Character Guide

A GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF SOOKIE STACKHOUSE
BY VICTORIA KOSKI
Codes for Sookie Stackhouse novels:
DUD: Dead Until Dark
LDID: Living Dead in Dallas
CD: Club Dead
DTTW: Dead to the World
DAAD: Dead as a Doornail
DD: Definitely Dead
ATD: All Together Dead
FDTW: From Dead to Worse
DAG: Dead and Gone
DITF: Dead in the Family
DR: Dead Reckoning
Codes for Sookie Stackhouse stories:
FD: “Fairy Dust”
DN: “Dracula Night”
OWA: “One Word Answer”
L: “Lucky”
GW: “Gift Wrap”
TB: “Two Blondes”
STW: “Small-Town Wedding”
IIHAH: “If I Had a Hammer”
If a character was deceased before the series started, the word “deceased”
immediately follows the entry. The novels and stories in which a character appears
are listed in the preceding codes. If a character is only mentioned in a work and
does not appear, the word “mentioned” precedes the code. If a character dies in a
work, the word “dies” precedes the code. Unless otherwise indicated, characters
are human... as far as Sookie knows. But she doesn’t always read everyone she
meets, so you just never know.
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Akiro (vampire): No other name given. Akiro takes Bruno’s place as Victor’s
second-in-command just in time for the assassination party at Fangtasia. He reacts
quickly when Eric attempts to stake Victor, bringing his sword down on Eric’s arm
and hewing through Mindy Simpson’s shoulder on the way, killing her almost
instantly. He is attacked by Thalia, who manages to do some damage before he cuts
off her arm, and is finally killed by Eric after refusing to surrender. (Dies DR)
Alain (vampire): No last name given. A former priest turned into a vampire,
Alain discovers Sophie-Anne and Clovis in the woods and, after feeding on Clovis,
promises to bring Sophie-Anne over but decides instead to use her in the same way
that Clovis had, selling her “services” when he needs money. When Alain is
captured in a village that he had visited before and now recognizes him for what he
is, Sophie-Anne seeks to rescue him but first has him fulfill his promise and turn
her. The village priest returns before she can rise to free Alain, and he meets the
dawn at the hands of the villagers. (Deceased; mentioned DD)
Albanese, Marcia: As a member of the Bon Temps school board, Marcia is
familiar with the teaching staff and offers to host Halleigh’s bridal shower at her
home. She is one of the few residents to see Bob after he is returned to his human
form, witnessing his awkward behavior when Sookie takes him to Wal-Mart. (ATD,
FDTW; mentioned DR)
All-vampire cast of Hello Dolly!, the: Enough said. (Mentioned ATD)
al Saud, Basim (wolf): Basim moves to Shreveport from the Houston pack after
accidentally killing a human friend of the pack who attacked him with a hoe.
Trying to earn the money to pay the blood debt he owes for the killing, he is pulled
into fairy Colman’s plan to implicate Sookie in a crime so that she will be sent to
jail. Basim decides he will not murder again and will instead find a body to fulfill
the bargain, but he is murdered by Ham and Patricia. In a twist of irony, it is his
body that is buried on Sookie’s land. Fortunately, it is found and moved before
local law enforcement arrives for a search based on an “anonymous tip.” (Dies
DITF)
Ancient Pythoness (vampire): The original Oracle consulted by Alexander the
Great, the Ancient Pythoness was so revered that she was brought over even in her
old age and is now cared for by her handmaidens. She sits in judgment at the trial
of Sophie-Anne at the summit in Rhodes, ruling in Sophie-Anne’s favor after
hearing Sookie’s testimony. (ATD)
Antonio (vampire): No last name given. Leather-clad Antonio and Luis are
mentally nicknamed the bondage Bobbsey Twins by Sookie as they take her, Eric,
and Pam to Victor’s table at Vampire’s Kiss. After the meeting, he and Luis usher
the trio out to the parking lot and make a claim of dissatisfaction with Victor to
tempt Eric into betraying their regent, but an astute Eric denies them, believing it is
a trap.
