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Vampire Authority

Chancellors

Roman Zimojic

See his entry on the Main Vampires page

Salomé Agrippa

See her entry on the Big Bads page

Nora Gainsborough

See her entry on the Main Vampires page

Nan Flanagan

See her entry on the Main Vampires page

Rosalyn Harris

"When you got lame horses, you put em down."

Played By: Carolyn Hennesy

A Chancellor of the Authority who has cultivated a plain spoken, southern accented persona.

Tropes

• Brainwashed and Crazy: Downplayed. On the surface, it looks like she was a believer in co-existence with humans, before drinking the blood of Lilith, after which she abandoned this outlook in favor of the Sanguinista's "Humans are food" ideology. However, it's strongly implied that she was a Professional Butt-Kisser long before she drank the Lilith blood, and that she never truly cared for mainstreaming to begin with.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: She swallows fly Sam and he shifts back, causing her head to explode.
• Deadpan Snarker: She loves to snark at people.
  Rosalyn Harris: "As we say in Texas honey: When you're in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging."
• Dirty Coward: As soon as Dieter is killed, she submits to Russell and Salome.
• Knight Templar: Subverted. She will follow whoever is in power to save her own ass
• Mama Bear: Rosalyn is very keen on finding out who killed her progeny Elijah, and reacts quite angrily upon getting confirmation it was Pam. She also reveals to Tara that she's made 204 vampires within her lifetime.
• Pragmatic Villainy: She's angry with Steve Newlin over him and Russell killing the college students at the fraternity. However, it's not because she had any moral qualms about what they did, but because they were stupid enough to get caught on camera and create a PR nightmare for the AVL.
• Professional Butt-Kisser: This is her default trait. While she claims to care about mainstreaming initially, it's strongly hinted at that she's just going along with Roman's agenda to keep her job and stay in his good graces. Unlike Dieter, she has no issue switching sides when the Sanguinistas take over, and demonstrates no guilt over the atoricities she committs with them.
• The Man Behind the Man: To Elijah, her progeny whom she sent to Fangtasia to take Eric's place.
• Torture Technician: Along with Dieter and Salome, it seems many of the Authority members have a talent for torture.
• Your Head A-Splode: Her death is easily the most gruesome one on the show thus far, and that's saying something.

Kibwe Akinjide

Played By: Peter Mensah

An ancient African vampire and a Chancellor of the Vampire Authority. Serving under Guardian Roman Zimojic, he appeared to be among the more liberal-minded and peaceful of the Chancellors, believing in rehabilitation for lawbreakers, rather than punishment. In reality, however, he was deeply unconcerned for human life and gladly joined the Authority's new Sanguinista direction after Russell Edgington staked Zimojic and Salome Agrippa became the new Guardian.

Tropes

• Affably Evil: "If you will just put on your seatbelts."
• Ambiguously Evil: It's ambiguous whether Kibwe is a Sanguista because he believes in their cause or (like several other characters) he's Brainwashed and Crazy.

• Bald of Authority: Not only is he a Chancellor but he also leads a squad of V-Feds/'gay stormtroopers'.
• Bald of Evil: A follower of Lilith, although it's unclear if ta due to natural nastiness or going nuts after drinking Liliths blood.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Kibwe acts like a Reasonable Authority Figure who prefers rehabilitating lawbreakers instead of killing them. However, he only does this to undermine Roman and gain support. When Molly is about to be executed, Kibwe smugly tells her they could sway her to their side, but no one thinks she’s worth the effort.
• The Chosen One: He believes himself to be one after having a vision of Lilith.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: Of course he was going to help these humans get safely back.
• Dirty Coward: Kibwe enthusiastically supports a rampage against humanity until General Cavanaugh threatens to retaliate with military force, at which point he starts dragging his feet.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: After spending most of the season as a prominent antagonist, Kibwe is unexpectedly killed by Bill after a brief conversation once Bill realizes that he’s a potential rival.
• The Fundamentalist: Implied. Prior to Salome's coup against Roman, he punches Russell when he bad-mouths Lilith and the vampire religion, going as far as to call it 'blasphemy.' On top of that, he intentionally goes out of his way to round up all of Russell's remaining victims and slaughter them and it's implied he did this because they could identify Salome as the woman who brought them there. This gives the impression he was a Sanguinista who was in cahoots with Salome long before he actually had a taste of Lilith's blood.
• Knight Templar: But not for Roman, whom he betrays and later calls an 'infidel'.
• No True Scotsman: Kibwe is repulsed by the idea of becoming a Daywalking Vampire, saying that vampires are made to roam the night.
• Pragmatic Villainy:
  • He argues to spare Eric and Bill when they're being judged by the rest of the Authority because they took out Marnie (who was a threat to all vampires in the previous season), and because there's no documentation of vampires killing humans since they covered up the worst of what happened. When Alexander brings up that they killed Nan Flanagan, Kibwe dismisses this by pointing out that she had been fired by that point and was going to be killed off anyways.
  • When Bill reveals that Russell Edgington is alive and asks for the opportunity to bring Russell in alive, Kibwe considers their proposition. He argues that even if Eric and Bill die in the attempt, it's no skin off the Authority's nose since they'll find another way to capture Russell. It's also a way for the Authority to test whether or not Eric and Bill will try to make a run for it, or if they're actually loyal as they claim to be.
  • After finding Russell Edgington, he allows Eric and Bill to glamour Sookie and Alcide because he's trying to keep up his mainstreaming facade in front of them, and doesn't want to make enemies of them yet.
  • He kills all of Russell Edgington's victims because it's implied they could all identify Salome as the woman who kidnapped them, and he didn't want word of that to get back to Roman.
  • He supports the execution of Molly since she compromised the Authority's security and doesn't think she's worth the effort of recruiting her to the Sanguinista cause.
  • He gets angry with Eric for killing General Cavanaugh after the General threatened to release video footage of Russell and Steve's fraternity massacre to the news if any harm befell him. His reasons for not wanting a war aren't because he cares about killing humans, but because he recognizes vampires are in a vulnerable position since humans have developed sophisticated weapons to counter them.
• Really 700 Years Old: He mentions at one point that he's about 500 years old.
• Scary Black Man: Once his true allegiance is revealed.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: He's more often than not dressed to the absolute nines
• Surprisingly Sudden Death: His death at Bill's hands is pretty unexpected, and shows how far over the edge Bill has become at that point.
• The Stoic: More reserved than his Large Ham colleagues, which proves to be a good trait for a spy.

