Lycanthrope characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
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This is an alphabetical listing of lycanthrope characters in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series of novels.
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[edit] Werewolves
[edit] Cassandra
About Anita's height, with wavy, waist-length brown hair and hazel eyes, Cassandra claimed to be a new werewolf in town. In reality, she was a member of a triumvirate with Sabin and Dominic and was part of a plot to sacrifice Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard in order to save Sabin from a fatal wasting illness (which had been brought on by not drinking human blood, to please Cassandra). Their scheme was unsuccessful, and Harley killed Cassandra during the attempted ritual.
Appearance: The Killing Dance
[edit] Gwen
Sylvie Barker's girlfriend, a psychiatrist and a powerful werewolf, with long wavy blond hair and a dainty, "china doll" appearance.
Appearances: Burnt Offerings.
[edit] Jamil
Skoll, or first enforcer of the St. Louis pack. Jamil is just shy of six feet, with rich brown skin and waist-length hair woven into corn rows. He is an alpha werewolf with enough power to keep Richard out when Richard lets his power wash over the pack.
Jamil had been Skoll for the pack under Marcus, and tradition dictated that the new Ulfric kill him upon taking over the pack, but Richard let him live to ease the transition. Jamil is thus very loyal to Richard.
Gwen commented that Jamil is homophobic, saying that he thought "every lesbian woman was a woman waiting for the right man".
First Appearance: The Killing Dance
[edit] Jason Schuyler
Stripper at Guilty Pleasures, best friend to Nathaniel. Occasional lover of Anita, also Jean-Claude's pomme de sang. He's in his early 20's, a Gemini, has blonde "baby-fine" hair and sky blue eyes with a mischievous glint to them. Jason is also Anita's height and loves to tease her or flaunt his being a stripper. He has an intense fear of rotting vampires or anything similar due to being rotted on by two vampires (Bettina and Pallas) in a sexual context.
In Narcissus in Chains, Jason has cut his hair short "businessman short", and in the more recent novels, Jason has taken on a more complex role as Anita's friend and sometimes "fuck-buddy", showing a surprisingly quick and discerning mind, quick to assuage Anita's fears when she breaks down having tortured Deputy Thompson in Blue Moon, and to point out how she has been neglecting Nathaniel at the beginning of Incubus Dreams.
Appearances: The Lunatic Cafe, Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins, Incubus Dreams, Danse Macabre, The Harlequin
[edit] Irving Griswold
A short, balding werewolf with a day job as an investigative reporter for a Saint Louis newspaper. Irving remains closeted at his day job in order to avoid discrimination, and frequently exchanges information with Anita. Irving was particularly persistent in his attempts to meet and interview Jean-Claude, but got more than he bargained for.
Appearances: Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] King Lycann of Arcadia
The pack refer to themselves as luskois to honor King Lykaon, who Richard describes as an ancient king who did not hide that he was a werewolf. (In Greek myth, Lycaon was the first king of Arcadia and was cursed by Zeus to turn into a wolf).
Mentioned: The Killing Dance.
[edit] Marcus Fletcher
He was the former Ulfric of the werewolf pack. He was a surgeon and one of the pack's only doctors. He had a lupa named Raina, who together helped put both werewolves and wereleopards into pornographic snuff films. He was killed by Richard in a battle for supremacy and eaten by the entire pack.
Appearances: The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance.
[edit] Raina Wallis
Raina was a fantastically beautiful werewolf. She was the lupa of the werewolves, "psychotic bitch", and an extreme sadist. She often used her sexuality to manipulate other wolves into doing her bidding. She and Marcus helped punish werewolves and wereleopards for refusing her by putting them into pornographic snuff films. She was shot and killed by Anita while trying to have Anita killed in one of her snuff films in The Killing Dance. Ironically, now her "munin" (spirit) now "haunts" Anita . Sometimes Anita calls her to get information or help with healing. In return Anita must do her a favor (usually something sexual).
Appearances: The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance. In munin form in most of the books following The Killing Dance.
[edit] Rashida
Rashida is one of the werewolves attending Jean-Claude in Circus of the Damned. She is beautiful and slender, with dark skin and a close-cropped haircut.
Appearances: Circus of the Damned.
[edit] Richard Zeeman
Richard, the ulfric or "wolf-king" of the local werewolf pack, is one of Anita's primary love interests.