Luis and Antonio attend Bubba’s performance, entering Fangtasia first to
secure the bar for Victor’s arrival. Both are entranced as they watch the concert
from their positions guarding the front door. When the attack begins, Antonio
struggles with Palomino and is staked in the back by Maxwell Lee. (Dies DR)
Anubis Airlines: Established to fly vampires safely both day and night, Anubis
Airlines planes are designed and outfitted for sleeping vampires, who are
transported in their coffins in large bays that line the walls. Some planes have a few
rows of seats for the occasional human passengers and provide flight attendants to
check on their comfort.
After several “incidents” on board commercial flights, most vampires are
willing to pay extra for the additional security Anubis offers, which often includes
safe transportation of the coffin to its final destination once on the ground.
However, although security is tight, it is not infallible, as Sookie discovers when
she is accosted while waiting for Bill’s coffin to be unloaded in Dallas, and again
when his coffin is stolen in Mississippi. (LDID, ATD; mentioned CD)
Arlene Fowler’s aunt: No name given. Arlene’s elderly aunt lives in nearby
Clarice. (Mentioned DAG)
Arnett, Pinkie: Pinkie bought the Crawdad Diner and the original recipes from
Ralph Tooten with the provision that the name remain the same. (DITF)
Arrowsmith, Bart: Brother Arrowsmith is the pastor at the Gethsemane Baptist
Church in Wright, Texas, and presides over Craig and Deidra’s wedding. He is a
good man but is still questioning the revelation of the shifters and their place in his
theology. Whatever his own personal feelings, he is horrified when his son joins the
protesters and tries to throw a stink bomb into Bernie’s house. During the
ceremony, he leads the wedding party in prayer, knowing the crowd outside can
hear him over the speaker and hoping the words will sink in. (STW)
Arrowsmith, Mrs.: No first name given. Mrs. Arrowsmith forces her
humiliated and ashamed son to attend the Lisle-Merlotte wedding in a show of
solidarity with her husband. (STW)
Arrowsmith, Nathan: The only child of Pastor and Mrs. Arrowsmith, Nathan
attempts to throw a stink bomb into Bernie Merlotte’s house through the back door
while other protesters distract the family at the front of the house. The police are
called after his arm is broken by a baseball bat–wielding Sookie, and Nathan admits
his guilt. (STW)
Art: No last name given. A waiter at the Pyramid in Rhodes, Art dies in the
ruins of the hotel even as the rescuers are digging him out. (Dies ATD)
Arturo: No last name given. A room-service waiter at the Silent Shore Hotel,
Arturo is well trained to deal with the vampire clientele. (LDID)
Auberjunois, Bill: Arlene wonders if Sookie is dating Bill Auberjunois when
Sookie says she has been with Bill, but then Sam announces it is Bill Compton,
pulling down Sookie’s collar to show the bite marks. (Mentioned DUD)
Aubert, Christy: Christy works part-time for her husband, Greg. (L)
Aubert, Greg (witch): Greg, the local Pelican State Insurance agent, has a
thriving client list with very few claims. People say he’s a lucky man and that it
rubs off on his clients. Actually, Greg is a witch, a talent he inherited from his
mother, who educated him in spellcasting. He uses these spells to keep his clients
and their properties safer. Unfortunately, by doing so he uses up the luck of the
other agents in town, who all suffer more than their fair share of losses—literally.
