History Characters / NightWorldTheRedferns

* BloodBrothers: With [[spoiler: Mary-Lynette. She did the blood tie with Mark as well, but her feelings for him are romantic, not familial]].

* BloodBrothers: With [[spoiler: the Carter siblings after their blood tie]].

* BloodBrothers: With [[spoiler: the Carter siblings after their blood tie]].

* HeroesWantRedheads: His wife is described as having dark red hair.

* HeroesWantRedheads: His love interest Maggie has "autumn" hair.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Subverted. She seemed interested in Quinn, but despite being a very beautiful redhead, he did not reciprocate her feelings in the slightest.

* PeekABangs: She mentions sometimes using her long hair to "veil" herself when she's feeling shy.

** She hates being [[DoNotCallMePaul called by her full name]], to the point where she [[spoiler: actually comes back from the dead to tell Morgead not to call her it]].

** She also didn't react well to a skinhead shooting her in the arm - not so much because of the bullet wound, which heals quickly, but because it put a hole through her leather jacket.

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Literature/{{The Chosen|1997}}'' | ''Huntress''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Jez and Morgead's Night Out'' | ''Huntress''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Huntress''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Huntress'' [[note]] flashback only [[/note]]

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Literature/{{The Chosen|1997}}'' | ''Black Dawn''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Dawn'' | ''Witchlight'' [[note]] on a video [[/note]]

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Black Dawn'' [[note]] in memories [[/note]]

Father of Tormentil and grandfather of Delos. He was the founder and first king of the Dark Kingdom [[spoiler: and the only son of Hunter Redfern, who he became estranged from following a bitter argument]].

* LongLostSibling: To [[spoiler: Garnet, Lily, Dove and Roseclear. They never met and it's not even clear if they were aware the other existed]].
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the events of "Black Dawn".

* AbusiveParents: His father essentially raised him to be a living weapon because of his powers and was abusive to him if he disappointed him. He once forced Delos to [[KickTheDog kill his tutor to demonstrate his power]]...when he was about ''five''. He was such a horrible and unloving parent, that when Maggie shows Delos images from her own loving, happy family, Delos is ''shocked''. Needless to say, he's [[FreudianExcuse pretty messed up by it]].
* AristocratsAreEvil. Zig-zagged. When Maggie first sees him in a dream, he's gentle and loving. When she actually meets him in person, he's cold and standoffish and the slaves go on about how horrible and cruel he is. It soon becomes clear though that he's actually just severely damaged from his abusive childhood and it's established early on that he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. With [[LoveRedeems Maggie's help]], he TookALevelInKindness and in the end [[spoiler: he saves everyone from Hunter Redfern and joins Circle Daybreak]].

* TheChosenOne: He's one of the four Wild Powers.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: See AbusiveParents.

* TheDulcineaEffect: In regards to Maggie; the Soulmate Principle probably helps. The moment he lays eyes on her, he immediately comes to her aid, despite generally thinking of humans as slaves and/or food.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Has dark hair and very pale skin. He's also a vampire and generally behaves in a rather cold and emotionless manner.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Established early on that he's putting up one; upon first meeting her, he saves Maggie from a slaver by blasting him with blue fire and helps her escape, calling her an idiot the whole time and insisting he simply killed the slaver for '[[BlatantLies throwing a stick at him]]'.
* IceQueen: A [[GenderFlip gender flipped]] version. [[spoiler: Becomes a DefrostingIceQueen over the course of ''Black Dawn'']].
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Implied to be the case with Maggie. She's one of the few people who doesn't bow and scrape before him and tells him exactly what she thinks.

* OppositesAttract: With Maggie.
* PlayingWithFire: As a Wild Power, he possesses the ability to use blue fire.
* PowerLimiter / PowerNullifier: He’s made to wear a magical arm brace that limits or outright prevents him from using his blue fire abilities, which only [[TheDragon Sylvia]] can remove (and only on her boss’s orders). [[spoiler: In the end, Aradia is able to convince Sylvia to remove the brace, after which there’s nothing stopping Delos from blasting the bad guys to ashes]].
* PuppetKing: Hunter tries to turn him into one. [[spoiler: It fails]].

* TheStoic: Taken to creepy levels. He's a gender flipped version of the EmotionlessGirl at first, having spent his whole life suppressing his emotions due to years of abuse at his father's hands. Maggie, however, starts bringing out his emotional side once they meet.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has them, on account of being a Redfern.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Described as such.

* VampireMonarch: Although he's yet to be crowned and Hunter tries to subtly usurp his position, he is technically the rightful ruler of the [[HiddenElfVillage Dark Kingdom]] following his father's demise.