Dieter Braun

"Do you believe in a literal interpretation of our sacred text?"

Played By: Christopher Heyerdahl

"Allow me to deal with these traitors, Guardian. They will beg for the True Death!"

An ancient male vampire, and a Chancellor of the Vampire Authority. Dieter is extremely intimidating, despite his slender frame, and he enjoys using innovative methods to torture prisoners during interrogation. His methods of choice include injecting liquefied silver into the veins of his victims, and burning them with exposure to ultra-violet lights.

Tropes

• Affably Evil: He's friendly and polite on the surface, even when he's torturing vampires for information.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: He subjects Eric, Nora, and Bill to this when he turns on the UV lights in their cells after Bill lies to him. He also injects Bill with multiple shots of pure silver when he's interrogating him about whether or not Bill is associated with the Sanguinistas. Supplementary material reveals he's responsible for coming up with most of the torture devices the Authority uses.
• Good Is Not Nice: He genuinely believes in peaceful co-existence of vampires and humans, but that does not mean he's a good person.
• Killed Mid-Sentence: He's in the middle of giving a Reason You Suck speech to Salome and the other Sanguinistas before Russell gets bored and decapitates him.
• Knight Templar: Dieter has no compunctions about torturing and killing people in order to protect mainstreaming.
• Nay-Theist: He doesn't actually believe in Lilith or the "Vampire Bible". He boasts he knew the man who wrote it and said he was high the whole time.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Always seen in a good suit.
• Soft-Spoken Sadist: Zig-Zagged. He never raises his voice when he's interrogating prisoners or converging with his fellow Chancellors, but he does tend to shout when things go wrong. One example is when he finds out that Russell Edgington is still alive and angrily refers to it as an "Epic Fucking Disaster." Another instance is when Roman gets killed by Russell and he yells for Level 1 protocols to be initiated.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Defied. He tries to give this to the other Chancellors when they're about to drink Lilith's blood, but Russell rips his head off before he can finish.
• Token Good Teammate: Dieter is NOT a nice person, but out of all the people on Roman's council, he is the only one genuinely believes in mainstreaming and stands in opposition to the Sanguinistas.
• Torture Technician: Interrogates Sanguinista traitors with ruthless prejudice.
• Undying Loyalty: The most devoted of Roman's chancellors, even in the face of death.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Just like his boss, he genuinely believes in mainstreaming, and is willing to do whatever it takes to maintain peaceful coexistence between vampires and humans.

Alexander Drew

Played By: Jacob Hopkins

An angelic looking, yet impetuous vampire. He was turned at the tender age of 9, and served the Vampire Authority as a Chancellor. Drew helped draft the Vampire Rights Amendment with Roman Zimojic. Alexander was the Chancellor presiding over Europe, and bragged of having vampire rights bills passed in Scandinavia. In reality Alexander was a Sanguinista, and recorded videos of himself feeding on and killing humans, which he kept as trophies, and sent to other anti-mainstreaming groups.