When he realizes his mistake, Greg takes on his share of bad luck, freeing up some
of the good fortune for the other agents and their clients. (DAAD, L, DITF)
Aubert, Greg Jr.: Greg Jr. considers his father’s job boring and definitely
doesn’t want to follow in his footsteps. (L)
Aubert, Lindsay: Greg’s teenage daughter, Lindsay, never realizes that her
“Forbidden Boyfriend” is actually a vampire using her for a light snack. (L)
Aude: No last name given. First the wife of Eric’s older brother, Aude married
Eric when her husband fell in battle, and they had six children together before she
died. (Deceased; mentioned DAG)
Audrey: No last name given. EMT Audrey responds with her partner to the
shoot-out at Arlene’s trailer. (DAG)
Audrey (vampire): No last name given. The child of Booth Crimmons,
Gervaise’s lieutenant, Audrey is left in charge of the recovering Sophie-Anne the
night of the takeover. It is presumed she perished. (Mentioned FDTW)
Ayres, Hugo: Lawyer Hugo Ayres represents Texas vampire Stan Davis in a
court case. Hugo becomes enamored with Isabel Beaumont, one of Stan’s nest
mates. He is addicted to Isabel and vampire sex but hates himself for it and spies on
the Dallas vampires for the Fellowship of the Sun. He delivers Sookie into their
clutches as she searches for Farrell. Hugo soon realizes that he is also considered
expendable when the Fellowship stashes him in a cell with a hungry Farrell. He is
rescued, but his punishment is to remain naked in a room with a naked Isabel for
several months, each chained to a wall. Hugo is fed and taken care of but unable to
reach the object of his addiction; Isabel is not fed and unable to reach the answer to
her thirst. Hugo is unchained first and given a day’s head start. (LDID)

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Babbitt, Cleo (vampire): The sheriff of Area Three, Cleo survives the bombing
at Rhodes only to be killed along with her vampires during the takeover by Nevada
when they refuse an offer of surrender. (ATD; mentioned, dies FDTW)
Babcock, Connie: The receptionist at Herveaux and Son, Connie is sleeping
with Jackson Herveaux. She resents Jackson’s escorting Christine Larrabee to
Colonel Flood’s funeral. She’s unaware that her boss/lover is a werewolf and thus
doesn’t know that Jackson needs Christine’s political support. She retaliates by
accepting a bribe to steal personal papers from Jackson, most likely for Patrick
Furnan. (DTTW; mentioned DAAD)
Baldwin, Liz: Liz worries about her family, especially her oldest
granddaughter, while trying to relax at Merlotte’s. (DAAD)
Ball, Lorena (vampire): Lorena Ball is working as a prostitute in New Orleans
when she meets Solomon Brunswick in 1788. Fascinated when Solomon drains a
customer whose throat she slit for not paying, she has Solomon turn her and travels
with him for a time. She eventually betrays her sire, pretending to be human when
she is caught with a dead child she is draining and blaming the death on Solomon,
and they go their separate ways.
Lorena sees Bill after he returns home from the Civil War and falls in love as
she spies on him and his family. She takes him by surprise one night and fakes his
death so that she can have him as a companion and lover. She compels him to stay
with her, even going so far as to create a companion for him by turning a woman
who resembles his lost wife. Though she finally allows her children to leave her,
she calls Bill back again after eighty-odd years when she learns of his profitable
vampire database. When she cannot seduce its location from him, she resorts to
torture to get not only the database but also the name of the woman Bill is involved
with. Lorena attacks Sookie while she is rescuing Bill and meets her final death at
Sookie’s hands. (Dies CD; mentioned DTTW, DAAD, ATD, DITF, DR)
Ballinger, Bonnie: The daughter of Doke and Mindy, three-year-old Bonnie
doesn’t understand the protesters’ screaming and violence on the day of her uncle’s
wedding. (STW; mentioned FDTW, DAG, DITF)
Ballinger, Doke: Doke and Mindy Merlotte attended high school together in
Wright and married young. They soon moved to nearby Mooney, where Doke has
a job with a wind turbine manufacturing plant. Doke’s children are his main worry
on the day of Craig and Deidra’s wedding, but he decides the whole family should
stick together and attend the ceremony. (STW; mentioned FDTW)
Ballinger, Mason: Doke and Mindy’s five-year-old son, Mason, can’t
comprehend the animosity directed toward his beloved grandmother Merlotte.
(STW; mentioned FDTW, DAG, DITF)
Ballinger, Mindy Merlotte: Sam’s sister, Mindy, and her family live in
Mooney, about thirty miles from Wright. She adjusts surprisingly well to the
revelation that her mother and brother are shifters. Friendly, plump, and chatty,
Mindy is a stay-at-home mom of two young children. The safety of her children
concerns her most during the protests at Craig and Deidra’s wedding. (STW;
mentioned FDTW, DAG, DITF)
Bannister, Annabelle (wolf): As a member of the Air Force, Annabelle is
reassigned from South Dakota to the Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport. As
a werewolf, Annabelle transfers from the Elk Killer pack to the Long Tooth pack.
