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• Reseph: "Pestilence" - "Pest" - "Fish Stick" - First of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Half-angel & half-demon; Ares, Limos & Thanatos' brother; Has broad shoulders, long platinum hair and ice-blue eyes; The most easygoing and playful of the siblings, the brother who has held them all together over the centuries; Over 5,000 years old; Was raised by a powerful Akkadian priestess; His agimortus was an event (the warg civil war)
• Jillian Cardiff: Human, former victim of demon attacks and finder of Reseph.
• Limos: "Famine" - "Li" - Arik's mate & wife; Third of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Half-angel & half-demon; Thanatos, Ares & Reseph's sister; Has black hair and violet eyes; Has a belly piercing and a set of scales tattooed on her shoulder blade; Over 5,000 years old; Was raised in Sheoul; Her agimortus is a small ivory bowl engraved with a set of scales, that if drunk from by a Horseman, will break her Seal; Was supposed to be Satan's bride
• Ares: "War" - Cara's mate & husband; Second of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Half-angel & half-demon; Thanatos, Limos & Reseph's brother; A massive male with short reddish brown hair and nearly black eyes; Is nearly seven-feet tall of pure muscle; Over 5,000 years old; Was raised in ancient Egypt; His agimortus is a person
• Thanatos: "Death" - "Than" - "Bludrexe" - Fourth of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Half-angel & half-demon; Ares, Limos & Reseph's brother; A massive guy with deeply tanned skin; Has pale yellow eyes and shoulder-length tawny hair with two thin braids at each temple; Has many tattoos including a scorpion on his neck, cracked, bleeding bones inked on his hands, various weapons decorating his arms and depictions of death and destruction on his back and chest; Has an eyebrow and both nipples pierced; Over 5,000 years old; Was raised among Druidic people; Believed for thousands of years that his agimortus was his virginity
• Arik Wagner: Limos's mate & husband; Former Aegis Elder; Now a founding Leader in the newly formed Demon Activity Response Team; Immortal human; Runa's brother; Kynan's Army buddy; Army Sergeant First Class; Works for R-XR; New Aegis Guardian; Ex-Delta Force operative; Has hazel eyes and dark hair cut in a severe high-and-tight; Since surviving a deadly demon disease, he can now learn any demon language after hearing only a few words
• Cara: Ares'mate & wife; Immortal human; Totem Priestess; Was Hell's Kiss by Cerberus, the hellhound king which made her immortal and bonded to nearly all hellhounds in existence; Has sandy-blonde hair and crystal blue eyes with flecks of green and gold
• Regan: Thanatos's mate & wife; Mother to Logan Thanatos; Former Aegis Elder; Now a founding Leader in the newly formed Demon Activity Response Team; Born to a human mother and a father who was possessed by a demon at the time she was conceived; Is a psychometric empath; A stunning, bronze-skinned woman; Her long, thick lashes frame her hazel eyes and she wears her dark brown hair in a ponytail or braid that reaches her thighs; Is tall and curvy
• Harvester: Watcher; Fallen Angel; Team Sheoul; Former Throne Angel; Satan's daughter; Is six-six with long black hair, green eyes and black wings
• Reaver: Watcher; Battle Angel of the Power order of angels; One of the Horsemen's two Watchers; Team Heaven; Former Fallen Angel; Former Healer at Underworld General; A tall stunning male; Has long, thick golden hair, sapphire blue eyes and sapphire-tipped white wings; Can't recall anything that took place before the event that caused his fall a quarter century ago; His memory, as well as all evidence of his very existence, has been wiped for some reason; No angel, fallen or otherwise can remember him either.
• Kynan Morgan: Former highest ranking Aegis Elder;; Now a founding Leader in the newly formed Demon Activity Response Team; "Ky" – Marked Sentinel; Part Fallen Angel; Gem's mate & husband; Dawn's father; Sariel's descendant; Used to work for R-XR; Former Doctor at Underworld General; Former Regent of the NYC Aegis cell; Former Army medic; Is six-two and lean with thick, muscular arms, a broad chest and deeply tanned skin; Has spiky brown hair and denim-blue eyes; Speaks with a gravelly voice due to a throat injury while in Afghanistan; Charmed so he can't be harmed by anyone other than Angels; Newest keeper of Heofon
