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Residents Of New Orleans, Louisiana
Viktor and associates
Viktor Kruglov
Viktor Kruglov
Portrayed By: Paul Ben-Victor
- Armor-Piercing Question: While hogtied and facing someone who clearly intends to kill him, Viktor still has the intestinal fortitude to ask Jesse why he thinks Tulip married him. Jesse thinks it was for the money and lavish lifestyle, but Viktor tells him it was because he was nice to her, unlike Jesse up to that point.
- Bald of Evil: He's a balding mob boss.
- Defiant to the End: Even though he's tied up and helpless, and realizes his captor Jesse Custer is enraged and exceedingly dangerous, he still has the balls to give him shit and call him out on his treatment of Tulip. He also shows no fear of his probable imminent death at the hands of Jesse, even calling him an asshole. REPEATEDLY.
- The Don: if not the head, is clearly a very highly ranked figure in the New Orleans underworld.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His daughter, Alison. He also seems to genuinely love Tulip, his estranged spouse.
- May–December Romance: He's clearly substantially older than Tulip, his former wife.
- Villains Out Shopping: Is seen playing the Monopoly board game with Tulip in a flashback.
- Villainous Valor: Having a gun pointed at his face doesn't make him bat an eyelid. Neither does being tied up, tortured and facing near-certain death. The one time he does look scared is when facing the Saint of Killers, who has been hinted to inflict a supernatural sense of dread.
Alison Kruglov
Alison Kruglov
Portrayed By: Stella Allen
- Bullying a Dragon: She's likely fully aware of how dangerous Tulip is, but this doesn't stop her from spitting in her stepmother's face to express her displeasure.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Averted, as her stepmother Tulip tries to make Alison understand why she left, but she's having none of it.
- Daddy's Little Villain: She's aware of her father's activities and treats it like it's no big deal.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Her father routinely has her practice with firearms in their basement. This helps her sleep.
Pat
Pat
Portrayed By: Sean Boyd
"Choices. Hardest part of the job."
A torturer in Viktor's employ.- Badass Normal: Clearly not a supernatural avatar of Death like The Saint of Killers, but manages to give protagonist Jesse Custer the best, most challenging one-on-one fight in the series up to this point.
- Combat Pragmatist: Uses several different weapons and other deadly improvisations in his duel to the death with Jesse Custer.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Jesse finally kills him by stabbing him through one of Pat's previous victims.
- The Oner: Pat's epic struggle with Jesse is filmed in this fashion.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Wears an impeccable shirt, tie and vest. Also wears an apron to keep blood from soiling his clothes.
- Torture Technician: His job.
Angelville
Marie L'Angelle
Marie L'Angelle
Portrayed By: Betty Buckley
Grandmother of Jesse Custer
- Abusive Parents: She treated her own daughter like a slave, had her stomach cut open to get to the photograph of her husband John and son Jesse she was trying to hide from her and let her bleed out, seeing Jesse as an adequate replacement for her. She would go on to become abusive towards Jesse in similar, equally horrifying ways.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: She looks like a pretty shriveled up raisin with hardly any hair left on her head and bound in a wheelchair in the comic; in the TV series, she's not nearly as skinny and she has a lot more hair. However, "The Coffin" reveals that she is wearing a wig, making this a subversion.
- Adaptational Badass: In the source material, her only real power is her ability, along with TC and Jody, to No-Sell the Word of God, and only because God Himself willed it so, losing that power once He removes it. Here, she has a whole host of other supernatural powers, including bringing people Back from the Dead, Your Soul Is Mine!, and a Psychic Strangle.
- Adaptation Deviation:
- The L'Angelles are Christian zealots in the comics and had forced Jesse into the cloth. The show makes them into voodoo practitioners.
- In the comics, Angelville is introduced with a series of burning crosses. The show shows no implications of racism aside from Angelville being a former 19th Century plantation and Marie's sexual roleplay between her and T.C. as a Confederate soldier.
