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Alorestri

**Alorestri** — aka **Green Fey**

## About

The **Alorestri** are one of the three leading clans of the Light Fey—commonly known as the **Green Fey** because their livery (uniform) is green and white. They try to maintain good relations with everyone. They need troops from all of the clans if they are to maintain their border which runs alongside the Dark Fey.

### Other Details

* Have the most dealings with humans.
* Most likely of the three clans to take human slaves for mating to boost their numbers—they suffer the most losses against the Dark Fey.

## Book References

1. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 3, p. 222
Satyr-Were Hybrids

**Satyr-Were Hybrids**

## About

Many of the Satyrs at Dante's Casino are part Satyr and part Were. Of these hybrids, the Were part was Were-rat. While at work they were in satyr form and mainly worked in Pan's Flute, bar in the casino-hotel.

## Events in the Series

In Touch the Dark, Cassie, along with Louis-Cesare, Tomas, John Pritkin, and Billy Joe, was led into an ambush of a group of Satyr-Were-Rats by Jimmy the Rat. Later, Mircea, Tomas and Rafe fed on—but not kill—the Satyr-Were Hybrids as a punishment in humiliation. Pritkin was disgusted, Cassie thought they were getting off easy fro tying to kill her. But Pritkin though she was something to be loathed for not also be disgusted.

## See Also

* Satyr
* Weres
* Mixed Species
* Two-Natured

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9
Time Line

**Time Line**

## About

The linear line that time passes through normally without any interference. It's the Pythia's job to block any tampering with it.

### Guardianship

* The Pythia Power directs the Pythia to where someone is attempting to tamper with the Timeline.

### Groups or Persons Devoted to Tampering with the Timeline

* Guild
* Myra
* Rasputin

### Fey Timeline

The Fey timeline isn't in sync with that on the mortal plane. A few centuries can be a few years. A day can be a week or a week can be a day... or the same day... or months. There is no set pattern to it.

## Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Cassandra Palmer
* Agnes
* Myra
* Rasputin
* Louis-Cesare
* Francoise
* Radu
* Pythia
* Sybils
* Carcassonne
* Guild
* Tears of Apollo
* Apollo
* John Pritkin
* Elizabeth O'Donnell
* Artemis
* Black Circle

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 1. Touch the Dark

Mircea Basarab believes that the Pythia Power has been showing Cassie where the problem lies, where someone is attempting to alter the time line. And, that is why she keep going back to the same time and place. He deduces that Rasputin with Myra's help is going to try to prevent Louis-Cesare from being made a vampire by killing him before he is fully changed.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Marlowe explains to Cassie how the timeline between the mortal world and Faerie is totally skewed.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 13
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
3. ↑ *Embrace the Night*, ch. 5
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 13
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
Dmitri

**Dmitri** — seen in Claimed by Shadow

## Introduction

**Dmitri** is a cruel, vicious vampire who in 1888, who wears a half-changed werewolf pelt.

## About

### Character / Nature

* Vicious
* he does not release prey easily

### Physical Description

* graying goatee
* his robes had silver brocade and were lined with wolf fur
* wore a large pelt draped around his shoulders
* almost wolflike in his manner

### Other Details

* His tastes are well known, and displeasing to even toothed vampires.

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Convocation
* Cassandra Palmer

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

In the past, Dmitri spots Cassie in a room full of vamps and follows her. He causes her pain, makes a long gash on her arm—and just before he bites her, Mircea stops him. He protests. He backed off to not affront the host, but with threats. Mircea said depriving him of a prize was no hardship.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch.

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Gods

**Gods**

## About

All the gods had other names, running around the new world they’d found, causing chaos and littering demigods about, while being worshipped under a hundred different titles.

## Back Story

One day Artemis had an epiphany about just how much chaos the gods were causing during their sprees—and about how many humans were getting dead in the process. She locked out the gods by a spell sustained partly by her own divine soul. It was the only thing powerful enough to cut off access to an entire world. And it had worked... sort of.

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.
Incubus

**Incubus** — First book seen in: Claimed by Shadow

## Introduction

An **Incubus** is a demon that gains sustenance by draining life energy, mainly from mortals and usually through sexual encounters but not neccessarily. They can possess mortal or immortal beings.

## About

### Powers & Abilities

* Drains life energy, mainly through sexual activity of some kind
* Can possess other beings.

### Characteristics / Nature

* Incubi are no very high on the demonic power scale.
* They're usually extremely self-interested.

