Dreams of a Dark Warrior (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Regin the Radiant: "Reginleit the Radiant One" - Valkyrie; Has waist-length blonde hair and amber eyes; Is 5' 3" with a slight build, small claws, fangs and pointed ears; Has skin that glows; About 1,000 years old
• Declan Chase: "The Blademan" or "Dekko" - Brutal Celtic soldier; Magister in the Order; Aidan the Fierce re-incarnated; As big and tall as the original Aidan; Has thick pitch-black hair that hangs down past his forehead and has Aidan's eyes; In his upper 30's
• Aidan the Fierce: Berserker; Notorious Viking warlord; Has blond hair and wintry gray eyes; At least 6' 5" with shoulders as wide as a bear
• Treves: Aidan's first reincarnation; A medieval French knight, notorious across Europe; He represented Aidan's ruthlessness and power
• Gabriel: Aidan's second reincarnation; A Spanish privateer; He represented Aidan's humor and sex
• Edward: Aidan's third reincarnation; A young English cavalryman; He represented Aidan's pure love
• Lothaire the Enemy of Old: Russian Horde vampire; One of the oldest and most powerful beings in the Lore; Very tall with muscular legs and a lean build; Has pale blond hair and reddened irises
• Lucia the Huntress: "Lucia the Archer" or "Luce" - Valkyrie; Regin's half sister
• Brandr the True: Berserker; Best friend of Aidan the Brave; Has black hair and green eyes
• Wóden: The Berserkers God; Regin's father
• Nïx the Ever-Knowing: "Nucking Futs Nïx" or "Nïxie" or "Phenïx" - Valkyrie; Powerful soothsayer; Regin's half sister; Has black hair and golden eyes; One of the oldest and most powerful beings in the Lore; 3,003 years old
• Kaderin the Cold Hearted: Valkyrie; Regin's half sister
• Birgit: Camp wench; Brunette with a large bosom
• Loki: God
• Fenris: The giant wolf
• Freya: Goddess; One of Regin's two mothers
• Bertil: Bat; Sent to Nïx by a secret admirer
• Crom Cruach: Ancient horned god of human sacrifices and cannibalism; The monster who tricked Lucia into leaving Valhalla
• Garreth MacRieve: Lykae prince; Lucia's admirer
• Preston Webb: Declan's commander; Tall and burly with closely cropped salt-and-pepper hair
• Colm Chase: Declan's younger brother; Was killed at 15 years old
• Fegley: Warden of the Order's facility; A stout beady-eyed man
• Natalya the Shadow: "Natalya the Killer Fairy" or "Nat" - Dark fey assassin; Half fey overlord and half demon slave; Has stick-straight black hair, purplish eyes, onyx-colored lips and claws; Claws are poisonous
• Thaddeus Brayden: "Thad" or "Tiger" - Semi-catatonic teenage male halfling; Handsome with dark hair and built like an athlete; Over 6' tall, his build corded with muscle; Has thick brown hair and hazel eyes with blue flecks
• Calder Vincente: Former Ranger; Declan's right-hand man; Burly guard with dark hair; His features are a compelling blend of Native American meets mafioso
• Kelli Dixon: Human doctor in charge of prisoner research; Thinks she's in love with Declan; Has brown hair
• Volós: The centaur king; 8' tall and packed with muscle; Has a long mane of hair tied back in a queue
• Uilleam MacRieve: Lykae; Has blue eyes; Related to Regin by marriage
• Carrow Graie: "Carrow the Incarcerated" - Witch; Regin's good friend; Has black hair
• The Endgame: Lothaire's master
• La Dorada the Queen of Golds and of Evil: "The Gilded One" - A sorceress of pure evil; Half-mummied
• Emmaline Troy: "Emma" or "Emmaline MacRieve" - Regin's halfling niece (half Valkyrie / half Vampire); Lachlain's mate & wife
• Lachlain MacRieve: Lykae King; Emma's mate & husband; Uilleam's cousin
• Melanthe the Queen of Persuasion: Sorceress
• Malkom Slaine: Vemon (Demon-turned-vampire); Big & mean looking brute
• Ruby: Witch; Carrows seven-year-old cousin; Has green eyes
• Portia the Queen of Stone: Evil sorceress; Ember's lover
• Emberine the Queen of Flames: "Ember" - Evil sorceress; Portia's lover
• Rydstrom Woede: Rage Demon King; Part of the Vertas Army
• Furie: Valkyrie Queen
• Mariketa the Awaited: Very powerful witch

Quotes edit see section history

• “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, soothsayer?”