She starts dating Alcide Herveaux. When Basim al Saud’s body is found on
Sookie’s property, she confesses that she was also secretly seeing Basim. She had
nothing to do with Basim’s death and so ultimately is not convicted of betraying
the pack, though she is punished for her unfaithfulness. (DITF)
Barker, Marge: Marge works full-time as Greg Aubert’s clerk and is known as
much for her unpleasant demeanor as for her efficiency. (L)
Barlowe, Mr.: No first name given. Fellowship of the Sun member Mr. Barlowe
demonstrates against shifters in front of Merlotte’s. Though he insists that they are
all willing to be arrested for their beliefs, his fellow protesters are not so certain,
and they all eventually back down and disperse. (DITF)
Barrett, Liz: Liz becomes Jason’s regular date and even hopes he will ask her to
marry him, especially when she has a pregnancy scare. She’s not pregnant, and the
relationship just doesn’t last. (DUD, LDID; mentioned CD)
Baruch, Christian (vampire): As a human, Christian Baruch designed and
managed hotels in western Europe. As a vampire, he does much the same thing,
delivering success to a vampire hotelier in exchange for being turned and brought
to America. He has his sights set higher, however, and plants the Dr Pepper bomb
in the hallway outside Sophie-Anne’s room in a misguided attempt for her
attention and affections. Christian survives the bombing of his hotel. (ATD)
Batanya (Britlingen): No other name given. A member of the Britlingen
Collective. Batanya is five foot eight and very intimidating, with inky black curls
and a lithe, muscular body. With her partner, Clovache, Batanya is hired by Isaiah,
the King of Kentucky, to guard him during the vampire summit in Rhodes. Batanya
kills Kyle Perkins, a vampire assassin who gets too close to Isaiah, decapitating him
with a throwing star. Batanya and Clovache are able to carry Isaiah out of the
Pyramid of Gizeh before it collapses. (ATD)
Bat’s Wing, the: A Dallas vampire club owned by the area vampires, the Bat’s
Wing is operated as much as a tourist draw, complete with gift shop, as for the
vampires themselves. The bar employs both humans and vampires, though a
vampire club is not considered the safest place for a human to work. The vampire
Farrell is kidnapped by the Fellowship of the Sun at the Bat’s Wing. (Mentioned
LDID)
Bear shifter: No name given. A young male shifter photographed in
midchange, presumably for the first time; his photo appears in Alfred
Cumberland’s eyes-only supernatural photo album. (Mentioned DD)
Beaumont, Isabel (vampire): One of Stan’s Dallas vamps, Isabel has a human
lover, a lawyer who successfully defended Stan in court. When it is revealed that
her lover, Hugo, has betrayed the Dallas vamps to the Fellowship of the Sun, Isabel
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is punished by being chained in a room with Hugo for a few months without being
allowed to feed. At the end of their sentence, Hugo is given a head start of twentyfour
hours before Isabel is unchained to go after him. (LDID)
Beck, Alcee: The only African American detective on the Renard Parish force,
Alcee often takes the opportunity to line his own pockets at the expense of his
fellow African Americans. However, he’s a good detective and fiercely loyal to his
wife and family. (LDID, DTTW, DAAD, DD, FDTW, DAG, DITF)
Beck, Dove: Alcee’s married cousin Dove has an affair with Crystal and is
caught in the act by Sookie and Calvin. (FDTW; mentioned DAG)
Beech, Mrs.: No first name given. Mrs. Beech is Copley Carmichael’s
housekeeper. (Mentioned FDTW)
Beecham, Chuck: Chuck attends the New Year’s Eve party at Merlotte’s and
can’t resist taunting Sookie about Bill being out of the country. (DTTW)
Beeson, Ms.: No first name given. The accounts clerk at the Grainger hospital,
Ms. Beeson tells a mystified Sookie that the hospital bill from her shooting has been
paid in full by an anonymous donor. (DAAD)
Belinda: No last name given. Belinda works as a waitress at Fangtasia and is
tortured by Hallow when she seeks the missing Eric. (DUD, DTTW)
Bellefleur, Andy: Bon Temps police detective Andy Bellefleur is competent
and thorough, although slightly hardened by his exposure to crime and criminals.
