very friendly boss to Erin in ''Girls on Film'', who's reasonable, pays very well and even cooks.
* BloodKnight: Under that kind attitude and friendliness, Hardestadt admits he is truly joyful when he is fighting and killing.
* BrokenAce: Hardestadt is the son of the most powerful angel and most powerful devil, the student of Satannus herself, and a ChildProdigy with a legacy of heroism behind him. He is also emotionally ''devastated'' by countless failures and losses, suffers from a horrific sense of SurvivorsGuilt and PTSD, along with the knowledge of a truly monstrous FaceHeelTurn when he became an outright villain out of despair. He usually keeps it together well, but sometimes it's easy to see how broken and damaged he is under his confidence and relaxed demeanor.
* BrokenPedestal: Aleviel, the mother whose ideals he's venerated his entire life, becomes this over the saga. ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'' leaves him confronting that his mother wasn't the perfect paragon he's worshiped her as, and [[spoiler:''Gives Us Forever'' essentially tears them apart, where Hardestadt lets centuries of pent-up frustration ''explode'' at Aleviel and the amount of times she's broken her promises to him, eventually leaving her to suffer with her regrets alone.]]
* BullyingADragon: A racist tries throwing a punch at him when he's enjoying a meal. Hardestadt leaves him with a very injured hand as a result, and he gets off easier than the next people to attack.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Even moreso when your dad is Lucifer himself and you're angry he refused to fight in a major war to assist your mother.
* ChickMagnet: Sometimes. He doesn't exactly seek it out overmuch, but he's had a fair number of relationships including Erin, Thorunn, Satannus, multiple women from past eras and also [[spoiler: Cthylla herself and Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Has a hard time ''not'' protecting the innocent or getting involved to help others.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Averted. Due to being raised in Hell, he has a complete detached view on jealousy. [[spoiler: Erin's confession an ex once got her pregnant brings zero judgement from him, and when 'Aoife' remarks she was quite close to having a random fling with someone who bought her a drink in ''Loves Lost'', she's a bit annoyed with how blase Hardestadt is about it, which he justifies with "your body, your choice."]]
* CombatPragmatist: As revealed in ''None Too Holy'', he does not fight clean when he has to. He'll use any trick to win a fight.
* CurbstompBattle: Delivers a brutal one to [[spoiler: Rich Jacobs after tearing apart his men.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: He turns out to be a half-devil who freely admits he'd be harmed by holy magic. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets a number of dry, witty comments. Most notably when he sees a revived Jacobs working for Nyarlathotep, he asks how good the healthcare must be for the employment. Then comments it must be really good after delivering a beatdown on Jacobs.
* DeclarationOfProtection: He gives those to people who seek out his help.
* DefiantCaptive: When captured by Jacobs, he doesn't yield.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed it long ago with the loss of his beloved mother. On earth, he hit it when his attempt at a supernatural utopia, Arcadia, was destroyed, turning him into a villain known as the Dragon.
* {{Determinator}}: Hardestadt refuses to ever give up, ever since he was young with the name Daemon; He had to push himself ''hard'' to become Satannus's student and since then, he pushes through immense pain and suffering to see happy endings brought about.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Happens to him in ''The Dreams of Lonely Stars'' when he and Maggie are forced to part. [[spoiler: Also the case with him and Eliza Cortly of the ''Never Mythos,'' the two being former lovers who are no longer together in present day. ''Loves Lost'' even shows them as a happy, loving couple, but the chapter title? "Never to be."]]
* DissonantSerenity: Eerily serene when he brings his worst enemies to their end.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He ''loathes'' the name 'Hardy-Boy' Jacobs gives him. He's not altogether very fond of 'Stadt' either but allows it. Maggie Isla once gave him the name 'Day' which he eventually just resigned himself to.
* EmpathicWeapon: The sword given to him by his father has its own consciousness and gets ''very'' angry if anyone but Hardestadt tries to use it with often lethal consequences. It isn't happy Hardestadt threw it away long ago, either, which he has to apologize profusely for.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He really, really dislikes misogyny and racism.
* FriendToAllChildren: Emphasized most clearly in ''None Too Holy'', Hardestadt is exceedingly gentle and amicable with children, eagerly reading ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' to a bunch of orphan kids. He deals ''especially'' brutal retribution to those who harm them, too.
* GameFace: Puts on one with fangs and red eyes when he goes all out.
* GoodParents: Lucifer and Aleviel loved him dearly, as did his foster mother Nephera Vallikan. [[spoiler: He was also a loving, caring father to his only daughter.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: As a half-devil, he has a solid healing factor, which helps when he's shot in the head so bad his brains spill out.
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: After his fight with Nyarlathotep, he's left badly crippled and has to walk with a cane. He still has all his skills.]]
* HasAType: He has a thing for strong, capable women. ''Loves Lost and Founds'' contains flashbacks of some of his ex-wives and all of them fit the bill, up to the dedicated, moral and capable Erin.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He carries a gun but he really loves his swords, using a basket-hilt schiavona in ''Girls on Film'' and a Chinese dadao in ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham.''
* HorrorHunger: If his body is too badly damaged and is in need of repairs, he'll start seeing anything around him as 'just flesh' to be consumed.
* IHaveManyNames: Hardstadt is just an alias, his true name being Daemon Satanael. He's had many over the years as revealed in ''Loves Lost and Found''. Some of them include Lucian, Deveraux, Godric, Diarmuid, and Sung-yeol.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Hardestadt is half devil, half angel, in love with a human.
** There's also his brief stint with werewolf Thorunn, which ended up [[spoiler:producing Hardestadt's werewolf daughter, Grete.]]
** Later stories reveal he's had many of these. ''In the Castle of the Night'' showcases a glimpse to a warrior named Maria, and Nyarlathotep names several as Grainne, Ceoladh and Tomoe, which are given more detail in ''Loves Lost and Found''. Most tend to be human, though Ceoladh was a former mermaid.
* ItsPersonal: He sometimes gets quite personal with his enemies when they cross him and harm those he loves. Especially Nyarlathotep, his {{Archenemy}} who has a history with him going back 5,000 painful years.
* LetsGetDangerous: Slips into this at the end of ''Arkham'' against Nyarlathotep when he goes all out more than ever before to take down the evil Outer God.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He and Lucifer are more alike in ways he'll ever admit. [[spoiler: He and Grete share a number of similarities as well, notably their strong senses of justice, their DeadpanSnarker tendencies and their penchant for TranquilFury.]]