- Adaptational Jerkass: The comic book version of Marie was already a vile human being. However, the TV series version of her is even more diabolical, as she has voodoo magic at her disposal and takes full advantage of it in ways that mostly benefit her at the cost of others.
- Adaptational Wimp: Unlike her comic book counterpart, she and the rest of Angelville are not immune to Genesis at all. Much of Season 3 was dedicated to Jesse getting his soul back to make Genesis work again so he could finally take her down.
- Back from the Dead: Arguably her most impressive ability is resurrecting the recently dead.
- Big Bad Ensemble: In season 3 with Satan, Allfather D'Aronique and Eccarius.
- Deal with the Devil: Her services to clients involve them making blood contracts with her. However, if they don't pay up, she steals their souls from them and uses their Empty Shells as fighters in the Tombs. In addition, she has made a bargain with Satan himself to keep her youth by eating souls.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the comic, she was killed by her house being lit on fire around her and then her oxygen tank violently exploding as a result. Here, she gets strapped in her own soul-sucking machine.
- Entitled Bitch: She believes she is entitled to her family's love and has tortured her daughter and grandson to make them love her. Not only that, but she makes them work for her love, and will keep those she "helps" under perpetual debt, having their souls sucked out and what's left forced to fight in The Tombs if they are unable to pay.
- Evil Matriarch: She did everything she could to keep her daughter under her thumb back in the day, and she did the same to Jesse after her daughter's death.
- Evil Old Folks: She's old enough to have an adult grandson, and she's plenty cruel and heartless.
- Evil Sorceress: She's seen to have a variety of spells at her disposal. Some are benevolent, but all have a nasty edge to them - for example, she can cure alcoholism by making it so that you will always puke up any booze you try to drink.
- Faux Affably Evil: She's polite towards Cassidy when they're having a conversation. However, it's revealed she sees him as little more than someone she can take advantage of. She also professes to being a loving mother to her own daughter and a loving grandmother to Jesse in the present day, despite her actions and manipulative behavior saying otherwise.
- Gruesome Grandparent: She is just as cruel a grandmother to Jesse as she was a parent to her daughter.
- Hate Sink: She's a horrible mother and grandmother that doesn't care who gets hurt in her mayhem.
- Hypocrite: She likes to preach the importance of family, but she's willing to kill and manipulate them for her own benefit. In the Season 3 finale (both in a flashback and the present), she's shown to mock Jesse for being unwilling to kill her because she thinks he's afraid he'll go to Hell if he does so. This is coming from the woman that has not only made a Deal with the Devil himself to cheat death, but she's also apparently afraid of going to Hell herself.
- Immortality Immorality: It's implied she's at least as old as the American Civil War, and in addition to being a domineering and hateful bitch, she's kept herself alive so long by feeding on souls.
- Immortals Fear Death: She's been alive at least since the American Civil War, having sustained herself by eating human souls and has an ongoing business partnership with Hell. In spite of this, she has no interest in going there any time soon.
- It's All About Me: At the end of the day, she's a horribly selfish bitch that only cares about the suffering of people so long as she gets anything good out of it. Her death leaves no tears.
- I Was Quite a Looker: She says herself that she was once quite beautiful.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Once Jesse has his soul back and full access to Genesis, he proceeds to tear Marie's control over him down. First, he forces her to end his contract with her and release Tulip's soul. After that, he forces her to dispose of the souls that were collected for her. And finally, Jesse straps her into her own soul-sucking machine.
- Offing the Offspring: Orders the death of her own daughter.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Zigzagged. After resurrecting her, Marie wants to eat Tulip's soul just because she refuses to suck up to her, but she also acknowledges that killing Tulip would lose her a reason for Jesse to not kill her. However, her ego eventually gets the better of her and she tries to have Tulip's soul sucked out, and only stops because Jesse keeps offering to get larger supplies of souls to feed on with Tulip's help. Even with the bigger soul supply, she still feels entitled to getting revenge on Tulip.