[edit] Shang-Da
Hati, or second enforcer of the St. Louis pack. He is a tall man of Chinese descent and an unnervingly intense gaze. Unlike many shapeshifters, Shang-Da prefers elegant clothes (with polished wingtip shoes) for everyday wear.
Shang-Da transferred from the San Francisco Bay pack and took the role of Richard's Hati without any fights, as no one else wanted the position that badly. Shang-Da has a strong dislike for Anita due to the fact that she hurt Richard in the only way Shang-Da couldn't protect him from.
He is the first lycanthrope that Anita met who carries a gun, a snub nose .38, and is comfortable doing so. First Appearance: Blue Moon.
[edit] Stephen
Slightly taller than Anita, with blond hair and blue eyes, Anita describes Stephen as as beautiful as a china doll. Stephen is one of the strippers at Jean-Claude's club Guilty Pleasures (stage name "Harlow") and serves as one of Jean-Claude's personal wolves. He is one of the many beautiful yet vulnerable sex workers Anita takes under her wing during the course of the series. His twin brother Gregory is a wereleopard. Stephen is currently dating the wereleopard Vivian.
Appearances: Circus of the Damned, The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins.
[edit] Sylvie Barker
Richard's Geri, or second-in-command and a good friend to Anita. She is a lesbian, has short curly brown hair and is about five foot six inches, currently dating Gwen. Sylvie is an alpha were and one of the few others, besides Richard, that can partially shapeshift. She also has a collection of bones that came from her enemies, such as Fernando, Padma's son. She occasionally takes out the collection and runs her hands over the bones to comfort herself.
Appearances: The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Narcissus in Chains, The Harlequin.
Errata: In The Harlequin, Sylvie states that she "doesn't do girls", an error which will be corrected in the paperback release.
[edit] Wereleopards
[edit] Caleb
One of Micah's leopards. He has a bit of a wise ass streak and a tendency to ignore orders.
First appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Cesar
A wereleopard from New Mexico, acted as a "sacrifice" for a lycanthrope Aztec stage show run by Itzpapalotl.
Appearances: Obsidian Butterfly.
[edit] Cherry
Cherry is tall and slender, a natural blonde, clear-headed and a fount of information, but not someone Anita completely trusts to effectively guard her back. Unlike most known shapeshifters, Cherry more or less consented to receive her lycanthropy (from Gabriel), since it enabled her to regrow a leg that was severed in an automobile accident shortly before. She was a nurse before they found out she was a lycanthrope, and one of the few local weres that has medical knowledge. When it was revealed to her bosses that she was a lycanthrope, she was one of the first one to be laid off because of "budget cuts"; Cherry now more or less flaunts her lycanthropy via exceptionally sensual attire and behavior in public. She acts as Anita's medic when needed, and can assist Dr. Lillian. She and Zane were once lovers and remain very close. In the privacy of a home environment she prefers to remain nude.
Appearances: Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Narcissus in Chains, The Harlequin.
[edit] Elizabeth
She made Gabriel a lycanthrope, though the other leopards believe they miss the way things were when Gabriel was Leader. In truth Elizabeth is the only one who truly misses him. She hates Anita because she herself isn't strong enough to lead the pard.
First appearance: The Lunatic Cafe.
[edit] Gabriel
A sinister looking wereleopard with dark curly hair, Gabriel was the alpha of the St. Louis pard, The Blood Drinkers. While living, Gabriel was called leoparde lionne (a protective leader) by pard members. Posthumously, pard members admitted Gabriel led as a lion passant.
Gabriel was a severe sadomasochist who contracted lycanthropy when Elizabeth shifted into leopard form during sex and mauled him nearly to death, the crowning moment of his life. Gabriel forced his pard to participate in Raina's pornography operation, and eventually fixated on the idea of raping and mauling Anita on film while she attempted to kill him. Anita was successful in that scenario, and Gabriel died.
According to his pard, Gabriel was called a lion passant, because he ruled but did not actively protect the pard. (Although Gabriel did protect the pard in some ways, such as helping Zane quit drugs, protecting Nathaniel as he explored his darker urges, and helping Cherry to regenerate a severed leg, he was not willing to risk his personal safety for the pard).
Appearances: The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance.
[edit] Gina
One of the two females from Micah's original pard, the Maneaters. Both female weres were kept by Chimera as hostages and tortured extensively to ensure Micah's cooperation.
First appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Gregory
His twin brother Stephen is a werewolf. Like his brother, Gregory is a stripper (stage name: "Marlowe") at Jean-Claude's strip club Guilty Pleasures. When they were children, they were sexually abused and pimped-out by their father, Anthony Dietrich. Gregory played a role in Raina's porn movies, raping and hurting the werewolves, but once Anita became the Nimir-Ra, he stopped.
Appearances: Burnt Offerings, Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Merle
Stepped down as Nimir-Raj of Micah's pard in favor of Micah. Now bodyguard to Micah, resembles an aging biker. Merle wouldn't sacrifice his human form for his pard, the Maneater Clan, so Micah stepped in and attempted to stand up to Chimera.
First appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Micah Callahan
Micah Callahan arrived in St. Louis as the Nimir-Raj of the Maneater Clan. Merging his pard with Anita's pard, the Blooddrinkers Pard,[1] they rule as Nimir-Raj (King) and Nimir-Ra (Queen). Micah is coordinator of the Lycanthrope Coalition, and is also Anita's live-in lover and closest companion.
Micah has many unique powers as a shape-shifter. He can heal others by 'calling flesh.' He has the ability to shape-shift quickly, and is not tired or ill from the effort. He has chartreuse yellow/green eyes that won't shift back to human eyes, a result of too much time in animal form, forced by Chimera. He is about the same height and same size as Anita, with rich brown hair, very large genitalia (as noted several times by Anita), and is extremely easy-going. He does, however, share an antagonistic relationship with Richard, who feels that Micah has usurped his place.
First appearance: Narcissus in Chains (appears in all subsequent books)
[edit] Nathaniel Graison
Nathaniel is a striking wereleopard in his early twenties, approximately 5'6" with long mahogany auburn hair, lilac eyes, "pretty" rather than handsome features, and a muscular swimmer's body. In his animal form, Nathaniel is a black were-leopard. A stripper at Guilty Pleasures, (stage name: "Brandon"), Nathaniel is one of Anita's lovers and a member of her second triumvirate. For several novels, Nathaniel was Anita's pomme de sang. Descriptions of Nathaniel's eyes and vanilla scent fill each book, and it is common to see paragraphs devoted to the shade of his eyes.
Nathaniel has been reluctant to share details of his past. Anita has been able to learn that Nathaniel's parents died when he was young, and that Nathaniel and his older brother Nicky were in the custody of an abusive man. Nicky protected Nathaniel at first, but also died when Nathaniel was quite young, at which point Nathaniel ran away. At some point in his late teens, Nathaniel was found by Gabriel. By that point, Nathaniel was a drug addicted prostitute, and was so submissive and masochistic that he was literally incapable of saying no to any torture proposed to him. Gabriel helped Nathaniel stop taking drugs but was unable or unwilling to address Nathaniel's other problems and simply pimped Nathaniel, restraining customers from taking too much advantage of him.
After Anita took control of the St. Louis pard, Nathaniel attached himself to Anita for protection. Nathaniel has been working to become more assertive and self-reliant, if only to please Anita. He is still highly submissive and is happy to take the "wife" position in Anita's increasingly large harem - cleaning, cooking, and generally providing emotional support. In Incubus Dreams, Anita inadvertently marked Nathaniel as her animal servant, forming a triumvirate between Anita, Nathaniel, and Damian.
In "The Harlequin," Nathaniel finally shows some burgeoning self-assertion, insisting to Anita that if she does not address his masochistic sexual needs, he will go elsewhere for what he wants. Appearances: Burnt Offerings, Blue Moon, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins, Incubus Dreams, Danse Macabre, The Harlequin.
[edit] Noah
One of Micah's bodyguards. Third in line for the Maneater Clan's leadership.
Appearances: Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins.
[edit] Violet
One of the two females from Micah's original pard, the Maneaters. Both female weres were kept by Chimera as hostages and tortured extensively to ensure Micah's cooperation.
First appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Vivian
Hamilton describes Vivian as African-American, with Irish genetics as well, for a very pale but dark coloring. She makes Anita think of a delicate beautiful doll and feel protective of her. Throughout the mid and later novels, Vivian has been dating Stephen, a werewolf and Gregory's twin. (As explained by Richard in the novel Narcissus In Chains, interspecies dating of shape-shifters is acceptable as long as the shifters are not alphas, as long as they are weak they can date whoever they want without social stress. Alphas, however normally date their own species, with some maverick exceptions such as Richard and Anita.)
