Feast of Fools characters

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A gifted teenage student living in Glass House and secretly working for the vampire scientist Myrnin. Her bargain with Morganville's founder protects her friends but also binds Claire to dangerous work on the illness affecting the town's vampires.

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Claire's boyfriend and a resident of Glass House. His father taught him to hate vampires, and although Shane has learned to trust Michael, the arrival of another hostile vampire power tests that uneasy adjustment.

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Claire's Goth housemate and close friend. Eve works at the local coffee shop, speaks her mind even when it is risky, and remains devoted to Michael despite the complications caused by his becoming a vampire.

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The owner of Glass House, a musician, and Eve's boyfriend. Once bound to the house as a ghost, Michael is now a young vampire whose friendships with humans place him between Morganville's two communities.

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Morganville's ancient founder and ruler. Amelie maintains the system of human Protection contracts and has claimed Claire's service, but the unexpected arrival of her father presents a direct challenge to her authority.

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An ancient vampire and brilliant, erratic researcher. Myrnin employs Claire in his hidden laboratory to help find a treatment for the mental decline spreading among vampires, while his own condition makes every session hazardous.

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Amelie's father, an exceptionally old vampire who has arrived in Morganville with his own attendants. Polite ceremony barely disguises his contempt for Amelie's accommodation with humans and his intention to test her rule.

First appears in chapter 3

A dangerous vampire traveling with Bishop. Ysandre treats the human residents of Morganville as prey and uses intimidation and cruelty to demonstrate the freedom Bishop expects his followers to possess.

First appears in chapter 3

One of Bishop's vampire companions, brought to Morganville as part of the imposing household with which he challenges Amelie. François shares his master's disregard for the town's protections.

First appears in chapter 2

A vampire businessman who has often opposed Amelie while preserving his own influence. Bishop's arrival forces Oliver to decide whether his rivalry with the founder matters more than Morganville's survival under its existing order.

First appears in chapter 4

Amelie's human lover and one of Morganville's oldest surviving vampires. Sam is Michael's grandfather and offers the younger vampire guidance while remaining personally loyal to Amelie.

First appears in chapter 2

A powerful local family's daughter and Claire's longtime tormentor. Monica understands Morganville's social rules and shifts between obstruction and cooperation according to what protects her own position.

First appears in chapter 5

Claire's father, who remains unaware of much of Morganville's real power structure. His concern about Claire's independence gives the town's vampires another source of pressure over her.

First appears in chapter 5

Claire's protective mother, who knows too little about the forces controlling Morganville to judge the danger around her daughter accurately.