* AbusiveParent: To Delos.

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Daughters of Darkness''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Daughters of Darkness''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Daughters of Darkness''

* SecretRelationship: With Jez's mother, due to [[MalignedMixedMarriage her being human]]. His fellow vampires [[KillEmAll didn't react well]] when they found out.

* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: She can be a bit of one to Jade, though she does genuinely love her as well.

* [[GirlOfMyDreams Guy of My Dreams]]: Maggie first sees him in a dream before they meet in person. [[spoiler: It later turns out he'd intentionally projected his consciousness back in time to try and warn Maggie to escape, to prevent her later capture. It fails, but the dream does let Maggie know that there's more to Delos than being a {{Jerkass}}]].

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Chosen'' | ''Black Dawn''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Chosen'' | ''Huntress''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Chosen'' [[note]] in flashbacks [[/note]]

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''The Chosen'' [[note]] in a flashback [[/note]]

* BikerBabe: Loves riding her motorcycle, gorgeous, occasionally sports leather and [[ActionGirl not to be messed with]].

* OverarchingVillain: As the de facto head of the Night World Council, he effectively serves as this for much of the story [[spoiler: until he's killed off in ''Black Dawn'']].

* OutnumberedSibling: [[spoiler: Out of Hunter's five children, he was the only boy]].

* BigBad: Of [[spoiler: ''The Chosen'']] and ''Black Dawn''. He's the unseen BiggerBad in ''Huntress''.

* HumanMomNonHumanDad: Though she was actually unaware of the fact her mother was human until she was a teenager.

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: To Quinn. His father staked her in front of him despite his efforts to protect her, which [[FreudianExcuse severely traumatized him and greatly contributed to his hatred for humans and cold nature]]]].

* MixedAncestry: The majority of the modern Redferns who are descended from Garnet Redfern have witch ancestry. None of them seem to be able to do magic, although Rowan, Kestrel and Jade state their father blames their rebellious ways on their "witch genes".

* MysticalWhiteHair: Has long, platinum blonde hair (possibly due to her [[MixedAncestry Harman heritage]]).

** Maya and Ash Redfern have MoodRingEyes.

* WouldHitAGirl: And that's putting it ''[[{{Understatement}} mildly]]''.

[[folder: Ash Redfern]]
!!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 AntiHero. 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 [[LoveRedeems causes him to seriously reevaluate his life choices]].

