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Thierry Descouedres

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

One of the oldest vampires in the world, turned by Maya in the Stone Age. He is a Night World Elder and the soulmate of Hannah. He's also one of the founders and co-leaders of Circle Daybreak.

Artifact Alias: His original name is Theorn, though he's gone by many other names over the years to blend in better. However, he’s primarily referred to by his current name of Thierry, both by himself and by people who know his real identity.
The Atoner: Swore never to kill again after he inadvertently slaughtered a Stone Age tribe, including the original incarnation of his soulmate, Hannah and does other good deeds in the hopes of redeeming himself.
Be Careful What You Wish For: To an extent. He states that when he was still mortal, he had "a vague longing to see the world". In a way, he gets his wish, getting to spend eternity travelling the world in search of his lost love and hiding the fact he doesn't age.
Because You Were Nice to Me: When he was captured and imprisoned by the Three Rivers Tribe, Hana was practically the only tribe member who showed him compassion and spoke up for him. She even tried to help him escape, offered him food and water, and finally even her own blood when she realized he was unable to eat anything else. Although he already felt a connection to her due to the Soulmate Principle, her kindness to him cements their bond. Unfortunately, this didn't stop him from killing her during his bloodlust-induced rampage. However, realizing he's mortally wounded Hana snapped Thierry out of it, and her forgiveness of him led him to seek a different path besides becoming a monster like Maya. Subsequently, he also spends centuries trying to track her down in every one of her lives and protect her from Maya.
Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Subverted and defied. After being tortured by the Three Rivers tribe he temporarily snapped and massacred almost all of them. However, he eventually came back to his senses and was horrified by his actions. He briefly considered just giving in and embracing being a monster, but in the end he refused to abandon his morals and remained a mostly good person.
Benevolent Boss: He generally treats his subordinates with courtesy and respect and will go out of his way to help them; in return, they are undyingly loyal to him.
Beware the Nice Ones: As generous and good-hearted as Thierry is, you do not want to get him mad.
Big Good: Revealed to be this to Circle Daybreak.
Boy of My Dreams: Played with. Hannah dreams of him before actually meeting him in her current life, but had met him in her previous incarnations.
Break Them by Talking: Does this to Maya in the climax of Soulmate, resulting in her Villainous Breakdown. He refutes her claim that everything she did was for love of him and makes it clear that no matter what Maya does to Hannah - including preventing her from reincarnating - he will always love her and it's certainly not going to convince him he and Maya 'belong' together. When Maya threatens to kill him too, he just points out that then she she't have anyone to gloat to.
Broken Pedestal: Towards Maya. He once admired and cared for her, and it's even implied he may have had romantic feelings for her. However, his view of her is completely shattered when he learns she murdered children to become immortal. Her subsequent atrocities, some of which involve him personally or those he cares for, cement his hatred for her.
Cradling Your Kill: Did this to Hannah after accidentally killing her in the Stone Age.
Dark and Troubled Past: He was violently turned into a vampire against his will, which was only the beginning of his troubles. Then there was his far from friendly encounter with the tribe of the Three Rivers, which ended with Thierry going crazy with bloodlust after being tortured by them and practically wiping them out. And this isn't even getting into his problems with his soulmate...
Does This Remind You of Anything?: His flashback of the night Maya turned him into a vampire makes it disturbingly reminiscent of a sexual assault.
Easily Forgiven: Hana forgave him very quickly for killing her and almost her whole tribe. To be fair though, it's implied it's because she knows he never meant to do it and he's clearly distraught. She also makes him promise never to kill again, which he instantly takes to heart.
Eternal Love: The most prominent example in the series. Due to him being a vampire and Hannah being reincarnated repeatedly, they have been in love for over ten thousand years and will likely continue to be in love forever.
Frame-Up: Has been a victim of this, courtesy of Maya, for thousands of years.
Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: He's known as 'Saint Thierry' for his benevolence and the fact he hasn't taken a life since the Stone Age.
Good All Along: It turns out that Maya, not Thierry, has been stalking and killing Hannah, tricking her into believing it's Thierry.
G-Rated Sex: While making out with Hannah, she desires to be more intimate with him; however, she doesn't feel ready for sex. Instead, she gets Thierry to bite her and drink her blood, allowing them to link minds.
Has a Type: Before he met his soulmate, Thierry seemed to have a crush on Hellewise. Both Hellewise and Hannah are attractive blondes who are deeply compassionate, forgiving and Wise Beyond Their Years. In fact, Hannah actually reminds Thierry of Hellewise in many ways. Of course, he also apparently had a bit of a crush on Maya as well, who is nothing like either Hellewise or Hannah in appearance or personality.
Happily Married: In Witchlight Hannah is referred to as ‘Lady Hannah’, implying he has married her. Word of God also confirms this.
I Gave My Word: The reason he doesn't just kill Maya (even though it would probably make everything much easier) is because he swore to Hannah never to kill.
I Hate You, Vampire Dad: He has nothing but contempt for Maya, who made him into a vampire.
I Let Gwen Stacy Die: His soulmate has been murdered dozens of times (luckily, she keeps coming back) and he blames himself for all of it. And her first death technically was his fault.
Interspecies Romance: With Hannah, a human girl. He offers to complete her vampire transformation at the end of Soulmate, but she declines, which he's perfectly fine with.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: When Hannah tells him to go away and never bother her again, he does just that, despite his deep love for her, because her happiness is more important to him. He comes back in the end though to save her from Maya, by which point Hannah most definitely wants him to stay.
Love Martyr: To Hannah for most of Soulmate; she spends a large chunk of the book threatening him, insulting him and screaming at him to stay away from her despite him being perfectly kind and reasonable; he also goes to great lengths to protect her and even saves her life on at least one occasion. Nothing she can say or do will even remotely dent his love for her. In Hannah's defense, she does spend most of the story believing he'd been stalking and planning to murder her since prehistory and she feels terrible when she realises Thierry is innocent. And she's put up with a lot from him too including him accidentally killing her.
Mayfly–December Romance: Played with. He is in love with Hannah, who is nearly 17 during the events of Soulmate, whilst he's thousands of years old. But, as an Old Soul, Hannah has been reincarnated every time she dies and her original incarnation was born in the Stone Age, technically making her around the same age as Thierry.
Meaningful Name: Thierry is the French form of Theodoric, meaning "ruler of the people", an appropriate name for a vampire Elder and Rebel Leader.
My God, What Have I Done?: After going into a bloodlust and killing almost an entire tribe, including his soulmate.
My Greatest Failure: He regards accidentally killing Hannah's original incarnation and the rest of her tribe as this, as well as failing to stop Maya from killing her in her other lives.
Non-Idle Rich: He's absolutely rolling in it and uses his money to fund Circle Daybreak and try to find his lost love Hannah.
The Older Immortal: He was the second vampire in existence, born in the Stone Age.
Older Than They Look / Really 700 Years Old: Thierry was turned into a vampire at age 19, several thousand years ago, and hasn't aged a day.
One True Love: To Hannah.
Pretty Boy: He's described as being tall and "beautiful", with a "well-made" face, "lithe" body, pale blonde hair, soulful dark eyes and a pensive - even melancholy - air about him.
Rage Breaking Point: Threatening his soulmate. When Maya alludes to having possibly harmed her, he goes from relatively calm and controlled to violently furious in seconds - the only thing that stops him from killing her in the middle of a hotel lobby is not upholding The Masquerade, but his vow against killing.
Rebel Leader: He founded and co-leads the reformed Circle Daybreak.
Reincarnation Romance: With Hannah.
Rise from Your Grave: Thierry recalls digging himself out of his own grave after awakening as a vampire. Given he was turned in the Stone Age, he didn't have a coffin and was simply buried under dirt at the back of his tribe's cave, so he just has to dig his way out. Vampires are also preternaturally strong. It still wasn't pleasant for him, though, or for the shocked mourners.
Romantic Vampire Boy: Tries and eventually succeeds in being this to Hannah.
Ship Tease: With Hellewise, although it ultimately doesn't go anywhere. Given that the family tree and fanguide state she married Thierry's brother, this may add an element of Settle for Sibling.
Stalker with a Crush: Comes across as this towards Hannah, allegedly making her fall in love with him, then killing her in each of lives. Later subverted, as it turns out that Thierry only follows Hannah to try and protect her from Maya, the real killer who's been framing him, and his love for Hannah is genuine.
Sympathetic Murder Backstory: Revealed to have this, which deeply affects him and is a driving factor behind many of his actions even thousands of years later. See Sympathetic Murderer below for details.
Sympathetic Murderer: It turns out that the only time Thierry harmed anyone was when he slaughtered an entire village in prehistoric times. However, his judgement was heavily impaired at the time: he was a newly made vampire, suffering from bloodlust and was being tortured by the tribe who had captured him and refused to release him. He snapped and killed them in a thirst-induced frenzy. When he came to his senses, he was horrified and swore never to kill again and tries to make amends for the next ten thousand years or so.
Thou Shalt Not Kill: He has vowed never to kill anyone because it was Hannah's original incarnation's final request.
Token Good Teammate: For the Night World Elders, being by far the most benevolent and reasonable of them. Late in the series it's revealed he's formally switched sides and become the Big Good.
Vampire Monarch: He's a vampire Elder, which is more or less the equivalent of royalty in the Night World. He is often addressed as "Lord Thierry" and is very wealthy and influential. He comes across as The Good King.
Vampires Are Rich: He owns a mansion in Las Vegas (and is implied to run part of the city), casually triples his driver's salary, throws swanky parties every summer solstice and funds Circle Daybreak. Justified, in that he's had plenty of time to accumulate his wealth.
Would Hit a Girl: Well, only one in particular. And given how much of a twisted, manipulative psycho she is, it's probably justified in this case.
Would Hurt a Child: Played with. When he was a newly made vampire, he fed off Hana's young cousin. However, he wasn't fully in control of himself and was horrified by what he had done. When he's in his right mind, he wouldn't even contemplate doing such a thing.

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Poppy North

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

"The reality is that one way or another I'm going to die soon. And I'd rather die and wake up a vampire than die and not wake up at all."

The main protagonist of Secret Vampire. She is an ordinary teenager...until she's diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, prompting her best friend and soulmate James to offer to make her a vampire to save her.