Appearances: Burnt Offerings, Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Zane
Tried to be alpha when Gabriel died; happy to hand things over to Anita. Formerly dated Cherry and still has strong feelings for her. Has fangs on upper and lower teeth that won't shift back (result of too much time in animal form).
First appearance: Burnt Offerings. Blue Moon
[edit] Wererats
[edit] Bobby Lee
Bodyguard for Anita, has a thick southern drawl. Bobby Lee and Anita have become friends, and they now share a private joke. Bobby Lee has a tendency to address Anita as "girl", and Anita reminds him "Don't call me 'girl', Bobby Lee." He responds, "Yes, ma'am." Then they look at each other and smile. First appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Claudia
Bodyguard for Anita. She stands at around 6'6. More muscular than most men, and with a take-no-guff attitude. Comfortable with handguns. Also described as beautiful even without makeup.
Appearances: Narcissus in Chains, Danse Macabre, The Harlequin..
[edit] Igor
Former bodyguard for Anita. Covered in tattoos. Killed by a serpentine lycanthrope.
Appearance: Narcissus in Chains
[edit] Lillian
Doctor. Frequently patches up shapeshifters in their unofficial infirmary. Middle age in appearance, dexterous hands.
First appearance: Guilty Pleasures.
[edit] Louis Fane
Louis is about 5'6", with black hair and eyes, and is known as "Louie" to his friends. A biology professor at Wash U, Louie is Richard's best friend, and is currently dating Ronnie, Anita's best friend. He asked Ronnie to marry him but she turned him down because she didn't feel ready to be married nor did she share Louie's desire to have kids.
Appearances: Guilty Pleasures, The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Incubus Dreams, The Harlequin.
[edit] Rafael
He is the Rat King and one of Anita's friends. Rafael is strongly Mexican, and is described as "tall, dark and handsome" (Lunatic Cafe) with a stern face and sensual lips. He has a crown branded into his forearm to mark him as Rat King and his clan is called the Dark Crown Clan. He and Nikolaos were in conflict over control of the city's rats and wererats until Anita killed her. Anita saved his life so he offers her bodyguards or any other help when she needs them. Rafael also has treaties with Richard and Jean-Claude. He has an ex-wife who moved with his child to another state to get away from him because of what he is. He has visitation rights.
He offers himself up as Anita's Pomme de Sang in The Harlequin in order to have a better connection with Anita and Jean-Claude and therefore be more protected against outside forces.
Appearances: Guilty Pleasures, The Lunatic Cafe, Burnt Offerings, Narcissus in Chains, The Harlequin.
[edit] Werehyenas
[edit] Ajax
Blond werehyena who acts as bodyguard to Narcissus. Lover of Ulysses. Had his arms and legs cut off and the stumps burned so that he could not heal the damage by Chimera.
First Appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Bacchus
A werehyena with dark, curly hair and eyes of a strange shade of gold. Lover of Dionysus. Bacchus was shot and badly wounded by Anita during a confrontation at the Narcissus in Chains club. He recovered from his injuries and told Anita about the werehyenas' situation regarding Narcissus and Chimera.
First Appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Dionysus
Lover of Bacchus, his tongue was cut out and presented to his lover by Chimera.
First Appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Ixion
A relatively new werehyena who is still adjusting to his new name (given to him by Narcissus), Ixion is one of the werehyenas who bodyguard Anita as a result of her alliance with Narcissus.
First Appearance: Danse Macabre.
[edit] Narcissus
Owner of the club, Narcissus in Chains (a BDSM club), and leader of the city's werehyena population. An effeminate hermaphrodite, he became pregnant following his relationship with Chimera. Narcissus is into both sides of BDSM and Asher topped him after Narcissus met with the triumvirate of Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard. Under the old ruling of Raina and Marcus, Narcissus was given favors and not allowed to let his hyena population grow over 50 members. Once Richard became Ulfric, the old deals were voided and Narcissus decided he wanted to be able to make some of the decisions for the lycanthrope population of St. Louis versus having the decisions made for him.
First Appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Remus
Described by Anita as having a face that looked as if it had been broken in the past, Remus is one of the werehyenas who bodyguard Anita as a result of her alliance with Narcissus.
First Appearance: Danse Macabre.
[edit] Ulysses
Dark-haired werehyena who acts as bodyguard to Narcissus. Lover of Ajax.