* LightningBruiser: He moves fast and hits damn hard. [[spoiler:Reaches its apex in ''Give Us Forever'', where with his true power unsealed he's capable of exchanging blows with Aleviel billions of times in a second.]]
* TheLostLenore: He's lost every person he's ever loved at some point over the millennia. [[spoiler: Though most notably? He and Eliza Cortly were lovers and it's implied they were engaged as of the early 1900s until she mysterious vanished. Hardestadt isn't over her almost 20 years later.]]
* MasterSwordsman: Hardestadt might well be the single greatest swordsman on the planet. [[spoiler: Later revealed he used to be exceptionally skilled even by demon and devil standards.]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Is painfully aware he's going to outlive Erin and has been involved in many of these in the past.
* MenDontCry: Utterly averted. Hardestadt uses tears as an apology and atonement for people he's failed to save. [[spoiler: He inherited this from his mother.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: He's a half-devil, half-angel, and his hair is white.
* NiceGuy: Hardestadt is pleasant and non-judgmental unless threatened or roused to anger.
* OddFriendship: He has a bit of a close-knit bond with the bubbly, optimistic Eliza Cortly of ''The Never Mythos.'' Later revealed the two became lovers for a time.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Being thousands of years old, he is this to most of his foes, except the ancient ones like Nyarlathotep.
* OneManArmy: Give him a sword, watch numbers stop mattering.
* PapaWolf: He's very, very dedicated to protecting children and [[spoiler: he is especially protective over his beloved daughter Grete. Bonus points as ''she's'' technically the 'wolf' there.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Part of his arc is seeing Lucifer and Aleviel as less idealized than they truly were as parents. [[spoiler: Hardestadt also dearly loves his own daughter, but was not always a perfect parent himself.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Hardestadt has zero compunction delivering painful deaths to vile individuals. This can verge into dark territories when he very cruelly toys with a Neo-Nazi vampire and offers him a HopeSpot that he knows the guy has no ability of fulfilling and kills Hargrove in the hospital. Even he reflects he surrenders to the worst impulses at times.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Looks like he's in his mid-late 20s, is far, far older. [[spoiler: Just over ten thousand to be exact.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When his eyes turn red? Watch out. It means he's well and truly enraged.
* ReformedButRejected: He has come a long way since the days of his FaceHeelTurn but his one-time friend Koschei refuses to accept it.
* ShootTheDog: He did this on a very grand scale in Thinis...killing literally everyone still alive in the city to save the planet.
* SlasherSmile: When he's in a bad mood, he tends to show with a very pointy-toothed, vicious grin more akin to a shark than a human.
* SoProudOfYou: He becomes Emma's teacher in 'field work' and tells her how proud of her he is. [[spoiler:He is also incredibly proud of his beloved daughter and the warrior he's become.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Hardestadt and Eliza Cortly of the ''Never Mythos'' were lovers for nearly two hundred years and Hardestadt was clearly deeply in love with her, but they were destined never to be.
* StealthExpert: Hilariously averted. Hardestadt tends to completely fail at stealth about once per story, which has begun to cause him no end of irritation.
** ''Girls on Film'': Shot in the head when preparing to infiltrate the prison.
** ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'': Surprised by Nyarlathotep before he realizes it.
** ''Under the Cold Moon'': Immediately spotted by Siegfried when he enters Pine Creek.
** ''A Conspiracy of Serpents'': ''Twice'' caught by the serpents upon attempting to infiltrate their domains.
** ''Sangue Serenissima'': Caught by Eliphas Coyte in his manor when he tries to sneak in and gets chucked into another dimension for his troubles.
* SupremeChef: A master at cooking delicious meals, even admitting he gets genuine fulfillment from making them.
* SurvivorGuilt: A veteran of the second great war between heaven and hell...on hell's side, where he lost his mother. He's never gotten over this. The subsequent centuries have resulted in this growing worse and worse with all the conflicts he's involved in.
* SympathyForTheDevil: He expresses great sympathy towards Thomas Nero, saying he's not a bad man, just a ''lost'' one.
* TranquilFury: When he's well and ''truly'' enraged, he presents as bizarrely calm and relaxed.
* WalkingTheEarth: What he used to do. After the war, Hardestadt traveled the world, meeting and saving innocent lives.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: On the receiving end of this from Koschei the Deathless, who despises him for becoming the Dragon.
* YoureNotMyFather: Threw away the name Daemon as a way of severing ties and relationships with Lucifer after the second great war.
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[[folder:Erin Hasegawa]]
!!Erin Hasegawa
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
-->''"I have the people love. Whether that ends tomorrow, or in a year, you can't take away the fact that I had it. That is something that will never, ever disappear.''
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The deuteragonist of the stories. A woman who was saved by Hardestadt and became his assistant, and later lover as of ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'', Erin is resourceful, eager and intelligent, truly believing in the mission of helping others.
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* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: [[spoiler: while she and Hardestadt enjoy some BDSM, Erin is the sub there with her safe word being 'moonlight.']]
* AsianAirhead: Not this trope at all, but plays it to lure a murderous vampire into a trap, even lampshading it by name and how sick it makes her.
* AsianAndNerdy: Japanese-American, loves tech and science fiction. Her favorite writer is Ursula Le Guin.
* BadassBookworm: Erin loves reading fiction. She also manages to hold her ground against Nyarlathotep himself, and walks alone into the Dreamlands to capture the Necronomicon.
* BigDamnHeroes: Manages to rescue Hardestadt from Rich Jacobs' nonexistent mercy at the climax of ''Girls on Film''.
* BlessedWithSuck: Has Yog-Sothoth in her head, granting her incredible knowledge and insight to things most humans can't dream of. Shame it'll burn her brain out and leave her a dead shell of herself when Yog-Sothoth is through.
* BrainsAndBondage: Erin is quite intelligent, and when she uses the phrase 'moonlight' to snap Hardestadt out of a berserk rage inflicted on him in Carcosa, she briefly mentions it's her safe word. Further confirmed in ''Under the Cold Moon'' she goes for this.
* BreakTheCutie: She goes through this thanks to Yog-Sothoth, almost utterly shattering. She gets better.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even moreso than Hardestadt. Erin truly believes in saving others and won't ever rest until she does.
* CutenessProximity: Is absolutely squeeing over the cats of Ulthar and has to remind herself not to "hug the king of cats and tell her what a cute little kitty she is."
