The Werewolves
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Rashida is certainly a shapeshifter. I believe she was a wolf but could be wrong. If someone wants to refresh my memory on that do go ahead and drop me a line.
Stephen is one of the frequently recurring characters in the series. He works for Jean-Claude as a stripper at guilty pleasures. With waist lengthy blond hair and cornflower blue eyes Anita describes him as pretty but not handsome.
He is not high up in the pack and is described as anyone's meat. He is loyal to Richard but not to Marcus.
He initially got off on the wrong foot with Anita and was hurt because she knew he was a shapeshifter. However he risked his life to save her.
When he is captured and tortured by Raina, Gabriel and his own twin brother Gregory, Anita saves him and becomes one of those people she would kill to protect. He turns to her for protection.
He defies Sylvie in the pack to help Nathaniel, one of the wereleopards and dates and later lives with Vivian, another of the wereleopards.
He was abused by his father and it looks like that is something that may come to a head in future books as things were rather left hanging at the end of Cerulean Sins.
Stephen's stage name at Guilty Pleasures is Harlow.
Irving is a reporter for the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch and one of the closet werewolves.
He is not entirely trusted by the pack after he printed a story and the wolf it was about lied and said that he did not give permission. Some of the pack want him outed to the public but Marcus saved him from this, not out of the kindness of his heart, but rather because he knew how valuable a reporter in the pack could be. If he was outed Irving could lose his job.
Marcus is the leader of the local werewolf pack. He is a surgeon but when it comes to werewolf politics he is ruthless. He has plans of uniting all the shapeshifters under one leader - him! Anita refers to him as a "mob boss with fur".
He has no honour and wants Richard dead. He also puts out a $500,000 contract on Anita's life. His Lupa is Raina.
He initially had the backing of Jean-Claude but this did not last.
He was killed by Richard during a battle of succession (also known as The Killing Dance) and his heart was removed by Richard who tore it out. An incident which unfortunately damaged Richard's relationship with Anita who witnessed the event.
Neal is a werewolf and it is he who protests to Anita being made Lupa. He challenges her and Anita wins by drawing first blood.
Raina is a werewolf and an alpha female. She was the Lupa of Marcus. She is also the proprietor of The Lunatic Café. She was also a silent partner in Danse Macabre Club with Jean-Claude.
Raina had the power to change her human appearance by moving her bones around.
She was cruel in her punishments of lesser wolves and often let Gabriel use his wereleopards to punish the wolf pack. Sylvie and Stephen in particular were punished in this way.
Raina was also responsible taking Richard's virginity and making Jason a werewolf.
She does not want Anita involved with the pack and forbids them to make her Lukoi.
She was shot by Anita when she tried to force her into one of her and Gabriel's "movies". She was then eaten by the pack.
However this was not the end of her legacy. Anita has the power to channel Raina as a Munin and in that was she can access Raina's power to heal. However calling Raina always has a price.
Alfred is a werewolf and bodyguard of Marcus. He was also a friend of Richard and was protected by him.
However Richard was not around when Anita shot him with silver bullets and killed him.
Polly is a werewolf working at The Lunatic Café. She is understandably scared of Anita.
Heidi is one of the werewolves who worked with Raina on the "movies". She was forced to do so by Marcus as she wanted to leave the pack. She worked as the make-up girl.
Jamil is an African American werewolf and has to suffer double prejudices. He has been an Enforcer for the pack since he was fifteen. When Richard becomes Ulfric he becomes his Lead Enforcer/Sköll. He was a troublemaker who disliked Richard because of his morals. However after the death of Marcus he appears loyal to Richard.
He resents Anita's authority over him in the pack. However that does not stop him from acting as her bodyguard and taking bullets for her.
He also has a problem with other pack members and was beaten up by Sylvie after pestering her due to her sexuality.
Sebastian is an Enforcer and replaces Alfred. He challenges Richard for Freki but is too weak. He is shot by Anita after he attacks Richard during his battle with Marcus, which constituted cheating.
Sylvie is a prominent member of the local werewolf pack. Like Anita she believes that Richard should kill to back up his threats.