### Known Incubus

* Rosier
* Carlos Casanova (posesses a vampire)
* John Pritkin (half)
* Chavez
* Spirit Creature
* Dream
* Randy
* Rian

## Method of Execution

* A spell laid down by the Demon Council that "sends the soul back through his or her lifetime, into previous versions of himself. When his soul reaches the beginning of its life journey, it will wink out of existence, and the body will die."

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Casanova
* Rosier
* John Pritkin
* Dante's Casino
* Decadent Dreams — Women's spa

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Cassie tries to bargain with Carlos Casanova, an incubus-vampire, for Tony's whereabouts. Casanova turns on his incubus power to get Cassie to use her Pythia power to help him. It backfires when he runs into a Geis that was placed on her. He explains to her about Duthracht Geis. Cassie and Pritkin get help escaping them War Mages from Chavez, an Incubus. At the Lyceum Theatre in 1889, Cassie, in possession of Augusta, encounters that Spirit Creature from her previous trip to that time—it turns out to be an Incubus. He's in possession of Bram Stoker, and tries to enlist Cassie's help in trapping Dracula in a Magical Trap.

### 6. Tempt the Stars

After the trial, the Demon Council laid a spell on John Pritkin that regressed the **Incubus** inside him as a "method of execution.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 1
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 15
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
5. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 23, p. 397
6. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 23, p. 397

## See Also

* Demons
* Geis
* Duthracht Geis

## External Links

* Incubus - Wikipedia
* Succubus - Wikipedia
Djinn

**Djinn** — Genies

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 1.1. "Buying Trouble"

One of auction items at Gerald & Company's auction sale was quivering box that contains a Djinn—a very old, very pissed off one. The mage who trapped it died and the spell he put on the container is deteriorating now that he's dead, and if it goes altogether before they can unload it, he's likely to take out half the block. It's one of the items that Claire's null ability settles down.

## Book References

1. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 2, p. 200
Lisa Porter

**Lisa Porter** — Mentioned in Touch the Dark.

## About

**Lisa Porter** is the manager of the shelter for street youth in Atlanta where Tomas stayed. She was the self-designated mother hen. Cassie would volunteer occasionally there. Lisa introduced Cassie to Tomas while sorting donated clothes. Cassie introduced Tomas to Mike at the Club that very night and was hired right away.

## Associated Characters, Places, etc.

* Tomas
* Cassandra Palmer
* Mike
Evelyn

**Evelyn**, aka **"Valkyrie"**

**Evelyn** is the tall witch that Cassie was calling "Valkyrie" to herself.

## Events in the Series

*The purpose of this section is to be able to **find things in the series**. Please use References. This section may have **spoilers**. If you want to avoid spoilers, please don't read the summary for a book that you have not read yet. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning"*.

## Note

* Source for Images and Into: Author's site. The Artist is not credited or I would name the artist.

## External Links

**Specific Links**

**General Links**:

* Take A Chance: Gallery
* Cassandra Palmer series - Urban Fantasy Wiki
* Cassandra Palmer Series ~ Shelfari
* The Cassandra Palmer series - Wikipedia
Matt Gerald

**Matt Gerald**

## Introduction

**Matt Gerald** is the son of Old Man Gerald, owner of Gerald & Company, an auction house of magical artifacts.

## Book First Appears In or is Mentioned In

* "Buying Trouble" — Dorina Basarab series #1.1

## About

### Occupation

* Boss's son (boss when dad is away) at Gerald & Company

### Character / Personality

* Sleezy
* Terrible at selling because he doesn't believe in teh product, only the buck

### Physical Description

* Huge girth, gorilla-size chest
* Soprano voice

### Family / Friends

* Father: Old Man Gerald
* Other:

### Other Details

* Entirely fill the doorway—compulsive gym visits do little to lower his weight.
* Garden-variety human—he had no magic for Claire to steal.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Claire
* Seb
* Heidar
* Gerald & Company
* Trolls
* Banshees
* Gamelan
* Djinn
* Tony's Vampires
* Null
* Mages
* Fey

## Events in the Series

*The purpose of this section is to be able to **find things in the series**. Please use References. This section may have **spoilers**. If you want to avoid spoilers, please don't read the summary for a book that you have not read yet. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning"*.

### DB-1.1. "Buying Trouble"

Matt put Claire, a magical projective Null, up for auction. And, invited her cousin—her worst enemy—to the auction.
Time Travel

**Time Travel**

## Introduction

The primary power of the Pythia is that if traveling through time.

