List of True Blood characters

Main cast

Notes

Regular and recurring cast

Sookie Stackhouse

Sookie (portrayed by Anna Paquin) is a telepathic waitress in a small-town restaurant. Because of her ability, she has difficulty forming lasting human relationships. She becomes involved in a romantic relationship with a vampire, Bill, upon discovering that she can't read his mind. This relationship with a supernatural being causes controversy amongst the residents of her small town. In Season 3, it is revealed she is part faerie, a supernatural race thought to have been driven to extinction by vampires for their blood’s granting the ability to walk in the sun.

Bill Compton

Bill (portrayed by Stephen Moyer) is a vampire romantically involved with Sookie. Turned into a vampire against his will during the American Civil War, Bill shows more compassion for human life than many other vampires. He is outwardly expressive of his emotions and holds onto memories of his past human life—behaviors that are unique amongst his vampire peers.

Sam Merlotte

Sam (portrayed by Sam Trammell) is the owner of the establishment where Sookie works. During the first season, Sam is characterized by his adoration and loyalty towards Sookie. When Bill Compton becomes romantically involved with her, he openly disapproves of their relationship. Despite his initial support of vampire rights, Sam feels as though vampires and humans should be kept separate regardless of their equality. Sam is a shapeshifter and is often seen watching over Sookie in the form of a dog. He is the first supernatural introduced to the series who isn't a vampire.

Jason Stackhouse

Jason (played by Ryan Kwanten) is Sookie's not-too-bright, self-involved brother, who is vigilant in defending and protecting Sookie. He supervises a road crew during the day and is known for bedding the women of Bon Temps at night. During the first season, he is the prime suspect in the murders of four women, all of whom have a connection to him. After the death of his vampire blood-addicted girlfriend Amy, Jason believes that he must be responsible for the murders. He is then recruited by the Fellowship of the Sun, an anti-vampire church, who approve of what they believe to be his crime of killing "fangbangers" (i.e. people in sexual relationships with vampires).

Tara Thornton

Tara (portrayed by Rutina Wesley) is Sookie Stackhouse's best friend. She grew up with an alcoholic, abusive mother, resulting in trust issues and social difficulty. As a child, Tara bonded with Sookie's older brother, Jason, after he protected Tara from her mother. From then on, Tara developed an unreciprocated love for Jason.

As an adult, Tara is candid, distant, and struggles to keep a job until she starts bartending at Merlotte's. She has a brief friends with benefits relationship with Sam Merlotte in the first season.

Tara provides care for her mother, Lettie Mae, even paying for her mother to receive an exorcism from "Miss Jeanette" to cure her alcohol addiction. After this appears successful, Tara for a second exorcism. Miss Jeanette turns out to be a pharmacist in a nearby town running a scam; Lettie Mae relapses. In the second season, Tara falls under the maenad Maryann’s influence, leading to a relationship with Eggs (Benedict), who is later shot dead by Jason while confessing to murders Maryann forced. Heartbroken, Tara attempts suicide in Season 3 but is thwarted by her cousin Lafayette.

Tara is then abducted by a delusional vampire who plans to turn her. She escapes by drinking his blood for strength, smashing his skull, but not killing him. Jason eventually kills the vampire at Merlotte's. Traumatized upon discovering that Jason killed Eggs, Tara cuts her hair and leaves Bon Temps.

In the fourth season, Tara moves to New Orleans. She works as a cage fighter and is in a relationship with another fighter, Naomi. In the season finale, Tara is shot in the head by Debbie Pelt. To save her life, Pam turns her into a vampire at Sookie and Lafayette's insistence, causing a severe personality change due to the brain damage. Tara and Pam became close in the fifth season, with Tara deeply caring for her maker. She rescued Pam from the Vampire Authority, sharing a kiss. Tara is killed early in the seventh season by a Hep V vampire while protecting her mother.

Lafayette Reynolds

Lafayette (portrayed by Nelsan Ellis) is a short-order cook, drug dealer, and Tara Thornton's cousin in Bon Temps. Unlike the novels, where Lafayette is killed in the second book, fan demand led to his expanded role in the show.

Openly gay, Lafayette is largely accepted in Bon Temps. In the first season, when homophobic patrons sends back his burger (claiming that "it might have AIDS"), Lafayette confronts them directly: "Faggots been breeding your cows, raising your chickens, even brewing your beer long before I walked my sexy ass up in this motherfucker. Everything on your goddamn table got AIDs." He beats them up, to the delight of other guests in the restaurant.^[1]

Showrunner Alan Ball worried about casting a "phony" portrayal of Lafayette's sexuality. Actor Nelsan Ellis based the character's mannerisms on his mother and sister. Ellis found the elaborate costuming key to the role, noting: "I have more makeup on than any of the females in the cast. Once they get me with the fake eyelashes and the eye makeup, I listen to some Rihanna and I'm there."^[2]

Lafayette initially dealt vampire blood ("V"), leading to his torture by Eric in Season 2, before being ordered to sell it again by the Queen in Season 3. He meets his romantic interest, Jesús Velásquez, a male witch and nurse for Lafayette's mentally ill mother, Ruby Jean (played by Alfre Woodard). In Season 4, Lafayette explores Wicca with Jesús at Marnie's palm reading shop. Marnie (played by Fiona Shaw) is the leader of a Wiccan coven, who later is possessed by a witch seeking revenge against all vampires. Lafayette later discovers that he is a medium. In a tragic turn, Marnie's spirit possesses Lafayette and murders Jesús, consuming his blood and transferring Jesús' inner demon into Lafayette.

Ellis received critical acclaim for his sensitive and complex portrayal of the character. In 2008, he received a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for best supporting actor in a television series for his role as Lafayette Reynolds.^[3] In 2009, he was nominated for a Scream Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[4] In 2011, he won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in True Blood.^[5]

Andy Bellefleur

Andy (portrayed by Chris Bauer) is a Bon Temps police detective who is a recovering alcoholic. He investigates the first season's murders, immediately and wrongly suspecting Jason Stackhouse. Suspended in season two, he returns after falsely claiming to have shot Eggs (who the town believes committed Maryann's murders). In season three, he replaces Sheriff Dearborne and reluctantly trains Jason. Mostly resistant to Maryann's influence until her death, he is one of the few who remembers what she did, though his memory is vague due to heavy drinking. Season four reveals his addiction to V and that he and his sister Portia are direct descendants of Bill Compton.

