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• Lothaire Konstantin Daciano: "Lothaire Konstantin Daciano" - "Leo" - Russian Horde vampire; One of the oldest and most powerful beings in the Lore; Is at least 6'6" with a lean but muscular build; Has white-blond collar-length hair, piercing ice-blue eyes that are now red and gold stubble covering his wide, muscular jaw and strong cleft chin; Was 33 when his heart stopped beating, he is now thousands of years old; Speaks with a slight Russian accent
• Elizabeth Ann Peirce: "Ellie" - "Elizabeth Ann Peirce" - "Elizavetta" - "Lizvetta" - A young, mortal woman who is possessed by Saroya, a former goddess who is said to be Lothaire's mate; 24 years old; Has long brown hair and smoky gray eyes framed by thick black lashes; Is just over 5' tall with a curvy body. From the mountains with strong ties to her family.
• Saroya the Soul Reaper: Deity of Blood; Sacred Protectress of Vampires; Goddess of Divine Death; Lamia's twin sister and complete opposite; 20,000 years old; Her eyes had once been large and feline yellow, slit down the center with a thin black iris, her lips had been bloodred and her skin pale like the moon; She was almost 6' tall and voluptuous to an obscene degree; Derives her strength from harvesting and consuming souls
• Peirce Mountain: Ellie's mother; Has long, thick auburn hair
• Joshua Peirce: "Josh" - Ellie's younger brother; Has dark hair with an auburn tint and smoky gray eyes
• Ephraim Peirce: "Uncle Eph" - Ellie's uncle; Owns an outfitter shop; Has a weathered face that looks like her late father's
• Ivana the Bold: "Princess Ivana" - "Ivana Daciano" - Dacian vampire princess; Lothaire's mother; Stefanovich's mistress; Had white-blond hair and ice-blue eyes
• Stefanovich: Was King of the Vampire Horde, reigning at Helvita; Lothaire's father; Was built like a demon with broad shoulders and fists like anvils; Had sand-colored hair and red eyes
• Fyodor: Vampire; Lothaire's uncle; Stefanovich's brother
• Serghei Daciano: "King Serghei" - Dacian vampire; Ruler of Dacia; Ivana's father
• Olya: Stefanovich's human mistress
• Reverend Slocumb: One of Saroya's victims
• Declan Chase: "The Blademan" - "DC" - "Dekko" - "Declan the Fierce" - "Aidan the Fierce" re-incarnated; Berserker; Regin's mate & fiancé; Brutal Celtic soldier; Former magister in the Order; Is at least 6'5" with shoulders as wide as a bear; Has thick pitch-black hair that hangs down past his forehead and wintry gray eyes; In his upper 30's; Speaks with an Irish accent
• Regin the Radiant: "Reginleit the Radiant One" - Valkyrie; Declan's mate & fiancée; 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
• Balery: "Hag in the Basement" - Fey who's in debt to Lothaire; She is also his oracle and potion maker; A young-looking woman who had been transformed into a powerless crone for a few centuries before recently returning to her true form-that of a comely, pointed-eared brunette with doe-brown eyes; Has poisonous skin
• Lamia: Goddess of life and fertility; Saroya's twin sister and complete opposite; Cursed Saroya to live as a mortal and experience death after death for herself; Derives her strength from creating and safeguarding life
• Thaddeus Brayden: "Thad" - "Tiger" - Vampire/Phantom halfling; 17 years old; Is handsome with dark hair and built like an athlete; Is over 6' tall, his build corded with muscle; Has thick brown hair and hazel eyes with blue flecks; Speaks with a marked Texas drawl and has dimples when he smiles; He considers himself to be Lothaire's friend
• Nïx the Ever-Knowing: "Nucking Futs Nïx" - "Nïxie" - "Phenïx" - Valkyrie oracle; 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; Leader of the Vertas faction; Lothaire's nemesis for millennia; Is petite and curvy
• Bertil: Nïx's pet bat; Was sent to Nïx by a secret admirer
• Cara the Fair: "Carafina" - Valkyrie/Fury; Furie's twin sister; Has long black hair, violet eyes, pointed ears and small fangs; Has wings made of flames
• Emmaline MacRieve: "Emma" - "Emmaline MacRieve" - Valkyrie/Vampire; Lachlain's mate & wife; Daughter of Demestriu the Horde king (Lothaire's uncle Fryodor) and Helen the Valkyrie; Has golden hair, petite fangs and pointed ears