Affectionate Nickname: Her father calls her Kilowatt or Eveready, whilst her mother calls her Poppet. Ash also nicknames her "little dreamer".
Afraid of Needles: Poppy hates getting injections, with James making a point of miming someone getting a big injection to mess with her.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Played with. She's attracted to James's 'wild' side, but also likes the more vulnerable and caring side that he only displays around her.
Beware the Nice Ones: As a little kid, she beat up a group of boys who were bullying James...then immediately extended friendship to him. If she feels threatened or that her loved ones are in danger, she can be downright vicious. After newly awakening as a vampire, she also initially struggles a bit with the bloodlust; she outright pounces on a poor homeless guy and begins gnawing on his neck, until James yanks her off and talks sense into her, and tried to take a bite out of her twin brother.
Black Comedy: After seeing how disturbed and grossed-out Phil is after she drinks vampire blood to stabilise herself for the transformation, she winks at him and says "Don't knock it till you've tried it".
Bully Hunter: She was this at the tender age of four, taking on several bigger boys at once in defense of James when she saw them picking on him.
Childhood Friend Romance: With James. They first met in kindergarten.
Cute Bruiser / Little Miss Badass: As an adorable little kindergartner, she beat up a group of bigger boys who were bullying James to protect him. She generally continues this trend as a teenager.
Damsel out of Distress: When she realises Ash intends to hand her over to Thierry as an illegally made vampire, she begins fighting back despite him being physically stronger, tries to jump over the balcony they're standing on and also instinctively lashes out at him with her psychic abilities. This attracts the attention of James and Phil, who come to her assistance.
Death Faked for You: James and her brother Phil fake that she died of cancer to hide the fact she's become a vampire. She was in on it, but all she really needed to do was lie in a coffin until James dug her up and then make sure no one she knew saw her walking around; James and Phil did all the hard work.
Description in the Mirror: Does this in the first chapter of Secret Vampire, though it's kept brief.
Doomed Protagonist: "It was on the first day of summer vacation that Poppy found out she was going to die". Subverted, though, as she ends up becoming a vampire (who don't get cancer).
Dreaming of Things to Come: She dreams of meeting Ash before actually encountering him in person. The dream foreshadows Ash's attempt to turn her over to the Elders as a renegade vampire, and that she is actually a lost witch.
Emergency Transformation: After being diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas, her best friend James (who happens to be a vampire) offers to turn her into a vampire too in order to save her. She agrees, figuring it's better than the alternative.
Face Death with Dignity: Averted. Poppy appears to be doing this from everyone else's perspective, but she's actually taking a gamble to potentially live on as a vampire and so can keep herself calm knowing she has a chance to fight. She states that if she knew she had no possible solution, she'd go out "kicking and screaming all the way".
Fanservice Pack: Lampshaded by Poppy herself. She wasn't bad-looking before, but after transforming into a vampire, she becomes even more beautiful in a wild, "rock star" way.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Downplayed with Phil, she being the 'Foolish' sibling. She mentions that she doesn’t take her studies nearly as seriously as her brother, prefers shopping and hanging out with her friends, and often uses what smarts she has to worm her way out of trouble with her teachers, whilst Phil is a model student and belongs to several school teams and clubs.
Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: Strongly aspires to be this, suggesting to James that instead of hypnotising people to forget being bitten (which, whilst better than simply killing them, is still morally questionable), they should alternate between feeding on animals and taking blood from witches, who sometimes act as willing donors for vampires.
Genki Girl: She's usually very energetic and hyper, to the point where he dad nicknames her 'Kilowatt' and 'Eveready'. She becomes less vivacious due to falling gravely ill, but bounces back after becoming a vampire.
Gut Feeling: She often gets “hunches” about things that turn out to be right. It foreshadows that she’s actually a lost witch.
Height Angst: She is quite short and thinks it's unfair that her twin brother is much taller.
Heroic BSoD: She very understandably has one when she first learns she has pancreatic cancer and that there's nothing the doctors can do.
High-School Sweethearts: With James (combined with Childhood Friend Romance). They're both vampires by the end of the first book and so will be together forever. They're fine with this, as they figure out they're soulmates and so were always destined to be together; Poppy actually tells James she knew she wanted to marry him someday right back when they were kids.
Instant Expert: She picks up telepathy after only a day or so of being a vampire, which James lampshades, and after an initial hiccup with Ash, also quickly learns how to block her mind from being read and attack people psychically, which both Ash and James comment on. This is actually a justified example, as she’s later revealed to be a lost witch and so already had latent powers she was unaware of, until becoming a vampire amplified them.
Interspecies Romance: With James (until she becomes a vampire herself).
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: When Ash tells her that James could get in serious trouble and possibly even be executed by the Night World for turning her without permission, Poppy willingly leaves the state with Ash to protect James, not knowing if or when she'll see him again.
Lineage Comes from the Father: She takes after her scatterbrained, conspiracy-theorist dad more than her mother, even stating she sometimes feels he's the only family member who truly understands her. After it turns out she's a lost witch, she deduces that she got it from her dad, as this explains some of his weird behaviour.
Littlest Cancer Patient: Technically, she's a teen, but she's described as being "small" and "pixie-like" and everyone is devastated when she gets diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Very much so for James (she's even compared to a pixie or elf in appearance). She's a rare example of this who is actually the main protagonist and has her own story arc and Character Development beyond her relationship with the Love Interest.
Meaningful Name: Poppies are flowers associated with sleep, recovery, rememberence of the dead, eternal life and resurrection, so it seems quite fitting for Poppy's character arc in the first book. As Ash notes, "Poppy" is also coincidentally a lamia name (they often choose names associated with the natural world) even though she herself is a made vampire although it turns out she was actually a lost witch all along.
The Napoleon: She has quite a fierce and exuberant personality and dislikes how her appearance, in particular her short stature, makes her look like a 'cute little pixie'. This lessens after she becomes a vampire; she notes that the physical changes brought on by the transformation make her look less 'cute' and more 'dangerously beautiful'.
Oh, Crap!: Upon realising Ash brought her to Vegas to turn her over to the Elders.
One True Love: To James. Although she hadn't actually heard of the Soulmate Principle until James explains it to her, she tells him that she'd known since she was a kid that she wanted to marry him and thinks it makes perfect sense.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Phil realises something really isn't right when Poppy begins behaving in an overly aggressive, irrational manner and going into denial about her illness, due to not completing a vital blood exchange with James. This convinces Phil to help James complete Poppy's transformation.
Patient Childhood Love Interest: To James. For years, she's remained his best friend and put up with him dating numerous other girls, biding her time until he notices her. She is convinced they will inevitably end up together and she just needs to wait. However, she's started to realize she may have to be more proactive about her feelings if she wants to win him over. She upgrades to being a Victorious Childhood Friend towards the end of Secret Vampire.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: After becoming a vampire, she's strong enough to knock down and overpower a grown man with little effort, despite her small stature.
Platonic Life-Partners: Subverted; Poppy states that some people think of her and James as being this (and it perhaps was the case back when they were little kids), but she's actually secretly in love with him. James eventually admits he feels the same way and they get a Relationship Upgrade.
Polar Opposite Twins: With Phil. They don't look much alike, he being tall and blonde, whilst she's a short redhead. Phil is also generally very levelheaded, sensible and logical, whilst Poppy is very lively, carefree and tends to follow her heart more so than her head.
The Pollyanna: She's usually quite cheerful and enthusiastic, and always tries to find the positives in every situation. This is somewhat deconstructed early in Secret Vampire, as she ignores the pains she has been getting in her abdomen out of determination not to let sickness 'ruin' her summer vacation...until it gets so bad she nearly collapses in her kitchen. It gets reconstructed too, though, as her positive attitude helps her cope with her cancer diagnosis and becoming a vampire.
Precision F-Strike: When James first tells her he's a vampire, shortly after she told him she was going to die from cancer, she understandably thinks he's playing a sick joke and flips out, yelling that he's a "Bastard!"
Protagonist Title: She’s the titular ‘secret vampire’ of the first book.
Quirky Curls: Has this hairstyle, combined with Stubborn Hair, reflecting her inner stubbornness and vivacity.
Rise from Your Grave: Defied. James goes to great lengths to ensure this doesn't happen to Poppy; he puts her into a deep sleep and tells her she'll only wake when he sends her a telepathic message. He and her brother Philip sneak into the cemetery the night after her funeral and dig up her coffin to let her out (which realistically takes a while, even with James being a vampire).
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The Energetic Girl to James' Savvy Guy.
Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Described as having bright green eyes and copper coloured hair, and is the main protagonist of Secret Vampire.
Single-Target Sexuality: Even before finding out they were soulmates, she was never romantically interested in anyone but James, and by age sixteen one of her life goals is to eventually marry him. After Ash tricks her into leaving James to protect him and she believes they'll never see each other again, she shuts him right down when he tries to put the moves on her and declares she'll never love - or even want to love - anyone but James, as long as she lives (seeing as she's a vampire at this point, that's a pretty long time).
Took a Level in Badass: After becoming a vampire.
Took a Level in Jerkass: She briefly takes one due to being emotionally unbalanced by the vampire transformation, becoming a lot more short-tempered and aggressive. She's back to her old self once she exchanges blood with James again.
Tragic Dropout: She is forced to drop out of high school (and may never get to go to college or university) due to having to fake her death. She admits she was never very academically-inclined in the first place, but she actually expresses regret about this, wishing she'd tried harder in school.
Tsundere: Can be a bit of one to James at times (her default being "dere, dere"). In one notable example, James tells her not to worry about him, prompting Poppy to snap "Don't tell me what to worry about!"
Unwitting Muggle Friend: To James for most of their lives, until he spills the beans to save her from cancer. After getting over her initial shock, Poppy admits to herself that in hindsight a lot of things about James now make sense. It also turns out she herself was unknowingly not entirely a muggle either.
Was It All a Lie?: To James, upon Phil's fight with him and accusation that he's just using her.
What Have I Become?: Her reaction when she sees her reflection as a vampire for the first time; she's especially freaked out by her eyes turning silvery. However, she quickly comes to terms with it:
"She leaned forward to examine her teeth, poking at the canines to make them grow. Then she jerked back, gasping. Her eyes. She hadn't realized. Oh, God, no wonder Phil had been scared. When she did that, when her teeth extended, her eyes went silvery-green, uncanny. Like the eyes of a hunting cat. All at once she was overcome by terror. She had to cling to the sink to stay on her feet. I don't want it, I don't want it....Oh, deal with it, girl. Stop whining. So what did you expect to look like, Shirley Temple? You're a hunter now. And your eyes go silver and blood tastes like cherry preserves. And that's all there is to it, and the other choice was resting in peace. So deal."
Your Days Are Numbered: Early in the story, she overhears her doctors telling her mother and Cliff that she has terminal cancer and will probably only survive to the end of summer, at most. And that it will probably be debilitatingly painful and all they can really do is offer her palliative care. Upon learning from James that he can save her by turning her into a vampire, she weighs her options and then decides it's worth the risks and sacrifices if she gets a chance to keep living.
Youthful Freckles: She has "four and a half" freckles on her nose and is the epitome of a carefree, fun-loving teenager. After getting diagnosed with terminal cancer, becoming a vampire and having to leave behind almost everything she loves to start a new life, she mentally matures a lot and her freckles simultaneously disappear as a side effect of becoming one of the undead.

James Rasmussen

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

"You don't love somebody because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song that nobody but you can understand."

The secondary protagonist of Secret Vampire. He is Poppy's childhood friend and soulmate, who offers to make her a vampire to save her when she's diagnosed with cancer. He's related to the Redferns through his mother.

Abusive Parents: His parents are neglectful and emotionally detached from him at best. At worst, they manipulated him into killing his nanny, Emma, as a young child.
Affectionate Nickname: Jamie (though only Poppy is allowed to call him that).
Beneath the Mask: To most of his classmates, he's an aloof, attractive, womanizing and somewhat rebellious outsider. In secret, he's quite sensitive, thoughtful and not shallow or pretentious in the slightest. He usually only shows the real him to Poppy.
Beware the Nice Ones / Good Is Not Soft: James is a good person at heart and tries to do the right thing, but he has a ruthless side. He comes close to attacking Phil on a few occasions and at one point throws him into a dresser (though to be fair, Phil hit him first). And when Ash tries to hand Poppy over to the Elders, he's fully prepared to kill him until Poppy defuses the situation.
Cannot Spit It Out: Initially towards Poppy, partly due to being in denial about his feelings.
The Casanova: He has a reputation for being this. He actually feeds on the girls rather than fooling around.
Cassandra Truth: He warns Ash that one day, he'll fall in love with someone and "it will hurt''. Ash dismisses this...and then meets his soulmate in the very next book and experiences a lot of angst as a result.
Celebrity Resemblance: Poppy says he reminds her "vaguely of James Dean".
Chick Magnet: He's somewhat notorious for the amount of girlfriends he has, Poppy is in love with him and his witch friend Gisele also flirts with him.
Childhood Friend Romance: With Poppy. They first met in kindergarten.
Color-Coded Eyes: His gray eyes are frequently mentioned, stating as alternating between "cool and intense" depending on his mood. His eyes turn silvery when he uses his vampiric abilities and they can look pretty frightening if you've pissed him off.
Cool Shades: Occasionally sports a pair, especially as he lives in California and a vampire's eyes are more sensitive to light.
Dark and Troubled Past: On top of being extremely negligent, James's parents responded to him growing fond of his human nanny by, essentially, forcing him to kill her. When he was four.
Didn't Think This Through: To get Phil off his back when he catches him seemingly being intimate with Poppy, James tells him he only likes Poppy as a friend and is just comforting her because he feels bad that she's terminally ill. It apparently never occurred to him that Phil would tell Poppy this and that she might believe her brother and refuse to see James, disrupting the delicate transformation process needed to save her life.
Fantastic Racism: Though he doesn't seem to truly despise or discriminate against them, James apparently has a low opinion of werewolves, often dismissing them as being stupid or overly-territorial, and even insultingly tells one werewolf to "go mark a fire hydrant".
Friendly Address Privileges: Poppy is the only one who can call James "Jamie". She says that not even his girlfriends would've tried calling him this nickname, further displaying how close they are.
Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: He's surprisingly well-adjusted and benevolent, considering his family are the Redferns and his Dark and Troubled Past. He never kills the people he feeds on, instead hypnotising them to bite them and making them forget, and then feeding on animals every other day.
High-School Sweethearts: With Poppy (combined with Childhood Friend Romance). They're both vampires by the end of the first book and so will be together forever. They're fine with this, as they figure out they're soulmates and so were always destined to be together; Poppy actually tells James she knew she wanted to marry him someday right back when they were kids.
I Love You, Vampire Son: He changes Poppy out of love for her and finally confesses his feelings to her after she awakens as a vampire.
Interspecies Romance: Played with. He's a vampire, whilst Poppy is human or rather, a lost witch, as it turns out. However, half way through Secret Vampire, he turns her into a vampire as well to save her from dying of cancer.
Just Friends: Insists his relationship with Poppy is this, even to himself. By the middle of the book, he doesn't even bother denying his feelings go deeper than that. Justified, seeing as Night People can be executed for falling in love with humans.
Living Emotional Crutch: He becomes one to Poppy for the duration of her illness, in more ways than one. They have to exchange blood regularly to maintain her mental state and she also leans on him for emotional support and comfort, often reaching out to him when things look bleak to reassure and protect her. However, Poppy actually moves past this; after becoming a vampire, she realises that she's become a strong enough person to not have to rely on James all the time. She's even willing to leave him forever in order to protect him from those that would harm him.
Momma's Boy: A tragic example that doesn't actually apply to James' biological mother – who is very cold and distant towards him – but to his childhood nanny Emma, who "gave [him] everything [his] mom didn't". It's obvious he loved her dearly and was closer to her than either of his real parents; sadly, they ended up effectively manipulating James into killing her as they felt it was inappropriate for him to be so attached to a human. James is still haunted by what happened to this day.
James: "I was crazy about her. She gave me everything my mom didn't. Love, attention - she was never too busy."
Oblivious to Love: Poppy thinks he’s this at first in regards to her (and is determined to change it). As it turns out, he’s been in love with her for years, but repressed his feelings - not even allowing himself to acknowledge them - because the laws of the Night World forbid it and it would put Poppy in danger.
One True Love: To Poppy. He's the one who explains what the Soulmate Principle is to her (and by extension the reader); he'd heard of it but never knew it was real until he realized he was in love with Poppy.
Romantic Vampire Boy: To Poppy. Subverted in regards to his numerous other girlfriends as he just uses them to feed from rather than having an emotional attachment to them. He never even considered doing this to Poppy though, a sign that he genuinely loves her.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The Savvy Guy to Poppy's Energetic Girl. He's witty, practical, plans for the long-term and is usually level-headed.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Even though it's strictly against the laws of the Night World, goes against everything he was taught growing up and could result in his execution, he chooses to reveal his true nature to Poppy and offer to make her a vampire without the Elders’ permission to save her life. He then breaks the rules further to let Phil in on the plan and enlist his help.
Sympathetic Murder Backstory: James reveals to Philip that when he was just four years old, his parents manipulated him into killing his human nanny, Miss Emma, whom he loved like a mother, due to feeling he was getting too close to 'vermin'. Specifically, they took him on a three-day trip and wouldn't let him drink blood. When they got home, they sent Emma to take James up to bed and he couldn't stop himself from attacking her, despite his efforts. He attempted to save Emma by giving her some of his own blood, hoping she'd become a vampire, but it didn't end well...
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Subverted. He grudgingly works with Phil, whom he views as an uptight jerk who has no idea what he's getting himself into, to save Poppy. However, they become friendlier to each other in the process.
Urban Legend Love Life: He has a reputation as The Casanova, going through numerous girlfriends throughout the school year. None of his relationships last more than a few months, tops. In reality, he secretly feeds off the girls and dumps them before long to avoid developing an emotional attachment to them.
White Sheep: He is easily the kindest and most moral member of his family, who doesn't look down on humans as 'vermin'. He does mention to Poppy that some of his cousins are alright (presumably referring to Rowan, Kestrel and Jade, who are pretty friendly for the most part), but doesn't seem overly fond of the rest of his family.