Eric Northman

Eric (portrayed by Alexander Skarsgård) is the Sheriff of Area 5, a vampire district in Louisiana. He is over 1,100 years old and is a powerful and wealthy member of the vampire community. Eric runs the vampire bar, Fangtasia, in Shreveport, and develops an interest in Sookie Stackhouse after discovering her unique ability to read minds during the first season.

Arlene Fowler Bellefleur

Arlene (portrayed by Carrie Preston) is a waitress at Merlotte's. Arlene is a four-time divorced single mother of two. She is good-hearted but bigoted toward vampires, outwardly disapproving of Sookie and Bill's relationship. In the first season, she gets engaged to Rene, who is secretly a serial killer. Sookie later kills Rene in self-defense when he attacks her. In the second season, she dates Terry Bellefleur but discovers she is pregnant with Rene's baby. Fearing the child will be a killer, Arlene unsuccessfully attempts to have a miscarriage. Terry accepts the baby, easing Arlene's fears slightly, though she remains convinced her son is evil due to Rene's genetics.

Jessica Hamby

Jessica (portrayed by Deborah Ann Woll) is a young vampire that Bill is forced to create as punishment for murdering a fellow vampire. Jessica's character is exclusive to the series, not appearing in the Southern Vampire Mysteries.

Thrilled to escape her strict and abusive Christian upbringing, Jessica's petulant attitude strains her relationship with her maker, Bill. Initially living at Fangtasia with Pam and Eric, she was soon returned to Bill due to her frustrating behavior. In Season 2, she dated Hoyt Fortenberry until she attacks his rude mother. After accidentally draining a person in Season 3, she reconciles with Hoyt and eventually moves in with him. He and Jessica reunite and marry in the series finale.

Pamela Swynford De Beaufort ("Pam")

Pam (portrayed by Kristin Bauer van Straten) was turned into a vampire by Eric Northman about a century before the series, serving as his loyal (though sometimes lazy) assistant and bouncer at Fangtasia. Formerly a San Francisco brothel madame circa 1905, she met Eric while being attacked by a serial killer and was turned after a suicide attempt to avoid a lonely death as a pariah. Cynical and devoted primarily to Eric (later to Tara), she often manages Fangtasia in his absence and once enlisted Lafayette to sell V for Eric.

Throughout the series, Pam displays a strong romantic and sexual preference for women. She is fiercely loyal to Eric, enduring torture by the Magister to protect him. She weeps blood tears when Eric tries to sacrifice himself to burn Russell Edgington. In season four, after the incident with the witches, Marnie curses Pam, causing her face to rot.

In season five, Pam turns Tara into a vampire to save her life. This decision leads to a close romantic relationship by the end of the season. They continue as a couple into season six, showing Pam's care for Tara. When Tara dies in season seven, Pam, initially emotionless while in Morocco, later reveals her sadness and tears to Eric. She and Eric occasionally speak in Swedish.

Alcide Herveaux

Alcide (portrayed by Joe Manganiello), a werewolf, initially helps Sookie Stackhouse find Bill Compton to repay his father’s debt to Eric Northman. Alcide is handsome and attracted to Sookie. His ex-fiancée, Debbie Pelt (also a werewolf) left him, claiming he wasn't "man enough." After Eric uses Alcide's truck to kill Russell Edgington, Alcide's debt is relieved. In season four, Alcide reconciles with Debbie in Shreveport. He reluctantly joins the Shreveport werewolf pack at her insistence, despite preferring to be a lone wolf. Their relationship strained due to his feelings for Sookie and differing life goals (family, pack involvement). Alcide loses faith in packmaster Marcus Bosman after Marcus kills Tommy Mickens. Alcide and Sam Merlotte team up for revenge.

Alcide kills Marcus by crushing his windpipe after finding him with Debbie, then abjures Debbie. Alcide takes responsibility for Marcus's death to protect Sam and covers for Sookie. He fights his new packmaster, who was working for Edgington and distributing "V." Alcide reluctantly becomes packmaster, which makes him more aggressive. Frustrated by the pack's violence and murder of students, Alcide covers up Nicole Wright's escape. When Rikki confronts him on his lies regarding Nicole and her mother, Alcide defeats his challengers but spares them, leaving werewolf society and befriending Sam again. Alcide and Sookie start a relationship after he supports her at Terry Bellefleur's funeral. Alcide is murdered in Season 7 by a hate group targeting supernaturals.

Willa Burrell

Willa (portrayed by Amelia Rose Blaire) is the daughter of former Louisiana Governor Truman Burrell who clashes with her father over vampire rights. Eric abducts and turns her into a vampire, revealing her mother had abandoned the family for a vampire and fueling her father's bigotry. Eric, seeking revenge, demands Willa return home as a vampire. Though her father considers ending the hunt, he orders Willa to be shot and arrested when she attempts to feed on him. Realizing he intends to "cure" her, Willa demands to be sent to Gen Pop to be trained by Tara. She helps Eric and Nora escape and informs Pam about Hep V in TruBlood, later enjoying the sun after feeding on Bill until Warlow's death.

In Season 7, following Tara's death alongside Pam and Eric's disappearance, Willa feels depressed and isolated. Eric returns to Bon Temp and summons her before his anticipated death, happy to see his young progeny. She yells at him for abandoning her so soon after she was made. Along with the other healthy vampires, Willa fights the Hep V Vamps. Eric later releases Willa, apologizes, and tells her that he is proud to have her in the family. Willa is last seen at a Thanksgiving celebration at Sookie's house, working for Arlene.

James Kent

James (portrayed by Luke Grimes and Nathan Parsons) is a vampire born in the late 1940s or early 1950s. James meets Jessica in a vampire camp, where experiments are done on vampires. When Sarah Newlin tries to force James to have sex with Jessica, James refuses. He is tortured for his refusal, enduring UV burns and broken teeth. Impressed, Jessica and James grow close. James later falls in love with Lafayette.

Violet Mazurski

Violet (portrayed by Karolina Wydra) is a vampire who was born in Prussia during the late 12th century. As Jason is about to be attacked by hungry vampires at the vampire camp, Violet claims Jason as her own. When Jason has sex with Jessica Violet gets very jealous. She kidnaps Wade Cleary, Adilyn Bellefleur, and Jessica. However, Hoyt Fortenberry kills Violet and sets the others free.