Tropes

• Ambiguous Situation: Was Alexander always a Sanguinista? Did Salome give him Lilith's blood to convert him? Or did he become one because he grew disillusioned with Roman's mainstreaming movement?
• Enfante Terrible: He's one of the Sanguinistas.
• Et Tu, Brute?: Roman feels this after killing Alexander when he reveals himself to be a traitor.
• The Fundamentalist: He's revealed to be a part of the Sanguinista movement, and was secretly recording videos of himself feeding on humans and sending them to other Sanguinistas to let them know he sympathized with their cause.
• Jerkass: In the limited screen time he has, he's either making snide remarks or just shouting angrily. He was also one of the Chancellors who wanted to execute Eric and Bill.
• Really 700 Years Old: Supplementary material reveals he was turned into a vampire during the Spanish Influenza outbreak in 1918.
• Stupid Evil: Unlike other Sanguinistas like Salome, Kibwe, and Nora who were smart enough to keep their activities a secret from Roman, Alexander openly filmed himself feeding on humans and sent those videos to known enemies of the Authority to let them know he stood in solidarity with them. He also believed that when Roman found out about his activities, he would be able to talk his way out of it. It doesn't work.
• Undead Child: Just look at his picture.
• We Used to Be Friends: It's implied that Alexander and Roman were once close friends. Roman even points out that Alexander helped draft parts of the Vampire Rights Amendment with him. Whether or not Alexander was always a Sanguinista or if he only became that way because he was alienated by Roman's mainstreaming agenda is unknown.

High-Ranking Agents

The Magister

Jorje Alonso de San Diego

"Torture? This? I don't think so. I could show you torture, if you like?"

Played By: Željko Ivanek

"Do you question my authority? I am the Magister! I was trained in the Inquisition and I am the adjudicator for every vampire territory in North America! As the humans say, the humans you love more than your own kind, back your shit down!"

A vampire judge who presided over all the vampires of North America. He was from the Iberian peninsula and was turned during the late ninth century. He was feared because of his political power and advanced age.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: His first name and history.
• Badass Boast: The above quote.
• Been There, Shaped History: He was a member of the Spanish Inquisition, an advisor to Josef Stalin and right hand man to Adolf Eichmann.
• Berserk Button:
  • He does not like it when vampires mouth off to him. Bill finds this out the hard way.
  The Magister: Do you question my authority?! I am the Magister! I was trained in the Inquisition and I am the adjudicator for every vampire territory in North America! As the humans say, the humans you love more than your own kind: Back your shit down.
  • He also has little patience for vampires who make measly excuses:
  The Magister: "Oh, you've got the wrong man." "My dog ate my homework." "I saw Goody Osburn with the devil." Excuses are one thing I can assure you do not get better with age.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: One of his talents.
• Deadpan Snarker: Has a harsh wit to him.
• Dirty Coward: Downplayed. When Russell tortures the Magister, Pam notes that for someone who enjoys dishing out sadistic punishments towards vampires, the Magister can't take it when the pain is inflicted on him. This was AFTER he planned to put silver eye piercings on Pam, so it's understandable why she isn't feeling sympathetic towards him. That being said, despite being forced to officiate the wedding between Russell and Sophie-Anne, the Magister makes it clear to Russell that the Authority will never recognize their marriage as legitimate, and that he still remains loyal to his employers. This prompts Russell to decapitate him.
• Faux Affably Evil: Whatever polite demeanor he has is simply a facade. The moment that vampires irritate him or bore him is when he turns nasty.
• The Fundamentalist: From the way he talks about the Authority, he sounds like an Inquisitor who is completely and utterly devoted to the Church's cause. Since the Authority is considered to be the Church and State combined by many vampires...........you can probably draw the parallels here.
• Knight Templar: Was actually trained during the Spanish Inquisition.
• Large Ham: "Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!"
• Undying Loyalty: To the Authority.

Molly

"Now, if you guys could take your shirts off for me, that'd be great."

Played By: Tina Majorino

A vampire who works for the Vampire Authority and outfits Eric Northman and Bill Compton with wireless control harnesses called iStakes, later revealed to be an invention of her own ingenious design.

• Death by Irony: Killed by her own staking app, iStake.
• Defiant to the End: At her own execution she shows no fear, telling the Authority exactly what she thinks of them.
• Fan Disservice: At her final confrontation with the Authority, she is shirtless and barefoot, wearing just jeans and a bra - but she has obviously received a beating and is wearing one of her own iStakes. Then her iStake is activated and she turns into a gory mess.
• Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: When the Authority begins to follow the Sanguinista movement (the idea that humans are just food for vampires), Molly refuses to be a part of it, resulting in her execution. She even takes the time to tell her killers just how messed-up she thinks the Sanguinista idea is before she dies.

• Nerds Are Sexy: an attractive inventor.

• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: But she gets staked before she could leave.
• Techno Wizard: Possibly an Actor Allusion to her former role on Veronica Mars. She has designed many of the high-tech gadgets used by the Authority, most notably the remote-controlled iStake. This means that she is the one Eric relies on to disable the security systems to allow them to escape the Authority headquarters.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Delivers one to the Authority.

Other Members

Chelsea

Chelsea

Played By: Skyler Vallo

The receptionist to the Vampire Authority.

• Affably Evil: She's pleasant for the most part in spite of working for the Ax-Crazy Sanguinistas who are bent on enslaving and killing humans.
• Bit Character: Chelsea only has about three minutes of screen time and about ten lines of dialogue across the four episodes she appears in.
• Dumb Blonde: Zigzagged. She can seem a bit ditzy, but mention acing a statistics test, and in her final episode Emma|Newlin got only a couple lines off before Chelsea twigged that he was missing his accent. Granted, things went to shit before it was a strong enough feeling for her to do something about it, but it was enough for her to notice something was amiss.
• Everyone Has Standards: Chelsea has no visible compunctions about serving the likes of Russell and Steve, but she objects to the idea of Steve deliberately making his show overly complicated for consumers.
• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Subverted. She's one of the friendliest and most chipper vampires to appear on the show, but she is working for the Ax-Crazy Sanguinista movement (which believes in the torture, rape, and enslavement of humans) and doesn't display any guilt for doing so. Word of God claims that she was only loyal to whichever Guardian was in charge, which makes her sound like a Professional Butt-Kisser who was willing to go along with the atrocities the Authority committed as long as she kept her job.
• Genki Girl: Seems happy with her job and eager to engage with people.
• Punch-Clock Villain: Implied. She works as a receptionist for the Vampire Authority even when her superiors are on the verge of declaring war against humanity out of (both literal and figurative) bloodlust.
• Sexy Secretary: She wears a somewhat tight dress in all of her scenes, and wears makeup.
• Villains Out Shopping: Chelsea appears to be taking college classes when she isn't abetting the corrupted Vampire Authority's campaign of terror. She's seen reading a marketing textbook in two scenes and excitedly tells Steve (really a disguised Emma) that she aced a statistics test.

Nigel

Nigel Beckford

"Newborns! I mean, just so... succulent."

Played By: Henri Lubatti

A grotesque-looking vampire, with a disturbing appetite for babies blood.

Tropes

• Child Eater: His victims usually are either kids or babies.
• Eats Babies: Close enough, considering he drains them of all of their blood.
• Facial Horror: He's a pretty gross looking guy, and it's implied that repeated exposure to silver and the UV lights in his prison cell have altered his appearance and made it harder for him to heal.
• Would Hurt a Child: When the Authority crashes a wedding reception and kills everyone there, he's shown draining the blood out of a little boy.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: He has been conspicuously absent in recent episodes, oddly as he was a visible presence with the new Authority after being freed from his prison. Even more strangely he is not among those encountered or killed when Sookie, Jason, Eric, Tara and Nora, launch their assault on the Authority's headquarters, meaning that there is a possibility that he is out roaming the world, looking for more babies and children to eat.

Hayes

Hayes

Played By: Zoran Korach

A large vampire of Eastern European descent.

Tropes

• Blood Knight: Seems pleased to be charged with killing the likes of Bill and Eric.
• The Brute: A tough guy who isn't that bright.

Vampire Sheriffs

Godric

Godric

"I'm actually older than your Jesus. I wish I could have known him, but I missed it."

Played By: Allan Hyde

"Two thousand years and I can still be surprised. In this, I see God."

The vampire sheriff of Area 9 in Dallas, Texas. An ancient vampire over 2,000 years-old, Godric suffered much cruelty at the hands of the human race and his own maker which instilled in him a great amount of hatred and resentment. So much so, that he spent most of his existence hunting humans for sport and passing on his disdain for the living to his progenies, Eric and Nora. However, after a millennia, Godric realized that all the senseless killing had only left him feeling detached and empty, causing him to commit suicide.