Ash Redfern

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Daughters of Darkness | Dark Angel | Soulmate

"If somebody had said to me last week that I'd be...involved...with a human, I'd have knocked his head off. I mean, after howls of derisive laughter."

A recurring character in the series. His most prominent roles are in Secret Vampire, where he's the antagonist of the second half, and in Daughters of Darkness, where he's the Anti-Hero. He is the cousin of James Rasmussen and brother to Rowan, Kestrel and Jade. He turns out to be the soulmate of Mary-Lynette Carter, which causes him to seriously reevaluate his life choices.

Aloof Ally / Not in This for Your Revolution: It's implied he becomes one to Circle Daybreak, refusing to call himself a Daybreaker and keeping himself apart from the others. However, by Soulmate, he grudgingly accepts being 'one of them'.
Aloof Big Brother: To his younger sisters, and even his older sister. Bordering on Big Brother Bully, if his sisters' attitude towards him is anything to go by.
Ambiguously Evil: In Secret Vampire. Whilst he's certainly immoral and a troublemaker, it's not made entirely clear if he really intended to turn Poppy over to the Elders as a renegade vampire or if he was, as he claimed, merely playing a sick joke. Furthermore, it's not clear if he was just trying to cause trouble, or if he was actually genuinely trying to protect James, especially seeing as he displays more altruistic qualities in the next book. Poppy herself is unsure of his intentions and it's ultimately left up to the reader's interpretation.
Animal Motif: Cats. He's said to look like a "big, blonde", lazy cat most of the time due to his laid-back nature...until he gets angry, wherein he resembles an "elegant, pale tiger".
Anti-Role Model: At first, before his Character Development.
The Atoner: Becomes this at the end of Daughters of Darkness, protecting humans from Night People and eventually joining Circle Daybreak.
Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Mary-Lynette.
Big Brother Instinct: One of his main motivations for coming to Briar Creek is to persuade his sisters to return to the enclave before their father finds out and gets involved, which will probably leave them far worse off. At the end of the novel, Ash lies to Quinn and his father about his sisters' reasons for staying in Briar Creek to protect them.
The Casanova: Has had many girlfriends and flirts with any woman he comes into contact with, with little interest in meaningful or emotionally deep relationships. He gives this up after meeting his soulmate.
The Champion: By the end of Daughters of Darkness, he aspires to become this to Mary-Lynette.
The Charmer: He can be incredibly charming when he wants to, especially with the ladies.
Cock Fight: Ends up in one with Jeremy over Mary-Lynette, though not quite in the usual way. Jeremy is trying to kill Ash to get rid of the competition and is also trying to forcibly turn Mary-Lynette into a werewolf, which Ash doesn't take well. He's not so much fighting Jeremy over Mary-Lynette's affections as he is trying to protect her from Jeremy's Ax Crazyiness.
Dating What Daddy Hates: When it's revealed he's soulmates with Mary-Lynette, Kestrel finds it hilarious, stating she just wishes their father was there to see it.
Did Not Get the Girl: Downplayed. He and Mary-Lynette are clearly in love but he leaves her at the end of the novel to find redemption, while she promises to wait for him They stand out as being the only soulmate couple in the series who don't officially get together in the end.
Distressed Dude: In the climax of Daughters of Darkness he spends most of the confrontation with Jeremy knocked out and has to be saved by Mary-Lynette.
Dogged Nice Guy: Towards Mary-Lynette after coming to terms with his feelings for her. He is desperate to prove himself to her and let her know his feelings are sincere, largely dropping the Casanova-act.
"But, Ash continued doggedly, the thing is-and I know this is going to sound strange-that I seem to love you sort of desperately.”
Everyone Has Standards: Rowan mentions that Ash is actually surprisingly open-minded for a Night Person, with his father scolding him on bringing shame to the family by hanging out with werewolves and other Night People considered 'beneath' vampires. It's hinted he may even have dated a shapeshifter at one point.
Four-Temperament Ensemble: With his siblings in Daughters of Darkness. He's Choleric, being bold and unflappable, but also selfish and manipulative.
Hidden Depths: Likes to read the Classics, can quote Shakespeare and likes stargazing. On top of that, he's actually surprisingly intelligent, such as rather quickly being able to figure out that Poppy and Phil are lost witches and that his sisters would've gone to live with their aunt Opal in Oregon when they ran off. See also Everyone Has Standards.
Insecure Love Interest: Is a bit of one to Mary-Lynette when he finally accepts his feelings for her, believing a selfish jerk like him is unworthy of her. This prompts him to become The Atoner to truly earn her affections, as well as make up for all his Jerkass behaviour in the past.
It's All About Me: He's usually pretty self-centred and is described as selfish by several other characters. Before he even appears, James sums up Ash as being someone who "only cares about himself and loves to cause trouble" and even Quinn remarks that he "always looks out for number one". He gets better about this by the end of Daughters of Darkness.
Jerkass / Rich Jerk: Eventually develops into a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
Lady Killer In Love: With Mary-Lynette.
Last Guy Wins: Mary-Lynette meets him years after Jeremy and in fact only knows him for several days before they figure out they're soulmates.
Loveable Rogue: He's introduced as a spoilt, manipulative ladies' man who's generally the exact opposite of his cousin James. However, he is generally one of the more popular characters in the series for being so darn charming and funny, and a bit of a Wild Card. He becomes even more loveable from the second book onwards due to falling hard for Mary-Lynette and trying to make up for his bad behaviour, while still retaining his snarky, devil-may-care attitude.
Love Hurts: Learns this by the end of Daughters of Darkness. James did try to warn him in the last book...
Love Redeems: One of the most prominent examples. After falling for Mary-Lynette, he starts feeling guilty for his selfish playboy behaviour and decides to try and atone for his past wrong-doings to prove himself worthy of her.
Manipulative Bastard: He's good at reading people and charming his way around them to get what he wants. A notable example is in Secret Vampire, where he convinces Poppy that staying with James will endanger him as an excuse to get her to run away to Vegas with him.
Meaningful Name: The name Ash refers to the ash tree, which is keeping in with lamia naming traditions, although it also matches up with his hair color.
Mystical White Hair: Has light or ash-blond hair.
The Nicknamer: He gives Mary-Lynette several nicknames. She is thoroughly unimpressed. He also nicknames Poppy "little dreamer", on account of her strange dreams.
Not Me This Time: Just about everyone, even his own sisters, believe him to be the most likely suspect in his Aunt Opal's murder. He insists he had nothing to do with it and is just as surprised as they are by her death. As it turns out, he's telling the truth.
Opposites Attract: With Mary-Lynette, though they actually have more in common they first thought.
Reformed Rake: Ash starts out as a self-absorbed womaniser, but after falling in love with Mary-Lynette he Took a Level in Kindness and becomes devoted to her. He may be a more realistic take on this trope, as he actually leaves Mary-Lynette to genuinely atone for his past misbehaviour and they are particularly notable in being the only soulmate couple in the series who don't have an automatic Happily Ever After at the end of their story.
Romantic Vampire Boy: Tried this with Poppy, who shuts him straight down. Eventually becomes a straighter example to Mary-Lynette.
Ship Tease: In Secret Vampire, he and Blaise are quite flirty with each other and she seems a bit jealous of the attention he gives Poppy. However, it never comes up again, especially seeing as Ash meets his soulmate in the next book.
Small Role, Big Impact: In Dark Angel he is the vampire who saves protagonist Gillian's life when she enters a Night World club and is mistaken as a human.
Spoiled Brat: Comes across as one, being a self-absorbed jerk who only cares for his own pleasure and changes his mind on a whim when it suits him.
Took a Level in Kindness: In Daughters of Darkness; he keeps taking levels before becoming a self-admitted Daybreaker by Soulmate.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Rowan states he used be a "nice little kid".

Thea Harman

Thea Sophia Harman

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Spellbinder | Soulmate

"I'm now the princess of forbidden spells."

The main protagonist of Spellbinder. She is the granddaughter of Grandma Harman and cousin to Blaise, whom she was raised with. She's also Eric's soulmate.

