The Dark-Hunters (865 page)

Feara of the Morrigantes
    Mother of Talon/Speirr and Ceara. Once the queen of her clan, Feara seduced their Druid High Priest and then ran away with him, leaving the clan without leadership. She died in sickness, orphaning her young children and forcing them to return to the clan from whence they came.

Fia
    One of Talon’s sisters before Ceara. Fia died before she was a year old.

Flora
    Maternal grandmother of the Devereaux sisters and seer of the family.

P
OWERS
: clairvoyance

Frank
    The sleazeball guy who ran the general store in Fairbanks, Alaska, and charged Zarek entirely too much for all his supplies.

Gagne, Terry
    Sunshine’s ex-husband, whom she met in art school. Their marriage lasted exactly two years, four months, and twenty-two days.

Gagne, Ty
    Bald, tattoo-covered African-American man who checks IDs at Club Abyss.

Gallagher, Rosalie
    Daughter of Portuguese immigrants and wife of Jamie Gallagher (they were married June 17, 1925). Rosalie died of old age (Jamie broke the Code of Conduct and visited her in the hospital).

Gallagher, Rose
    Great-granddaughter of the Dark-Hunter Jamie Gallagher. Rose owns the locket containing the photographs of Jamie and Rosalie. Rose met Jamie in the hospital while visiting her friend Jenna, but she never knew it was really her long-departed relative.

H
EIGHT
: five foot ten

H
AIR
/E
YES
: jet-black/deep blue

Gambieri, Bradley
    One of the docents who leads vampire tours around the French Quarter in New Orleans.

Gautier, Cherise
    Nick Gautier’s mother (she gave birth when she was fifteen). A former Bourbon Street exotic dancer and Miss Louisiana, Cherise later went to college on a full scholarship. Her parents were wealthy folks who lived in Kenner, but they disowned her when they discovered she was pregnant with Nick.

Nick bought her a house for her birthday when he was twenty with his earnings as Kyrian’s Squire, but he never told his mother what he was involved in. She was convinced her son was dealing drugs.

Cherise was a cook and bartender at Sanctuary, and was always trying to get Ash to eat something. She loved romance novels.

Cherise was killed in her house by the Dark-Hunter Ulric, when he was possessed by the spirit of the Daimon Desiderius. It was her death that prompted Nick to commit suicide so that Artemis might make him a Dark-Hunter.

She is entombed in the Gautier family mausoleum at the St. Louis cemetery on Basin Street. Ash sends her flowers every day, and visits whenever he is in town.

H
AIR
: blond

Gavrilopolous, Spiro
    The official who denied Megeara Kafieri a permit to look for Atlantis. A callous little weasel, Spiro laughed at her for even suggesting such a thing.

George
    A tall, gaunt man with a gold-capped tooth, George is a member of the Order of the Dragon and cohort of Stephen Corwin.

George
    The Skotos Solin’s personal chauffeur in Greece.

Gilbert
    Trusted servant and British butler of Valerius Magnus since he was fifteen years old (Lord knows how he managed it). The Squire Council refused to make Gilbert a Squire, due to the close nature of his relationship to Val. He was best man at Valerius and Tabitha’s wedding.

Grant, Aloysius
    Operated Tigarian Tech after the alleged death of Aristotle Tigarian.

Hector
    A Trojan prince, and a key player in the Trojan War. Hector was killed by Achilles.

Heilig, Paul
    The Seattle Chief of Police who married an Apollite-turned-Daimon that Ravyn later killed. Paul was working alongside Stryker and the Daimons.

Hesiod
    Wrote the
Theogony
(with help from Clio).

Homer
    Author of the
Odyssey
and the
Iliad.
He once wrote a record of the birth of the Dark-Hunters called the
Kynigostaia.
It did not survive.

Hunter, Amanda
    (née Devereaux) Nickname: Mandy (just don’t get caught calling her that if you’re not Tabitha). Ninth of the Devereaux sisters and twin to Tabitha. Amanda was killed by the Dark-Hunter Ulric when he was possessed by the Daimon Desiderius, but she was later revived and made immortal by Acheron.

Amanda met her husband Kyrian by waking up handcuffed to him after being attacked at her twin’s house. A black belt in aikido and a powerful human sorceress, Amanda is the mother of Marissa Hunter.