- Really 700 Years Old: It's hinted that she's a lot older than she looks and that she's sustained herself by eating souls.
- The Sociopath: She's very cruel, vengeful and manipulative. She preaches the importance of family while being willing to abuse and kill them. Every deed she performs, even those that are seemingly good, is done in a way that benefits her (usually through blood contracts). While she did have a husband to give her a daughter at some point, word of mouth reveals that not only did she gain one of her previous lovers' affection by using a Love Potion on him, she killed him after she got bored with him. The only emotions she shows are anger, a sense of entitlement, and a fear of death, if only because she's inevitably going to Hell once she does.
- Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the comic, Allfather D'Aronique was her nephew, and part of his vendetta against Jesse was to avenger her death. In the show, the Angelville and Grail storylines happen concurrently, and neither she nor D'Aronique seem to know each other, with Marie not even protesting making any moves against him to steal souls.
- Wants a Prize for Basic Decency: Despite the obvious domestic abuse and her involvement in the deaths of his parents, she expects Jesse to respect her just because she's his grandmother and she's giving him a roof to live under. Similarly, she tries to assert to Tulip that because she brought her back to life, she effectively owns her.
- Wicked Witch: Marie is essentially a contemporary version of one. She dabbles in voodoo magic, literally made a Deal with the Devil, is a wretched old woman in a wheelchair, and aside from her two caretakers/muscle, lives alone on a 19th Century plantation in Louisiana.
- Would Hurt a Child: She trapped Jesse in a coffin and attempted to drown him to get him to see things her way not long after she had both of his parents killed and took custody of him. And that was just the beginning of the abuse.
- Your Soul Is Mine!: She takes her payment in cash for preference, but you'd better be prompt with the money, or she'll take your soul instead.
Jody
Jody
Portrayed By: Jeremy Childs
One of Granma L'Angelle's henchmen. He was the one who pulled the trigger on Jesse's father back in the day.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Only slightly, but still there, as he seems genuinely Affably Evil. He, alongside T.C., was also appalled at Madame Marie cutting up her own daughter.
- Affably Evil: Much like T.C., he seems rather friendly to the trio, striking up polite conversation with very little prompting. He is still doggedly loyal to Madame L'Angelle, though. And even though Jesse wants Jody dead for very understandable reasons, Jody still cares for him in a somewhat twisted way and wishes to toughen him up.
- Archnemesis Dad: Played with. He considers himself a Parental Substitute to Jesse after the deaths of Jesse's parents, helped raise him, and appears genuinely happy to see Jesse again. Given that he killed one of Jesse's parents and Jody's parenting methods are violently abusive at worst, however, Jesse doesn't quite feel the same way.
- Badass Normal: He has no known supernatural abilities, but he can still win against Jesse note and he's seen lifting the back end of a truck and dragging it, showing what verges on a Charles Atlas Superpower.
- Blood Knight: Relishes combat to the point where he deliberately provokes over a dozen men into attacking him. By the time Jesse drives around back, Jody's done with them.
- Demoted to Extra: Jody's clearly The Dragon to Gran'ma in the comics, and Jesse's hatred of Jody is more personal than his of Gran'ma. On the show, he has fewer scenes than TC, his former sidekick, and his actor is absent from the opening credits — unlike Gran'ma or TC.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Given him hitting Jesse for bringing her name up and his reluctance to harm her on Marie's orders, it's implied he has a soft spot for Christina L'Angelle.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Even though he's loyal to Marie and works along with her, he's shown to be genuinely disturbed by Marie's willingness to cut open her own daughter's stomach in retaliation for going behind her back.
- Graceful Loser: After Jesse defeats him in the Tombs, he congratulates Jesse for toughening up and taking him down before dying.
- Karmic Death: He is eventually killed by Jesse, whose father Jody killed.