Break His Heart to Save Him: In the climax, she yells at Eric to get out, calling him a "stupid human" and insisting she doesn't need him in an attempt to keep him safe from Suzanne. Eric knows exactly what's she's doing and stays put.
Color-Coded Eyes: Her eyes are brown, denoting her warm, down-to-earth personality; even though she's a powerful witch and is practically royalty, she doesn't look down on others and is kind and approachable. Hellewise was also said to have brown eyes; Thea's eye color also contrasts her with her gray-eyed cousin Blaise and with other members of her family who have far more exotic purple eyes.
Dead Guy Junior: Implied. Her middle name is stated to be Sophia, whilst the fanguide and family tree reveal her late mother's name was also Sophia.
Disappeared Dad: Her father died in unspecified circumstances when she was a baby.
The Dutiful Daughter: To the Harmans. Unlike Blaise, Thea takes the family honour and legacy very seriously and tries to be on her best behaviour, so as not to bring shame to Grandma Harman. She isn't all that happy about it though, as her sense of duty to her family clashes with her personal dreams of studying zoology (and being with Eric).
Everyone Loves Blondes: Has "yellow" blonde hair and is very beautiful.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: They're not quite siblings, but she's generally the 'responsible' sibling to Blaise's 'foolish'.
Friend to All Living Things: Has a particular affinity for animals - being able to telepathically communicate with them - and even tries to help humans, despite her initial derision and distrust of them.
The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: She competes with Blaise for Eric's affections (although they're technically cousins, they were raised together and refer to each other as sisters). Thea, though also beautiful, is the Smart Sister, being far more sensible, bookish and conscientious of her studies.
Healing Hands: Demonstrates this ability to an extent, using her innate power bolstered by a crystal to heal Eric's snakebite early in Spellbinder.
Humans Are Bastards: Her initial view of humans is something along these lines, though she'll still try to help them and doesn't actively wish harm upon them. She develops a more positive view of them over the course of Spellbinder, especially when she falls in love with Eric, who is a very kind and thoughtful human boy.
Indifferent Beauty: To an extent. Though she’s aware she’s quite beautiful, she never really focuses much on it, especially in contrast to Blaise. The only time she makes a real effort with her looks is for the Homecoming Dance, to impress Eric.
Interspecies Romance / Muggle–Mage Romance: With Eric, a human.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy / It's Not You, It's My Enemies: She tries to distance herself from Eric and even puts a love spell on him so he'll fall for a different girl, out of fear he'll get hurt from being with her. It completely fails.
Last of Her Kind: Somewhat. It’s mentioned that she and Blaise are the last generation of Harmans. Subverted when female descendants of their missing great aunt Elspeth turn up later on.
Light Feminine Dark Feminine: Thea is the 'day' to her cousin Blaise's 'night'.
Light Is Good: She has blonde hair, often wears white or light coloured clothing and pretty much exclusively uses White Magic. Even her name refers to a Greek goddess associated with light and translates as “holy” or “divine”.
Magical Girlfriend: To Eric, to an extent. He's a somewhat geeky Ordinary High-School Student, whilst she's an incredibly powerful witch who belongs to the closest thing the witches have to a royal family, completely turning his life upside down once she comes into it.
Meaningful Appearance / Uncanny Family Resemblance: She is said to greatly resemble Hellewise, her ancestress who was born and lived in the Stone Age. Thea becomes heroic like her and also joins Circle Daybreak, who are dedicated to uniting humans and Night People, as Hellewise once was.
Missing Mom: Her mother died giving birth to her.
Morality Pet: Is arguably one to Blaise.
Mr. Exposition: Serves as this to Hannah in Soulmate, explaining about Circle Daybreak and their current goals to her.
Nephewism: She and Blaise have been raised by a number of different relatives, including aunts and uncles, over the years (mostly because Blaise keeps getting them expelled from school).
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: She tries to summon a benevolent witch spirit to protect Eric from Blaise, using a forbidden ritual...and accidentally unleashes Suzanne Blanchet, a very dangerous witch with a serious grudge against humankind (though Blaise's interference didn't exactly help, either).
Only I Can Kill Him: Justified; only the witch who summoned a spirit can send that spirit back 'beyond the veil', so it's up to Thea to banish Suzanne when she accidentally summons her to the mortal plane.
Raised by Grandparents: At the start of the series, she and Blaise have just moved in with their Grandma Harman after Blaise got them kicked out of their last school.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Blaise's Red.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She's attracted to and falls in love with Eric because he's a gentle, compassionate All-Loving Hero who treats everyone with respect, up to and including animals. Thea is surprised by this, as she'd never previously interacted too closely with humans and thought of them as mostly close-minded, bigoted jerks, only for Eric to flip that assumption on its head.
Speaks Fluent Animal: She can hear animals' thoughts and so understands them to an extent.
Sympathy for the Devil: She pities Suzanne for what was done to her, especially during the banishing ritual, where for a moment, she sees that Suzanne was once a young girl not unlike herself.
This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: In the climax of Spellbinder, while sending back the spirit she unintentionally summoned, Thea states:
"By the power of Earth and Air and Water! By the power of Fire on this night of Hecate! By my own power as a daughter of Hellewise! Go speedily, conveniently and without delay, you bitch!"
Trauma Button: Thea is very angered and distressed by the school's Halloween decorations, which depict witches being tortured or hanged. When Eric tries to say they're only meant to be decorations, she goes on a tearful rant about how many innocent people – real witches or not – were actually horribly tortured and killed by witch hunters. Thea's reaction is pretty understandable when one considers that for witches, the 'Burning Times' could almost be considered the Night World equivalent of the Holocaust and the reason Night People went underground in the first place.
Voluntary Vampire Victim: In her Establishing Character Moment in Secret Vampire, she very kindly offers to be a blood donor for Poppy when she sees she’s starving.

Eric Ross

Appears in: Spellbinder | Soulmate

"I know I love Thea. And she loves me. And if there's some rule that says we can't be together, it's a stupid rule."

The secondary protagonist of Spellbinder and Thea Harman's soulmate.

Anti-Magic: He's seemingly immune to love spells of any kind. However, it's not clear if he's naturally immune, or if it's the Soulmate Principle overriding the effect of the spells.
Badass Normal: He has no problem grabbing at a rattlesnake and risking being bitten to get it back in the bushes, squaring off against a deranged, knife-wielding guy unarmed and helping fight a very powerful and very pissed off ghost to help Thea.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: In his very first scene, he barrels through several students to grab a rattlesnake in the park lot and carry it to the bushes before it or anyone else gets hurt, even getting bitten in the process. See also Badass Normal above.
Disappeared Dad: He mentions that his father - a pilot - died in a plane crash a few years back.
Distressed Dude: Downplayed, but during the climax, he's in real trouble when Suzanne's ghost gets her Prehensile Hair around him until Thea turns up to help.
Florence Nightingale Effect: He first falls for Thea after she subtly uses magic to heal his snake bite.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He has sandy colored hair and is a very kind and well-meaning person.
Interspecies Romance / Muggle–Mage Romance: With Thea, a witch. And he makes it very clear to the Inner Circle that he thinks it's "stupid" that the laws of the Night World won't let them be together because of this.
Nature Lover: He loves animals, volunteers at a vet clinic and aspires to study zoology in university. It's partly what attracts Thea to him.
Nice Guy: He's compassionate and sensitive, not just to people but to animals as well.
Not Distracted by the Sexy: Happens twice when Blaise tries to seduce him, due to the fact he's already in love with Thea.
Protectorate: For Thea. She privately vows to protect him from Blaise, the Night World and anything that might harm him.
Two First Names: Eric and Ross can both be used as first names.
Understanding Boyfriend: To Thea, especially when he figures out she's a witch. He actually goes out of his way to help her stop Suzanne and is later revealed to have joined Circle Daybreak with her.

Gillian Lennox

Appears in: Dark Angel | Soulmate

"Being popular means everybody's glad when something bad happens to you."

The main protagonist of Dark Angel. She's a shy, misfit girl whose life is changed forever when she meets her mysterious 'guardian Angel' following a Near-Death Experience.

Acquired Situational Narcissism: Starts showing signs of this after becoming popular; see Be Careful What You Wish For.
Affectionate Nickname: Some of her classmates start calling her Jill after she becomes popular, while Angel calls her 'dragonfly'.
Animal Motif: Dragonflies. Angel nicknames her "dragonfly", saying she is "iridescent" like one. Notably, dragonflies also tend to symbolise self-realisation and personal growth, which is a big part of Gillian's Character Development.
Beautiful All Along / She Cleans Up Nicely: Turns out to be this after getting a make-over. Later revealed to be a Hot Witch, too.
Be a Whore to Get Your Man: Angel recommends this to her, having her dress in more revealing clothes and behave in a more sultry and flirtatious manner, to get David's attention. It certainly works, though as it turns out, David really loves her for the person she is Beneath the Mask, especially seeing as they're soulmates, and Gillian tones it down in the end once she gains more confidence in herself.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Learns this the hard way. She becomes popular...by completely changing who she is, manipulating people and becoming something of an Alpha Bitch. She also pushes away the one real friend she had and worse, gives a rival flesh-eating bacteria in her arm that nearly results in a finger being amputated. Luckily, she wises up and tries to put things right.
Betty and Veronica: Gender-flipped example; popular Nice Guy David is the Betty, whilst mysterious, cunning and somewhat hedonistic Angel is the Veronica for her. It turns out David is her soulmate. Gillian herself can be seen as the Veronica for David initially, though due to Betty and Veronica Switch, she's actually the Betty (she's a shy and caring girl, her Femme Fatale persona being largely an act).
Boyish Short Hair / Long Hair Is Feminine: Inverted on both counts; she actually begins dressing more feminine after cutting her long hair quite short.
Bullying a Dragon: Tanya and Kim find this out the hard way after she learns she's actually a witch.
Childhood Friend Romance: Played with. Gillian has loved David from afar ever since he saved her from being buried under snow as a kid, but he barely even knows she exists. They eventually get together though.
Classical Anti-Hero: She starts out as very shy, awkward and lonely, wishing she were popular but too afraid to pursue her goals. Her character arc largely revolves around her becoming more confident, adventurous and capable of standing up for herself, as well as learning the importance of not changing yourself to fit in.
Cowardly Lion: She may be a timid Shrinking Violet at first, but when she hears what sounds like a young child crying in the woods on a dark, cold afternoon, she still goes inside to try and find them, worried they may be lost and/or hurt.
Dark Is Not Evil: She begins wearing black quite a bit after her make-over, but she’s never evil (at worst, she’s a budding Alpha Bitch before her Jerkass Realization).
Dude Magnet: Becomes something of one after her make-over, with many guys that previously ignored/didn't notice her fawning over her and vying for her attention.
Fanservice Pack: She begins wearing more revealing outfits and bright red lipstick, and cuts her hair short early in the story. Hence, she goes from looking like a dorky fourteen year old (she's actually sixteen) to a "Parisian model" or "a girl with a reputation".
Femme Fatale: She puts up an image of being one, but she ultimately finds she doesn't actually like manipulating and exploiting others, and tries to do what she thinks is right.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: She has lots of stuffed toys in her room and wears pyjamas with teddies on them. Although she finds it embarrassing if other people were to find out she still has stuffed toys at the age of sixteen, she can't bring herself to get rid of them and likes having them around as a source of comfort.
Grew a Spine: With Angel's help, she becomes a lot more assertive and better at standing up for herself.
Guile Heroine: Evolves into this under Angel. She gets quite good at maneuvering and charming people to get the things she's wants. She starts to slide towards being a Manipulative Bitch until she realizes what she's becoming.
Head-Turning Beauty: After she turns up to school post make-over, the boys are practically falling over each other to let her sit next to them and share their notes with her.
Hiding Behind Your Bangs: At the start of Dark Angel, her hair has a habit of falling in or across her face. She often uses it to 'hide' herself due to her shyness. Her first step in becoming more confident is to cut her hair off to prevent this.
I Just Want to Be Loved / I Just Want to Be Special / I Just Want to Have Friends: At the beginning of the story, Gillian wants more than anything to be part of the popular crowd and to have David as her boyfriend. She eventually gets everything she ever wanted and more (she finds out she’s a powerful witch) but at a cost...
Important Hair Cut: Cuts her hair short as part of her extreme make-over and becomes far more confident and outspoken.
Interspecies Romance / Muggle–Mage Romance: With David.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She eventually confesses all to David after he is nearly killed by Angel, fully expecting him to reject her after this. She's stunned when he not only forgives and accepts her as she is, but reveals he truly loves her.
Jerkass Realization: Has one after learning her curse on Tanya went way too far.
Last Girl Wins: For David.
Long-Lost Relative: A major part of her story is the revelation that she's a lost Harman. To be specific in regards to her relation to other major characters, she is the second cousin once-removed of Thea and Blaise, as well as the second cousin of Iliana and Alex Dominick. It also turns out she and Angel are long-lost third cousins, which puts a bit of a different spin on their relationship.
Make Them Rot: She discovers that the 'rash' she gave Tanya with a curse is actually a flesh-eating bacteria, nearly resulting in her losing a finger.
Mind over Matter: It's revealed she unknowingly used telekinesis to shatter a mirror and a window when something made her angry or upset.
My God, What Have I Done?: When she realises her curse on Tanya caused her to be hospitalised with flesh-eating bacteria in her arm, and that she's becoming a nasty, vengeful Alpha Bitch just like her.
Mystical White Hair: It's an indicator that she's actually a lost Harman.
Near-Death Experience: At the beginning of Dark Angel, she temporarily dies of hypothermia after falling into an icy creek, but is allowed to choose whether to move on or come back to the life as it wasn't 'her time' to go. Goes without saying that she chooses to come back.
Older Than They Look: Due to her small stature, delicate features and shyness, she's often mistaken for being thirteen or fourteen rather than her sixteen years. This changes after her make-over.
Opposed Mentors: She eventually has to choose between Angel, who has become something of an Evil Mentor, and Melusine, who is closer to a Big Sister Mentor. She picks the latter.
Parental Neglect: Her mother is an alcoholic and spends most of her time hung over in bed (though it's obvious she does love her). Her father spends most of his time working and actually moves out at the beginning of Dark Angel, without telling her.
Proud Beauty: Starts to show signs of this after her make-over, though in her defense she spent most of her adolescence up to this point hating her appearance. She also never lets it get to the point of narcissism.
The Rival: To Tanya, for David.
Shrinking Violet: At first she is very shy, unconfident and easily intimidated, before Taking a Level in Badass and growing a spine.
Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: She's in love with David, one of the most popular guys in her school.
Technicolor Eyes: Another clue to her being a lost Harman is the fact she has violet eyes.
Third Wheel: She's started to feel like one to her best friend Amy and her new boyfriend Eugene, after they began dating.
Too Dumb to Live: At the beginning of Dark Angel. Would you go investigate a strange noise, in a forest, by yourself, in the middle of winter? By yourself? Somewhat subverted in that she does actually die from this stupidity...
Took a Level in Badass: When she discovers she's a witch, learning how to channel her natural powers into formidable spells.
Toxic Friend Influence: Angel's bad behaviour starts to rub off on her, but she has a Jerkass Realization before it goes too far.
Unskilled, but Strong: As a Harman, Gillian has a lot of raw magical potential, but having never received formal training or even being aware of her abilities, she has little in the way of control. The downsides of this are shown when she unwittingly smashes a window in the cafeteria with telekinesis, nearly injuring others and herself, and when she tries and fails to lift a curse Angel had manipulated her into putting on Tanya and Kim. It's implied that Melusine or the other Harmans will help her learn to use her powers properly after Dark Angel.
Wanting Is Better Than Having: Gillian spends a lot of the novel re-inventing herself into a cool and confident girl, getting the guy of her dreams and integrating herself with the in-crowd. However, she finds that actually being popular at her school isn't all it's cracked up to be; most of them are shallow, two-faced Fair Weather Friends who spread rumours about each other behind their backs and are willing to turn on each other when it suits them, and to keep yourself on top you have to 'play the game' and be manipulative and spiteful too. While Gillian does become more confident and mature in the process, she eventually realizes she doesn't even like most of the popular kids or care what they think of her.

