The Vampires

Preternatural Inc.

Masters and otherwise.

"He looked like a vampire was supposed to look. Softly curling hair tangled with the high white lace of an antique shirt. The shirt hung open, giving a glimpse of lean bare chest framed by more frothy lace. Most men couldn't have worn a shirt like that. The vampire made it seem utterly masculine."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): Master of the City of St. Louis

Occupation: Owner of Guilty Pleasures, the Laughing Corpse, and Danse Macabre

Description: Long, black hair; dark blue eyes; 5'11"; cross-shaped burn scar on his chest.

Appearances: GP, LaC, CotD, LuC, BB, KD, BO, BB, OB, NiC, CS, ID, DM, TH, BN

"I didn't think of him as a dead man. He was still Willie McCoy with his penchant for loud primary-colored suits, clashing ties, and small, nervous hands. Being dead hadn't changed him that much."

Occupation: Manager of the Laughing Corpse

Description: Short, black hair; brown eyes; thin, triangular face.

Appearances: GP, LaC, CotD, KD, BO, NiC

"He was too masculine to be beautiful, and too perfect to be real."

Occupation: Former stripper and manager at Guilty Pleasures

Description: Short blonde hair; blue eyes; high, sculpted cheekbones.

Appearances: GP, LuC, BB, KD

"She formed of the dark, and she looked like she had in my dream, all-black cloak, a small female figure. But this was no dream."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): The Mother of All Darkness; The Sweet Dark

Occupation: Leader of all vampires and the Vampire Council

Description: Part vampire, part lycanthrope; smells like jasmine, rain, and night.

Appearances: CS, ID, DM, TH

"There was a force to Malcolm that had nothing to do with vampire powers and everything to do with who he was, not what he was. He'd have been a leader and a mover of men even if he'd been alive."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): Head of the Church of Eternal Life

Occupation: Runs the Church of Eternal Life

Description: Short, curly yellow hair; blue eyes; tall and extremely thin.

Appearances: GP, ID, TH

"He wasn't a light comedic sort of person; no, he was definitely a lover of tragedies."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): Jean-Claude's third-in-command

Occupation: Stripper at Guilty Pleasures

Description: Long, straight black hair; medium blue eyes; Vandyke-style beard and mustache.

Appearances: ID, DM, TH

"Wicked always seemed to be laughing at me, or at himself, or the world in general."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): The Wicked Truth; Truth's brother

Occupation: Legendary warrior

Description: Blonde hair to his ears; blue eyes; deep chin dimple; wide shoulders; muscled.

Appearances: ID, DM, TH

"Truth was so sincere it almost hurt."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): The Wicked Truth; Wicked's brother

Occupation: Legendary warrior

Description: Dark brown shoulder-length hair; blue eyes; beard stubble; deep chin dimple; wide shoulders; muscled; handsome in a masculine way.

Appearances: ID, DM, TH

"He always talked like he had just stepped out of an old British movie: lots of 'loves' and 'duckies'. He talked that way to everyone, so I didn't take it personally."

Occuptation: Stripper at Guilty Pleasures

Description: Curly brown hair past his ears; gray eyes; short; muscled.

Appearances: ID, DM, TH

"It was the worst vampire name I'd ever heard. It wasn't great if you were human, but Buzz seemed all wrong for a vampire."

Occupation: Bouncer at Guilty Pleasures

Description: Black crew cut; tall; muscle-bound.

Appearances: GP, LuC

"The makeup was good. It made her look almost alive. Almost."

Status: Undead
Age: 200+
Title(s): None
Occupation: None
Description: Thick, waist-length, wavy blonde hair; petite.
Appearances: LuC, NiC

"He had that ability to blend into the woodwork when he wanted to. Not magic, just tact."

Title(s): Eldest son of the Master of Cape Cod; Candidate for Anita's pomme de sang

Description: Dark curls; hazel eyes; tall; broad shoulders.

"He always looked like a cross between an executive Goth and a movie hit man."

Title(s): The Dark Knight

Description: Short, dark curls; dark eyes.

"She had been about twelve or thirteen when she died. Small, half-formed breasts showed under a long flimsy dress. It was pale blue and looked warm against the total whiteness of her skin. She had been pale when alive; as a vampire she was ghostly."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): Former Master of the City of St. Louis

Description: White-blonde hair; blue-gray eyes; short.

"There was something familiar about his face, as if I'd seen it somewhere else before. Yet I knew I'd never met a person who looked just like him. It was a very singular face."

Race: Master vampire
Status: Dead

Age: 1,000,000
Title(s): The Earth Mover
Occupation: Former member of the Vampire Council
Description: Dark hair; brown eyes; wide nose; prominent eyebrow ridge; no chin; 4'0"; small but well-formed.
Appearances: CotD

"You're either a god or you're not. He was not. Power doesn't make you a deity. I don't know exactly what does, but power ain't it. Some spark of the divine was missing from the being that gazed down upon me."

Red Woman's Husband

Occupation: Self-proclaimed god

Description: Blue green eyes; slender, handsome face; appears twenty-something years old.

"Most master vamp's eyes are like drowning pools, things to fall into and be trapped, but her eyes were like solid black mirrors reflecting back, not something to fall into, but something to show you the truth."

Race: Master vampire

Title(s): Obsidian Butterfly; Master of the City of Albuquerque

Occupation: Owner of Obsidian Butterfly (a club)Description: Straight black hair; black eyes; milk-pale brown skin; petite; delicate.

"The fire faded from his eyes, the glow leeched out of the skin, leaving him still lovely, a contrast of pale skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, but he looked defeated somehow, hands limp in his lap."

Description: Short, curly brown hair; darker brown line of beard and mustache; pale blue eyes; medium height.

"Her power poured over the congregation like invisible smoke. It was almost delicate, like choking on feathers; light, airy, and deadly."

Race: Master vampire

Description: Dark hair; gray eyes; petite.