  Regin the Radiant

• “An example killing? Must be Tuesday.”

  Regin the Radiant

• “Mike Rowe? How I miss that baritone voiced rapscallion!”

  Nix aka Nucking Futs

• “DEFCON REGIN”

  Regin the Radiant

• “The Mummy Returns meets Dingoes Ate My Face”

  Regin the Radiant

• “Yo, beautiful. Come pop this collar off me.” Natalya hissed, “Are you mad?” “What’s she gonna do? Vivisect me? Imprison me? We’ve got a pact to fulfill,remember?” To Dorada, she cried, “Seriously, sweetheart, shake that mummified ass over here.” Regin kicked the glass. “Lemme the fuck out—” La Dorada swung her head around, peering at Regin with her one eye. “Okay. That’s freaky. Lookit, Gollum, if you spring me, I’ll help you find your Precious."”

• “Nix to Declan: Begin transcript— Testing. Hello, hellooo, anybody out there? Check, check, one, two. Soft pee. Puh, puh. Resonance! Sooooooft pee. Alpha bravo disco tango duck. This is Nïx! I’m the Ever-Knowing One, a goddess incandescent, incomparable, and irresistible. But enough about what you think of me. It’s a beautiful day in New Orleans. The wind is out of the east at a steady five knots and clouds look like rabbits … But enough about what you think of me! Now, down to business— Squirrel! Where was I? <Long pause> Why am I in Regin’s car? Bertil, you crawl right back out of that bong this minute! Oh, I remember! I am hereby laying down this track for Magister Declan Chase. If you are a mortal of the recorder peon class, know that Dekko and I go waaaaay back, and he’ll go berserk (snicker snicker) if he doesn’t receive this transmittal. … Chase, riddle me this: what’s beautiful but monstrous, long of tooth but sharp of tooth and soft of mind, and can never ever”

• “When the warden appeared outside their cell, he ogled Regin's bared midriff. Gross. Whenever men leered at her, Regin tended to leer back. She canted her head on the floor, turning it one way, then the other. "I finally understand what a dickie-do is. Your gut does stick out more than your dickie do.”

• “Those swords are mine! Touch them and I’ll use ‘em to slice off your nutsack! For a coin purse!”

  Regin the Radiant

• “Oh my gods, when do you not sport wood? There are bathrooms in the back, so go burp the worm or whatever.”

  Regin the Radiant

• “When they passed the centaur king’s cell, Volós pointed at Regin and slid his forefinger across his throat. She replied, “Hey, didn’t I see you in a donkey show down in Tijuana? No? You’ve got a twin then—"”

  Regin the Radiant

• “He's like six hundred years younger than you are. I refuse to be the moral compass of our cell! Most weekends I have an intoxispell bong attached to my mouth like a respirator. I love scatological humor, and I list 'pranks involving nuclear waste' and 'making demons eat things' as my hobbies.”

• “Wow, look at this setup. NASA called. They want Houston back.”

• “Natalya asked, "How'd you escape all the vampires out for your head?" In a monotone voice, Lothaire stated, "I'm that good."”

• “Chase, I've tussled with vibrators stronger than your charge throwers.”

  Regin the Radiant

• “Look it Gollum, if you spring me, I’ll help you find your Precious.”

• “When I get free, I believe I'll show you your spine. I'll hand it to you so casually, politely even, as if expecting you to remark upon it.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Natalya's lips quirked. "You're glowing like a Lite-Brite." "Shut it, fairy."”