• Lachlain MacRieve: Lykae King; Emma's mate & husband; Bowen & Uilleam's cousin
• Rydstrom Woede: Rage Demon King; Sabine's mate; Cade's brother; Part of the Vertas Army; Owes a debt to Lothaire
• Sabine the Queen of Illusions: Sorceress; Rydstrom's wife; Queen of the Rage Demons; Melanthe's sister
• Furie: Queen of the Valkyries; Part Fury; Cara's twin sister; Was kidnapped by the Horde and rumored to have been trapped at the bottom of the ocean on Demestriu's orders
• Mariketa the Awaited: "Mariketa MacRieve" - "Mari" - "Kettle" Witch; Bowen's mate & wife; Leader of the House of Witches; A powerful captromancer, rumored to be one of the most powerful witches in the world; Carrow's best friend
• Bowen MacRieve: Werewolf; Mariketa's Lykae mate & husband; Lachlain & Garreth's cousin;Third in line for the throne
• Kristoff the Gravewalker: King of the Forbearer army; A born vampire; Has sand-colored hair and dark blue eyes
• Sadie Peirce: Ellie's cousin; The mountainside's resident slut
• Helen: Valkyrie; Emmaline's mother; Demestriu's bride; Had dark hair; Original Helen of Troy; Died long ago
• Natalya the Shadow: "Natalya the Killer Fairy" - "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
• Davis: Ellie's old beau
• Deshazior: Demon
• Kosmina Daciano: "Princess Kosmina" - "Mina" - Dacian vampire; Lothaire's cousin; Mirceo's sister; Is short with fair hair and pointed ears; 20 years old; Is very sheltered and over protected by her older brother and cousins; Is a killing machine, a mistress at arms with blazing reflexes and uncanny speed
• Stelian smart-ass: "Prince Stelian" - Dacian vampire; Lothaire's cousin; Is tall with dark hair and glacial blue eyes; The oldest of the royals; The Gatekeeper of Dacia (most powerful position after king)
• Prince Trehan Daciano: "Prince Trehan" - Dacian vampire; Lothaire's cousin; Is tall with dark hair; Is blooded but has no bride; An assassin in charge of an elite band of killers; The most dignified of all the cousins
• Viktor Daciano: "Prince Viktor" - Dacian vampire; Lothaire's cousin; Is tall with dark hair; Loves to fight; A general for the Daci
• Mirceo Daciano: "Prince Mirceo" - Dacian vampire; Lothaire's cousin; Kosmina's older brother; Is tall with dark hair; The youngest of the male royals; 30 years old; His heartbeat is slowing down and will soon be the walking dead until he is blooded; Head of the guard for Castle Dacia
• Melanthe the Queen of Persuasion: "Lanthe" - Sorceress; Sabine's younger sister
• Narkissos of Thespiae: Famous narcissist
• Nereus: The sea god; Owes a blood debt to Lothaire
• Loa: A voodoo priestess; Owes a blood debt to Lothaire
• Gamboa: A demonic drug lord; Owes a blood debt to Lothaire
• Riora: The goddess of impossibility
• Loki: Was betrothed to Nïx for a time
• La Dorada the Queen of Golds and of Evil: "The Gilded One" - "Dora" - Sorceri Queen of Evil; Wants the return of the ring Lothaire stole from her; Is partially mummified; Has one olive green eye with sweeping lashes, some strands of her hair are a thick, luxurious black while others are lank strings and what little skin she has is smooth and tawny
• Preston Webb: The Order's leader; Declan's former commander; Is tall and burly with closely cropped salt-and-pepper hair
• Tymur the Allegiant: Horde Vampire; Holding Helvita until rightful heir is accepted; Has a scraggly beard dangling all the way to his chest
• King Demestriu: Former King of the Vampire Horde; Emmaline's father
• The Deathless One: Sorcerer who turned Balery into a Hag centuries ago
• Portia the Queen of Stone: Evil Sorceress; Emberine's lover; Can move mountains
• Bo: Lazy hunting dog belonging to Ellie's family
• Bo Junior: Lazy and ornery hunting dog belonging to Ellie's family
• Evangeline: Add a description of this character.
• Blademan
• Brandon
• Phenïx
• Radcliffe
• Raum
• King Serghei
• Evie Greene
• Tina
• Mel
• Rune
• Uncle Leo
• Hag
• Uncle Ephraim
• Carafina
• Lionel
• Bettina
• Jackson Deveaux
• Brand
• KRESLEY COLE
• Ivana Daciano
• Morgana
• Abaddon
• Salem