* AloofAlly / NotInThisForYourRevolution: It's implied he becomes one to [[spoiler: 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'.
* AloofBigBrother: To his younger sisters, and even his older sister. Bordering on BigBrotherBully, if his sisters' attitude towards him is anything to go by.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: In ''Secret Vampire''. Whilst he's certainly immoral and a troublemaker, it's not made entirely clear if he really intended to [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: 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 [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpretation]].
* AnimalMotif: 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".
* AntiRoleModel: At first, before his CharacterDevelopment.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Becomes this at the end of ''Daughters of Darkness'', protecting humans from Night People and eventually joining Circle Daybreak]].
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Mary-Lynette.
* BigBrotherInstinct: 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 [[spoiler: lies to Quinn and his father about his sisters' reasons for staying in Briar Creek to protect them]].
* TheCasanova: Has had many girlfriends and flirts with any woman he comes into contact with, with little interest in meaningful or emotionally deep relationships. [[spoiler: He gives this up after meeting his soulmate]].
* TheChampion: By the end of ''Daughters of Darkness'', he aspires to become this to [[spoiler: Mary-Lynette]].
* TheCharmer: He can be incredibly charming when he wants to, especially with the ladies.
* CockFight: Ends up in one with Jeremy over Mary-Lynette, though not quite in the usual way. [[spoiler: Jeremy is trying to ''kill'' Ash [[MurderTheHypotenuse 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 Crazy}}iness]].
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: 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.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. He and Mary-Lynette are clearly in love but [[spoiler: he leaves her at the end of the novel to [[RedemptionQuest find redemption]], while she [[IWillWaitForYou promises to wait for him]] They stand out as being the ''only'' soulmate couple in the series who [[BittersweetEnding don't officially get together in the end]]]].
* DistressedDude: In the climax of ''Daughters of Darkness'' he [[spoiler: spends most of the confrontation with Jeremy knocked out and has to be saved by Mary-Lynette]].
* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards Mary-Lynette after coming to terms with his feelings for her.
-->"But, Ash continued doggedly, [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove the thing is-and I know this is going to sound strange-that I seem to love you sort of desperately.”]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: 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 '[[FantasticRacism beneath]]' vampires. It's hinted he may even have dated a shapeshifter at one point.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With his siblings in ''Daughters of Darkness''. He's Choleric, being bold and unflappable, but also selfish and manipulative.
* HiddenDepths: 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 [[spoiler: 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 EveryoneHasStandards.
* InsecureLoveInterest: 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. [[spoiler: This prompts him to become TheAtoner to truly earn her affections, as well as make up for all his {{Jerkass}} behaviour in the past]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: 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". [[spoiler: He [[TookALevelInKindness gets better about this]] by the end of ''Daughters of Darkness'']].
* {{Jerkass}} / RichJerk: Eventually [[CharacterDevelopment develops]] into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* LadyKillerInLove: With Mary-Lynette.
* LastGuyWins: Mary-Lynette meets him years after [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Jeremy]] and in fact only knows him for several days before they figure out they're soulmates.
* LoveableRogue: He's introduced as a spoilt, manipulative ladies' man who's generally the exact opposite of [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire 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 WildCard. He becomes even more loveable from the second book onwards due to [[LadyKillerInLove falling hard]] for Mary-Lynette and trying to make up for his bad behaviour, while still retaining his snarky, devil-may-care attitude.
* LoveHurts: Learns this by the end of ''Daughters of Darkness''. James did [[CassandraTruth try to warn him]] in the last book...
* LoveRedeems: One of the most prominent examples. After falling for Mary-Lynette, he [[spoiler: 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]].
* ManipulativeBastard: 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 [[spoiler: convinces Poppy that staying with James will endanger him as an excuse to get her to run away to Vegas with him]].
* MeaningfulName: 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.
* MoodRingEyes: A very prominent trait, inherited from his ancentress Maya. Also counts as TechnicolorEyes, as some of the eye colors he manifests aren't normal colors.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Has light or [[MeaningfulName ash-blond]] hair.
* TheNicknamer: He gives Mary-Lynette several nicknames. She is thoroughly unimpressed. He also nicknames Poppy "little dreamer", on account of her strange dreams.
* NotMeThisTime: 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.
* OppositesAttract: With Mary-Lynette, though they actually have [[CommonalityConnection more in common]] [[NotSoDifferent than they first thought]].
* OutnumberedSibling: The only male child out of the four siblings.
* ReformedRake: Ash starts out as a self-absorbed womaniser, but after falling in love with Mary-Lynette he TookALevelInKindness and becomes devoted to her. He may be a more realistic take on this trope, as he actually [[spoiler: leaves Mary-Lynette to [[TheAtoner 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 HappilyEverAfter at the end of their story]].
* RomanticVampireBoy: [[ReallyGetsAround Tried this with Poppy]], who shuts him straight down. Eventually becomes a straighter example to Mary-Lynette.
* ShipTease: In ''Secret Vampire'', he and [[FemmeFatale 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 [[LadyKillerInLove Ash meets his soulmate]] in the next book.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Dark Angel'' he is the vampire who [[spoiler: saves protagonist Gillian's life when she enters a Night World club and is mistaken as a human]].
* SpoiledBrat: 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.
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Daughters of Darkness''; [[spoiler: he keeps taking levels before becoming a self-admitted Daybreaker by ''Soulmate'']].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Rowan states he used be a "nice little kid".
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jade Redfern]]
!!Jade Redfern
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Daughters of Darkness''

The youngest of the Redfern sisters in ''Daughters of Darkness''. She falls in love with Mark Carter.
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* InTheBlood: Many family members seem to share the traits of egomania, FantasticRacism and tendency towards genocide and casual murder.

* {{Dhampyr}}: Turns out to be one. She can live either as a lamia, or a human, depending on whether she consumes blood. In an unusual twist, Jez initially believed herself to be fully lamia and didn’t find out she was actually half human until she was in her teens.

* MurderInTheFamily: She attempts to kill [[spoiler: Jez, her great-great-great-great grandniece, by staking her through the chest, though she survives]]. In ''The Chosen'', she also tries to kill [[spoiler: Quinn, who is essentially like an [[SiblingMurder adoptive brother]] to her]].

* MurderInTheFamily: In ''Black Dawn'', he [[spoiler: tries to kill Delos, his great grandson]] and also [[spoiler: has Sylvia killed, she being his "eighth great granddaughter" through her father's side]]. See also OffingTheOffspring below.

!!Delos Redfern

!!Tormentil Redfern

!!Phaedra Redfern (nee Oryx)

!!Chervil Redfern