Siebold (Zee) Adelbertsmiter, aka the Dark Smith of Drontheim, Mercy’s mentor, who appears as a cranky old mechanic, but the Gray Lords walk carefully around him, as he has a habit of strewing around their body parts.

Thaddeus (Tad) Adelbertsmiter, Zee’s half-fae son, who shares his father’s affinity for working metals, even the cold iron that is normally lethal to their kind.

Elizaveta Arkadyevna Vyshnevetskaya, a powerful Russian witch with a fondness for Adam and also for money.

Austin Harris, extremely good-looking goblin pilot and owner of a small airplane company.

Larry Sethaway, goblin leader in the Tri-Cities; he has yellow-green eyes and four-fingered hands.

Matt Smith, not the Doctor, a submissive wolf and competent copilot.

David Christiansen, mercenary and friend of Adam’s; David was the first werewolf to go public.

Gray Lords, the very scary and very powerful ruling class of the fae.

Alistair Beauclaire, a Gray Lord who declared the fae a sovereign nation and no longer under the rules of the USA after the justice system failed his daughter.

Underhill, a not-very-sane fae entity that is also a place, not subject to human physics.

Samuel, werewolf, Cornick Bran’s oldest son and an early crush of Mercy’s; he’s now married to Ariana.

Ariana, silver-borne fae who is learning to get over her fear of canines, thanks to her husband, Samuel.

Aspen Creek Pack (Montana)

Bran Cornick, aka the Marrok, one of Mercy’s foster fathers and Alpha of all the werewolves in America (except, recently, the Columbia Basin Pack); Mercy would have given him ulcers by now if he weren’t a werewolf.

Leah Cornick, werewolf, Bran’s mate and a thorn in Mercy’s paw.

Charles Cornick, the only born werewolf and second son of Bran; he has shamanistic magic.

Anna Cornick, Omega wolf with amazing musical talent; she’s married to Charles and lethal with a rolling pin.

Court of the Lord of Night

Iacopo (Jacob) Bonarata, aka Thug Vampire, aka the Lord of Night, Master of Milan; he is the European head vampire and ex-lover of Marsilia. He meddles more than Coyote.

Guccio de’ Medici, aka Pretty Vampire, snappy dresser with a biting problem and a desire for power.

Lenka, beautiful but insane werewolf, Bonarata’s “pet.”

Zanobi, werewolf, Lenka’s murdered mate.

Ignatio, one of the three vampire minions who hurt and kidnapped Mercy; it’s only a matter of time before Adam finds a reason to pay Ignatio a visit.

Stacia, very young and sweet half (or more) fae healer.

Niki, a human sheep.

Cook, to be feared.

Annabelle, vampire, a servant.

Vltava Pack

Libor, Alpha of the Vltava Pack.

Martin Zajíc, werewolf, Libor’s motorcyle-riding second-in-command.

Jitka, werewolf, a sultry dominant who is Libor’s third.

Pavel, werewolf, ex-lover of Jitka who succumbed to vampire lures.

Danek (Dan), poltergeist ghost of a traitor from World War II.

Mary’s Seethe

Mary, Mistress of the seethe.

Kocourek, Master Vampire of Prague.

Ivan Novak, vampire.

Lars, vampire.

Vanje, vampire.

Dagmar, vampire.

Weis, the vampire hanging on the wall.

Others

The Golem of Prague, animated by Rabbi Loew in the Middle Ages to protect the Jewish Quarter of Prague, and later destroyed—or so the rabbi thought.