* {{Determinator}}: She will ''not'' give up, no matter what. Even when she realizes Yog-Sothoth is slowly killing her, she forces herself to keep putting 'one foot in front of the other' with the knowledge everyone is counting on her.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Tells Nyarlathotep to 'go fuck yourself' after he attempts his DealWithTheDevil with her.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her feelings for Hardestadt are seen as ''incredibly'' obvious in ''Girls on Film''. By the time the two are together, nobody is surprised
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When her task is complete, she simply asks Yog-Sothoth for her happiest memory-the first time she and Hardestadt ever told each other "I love you" and accepts her mental oblivion with calm acceptance.]]
->'''Erin''': No more crying. You knew how this was gonna go. You knew how this was gonna end. No use being scared now. Going to happen whether you want it to or not. Be brave, even if the only person you're proving anything to is yourself.
* FireForgedFriends: She befriends an ancient demon who's the Queen of Hell on their trek through the Dreamlands.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Erin is a very good person and reveals at the end of ''Cold Moon'' that she chose not to keep a pregnancy from a failed relationship.
* TheHeart: Her kindness is infectious and she's the moral center of the team. It's implied she even helped Hardestadt reconnect with humanity again.
* HeroicBastard: Nobody makes a big deal about it, but Erin was born when her parents Naomi and Ken were out of school and before they were married.
* HeroicBSOD: Learning she's dying and Yog-Sothoth's utter indifference to it makes her break down utterly.
* HeroicSacrifice: One reason Yog-Sothoth chooses her as a repository of knowledge is it knows that even if she has to kill herself to save the world, she will.
* HiddenDepths: She turns out to be highly resourceful, kind and determined when the chips are down.
* HypercompetentSidekick: In ''Girls on Film'', Erin puts things together and saves her far more experienced boss with little to go on.
* KindheartedCatLover: Erin is a sweet, moral person, and as she shows in the Dreamlands, she absolutely adores cats. Especially talking cats.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Erin met Hardestadt when she was threatened by a Brahmaparusha that intended to drive her mad and eat her alive. Hardestadt rescued her, prompting her to go to him herself and say she wanted to help others just as he'd helped her.
* NervesOfSteel: Delivering a PrecisionFStrike to the ''Crawling Chaos itself'' while she's at his mercy. nets her some of these.
* NiceGirl: Erin's assertive and not afraid to put it where it is, but she's still earnest, enthusiastic, and an ''incredibly'' moral woman.
* OfficialCouple: She and Hardestadt get together by ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'' and remain so. By the end of ''Under the Cold Moon,'' they're [[spoiler: formally engaged.]]
* PerkyGoth: Favors black clothes, has numerous piercings and dyed hair, yet is quite cheerful and upbeat.
* SecretlyDying: Thanks to Yog-Sothoth in her head in ''Arkham,'' Erin tries desperately to conceal her impending demise.
* SexForSolace: Due to the above issue with Yog-Sothoth, Erin initiates an encounter with Hardestadt that is more about relief and comfort for herself than anything else.
* SupportingProtagonist: Is the true hero of ''Girls on Film,'' saving her far more experienced boss with little info to go on.
* TookALevelInBadass: From innocent victim to HypercompetentSidekick to facing off against the Crawling Chaos and telling him to go fuck himself. This trend continues even more in Cold Moon when she [[spoiler: takes out ''two'' werewolves via her cleverness.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Before she and Hardestadt got together, they tended to snark at one another a lot while being best friends.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Yog-Sothoth in her head means her mind will eventually be obliterated, much to her despair.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Emma West]]
!!Emma West
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
Lydia West's sister and a former victim of Rich Jacobs' trafficking ring, later turned into a vampiric field agent and fierce ally of Hardestadt Delac.
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* ActionGirl: Cements herself as a skilled, talented fighter after training.
* AndThisIsfor: She seems to have taken up Hardestadt's habit of delivering this to enemies. [[spoiler: As Jacobs finds out.]]
* BadassGay: She's in a committed relationship with Dani, and she's also a capable, courageous fighter more than capable of fighting against the sorts of monster Hardestadt courts regularly.
* BetaCouple: She and Dani are the secondary couple to to Hardestadt and Delac.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: She puts Hardestadt's brother a powerful demon lord, in his place verbally.
* TheDogBitesBack: Twofold. She's one of the vampiric women leading the fray against Jacobs at the end after suffering his abuses in ''Girls on Film'', and later takes the honor of [[spoiler:personally finishing the bastard once and for all in the next story by tossing him to Cthulhu.]]
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Emma was turned into a vampire for the purpose of Jacobs' "special" films. A few years later when she's liberated from the ring, Emma's still a vampire, but she's entirely pleasant and dedicated to helping those in need.
* KnifeNut: In battle, she loves her knives.
* HeroesWantRedheads: She loves Dani dearly, who has red hair.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Formerly a pornographic actress, but always a very kind, moral human being.
* LesbianVampire: In a loving and committed relationship with Dani, another vampire.
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: When Jacobs, the man who tortured and traumatized her, is resurrected to act as Nyarlathotep's minion, Emma is the one who faces him, no longer afraid of him. [[spoiler:She kills him for good when she feeds him to Cthulhu.]]
* RunningGag: Has a habit of mistaking Hardestadt's (mostly ageless) family members as "hot older siblings."
* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Hardestadt and Erin quite a lot.
* TookALevelInBadass: From a tortured victim of Jacobs' trafficking ring to one member of a party taking on a ''Great Old One''. The leap is ''huge''.
* UndyingLoyalty: She is fiercely loyal to Hardestadt and Erin for saving her and her fiancée.
[[/folder]]
!!Hardestadt's Family
[[folder:Grete Ravenhallow]]
!!Grete Ravenhallow
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
-->''"I may be afraid but I am going to do this regardless.''''
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The deuteragonist of ''Under the Cold Moon,'' and a talented, competent Werewolf Jaeger sent to infiltrate Pine Creek. Grete has a long and complex history with Hardestadt.
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* ActionGirl: Comes with being a trained warrior and werewolf. Grete is a particularly talented and skilled example.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Grete Ravenhallow does roll off the tongue. [[spoiler:As does Grete Luciana Alevia Delac, which earns her bonus points as all ''three'' of those names belong to some of the most powerful, accomplished characters of the setting.]]
* BadassGay: [[spoiler: Grete reveals she's an out and proud lesbian in the final chapter.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a dry wit about her when she wants to show it. [[spoiler: Presumably she picked it up from her father.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: "This time, [[spoiler: dad.]] This time I protect you!" [[spoiler:She also extends this to Kasumi Akamine, inspiring her with a promise to defend her.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Like both her parents, Grete refuses to stay down or give up.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After having lived for years with the trauma of Siegfried's attempt on her life? ''She's'' the one to finally kill him.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Hardestadt called her 'mon ciel etoille' and 'mon petit loup' (meaning 'my starry sky' and 'my little wolf') in the past, which she's a bit embarrassed by in current day.