• Gethel: Apocalypse Angel; A beautiful, sparkly female with blonde hair; Has white wings shot through with gold; The Horsemen's former Heavenly Watcher; Was rotated out of Watcher duty to give the assignment to Reaver; Working with Lucifer to destroy the Horseman; She wanted Thanatos's virginity for herself and now wants Logan as revenge
• Lilith: Evil succubus; The Four Horsemen's mother; Sabbet's sister; Part of Satan's inner circle; Has black hair and violet eyes
• Stacey: Jillian's best friend since grade school; deputy sheriff
• Matthew Evans: Deputy Sheriff; Was in the class two years ahead of Jillian's
• Aaron: Aegis Elder
• Decker: Former Aegis Elder; Now a founding Leader in the newly formed Demon Activity Response Team
• Juan: Aegis Elder
• Omar: Aegis Elder
• Logan Thanatos: Thanatos and Regan's infant son
• Jason: Jillian's ex-fiance
• Delia: Aegis Elder
• Darren: Trey's friend
• Tracker: Whine's birth name and the name Jillian gives him back when his slave bond is transferred from Harvester to Jillian
• Darnella: Snooty ginger-hairedof female angel
• Raphael: Archangel
• Valeriu "Val" Macek: Former Aegis Elder; Now a founding Leader in the newly formed Demon Activity Response Team; Serena & David's father; Speaks with a Romanian accent; Archaeologist and former archaeology professor, one of the few who specialized in paranormal archaeology and demon artifacts
• Wilson's: Jillian's friends and neighbors; slaughtered in the same way as the Bjornsen's
• Nancy Garrett: Gray-haired woman who works at the homeless shelter
• Tanya: One of Jillian's old high school classmates; works at Bernard's Department Store
• Lucifer: Fallen Angel; Satan's right-hand man; Is tall with black hair and glowing crimson eyes
• Lance McKinney: Aegis Elder;Hates the Horseman; Led the other elders against Regan, Tynan, Val, Tayla, Arik & Decker
• Ariya: Reseph's little sister from his human family
• Trey Yates: Bardsley rancher Stacey dated for a short period of time; an arrogant bully
• Dennis Waltham: Deputy Sheriff
• Tayla: "Tay" - Eidolon's mate; New mother; Former Aegis Elder; Now a founding Leader in the newly formed Demon Activity Response Team; Former Regent of the NYC Aegis cell; Gemella's younger twin sister; Half-human & half-Soulshredder demon; Has burgundy hair, green eyes rimmed with gold and pale freckles shimmering just beneath the surface of her creamy skin
• Sandy: Electronic technician who monitored the weather instruments in the field a the Orlando Airport; Jillian came across her being attacked by demons in the airport parking garage and was then attacked herself
• Modran: Dark-haired male angel
• Hal: Cara's pet hellhound
• Doodle: Jillian's cat, Bengal, nicknamed "Fang-Doodle" by Reseph.
• Sam: Jillian's draft horse
• Rath: Ramreel demon; Ares & Cara's adopted son; Torrent's son; Vulgrim & Sireth's grandson; A toddler
• Sheriff Miller: Bardsley sheriff
• Bjornsen's: Couple who were slaughtered in their trailer around the same time Jillian found Reseph
• Revenant: Watcher; Fallen Angel; in league with Gethel
• Silth: Pestilence's right-hand man; Neethul demon
• Whine: Warg, A huge male werewolf; Harvester's blood slave; Is originally from Hungary
• Azagoth: "Grim Reaper" - Fallen Angel; Idess' father; Rumored to be the Four Horsemen's father; Is the epitome of male beauty; Appears to be in his early 30's; Is tall, with black hair, emerald eyes, chiseled cheekbones and a strong, square jaw.
• Wraith: Seminus demon; Serena's mate; Talon's (aka Stewie) father; Eidolon, Shade, Lore & Sinead's younger brother; Has a vampire mother, which is an anomaly; Is six-five with blue eyes and shoulder-length, bleached blond hair; 101 years old; Procurer of ancient relics and magical artifacts for Underworld General; Charmed so he can't be harmed by anyone other than Angels
• Sinead Donnelly: "Sin" - "Smurfette" - Conall's mate; Seminus demon/human half-breed; Only female Seminus ever; Lore's twin sister; Eidolon, Shade & Wraith's sister; Former assassin master; Has waist-length blue-black hair and coal-black eyes; Her dermoire looks faded and lacks a personal symbol; Is petite with a toned body; Works in Underworld General's infectious disease department; Her actions caused the warg civil war that Reseph's Seal to break
• Eidolon: "Doc E" - "Hellboy" - Seminus demon; Tayla's mate; New father; Shade, Wraith, Lore & Sinead's brother; Doctor; Head of Underworld General; Has a Judicia demon mother; Former Justice Dealer; Is six-four with expresso eyes and short nearly black hair
• Yenrieth: Angel; Biological father to the Four Horseman; Disappeared soon after their birth and no one has knowledge of what happened to him
• Wilsons: Add a description of this character.
• Washington