David Blackburn

Appears in: Dark Angel | Soulmate

The secondary protagonist of Dark Angel. He is a popular student at his high school and the love interest of Gillian Lennox.

Ambiguously Brown: He's stated to have "brown" skin, dark hair and dark eyes.
Betty and Veronica: An interesting example. His two love interests are Tanya, his smart, responsible and level-headed long-time girlfriend and Gillian, a former Shrinking Violet turned mysterious and exotically beautiful tease. In which case, Tanya would be the Betty and Gillian the Veronica. However, Tanya, as it turns out, is a conniving Manipulative Bitch and a cheater, whilst Gillian is actually a sensitive and compassionate girl beneath her Femme Fatale persona, arguably flipping the roles. He himself is the Betty to Angel's Veronica for Gillian.
Big Man on Campus: He's one of the most popular guys in school, probably because he's genuinely kind, charming and charismatic. Naturally, our heroine Gillian is madly in love with him.
Book Dumb: Downplayed. David struggles academically in some areas, particularly English literature, which he needs to pass to get into college. It's revealed he got desperate enough that Tanya helped him cheat, buying an essay someone else had written and passing it off as his own.
Broken Pedestal: Towards Tanya when he overhears her ranting at Gillian, confessing she spread rumours about Gillian's mom and cheated on him. He later tells Gillian he had no idea she could be so nasty and two-faced.
Cheaters Never Prosper: Played with. No one but he and Tanya knew about him cheating on his English paper. He might never have been caught...but when David dumps Tanya, she spitefully intends to reveal to everyone that David cheated to ruin him. He would've been in real trouble if Gillian and Angel hadn't intervened.
Childhood Friend Romance: Played with in Gillian's case. They first met as twelve year olds when David rescued Gillian from being buried under snow. However, while Gillian developed a huge crush on him, he barely noticed her. Eventually though, he does remember meeting Gillian and they become a couple.
First Guy Wins: To Gillian; she met him before Angel and eventally realizes he's her soulmate.
First Love: He's the first (and initially only) boy Gillian loved after she first laid eyes on him as a preteen.
Former Teen Rebel: Downplayed in that he is still a teen, but it's indicated he used to have a wild side, stating that he and Tanya "used to party pretty hard" and apparently not caring too much about his grades. However, by the events of Dark Angel, he's cleaned up his act and is trying harder at school.
Knight In Shining Armour: As a kid, he saw Gillian buried under a pile of snow and rescued her. At the beginning of the novel, he picks up Gillian after he finds her half-frozen in the road and then offers to drive her to and from school every day to keep her safe, and when the cafeteria window shatters, he helps move people out of the way. He also defends Gillian when people start spreading rumours about her alcoholic mother; his promise to always be there for Tanya gives him a chivalrous vibe, too.
Model Couple: Starts out as this with Tanya. He's a handsome, well-liked Nice Guy; she's also beautiful, popular and heavily involved in community projects. That is, until he finds out that Tanya cheated on him and treats other people like garbage behind his back, swiftly leading to the demise of their relationship.
Near-Death Experience: Reveals that he briefly died as a child during an operation to remove his appendix, thus explaining why he believes Gillian about the Night World.
Oblivious to Love: He not only doesn’t realise Gillian loves him, but doesn’t even realise they’re in the same class. He doesn’t stay oblivious for long, though.
Rescue Romance: He begins falling in love with Gillian after he finds her half-frozen on the roadside and takes her home. Years prior to this, he saved Gillian after she was buried under a pile of snow, which triggered her crush on him, although David doesn't initially realize she's the same girl.
Understanding Boyfriend: To Gillian after she confesses she's a witch and tells him about Angel. He actually doesn't have a hard time accepting it as true, on account of his Near-Death Experience.
Undying Loyalty: He swore loyalty to his girlfriend Tanya - even though he is strongly attracted to Gillian, he won't act on it due to promising Tanya he'd be faithful to her and wouldn't leave her. It's just a shame Tanya didn't have the same level of devotion.
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Towards Gillian.

Fayth

Appears in: The Chosen

A Daybreaker who is kidnapped by vampires in The Chosen.

Damsel in Distress: She's one of twenty-four girls being held captive by vampires, until she's freed by Rashel.
Mr. Exposition: She explains to Rashel the real reason the girls have been kidnapped they're being offered up as part of a three course meal for some of the most powerful vampires in the Night World, an illegal event known as a Blood Feast.
My Nayme Is: Her name is presumably pronounced the same as Faith, but is spelt with a "y" instead of "i".
Noodle Incident: How she came to join Circle Daybreak and later got kidnapped is unexplained.
Turn the Other Cheek: She never argues back with Rashel when she's ranting at her about how stupid she thinks Daybreakers are, simply calmly putting her own points and opinions across.
What Happened to the Mouse?: She never appears or is mentioned after The Chosen; the last we see of her she managed to escape the enclave with the other girls.

Rashel Jordan

Appears in: The Chosen | Soulmate | Thicker Than Water

"This kitten has claws."

The main protagonist of The Chosen. Rashel is an infamous Vampire Hunter, known as 'the Cat', who seeks to avenge the deaths of her mother, great aunt and best friend (killed by a vampire when she was five). Things become increasingly blurred however, when she learns she's the soulmate of a vampire, John Quinn.