Tropes

• Adaptational Heroism: In the books, Godric was named Godfrey, and was a pedophile/child-rapist who turned himself over to the Fellowship of the Sun because he couldn't stop his behavior. In the show, he's a Nelson Mendela figure who genuinely wants peace between vampires and humans, and hands himself over to the Fellowship partly to atone for his past actions and in a vain attempt to prevent other vampires from being taken by them. He is also NOT a child-rapist/pedophile, nor does the show ever hint he's one.
• Adaptational Name Change: The book version name is Godfrey whereas the show version's name is Godric.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the books, Eric's maker was not Godfrey, but an abusive vampire named Appius. In the show, both Appius and Godfrey are combined into the same character of Godric, with a huge dose of Adaptational Nice Guy to make him likable to the audience.
• Adaptational Personality Change: In the books, both Godfrey and Appius (whom Godric is based on) were borderline Hate Sinks. Godfrey was a pedophile and a child-rapist, and Appius was an abusive maker who made Eric's life hell. In the TV show, Godric is neither abusive nor a pedophile/child-rapist (nor does the show ever hint that he is) and both he and Eric have a strong, loving relationship as maker/progeny.
• The Atoner: He settled into this in his later years, which leads to his suicide.
• Big Good: Of Season 5.
• Blood Knight: Appears to have been something like this in the past, considering he turned Eric after seeing his magnificent fighting abilities.
• Character Death: Godric chooses to meet the sun on his own terms.
• Dark and Troubled Past: He's seen as much more vicious in flashbacks.
• Driven to Suicide: He watches the sunrise, which kills him.
• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Is trying to be this.
• I Love You, Vampire Son: Genuinely cared for Eric.
  • I Hate You, Vampire Dad: His own maker was cruel and abusive. Godric eventually managed to kill him.

• Messianic Archetype: Preaches love and forgiveness, willingly gives up his life to prove his point, and afterwards appears to his disciple surrounded by light to preach more love and forgiveness. In short, he is almost a Vampire Jesus.
• Really Two Thousand Years Old: Looks like a teenager.
• Self-Sacrifice Scheme: Got caught by the Fellowship of the Sun on purpose. You might even call it a Stupid Sacrifice.
• The Sheriff: Of Texas Area 9.
• Spirit Advisor: To both Eric and Nora at times.

• These Hands Have Killed: He's a vampire, so this is kind of hard to avoid, but he apparently had a realization at some point and now feels bad about killing humans.

• Weakened by the Light: Killed by it actually. And on purpose.
• What Beautiful Eyes!: Nora describes his blue eyes as beautiful.
• Who Wants to Live Forever?: Not Godric.

Kirsch

Kirsch

Played By: Annie Fitzgerald

One of Louisiana's vampire sheriffs.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: Her backstory (a war widow, who met the vampire who turned her while being a Hard-Drinking Party Girl to deal with the grief).

Duprez

Duprez

Played By: Damion Poitier

The vampire sheriff of Louisiana's Area 2.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: His backstory (he was a boxer from Haiti who spent several years as The Renfield to a vampire sheriff before being turned by him) is only mentioned on the shows website.

• The Sheriff: Of Louisiana Area 2.

Isabel

Isabel Beaumont

Played By: Valerie Cruz

A vampire and a senior underling of Godric during his tenure as vampire sheriff of Area 9 in Texas.

1Tropes

• All There in the Manual: Her name and backstory.

• Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: She's one of the few vampires on the show who follows Godric's teachings about making peace with humans, and even has a human lover named Hugo.
• Really 700 Years Old: Supplementary material reveals she was born in 1551 in Castille, Spain, and was later turned by a French vampire.
• Undying Loyalty: To Godric.
• The Sheriff: It is implied, and extremely likely, that she became the new sheriff after Godric recommended her.

Blackburn

Blackburn

Played By: Aaron Perilo

One of Louisiana's vampire sheriffs.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: His backstory, which states that he was born in Canada and is Happily Married to his sire.
• Blood Knight: Doesn't exactly seem squeamish by the strong possibility of violence, and proposes chopping an enemy's head off.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: By Antonia.

Luis

Luis Patiño

Played By: Peter Macdissi

The vampire sheriff of Louisiana's Area 3.

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: Considering that he tortured and raped Antonia (and many other prisoners) during his infiltration of the Catholic Church, and showed no remorse for his crimes, it's hard to feel bad when Antonia possesses him and sends him on a suicide mission.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: By Antonia.
• Corrupt Church: In the XIV century he was part of a grop of vampires that infiltrated the Catholic Church.

• Mouth of Sauron: Under Antonia's spell.
• Named After Somebody Famous: Sort of. He's named after producer Luis Patiño.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Luis was a part of a group of vampires led by Don Santiago who infiltrated the Catholic Church to feed on, torture, and rape the prisoners held by the Church. One of these prisoners was Antonia, who would later become a vengeful spirit because of what Luis did to her.
• The Sheriff: Of Louisiana Area 3.

• Undying Loyalty: To his maker, Santiago.

Elijah

Elijah Stormer

Played By: Keram Malicki-Sánchez

A new vampire who replaces Eric Northman as the Sheriff of Area 5.

Tropes

• Deadpan Snarker: "Ice your clam."
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: one of the paler vampires in the show.

• Massive Numbered Siblings: His vampire mother Rosalyn stated that she sired 204 progenies.
• The Sheriff: Of Area 5 in Eric's place.

Other Vampires

Mike Spencer

Mike Spencer

Played By: John Billingsley

The Bon Temps funeral home director and coroner.

