Heartbeat Original Characters

## Be cognizant of potential spoilers. Page is updated as of Chapter 69, Dispensation

Page is updated as of Chapter 69, Dispensation. This is meant to help readers keep track of the original characters created by the author for Heartbeat with brief information to jog your memory. Some minor characters may be missing by accident.

## Guard Members

The Volturi are said to have around 32 unnamed guard members. They are categorized as being one of the following three levels: high guard (Elite), middle guard, lower guard.

#### Prosper

First Appearance: Chapter 4, Diversion

First appearing as Saffiya's gullible guard and a lower guard member, he is attacked by Alec after Saffiya escapes the castle for the first time. Over time, he becomes closer to Saffiya and gains Alec's trust as he deals with the disappearance of his mate, Elizabeth and is able to offer an outside perspective that helps both Alec and Saffiya in their relationship. As he continues to prove himself, he begins to rise in the Volturi ranks to become one of the Kings personal guards, eventually serving as Alec's right hand man for the task force to find Razin.

#### Elizabeth and Killian

First Appearance: Potentially around Chapter 19, Yarn (in name only)

Elizabeth and Killian were on a mission with Talib when they were ambushed by the Resistance. Killian was killed and Elizabeth is assumed to have been taken hostage.

#### Percy and Talib

First Appearance: Chapter 50, Worthy

Percy and Talib were hand picked by Alec to be Saffiya's consistent guards. Percy has a mate that does not reside with the Volturi.

#### Alec's Task Force

First Appearance: Chapter 50, Worthy

Alec's Task Force is dedicated to finding Razin, and is composed of 8 total members of both lower and middle guard members. Prosper, Percy, and Talib are also members, along with Jane, Felix, and Demetri.

##### Hamzah

A guard member that looks up to Alec and has a bit of a goofball personality.

##### Dorian

Albania, 1446. In the first official meeting that Saffiya attends, Dorian has not fed and nearly attacks Saffiya. His weakness allows for a moment to establish Saffiya's power in the group dynamic.

##### Amaya

Portugal, 1178-ish. While her duties have not yet been identified, Amaya presents as reserved and highly intelligent. In Chapter 69, Dispensation, she contradicts Prosper's idea, and convinces Alec of her proposal over Prosper.

##### Maliq

France, 1739. Alec states that Maliq is in charge of looking over and assumably, torturing, their prisoner. He is also mentioned to be having a casual relationship with a guard member called Thalia.

##### Kiara

Japan, 1274. Kiara is in charge of monitoring the human reports and tracking potential leads on newborn outbreaks, a task which requires her to work with Renata.

#### Others

##### Xavier

First Appearance: Around Chapter 21, Dissent

A middle level guard member who often assists Felix and Santiago in strong-arming for trials.

##### Riu

First Appearance: Chapter 50, Worthy

Assumed to be somewhat familiar with Saffiya. Was a candidate to be one of her main guards but was cut after losing to the others.

##### Thalia

First Appearance: Chapter 67, Colors (in name only)

Gossiped to be having a casual relationship with Maliq.

##### Alejandro

First Appearance: Chapter 50, Worthy

One of the fighters chosen by Felix and Demetri as a potential guard for Saffiya. He did not succeed and was not chosen for Alec's task force, much like Riu.

## Volturi Allies/Reserves

#### John

First Appearance: Chapter 54, Gift

Former mentor to Alec and Jane when they were newborns. John is described to move between the human and vampire world in his 'work'. Alec hires him to look into Saffiya's father so Saffiya will remain safe in Volterra. In his search, he uncovers a threat that is assumed to be a message from the Resistance to the Volturi that implies their time as leaders of the vampire world is coming to an end.

#### Huda, Issa, and Libby

First Appearance: Chapter 25, Aggressor

Nomad group led by Huda, these vampires are vegetarian. Huda is a former member of the Volturi who betrayed her former coven with the desire that it would earn her a high role within the coven. When it did not, according to Prosper, she attempted to seduce Marcus and repeatedly failed. Huda changed Issa with the hope that the woman would be gifted, but she was not. Issa's mate is Libby, who clashed with Saffiya upon their meeting and is hypothesized by Prosper to have a gift that induces aggression, similar to Didyme's gift.

#### Garrow, Oakley, and Atlas

First Appearance: Chapter 65, Eager

Garrow and Oakley, nicknamed the Lucifer Cousins for their more conniving traits, are former members of the guard, though their time was brief. While Jane and Alec have a clear distaste for the two, their history with the cousins appears to be connected by a shared sadistic drive and perspective of the world. Atlas is a relatively new companion of the twins, and his gift is [redacted]. They arrive in Volterra to inform the Volturi of Razin's gift.