• “Lemme guess," Regin said. "You had your introductory spiel all planned, but rational thought deserted you when you saw me stroll in braless."”

• “And speaking of females, if I call you by one's name while my fangs are plunged deep in your neck, just run with it.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Your time's running out, Valkyrie." Fegley gave another wallop before he squeaked off. Regin narrowed her eyes, watching him till he was out of sight. "One day I'm going to make that little piggy cry all the way home."”

• “First Emma. Now Thad. Regin was sick and tired of non-evil vampiric creatures messing with her millennium's worth of scathing animosity for their species...”

  Regin the Radiant

• “For the record," she continued, "it's not my fault I came in here looking like Chesty LaRue. You caught me on laundry day, so I have no undergarments on. Though I will cop to a little extra spring in my step for your benefit."”

  Regin

• “I don't have the time or patience for games. Now, tell me, why do you...glow ?" "I touched a radioactive alien cock once."”

• “I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I'm slot B, and you're tab A.”

  Regin the Radiant

• “Yeah, weirdly, our cell doesn't have laundry facilities. So I figured I'll wash undies at one time and outerwear at another, anyways keeping some cover for the cameras. I'm not shy, but frankly, I've had my limit of men chubbing themselves to videos of me. It's moved from simple idolatry to something more sinister." She sauntered over to his desk, hopping atop it, sitting on his papers. "A little to Caged Heat, you know?"”

  Regin the Radiant

• “I touched a radioactive alien cock once”

  Regin the Radiant

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• “Okay. That’s freaky. Lookit, Gollum, if you spring me, I’ll help you find your Precious.”

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• “I can draw you a diagram. Hint: I’m slot B, and you’re tab A.”

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• Turned out that young Thad was half vampire, half phantom—one of the rarest Lore mixes ever to live. He’d grow to be a powerful hybrid, with untold abilities. Definitely a key player to have on Team Vertas.

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• “Let’s do this! Rock out with your cocks out!”

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• “Wow, look at this setup. NASA called. They want Houston back.”

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• The Valkyrie, Wiccae, fey, and Lykae belonged to an alliance called the Vertas. The Horde vampires, some demons, and most of the more beastlike beings aligned with the Pravus.

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• “I’m three thousand and three years old.” Nïx turned her vacant gaze out the window. “I’ve seen everything—” She sat up, eyes wild. “Squirrel!”

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• She glanced at his fangs, then down. “Oh, my gods, when do you not sport wood? There are bathrooms in the back, so go burp the worm or whatever.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• The Northlands: In ages long past
• Valhalla: Valkyrie home in heaven
• New Orleans, Louisiana: Present day
• Val Hall Manor: Outside of New Orleans; The estate where a notorious coven of Valkyrie live
• Loreport
• Lore Foundling House: "Lorphanage"
• Loa's Voodoo Shop
• Belfast
• Oblivion: A hell plane
• Harley, Texas
• Andoain: Witch residence in New Orleans
• Mourne Mountains: in Ireland

Organizations edit see section history

• Vertas: Made from alliances among the Valkyrie, Witches, fey, and Lykae
• Pravus: has Vampires, ghouls,
• The Order: A mortal army
• Skathians: Archery group; Powers are celibacy based
• Vertas Army: Valkyrie, Wiccae, fey, and Lykae
• Pravus Army: Horde vampires, some demons, and most of the more beastlike beings
• Lore Relocation Program: Add a description of this organization.