Hoyt Fortenberry

Hoyt (portrayed by Jim Parrack) is Jason Stackhouse's best friend and fellow road crew worker. Hoyt is initially shy but uniquely unprejudiced against vampires. He enters a serious relationship with the newly turned vampire Jessica. They break up after Jessica attacks his mother, reconcile, but later split when Hoyt, unaware of her feelings for Jason, struggles with their abnormal relationship. Heartbroken after Jessica sleeps with Jason, Hoyt joins a hate group but can't commit to violence, freeing Jessica and calling the police. Fed up, he leaves Bon Temps for Alaska, asking Jessica to glamour him to forget their memories, which she tearfully does. As he leaves town, Jason pulls him over and begs him not to go. Jess's glamour works — Hoyt treats Jason as a stranger. As Hoyt drives off to Alaska, oblivious, Jason breaks down over the loss of his friend. Hoyt later returns for his mother's funeral with a new girlfriend and unknowingly avenges his mother by killing Violet. He and Jessica reunite, rekindle their romance, and marry in the series finale. His Alaskan girlfriend marries Jason.

Rene Lenier/Drew Marshall

Rene (portrayed by Michael Raymond-James) is the main antagonist of Season 1, though his malevolent nature is not revealed until the season's end. Rene is introduced as a Cajun resident of Bon Temps. He is a co-worker and close friend of Jason's. Initially, he is portrayed as a protagonist who approves of Sookie's dating a vampire. He becomes engaged to Arlene and is widely respected in Bon Temps.

"Rene Lenier" is secretly Drew Marshall, a man who lived in Bunkie, Louisiana, before fleeing after killing his sister Cindy in a rage after he found out she was a "fang banger". Having moved to Bon Temps, he speaks with a trained Cajun accent, lives under a false identity and uses Jason as an unwitting source to find out which women have slept with vampires. Now Bon Temps is rocked by the mysterious murders of fang bangers. Sookie is likely to be the next victim, and Bill and Sam do their best to protect her. Rene presents himself as an ally, and it is not until he is finally alone with Sookie that his psychopathic nature is revealed. Rene attacks Sookie, and after a brutal struggle, she manages to kill him in self-defense. Later, Arlene learns she is pregnant with Rene's child and becomes distraught at the thought of carrying an "evil child". Rene appears to Arlene in the season 4 finale and warns her about Terry. He tells her he's met the ghosts of Terry's past and she must run.

Terry Bellefleur

Terry (portrayed by Todd Lowe) is an Iraq war veteran who works as one of the cooks at Merlotte's and he's a cousin of Detective Andy Bellefleur. He shows clear signs of post-traumatic stress disorder but despite his unusual behavior, is a gentle soul. He is one of the few who are kind to Bill, and he finds him to be a kindred soul as Bill is a veteran like him. While working at Merlotte's, he begins to show interest in Arlene, and the two become romantically involved during the second season. Due to Maryann's influence, their relationship appears to progress more quickly than Terry wants. In the third season, Arlene reveals she's pregnant with Rene's baby, but Terry still wants to be the child's parent. In season 5, we learn more about Terry's time in Iraq when his Sgt., Patrick Devins arrives in Bon Temps and tells him that the rest of their squad has been killed in fires recently. We learn that one of the Privates, Eller, shot a teenage boy who was attacking him when they were off duty celebrating the 4th of July, and then the boy's family came out to confront the squad, who were brutally killed by Terry's group when a shot was fired. The boy's mother, before being put down by Terry, cursed the monster Ifrit on them. Soon after, their bodies were burned. This incident is the cause of Terry's PTSD. When issued an ultimatum by the spirit of the grandmother of the family that either he or the captain who ordered him to kill her must kill the other to live, Terry goes to confront him, intending to have a fair fight to decide things. Instead, the captain takes Arlene hostage, and after a tense fight, Arlene is able to get the revolver and give it Terry. With the captain on his knees, he begs Terry to spare him, but after what he has just done Terry pulls the trigger. The Ifrit consumes the captain's body and the curse on Terry is lifted.

However, Terry continues to be haunted by his actions. He pays an old war buddy to kill him, but not before setting his affairs in order so Arlene would be provided for. He takes out a massive life insurance policy then awaits his fate. Arlene, not knowing about the hit, has a vampire friend of Holly's glamour Terry into forgetting his time in Marines. As a result, Terry forgets about arranging his own assassination. He experiences peace and happiness in his life for a short while before being shot by a sniper rifle while throwing away garbage outside of Merlotte's. Despite Arlene's misgivings, Terry is buried with full military honors.

Lettie Mae Thornton

Lettie Mae (portrayed by Adina Porter) is Tara's abusive, alcoholic mother. After convincing Tara to fund an fraudulent exorcism for a supposed demon causing her addiction, Lettie Mae becomes a devout Christian. In Season 2, she helps Lafayette rescue Tara from Maryann's influence but later holds him and Sookie at gunpoint so Tara can save Eggs. In Season 3, she is oblivious to Tara's suicide attempt and is later discovered having an affair with her church's married reverend, who she eventually marries. She makes a single derogatory comment about her sister's son, Lafayette, calling him a "sexual deviant." In Season 5, she rejects her newly-turned vampire daughter at Fangtasia. In Season 6, she and Reverend Daniels oversee Terry's funeral and she attempts reconciliation, letting Tara drink her blood. After Tara's death in Season 7, Lettie Mae, distraught, drinks Willa's blood, triggering visions of Tara that cause her to self-harm in order to drink her blood again.

Bud Dearborne

Bud (portrayed by William Sanderson) is the sheriff of Renard Parish and an old friend of Sookie and Jason's deceased parents. While he is well respected in the town of Bon Temps, he goes out of his way to show his distaste for vampires and vocally objects to Sookie's relationship with Bill. He doesn't believe Jason is the murderer in the first season.

Despite the blatant prejudice he shows Bill, he regularly scolds Andy for being unfair and biased in his dealings with suspects. In the second season, he investigates the murders of Miss Jeanette and Daphne. His attempts at identifying and locating their killer is complicated by the outrageous behaviour of Bon Temps' residents while under Maryann's influence. In the third season, Bud resigns after yet another murder takes place and leaves Andy Bellefleur in charge.

In season 5, it's revealed Bud is in a group of assassins after shifters, dating the Dragon of the group named Sweetie Des Arts. When Bud and Sweetie are about to feed Sookie to pigs, the police show up and everyone is put under arrest. Bud resists, however, and is shot by Andy Bellefleur, killing him.