• Attempted Rape: In Season 2, under Maryann's influence. He does this again in season 5 after he turns into a vampire and tries to force himself on Sookie.
• The Coroner: Of Bon Temps, meaning most of his appearances are during Season 1 when the Serial Killer is striking.
• Jerkass
• Laser-Guided Karma: This guy spent most of his time lusting after Sookie in an extremely creepy and perverted way, and even tried to force himself on her. Sookie is the one that kills him.
• Mauve Shirt: With lots of appearances.
• Slimeball: He lusts after Sookie and is generally pretty cringey.

Queen Sophie-Anne

Queen Sophie-Anne Leclerq

"Hell hath no fury like a vampire queen broke."

Played By: Evan Rachel Wood

A 500-year-old vampire who reigned as the vampire queen of Louisiana. Prior to the Great Revelation, the queen was lavishly wealthy. However, after the revelation the IRS forced her to pay for the years she lived without paying taxes. In danger of losing her fortune, Sophie-Anne was forced to resort to selling V illegally.

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: For all of her quirks, at the end of the day, she was a vain and greedy narcissist who used other people to get what she wanted, and had no issue disposing of them when it was convenient for her. It's hard to feel bad for her when Bill orders her to be killed on behalf of the Authority.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Despite being set up as a threat, it's kind of hilarious how ineffective she is as both a Queen and a villain. She ends up in trouble with the IRS who are after her for decades of unpaid taxes. She has Eric and Pam sell V on her behalf and throws them under the bus when the Magister investigates, only for that to backfire on her spectacularly. Russell Edgington comes to take her kingdom, and half her guards defect because they are unwilling to die for her. She's later forced by Russell into a marriage to cover her depts, and loses control over Louisiana as a result. Hadley ends up turning on Sophie Anne to save her own life, and Eric later allows Hadley to escape. And to cap it all off, the one person she thought she could trust, Bill Compton, ends up betraying her and reveals they've been working as a double agent for the Authority. To add insult to injury, the Authority finds out about her selling V (which is a HUGE crime in vampire society), and they sentence her to the True Death, which is something that Bill is more than happy to carry out. Basically, for someone who's suppose to be intelligent, she easily gets outmaneuvered and outclassed by Russell, Eric, and Bill.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She pretends to be pleasant and charming on the surface, but underneath that is a scheming Manipulative Bitch who takes what she wants and doesn't care who she has to throw under the bus in the process.
• Bunny Ears Queen: Nan Flanagan may hate her guts, but she proves to be quite knowledgeable, seeing as she identified Maryann as a maenad and Sookie as a fairy.
• Character Death: She's killed by the Authority's troops.
• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Has an odd perception of reality.
• Daywalking Vampire: She wants to be one very badly, missing being able to go outdoors in the day. Her mansion is designed with lights made to look like she said in the sun. This is one of the reasons she sends Bill to procure Sookie: Because she suspects Sookie is a faerie, and her blood would give QSA the ability to walk in the sun.
• Death by Adaptation: She died in the books, but much later than in the series.
• Fiery Redhead: When she feels cornered.
• The Hedonist: Indulges in luxury and partying whenever she can.
• Lack of Empathy: Sophie Anne only cares about herself and doesn't give a damn about others. She's callously dismissive of Godric's death to Eric's face ("Sorry about your maker. That blows."), she views her human prostitues as both a smorgasbord and playthings for her entertainment, she doesn't give a second thought about throwing her employees under the bus to save her own ass, and she's lets Eric drain Hadley rather than divulge her secrets to save Hadley's life.
• My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Reminds Bill and Eric that every vampire started out as a human.
• Narcissist: She has an inflated ego and sense of superiority largely stemming from her being the queen of Louisiana, which she loves reminding people about. She has a hard time accepting criticism from anyone, and gets angry with Eric when he tries to offer advice about how they should proceed selling V. She is extremely self-absorbed and more interested in her extravagant lifestyle than actually ruling the kingdom effectively. She has a stunning Lack of Empathy for others, from the people in her employment whom she will throw under the bus if it's convenient for her, to her human prostitutes whom she views as pets at best and disposable commodities at worst. Even her relationship with Hadley is one-sided as she has no issue with Eric draining Hadley because she's more interested in keeping her own secrets. And to top it all off, she honestly believes she's above the rules set down by the Magister and the Authority. This ends up coming back to bite her in the ass when the Authority orders her death for selling V.
• Really 700 Years Old: Technically, it's 500 years old, but the same principle applies.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: This describes the way she treats people in general. She had humans procured for her by Bill for 35 years and had no issue disposing of them once she was done with them. She tells Eric to let Bill "rot" in the season 3 premiere when Bill disappears, despite Bill being a part of her employment. And even though Eric helps her sell V out of loyalty to her, she has no issue throwing Eric and Pam under the bus when the Magister gets involved to save her own ass.