Action Girl: One of the most prominent in the series. She's a skilled martial artist who wields knives and katanas.
Affectionate Nickname: Her mother's nickname for her was "kitten".
All Girls Want Bad Boys: Subverted. She is unwillingly attracted to John Quinn, although it's less because he's bad and more because she realises they're similar. Notably, she doesn't fully accept her love for him until he embraces his better qualities and has a Heel–Face Turn.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Has black hair and is usually The Stoic, generally not allowing herself to grow close to anyone. She becomes a bit friendlier eventually and is still seen as cool and admirable by other kids.
Animal Motif: Cats. Her mother nicknamed her "kitten", "This kitten has claws" is her catch-phrase, she is compared to a cat in her appearance and movements, she compares herself to Catwoman and her vampire hunter alias is "the Cat". As it turns out, her long lost twin sister is Keller, a panther shapeshifter herself.
Arch-Nemesis: The vampire who killed her mother and Timmy, her best friend (and her aunt Corinne, indirectly). He's later revealed to be none other than Hunter Redfern.
Badass Normal: She's a human girl with no special abilities (save for her ability to resist vampire mind control), who can fight toe-to-toe with vampires and werewolves and win. Or possibly not considering she is half shape-shifter, which explains her resistance to vampire telepathy. Then again, she never displays any shapeshifter traits, so she may still qualify as this.
Battle Couple: With Quinn by the end of The Chosen.
Became Their Own Antithesis: At the start of The Chosen she's a ruthless vampire hunter who despises vampires and thinks Circle Daybreak are a bunch of delusional hippies, at best. By the end of the novel, she's in love with a vampire and willingly decides to become a "damned Daybreaker" herself.
A Birthday, Not a Break: The day her mother and Timmy were killed by a vampire was her fifth birthday.
Blood Knight: Has shades of this. Since she was a child, she’s dedicated her life to hunting vampires and other supernatural creatures. She doesn’t appear to have any hobbies or interests outside of hunting vampires, to the point where she has no idea how to behave like a normal teenager (Daphne insists on going with her to infiltrate the Crypt for this reason, saying she’ll raise the vampires’s suspicions in moments without her help). She takes a grim kind of satisfaction in killing vampires and even has a ritual she goes through whenever she kills a vampire, putting claw-like marks on their skin and uttering her Catchphrase, giving her Serial Killer vibes. By Soulmate, she seems to have lost some of these traits to an extent, only fighting to protect others.
Broken Bird: She’s an aloof, somewhat socially awkward and fiercely independent girl traumatized by the murder of her family and best friend, and has over a decade’s worth of built-up anger and bitterness. She’s started getting better towards the end of The Chosen, but it’s obvious she’s never truly going to recover from it all.
Calling Card: She leaves claw-like scratch marks on the bodies of every vampire she kills.
Catchphrase: Says: "This kitten has claws" every time she kills a vampire.
Childhood Friend: Timmy was her best friend, almost like a brother, when she was a kid, and his death at the hands of a vampire was very traumatic for her. When she discovers he's alive, she risks her own life to protect him, showing she still regards him as her friend after over a decade, even though Timmy has been poisoned against her.
Combat Pragmatist: States she knows how to fight dirty and will do so if necessary, but only as a last resort. She actually dislikes using underhanded tactics and prefers to fight honorably.
Cool Big Sis: Timmy seems to have viewed her as one. Daphne seems to view her as one too.
Cool Mask / Scarf of Asskicking: She usually wears a scarf wrapped across her head and the lower half on her face when on stake-outs, to conceal her identity.
Cool Sword: Her custom-made, vampire-killing katana, which is made from lignum vitae, one of the hardest, strongest woods in the world.
Cynicism Catalyst: Fits this trope perfectly. After her mother and best friend are killed by a vampire she becomes a cynical, driven, Jerk with a Heart of Gold vampire hunter.
Dark Is Not Evil: Has black hair and usually dresses in all black, but is at worst a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
Dating Catwoman: Her soulmate is Quinn, who is The Heavy to the Big Bad in The Chosen. She doesn't actually say "I love you" until after he's had a Heel–Face Turn, though. Ironically, she compares herself to Catwoman early in the novel, unaware she'd end up more like her than she thought.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Becomes this to an extent by the end of The Chosen.
Determinator: She trained since she was a kid to avenge her mom's death at the hands of a vampire. She also nearly single-handedly manages to track down and rescue the kidnapped girls with the odds severely stacked against her.
Doom Magnet: The poor girl has lost her father, mother, best friend, great aunt and her sensei (most of whom were killed by vampires).
The Dreaded: She's regarded as such by the Night World by the time she's seventeen; she even has a bounty on her head.
Early Personality Signs: As a five year old, Rashel is shown to be brave and quick-thinking even when faced with danger, and is protective of her more timid best friend, Timmy. As a seventeen year old vampire hunter she fears almost nothing, is smart and observant, and dedicates her life to protecting those who can't defend themselves.
Everyone Has Standards: She has no issue killing vampires, but is opposed to torturing them, be it for information or sadistic fun. She actually attempts to Mercy Kill Quinn to prevent him from suffering this.
Foster Kid: After the death of her aunt Corrine (who was supposed to look after her following her mother's murder), she was placed into state care. She's apparently lived with several foster families over the years and never really gets attached to any of them; she states her latest foster family generally leave her to her own devices, they being "used to her going her own way". Given she never really brings them up or thinks of contacting them after she takes off to join Circle Daybreak, it's safe to say she isn't close to them.
Freudian Excuse: She hates vampires because when she was a child, a vampire killed her mother, fed from and presumably killed her best friend, tried to kill her then killed her great aunt by burning down her house in an attempt to finish her off.
The Ghost: In Huntress. Though she doesn't appear, it's mentioned that she was part of a team that got Jez's gang and her uncle Bracken out of San Francisco to protect them from the Night World Council.
Heartbroken Badass: Though she initially wouldn't admit it, it's obvious she's deeply affected by the murder of her mother and Timmy (and to a lesser extent her aunt Corrine). She only really properly starts to find closure over it in the final pages of The Chosen, over a decade after it happened. And she is, of course, very badass.
Heroic Sacrifice: After rescuing the kidnapped girls, she orders them to leave the island without her whilst she stays behind to hold off Lily and the other vampires, knowing they'll come after them otherwise, despite the fact this is essentially suicide as she's badly outnumbered and has no way of escaping. Subverted when she is found by Quinn first, who eventually agrees to help her.
Hyper-Awareness: See The Unfettered.
Katanas Are Just Better: Rashel's weapon. As she is a vampire hunter, it is of course wooden.
Lady of War: Has shades of this. She's usually calm and composed, dresses like a ninja, and fights and moves in a graceful manner. She also primarily uses a katana, generally considered a more elegant weapon.
Last Girl Wins: She's Quinn's second and One True Love. The fact his First Love was killed kind of enforces this.
Lightning Bruiser: Seems to be this. She relies primarily on speed and agility in a fight, but she's often shown to be quite physically strong, able to block a werewolf's attacks with just her bare arms and boost Daphne (a teenage girl) over a fence with only a bit of effort.
Like Brother and Sister: She and Timmy were like this as kids (to the point where a lot of readers mistakenly believe they’re actually siblings – it doesn’t help that they’re both described as having black hair).
Lima Syndrome: Towards Quinn. Their soulmate bond helps. She ends up helping him escape capture and nearly lets him remove her scarf to show him her face, after spending just hours with him.
Long Lost Sibling: According to Word of God, Rashel and Keller are twins Separated at Birth.
Made a Slave: She lets herself be captured by slavers as part of her plan to infiltrate the enclave and rescue the other slave girls.
A Match Made in Stockholm: With Quinn. They first meet when she helps the Lancers capture him for information on the kidnapped girls. He later kidnaps her as well, though he was initially unaware they were the same person.
Mayfly–December Romance: With Quinn - she's 17, he was born in the 1600s.
McNinja: She dresses like a ninja and is a skilled martial artist. However, her former sensei was descended from samurai and she mentions that he would probably disapprove of her acting like a ninja; Rashel, though, feels she doesn't have a lot of choice as being stealthy gives her a better chance of turning the tables on a vampire or other opponent.
Mirror Character: To Quinn in The Chosen. Both have spent most of their lives hating a different species because of personal tragedy: Rashel hated vampires because a vampire killed her mother, and Quinn hated humans because his human father killed his fiancee, and in turn have killed quite a few people from the side they hate, all the while justifying their actions because of the aforementioned tragedies experienced. Though when they realize this they decide to put aside their hatred once and for all.
Nephewism: Subverted. After her mother's death, she was sent to live with her Aunt Corrine (she's implied to be her great aunt, as she's described as being elderly), as she was her only living relative. Unfortunately, the very same night, the vampire that killed Rashel's mother burnt down Corrine's house in an attempt to Leave No Witnesses. Rashel made it out of the house, but Corrine didn't, and she subsequently ended up in foster care.
Never Be Hurt Again: She explicitly states that one of the main reasons she began training as a fighter is to never be "weak and helpless" again, after she narrowly survived a vampire attack that claimed the lives of everyone else she loved.
Occult Detective: Has shades of this, employing some detective work in finding the lairs of the vampires or other creatures she hunts, and especially to track down the missing girls in The Chosen.
Odd Couple: Platonic example between her and Daphne, of the “they fight vampires” variety. She’s a stoic Jerk with a Heart of Gold Vampire Hunter, whilst Daphne’s a ditzy goth with a hidden backbone.
Pragmatic Hero: She has no issue killing vampires or other supernatural creatures for what she sees as the greater good (though she’s partly motivated by her personal vendetta). Although she eventually comes to realize not all vampires are evil and that her prejudiced stance is wrong, she firmly believes that they’ll never achieve peace between Night People and humans if they don’t make a stand against the Night People who really are monsters which is why she decides to join Circle Daybreak as a soldier.
Red Baron: She is known amongst Night People and fellow vampire hunters as the Cat, largely due to her Calling Card (see above). At the end of The Chosen, she herself disowns the moniker due to her Character Development.
Second Love: For Quinn. She's also his One True Love.
Slave Liberation: Type 1; she spends much of The Chosen coming up with and executing a plan to rescue twenty-three girls who have been kidnapped and enslaved by vampires, to the point of letting herself be enslaved to infiltrate their enclave. She successfully rescues all of them.
Starcrossed Lovers: She's a vampire hunter, her soulmate is a vampire.
Sue Donym: While infiltrating the Crypt, she gives her name as "Shelly", which she thinks is close enough to her real name of Rashel that she'll automatically respond to it.
Sword over Head: Twice, she hesitates when preparing to kill Quinn due to the soulmate bond between them. The second time, in fact, she openly states she can't bring herself to kill him even though he's just going to lie there and let her, and she knocks him out instead.
That Man Is Dead: At the end of The Chosen, she states that “the Cat was dead”, on account of her finally letting go of much of the bitterness and hatred that fueled her vampire hunting.
Took a Level in Idealism: At the end of The Chosen.
Troubled Child: After the traumatic loss of her mother and Timmy, five year old Rashel basically went into permanent flight-or-fight mode, such as climbing to the top shelf of her aunt Corrine's wardrobe to sleep out of fear. Following Corrine's death in a 'mysterious' house fire and being sent to foster care, Rashel withdrew from her peers and concentrated instead on becoming strong enough to fight back against vampires and other monsters only she knows are real. Subsequently, she developed into a rather socially-withdrawn teenager with a fixation on violent revenge.
Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour: She killed her first vampire at the age of twelve.
Two First Names: "Rashel" and "Jordan" can both be used as first names.
The Unfettered: This is a pretty good definition of what Rashel appears to mean by zanshin, which she practices as part of her fighting style. It also refers to keeping your senses constantly attuned to your surroundings to anticipate any incoming danger.
Vampire Hunter: A very good one too. She later gives this up after joining Circle Daybreak, or as she puts it, she only "hunts bad vampires" now. She also fights werewolves and possibly other Night People, but vampires are her main foes.
War Hawk: She's convinced that the only way Circle Daybreak will ever achieve true peace and equality is by fighting back against the Night People who violently oppress them which is why she becomes a Daybreaker, so she can put her own fighting skills to good use.
Wooden Katanas Are Even Better: Rashel's katana cuts through a vampire like "razor-sharp steel" through a human.
You Killed My Father: Or rather, you killed my mother, my best friend and my aunt. Though she does eventually identify the vampire that killed her family, she never really gets a chance to take revenge on him, instead choosing to rescue her allies and escape with her life.

John Quinn

Appears in: Daughters of Darkness | The Chosen | Soulmate

"I'm faster than any human. I'm stronger than any human. I can see better in the dark. And I'm much, much nastier."

The secondary protagonist and Anti-Villain of The Chosen. He is the unofficial adopted son of Hunter Redfern and works closely with the family. His soulmate, ironically, turns out to be a Vampire Hunter, Rashel.

Abusive Parents: A case could be made for his dad seeing as he tried to kill him simply for being a vampire even after he came to him for help. His surrogate father Hunter isn't much better, seeing how he made him into a vampire without bothering to ask him first.
Amazon Chaser: He’s very impressed by Rashel’s fighting skills and determination.
Anti-Villain: He appears to be a cross between a Noble Anti-Villain and Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds. He eventually develops into a Pragmatic Hero.
Badass Longcoat: Wears one briefly.
Battle Couple: With Rashel.
Became Their Own Antithesis: For centuries, he's been a loyal servant of the Redfern family who despises humans. By the end of The Chosen, he's fallen in love with a human vampire hunter, no less, helps rescue the human girls he kidnapped in the first place and becomes a Daybreaker, who are dedicated to peace and harmony with humans.
Black Eyes of Evil: He's said to have very dark-coloured eyes and is definitely not a Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire...at first.
Breaking the Bonds: He slowly manages to break out of a pair of wooden handcuffs after being captured by the Lancers. He actually informs Rashel that he's going to break out of them sooner or later, and that she had better hurry up and kill him before that happens.
Broken Pedestal: Eventually to Hunter Redfern after he discovers he's behind the blood feast, despite it being against the laws he himself champions, and that he killed the family and best friend of his soulmate and tried to kill her simply For the Evulz.
Byronic Hero: Particularly in The Chosen, though it's hinted at earlier. He has a rather dark and twisted personality, but also a lot of unresolved emotional pain and trauma over his Dark and Troubled Past, has experienced loss and rejection, has no real loved ones, becomes deeply conflicted over his place in the world and comes to be viewed sympathetically by the protagonist Rashel. He's also quite handsome, snarky and a vampire, to boot.
Creepy Good: Even after his Heel–Face Turn and joining Circle Daybreak, Hannah finds there's something unsettling about him.
Crusading Widower: It's revealed that his vendetta against humans is rooted in the murder of his fiancee Dove Redfern. It's actually one of several things he's got in common with Rashel , as she's also motivated by vengeance.
Daddy Issues:
- He never quite saw eye to eye with his father, who was a Puritan minister which got even worse when his dad tried to kill him for being a vampire and killed his innocent fiancee. He regards Hunter as a surrogate father, but has a somewhat love-hate relationship with him seeing as he made him a vampire without his consent and completely loses any respect he had for him after finding out he's nothing but a murderous Hypocrite.
- His hatred of humans is also rooted in personal tragedy; he despises humans because his father rejected and tried to kill him after he was made a vampire (which Quinn hadn't even consented to), and also killed Quinn's vampire betrothed, Dove, who was no threat to humans.
Dating Catwoman: His soulmate is Rashel, the main protagonist of The Chosen. He partly ends up defecting to Circle Daybreak because of her. Ironically, Rashel compares herself to Catwoman early in the novel, unaware she'd end up more like her than she thought.
Deadpan Snarker: Loves doing this.
Defecting for Love / Defector from Decadence: He ends up turning against Hunter and the Night World in general and joins Circle Daybreak to be with Rashel, although he was already shown to have begun doubting his role within the Night World as it was.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Gender inverted, after he meets Rashel.
The Dragon / Number Two: To Lily Redfern in The Chosen.
The Dreaded: At the beginning of the series. Because of his reputation for being cold-blooded and emotionless, he was feared by vampire and human alike. Ash (who's not the friendliest of vampires himself) is uncomfortable around him in Daughters of Darkness, and even the fact that Quinn came with Ash to find Ash's sisters scares all three girls.
Driven to Villainy: Quinn's traumatic transformation into a vampire is pretty much the direct reason he embraced villainy. It's revealed he was turned against his will by Hunter, at the age of just seventeen (leaving him stuck that way forever) when he asked to marry his daughter. After panicking and fleeing, he decided to go to his father for help and persuaded Dove to come with him. Unfortunately, Quinn's father murdered Dove and tried to kill him as well before the Redferns rescued him. Quinn, unable to bear the grief and guilt over Dove's death and realising that people now saw him as a monster for things beyond his control, decided he'd give humans a damn good reason to be afraid of him.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Has pale skin, black hair and black eyes and comes across as a bit creepy at times.
Even Evil Has Standards: As cold and merciless as he is at first, especially to humans, he is privately shown to have become increasingly disturbed and conflicted over his role in Lily's human slave ring, not just because it breaks Night World law, but on moral grounds; he at one point thinks outright to himself that none of the girls deserve what is going to happen to them. This, coupled with his rapidly growing feelings for Rashel, prompt a Heel–Face Turn.
Forced Sleep: Is quite adept at using mind control on humans to induce this. Rashel actually compares the feeling to "a karate blow".
From Nobody to Nightmare: He went from a lowly minister's son to one of the most feared vampires in the Night World and right-hand man to the Redferns.
Fully-Embraced Fiend: Played with. After getting over the initial shock, he fully embraced vampirism and the Night World, feeling nothing but contempt for humans despite having been one himself not long ago. This is largely because of the events surrounding his transformation and by The Chosen he's also starting to have feelings of guilt and doubt about his attitude towards humans.
The Heavy: In The Chosen, he's the one doing most of the villains's hard work (that we see on-page), though Lily or rather Hunter as it turns out is the true Big Bad.
Humans Are the Real Monsters: He seems to have this opinion, along with viewing them as vermin and a general waste of space besides being a food source, openly stating he despises humans on a number of occasions. However, The Chosen suggests this view is not all-encompassing, as he starts to feel compassion towards Rashel and the kidnapped girls. In the end, he changes his mind about humans, also realising he was making many of them out to be worse than they are to excuse or justify his own behaviour.
I Let Gwen Stacy Die: He at least partly blames himself for being unable to protect Dove from his father.
Interspecies Romance: With Rashel. And previously with Dove as well.
Last-Name Basis: Only Rashel calls him "John".
Lean and Mean: He's described as being "lithe" and "compact", though he loses the 'mean' part by the end of The Chosen.
A Match Made in Stockholm: With Rashel. They first meet when she helps the Lancers capture him for information on the kidnapped girls. He later kidnaps her as well, though he was initially unaware they were the same person.
Mayfly–December Romance: With Rashel - she's 17, he was born in the 1600's.
Mirror Character: To Rashel in The Chosen. Both have spent most of their lives hating a different species because of personal tragedy— Rashel hated vampires because a vampire killed her mother, and Quinn hated humans because his human father killed his fiancee—and in turn have killed quite a few people from the side they hate, all the while justifying their actions because of the aforementioned tragedies experienced. Though when they realize this they decide to put aside their hatred once and for all.
My Master, Right or Wrong: Seems to have this attitude towards the Redferns, at least initially. In the end, though, his conscience wins out and he turns on them.
Older Than They Look / Really 700 Years Old: He was born in the 1600's, but hasn't aged past seventeen.
Romantic Vampire Boy: Eventually to Rashel. Originally, Dove was a Romantic Vampire Girl to him.
Sanity Slippage: From everyone else's perspective, this seems to be happening to him in the second half of The Chosen, as he becomes increasingly blasé and even deranged in his manner, seemingly completely uncaring about what happens to him. This is due to a crisis of conscience in regards to the slave ring and his Angst over his growing feelings for Rashel. He is even apparently prepared to let Rashel kill him, but he snaps out of it after he and Rashel realise they're soulmates.
Sarcastic Confession: One of his tactics to lure the girls at the Crypt club.
Scars Are Forever: He still has a scar on his side from a fire-hardened stake, which he received back in the 17th century when his father tried to kill him.
Settle for Sibling: Defied. After Dove’s death, he bluntly turned down an offer to marry one of her sisters.
Single-Target Sexuality: When he was human, the only girl he ever had interest in was Dove Redfern. This continued even after she died…at least until he meets Rashel.
Starcrossed Lovers: He's a vampire, Rashel's a vampire hunter.
Stockholm Syndrome: Towards Rashel a bit, partly due to their soulmate bond, and partly because he admires her sense of honor (she intended to Mercy Kill him to spare him from being brutally tortured, against the wishes of his other captors).
Sympathy for the Hero: He comes to sympathise very strongly with Rashel in The Chosen, especially when he learns they're similar.
Tall, Dark, and Snarky: Fits this to a tee...well, except for the 'tall' part (Quinn is about average height).
Took a Level in Kindness: At the end of The Chosen highlighted when he risks his own life to go back into a burning building to save Nyala, despite the fact she tried to kill him and everyone else in the building.
Villain Cred: Quinn has a reputation for being 'the vampire that other vampires fear'. Ash Redfern is actually uncomfortable around him, as he's far worse than he could ever hope to be, in Spellbinder Blaise Harman suggests getting Quinn to kill Eric Ross, saying he'd have no problem with it and Quinn himself claims to have done things which would shock Hunter Redfern or possibly not, considering he doesn't actually realise just how evil Hunter is. Even Rashel and the Lancers are surprised when they recognize Quinn as the vampire they captured.
Villainous Crush: Very quickly develops one on Rashel, due to their soulmate bond. He attempts to turn her into a vampire to avoid breaking Night World law and to keep her safe, but she's able to talk him out of it and he has a Heel–Face Turn soon after.
Villainous Rescue: He saves Rashel from a werewolf Mook and then allows her to knock him out, effectively saving the kidnapped girls as well, Rashel having been in the process of rescuing them.
Villain Protagonist: Despite blatantly being a bad guy throughout most of The Chosen, he gets almost as much focus and development as Rashel, and is also her Love Interest. He has a Heel–Face Turn near the end and becomes a straight-up protagonist alongside Rashel.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: When he tries to turn Rashel into a vampire against her will. He can't bear the thought of her being killed either as a vampire hunter or because he broke Night World law by falling in love with her; he genuinely believes that this is the only way to keep her safe, despite Rashel begging him not to and even threatening to kill herself once the transformation is complete (this gives him a moment of pause, though he convinces himself that she'll "feel differently" afterwards). Luckily, the moment he bites Rashel and sees her thoughts (and lets her see his) he quickly changes his mind and switches to her side instead.
When He Smiles: When Quinn genuinely smiles, it's described as "beautiful", though also "slightly unnerving" to some.
Worthy Opponent: Seems to view Rashel as one before their Relationship Upgrade.