### Other Details

* It has long been thought that the Pythia experiences all times at once, instead of traveling only in one direction as we do.

## Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Pythia
* Heir
* Guild

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 1. Touch the Dark

Mircea, Rafe and Louis-Cesare all believe that the missing sybil, Myra, must have traveled in time as Cassie did, and somehow she interfered with the bonding between vampire servants and masters. It may be that the missing sybil is gaining power as Cassie has recently done. Only she has used the power for harm.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

The Pythia Power shifts Cassie to the Lyceum Theatre's performance of Macbeth, beginning December 29, 1888

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch.
Time Travel Log

**Time Travel Log**

## Time Travel Chart

*To expand the table, in Edit–Visual mode, right-press on a Row of the table (Control-press on a Mac)—choose add Row or Column. Or, in Source Mode: copy-paste rows*.

## See Also

* Time Travel
* Shifting
* Time Line
* Pythia
* Pythia Court
* Magical Weapons and Objects
* Magic
* Ley Lines
* Lists - Cassandra Palmer World Wikia

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 4
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 14
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 2
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 13-15
Harvesters

**Harvesters**

## About

**Harvesters** are those that abduct nulls to drain the energy from Nulls—which kills them—to make Null bombs. Harvesters are mostly vampires but some Mages are also harvesters.

## History

Around the year 900, a mage figured out how to siphon away our energy, and thereby our lives, to make Null Bombs ombs capable of bringing all magic in an area to a standstill. How far and how long the effect extends depends on the strength of the null being sacrificed—the younger and more powerful they are, the more energy they have to give. After the process was discovered, it became fashionable to hunt us, especially in the vampire community, although some mages did it, too. Null Harvesting, as it's politely called, was outlawed shortly after the practice began, but the law had less to do with stopping the hunts than the meager quality of the nulls remaining by the Renaissance. **Harvesters** ran themselves out of business by being too good at their job, not that there weren't a few enterprising types still trying.

## See also

* Nulls
* Null Bombs
Magic Tattoos

**Magic Tattoos**

## About

**Magic Tattoos** are imprinted the aura—the magical skin—as well as the physical skin. They can manifest as a real weapon or act as a ward.

The images drew their power partly from the natural world, so they worked to a limited degree like talismans, but they also fed off a person's innate magic.

### Powers & Abilities

* Some can be wards
* some can turn into weapons
* Mac has two notebooks full of Magical tattoos from ward to offensive spells.

### Two Types

1. Those etched directly into someone's aura feed partially off his magic—there's a limit to how many anyone can support.
2. Those draw their power from outside sources, so there is no limit to those—like my Mac's or Cassie's pentagram.

### Creator of Technique

* The Fey —Mages learned the techniques from the Fey.

### List of Magical Tattoos

* **Cassie's Ward**: a distorted pentagram Tattoo she's had since childhood from her mom—the Silver Circle created it.
* **Mac's Tattoos**: cobra, lizard, eagle, tornado, wolf totem... more
* **Pritkin**: a sword

## Power Chart

There were limits to what even a powerful mage could support. Certain tattoos that drew a lot of power from a mages powerless for energy—point. There's a chart with points—all very complicated.

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Mac
* John Pritkin
* Cassandra Palmer

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Cassie meets Pritkin in Mac's tattoo shop where he is getting magic sword inked on his back—for use in Faerie where his own weapns may not work so well. They meet to talk, she promised him an hour. Cassie flips through the tattoo books, learning about the different categories, types and powers of the various tattoos on offer. Mac tells Cassie that his aura was damaged to such a degree that he has no shields and has to cover himself with wards that draw power externally. He also tells her about her own ward. Mac gives Sheba to Cassie. When in the Dark Enchanted Forest, Mac was attacked and killed by the trees of the forest. All of he's wards had fallen off of him in golden solid shapes of the tattoos he wore—they couldn't protect him in Faerie. When Cassie awoke in a prison cell of the Dark Fey King, she found Mac's wards stacked on her cot. She took the wards with her when she left Faerie. In the Lyceum Theatre in 1889 London, Billy Joe—in possession of Cassie's body—threw Mac's wards into the battle after many vampires entered the theatre to kill Dracula and probably Mircea Basarab as well. The charged and destroyed numerous vamps. A small green lizard was found on Cassie's forearm—it quivered behind had big black eyes, then hid behind her elbow. It was the only ward left of Mac's tattoos.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 6
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 8
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 11
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 12
7. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14
8. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 15
Chavez

**Chavez** — Appears in Claimed by Shadow

## About

**Chavez** is an Incubus who works for Carlos Casanova at Dante's Casino. He assisted Cassie in retrieving the items that she had in a locker at the skating rink with the agreement that he would deliver the items to Carlos Casanova to be put in the safe at Dante's.