First Appearance: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Werelions
[edit] Haven
Werelion brought with Augustine from Chicago as a pomme de sang candidate for Anita, and to try and take over the local pride. Pale, with short, spiky blue hair, dyed so that many hues of blue are present, all mixed together, just like real hair. His eyes are also a pale blue. Anita calls him Cookie (in reference to Cookie Monster). He has tattoos of Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, and has implied that he has more.
Haven has been sent back to Chicago by the beginning of The Harlequin as Anita is attempting to preserve the local pride. However, when the local were-lions refuse to help her (unlike the other members of the Lycanthrope Coalition), Haven returns. As a result, he takes over the local pride. Others claim he is in love with Anita as he finds himself wanting to be better than he is in order not to disappoint her.
Appearances: Danse Macabre, The Harlequin.
[edit] Joseph
Rex of the St. Louis pride. In his pride, there is a male coalition; they rule the pride together.
In Narcissus in Chains, it is mentioned he has a mate (named Amber) who is pregnant and on strict bed-rest. They've tried three other times to have a child, but generally the change from human to animal form is too stressful for the body to carry a child to term.
In The Harlequin, Joseph, his wife, and his brother disappear (it is alluded that they are killed by Anita or her people) after Joseph is condemned by Anita and her companions for his unwillingness to commit adultery with her, his pride's self-imposed "weakness," and his lack of appeal to her inner lioness.
Appearances: Narcissus in Chains, Danse Macabre, The Harlequin.
[edit] Justin
Joseph's brother. He is part of Joseph's male coalition; they ruled the pride together.
Appearances: Danse Macabre.
[edit] Noel
A werelion in the St. Louis pride, sent with Travis by Joseph to become Anita's new animals to call before Anita marked Haven, making way for a hostile takeover of the St. Louis werelion pride. He was rejected on the basis of being too submissive and weak as Anita's ardeur was seeking more powerful prey.
First Appearance: Danse Macabre.
[edit] Pierce
Werelion brought with Augustine from Chicago as a pomme de sang candidate for Anita, and to try and take over the local pride. A brunette, with hair that looks like it might curl, but it's cut too short to have a chance. The swell of his shoulders shows that he lifts weights as more than a casual hobby.
First Appearance: Danse Macabre.
[edit] Travis
A werelion in the St. Louis pride, sent with Noel to become Anita's new animal to call before Anita was marked by Haven.
First Appearance: Danse Macabre.
[edit] Weretigers
[edit] Christine
A blonde weretiger, Christine is a lycanthrope who belongs to no social group (neither pack, nor pard, nor pride). Gabriel embarrassed her by reciting the poem "Tyger, Tyger" at a lycanthrope meeting. She is a rarity, since tiger-based lycanthropy is hard to contract. In The Harlequin it is revealed that she fled to St. Louis in order to avoid an arranged marriage. The weretiger culture is dominated by five same groups who maintain the bloodlines and dislike weretigers who are not born into the condition.
Appearances: The Lunatic Cafe, The Killing Dance, Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] Gideon
A handsome weretiger with blonde-brown hair, his eyes are yellow-and-orange, due to too much time in animal form. His voice sounds like he is growling. He is a somewhat reluctant servant of Padma.
[edit] Crispin
A white weretiger from Las Vegas. He is the only adult male in his group, so he helps the pregnant females so they do not lose their babies. There is a chance he made Anita pregnant, and if doing so, he said that he would marry her and take her back to Las Vegas.
Appearances: Blood Noir
[edit] Alex Pinn
A red weretiger with black stripes. He is a reporter, and does not live with other weretigers. His mother is the queen of their group, which he left. He too said that if he made Anita pregnant, that he would marry her and together they would go back to the group that he left.
Appearances: Blood Noir
[edit] Soledad
A young woman who hid with the wererats to prevent being married to a family of weretigers, it was revealed that she was the animal servant of a vampire assassin and had incredible healing abilities. She tried to kill Anita and killed a young werewolf named Cisco. Her tiger form was described as being yellow with white stripes.
Appearances: The Harlequin
[edit] Swanmanes (Wereswans)
[edit] Donovan Reece
Tall at about six feet, pale milk-and-cream complexion, and handsome in a preppy, clean-cut sort of way. Donovan Reece is the Swan King of every swanmane in the U.S. Reece states that he is the first Swan King in a century, and that he has been destined from birth to that position, since he has a birthmark in the shape of a swan. He has been groomed for this position since he was young, though he doesn't want it. As part of the coalition he is allies with Anita and other were groups. As an inborn politician and Swan King he has to travel from swan group to swan group, looking in on them, settling problems. He's been talking about the coalition to other cities. Without a swan queen he has to do twice the work.