Hannah Snow

Appears in: Soulmate

"I refuse to be . . . a victim . . . anymore."

The main protagonist of Soulmate. She is an Ordinary High-School Student (save for the fact she's graduating at just 17 due to her exceptional grades) who begins experiencing strange nightmares and premonitions, leading her to realise she is the soulmate of Thierry, a vampire Elder. She eventually turns out to be an Old Soul, who has been reincarnated numerous times, and becomes one of the leaders of Circle Daybreak.

Action Survivor: She's not much of a fighter, but is able to do a decent job of defending herself with whatever's around, be it photo-frames or pencils. As it turns out she was a warrior in a previous life and can subconsciously recall some fighting skills, which comes in handy.
All-Loving Heroine: She's averse to violence and killing, unless pushed to her limit, and is always polite to people, even if she feels there's something off about them. She's apparently had this trait in many of her lifetimes; in her first incarnation, she went out of her way to protect and help Thierry, even after he was caught drinking human blood, because she realised he didn't want to be a monster; Maya also mentions she was a Buddhist in one life. Notably, she even feels bad for killing Maya despite the fact Maya has killed her repeatedly and quickly comes to be respected and loved by just about all of Circle Daybreak.
Alone with the Psycho: Twice in Soulmate, particularly in the novel's climax.
The Apprentice: It’s revealed that in her first life, she was training to become a shaman of her tribe.
Better to Die than Be Killed: After she is kidnapped by Maya and learns of her Evil Plan to turn her into a vampire, then kill her - thus preventing her from reincarnating ever again (as vampires can't reincarnate) Hannah considers trying to collapse the roof of the mine on top of herself as a last ditch resort, as at least this way, she has a chance to come back to life again.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: With Thierry.
Butt-Monkey: She spends most of Soulmate getting injured and terrorised, right up to the end (including being bitten by a vampire at least twice, forced to drink vampire blood at least twice, crashing her car into a cactus and passing out from blood loss, cutting her finger trying to get a ring off, nearly getting eaten by a vampire again and finally being knocked out and kidnapped). Oh, and last but not least, there's the fact she's been horribly murdered in every single one of her lives, dating back to the Stone Age.
Chekhov's Skill: Her original incarnation's skill at making tools from stone and wood, and her current interest in paleontology. She's eventually able to use both skills to cut herself loose from her bonds, fashion a knife from quartz and carve a stake for herself which she later uses to kill Maya.
Color-Coded Eyes: She's described as having clear gray eyes, a sign of her beauty and pure heart, as well as adding a level of otherworldliness to her that fits her status as an Old Soul.
Damsel in Distress: Zig-zagged. After being attacked by Thierry actually Maya in disguise, she manages to fend him off by stabbing him with a pencil. She also does a decent job fending off a werewolf that attacked her in her therapist's office, though she had help from an outside party in this case. In the climax she is kidnapped by Maya and actually succeeds in untying herself and getting a weapon, but ultimately has to be rescued by Thierry - in fairness, she probably didn't stand much of a chance against Maya as it was.
Dangerous 16th Birthday: Or more specifically, dangerous seventeenth birthday. Hannah starts having nightmares and premonitions in the lead up to her birthday, even unknowingly writing herself notes warning she’ll be “Dead before seventeen”. As it turns out, there’s a very good reason for this: None of Hannah’s previous incarnations made it to seventeen, thanks to Maya.
Devoted to You: Tends to inspire great loyalty and affection in others, particularly her soulmate.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: When people learn she killed Maya, everyone around her is genuinely wowed, considering that Hannah is an ordinary girl ^note whilst Maya is the very first vampire and one of the most powerful vampires that ever lived.
Died in Your Arms Tonight: Her original incarnation died in Thierry's arms...after he accidentally killed her.
Disappeared Dad: Her father is briefly mentioned as having died several years ago.
Distinguishing Mark / Facial Markings: She has a distinctive birthmark on one side of her face, that even laser surgery couldn’t remove. It turns out to be a ‘psychic brand’ caused when Thierry accidentally killed her in her first life and left a bloody mark on her face. She’s retained this mark in all of her subsequent incarnations, making her instantly recognisable to Thierry (and, unfortunately, Maya).
Dreaming of Times Gone By: As she nears her seventeenth birthday she starts dreaming of events experienced by her previous incarnations, dating back to the Stone Age. This includes her interactions with her soulmate, Thierry, and Maya, allowing her to recognize them in the present day. The fact she has nightmares about being murdered in every one of her past lives sets her on edge and leads her to seek out psychological help, initially fearing she's becoming unhinged.
Eternal Love: The most prominent example in the series. Due to her being reincarnated repeatedly and Thierry being a vampire, they have been in love for over ten thousand years and will likely continue to be in love forever.
Everyone Loves Blondes: She's described as being blonde and rather pretty - even her therapist seems to notice her attractiveness.
Fake Memories: It's revealed that all her memories of Thierry murdering her were faked by Maya using her powers; Maya is actually the one who has been killing her in each of her lifetimes. Using hypnosis to explore her Past-Life Memories, Hannah eventually learns the truth and realises Thierry is innocent.
Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Hannah usually comes across as quite feminine and graceful, yet she has a great love for paleontology, dreaming of spending her days in the desert digging up fossils, and having posters of dinosaurs in her bedroom.
G-Rated Sex: While making out with Thierry, Hannah desires to be more intimate with him; however, she doesn't feel ready for sex. Instead, she gets him to bite her and drink her blood, allowing them to link minds.
Gut Feeling: She has a uneasy feeling around Maya she can't quite place and instinctively thinks she's a liar. The fact Maya has murdered her in almost all her past lives may have something to do with it. Even when they first met back in Ancient Egypt, Hannah felt there was something unsettling about her and even wondered if she might a priestess of Set (the Egyptian god of war and chaos).
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She's a blonde and is generally a gentle and compassionate girl.
Happily Married: In Witchlight she’s referred to as ‘Lady Hannah’, implying she has married Thierry. Word of God also confirms this.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: With her best friend Chess, to the point where they've been reincarnated as best friends since the Stone Age, making them a literal case of 'best friends forever'. After being attacked by a vampire, Hannah immediately goes to her house for help and Chess agrees to lend her money with no questions asked. She would even have gone with her to Las Vegas to find Thierry, but Hannah refuses to let her to avoid endangering her.
Honor Before Reason: In the climax, despite having gone to a lot of effort freeing herself, fashioning a stake and lying in wait for hours, she can't bring herself to stab Maya In the Back, even though she effectively dooms herself in the process. She herself thinks it's stupid after the fact, whilst Maya is also surprised and completely baffled as to why she didn't go through with it. However, when Maya tries to kill Thierry (standing towards Hannah this time), she picks Reason over Honor.
I Have Many Names: Justified, due to having been reincarnated numerous times. Some of her names include Hana of the Three Rivers, Ha-nahkt, Hanje, Anora, Nan Haiane, Honni, Ian and Annette.
I Just Want to Be Normal: She tells her therapist Paul that she just wants to graduate from high school, become a paleontologist and find a fossilised maisosaur nest of her own someday. By the end, she seems to have accepted her life is going to be anything but ordinary.
Implausible Hair Color: Ha-nahkt, her second incarnation, had naturally blonde hair, like both her original and current incarnations, despite being Egyptian. Maya actually comments that her coloring is unusual for her birthplace.
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Hannah is said to look a great deal like a younger version of her mother (though Hannah's eyes are grey, not blue), and Hannah aspires to become a paleontologist, the same as her mother.
Living Emotional Crutch: A bit of one to Thierry, her soulmate. After she died in her first life, Thierry was willing to sleep for thousands of years until she was reborn to see her again, even if it risked his own life. Much of his immortal life is spent trying to find her. In Soulmate, when Hannah orders him to leave her alone, he goes off by himself somewhere for days and no one can contact him. He seems much happier when they're together and it's hinted he would've tried killing himself or possibly even descended into a monstrous, animal-like state long ago if it weren't for his love for Hannah.
Love Martyr: Played with in regards to Thierry. She still loves him even after she finds out he's killed her repeatedly, but she's also disgusted by this and tries to supress her feelings, ordering him to stay away from her. She eventually learns that Thierry only killed her once and it was unintentional. Her original incarnation forgave him and still loved him even though he'd killed her and almost her entire tribe, though only because she knew he was remorseful and her tribe technically drove him to it. He also kept his promise to her that he would never kill anyone again.
Made a Slave: It's mentioned that in one of her past lives, she was a slave (though it's not specified if it was this trope or if she was born a slave).
Mayfly–December Romance: Played with. Hannah is in love with Thierry, a vampire who's over ten thousand years old. During the events of Soulmate, she’s nearly 17. But, as an Old Soul, Hannah has been reincarnated every time she dies and her original incarnation was born in the Stone Age, technically making her around the same age as Thierry.
Morality Chain: A bit of one to Thierry, especially when he first became a vampire.
Neutral Female: Defied. When Lupe is fighting off another werewolf to protect her, she sees that Lupe is being overpowered and slams a silver picture frame into the other werewolf's ear to help her.
Past-Life Memories: Her starting to get these kick-starts the events of Soulmate, to the point where she can fully remember her previous lives.
Properly Paranoid: At first, she thinks she’s going crazy with her nightmares and note-writing, even seeing a therapist, but she soon realizes she is indeed in grave danger (the werewolves breaking into her therapist’s clinic during her first session would probably be a dead giveaway).
Rebel Leader: Witchlight strongly hints that she's begun helping Thierry run Circle Daybreak.
Reincarnation: Is revealed to be an Old Soul – a person who is reincarnated into a new body each time they die.
Reincarnation Romance: With her vampire soulmate, Thierry.
Sympathy for the Devil: Played with. After fatally wounding Maya, Hannah is obviously upset and even asks if there's any way to help her.
Took a Level in Badass: Hannah starts out as a bit of a Damsel in Distress and murder victim several times over, though she's willing to try and protect herself if she has to. By the end, though, she's almost single-handedly responsible for killing Maya, the very first vampire and one of the most powerful vampires that ever lived.
Violently Protective Girlfriend: In the climax of Soulmate, she lunges at Maya stake-first and stabs her right through the heart when she tries to do the same to Thierry. Notably, she'd previously been unable to bring herself to stab Maya in the back to protect herself, but the moment she threatened her soulmate...
Voluntary Vampire Victim: In her first life, she freely offered Thierry her blood when she realized he couldn't eat anything else. He was very moved by the offer, but politely turned her down. In her current incarnation, she practically throws herself at Thierry to get him to bite her as a substitute for sex and finds it very pleasurable…at least until it triggers flashbacks of him apparently killing her.
You Remind Me of X: She reminded Thierry of Hellewise when they first met, whilst Ash says she reminds him of Mary-Lynette.