Quotes edit see section history

• “My sanity will fail me long before my will does. Luckily, the only thing more interesting than a madman is a relentless one.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Me, a steel magnolia? Steel, my ass! <Laughing, then abruptly serious.> Try titanium.”

  Elizabeth Peirce

• “"You gave her your heart, and she gave you the bird." Nix sighed. "Songs will be written about this."”

  Nix

• “The difference between you and me is that my actions have no consequences for me. That is what makes me a god.”

  Saroya the Soul Reaper

• “Admit it, love, you like it when I'm a little BAD....”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Human orgasm, firecracker. Vampire orgasm, ATOMIC blast.”

  Elizabeth Peirce

• “This makes twice that you’ve defied me, súka. You’ve erred for ill.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Every creature thought to be myth. We call our world the Lore. And for the record, Mothman’s a fuckwit.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Likely. Cannot wait for fond remembrances of squirrel stew around the trailer hearth.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “I’ve always liked men. Before prison I had boyfriends enough, went parking every weekend.”

  Elizabeth Peirce

• “You ever been parking with Ellie Peirce? It’s life-changing.”

  Elizabeth Peirce

• “Elizabeth Daciano is my woman.”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Next time I will brangit. And your blood is in the microwave, slore.”

  Regin the Radiant

• “Hillbilly on the run, on the ruh-hun!”

  Elizabeth Peirce

• “"Regin also said your red eyes mean you're going crazy." "Surely she phrased it more colorfully than that?" Regin was a loudmouthed attention whore who thought herself amusing.”

  Thad & Lothaire

• “"I knew you when you were pretty." Her face flashed to her former visage, that of a beautiful Macedonian warrioress. In a contemplative tone, Lothaire asked, "Didn't I do you when you were pretty?"”

• “"First of all, I'm not narcissistic." When she opened her lips to argue, he said, "I know Narkissos of Thespiae - while we might share traits, I came first, so he's Lothairistic, not the other way around."”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “Well, at least you're pretty on the outside.”

  Elizabeth Peirce

• “Are you trying to make me feel guilty so you can manipulate me?" " Of course. Now, tell me you love me.”

  Elizabeth and Lothaire

• “Am I wearing a wife-beater, Lizvetta? Oh, come on!”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “I'm in the trailer, aren't I”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “The other miners think you're... the Mothman." "Mothman. Really, Elizabeth? Really?”

  Ellie and Lothaire

• “If you want to communicate an idea to a man's brain, you talk to him through his pecker. It's like an ear horn, y'all.”

  Sadie Peirce

• “Admit it, love, you like it when I'm a little bad”

  Lothaire the Enemy of Old

• “"Do you always ask so many questions?" "Do you always answer so few of them?"”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Dacia
• Russia
• Castle Helvita: Horde Vampire Stronghold in Russia
• Realm of Blood and Mist: A land where immortals rule; Location of Castle Daci
• Castle Dacia: Hidden within the very heart of a mountain range; A majestic black castle, circled by dazzling fountains of blood
• Bloodroot Forest: surrounds Helvita
• Slateville, Virginia
• Appalachia
• Middle State University
• Peirce Mountain
• Ephraim's Outfitters: Sells rafting, fishing, hunting supplies & guides
• Ridgevale Correctional Center for Women: In Virginia
• Ural Mountains
• New York, New York: "Manhattan"
• Val Hall Manor: The Valkyries' antebellum mansion just outside of New Orleans
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Great Wall of China
• Great Pyramids
• Great Barrier Reef
• Outer Banks, North Carolina
• Moldova
• Riora's Temple
• Mount Oblak Castle: The Forbearers' stronghold
• Draiksulia: The mystical realm of the Fey of Grimm Dominion, who are masters in the art of poisons.
• France
• The Maldives
• The Amazon
• Erol's Bar: in Louisiana; Is frequented by immortals
• Canadian Rockies
• Canada
• Bora Bora