She was second female in the pack until the death of Raina and although she resents Anita being made Lupa she comes to accept the situation quickly when Anita makes Richard promise to kill Marcus if it is necessary.
Sylvie is also friendly with Jason and jokes with him on occasion.
Sylvie also backs up Anita at the risk of her own place in the pack when the need arises and Anita and Richard are at loggerheads. Freki in the pack herself she is the first of the wolves to show support of Anita when she comes to fight for Gregory to be released. This being particularly surprising since she had initially hated the leopards and had forbidden the pack to help them. Had Richard let her she would have hunted them down and killed them.
When Richard is out of town Sylvie is also the pack leader.
Sylvie is one of the toughest wolves and is fighting her way to the top of the pack. When Rafael answered to Padma for the rats, Sylvie did the same for the wolves.
Sylvie unfortunately has not had it easy and in the violent world she is a part of she has been attacked and raped by the wereleopards, Fernando and others. Particularly dreadful for Sylvie since she is gay.
Cassandra is new to the pack in The Killing Dance and is one of Jean-Claude's wolves. She works at Danse Macabre. However she does not let Jean-Claude feed off of her.
She is set to guard Anita from the assassins.
She is actually able to pass as human to Anita and quickly befriends her. However when Anita hurts Richard by sleeping with Jean-Claude she punches her and knocks her out. She turns her over to Raina and Gabriel.
Cassandra is a supporter of Richard's ideals and refused to be in Raina's "movies" with Gabriel.
She has a masters degree in magical theory. I can't help but think it was a bit of a waste working in the club but there you go.
She is part of a triumvirate with Sabin and Dominic.
She was killed by Harley.
Gwen is Sylvie's partner or significant other. She is a psychologist and has "a trickle of lycanthrope energy that trailed around her like a perfume.
Kevin is a tough werewolf but he is also submissive. However he does look scary. He is called by Anita to guard Stephen and Nathaniel. She gives him protection from Sylvie.
Teddy was also called, like Kevin to guard Stephen and Nathaniel. Like Kevin he is scary looking.
Teddy is revealed to be part of the "Furry Coalition" in Incubus Dreams when he is the one at the hospital ensuring that werefox Gil is not sent to a secure facility.
Lorraine was also called, like Kevin to guard Stephen and Nathaniel. Lorraine has power. She saved a police officer guard by attacking the shooter when the officer was down. But she is later arrested by Padgett.
Verne is the local werewolf Ulfric in Tennessee. He is leader of the Oak Tree Clan.
Anita learns a lot from him about the pack and he helps Anita to transform the wereleopards into a healthy pard.
Shang-Da is a Chinese werewolf and is a newly appointed Enforcer (Hati). He transferred from a San Francisco Bay pack. He is a city werewolf. Unlike the others he is not comfortable in the woods.
He is loyal to Richard and dislikes Anita because of the things she has done that has hurt Richard.
He is one of the few shapeshifters who is comfortable carrying a gun.
His loyalty to Richard does extend to Anita when he is under orders from Richard.
Lucy is one of Verne's werewolf pack. She is powerful and has medical knowledge. She works in Emergency Medical Services.
She is also dating Richard. She is jealous of Anita and gets in a fight with her. She knocks Anita out in one punch after Anita makes a comment about Richard dumping her (Lucy).
She recommended Anita to the State Police for the murder.
Mira is one of Verne's werewolves.
She was paid by Colin to lure Nathaniel aware and handed him over to the vampires.
She betrayed the pack because she was upset over Richard dumping her.
In anger Anita asks for Mira's head in a basket. Verne takes her at her word and presents it to her.
Roland is a shapeshifter and is Marianne's bodyguard for the greeting ceremony.
Eric is Freki for Verne's pack. He refused the wereleopards access when they went for help for Jason and Anita.
Roxanne is a biker woman and Verne's very powerful Lupa.
She barges in on Anita in the bath and is angry with her for insulting Verne by biting him. She attacks Anita because Verne had lied to her and told her that Anita had propositioned him.
Dr Patrick is a werewolf of two years. The doctor is brought in by Marianne for Nathaniel, Jamil, Jason and the rest of the injured. Shock is expressed at Anita's treatment of Thompson.