### Other names

* Spirit Creature
* **Chavez**
* Dream

### Characteristics / Traits / Nature

* Friendly, flirty, helpful, and we'll-read.

### Physical Description

* Lean, muscled body, dressed in skintight jeans and T-shirt, and tanned that beautiful burnished color only olive skin gets.

### Friends and Associates

* Randy
* Carlos Casanova

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Dante's Casino
* Decadent Dreams
* Carlos Casanova
* John Pritkin
* Cassandra Palmer
* Magical Traps

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

He is waiting with car—a luxurious new BMW—for Cassie and John Pritkin at the end of a hidden corridor. He drives her to the skate rink and accepts a bundle of mysterious magical weapons tha Cassie stole from the Inner Sanctum of the vampire Senate to take to Casanova for the safe Dante's. Before leaving, he told her his name meant Dream Maker-

Chavez was likely not attracted to Cassie, which is why the Duthracht Geis did perceive him a threat and there was not retain from the geis when Cassie felt a strong attraction because of the Pythia Rites demanding to be completed. Chavez is AWOL, he never made it to Dante's with Cassie magical items for the safe.

The Incubus that Cassie had been calling Spirit Creature told Cassie a few of the various names he used for for himself over the centuries. Pritkin translated the names as meaning Dream—the same name that Chavez had given her. She had handed several Magical Traps to him and realized, now, that one of those traps probably held Dracula imprisoned and that Dream—Dracula's incubus lover—would not deliver the traps to Casanova. It was his chance to release Dracula. So, now she had to worry about Dracula released onto the world in her own time.

➢ See **Spirit Creature**, **Dream**, and **Bram Stoker** for more action.

## See Also

* Incubus
* Magical Objects and Weapons
* Demons

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 4
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 15
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 4
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 6
7. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 8

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Dragons

**Dragons** and **Dragon-Shifters** — Appears in "Buying Trouble".

## About

Dragons are Dark Fey that change shape between dragon form and human-like form. They come in various sized and colors.

### Powers & Abilities

* Fey and Dragon powers.
* Can fly

### Two-Natured Fey

* Both sides gain some of the other's abilities, making you far stronger in either form than you would have been otherwise
* When one of the Two-Natured reaches puberty, they usually come into their second self. If not, it tends to happen the first time they have intercourse with another Fey.
* The power unleashed is always considerable, and some families can feel it when a new child manifests.

### Physical Description

* Glowing, torchlit eyes, leathery wings and scales that glittered like diamonds in the starlight in the starlight.
* Guardian of the Portal: head the size of a small car; jagged, dark yellow teeth; orange eyes had narrow red pupils; impossibly long neck; covered in green shiny iridescent scales; black leathery wings; huge body; snout big enough to eat a person in one bite; no smoke came out of its nostrils;

### Known Dragons

* Guardian of the Portal
* Claire
* Tanet
* Claire's Father
* Claire's relatives

### Other Details

* **Dragon Blood**: causes a lot of damage, even to a vamp, and slows the healing process down. Pritkin used it on Tomas and his face didn't heal as normal.

## Other Associated Characters, groups, Places, etc.

* Faerie
* Dark Fey
* Light Fey
* Blarestri
* Svarestri
* Alorestri
* Fey

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

There was a face-off between the Guardian dragon that guarded the Faerie side of the portal and Pritkin, Kit Marlowe and Mac in Faerie. The dragon couldn't defeat them itself, so it took off into the sky, going after reinforcements.

### DB–1.1 "Buying Trouble"

Claire turns into a dragon while on the run through Faerie with Heidar. Her dragon father comes to the rescue killing the Svarestri Light Fey trying to kill her.

## See Also

* Dark Fey
* Faerie
* Two-Natured

## Book References

1. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
2. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
3. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
4. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 5, p. 250
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
7. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6
8. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 10–11
9. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
10. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 5, p. 245
Marco Carales

**Marco Carales**

## Introduction

**Marco Carales** shows up in the Cassie Palmer series as a senior member of Mircea's household--and a 1500 year old vampire.