Franklin

Franklin Mott

"Don't scream. It's an ugly, ugly sound."

Played By: James Frain

A British vampire who worked for Russell Edgington as an investigator. He was emotionally unstable and wanted Tara to become his vampire bride.

Tropes

• Abduction Is Love: Kidnaps and imprisons Tara "to protect her".
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: And he is serious bad.
• Ax-Crazy: He will kill any woman who isn't swayed by his "charm".
• Asshole Victim: For all of his supposed charm, the fact is that Franklin is an Ax-Crazy Serial Rapist who has a history of kidnapping, raping, and killing women. What he did to Tara is unforigvable no matter how you try to spin it. For those who consider Rape to be a special kind of evil, it's hard to feel bad when he bites the dust.
• Bloodless Carnage: Very much averted.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: When he falls for a woman, he'll stop at nothing to get her to return his affections.
• Domestic Abuser: Both emotionally and physically abusive to Tara, though the physical parts are mostly inadvertent.

• Laser-Guided Karma: He gets what he has coming to him. Twice.

• Living Forever Is Awesome: Believes this so much that he wants Tara to join him in being a vampire.
• Losing Your Head: Gets it smashed in by Tara.
• Morality Pet: Tara, but he's so crazy that it doesn't actually make his behavior any less evil.
• Neck Lift: To Tara. He's really pissed about being betrayed and left for dead.
• Not Quite Dead: The first time, but is later Killed Off for Real, unless something really exceptional happens.

• Psychopathic Manchild: His emotional instability and extreme possessiveness can best be likened to a child who's never had to face consequences for their actions.
• Serial Rapist: Considering what he did to Tara, and what he and other characters have said about his history with women, it's likely that he has kidnapped, raped, and killed multiple women during his lifetime.
• Serial Killer: Implied. One of the bigger red flags is when Russell exasperatingly talks about him, 'dragging another girl around'.
• Stalker with a Crush: Towards Tara.
• Tempting Fate: Smugly claims that his opponent could empty his entire gun into him and he'll simply heal. Said foe proceeds to shoot him with a wooden bullet, reducing Franklin to a pile of gory goo.
• Trenchcoat Brigade: His introduction as a charismatic vampire PI makes the audience at first assume him to be one of these, until the depth of his bad craziness becomes clear.
• Yandere: Oh so very much.

Talbot

Talbot Angelis

"Chilled, carbonated blood. It's cruelty-free. All willingly donated. Note the citrusy finish."

Played By: Theo Alexander

Russell Edgington's consort, turned by him some 700 years ago in his native Greece. He is seen to be very sensitive, taking interruptions to his carefully planned dinners and damage to his mansion very personally.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: His surname.
• Camp Gay: Good God, Talbot, could you be anymore gay?
• Deadpan Snarker: Is most loved by fans of the show for the cutting, sarcastic insults he levels at those around.
• I'm a Humanitarian: Seems dead set on treating blood as though it were human food.

• Morality Chain: Serves as one to Russell. While he was alive Russell was, while still obviously evil, charming, polite and mild-tempered. Once Talbot was killed however, he went completely ballistic.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Refers to Tara as a 'dusky little blood-beast'.

• Oh, Crap!: Dons an expression of utter horror when he realizes Eric's about to stake him.
• Out with a Bang: Eric seduces him and just as they are about to do the deed, Eric kills him.

• Uke: In a way. He may complain about the decisions Russell makes, but ultimately is submissive to him.

Longshadow

Longshadow

"That's what we are. Death."

Played By: Raoul Trujillo

A vampire and business partner of Eric Northman and Pam. He served as bartender of Fangtasia.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: His backstory.

• The Bartender: Of Fangtasia.
• Greed: He steals from Eric even while employed by him.
• Psycho for Hire: According to his backstory.

• Tattooed Crook: He has plenty of seemingly tribal tattoos.

Chow

Chow Lin

Played By: Patrick Gallagher

Longshadow's successor as business partner with Pam and Eric.

Tropes

• The Brute: He acts as this for Eric.
• Killed Offscreen: According to Steve Newlin's "Field Guide to Vampires," Chow was killed off at some point by a vampire named Remus, and his remains were placed in a box of Chinese takeout.
• Smug Smiler: Usually has this as his expression.

Liam

Liam McKnight

Played By: Graham Shiels

A member of a "nest" (a small coterie of vampires; living together in this way often makes the members more brutal and callous about human life) that comes to live in Bon Temps. Liam pays Maudette Pickens a large sum of money to have sex with her, and is videotaped in the act.

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: Considering he was a brutal killer, his death doesn't bother anyone on a personal level, just a lawful one.

• Character Death: He dies with his nest in a fire set by Royce Williams.

• Kill It with Fire: Burned with his nest by Royce Williams.

