Bloody Bones characters

Appears from the start

A professional animator and licensed vampire executioner from St. Louis. Anita travels to rural Missouri for an unusually large cemetery raising, bringing both her practical knowledge of the dead and the legal authority to act when local killings point toward vampires.

Also known as Larry

Appears from the start

Anita's young trainee at Animators, Inc. Larry accompanies her on the out-of-town assignment to gain experience, but the work soon requires decisions about violence and responsibility for which classroom instruction cannot prepare him.

Appears from the start

A wealthy developer planning a resort in the Branson area. Stirling hires Anita to raise the dead in an old cemetery so a dispute over the land can be resolved before construction proceeds.

First appears in chapter 5

A local law-enforcement officer investigating the deaths of teenagers near Branson. Freemont is protective of her case and distrustful of an outside vampire executioner, even when Anita's specialized knowledge becomes necessary.

First appears in chapter 8

Co-owner of the Bloody Bones tavern and a member of a family with ties to the fair folk. Magnus is charming, knowledgeable about local history, and reluctant to let developers or investigators treat the land as an ordinary piece of property.

First appears in chapter 8

Magnus's sister and co-owner of the Bloody Bones. Dorcas shares his inherited connection to the land but is more direct about the cost their family's old obligations have imposed.

First appears in chapter 15

The master vampire of St. Louis and the vampire linked to Anita by two marks. Jean-Claude comes to Branson when the local master threatens Anita, offering power and protection while continuing the courtship arrangement that complicates Anita's engagement to Richard.

First appears in chapter 15

A young werewolf associated with Jean-Claude. Jason accompanies him to Branson and serves as a source of blood by agreement, a role that shows the practical bargains behind Jean-Claude's control and restraint.

First appears in chapter 19

The master vampire of the Branson area. Seraphina commands a nest that includes vampires who appear young and uses fear with unusual force, making any meeting on her territory dangerous even under formal hospitality.

First appears in chapter 19

A vampire in Seraphina's inner circle who acts as her spokesman and enforcer. Janos takes pleasure in intimidation and understands how to exploit the limits of legal protections around the undead.

First appears in chapter 25

A centuries-old vampire whose youthful appearance is fixed at the age when he died. Xavier belongs to Seraphina's nest and demonstrates why apparent age is unreliable among vampires.

First appears in chapter 40

A primordial being from local folklore whose name is attached to the Bouvier tavern. Bloody Bones is bound beneath the disputed land, and the old arrangement keeping that power contained is inseparable from the Bouvier family's history.