Appearances: Narcissus in Chains, The Harlequin
[edit] Kaspar Gunderson
Tall and pale, with downy feathers in place of hair, Gunderson was a proud and cruel European prince and hunter. Centuries ago, he was cursed by a witch to transform into a swan in the hope that he would learn kindness. Instead, Gunderson walked the Earth, becoming increasingly more bitter. One of the few shapeshifters who transformed into prey rather than a predator, Gunderson had an uneasy relationship with most other shapeshifters. Although he was a shapeshifter, he wasn't a lycanthrope and could transform from a human to a swan and back repeatedly without a period of unconsciousness. Gunderson's curse prevented him from aging, and he claimed that he could not be killed, even with silver. However, he is eventually killed by Edward, who gives his feathered skin to Anita as a gift. It is alluded to that he is the basis of the main character of Swan Lake.
Appearance: The Lunatic Cafe.
[edit] Werejaguars
[edit] Seth
A werejaguar from New Mexico, who serves Itzpapalotl, cutting himself as "offerings" to his mistress and her servants, allowing them to drink from the bleeding wounds until they healed. He allows Itzpapalotl to use her Human Servant to suck the life force out of his body, both turning him into a living mummified corpse and feeding all of her vampires.
Appearances: Obsidian Butterfly.
[edit] Other
[edit] Gil
A timid werefox, sought out Anita's protection when alpha lycanthropes began disappearing. He is the only werefox in town, and relies on the protection of other lycanthropes, such as werewolves, since he has no skulk of his own.
Appearances: Narcissus in Chains, Incubus Dreams.
[edit] Melanie
A lamia capable of turning her legs into a serpent's tail, Melanie is apparently a true immortal and does not appear to be killable by any means. She has retractable fangs in her mouth and is venomous. Melanie can turn willing men into snake people, her "harem" of potential mates. She first appears as a member of Mr. Oliver's retinue, but ultimately gets a job as a member of Jean-Claude's circus troupe, performing at The Circus of the Damned.
Appearances: Circus of the Damned
[edit] Orlando King
Orlando King was one of the country's most famous lycanthrope hunters. After surviving a savage attack, he apparently "softened" his stance regarding shapeshifters and began preaching tolerance. Eventually, Anita learned the true story -- after surviving a werewolf attack, King found that he had been infected with werewolf lycanthropy. King decided to kill as many shapeshifters as possible before the next full moon, assuming that if he took sufficiently dangerous missions, he would himself be killed before his first change. Ultimately, however, none of the shapeshifters he fought was able to kill him, and before his first change, King was infected with six different kinds of lycanthropy: werewolf, wereleopard, werelion, werebear, werehyena, and weresnake. King became a panwere, able to shift to any of the six animal forms with which he was infected, and developed a multiple personality disorder, with four distinct personalities:
- The primary personality was Orlando King himself, a famous former lycanthrope hunter.
- Chimera, King's secondary personality was the result of King disassociating himself from many of the killings for which he had felt ashamed during his life. Chimera had control of King's body at times, and also had complete control of King's lion, wolf, hyena, and leopard forms. As Chimera, he took over Micah Callahan's pard and ruled it brutally.
- Coronus: Coronus of the Black Water clan was King's personality in his were-anaconda form, and was a distinct personality. In this form, King was the leader of the Black Water clan, a South American tribe of Anacondas. These weresnakes were notable in that when they died, they did not revert to human form. The snake-man form was apparently the normal state.
- Boone: Boone was King's other distinct personality. Interestingly, Boone could manifest not only a werebear form, but could also appear in human form as a person who did not resemble King at all. He was originally the leader of a sleuth of werebears, before King made Boone infect him and then killed him.
King considered capturing Anita as his mate when he believed that she was a werewolf/wereleopard panwere, but eventually settled for torturing and raping as many people as possible. Anita finally killed him by draining his life energy. King may be survived by a child, as Narcissus was pregnant with his child at the end of Narcissus in Chains.
Appearances: Narcissus in Chains.
[edit] See also
- Human characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
- Undead characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
- Other characters of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
- Mythology of Anita Blake:Vampire Hunter