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• “Oh, hell, no. I saw you with the rifle.” He glanced over at her, and his voice went a notch deeper. “It was fucking hot. I love a badass female.”

  Reseph

• “You named your son’s pet after a rabid monster dog?” “No,” Thanatos growled. “Wraith did. Bastard taught the pup to respond to Cujo, and we couldn’t get him to respond to anything else after that.”

  Reaver

• “Oompa-Loompa Land?” He shook his head. “No way. Orange people give me the creeps. I don’t even like fake tans. I’d never be their king.”

  Reseph

• “I feel like I’m finally whole. I’m five thousand years old,” he rasped. “But the day you found me in the woods, that’s when my life started.”

  Reseph

• “Because when you need something the most from someone, they always let you down.”

  Jillian Cardiff

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Colorado
• Rocky Mountains
• Florida
• Greece

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• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Reseph, Ares, Limos, and Thanatos

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• The Aegis: Society of human warriors dedicated to protecting the world from evil. See: Guardians, Regent, Sigil.
• Agimortus: A trigger for the breaking of the Horsemen's Seals. An agimortus can be identified as a symbol engraved or branded upon the host person or object. Three kinds of agimorti have been identified, and may take the form of a person, an object, or an event.
• Camborian: The human offspring of a parent under the possession of a demon at the time of conception. Camborians may or may not possess supernatural powers that vary in type and strength, depending on the species of demon inhabiting the body of the parent at the time of conception.
• Daemonica: The demon bible and basis for dozens of demon religions. Its prophesies regarding the Apocalypse, should they come to pass, will ensure that the Four Horsemen fight on the side of evil.
• Fallen Angel: Believed to be evil by most humans, fallen angels can be grouped into two categories: True Fallen and Unfallen. Unfallen angels have been cast from Heaven and are earthbound, living a life in which they are neither truly good nor truly evil. In this state, they can rarely, earn their way back into Heaven. Or they can choose to enter Sheoul, the demon realm, in order to complete their fall and become True Fallen, taking their places as demons at Satan's side.
• Guardians: Warriors for The Aegis, trained in combat techniques, weapons, and magic. Upon induction into The Aegis, all Guardians are presented with an enchanted piece of jewelry bearing the Aegis shield, which, among other things, allows for night vision and the ability to see through demon invisibility enchantment.
• Harrowgate: Vertical portals, invisible to humans, which demons use to travel between locations on Earth and Sheoul. A very few beings can summon their own personal Harrowgates.
• Khote: An invisibility spell that allows the caster to move among humans without being seen or, usually, heard.
• Marked Sentinel: A human charmed by angels and tasked with protecting a vital artifact. Sentinels are immortal and immune to harm. Only angels (fallen included) can injure or kill a Sentinel. Their existence is a closely guarded secret.
• Quantamun: A state of superaccelerated existence on a plane that allows some supernatural beings to travel among humans. Humans, unaware of what moves within their world, appear frozen in time to those inside the quantamun. This differs from the khote in that the khote operates real time and is a spell rather than a plane of existence.
• Regent: Head(s) of local Aegis cells.
• Sheoul: Demon realm. Located deep in the bowls of the earth, accessible only by Harrowgates and hellmouths.
• Sheoul-gra: A holding tank for demon souls. The place where demon souls go until they can be reborn or kept in torturous limbo.
• Sheoulic: Universal demon language spoken by all, though many species speak their own language.
• Sigil: Board of twelve humans known as Elders, who serve as the supreme leaders of The Aegis. Based in Berlin, they oversee all Aegis cells worldwide.
• Ter'taceo: Demons who can pass as human, either because their species is naturally human in appearance or because they can shapeshift into human form.
• Watchers: Individuals assigned to keep an eye on the Four Horsemen. As part of the agreement forged during the original negotiations between angels and demons that led to Ares, Reseph, Limos, and Thanatos being cursed to spearhead the Apocalypse, one Watcher is an angel, the other is a fallen angel. Neither Watchers may directly assist any Horseman's efforts to either start or stop Armageddon, but they can lend a hand behind the scenes. Doing so, however, may have them walking a fine line, that, to cross, could prove worse than fatal.
• Horseman's Seal: Each Seal has two prophecies. Should the Horsemen protect their Seals from breaking until the prophecy laid out by the Bible comes to pass, they will save their souls--and mankind. But should they allow the Seals to be broken prematurely, as written in the Daemonica, the demon bible, they will turn evil, and will forever be known as Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death.
• Deliverance: The dagger forged specifically to kill the Horsemen. It resembles a miniature sword with a horse head as the pommel. Its eye is a ruby. The dagger was forged in metals from a rock that fell from the sky and was tempered in hellhound blood.The Horsemen helped The Aegis forge it after they were cursed. "From death will come life" is engraved on the hilt.
• Wormwood: "Doom Star" - A dagger The Aegis appropriated in the late 1300's

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Lethal Rider.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Larissa Ione (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: n/a
• Dewey: 813.6

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Sexual Content

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Larissa Ione: Author's website
• Larissa Ione: Lords of Deliverance page

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