H
EIGHT
: five foot ten

H
AIR
/E
YES
: auburn/blue

P
OWERS
: clairvoyance, telepathy, clairsentience

F
EATURED
N
OVEL
:
Night Pleasures

Hunter, Marissa
    The daughter of Amanda and Kyrian Hunter who possesses some potentially awesome powers. Marissa is a favorite with Simi and her godfather Acheron.

She has been referred to as “The Final Fate.” Whoever possesses her possesses the key to control the most primal, ancient power of all time. Whatever that is. Must be something important, though, because Apollymi believes that by killing her, she can resurrect her son Apostolos.

P
OWERS
: telekinesis, animal telepathy

Iason
    Iason met Julian in the Spartan barracks. He was the leader of his group. When Julian took a beating for Iason, they became inseparable. When Julian became jealous of Iason’s love for Penelope (and hers for him), Julian shot Iason’s heart with Eros’s lead arrow to kill his love. When forced by Priapus to drink water from the Pool of Memory, Iason challenged Julian. He was accidentally killed in the duel.

Icarion
    King of the ancient Greek island of Didymos. Icarion is the husband of Aara, mother of Acheron and Styxx.

Idiag
    Talon/Speirr’s uncle and clan chief, who begrudgingly let Talon and Ceara back into the clan after they were orphaned. Idiag was the one who personally gave Talon his tattoo. He died in Talon’s arms on the battlefield, causing Talon to seek vengeance on the Gaulish clan he thought to be Idiag’s murderers.

Jenna
    Neighbor of Susan Kontis.

Jenna
    Young woman whom Jamie Gallagher saved from a Daimon attack. A petite brunette with large green eyes, Jenna is the friend of Rose Gallagher, Jamie’s great-granddaughter.

Joanie
    A writer for the
Daily Inquisitor
in Seattle and official paranoid nutcase. She wears tinfoil in her bra. (Okay … maybe that’s a rumor. Hopefully it’s a rumor.)

John
    Erin McDaniels’s grumpy, highly caffeinated boss, who also works as an Oracle for the Greek gods.

Justina
    Megeara Kafieri’s second-in-command on her scientific team.

Kafieri, Athena
    (deceased) The wife of Theron and mother of Tory.

Kafieri, Eneas
    Megeara’s father who died an alcoholic in 1990. Eneas carried out the family tradition in his lifelong pursuit of Atlantis. He was laughed out of both the publishing industry and the academic profession for his wild hypotheses. He died just after discovering artifacts that could have proven the island’s existence.

Kafieri, Jason
    Megeara’s artist brother who died when his diving line tangled and his tank ran out of oxygen while searching for Atlantis.

Kafieri, Megeara
    (See Megeara Saatskakis.)

Kafieri, Theo
    Megeara’s sage grandfather who was blinded by a raiding Nazi party on his ninth birthday and left for dead while the rest of his family was slaughtered. A mysterious man (his “Saving Angel”) saved him and shipped him off to America.

Kafieri, Theron
    (deceased) Megeara’s uncle; Eneas’s brother. Theron also died in pursuit of the elusive Atlantis. The father of Tory, Theron drowned in the Aegean in 1980 in a diving accident.

Kafieri, Tory
    Daughter of Theron and Athena; Megeara’s cousin. She was five years old when her parents died. Tory is a precocious certified genius who loves nothing more than the obsession of hunting for Atlantis with her cousin. She communicates with Geary in their own secret language, a mix between ancient Greek and Latin. She has a teddy bear named Mr. Cuddles, and a tendency to spout obscure—and correct—statistics at random. Tory is fond of junk food: Moon Pies, Hostess cupcakes, and Pop-Tarts especially. She wears extremely thick glasses, and is not exactly graceful.

B
ORN
: 1981

H
AIR
: brown

Kichka
    Tory Kafieri’s cat, a Bengal, who liked Megeara so much she adopted her.

Kish
    Sin’s non-Squire, Kish was originally a runaway slave. A liar and a thief, he bargained his soul with a demon in exchange for immortality and wealth. Kish met Sin when he was sent to kill him—which, to be fair, is how most people meet Sin. Kish asked Sin to kill him instead, so that he might be freed from his horrible life of pain. Sin could not ignore the humanity of that plea, so he bartered Kish away from his demon pact.