Nicole Wright

Nicole (portrayed by Jurnee Smollett-Bell) is a co-founder of the Vampire Unity Society (VUS), a group advocating for peace between vampires and humans. She encourages other supernaturals to "come out" after Luna Garza shapeshifts from Steve Newlin back to herself on live TV. When she tries to ally with werewolves, Rikki's pack attacks, killing her friends and boyfriend. Alcide saves her from Rikki. She later begins a relationship with Sam Merlotte and becomes pregnant. Early in Season 7, she is abducted by Hep V vampires but rescued. Fearing for her unborn child, she convinces Sam to leave Bon Temps with her.

Reverend Daniels

Reverend Daniels (portrayed by Gregg Daniel) is the pastor of one of the churches in Bon Temps and a respected member of the community. In Season 3, he begins a romantic relationship with a seemingly reformed Lettie Mae, and by Season 4, the two are married. He and Lettie Mae are sought out by Arlene and Terry in Season 4 to rid their home of the evil spirits that they believe are targeting their baby, Mikey. In Season 6, he performs the service at Terry's funeral at Arlene's request. Reverend Daniels is also a leading supporter of Sam's decision to pair up humans with vampires in an attempt to ensure mutual protection and security. In Season 7, he offers an aimless Willa the light-proof basement of the church as a place for her stay until she figures out a more permanent living situation.

Ginger

Ginger (portrayed by Tara Buck), a human employee at Fangtasia, first appears in the final episodes of season one. She is known by her shrill, and frequent, screaming. She is obsessed with Eric and fiercely loyal to him and Pam. Sookie shares that, according to her telepathic reading, Ginger is mentally unstable from excessive glamouring. Hearing this, Fangtasia's vampire bartender, Longshadow, attacks and is killed by Bill. Traumatized after witnessing Longshadow's murder, Pam glamours Ginger once again after deciding that further deterioration of her mind is preferable to transforming her into a vampire to ensure her silence.

In season two, Ginger continues to work at Fangtasia despite her unreliability. Under duress, she reveals Lafayette's location to Sookie and allows Sam, Lisa, and Colby Fowler into Fangtasia after Sam bribes her. By season four, her loyalty increased; she comforted Pam and held her in a coffin during Antonia's spell. In season six, Ginger is held at Governor Burrell's vamp camp for unwittingly helping in his daughter's kidnapping to supply food to prisoners until Eric rescues her.

In season seven, Pam reveals that Ginger actually conceived the idea for Fangtasia, which Pam took credit for after glamouring her. Before opening the bar, Ginger worked for Pam and Eric at the video store that they were assigned by the Magister. Ginger was a customer and fan of vampire films. She quickly developed a crush on Eric, which led her to apply for the daytime position. Though it is never made clear when or how she found out that Eric and Pam were vampires, it is implied that she was well aware even before vampires came out of the coffin.

Steve Newlin

Rev. Steve Newlin (portrayed by Michael McMillian) is head of the Fellowship of the Sun (a prominent anti-vampire church that makes regular TV appearances in the True Blood universe, intent on spreading fear and hatred of vampires) and the secondary antagonist of season 2. He is featured mainly in the second season, as Jason decides to join his church. In the second season, his church holds Eric's maker Godric, who came to them voluntarily, to burn him to death publicly. When Sookie and Bill start investigating Godric's disappearance, Newlin orders Sookie's abduction, but it fails. Later, when Sookie visits his church in disguise, he recognizes her and locks her in his basement. Godric and the Texas vampires, however, thwart his plans of burning everyone associated with Godric, lecturing him on vampires showing more humanity than Newlin and his humans. It is also revealed that vampires killed Newlin's father, who was the previous head of the church. In the third season, he makes recurring appearances on television, especially after Russell Edgington slaughters an anchorman on live television and Newlin sees his chance to call for the death of all vampires once again. An earlier interview with Nan Flanagan reveals Newlin was being investigated by the IRS and apparently going through a divorce seen in the post-mortem of the episode "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues". In the fourth-season episode "If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?", it is said that Steve Newlin has been missing for six months. In the final episode of Season 4, it is revealed he has been turned into a vampire as punishment.

In the fifth-season episode "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Newlin confronts Jason and admits he's a "Proud Gay American Vampire" and was in love with Jason the whole time. He is brought in by the Authority as the new spokesperson for the AVL, taking Nan Flanagan's place. After the Vampire Authority is destroyed and Governor Burrell's anti-vampire movement is set in motion, Steve Newlin is taken by a new group of vampire police to be studied. When various vampires feed upon Bill to protect themselves against the sun, Eric prevents Steve from doing so, as retribution towards Godric & Nora’s deaths. Seeing Sarah opening up a silo to sunlight, Steve uses his last words to proclaim his love for Jason before being burned to death. In season 7, a vision of Steve repeatedly plagues Sarah Newlin.

Sarah Newlin

Sarah (portrayed by Anna Camp) was the main antagonist of Season 6 and Season 7. She claims to have originally supported vampire rights, but that she had an epiphany after her fangbanger sister disappeared. She argues with her husband frequently because he will not give her more of a leadership role in the Fellowship of the Sun. She has a strong attraction to Jason Stackhouse and moves him from the Fellowship camp into her home so that she can be close to him. The two characters have an affair, though their relationship dissolves when her husband realizes that Sookie is his sister and believes (incorrectly) that Jason is a spy. She disagrees with Steve's methods about starting a vampire war and can be seen openly arguing with him on live television during an interview with Nan Flanagan after the Godric fiasco.

Sometime in between season 2 and season 6, she and Steve got a divorce, and she wrote a book about her marriage to him. In season six, it's learned that she, along with lover Gov. Truman Burrell, began the war of human vs. vampires. First seen taunting her ex-husband on coming events Sarah is revealed to be the mastermind behind the Vamp Camps. After a rejection from Burrell on having a child to replace Truman's daughter Willa (turned vampire by Eric) Sarah seduces Jason Stackhouse into a sexual relationship, only later to be interrupted by Jessica. Sarah's rise to power continues throughout the season after the death of Burrell. Newlin is also revealed to be the "blonde tyrant" Lilith warned of.