That makes him roughly three times as old as his current master. But it's power that counts in the vampire world, not age, and Mircea has more of it. But Marco is no slouch, either, and experience also counts for a lot. So, when Mircea was faced with the prospect of finding somebody up to the task of keeping his walking disaster area of a girlfriend alive, there was just no contest. Marco was it.

Now, this former gladiator is faced with a more daunting challenge than any he ever had in the arena. So far, he's managed it with style, humor and at least a modicum of affection for his young charge. And a lot of pain for anybody who tries to hurt her. ~ Take A Chance: Gallery

## About

### Physical Description

* six foot five, maybe two hundred and fifty pounds, and built like a freight train;
* Large and muscular, dark hair

### Character / Personality

* *He’s a swarthy, hairy, foulmouthed, cigar-munching, example of machismo who is usually covered in weapons he doesn’t need because he’s also a master vampire.*
* He tends to play mother hen with Cassie.

### Occupation

* Cassie's head bodyguard
* Former gladiator

### Family

* Vampire Line: Mircea Basarab
* Co-Guards: Rico, Jules, Fred

### Other Details

* Smokes cigars

## Vampire Name

He was one of the vamps who end up being traded around like playing cards. Marco was not as starry-eyed about his masters as those who are always part of one family line. He did adopt a few of his masters’ names in the beginning, but after the third trade he said screw it and took Carales (after the town in Italy where he once lived). And after using it for hundreds of years, he saw no need to change it once he came into Mircea’s service. ~ Karen Chance's Ramblings #20

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Rico
* Jules
* Fred
* Mircea Basarab
* Dante's Casino

## Events Throughout the Series

*This secton may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you have not read that title yet*.

## Note

* Source for Images and Into: Author's site. The Artist is not credited I would name the artist.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 3, p. 30
2. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 22

## External Links

**Specific Links**

**General Links**:

* Take A Chance: Gallery
* Cassandra Palmer series - Urban Fantasy Wiki
* Cassandra Palmer Series ~ Shelfari
* The Cassandra Palmer series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aura

**Aura**

**Aura** is the magical skin or energy field of a person or object.

* Some security wards can detect auras—they tell you basic facts about who it was who broke in—human or not, aural imprint; good one tell you what they did while in your place.

### Other Details

* Wards printed on auras use the person's innate magical power, while other wards draw power externally. There's a limit to the number of wards imprinted directly onto a mage's aura that they can handle—no limit to the ones that are not.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places

* Mac
* Eugenie
* John Pritkin
* Cassandra Palmer
* Magic Tattoos
* Cassie's Ward
* Wards

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 1. Touch the Dark

Eugenie had taught Cassie to sense her energy field, what some people call an aura, then use her power to build a hedge around it for protection—to create a shield for filtering out extraneous ghostly trails.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Mac applies a tattoo ward—a magical sword—on Pritkin's back to use in Faerie. "it should imprint his aura- his magical skin-as well as the physical. When he throws his shields up, it'll manifest as a real weapon." while Mac examined her ward, his various instates made her aura itch and cackle. Mac says that her aura is confused with the Pythia's energy, and he can't separate them. Any ward tattoo he gives her will likely draw from the Pythia power—which she wishes to avoid doing. Cassie's aura changed after she became Pythia. Kit Marlowe kneeled and John Pritkin became furious, accusing her of tricking him.

## See Also

* Wards
* Cassie's Ward
* Magic Tattoos

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 2
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 6
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 2
5. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 6
7. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 2
8. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
9. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 6
10. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 12

## External Links

* Aura - Crystalinks
* Aura (paranormal) - Wikipedia
* auras - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com
* Aura - Learn to see your Aura image with your own eyes
* The Aura: A Brief Review - CSI
European Vampire Senate

**European Vampire Senate** — Mentioned first in Touch the Dark

## About

**European Vampire Senate** is a Vampire Senate based in Paris that rules over the European Vampires. Louis-Cesare is their Second—meaning their Champion.

### Positions and Members

* Louis-Cesare — "Second", ska Champion
* European Consul — Consul (leader)

### Other Details

* They hosted the 1888 London vampire Convocation.
* The Senate usually meets in Paris, but they've traveled to London this year to settle an old score—to kill Dracula

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Tomas
* Convocation

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Mircea and Cassie meet the European Consul at the 1888 London vampire Convocation. He expresses concern that Mircea brought a magic user to the Convocation—warned him that he's responsible for any trouble she makes. They got the idea that the crimes being reported in the newspapers as the work of Jack the Ripper were really being done by Dracula. He escaped their version of an asylum shortly before they began, so it seemed reasonable.