Ben is one of the wolves in Verne's pack. He acts as replacement Sköll for Anita until Jamil is healed.
He was sent by Verne as an apology to Anita for allowing her and her people to be injured on his lands.
Harpo is a werewolf who works for Nicky. He is awkward in human form, unlike most other shapeshifters who have animal-like grace.
Ulfric of the Broken Spear Clan
The Ulfric of the Broken Spear Clan - forgive me as I can't seem to either remember or locate his name - is a powerful werewolf in New Mexico.
He is away initially and returns both early and unexpectedly to find that Nicky has been scheming behind his back. He subsequently beats him as punishment.
Nicky is his vargamor and he has a rule that anyone who wants to speak with Nicky goes through him first, therefore Anita has to deal with werewolf politics in New Mexico when the murder trail means that she has to speak with Nicky. His pack is more scared of Nicky than they are of him but he uses Nicky and his powers as the threat to keep his clan under control.
He does not approve of Anita being a human Lupa and he and Anita argue over the point. He also demands tribute from her at point of death. He accepts her tribute of blood.
Roy Van Anders is a werewolf and a serial killer. He is working with Heinrick and it is through him that we find out what Van Anders has been up to.
Norman and Patricia are two werewolves from the local wolf pack who track down Van Anders whilst they are in wolf form.
Jacob is a wolf who is new to the local pack in Narcissus in Chains. He is also a plant who had been placed in the pack by Chimera to take over it for him.
He had quickly risen to Geri, third in charge and was very ambitious.
He is not above torture and is responsible for putting Gregory in the Oubliette and for placing silver earplugs in his ears which nearly gave him permanent damage.
When Anita is made Bolverk of the pack her first order of business is to execute Jacob.
Paris is a female werewolf who had been planted by Chimera, together with Jacob, to take over the local werewolf pack. Paris was specifically planted to become Lupa.
Although Anita would have rather executed her like Jacob, Richard insisted that she remain alive.
Louisa is a werewolf who Richard had sponsored after an attack had made her a wolf. Richard is badly affected by the news that she was in jail after killing her husband, Guy, on their wedding night. Although Richard had taught her how to control the change in most emotions he had not taught her how to control it in the bedroom and had respected her morals and ideals that she wanted to wait for her wedding night before sleeping with Guy.
She had turned herself in to the police but we never learn her fate.
Zeke is a werewolf who works for Chimera at the club Narcissus in Chains. He wants Anita to kill Chimera as he believes that he has gone mad.
He was part of a small pack conquered by Chimera, the same pack as Jacob and Paris. He tells her of the plan to turn the local pack over to Chimera.
He had been forced into wolf form and held in it so long he now can't change back to fully human. He can only have human eyes.
Clair is a new werewolf who is introduced in Incubus Dreams as Richard's latest girlfriend. However things are not good between them and she is no help at all in assisting Richard in coming to terms with his beast. Richard reveals that their relationship is over when she had accused him of being too rough with her and it causes him to turn to Anita for her advice. What will happen to Clair is unknown. She is after all still one of the pack although I suspect that she will not be able to handle her beast any better than Richard handles his.
A new werewolf who is in need of the help of the "Furry Coalition" when he gets drunk in a bar and Micah has to go and help him to keep from turning in public. He has a girlfriend who is not very understanding about what he is. He is a part of Richard's pack.
Clay is a blond shapeshifter who works at Guilty Pleasures and is the one who alerts Buzz (and Anita) to the problem with Primo. He tries to jump Primo but is tossed into the tables. In the middle of the fight he ends up on top of Anita and wastes a smile on her, as she puts it.
He is not the best doorman and Anita notices that Stephen and Gregory's father slips into the club when Clay is chatting up some women.
Graham is a dark-haired werewolf who Anita believes to have come to America from farther east than Europe. Together with Requiem, Graham guards Anita when she goes to work raising zombies after the battle with Primo.
It is Graham who gets an echo from Anita as to what had happened between her, Bryon and Requiem when she was feeding the ardeur.
Graham is in some form of relationship with vampire Meng Die.