H
EIGHT
: five foot eleven

H
AIR
: black

Landry, Blaine Hunter
    Member of Maggie Tigarian’s study group. Blaine is a conceited, arrogant jerk who hated Nick.

Laroux, Charlie
    One of the doormen at the Belle Queen strip club. A friend of Tabitha Devereaux and Nick Gautier.

Laurens, Bill (William)
    Married to Selena Laurens, Bill is the son of State Senator Laurens. He is a lawyer who does work for the Were-Hunters (and sometimes the Dark-Hunters). He makes sure they stay “law-abiding,” and comes to the aid of Weres who might run afoul of the law. Bill broke his arm once playing basketball.

H
AIR
: brown

Laurens, Selena
    (née Devereaux) Nickname: Lane or Lanie. The seventh Devereaux sister, Selena is a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. A gypsy by birth, Selena owned a tarot card and palm reading stand under the name Madame Selene, Moon Mistress. After a law was passed that no more psychics could work in the Square and Selena protested, Acheron bought her a building.

Selena roomed with Grace Alexander her first year at Tulane. Despite her love of New Agey woo-woo, Selena has a Ph.D. in Ancient History and Physics with a specialty in Bronze Age Greece.

Leonard
    Friend of the Squire Celena. Leonard specializes in fireproofing houses, underground bunkers for Dark-Hunters, sprinkler systems … you name it. If you happen to be in the Mississippi area, give him a call.

Liora
    Wife of Ias of Groesia/Alexion and secret lover of Lycantes. Liora did not love Ias as much as he thought, and so dropped the medallion when attempting the out clause after he had become a Dark-Hunter. Instead of freeing Ias, she doomed him to Shadedom, and a life as Acheron’s Alexion. As punishment, Ash turned her to stone. Personally, I think she could have suffered a little bit more.

Lisa
    Grace Alexander’s secretary.

Lycantes
    Had an affair with Liora, wife of Ias of Groesia/Alexion. Lycantes later killed Ias, who came back as a Dark-Hunter.

Magnus, Aesculus
    Brother of Valerius Magnus; half-brother of Zarek of Moesia.

Magnus, Gaius
    Roman senator; father of Aesculus; Lucius; Marcus; Marius; Valerius; and Zarek (whom he sired on one of his Greek slaves). Gaius used slaves to train his sons for cruelty. He killed his wife for smiling at another man. Not exactly a sunshine and puppies sort of guy.

Magnus, Lucius
    Brother of Valerius Magnus; half-brother of Zarek of Moesia.

Magnus, Marcus
    Brother of Valerius Magnus; half-brother of Zarek of Moesia.

Magnus, Marius
    Brother of Valerius Magnus; half-brother of Zarek of Moesia.

Magnus, Valerius
    The elder, non-Dark-Hunter. This Valerius captured pre-Dark-Hunter Kyrian in battle, tortured him, and took his wife as his mistress. This Valerius is the
grandfather,
and spitting image, of Valerius Magnus the Dark-Hunter. It would behoove you to remember this very important piece of information. It’s not something anyone likes to talk about, and when the subject is brought up in conversation it’s a sure bet that someone in the room’s temper is well past its breaking point. A wrong word could be your last.

McDaniels, Erin
    A creative woman racked by nightmares and hunted by Skoti. Erin fell in love with V’Aidan, a Skotos dragon. She is currently a bestselling novelist.

F
EATURED
S
TORY
: “Phantom Lover”

McTierney, Deirdre
    Bride Kattalakis’s sister who lives in Atlanta. Deirdre is divorced (her lousy husband left her).

McTierney, Joyce
    Bride’s mother. Joyce is a veterinarian like her husband Paul.

McTierney, Patrick
    Bride’s brother. Patrick works for a firm in the New Orleans business district. His wife’s name is Maggie.

McTierney, Paul
    Bride’s father. Paul is a veterinarian in Slidell. He is the foremost expert in Louisiana on dog cases, and a strong advocate of “If you love your pet, neuter or spay.” Paul did in fact know about the Were-world before his daughter brought home an Arcadian Lykos for a boyfriend.

Michael
    The slimeball husband of Dangereuse St. Richard. Michael betrayed Danger’s family during the French Revolution in order to obtain Danger’s father’s house.

Min-Quan
    A fisherman who purportedly sold the best zong zi ever made. Min-Quan once told Acheron, “He who lets fear rule him, has fear for a master.”