Slowly becoming unhinged, Newlin looks to gain revenge on Jason through experiments involving Jessica with another vampire named James. Keeping the governor's death under wraps, Sarah assumes ultimate control of the Vamp Camps and their agenda to distribute TruBlood containing Hepatitis V, which causes vampires to slowly and painfully meet the "true death". After learning the truth of what's inside the TruBlood, several vampires including Jessica, Pam, Tara, Willa, James, and Steve all refuse to drink their rations of TruBlood, thus leading them to be put in a giant white circular room to meet the sun. The representative of the Yokanoma Corp. arrives looking for the governor only to find Sarah. After a violent struggle, Newlin kills the representative with her high heel and praises Jesus. Eric arrives at the camp looking for revenge by releasing the vampires to attack the humans. Sarah is seen hiding amongst the corpses and makes her way to the roof above the white room to manually open the ceiling allowing the sun to shine down on the vampires, who are discovered to be feeding on Bill and absorbing the blood of Warlow. Eric then forces Steve to meet the sun, but not before Steve shouts his final words "I love you, Jason Stackhouse!"

Sarah is shown running to escape with Jason tracking her down. While she tries to explain that she was just doing God's work, Jason pulls a gun on her and explains he is talking to Jesus and Jesus thinks she is an average lay. As the two struggle, Jason prepares to shoot her in the head, but then exclaims he does not want any more blood on his hands and lets Newlin escape. Sarah thanks Jason and then drives away. In season 7, it is revealed that Sarah has dyed her hair and is living in a commune with a new age Guru. However, Eric and Pam track her as well as members of a Yakuza family associated with the makers of Tru Blood. Both groups team up and capture her with Yakuza wanting to use the Hep-V cure in her blood to synthesize and distribute a cure called New Blood. Eric and Pam double cross the Yakuza and distribute New Blood themselves. Pam keeps Sarah chained the basement of Fangtasia where vampires pay $100,000 to drink from her. As a result, Sarah has lost her mind and spends her time being haunted by visions of her dead husband.

"Eggs" Benedict Talley

"Eggs" (portrayed by Mehcad Brooks) is a guest of Maryann Forrester's who has a less than reputable past; he gradually begins a romantic relationship with Tara Thornton during the second season, but their relationship is constantly manipulated by Maryann. It becomes apparent that Maryann regularly puts Eggs under her influence and then has him perform horrible actions, such as murder and cutting out human hearts. After Maryann's death, he comes to Sookie requesting her aid in regaining his memories of the moments in which Maryann controlled him. Sookie does so, and he remembers murdering several people at Maryann's command. Shocked, he turns himself in to Andy Bellefleur and presents him with the knife the murders were committed with. Jason mistakes this as an attempt to murder Andy and shoots Eggs. His death causes great grief to Tara, but the police force can blame him for the murders committed by Maryann. After Tara discovers that Sookie gave Eggs the ability to see the crimes he committed under Maryann's hypnosis, she ends her friendship with her. But they quickly reconcile after Sookie pays for Eggs' funeral arrangements.

Patrick Devins

Patrick (portrayed by Scott Foley) is an Iraq war veteran who was Sgt. to Private Terry Bellefleur, and not a resident of Bon Temps. Back in Iraq, Patrick's squad were celebrating victory on the 4th of July by drinking and smoking drugs when a teenaged boy began confronting Private Eller. The squad told him to get rid of him, but he misheard them, and wasted him instead. The boy's family came out to confront the squad, and one of the family members opened fire, resulting in their deaths. A Muslim woman cursed the monster Ifrit on them just before Patrick ordered Terry to shoot her. Their bodies were set on fire soon after, where Terry saw the monster rise from the fire, but just thought it was the drugs. Patrick arrived in Bon Temps at the end of season 4 and in season 5 told Terry that the rest of the squad were killed in fires. After Lafayette conjures up the spirit of the woman Terry killed, named Zaafira, she tells them that Terry has to kill Patrick or the other way around. Patrick runs out and takes Arlene hostage in Merlotte's, but ends with Terry shooting Patrick twice in the head, destroying the curse.

Adele Stackhouse (née Hale)

Adele Stackhouse (portrayed by Lois Smith), commonly referred to as "Gran", is Jason and Sookie's paternal grandmother. Her husband is missing, presumed dead. A widow living on her own, she raised Jason and Sookie following their parents' deaths. Sookie keeps living with her after becoming an adult and later inherits Gran's house. She is portrayed as a very kind-hearted, motherly figure, with even Tara Thornton's mother crediting her for raising Tara when she couldn't. She is one of the few characters who support Sookie's relationship with Bill and is greatly interested in Bill's historic knowledge of Bon Temps, as she is head of the "Descendants of the Glorious Dead", an organization devoted to honoring the memory of the Civil War. Mid-season, Adele is brutally killed by Rene Lenier, who originally came to her house to murder Sookie. Adele had a brother, Bartlett Hale (Cheyenne Wilbur), whose pedophilic affinity for Sookie when she was a child prompted Bill to kill him. At the time he had been disowned by Adele after she too discovered his desires for her granddaughter and the two had apparently not spoken for many years. In the season 4 finale, Adele's spirit appears to take Marnie's spirit out of Lafayette.

Governor Truman Burrell

Governor Burrell (portrayed by Arliss Howard) is the Governor of Louisiana and the secondary antagonist of season 6. After the TruBlood factories were blown up by the Vampire Authority, Governor Burrell announced that a vampire curfew has been set in stone, and all vampire businesses will be shut down, at the same time encouraging all citizens to go out and buy themselves weapons. All the while, he has a secret business relationship with one of the TruBlood factories to produce the synthesized blood in a bottling plant he was left with so he can gain some revenue to be re-elected. Eric sneaks into his house and tries to glamour him out of what he's doing when it's revealed he's put a lot of his money into a research facility/prison for vampires where they study them, and they created new weapons to fight against them: a silver bullet that emits a UV ray and contact lens that prevents the vampires from hypnotizing humans. His daughter, Willa, tells Eric Northman that her father hates vampires so much because her mother was caught by him with another vampire. After consuming some of Warlow's blood so he can walk in the daytime, Bill Compton attacks the governor's mansion. Burrell is decapitated by Bill, and his head is found by Sarah Newlin. Sarah has worked with other state politicians to cover up his death, releasing a statement saying the governor survived an attack by vampires and is running the state from an undisclosed location while Sarah makes public appearances on his behalf.