* FriendToAllChildren: Grete is very fond of children.
* {{Gayngst}}: Very briefly as a teenager when struggling with her orientation. [[spoiler: Given this was in the 1700s, it's more than justified, and her ParentalSubstitute Eliza Cortly was there to help her become proud of it.]]
* HeroicBSOD: She nearly suffers one when she learns Siegfried is the one behind Pine Creek, almost freezing up out of sheer PTSD when she sees him.
* HeroicLineage: Grete is of the line of the famous Gunhild, one of the greatest leaders and warriors of the werewolf clans. [[spoiler: Her mother Thorunn was an even greater one, and, and through her father's side, she's the granddaughter of Lucifer and Aleviel themselves.]]
* HiddenDepths: Grete spends the first half of the story being cool and professional with Hardestadt [[spoiler: only to reveal a much more compassionate and kind woman who deeply loves him as her father.]]
* IAmWhatIAm: Grete's proud to accept herself as she is and refuses to use Hardestadt's silver band to hide herself.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:She falls for a Kitsune, being a werewolf.]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler: when she couldn't have been older than three, she ripped out Siegfried's eye with her teeth when he had her hostage.]]
* OldFlame: Was seemingly one of these to Hardestadt, during his time among the clans. [[spoiler:Except she's not. She's his ''daughter'', and the ''product'' of a romance between one of his old flames, Thorunn.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:"You chose your god. Now embrace his hell.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As a werewolf, Grete is much older than she appears, [[spoiler: and she was born in the mid-late 1700s.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When she goes all out, her eyes shift from gold to red, unlike other werewolves. [[spoiler: Like father, like daughter.]]
* RescueRomance: She [[spoiler:falls for Kasumi Akamine after saving her life.]]
* StraightGay: Played with. [[spoiler: She's calm, professional and doesn't advertise her sexuality on the job, but she's an out lesbian and clearly doesn't bother hiding it when she's back home in San Francisco.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: She greatly resembles her mother Thorunn, down to the same eyes.]]
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:She's just a ''wee'' bit cautious of this with Kasumi after seeing how close Kasumi's mother Oyuki Akamine was to Hardestadt, only to receive assurances from Oyuki that while she and Grete's father were lovers, he is absolutely not Kasumi's father.]]
* TranquilFury: She tends to express pure rage with calmness.
* TwoferTokenMinority: [[spoiler: She's noticeably not Caucasian, with light-brown skin. She's also gay. Beyond ''that''? She's also a hybrid, with werewolf and human DNA in her -- which makes her a target for Siegfried just as much as her mother was.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The reveal [[spoiler: she isn't Thorunn. She's Thorunn and Hardestadt's daughter.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: One reason for her hatred of Siegfried is Thorunn's death when she was just a baby.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alineia Vasilisa Maria]]
!!Alineia Vasilisa Maria
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
-->''"Are you my brother?!"''
Hardestadt's younger sister and the daughter of Aleviel, accidentally born after the events of ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'' and rescued by Baba Yaga and Koschei. Debuts in the first part of ''Give Us Forever''.
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* AffectionateNickname: Ali, or "Ali Vasya" by Baba Yaga and Koschei.
* ApocalypseMaiden: Alineia's power is such that the mere concept of ''existing'' is enough to potentially threaten the entirety of the Teraverse. She's eerily blithe about being willing to die for the sake of preventing this.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As cheerful as she is, Alineia is the strongest being in all reality. Hardestadt snapping at Baba Yaga provokes her to almost crush Hardestadt under an unfathomable amount of power and lose her niceness for a brief second.
* CatchPhrase: She tends to add 'honest and true' as a way to emphasize what she says, or to ask others if they're sincere.
* CheerfulChild: Her having been raised by [[EldritchAbomination Baba Yaga]] and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Koschei]] hasn't affected her development into an excitable, well-reared, pleasant child whose nothing less than ecstatic to finally see her brother.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Decidedly so. Alineia is untouched by the world's cruelty so far even if she is at the center of a lot of dark planning--her first taste of loss, ever, ends up being her "Uncle" Koschei.
* ExactWords: She's the "youngest of the devils" Baba Yaga keeps hinting at, not Hardestadt.
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Her power is so great it's literally ''killing'' her, hence all her references to constantly being sleepy. Aleviel's entire plan is to save her life.]]
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She likes to sleep a lot. [[spoiler:A darker take than most as it's strongly implied this is evidence of her slowly dying.]]
* StoryBreakerPower: Alienia's mere ''existence'' constitutes as this, dethroning Aleviel as the strongest living entity in the current setting. This is all offset by the fact she's a child and doesn't ''really'' know how to control her power yet.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her mere ''existence'' is a gigantic spoiler for ''Give Us Forever''.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Alineia's potential power isn't just remarkable among demons and angels; she's literally the strongest being in the entire Teraverse in terms of raw power. The only problem is she doesn't quite know how to control it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hardestadt Delac]]
!!Hardestadt Delac
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/NoneTooHoly'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/HeartOfGreed'' (mentioned only) | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/InTheCastleOfTheNight'' | ''Literature/SangueSerenissima'' | ''Literature/TheKissOfWrath'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever'' | ''Literature/TheWolvesOfWar''
-->''"I'm just doing the best I can for people along the way."''
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The main character of the saga. A mysterious man with a talent for finding things, particularly those entwined with the supernatural. His real name is [[spoiler: Daemon Satanael Lucifer.]]
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* ActionDad: [[spoiler: Ever since Grete was born, Hardestadt has been as action oriented was ever.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: Heroic variant. Hardestadt thinks nothing of his dignity next to innocent lives and begs Jacobs for the life of an innocent woman without hesitating.
* AmazonChaser: Hardestadt HasAType for strong women. He loves Erin because of her spirit and drive, and prior relationships included a warrior named Maria who was nearly his equal in combat. As far back as his youth in Hell, he also had a relationship with the devil Satannus-the most powerful of all of them save for Lucifer himself.
* AndThisIsFor: Has a habit of repeating the names of those he's avenging.
* TheAntiNihilist: He slowly comes to accept he cannot create a perfect world like he wanted, and the dream he took on is impossible. It doesn't mean it's not worth fighting for and for all his failures, he's achieved so much to be proud of as well.
-> '''Hardestadt''': They say paradise cannot exist. So why can't I stop looking for it?
* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Hardestadt is wealthy enough to own at least two houses, an apartment, a vintage car, with seemingly limitless resources while being able to pay Erin a large salary. [[spoiler: He later reveals he's quite embarrassed that his wealth comes from his aunt Mammon, the Sin of Greed, dumping in billions of dollars to his account every month and refuses to let him turn it down.]]
* ArchEnemy: Nyarlothotep considers him this and the feeling is fully mutual.
* TheAtoner: Part of what he does is driven by guilt for failing to save his mother. [[spoiler: It is also revealed that he had a hell of a FaceHeelTurn centuries ago until he came back from it and has never stopped trying to make up for it. It is made fully clear he never ''will'' stop trying.]]
* BadassBoast: Doles these out pretty regularly.
* BadassInDistress: Spends the second half of ''Girls On Film'' in Rich Jacobs' clutches.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Hardestadt's played a role in a number of historical events.
* BenevolentBoss: A very friendly boss to Erin in ''Girls on Film'', who's reasonable, pays very well and even cooks.
* BloodKnight: Under that kind attitude and friendliness, Hardestadt admits he is truly joyful when he is fighting and killing.
* BrokenAce: Hardestadt is the son of the most powerful angel and most powerful devil, the student of Satannus herself, and a ChildProdigy with a legacy of heroism behind him. He is also emotionally ''devastated'' by countless failures and losses, suffers from a horrific sense of SurvivorsGuilt and PTSD, along with the knowledge of a truly monstrous FaceHeelTurn when he became an outright villain out of despair. He usually keeps it together well, but sometimes it's easy to see how broken and damaged he is under his confidence and relaxed demeanor.
* BrokenPedestal: Aleviel, the mother whose ideals he's venerated his entire life, becomes this over the saga. ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'' leaves him confronting that his mother wasn't the perfect paragon he's worshiped her as, and [[spoiler:''Gives Us Forever'' essentially tears them apart, where Hardestadt lets centuries of pent-up frustration ''explode'' at Aleviel and the amount of times she's broken her promises to him, eventually leaving her to suffer with her regrets alone.]]
* BullyingADragon: A racist tries throwing a punch at him when he's enjoying a meal. Hardestadt leaves him with a very injured hand as a result, and he gets off easier than the next people to attack.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Even moreso when your dad is Lucifer himself and you're angry he refused to fight in a major war to assist your mother.
* ChickMagnet: Sometimes. He doesn't exactly seek it out overmuch, but he's had a fair number of relationships including Erin, Thorunn, Satannus, multiple women from past eras and also [[spoiler: Cthylla herself and Eliza Cortly of the Never Mythos.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Has a hard time ''not'' protecting the innocent or getting involved to help others.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Averted. Due to being raised in Hell, he has a complete detached view on jealousy. [[spoiler: Erin's confession an ex once got her pregnant brings zero judgement from him, and when 'Aoife' remarks she was quite close to having a random fling with someone who bought her a drink in ''Loves Lost'', she's a bit annoyed with how blase Hardestadt is about it, which he justifies with "your body, your choice."]]
* CombatPragmatist: As revealed in ''None Too Holy'', he does not fight clean when he has to. He'll use any trick to win a fight.
* CurbstompBattle: Delivers a brutal one to [[spoiler: Rich Jacobs after tearing apart his men.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: He turns out to be a half-devil who freely admits he'd be harmed by holy magic. He's still a good guy.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets a number of dry, witty comments. Most notably when he sees a revived Jacobs working for Nyarlathotep, he asks how good the healthcare must be for the employment. Then comments it must be really good after delivering a beatdown on Jacobs.
* DeclarationOfProtection: He gives those to people who seek out his help.
* DefiantCaptive: When captured by Jacobs, he doesn't yield.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed it long ago with the loss of his beloved mother. On earth, he hit it when his attempt at a supernatural utopia, Arcadia, was destroyed, turning him into a villain known as the Dragon.
* {{Determinator}}: Hardestadt refuses to ever give up, ever since he was young with the name Daemon; He had to push himself ''hard'' to become Satannus's student and since then, he pushes through immense pain and suffering to see happy endings brought about.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Happens to him in ''The Dreams of Lonely Stars'' when he and Maggie are forced to part. [[spoiler: Also the case with him and Eliza Cortly of the ''Never Mythos,'' the two being former lovers who are no longer together in present day. ''Loves Lost'' even shows them as a happy, loving couple, but the chapter title? "Never to be."]]
* DissonantSerenity: Eerily serene when he brings his worst enemies to their end.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He ''loathes'' the name 'Hardy-Boy' Jacobs gives him. He's not altogether very fond of 'Stadt' either but allows it. Maggie Isla once gave him the name 'Day' which he eventually just resigned himself to.
* EmpathicWeapon: The sword given to him by his father has its own consciousness and gets ''very'' angry if anyone but Hardestadt tries to use it with often lethal consequences. It isn't happy Hardestadt threw it away long ago, either, which he has to apologize profusely for.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He really, really dislikes misogyny and racism.
* FriendToAllChildren: Emphasized most clearly in ''None Too Holy'', Hardestadt is exceedingly gentle and amicable with children, eagerly reading ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'' to a bunch of orphan kids. He deals ''especially'' brutal retribution to those who harm them, too.
* GameFace: Puts on one with fangs and red eyes when he goes all out.
* GoodParents: Lucifer and Aleviel loved him dearly, as did his foster mother Nephera Vallikan. [[spoiler: He was also a loving, caring father to his only daughter.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: As a half-devil, he has a solid healing factor, which helps when he's shot in the head so bad his brains spill out.
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: After his fight with Nyarlathotep, he's left badly crippled and has to walk with a cane. He still has all his skills.]]
* HasAType: He has a thing for strong, capable women. ''Loves Lost and Founds'' contains flashbacks of some of his ex-wives and all of them fit the bill, up to the dedicated, moral and capable Erin.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He carries a gun but he really loves his swords, using a basket-hilt schiavona in ''Girls on Film'' and a Chinese dadao in ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham.''
* HorrorHunger: If his body is too badly damaged and is in need of repairs, he'll start seeing anything around him as 'just flesh' to be consumed.
* IHaveManyNames: Hardstadt is just an alias, his true name being Daemon Satanael. He's had many over the years as revealed in ''Loves Lost and Found''. Some of them include Lucian, Deveraux, Godric, Diarmuid, and Sung-yeol.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Hardestadt is half devil, half angel, in love with a human.