Diane

Diane Hardwicke

Played By: Aunjanue Ellis

A member of a "nest" (a small coterie of vampires; living together in this way often makes the members more brutal and callous about human life) that comes to live in Bon Temps. Diane slept with Bill shortly after she was turned in the 1930s, and has been trying to seduce him ever since.

Tropes

• Abhorrent Admirer: To Bill, who's disgusted by her viciousness.
• Asshole Victim: She enjoyed killing humans and thought nothing of casual murder, so her death was probably for the best.
• Character Death: Along with the rest of her nest, she's killed in a fire set by Royce Williams.

• Kill It with Fire: Burned with her nest by Royce Williams.

Malcolm

Malcolm Beaumarchais

Played By: Andrew Rothenberg

A member of a "nest" (a small coterie of vampires; living together in this way often makes the members more brutal and callous about human life) that comes to live in Bon Temps. Malcolm is the oldest of the three; indeed, he is older than Bill, and assumes a leadership role in the nest. He likes to party and has a human lover named Jerry.

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: Considering he was an evil predator who thought nothing of killing humans, no tears were shed when fellow asshole Royce Williams burned him alive.
• Beard of Evil: A little goatee.
• Character Death: He's burned alive in his nest by Royce Williams.
• Depraved Bisexual: He has a human lover, Jerry.
• Kill It with Fire: Burned with his nest by Royce Williams.
• Lean and Mean: He's the thinnest of his nest.

Stan

Stan Baker

Played By: Ed Quinn

Godric's lieutenant in Texas. He is opposed to vampires "coming out of the coffin", and wants to kill the members of the Fellowship of the Sun. Despite his high position under Godric's rule of Area 9, his brash, unrepentant attitude and his opinion that humans are no more than food made him untrustworthy in the eyes of most other vampires.

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: Downplayed. While no one is going to argue against the Fellowship of the Sun being an awful organization, the fact is that Stan was looking for any flimsy excuse to start a conflict with humans, even if it resulted in vampires and humans dying. Because of that, it's hard not to see his death at Luke's hands as some sort of Laser-Guided Karma.
• Blood Knight: His first reaction to a problem is to start killing humans, regardless of how much sense that makes.
• Fantastic Racism: He believes that humans are only food for vampires, the superior species.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Stan is quick to lose his top, which comes hand-in-hand with being Hot-Blooded.
• Hot-Blooded: He seemingly lacks the ability to think about what the hell he's doing, rushing into volatile situations with no plan beyond 'kill everyone'.
• Jerkass: He's aggressive and crude to everyone around him.
• Leeroy Jenkins: He has a tendency to rush in and screw everything up for everyone.
• Too Dumb to Live: Stan is an idiot who never considers the consequences of his actions. He kills Theodore Newlin, creating a martyr for the Fellowship of the Sun and placing the much more ruthless Steve Newlin in charge, who's also got one more reason to hate vampires.
• Would Hurt a Child: When he kills Theodore Newlin, he also kills his wife and baby child.

Santiago

Santiago

"Make her scream."

Played By: Ismael Carlo

A powerful vampire who was the maker of Luis Patiño.

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: He was a rapist and a torturer who delighted in the suffering he caused his victims. Nobody mourned him when Antonia forced him to walk into the sun to burn.
• Beard of Evil: A scruffy goatee.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Under Antonia's magical influence, he walks outside during the day to die.
• Corrupt Church: With his progeny Luis Patiño and others.
• Dirty Old Man: He used his 'position' within the Church to rape suspected witches.
• Evil Old Folks: He seemed to have been made a vampire in his later years. He's especially evil due to the sadistic joy he took in causing pain to others, urging his progeny to 'make her scream'.
• Karmic Death: He burns in the sun due to the spell of the woman he raped.
  • Kill It with Fire: Met the sun under Antonia's spell.
• Posthumous Character: Only seen in flashbacks.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: In particular, he wanted to hear his victims scream.
• Sinister Minister: He disguised himself as such.

Luisa

Luisa Ella Prescott

Played By: Kimberly Atkinson

A vampire and an enforcer of the Tribunal.

Tropes

• All There in the Manual: Her backstory and full name.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: She was part of the underground railroad in America, and a vampire slave ending up turning her.
• The Voiceless: She never speaks in her appearance.

Cat

Cat Ingerslev

Played By: Dawn Stern

A vampire and a Sanguinista.

Tropes

• Fantastic Racism: Being a Sanguinista, she believes that humans exist only as cattle for superior vampires.
• La Résistance: Against the Authority.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: She dies shortly after her introduction.

Amber

Amber Mills

Played By: Natalie Hall

Sarah Newlin's Goth sister residing in the Dallas area. She is a vampire.

Tropes

• Financial Abuse: Sarah pays her to keep silent about being a vampire.
• Killed Off for Real
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Killed by a hallucinating Eric.

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