Amy Burley

Amy (portrayed by Lizzy Caplan) is Jason's bohemian, V-addicted love interest. Hailing from Storrs, Connecticut, she meets Jason in the vampire bar Fangtasia. After learning he is looking for more V to use, she comes to his house and uses V together with him. She starts a relationship with Jason, who thinks that she might be "the one," and becomes a waitress at Merlotte's. When she and Jason run out of V, she orchestrates the abduction of one of Lafayette's vampire clients, Eddie. It becomes apparent she has experience in kidnapping vampires, implying she is a drainer. She and Jason lock Eddie in the basement, but soon Eddie warns Jason that Amy is a psychopath. Jason disapproves of Amy's cruel treatment of Eddie and attempts to free him, but Amy stakes Eddie in reaction, straining her relationship with Jason. Amy promises she and Jason will do only one last trip of V, but while doing so, she is strangled to death by Rene Lenier.

Dawn Green

Dawn (portrayed by Lynn Collins) is Sookie's co-worker, previously in a relationship with Jason. She briefly attempts to rekindle her relationship with him, but after he criticizes her after finding out she slept with a vampire, she forces him out of her house at gunpoint. Shortly thereafter, Sookie discovers her strangled body. It is later confirmed she was murdered by Rene Lenier, who targeted "fang bangers", women who slept with vampires. In the season one episode "Escape from Dragon House", it is revealed that Hoyt Fortenberry had a crush on Dawn, which Sookie discovers while reading the minds of several people at Merlotte's.

Nan Flanagan

Nan (portrayed by Jessica Tuck) is the spokesperson for the American Vampire League (which follows the agenda of the Authority) and has intermittently been shown being interviewed on televised news programs within the series. She presents a beautiful, unthreatening view of vampires to the human community at large. She denounces acts of violence committed against vampires (especially those perpetrated by the Fellowship of the Sun during the second season) and denies allegations of vampire attacks on humans based on a lack of evidence. Off the air, she is revealed to be much more aggressive and not possessed of particularly lofty ideals. In "I Will Rise", it is implied that she is a high-level bureaucrat within the vampire community, a position that gives her the authority to fire Godric. Although she has power over sheriffs, Sophie-Anne, in "I Got A Right To Sing The Blues", says that Flanagan and the League have no authority over vampire monarchs.

A "documentary" on the fifth disc of the season one DVDs shows pictures of Nan Flanagan with both President Roosevelts (Teddy and Franklin) and possibly appearing in a painting by Georges Seurat.

The season three episode "Everything is Broken", she conducts an interview with Eric on behalf of the Authority regarding Russell, King of Mississippi. She later issues Eric the Authority's order to go after Russell and kill him. Nan is shown to deal out harsh words and punishments with ease in her mission to make vampires equals witoumans. Despite this, she is secretly a hypocrite; after stating out loud that she only drinks True Blood, Nan Flanagan is shown to have a woman in her limousine that she feeds upon.

She has a more prominent role in Season 4 as she has elected Bill Compton the Vampire King of Louisiana and the two work together rigorously to restore a positive image of vampires into the minds of humans after Russell created an extremely negative one. During the vampire war against witches, she and Bill become at odds with each other when she appears to be more concerned with their image instead of their survival. She would prefer not to kill any humans to ruin their image while Bill believes that killing the necromancer Marnie/Antonia would better ensure their survival. In the season 4 finale, Nan reveals she knows about Sookie's blood. She also reveals to Bill and Eric that she quit both the AVL and the Authority and is making plans to overthrow the latter. She tries to recruit Bill and Eric and they refuse. When she threatens Sookie, revealing that she knows what Sookie is, Eric kills her guards while Bill kills Nan himself.

Eddie Fournier

Eddie (portrayed by Stephen Root) is the vampire that supplies Lafayette with V during the first season. A middle-aged, overweight gay man, he became a vampire shortly after his marriage with his wife fell apart and he became dire for male attention.

He believed becoming a vampire would spark the interest of gay males in him, but seems to spend most of his days at home watching television. He is under the illusion Lafayette is genuinely attracted to him, while Lafayette pretends to want Eddie to collect his blood. Jason and his V-addicted girlfriend Amy abduct him so as to use him as a V reservoir, but as Jason tries to free Eddie, he is staked by Amy.

Eddie briefly reappears in the second season, as Jason has a nightmare involving his mixed feelings about vampires. In season four, Lafayette goes to a witch's coven, and their leader, Marnie, contacts Eddie from the dead who then tells Marnie that he has a rose to give to Lafayette. Stunned, Lafayette abruptly leaves.

Lorena Krasiki

Lorena (portrayed by Mariana Klaveno) is the vampire who "made" Bill. She has first introduced briefly in a season 1 Civil War era flashback when Bill, exhausted and near death after the South's surrender, came to her small house in the woods seeking assistance. Pretending to be a lone widow at the time, she let him in and tried to seduce him. When he refused her advances, she attacked him and, after becoming intrigued by him, eventually turned him into a vampire. A lonely yet malevolent being, Lorena quickly becomes emotionally dependent on Bill. Through her influence he becomes a crazed killer and together they revel in the torture of humans before draining them of their blood, often having sex as their victims bleed to death watching. When Bill realizes the monster he has become he forces Lorena to release him and leaves her.

The two do not meet again for more than 70 years when, in season 2, she is summoned to the vampire hotel in Texas by Eric who, in his desperation to find Godric, schemes with her to hold Bill captive while Sookie infiltrates the Fellowship of the Sun so that he cannot interfere. Lorena is coerced into Eric's plan. Her love and longing for Bill has intensified over the years and as she holds him captive the two share memories of their twisted past together. Bill eventually escapes after hitting her over the head with a plasma television. Lorena makes an appearance at the party after Godric is freed from the Fellowship of the Sun and challenges Sookie who aggressively defends her relationship with Bill and warns Lorena to stay away from him. When she tries to attack Sookie, she is stopped by Godric who again comments on her old age and how she has not bettered herself over so much time. He then orders her to leave his domain, which she begrudgingly does, but not before an emotional departing with Bill outside.

Lorena returns in season 3 when Bill is captured by Russell Edgington. At the time, she appears to have been living as a guest in Russell's mansion. Upon seeing Lorena, Bill becomes enraged and hurls a lamp at her, engulfing her in flames, but she survives. Russell leaves Bill to Lorena and though at first Bill resists her advances, the two end up having violent sex, and he twists her neck 180 degrees. After this he calls Sookie and ends their relationship though he does so only to protect Sookie and delude Lorena into believing he has returned to her. Eventually Bill's deception becomes apparent, and she resolves to kill him per instructions from Russell. She spends a lengthy and very emotional time torturing him in the servants' house on the mansion grounds before allowing werewolves to feed on his blood. When Sookie escapes from Russell and bursts into the room to save Bill, Lorena attacks her, but Sookie gets the upper hand and plunges a piece of wood into Lorena's chest, killing her.