** There's also his brief stint with werewolf Thorunn, which ended up [[spoiler:producing Hardestadt's werewolf daughter, Grete.]]
** Later stories reveal he's had many of these. ''In the Castle of the Night'' showcases a glimpse to a warrior named Maria, and Nyarlathotep names several as Grainne, Ceoladh and Tomoe, which are given more detail in ''Loves Lost and Found''. Most tend to be human, though Ceoladh was a former mermaid.
* ItsPersonal: He sometimes gets quite personal with his enemies when they cross him and harm those he loves. Especially Nyarlathotep, his {{Archenemy}} who has a history with him going back 5,000 painful years.
* LetsGetDangerous: Slips into this at the end of ''Arkham'' against Nyarlathotep when he goes all out more than ever before to take down the evil Outer God.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He and Lucifer are more alike in ways he'll ever admit. [[spoiler: He and Grete share a number of similarities as well, notably their strong senses of justice, their DeadpanSnarker tendencies and their penchant for TranquilFury.]]
* LightningBruiser: He moves fast and hits damn hard. [[spoiler:Reaches its apex in ''Give Us Forever'', where with his true power unsealed he's capable of exchanging blows with Aleviel billions of times in a second.]]
* TheLostLenore: He's lost every person he's ever loved at some point over the millennia. [[spoiler: Though most notably? He and Eliza Cortly were lovers and it's implied they were engaged as of the early 1900s until she mysterious vanished. Hardestadt isn't over her almost 20 years later.]]
* MasterSwordsman: Hardestadt might well be the single greatest swordsman on the planet. [[spoiler: Later revealed he used to be exceptionally skilled even by demon and devil standards.]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Is painfully aware he's going to outlive Erin and has been involved in many of these in the past.
* MenDontCry: Utterly averted. Hardestadt uses tears as an apology and atonement for people he's failed to save. [[spoiler: He inherited this from his mother.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: He's a half-devil, half-angel, and his hair is white.
* NiceGuy: Hardestadt is pleasant and non-judgmental unless threatened or roused to anger.
* OddFriendship: He has a bit of a close-knit bond with the bubbly, optimistic Eliza Cortly of ''The Never Mythos.'' Later revealed the two became lovers for a time.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Being thousands of years old, he is this to most of his foes, except the ancient ones like Nyarlathotep.
* OneManArmy: Give him a sword, watch numbers stop mattering.
* PapaWolf: He's very, very dedicated to protecting children and [[spoiler: he is especially protective over his beloved daughter Grete. Bonus points as ''she's'' technically the 'wolf' there.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Part of his arc is seeing Lucifer and Aleviel as less idealized than they truly were as parents. [[spoiler: Hardestadt also dearly loves his own daughter, but was not always a perfect parent himself.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Hardestadt has zero compunction delivering painful deaths to vile individuals. This can verge into dark territories when he very cruelly toys with a Neo-Nazi vampire and offers him a HopeSpot that he knows the guy has no ability of fulfilling and kills Hargrove in the hospital. Even he reflects he surrenders to the worst impulses at times.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Looks like he's in his mid-late 20s, is far, far older. [[spoiler: Just over ten thousand to be exact.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When his eyes turn red? Watch out. It means he's well and truly enraged.
* ReformedButRejected: He has come a long way since the days of his FaceHeelTurn but his one-time friend Koschei refuses to accept it.
* ShootTheDog: He did this on a very grand scale in Thinis...killing literally everyone still alive in the city to save the planet.
* SlasherSmile: When he's in a bad mood, he tends to show with a very pointy-toothed, vicious grin more akin to a shark than a human.
* SoProudOfYou: He becomes Emma's teacher in 'field work' and tells her how proud of her he is. [[spoiler:He is also incredibly proud of his beloved daughter and the warrior he's become.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Hardestadt and Eliza Cortly of the ''Never Mythos'' were lovers for nearly two hundred years and Hardestadt was clearly deeply in love with her, but they were destined never to be.
* StealthExpert: Hilariously averted. Hardestadt tends to completely fail at stealth about once per story, which has begun to cause him no end of irritation.
** ''Girls on Film'': Shot in the head when preparing to infiltrate the prison.
** ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'': Surprised by Nyarlathotep before he realizes it.
** ''Under the Cold Moon'': Immediately spotted by Siegfried when he enters Pine Creek.
** ''A Conspiracy of Serpents'': ''Twice'' caught by the serpents upon attempting to infiltrate their domains.
** ''Sangue Serenissima'': Caught by Eliphas Coyte in his manor when he tries to sneak in and gets chucked into another dimension for his troubles.
* SupremeChef: A master at cooking delicious meals, even admitting he gets genuine fulfillment from making them.
* SurvivorGuilt: A veteran of the second great war between heaven and hell...on hell's side, where he lost his mother. He's never gotten over this. The subsequent centuries have resulted in this growing worse and worse with all the conflicts he's involved in.
* SympathyForTheDevil: He expresses great sympathy towards Thomas Nero, saying he's not a bad man, just a ''lost'' one.
* TranquilFury: When he's well and ''truly'' enraged, he presents as bizarrely calm and relaxed.
* WalkingTheEarth: What he used to do. After the war, Hardestadt traveled the world, meeting and saving innocent lives.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: On the receiving end of this from Koschei the Deathless, who despises him for becoming the Dragon.
* YoureNotMyFather: Threw away the name Daemon as a way of severing ties and relationships with Lucifer after the second great war.
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[[folder:Erin Hasegawa]]
!!Erin Hasegawa
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/LovesLostAndFound'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
-->''"I have the people love. Whether that ends tomorrow, or in a year, you can't take away the fact that I had it. That is something that will never, ever disappear.''
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The deuteragonist of the stories. A woman who was saved by Hardestadt and became his assistant, and later lover as of ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'', Erin is resourceful, eager and intelligent, truly believing in the mission of helping others.
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* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: [[spoiler: while she and Hardestadt enjoy some BDSM, Erin is the sub there with her safe word being 'moonlight.']]
* AsianAirhead: Not this trope at all, but plays it to lure a murderous vampire into a trap, even lampshading it by name and how sick it makes her.
* AsianAndNerdy: Japanese-American, loves tech and science fiction. Her favorite writer is Ursula Le Guin.
* BadassBookworm: Erin loves reading fiction. She also manages to hold her ground against Nyarlathotep himself, and walks alone into the Dreamlands to capture the Necronomicon.
* BigDamnHeroes: Manages to rescue Hardestadt from Rich Jacobs' nonexistent mercy at the climax of ''Girls on Film''.