Hugh Davis

Appears in: Huntress

A Daybreaker and Old Soul who works with Jez in Huntress to find the Wild Power.

Action Survivor / Badass Normal : He isn’t much of a fighter, especially compared to Jez, and has no special abilities save for his knack of recalling his past lives, but can hold his own well enough and took on two werewolves single-handedly...when he was seven.
All-Loving Hero: He’s very friendly to everyone, humans and Night People alike, believes in second chances and never judges people before he gets to know them. And this is even after what happened in his childhood. Notably, he extends friendship to Jez, a vampire who’s hands aren’t exactly clean, defends her to other Daybreakers when they’re suspicious of her intentions, and is incredibly forgiving of her past actions, saying it’s what she does now that counts.
Butt-Monkey: In addition to his Dark and Troubled Past, Hugh finds himself on the receiving end of injuries throughout Huntress. Examples include being attacked by a ghoul in his first appearance, and having his arm broken in a car crash caused by vampires.
Dark and Troubled Past: When he was seven, he was camping with his family when they were attacked by werewolves, who murdered his parents and siblings, and nearly killed him as well. However, Hugh refused to let this event make him resentful or bitter maintaining an optimistic and even idealistic outlook, and actually seeking out other Night People in the hopes they weren’t all monsters. He found Circle Daybreak as a result and has worked with them ever since.
Determinator: Ever since he was a kid, he’s been one. As a seven year old, he attacked two werewolves with nothing but a makeshift torch made from a pair of kerosene-soaked underpants on a stick and his sister’s silver crucifix, and survived nearly having his leg bitten off by them.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He has fair hair, and is a very kind, warm and non-judgmental person.
Harmful to Minors: Seeing his whole family killed and eaten by werewolves, though he’s coped with it all surprisingly well.
Improbable Infant Survival: He survived being attacked by werewolves, including nearly getting his leg bitten off, when he was just seven years old. His siblings weren't so lucky.
Meaningful Name: His first name is derived from the Old Franconian-Germanic "Hug", meaning "heart", "mind" or "spirit".
Morality Chain: Is a bit of one to Jez. Although she does good things of her own accord, she doesn’t get a lot of credit for it, with Hugh’s constant support and kindness to her serving as extra motivation.
Mr. Exposition: In one of his earliest scenes, he explains to Jez (and the reader) all about the Wild Powers and The End of the World as We Know It prophecies.
Muggle Best Friend: To Jez; although she's choosing to live as a human, she's still a dhampyr and was raised as a Night Person. Hugh himself is an Old Soul, but is otherwise a normal human. It's ironic considering Jez's previous disdain of humans, and the fact that Hugh would be quite out-of-place amongst her old gang.
Near-Death Experience: As a kid he was attacked by werewolves, who nearly chewed one of his legs off. He almost died of blood loss, but pulled through and even got to keep his leg, though he now walks with a limp.
Nice Guy: He’s one of the most kind and forgiving characters in the series, especially considering his entire family was brutally murdered in front of him.
Past-Life Memories: He remembers seeing a werewolf killed in a previous life, which helped him fight back against the werewolves that attacked him in his current life.
Reincarnation: He’s an Old Soul and is rare in that he can actually recall his past lives.
Romantic False Lead: For Jez. She believes she might be in love with him, but later finds out Morgead is her soulmate. As far as we know, Hugh loves her just as a friend.
Strong Girl, Smart Guy: The Smart Guy to Jez's Strong Girl.
Sole Survivor: Of his family’s murder.

Raksha Keller

Appears in: Witchlight

"Love is weakness. And nobody is making me sentimental and weak! Nobody!"

The main protagonist of Witchlight. She is a panther shapeshifter and one of Circle Daybreak's top agents, assigned to find and protect Iliana in time for her Arranged Marriage to Galen Drache. However, matters are complicated when Keller turns out to be Galen's soulmate.

Abusive Parents: See Parental Abandonment.
Action Girl: She's one of Circle Daybreak's top agents and always throws herself into the front lines without hesitation.
Action Girlfriend: A bit of one to Galen.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She’s usually all-business and not a cuddly sort of person, bordering on Jerkass at times, with black hair. She becomes a bit friendlier towards the end.
Animal Motif: The black panther (her animal form). She's said to look "like a half-tamed panther" even in her human form.
Beast Man: Resembles this when she’s partially transformed.
Betty and Veronica: She's the Veronica to Iliana's Betty for Galen.
Broken Bird: Considering the way she was treated in her early years, it's not all that surprising she has issues trusting people or letting them be close to her; it's also implied she views herself as being unworthy of love to an extent.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Gender Flip version with Galen, she being the Brooding Girl to his Gentle Boy.
Byronic Hero: A rare female version. She's jaded, brooding and prone to angry outbursts, claims to not give a damn whilst actually possessing a strong and unwavering moral code, willing to risk severe injury or death to achieve her goals, has a Dark and Troubled Past that has a lot to do with her current cynicism and is rather angst-ridden and conflicted over her growing feelings for Galen.
Catchphrase: "I'm just a grunt".
Defrosting Ice Queen: She becomes less aloof and standoffish over the course of Witchlight, mostly due to Galen and Iliana.
Do Not Call Me "Paul": She's not keen on her first name, due to it meaning "demon".
Fire-Forged Friends: Eventually with Iliana.
Good Is Not Nice: She can be quite rude and hostile, but is ultimately a good-hearted person. She eventually becomes a fair bit friendlier as well.
Good Is Not Soft: Keller isn't exaggerating when she describes herself as a predator, trying to rip out an opponent's throat with her teeth.
Hot-Blooded: When she's not being sullen and aloof, she's charging into battle, yelling at people for one reason or another and generally comes across as stubborn, strong-willed and opinionated.
Icy Gray Eyes: Her eyes are gray, befitting her somewhat cold and unapproachable demeanour, as well as her strong will.
Inconvenient Attraction: Keller considers her soulmate bond to Galen to be extremely inconvenient, both because she thinks Love Is a Weakness and because he's already betrothed to Iliana, the marriage pact being integral to the alliance between the Draches and Harmans. Even when she starts to accept her feelings for him, it only causes her more pain because she knows they can't be together.
Interclass Romance: With Galen. She's an ordinary shapeshifter while he's a prince.
Knight in Sour Armor: What she actually is despite her claims of being a Punch-Clock Hero; as tough and cynical as she is, she does actually care…she just doesn’t like to admit it because she thinks Love Is a Weakness.
Last-Name Basis: She's very rarely called by her first name.
The Leader: Of the team in Witchlight; a tough, headstrong, no-nonsense Action Girl who commands respect and always finishes what she started.
Long Lost Sibling: According to Word of God, Rashel and Keller are twins Separated at Birth.
Love Is a Weakness: Keller's motto. She changes her mind by the end.
Meaningful Name: Her first name comes from the rakshasa, creatures found in Hindu mythology who can shapeshift. The word itself comes from a Sanskrit term translating as "protect", possibly alluding to her protector role in Circle Daybreak and as Iliana's bodyguard.
Only in It for the Money: Claims this is her motivation, but Galen calls her out on it, stating that someone wouldn’t be willing to go to the lengths she does to achieve her goals, including nearly getting herself killed repeatedly, simply for money. The level of devotion she shows to Circle Daybreak and her teammates suggests otherwise, too.
Opposites Attract: With Galen. She's an abrasive Knight in Sour Armour, while he's a kind and gentle Ideal Hero.
Pale Females, Dark Males: A rare inversion. Keller's animal form is a melanistic leopard, whilst her soulmate Galen is a more typically-coloured golden leopard.
Parental Abandonment: Because of the fact that she couldn't control her shifting (especially when she was frightened) her mother (or possibly her father) left her in an cardboard box like someone would for kittens and puppies, stuck in her half and half form with a note basically saying that she is unloved and will always be alone. And it didn't even end there. She got fostered by someone who worked with Circle Daybreak, but they palmed her off on someone else after she inadvertently scratched them, even though she clearly never meant to do it and she was just a child at the time.
Punch-Clock Hero: Subverted. She tries to act like she only does what she does for money and out of gratitude to Circle Daybreak for taking her in as a kid, but it becomes clear she actually does care about helping people (which she accepts by the end).
Recruited from the Gutter: A near-literal example. She is very loyal to Circle Daybreak because they rescued her after she was abandoned by her parents as an infant.
Shapeshifter Mode Lock: As an infant and young child, she would get stuck between her human and panther forms due to lacking the ability to control her powers. She was actually abandoned by her parents in this form.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She eventually falls for Galen because he's a genuinely very kind and sensitive boy, who often tells her You Are Better Than You Think You Are.
Sour Outside, Sad Inside: Her aloofness and Jerkass behaviour is a cover for her pain over her past and fear of being hurt again if she lets anyone in.
Sworn Brothers: Iliana declares them blood sisters after performing a blood tie with her.
Tsundere: Has shades of this, with her default personality as "tsun tsun", though she gradually shows more "dere" traits.

Characters / Night World - Circle Daybreak

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Leadership

Thierry Descouedres

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

Other Members

Poppy North

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

James Rasmussen

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

Ash Redfern

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Daughters of Darkness | Dark Angel | Soulmate

Thea Sophia Harman

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Spellbinder | Soulmate

Eric Ross

Appears in: Spellbinder | Soulmate

Gillian Lennox

Appears in: Dark Angel | Soulmate

David Blackburn

Appears in: Dark Angel | Soulmate

Fayth

Appears in: The Chosen

Rashel Jordan

Appears in: The Chosen | Soulmate | Thicker Than Water

John Quinn

Appears in: Daughters of Darkness | The Chosen | Soulmate

Hannah Snow

Appears in: Soulmate

Hugh Davis

Appears in: Huntress

Raksha Keller

Appears in: Witchlight

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Leadership

Thierry Descouedres

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

Other Members

Poppy North

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

James Rasmussen

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Soulmate

Ash Redfern

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Daughters of Darkness | Dark Angel | Soulmate

Thea Sophia Harman

Appears in: Secret Vampire | Spellbinder | Soulmate

Eric Ross

Appears in: Spellbinder | Soulmate

Gillian Lennox

Appears in: Dark Angel | Soulmate

David Blackburn

Appears in: Dark Angel | Soulmate

Fayth

Appears in: The Chosen

Rashel Jordan

Appears in: The Chosen | Soulmate | Thicker Than Water

John Quinn

Appears in: Daughters of Darkness | The Chosen | Soulmate

Hannah Snow

Appears in: Soulmate

Hugh Davis

Appears in: Huntress

Raksha Keller

Appears in: Witchlight

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