Russell Edgington

Russell (portrayed by Denis O'Hare) was the main antagonist of Season 3 and secondary antagonist of season 5. A 2,800-year-old vampire, Russell is the vampire king of Mississippi. He was born a Celt, though he speaks in German when angered. It is implied that he allied himself with Hitler during WWII, telling Eric Northman, "Adolf was right; there is a Master Race. It's just not the human race."

Though often gentle and polite, he is also shown to be wrathful, manipulative, and somewhat mentally unstable (particularly after the death of his vampire progeny and consort Talbot) not recognizing the power that "the Authority" supposedly have over vampires in general, and secretly defying them (as shown when he kills the Magister). His great age means he is much stronger and faster than Eric or Bill (who Russell effortlessly defeats in single combat) or any other being in the show thus far. He can also fly.

He abducts Bill in season three in hopes of gathering intel on the queen of Louisiana, who he hopes to marry in order to merge their respective kingdoms. After discovering that Sookie has unusual abilities, Russell takes an interest in her. When Bill is no longer of use to him, he orders Bill's execution, but Sookie thwarts his plans. After Eric kills Russell's consort Talbot in retaliation for Russell murdering Eric's human family centuries ago, Russell becomes hysterical and kills an anchorman on live television to address a statement to the world, in which he announces his view that vampires and humans aren't equals and vampires will rule over them. This has widespread fallout as shown in season 4 with the vampires focusing hard on improving their image. Eric, Sookie and Bill manage to dispose of Russell at the end of the third season by tricking him and burying him underneath concrete.

In the season 4 finale it is implied that Russell has escaped the concrete, when Alcide finds a mysterious hole in a parking garage floor with silver chains discarded near it.

In season 5 it is revealed that he was released from concrete by Salome, to serve her agenda. He managed to kill Roman, the Magister of the Authority and escape once more. He goes against the Authority again when his proposition to drain all faeries in order to gain the ability to walk in sunlight is rejected. He was staked by Eric Northman in the finale of Season 5.

Salome Agrippa

Salome (portrayed by Valentina Cervi) was the main antagonist of Season 5. She was a Chancellor of the Authority and was revealed to be Salome from the New Testament, famed for her dance of the seven veils which, according to legend, impressed her uncle, King Herod, so much that he offered to give her anything in the world she desired. After consulting her mother, she requested the head of John the Baptist, who publicly condemned Salome's mother's remarriage to her former husband's brother as invalid. Roughly 2,100 years later, Salome tells Bill Compton a different version of the story; her mother used her new husband's "fondness for teenage virgins" as a political tool to eliminate her adversary, and the so-called dance was rather the delivery of Salome to the King's bed, resulting in rape. Salome cites the humans of her youth as "far more savage than any vampires [she] has known."

She was lovers with Roman Zimojic, who uses her as his secret weapon: to seduce Bill Compton and Eric Northman. She has claimed to have been lifelong friends with Nora Gainsborough, who is revealed to be involved with the Sanguinistas, who believe Lilith will rise and everyone against her will pay. Salome's true alliance remained with the Sanguinistas, as she's the one who freed Russell Edgington, lied about injecting him with silver, and tampered with his iStake, resulting in his escape, and the murder of Roman Zimojic. After Roman's death she became the new Guardian.

In the season 5 finale, after the remaining Chancellors are pitted against each other by Lilith through visions in which she tells each of them that only one can lead them, Salome, believing herself to be the true chosen one, as she is the strongest and most devout believer in Lilith, drinks the vial believed to be filled with Lilith's blood so that she can carry out her will, which she refers to as "The Rapture," but her blood was replaced by Bill's with his own and mixed with silver. Soon after, as Salome lay dying, she accepts her fate, and says to Bill, "Lilith chose wisely." admitting to herself that she was never worthy of having Lilith’s powers. Bill stakes her and consumes the blood himself, appearing to die and be reborn, thus fulfilling Salome's prophecy.

Lilith

Lilith (portrayed by Jessica Clark) was the true main antagonist of Season 5. Lilith is the goddess that the Sanguinistas (an underground religious group composed mainly of vampires) worship and pray to. She is acknowledged in The Original Testament, the vampire Bible and predecessor to both the Old and New Testaments, as the second vampire—after God himself—and is portrayed as the messiah of vampires. The Sanguinistas also possess a vial which they believe contains the blood of Lilith. She shares her role as the season's antagonist with Bill Compton and Salome Agrippa.

Nora Gainesborough

Nora (portrayed by Lucy Griffiths) is a chancellor of the Authority. Nora's maker was Godric, making her and Eric Northman siblings. Although members of the authority, Nora and chancellor Alexander Drew were both secretly members of the Sanguinistas, a group of vampires who take the Vampire Bible to heart and believe that humans are nothing more than food for vampires and believe that Lilith will rise and take down those who don't stay true to her. Nora's cover was blown when she tried to help Eric and Bill Compton escape the country for killing spokesperson Nan Flanagan. During her interrogation, she blew chancellor Drew's cover, and he is staked by Roman in front of the rest of the Chancellors. When looking for Russell, Bill theorizes that Eric told Nora and is using Russell to help her Sanguinista movement.

After Bill, Eric, Sookie and Alcide found Russell Edgington, Eric finds out that Bill is probably right, as Nora reveals to Eric that finding Russell Edgington was God's plan, and that Lilith will rise again. Eric tries to stop Roman, but is too late as Russell Edgington breaks free and stakes Roman in front of everyone. After they drink Lilith's blood, everyone is convinced they are doing God's work, until Godric appears before her and Eric and shows that the path they are taking is wrong. She and Eric escape the Authority, only to break back in again to get Jessica, Pam and Bill out. In the middle of their escape, Jason mentions the name Warlow, and Nora recognizes his name from the Vampyr Bible, Lilith's progeny. Afterwards, she tries to find Warlow, because only Warlow can kill Lilith. In her search for him she is caught by the new vampire police and is taken away. Nora is taken to Vamp Camp, where she is strapped to a gurney and infected with Hep V in front of Eric. Eric frees them both and takes Nora to Bill, begging him to use his new powers to heal her. Despite giving her some of his blood, Bill can't heal her. While Bill is trying to find Warlow, Nora succumbs to the virus and dies in Eric's arms.