* BlessedWithSuck: Has Yog-Sothoth in her head, granting her incredible knowledge and insight to things most humans can't dream of. Shame it'll burn her brain out and leave her a dead shell of herself when Yog-Sothoth is through.
* BrainsAndBondage: Erin is quite intelligent, and when she uses the phrase 'moonlight' to snap Hardestadt out of a berserk rage inflicted on him in Carcosa, she briefly mentions it's her safe word. Further confirmed in ''Under the Cold Moon'' she goes for this.
* BreakTheCutie: She goes through this thanks to Yog-Sothoth, almost utterly shattering. She gets better.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even moreso than Hardestadt. Erin truly believes in saving others and won't ever rest until she does.
* CutenessProximity: Is absolutely squeeing over the cats of Ulthar and has to remind herself not to "hug the king of cats and tell her what a cute little kitty she is."
* {{Determinator}}: She will ''not'' give up, no matter what. Even when she realizes Yog-Sothoth is slowly killing her, she forces herself to keep putting 'one foot in front of the other' with the knowledge everyone is counting on her.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Tells Nyarlathotep to 'go fuck yourself' after he attempts his DealWithTheDevil with her.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her feelings for Hardestadt are seen as ''incredibly'' obvious in ''Girls on Film''. By the time the two are together, nobody is surprised
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: When her task is complete, she simply asks Yog-Sothoth for her happiest memory-the first time she and Hardestadt ever told each other "I love you" and accepts her mental oblivion with calm acceptance.]]
->'''Erin''': No more crying. You knew how this was gonna go. You knew how this was gonna end. No use being scared now. Going to happen whether you want it to or not. Be brave, even if the only person you're proving anything to is yourself.
* FireForgedFriends: She befriends an ancient demon who's the Queen of Hell on their trek through the Dreamlands.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Erin is a very good person and reveals at the end of ''Cold Moon'' that she chose not to keep a pregnancy from a failed relationship.
* TheHeart: Her kindness is infectious and she's the moral center of the team. It's implied she even helped Hardestadt reconnect with humanity again.
* HeroicBastard: Nobody makes a big deal about it, but Erin was born when her parents Naomi and Ken were out of school and before they were married.
* HeroicBSOD: Learning she's dying and Yog-Sothoth's utter indifference to it makes her break down utterly.
* HeroicSacrifice: One reason Yog-Sothoth chooses her as a repository of knowledge is it knows that even if she has to kill herself to save the world, she will.
* HiddenDepths: She turns out to be highly resourceful, kind and determined when the chips are down.
* HypercompetentSidekick: In ''Girls on Film'', Erin puts things together and saves her far more experienced boss with little to go on.
* KindheartedCatLover: Erin is a sweet, moral person, and as she shows in the Dreamlands, she absolutely adores cats. Especially talking cats.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Erin met Hardestadt when she was threatened by a Brahmaparusha that intended to drive her mad and eat her alive. Hardestadt rescued her, prompting her to go to him herself and say she wanted to help others just as he'd helped her.
* NervesOfSteel: Delivering a PrecisionFStrike to the ''Crawling Chaos itself'' while she's at his mercy. nets her some of these.
* NiceGirl: Erin's assertive and not afraid to put it where it is, but she's still earnest, enthusiastic, and an ''incredibly'' moral woman.
* OfficialCouple: She and Hardestadt get together by ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'' and remain so. By the end of ''Under the Cold Moon,'' they're [[spoiler: formally engaged.]]
* PerkyGoth: Favors black clothes, has numerous piercings and dyed hair, yet is quite cheerful and upbeat.
* SecretlyDying: Thanks to Yog-Sothoth in her head in ''Arkham,'' Erin tries desperately to conceal her impending demise.
* SexForSolace: Due to the above issue with Yog-Sothoth, Erin initiates an encounter with Hardestadt that is more about relief and comfort for herself than anything else.
* SupportingProtagonist: Is the true hero of ''Girls on Film,'' saving her far more experienced boss with little info to go on.
* TookALevelInBadass: From innocent victim to HypercompetentSidekick to facing off against the Crawling Chaos and telling him to go fuck himself. This trend continues even more in Cold Moon when she [[spoiler: takes out ''two'' werewolves via her cleverness.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Before she and Hardestadt got together, they tended to snark at one another a lot while being best friends.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Yog-Sothoth in her head means her mind will eventually be obliterated, much to her despair.
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[[folder:Emma West]]
!!Emma West
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'' | ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' | ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
Lydia West's sister and a former victim of Rich Jacobs' trafficking ring, later turned into a vampiric field agent and fierce ally of Hardestadt Delac.
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* ActionGirl: Cements herself as a skilled, talented fighter after training.
* AndThisIsfor: She seems to have taken up Hardestadt's habit of delivering this to enemies. [[spoiler: As Jacobs finds out.]]
* BadassGay: She's in a committed relationship with Dani, and she's also a capable, courageous fighter more than capable of fighting against the sorts of monster Hardestadt courts regularly.
* BetaCouple: She and Dani are the secondary couple to to Hardestadt and Delac.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: She puts Hardestadt's brother a powerful demon lord, in his place verbally.
* TheDogBitesBack: Twofold. She's one of the vampiric women leading the fray against Jacobs at the end after suffering his abuses in ''Girls on Film'', and later takes the honor of [[spoiler:personally finishing the bastard once and for all in the next story by tossing him to Cthulhu.]]
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Emma was turned into a vampire for the purpose of Jacobs' "special" films. A few years later when she's liberated from the ring, Emma's still a vampire, but she's entirely pleasant and dedicated to helping those in need.
* KnifeNut: In battle, she loves her knives.
* HeroesWantRedheads: She loves Dani dearly, who has red hair.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Formerly a pornographic actress, but always a very kind, moral human being.
* LesbianVampire: In a loving and committed relationship with Dani, another vampire.
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: When Jacobs, the man who tortured and traumatized her, is resurrected to act as Nyarlathotep's minion, Emma is the one who faces him, no longer afraid of him. [[spoiler:She kills him for good when she feeds him to Cthulhu.]]
* RunningGag: Has a habit of mistaking Hardestadt's (mostly ageless) family members as "hot older siblings."
* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Hardestadt and Erin quite a lot.
* TookALevelInBadass: From a tortured victim of Jacobs' trafficking ring to one member of a party taking on a ''Great Old One''. The leap is ''huge''.
* UndyingLoyalty: She is fiercely loyal to Hardestadt and Erin for saving her and her fiancée.