#### Bastian

First Appearance: Chapter 69, Dispensation (in name only)

Bastian runs a nightclub for vampires. Supposedly, he trafficks runaways and other 'unwanted' humans to the club for vampires to freely feed on. He has a deal with the Volturi that allows him to remain open for a few years, before they shut him down and force him to restart elsewhere.

## The Resistance

#### Razin

First Appearance: Chapter 21, Dissent (in name only)

The Big Bad of the story who leads the Resistance and has sworn the end of the Volturi. According to his minions, he intends to rule the vampire world and to expose their existence to humans.

#### Travis

First Appearance: Chapter 15, Green

As a human, Travis met Saffiya in a club and when he began to harass her, Jane and Alec stepped in. Saffiya, in an attempt to keep the twins from killing him, suggested paralyzing the man, a dancer, to be a more appropriate punishment. A decision that Travis held against her for the rest of his life and into his time as a newborn. He was changed by Vladimir and helped attack Saffiya and Alec on their train ride to visit the Cullens. He was killed by Alec, but not before providing a warning and some information on Razin's plans.

#### Zafir

First Appearance: Chapter 21, Dissent

Zafir was sent as a sacrifice to announce Razin's existence and to pass on the threat of the Resistance and its rising. He also revealed to Saffiya that she was Alec's mate.

## Non-Supernaturals

#### Saffiya Civello

First Appearance: Chapter 1, Saffiya

The story's protagonist who begins the story searching for her missing father. She has a medical condition called CIPA (congenital insensitivity to pain with anhedonia), which means she does not feel pain. After arriving in Volterra, she is found by Alec, who realizes she is both his blood singer and his mate. She is somewhat unwillingly taken in by the Volturi, but it is soon discovered that changing her into a vampire may not be successful. She befriends Jane, Demetri, and Felix and interacts with other members of the High/Elite Guard. Alec and Saffiya begin a tempestuous relationship, and it is theorized by Edward Cullen that their biological age and immaturity contribute to their irrational behaviour. Over time, they start learning how to work through these issues and Alec's bloodlust and their feelings for each other grow.

#### Thomas Civello

First Appearance: Chapter 1, Saffiya

Saffiya's father and a successful con man with skills in forgery, art theft, and high-risk, high-reward confidence schemes. He used Saffiya's medical condition, CIPA, to his advantage to conduct several of these cons, as well as her talent for forging well known pieces of art. Saffiya began Heartbeat searching for him, after he left her at a convent three years prior, likely to pursue a confidence scheme with an associate in Volterra. He was believed to have been killed in a skirmish with Interpol agents shortly after leaving Saffiya, but in Part II: Breath, his death is brought into question by Interpol.

#### Theodore West

First Appearance: Chapter 46, Human

An intern at Interpol who assists in interviewing Saffiya on her father and a recent art theft. He earns Saffiya's trust in a short time, serving as a more competent and observant investigator than his superior, Agent Garret Roberts.

#### Sister Misha

First Appearance: Chapter 1, Saffiya

A nun at the convent where Saffiya spent the three years prior to Heartbeat. She was quite close to Saffiya and when visited by Alec in Chapter 51, Bishop, she provides him and Demetri with insight into Saffiya's father from a more negative perspective than Saffiya has shared.

#### Dr. Moore

First Appearance: Chapter 52, Afterlife

A doctor hired by the Volturi at Carlisle's suggestion to regularly monitor Saffiya's condition and injuries. Dr. Moore's cancer diagnosis gave him 6 months to live, which made it more acceptable to the Kings to tell him the secret of vampire's existence. Saffiya visits his small practice in the city weekly, though after her escape attempt at the beginning of Part II in Chapter 47, Runaway, their appointments were confined to the castle. This eased at some point, mainly as the doctor's condition deteriorated, and her appointments took place at his office again.

#### Victor Tima

First Appearance: Chapter 5, Monster

A colleague of Thomas Civello, and a con man, who supplied the Volturi with various antiquities and treasures. He tried to help Saffiya escape, but was caught before they could leave. Aro ordered Prosper to kill him as a lesson to Saffiya.

#### Garret Roberts

First Appearance: Chapter 46, Human

An Interpol agent leading the investigation into Saffiya's father. He brings Theo West to interview (interrogate) Saffiya on her recent activities and to determine what she knows about her father's current status.

#### Olive

First Appearance: Chapter 60, Origin

A girl from Alec and Jane's past who is responsible for their mother's accusation and sentencing to death.