Roman Zimojic

Roman (portrayed by Christopher Meloni) is the head of the Authority. Roman's ranking in the authority is the Guardian, as in Guardian of the Blood of Lilith, the first vampire created in God's image. What the vampires are holding back from the humans is they have a bible that pre-dates the Old and New Testament, which states that vampires were created in God's image and humans were created to nourish vampires. The Authority focuses on mainstreaming, claiming they believe the bible is a metaphor on how to live your life in peace among humans, and are trying to take down the Sanguinistas, who believe that humans should be farmed like cattle and serve as nothing but food. However, the Authority themselves are just using mainstreaming to gain power and satisfy their ego.

After what happened with the witches in season 4, the Authority issued the true deaths for Bill Compton and Eric Northman, and asked spokesperson Nan Flanagan to take them out. Eric kills her bodyguards and Bill stakes her to protect themselves, but shortly after are brought to Roman, along with chancellor Nora Gainesborough (Eric's sister), who tried to help them flee the country. Bill offers Roman an exchange: if they bring in Russell Edgington, they'll be let go. After bringing Russell in, Eric and Bill are freed and Russell is about to be executed, when we discover that someone tampered with Russell's iStake, who then rips it off and stakes Roman in front of everyone.

Maenads

Witches, Wiccans, and brujos

Holly Cleary

Holly (portrayed by Lauren Bowles) is a witch, hired as a waitress at Merlotte's in the third season. She is very friendly and helps Tara and Arlene throughout Season 3. She reveals herself as a victim of a brutal rape from years before and a single mother of two. She is also a devoted Wiccan. When Arlene decides that she doesn't want her baby, but cannot morally abort it, Holly performs a Wiccan ceremony to help Arlene miscarry. However, the ritual is unsuccessful. She is also present at Tara's rape victim support group.

In season 4, it is revealed that Holly is one of Marnie's students and a member of her coven. After the incident with Eric, she leaves the coven. While she still is a waitress at Merlotte's, Sookie reads her mind and finds out that she has abandoned Marnie's witch coven for her and her sons' safety. Tara asks her to rejoin the coven and take revenge on the vampires who attacked them, but Marnie betrays the coven for her quest for power. She starts dating Andy Bellefleur at the end of Season 4.

In season 7, Holly is one of several characters captured by Hep-V vampires. She is rescued by Sookie and Bill when the vamps take her on a "field trip" as a food source. Sookie then later uses her powers to jog Holly's memories in order to find out the other prisoners are being held in the abandoned Fangtasia. In episode 5, Andy proposes to Holly and she accepts.

Weres and shapeshifters

Werewolves

Fae

Macklyn Warlow/Ben Flynn

Macklyn (portrayed by Rob Kazinsky) is the vampire who attacked and killed Corbett and Michelle Stackhouse and is the main antagonist of season 6, along with Sarah Newlin. This mysterious figure seemingly could manifest himself to Sookie as a semi-transparent entity with a covered face. He appears to be part fae,^[6] as seen from his telepathy and abilities to fire energy beams and walk in sunlight. Warlow was born in 3532 BC, in the same village as Niall Brigant, and turned at age 32, in 3500 BC.^[7] Sookie's ancestor John Stackhouse made a contract with Warlow on 5 August 1702^[8] granting Warlow his first fae-bearing female heir. When Sookie's parents wouldn't give her to him, Warlow killed them and was subsequently sent to another dimension by Claudine, as the faerie elder tried to do with Russell Edgington. Warlow, as stated in the Book of the Vampyr, is one of the progenies of Lilith herself.^[9] Lilith chose Warlow because she believed he could save the vampire race. Resentful for turning him, he used his faerie powers to kill her. As such, he has outlived his maker by millennia and has been active sporadically in the human realm to modern times. His name is known to those who have studied the Book of Lilith, but he remained a somewhat mysterious figure even to Lilith's most ardent followers.

He managed to escape the faerie realm and is found by Sookie on her way to work, where he was on the ground in pain, supposedly having been attacked by a vampire the night before, going under the name Ben Flynn. Believing him to be a fellow faerie, she lets him rest in her home and directs him to the faerie nightclub before he leaves. He comes across Niall Brigant and offers to help Niall find Warlow. He is once again brought back to Sookie's house, where he's assigned to protect her. Upon Jason and Niall's discovery that Ben is Warlow, they attempt to kill him, only for him to overpower them. Sookie discovers that Ben is Warlow and attempts to feed him food laced with colloidal silver, but it has no effect. He attempts to court Sookie, but she forces him out of her house with her faerie light in the middle of foreplay. Warlow explains that he was trying to save Sookie from her parents, who were attempting to kill her to protect her from Warlow. Lilith's blood allows Bill to recognize Warlow as Lilith's progeny. Warlow's faerie/vampire blood is stable enough for vampires to walk around in the daylight, so Bill asks the creator of Tru Blood to help synthesize it. Sookie realizes Warlow was right about her parents when her father's spirit possesses Lafayette and attempts to kill her again.

Warlow is set free by Bill to save Sookie, who in turn transports him to the faerie realm to keep Warlow out of Bill's reach. Warlow explains that he wants to make her his faerie-vampire bride, so they will only need to feed off each other for eternity, and Sookie develops feelings for him. When Sookie asks Warlow to help her save her and Bill's friends, Warlow demands that he become hers. After much consideration, Sookie ultimately decides to give herself to him, being resentful toward her parents after they tried to kill her twice. However, when Sookie brings Bill to Warlow, they find that he has been attacked by Eric, who is angry at Bill for not having brought Warlow to save Nora. After Bill saved the other vampires by allowing them to drink the blood sample he drank earlier, Sookie tells Warlow that she wants to take things slowly and introduce Warlow to her friends and family first. Warlow grows angry and tries to turn Sookie by force. Bill, Jason, and others rescue Sookie and take her back to her house. Warlow follows and defeats all who stand in his way. Before he is able to drain Sookie, Niall partially comes through the dimension that he was trapped in. He physically holds the faerie-vampire hybrid long enough to instruct Jason to stake him. Jason is successful, and Warlow is killed. Warlow's death caused all who drank his blood to lose the ability to walk in daylight.

Vampires

Listed in order of first appearances.

Supporting characters