- Made of Iron: He can take downright astonishing amounts of punishment without looking any worse for the wear.
- Not Quite Dead: Subverted in the Season 3 finale. After getting a board with nails to the face and having his head smashed against the wall repeatedly, he's seemingly killed. While T.C. gets gasoline to burn down the Tombs, Jody gets back up. However, he's only getting up to congratulate Jesse before dying for real.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Doesn't raise his voice much, and puts on a friendly show for everyone. He's also eager to put the screws to anyone Marie asks — especially to Jesse.
- Wicked Cultured: He's a Blood Knight for the most part, but he's also shown to enjoy solving crossword puzzles in his downtime and brings a few books of them for entertainment during the mission to Osaka.
- You Killed My Father: Season 3 reveals that he’s the one who shot Jessie’s father].
T.C.
T.C.
Portrayed By: Colin Cunningham
One of Gran'ma L'Angelle's henchmen.
- Adaptational Badass: The comics version of T.C. was pretty much hopeless in a fight. Here, he is skilled enough to go a few rounds with Tulip and also shows himself to be pretty well versed in sneaking up on people and using mundane things such as a hairdryer as improvised weapons.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: If the comic version of T.C. had ever been left alone with Tulip, it would've been ugly. While the show still implies T.C. is an Extreme Omnisexual, it doesn't appear he wants to rape everything in sight. In addition, he starts an unlikely bond with Cassidy, covers for both a young Jesse and in the present Tulip when they set out to do something Marie wouldn't approve of, and repeatedly tries to temper her rage any way he can, though he goes along with her in the end anyway. As such, Jesse generally considers him to be the only person in Angelville he doesn't have a grudge against.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Implied to be in some sort of sexual relationship with Marie. In the comics, most of his sexual partners aren't even mammals. However, while T.C. is loyal to Marie, it's apparent that she sees him as little more than a simple-minded servant and is using the sexual roleplay as a way to vent her frustrations over what to do with Tulip.
- Affably Evil: While he has no problem working for a woman who murders, tortures and steals souls, TC is very genial and seems to want to get along with everyone.
- Ascended Extra: In the comics, T.C. is just a corrupt hick and Extreme Omnisexual, little more than Jody's perverted henchman. In the show, he has more scenes than Jody, and his actor is in the opening credits, unlike Jody's.
- Back-Alley Doctor: He handles the scientific and medical tasks around Angelville, such as stitching up the injured and preparing adrenaline injections for the Tomb gladiators.
- Bestiality Is Depraved: T.C. is well-known by city officials for his sex acts with animals, enough that he's apparently on the city's watchlist and the police will prioritize him breaking into a petting zoo over responding to a bank robbery.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: T.C.'s conversation jumps endlessly from topic to topic, and nothing he says on any topic makes much sense. Even Cassidy, who is a bit of this trope himself, seems not to know what to make of him.
- Face Death with Dignity: Seeing as Jesse doesn't hate T.C. as much as the rest of those living in Angelville, he offers T.C. the chance to flee before he burns it all down. However, T.C. has nowhere else to go and chooses to stay.
- Groin Attack: Tulip slaps a lizard onto his "dingle" to torture him into giving up information on Marie. It doesn't work.
- Hidden Depths: Most people write him off as a dumb, sexually-depraved hick, but T.C.'s a lot more socially perceptive than he looks. For example, he knew Jesse was seeing Sabina Boyd as a kid and is often privy to information other speakers would not want to reveal.
- Killed Offscreen: He chooses to stay behind in Angelville when Jesse burns it to the ground and it's heavily implied that he dies in the Tombs, but we don't get to see his death.
- Named by the Adaptation: T.C. was the only name he was known by in the comic. In the show, they are initials that stand for Theodore Charles.
- Token Good Teammate: Despite his sexual eccentricities and loyalty to Marie, T.C. is bar none the least unpleasant person in Angelville. As Jesse points out when he prepares to burn down the Tombs and all of Angelville after killing Jody, he's the only person in Angelville not to be on his revenge list and offers to let him escape, with T.C. only dying because he chose to stay and had nowhere else to go.