Organizations edit see section history

• The Order: "The immortal takers. Once captured by the Order, immortals do not return. . . ." *A multinational mortal operation created to study—and exterminate—nonhumans. *Thought to be an urban legend.
• Va-Co: Coal mining company
• Vertas: Army made from alliances among the Valkyrie, Witches, fey, and Lykae
• Pravus: Army made from alliances among the Vampire Horde, ghouls and others

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Glossary edit see section history

• The Lore: "… and those sentient creatures that are not human shall be united in one stratum, coexisting with, yet secret from, man's." *Most are immortal and can regenerate from injuries. The stronger breeds can only be killed by mystical fire or beheading. *Their eyes change with intense emotion, often to a breed-specific color.
• The Vampires: "In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated by relying on their 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." *Each adult male seeks his Bride, his eternal wife, and walks as the living dead until he finds her. *Two vampire armies continue to war: the Horde and the Forbearers.
• A Bride: A Vampires eternal wife; She will render a his body fully alive, giving him breath and making his heart beat, a process known as blooding.
• The Fallen: Vampires who have killed by drinking a victim to death. Distinguished by their red eyes.
• The Horde: A Vampire army which is mostly comprised of the Fallen.
• The Forbearers: A Vampire army; A legion of turned humans, who do not drink blood directly from the flesh.
• 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." *They 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, most can be mesmerized by shining objects and jewels.
• The Turning: "Only through death can one become an 'other'." *Some beings can turn a human or even other Lore creatures into their kind through differing means, but the catalyst for change is always death, and success is not guaranteed.
• The Accession: "And a time shall pass when all immortal beings in the Lore, from the Valkyrie, vampire, Lykae and demon factions to the witches, shifters, fey and 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 . . .
• 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 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 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.
• Cosaş: A memory harvester
• Ring of Sums: A talisman of great power; A wish giver
• Rána: A burning, scalding sensation a vampire feels in his throat when he tells a lie.
• The Wraiths: "The Ancient Scourge" - "… their origin unknown, their presence chilling." *Spectral, howling beings. Undefeatable and, for the most part, uncontrollable. *The ghostly echoes of deceased female warriors.
• Wendigo: Corpse-eaters insatiable for flesh, ravenous for blood. They feed and feed, but can never be sated." *Found in the boreal forests of cold and northern lands. *Distinguishable by their long, knifelike claws, and bodies that are forever emaciated. *Will dig up graves for flesh.
• Venefican: A poisoned lady; As girls they are fed small amounts of poison until their skin grows permanently lethal.
• 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 Fey of Grimm Dominion: "The Draiksulia" - "Noble overlords ruling a class of demons." *Were Féodals, an ancient term for Feudals. *Masters in the art of poisons. *Males prefer to be called Draiks. *Many different subsets, including fire, ice, and forest fey.
• The Ghouls: "Even immortals beware its bite …" *Humans turned savage monsters, with glowing green skin, yellow eyes, and contagious bites and scratches. *Their imperative is to increase their number by contagion. *They’re said to travel in troops.
• Cerunnos: Massive snakelike creatures that can talk.
• 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 Sorceri were led by Morgana who ruled as their regent. Interestingly her Queen power was to control other Sorceri. So she was literally the Queen of Sorceri, in both meanings of the word.
• Súka: Describe this term.
• Blyad'
• Chto za huy!: "What a dick!" in Russian
• Poshyol ty
• Do pizdy

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Dreams of a Dark Warrior, and followed by Shadow's Claim.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kresley Cole (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3603.O4287 L68 2012
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexually Explicit Material

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance
• Books › Romance › Vampires
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( C )

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Kresley Cole's Website: Immortals After Dark page

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