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• The Valkyrie: "When a maiden warrior screams for courage as she dies in battle, Wóden and Freya heed her call. The two gods give up lightning to strike her, rescuing her to their hall, and preserving her courage forever in the form of the maiden’s immortal Valkyrie daughter." Take sustenance from the electrical energy of the earth, sharing it in one collective power, and give it back with their emotions in the form of lightning; Possess preternatural strength and speed; Without training, they can be mesmerized by shining objects and jewels
• The Berserkers: "A berserker's lonely life is filled with naught but battle rage and bloodlust…" A cadre of human warriors, known for their merciless brutality, who swear allegiance to Wóden; Stronger and faster than mere mortals, they carry within them the spirit of the bear and can channel its ferocity into a berserkrage, temporarily becoming as powerful as an immortal; When a berserker wins his two hundredth battle in Wóden's name, the god will grant him ohalla—immortality with untold strength
• The Lykae Clan: "A proud, strapping warrior of the Keltoi People (or Hidden People, later known as Celts) was taken in his prime by a maddened wolf. The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit of the beast latent within him. He displayed the wolf’s traits: the need for touch, an intense loyalty to its kind, an animal craving for the delights of the flesh. Sometimes the beast rises …" * Also called werewolves, war-wolds. * Enemies of the Horde.
• The Vampires: * Two warring factions, the Vampire Horde and the Forbearer Army. * Each vampire seeks his Bride, his eternal wife, and walks as the living dead until he finds her. * A Bride will render his body fully alive, giving him breath and making his heart beat, a process known as blooding. * Tracing is teleporting, the vampire’s means of travel. A vampire can only trace to destinations he’s previously been. * The Fallen are vampires who have killed by drinking a victim to death. Distinguished by their red eyes.
• The Horde: In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated, by relying on their cold nature, worship of logic, and absence of mercy. They sprang from the harsh steppes of Dacia and migrated to Russia, though some say a secret enclave, the Daci, live in Dacia still." * Their ranks are comprised of the Fallen. * Enemies of most factions in the Lore.
• The Forbearers: " … his crown stolen, Kristoff, the rightful Horde king, stalked the battlefields of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army." * An army of vampires consisting of turned humans, who do not drink blood directly from the flesh. * Kristoff was raised as a human and then lived among them. He and his army know little of the Lore. * Enemies of the Horde.
• The Demonarchies: "The demons are as varied as the bands of man …" * A collection of demon dynasties. * Most demon breeds can trace like vampires. Some breeds are bound to obey summons. * Those that can emit poison from their fangs, horns, or claws are more vulnerable to others’ poison. * Many demon breeds must have intercourse with a potential mate to ascertain if she’s truly his—a process known as attempting.
• The House of Witches: "… immortal possessors of magickal talents, practitioners of good and evil." * Mystical mercenaries who sell their spells. * Strictly forbidden to create personal wealth or grant immortality. * Separated into five castes: warrior, healer, enchantress, conjurer, and seeress. * The only witch known to possess the powers of all five castes is Mariketa the Awaited.
• The Sept of Sorceri: "The Sept forever seek and covet others’ powers, challenging and dueling to seize more—or more darkly, stealing another’s sorcery…" * A breed-line broken from the enchantment caste of the House of Witches. * Born with one innate power, their root power. If they lose it, they become slaves to their own kind called Inferi. They can trade and steal secondary powers. * One of the physically weaker species in the Lore, they used elaborate armors to protect their bodies. Eventually they held metals—and especially gold—sacred.
• The Furiae: "If you do evil, beg for punishment—before they come… " * Ruthless she-warriors bent on delivering justice to evil men when they escape it elsewhere. * Led by Alecta the Unyielding One.
• The Sirenae: "Near the sea’s edge, beware the siren’s song…" * A female species of immortals, they can permanently mesmerize and enslave males who hear their singing. * Derive power from the sea and can’t be away from it for more than one cycle of the moon.
• The Accession: "And a time shall pass that all immortal beings in the Lore, from the strongest Valkyrie, vampire, and Lykae factions, to the phantoms, shifters, fairies, sirens … must fight and destroy each other." * A kind of mystical checks-and-balances system for an ever-growing population of immortals. * Occurs every five hundred years. Or right now …

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Demon from the Dark, and followed by Lothaire.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kresley Cole (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Lisa Litwack (Designer) - Cover Design
2. Craig White (artist) (Illustrator) - Cover Illustrator

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

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Sexually Explicit Content

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