Other residents
Denis
Denis
Portrayed By: Ronald Guttman
An acquaintance of Cassidy. Later revealed to be his son. Due to being terminally ill, Cassidy agrees to make him a vampire after some hesitation.
- Ax-Crazy: He becomes seriously unstable and bloodlusted after becoming a vampire.
- I Hate You, Vampire Dad: A somewhat unusual case of this. He does indeed hate his vampire dad. However, in his case, the vampire is his literal, biological father, and he hates him less for being a bloodsucking fiend and more for just generally being a shitty parent. However, after he becomes a vampire himself the two seem to make amends with each other.
- Offing the Offspring: On the receiving end by Cassidy, after having proven one too many times that he is a bloodthirsty fiend.
- The Unintelligible: Comes off like this if you don't understand French, as his dialogue is never subtitled. When he finally starts speaking English, it comes off as a Wham Line.
Papa Bebe Jr.
Papa Bebe Junior
Portrayed By: Renell Gibbs
A voodoo priest, owner of the House of Voodoo.
- Hollywood Voodoo: He and other voodoo priests deal in souls, but they have been driven out of business by the Japanese.
Madame Boyd
Sabina Boyd
Portrayed By: Prema Cruz
A fortuneteller and voodoo mystic, and Gran'ma L'Angelle's main rival. And also Jesse's ex.
- The Ace: Compared to Marie's withered old plantation, Madame Boyd's operation is modern and well-staffed.
- Body Double: She poses as a secretary when Tulip visits her, using a corpse in shadow to pose as the "real" Madame Boyd. Whether she does this for all the customers or just Tulip is unrevealed.
- Mercy Kill: Jesse shoots her after Marie steals her soul, sparing her having to continue a meaningless existence in the Tombs as an empty shell.
- Woman Scorned: She loved Jesse once, but he rejected her advances and then killed her older brother.
Eccarius
Eccarius
Portrayed By: Adam Croasdell
A vampire who keeps a cult of vampire-wannabes around to feed on.
- Adaptational Badass: In the comics, Eccarius is a ridiculous figure that exists mainly to let the author vent about how stupid he thinks angsty, pretentious Anne Rice-style vampires are. In the show, while he's still overly flamboyant and hammy, he also has an impressive array of supernatural abilities and Cassidy is genuinely tempted by his offer of undying companionship. When he and Cassidy finally do get to fisticuffs, he tanks everything thrown at him and ends the fight in one move. Essentially, he went from a pisstake of the Anne Rice vampire to a deconstruction.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the comics, Eccarius is merely careless with the lives of Les Enfants, killing some of them by accident on occasion by draining them to excess. Here, he's actively preying upon them for decades, delighting in tricking them into believing he's making a Utopia for them, before killing them and dumping their bodies.
- Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Like the other Enfants, he dresses like he's heading to a Gothic Renfair.
- Big Bad Ensemble: In season 3 with Marie L'Angelle, Allfather D'Aronique, and Satan.
- Charm Person: He can control, or at least strongly influence, the minds of mortals.
- Flight: He can fly, and even carry another person with him as he does.
- Karmic Death: He is Eaten Alive by his own cult after Cassidy secretly turned them all into vampires, much like Eccarius was secretly doing to the cult members after he turned them.
- Powered by a Forsaken Child: He gets his impressive array of powers from consuming the blood of the vampires he has turned. He's killed hundreds by his own admission, so his powers are appropriately impressive.
- Released to Elsewhere: He tells the youths that he is mentoring that they will be sent as his missionaries to act as protectors for vampires worldwide. In reality, he just eats them and disposes of their carcasses in an empty lot.
- Super-Speed: He can move fast enough that the world around him seems to move in slow motion.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: He can turn into a black cat at will.