He investigates the murders of several young women associated with both
vampires and Jason Stackhouse. Andy arrests Jason. Sookie is attacked by the real
murderer, and though he is arrested and Jason released, Andy remains suspicious
of the siblings on general principle. Saddened by a child abuse case, Andy becomes
drunk in Merlotte’s and is taken home by Portia. When the body of Lafayette
Reynold is found in his car in the Merlotte’s parking lot the next morning, Andy
himself becomes a suspect. He eventually follows his leads to Jan Fowler’s cabin in
the woods, where he encounters not only the orgy participants and Bill, Eric, and
Sookie, but Callisto as well. Though the true murderers die, enough evidence is left
to exonerate Andy.
Andy and Alcee Beck put in hours on the case when Jason goes missing. After
Sookie brings Jason home, Andy doesn’t quite buy their story. He also responds to
the arson at Sookie’s house and encounters Sookie yet again when she is confronted
by Sweetie Des Arts. Andy shoots Sweetie when she is distracted by Dawson. Andy
believes in Sookie’s ability and is even willing to use her when a child goes missing
at the local elementary school. He briefly dreams of using her talent to solve every
case but is brought back to reality by police officer Kevin Pryor, who reminds him
that knowledge of the crime and criminal is not enough and that good old police
work will always be necessary. Enlisting Sookie’s help when he proposes to
Halleigh Robinson in Merlotte’s, an anxious Andy asks Sookie if Halleigh really
loves him.
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The detective works with Agents Lattesta and Weiss when Crystal is found on
the cross at Merlotte’s. Sookie calls him when she realizes that Arlene’s buddies
have planned the same crucifixion for her, and he comes to Arlene’s trailer along
with the two agents and is involved in the shoot-out, wounding Whit Spradlin.
Andy reacts badly at first to the news that Bill is his great-great-greatgrandfather,
but Bill puts him in his place by reminding him of his manners, and
Andy begins to accept the connection, ultimately deciding with Halleigh to name
their daughter Caroline Compton Bellefleur when they find out they are having a
girl. Andy is off duty in Merlotte’s playing darts with Danny Prideaux when the
four toughs hired by Sandra Pelt come in, and he helps subdue the assailants.
(DUD, LDID, DTTW, DAAD, DD, ATD, FDTW, DAG, DITF, DR; mentioned CD,
IIHAH)
Bellefleur, Caroline Holliday: After the death of her son and his wife, Caroline
Holliday Bellefleur raises her two grandchildren, Andrew and Portia. Beset by
shrinking finances, the Bellefleur family home, Belle Rive, has fallen into disrepair,
and Caroline is extremely pleased by a legacy from an unknown relative that
allows her to restore Belle Rive to its former glory. When she finally discovers, on
her deathbed, that Bill Compton is her great-grandfather and arranged the bequest,
she reacts with humor, grace, and gratitude.
Her last bequest is to leave the recipe of her famous chocolate cake to the town
so the legacy of Caroline Holliday Bellefleur, once one of Renard Parish’s finest
cooks, lives on in the kitchens and dining rooms of Bon Temps. (FDTW; dies DITF;
mentioned LDID, CD, DTTW, DD, ATD, DR)
Bellefleur, Halleigh Robinson: When Andy asks Halleigh, a teacher at Betty
Ford Elementary, to marry him, her one condition is that they not live at Belle Rive
but instead find their own home. They do buy a small house, the old Wechsler
place, but a pregnant Halleigh still helps care for her grandmother-in-law at Belle
Rive in Caroline’s final days. Halleigh and Andy find that they are expecting a
daughter and decide to name her Caroline Compton Bellefleur. (DAAD, DD, ATD,
FDTW, DAG, DITF; mentioned DR, IIHAH)
Bellefleur, Terry: Terry Bellefleur, cousin of Andy and Portia, is a Vietnam
veteran who paid dearly for doing his duty for his country. Held as a POW for two
years, he is scarred both mentally and physically. Terry functions best in simple
situations but doesn’t mind hard work, doing odd jobs around town such as
tearing down Sookie’s kitchen when it burns, as well as standing in for Sam as
bartender at Merlotte’s and cleaning the bar after hours to supplement his
government pension.
Terry loves training and breeding his Catahoula hunting dogs, and when Sam
turns into a collie during the Great Reveal, he takes it all in stride, certain that it is
one of the reasons he has always gotten along so well with his bartending boss.
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