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!!Hardestadt's Family
[[folder:Grete Ravenhallow]]
!!Grete Ravenhallow
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/UnderTheColdMoon'' | ''Literature/TheDreamsOfLonelyStars'' | ''Literature/AndToAllAGoodNight'' | ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' | ''Literature/EmptyMemoriesAndColdGraves'' | ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
-->''"I may be afraid but I am going to do this regardless.''''
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The deuteragonist of ''Under the Cold Moon,'' and a talented, competent Werewolf Jaeger sent to infiltrate Pine Creek. Grete has a long and complex history with Hardestadt.
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* ActionGirl: Comes with being a trained warrior and werewolf. Grete is a particularly talented and skilled example.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Grete Ravenhallow does roll off the tongue. [[spoiler:As does Grete Luciana Alevia Delac, which earns her bonus points as all ''three'' of those names belong to some of the most powerful, accomplished characters of the setting.]]
* BadassGay: [[spoiler: Grete reveals she's an out and proud lesbian in the final chapter.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a dry wit about her when she wants to show it. [[spoiler: Presumably she picked it up from her father.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: "This time, [[spoiler: dad.]] This time I protect you!" [[spoiler:She also extends this to Kasumi Akamine, inspiring her with a promise to defend her.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Like both her parents, Grete refuses to stay down or give up.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After having lived for years with the trauma of Siegfried's attempt on her life? ''She's'' the one to finally kill him.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Hardestadt called her 'mon ciel etoille' and 'mon petit loup' (meaning 'my starry sky' and 'my little wolf') in the past, which she's a bit embarrassed by in current day.
* FriendToAllChildren: Grete is very fond of children.
* {{Gayngst}}: Very briefly as a teenager when struggling with her orientation. [[spoiler: Given this was in the 1700s, it's more than justified, and her ParentalSubstitute Eliza Cortly was there to help her become proud of it.]]
* HeroicBSOD: She nearly suffers one when she learns Siegfried is the one behind Pine Creek, almost freezing up out of sheer PTSD when she sees him.
* HeroicLineage: Grete is of the line of the famous Gunhild, one of the greatest leaders and warriors of the werewolf clans. [[spoiler: Her mother Thorunn was an even greater one, and, and through her father's side, she's the granddaughter of Lucifer and Aleviel themselves.]]
* HiddenDepths: Grete spends the first half of the story being cool and professional with Hardestadt [[spoiler: only to reveal a much more compassionate and kind woman who deeply loves him as her father.]]
* IAmWhatIAm: Grete's proud to accept herself as she is and refuses to use Hardestadt's silver band to hide herself.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:She falls for a Kitsune, being a werewolf.]]
* LittleMissBadass: [[spoiler: when she couldn't have been older than three, she ripped out Siegfried's eye with her teeth when he had her hostage.]]
* OldFlame: Was seemingly one of these to Hardestadt, during his time among the clans. [[spoiler:Except she's not. She's his ''daughter'', and the ''product'' of a romance between one of his old flames, Thorunn.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:"You chose your god. Now embrace his hell.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As a werewolf, Grete is much older than she appears, [[spoiler: and she was born in the mid-late 1700s.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When she goes all out, her eyes shift from gold to red, unlike other werewolves. [[spoiler: Like father, like daughter.]]
* RescueRomance: She [[spoiler:falls for Kasumi Akamine after saving her life.]]
* StraightGay: Played with. [[spoiler: She's calm, professional and doesn't advertise her sexuality on the job, but she's an out lesbian and clearly doesn't bother hiding it when she's back home in San Francisco.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: She greatly resembles her mother Thorunn, down to the same eyes.]]
* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler:She's just a ''wee'' bit cautious of this with Kasumi after seeing how close Kasumi's mother Oyuki Akamine was to Hardestadt, only to receive assurances from Oyuki that while she and Grete's father were lovers, he is absolutely not Kasumi's father.]]
* TranquilFury: She tends to express pure rage with calmness.
* TwoferTokenMinority: [[spoiler: She's noticeably not Caucasian, with light-brown skin. She's also gay. Beyond ''that''? She's also a hybrid, with werewolf and human DNA in her -- which makes her a target for Siegfried just as much as her mother was.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The reveal [[spoiler: she isn't Thorunn. She's Thorunn and Hardestadt's daughter.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: One reason for her hatred of Siegfried is Thorunn's death when she was just a baby.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alineia Vasilisa Maria]]
!!Alineia Vasilisa Maria
->'''Appears in''': ''Literature/GiveUsForever''
-->''"Are you my brother?!"''
Hardestadt's younger sister and the daughter of Aleviel, accidentally born after the events of ''Nights in Lonesome Arkham'' and rescued by Baba Yaga and Koschei. Debuts in the first part of ''Give Us Forever''.
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* AffectionateNickname: Ali, or "Ali Vasya" by Baba Yaga and Koschei.
* ApocalypseMaiden: Alineia's power is such that the mere concept of ''existing'' is enough to potentially threaten the entirety of the Teraverse. She's eerily blithe about being willing to die for the sake of preventing this.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As cheerful as she is, Alineia is the strongest being in all reality. Hardestadt snapping at Baba Yaga provokes her to almost crush Hardestadt under an unfathomable amount of power and lose her niceness for a brief second.
* CatchPhrase: She tends to add 'honest and true' as a way to emphasize what she says, or to ask others if they're sincere.
* CheerfulChild: Her having been raised by [[EldritchAbomination Baba Yaga]] and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Koschei]] hasn't affected her development into an excitable, well-reared, pleasant child whose nothing less than ecstatic to finally see her brother.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Decidedly so. Alineia is untouched by the world's cruelty so far even if she is at the center of a lot of dark planning--her first taste of loss, ever, ends up being her "Uncle" Koschei.
* ExactWords: She's the "youngest of the devils" Baba Yaga keeps hinting at, not Hardestadt.
* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Her power is so great it's literally ''killing'' her, hence all her references to constantly being sleepy. Aleviel's entire plan is to save her life.]]
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She likes to sleep a lot. [[spoiler:A darker take than most as it's strongly implied this is evidence of her slowly dying.]]
* StoryBreakerPower: Alienia's mere ''existence'' constitutes as this, dethroning Aleviel as the strongest living entity in the current setting. This is all offset by the fact she's a child and doesn't ''really'' know how to control her power yet.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her mere ''existence'' is a gigantic spoiler for ''Give Us Forever''.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Alineia's potential power isn't just remarkable among demons and angels; she's literally the strongest being in the entire Teraverse in terms of raw power. The only problem is she doesn't quite know how to control it.
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