## See Also

* Vampire Senate
* North American Vampire Senate
* South American Vampire Senate
* M.A.G.I.C.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 1
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 13
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 7
South American Vampire Senate

**South American Vampire Senate** — First mentioned in Touch the Dark

## Books Appears in / Mentioned In

* Touch the Dark
* "The Day of the Dead"

## Introduction

The Vampire Senate that governs the vampires in South America. It is led by Alejandro.

Tomas had challenged Alejandro for leadership of the Latin American Senate. Its Consul asked Louis-Cesare to stand as his champion and he agreed. Tomas lost and became Louis's servant. Tomas believes that he should be leader of the South American Senate and not the servant of the Frenchman, kept in figurative chains.

## See Also

* Vampire Senate
* North American Vampire Senate
* European Vampire Senate
* M.A.G.I.C.
Rico

**Rico**

## About

**Rico** is one of three vampires newly assigned to guard for Cassandra Palmer. It's a sort of "last resort" assignment—Mircea's vampires got assigned to her because they were screw-ups.

### Physical Description

* Dark curls, stubbly jaw and muscled abdomen.

### Character / Peronality

* Daredevil: famously unafraid of anything

### Family

* Vsmpire Court: Mircea Basarab
* Co-Guards: Marco, Jules, Fred

### Details

* Known for one-liners

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Marco Carales
* Fred
* Jules
* Mircea Basarab
* Augustine
* Dante's Casino

## Events in the Series

*The purpose of this section is to be able to **find things in the series**. Please use References. This section may have **spoilers**. If you want to avoid spoilers, please don't read the summary for a book that you have not read yet. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning"*.

### 6. Tempt the Stars

**Rico** went with Jules to get clothes for Cassie from Augustine's shop. He returned unscathed by any hexes, unlike Jules.Fred

## Quotes

"See? I keep telling everyone she is not rally a dumb blond."

## Note

* Source for Images and Into: Author's site. The Artist is not credited or I would name the artist.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 22, p. 264
2. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 22, p. 263
3. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 25, p. 263
4. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 22
5. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 22
6. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 22, p. 265

## External Links

**Specific Links**

**General Links**:

* Take A Chance: Gallery
* Cassandra Palmer series - Urban Fantasy Wiki
* Cassandra Palmer Series ~ Shelfari
* The Cassandra Palmer series - Wikipedia
"The House at Cobb End"

**"The House at Cobb End"** (2012) #0.7 and #5.1 — A short story by Karen Chance. Features John Pritkin in a back story from his earlier life.

## Free Read

Smashwords – The House at Cobb End – a book by Karen Chance

## Introduction

"The House at Cobb End" is **set prior to the beginning of the Cassie Palmer series**. It nonetheless contains spoilers for the first five books and should be read after the fifth book: Hunt the Moon . ~ Take A Chance: Free Stories

This short story in the Cassandra Palmer urban fantasy series is about John Pritkin and is set in England outside Stratford-on-Avon sometime in the mid- to late 1800s. — A little expansion on Pritkins history. ~ Smashwords ~ **FREE**

"The House at Cobb End" is a short story connected to the New York Times bestselling Cassandra Palmer series of urban fantasy novels. It is designed primarily as an "added feature" to the series, and is intended for those already reading the books. ~ Smashwords – The House at Cobb End ~ **FREE**

## Single Sentence Description

A younger John Pritkin tames his fairy house.

## Synopsis

A John Pritkin short. This story is set prior to the beginning of the Cassie Palmer series. It nonetheless contains spoilers for all five books. This is a little story about a house. It was written in answer to a question that came in for the Facebook Q&A asking: "How old is Pritkin's house in Stratford? In the book he stated that he had owned it for over 100 years, but I wondered when the house was actually built and if someone had owned it before him." I started to answer it in the Q&A, but thought it deserved better. So here it is, and hope you enjoy. ~ Goodreads | The House at Cobb End (Cassandra Palmer, #5.1)

## **World-Building**: Characters, Groups, Supes, Places, etc.

Karen Chance, House at Cobb End | KD DID IT Takes on Books
**Characters**:

* **John Pritkin** —
* **Jonas Marsden** — Brigadier General, second-in-command of the War Mage Corps and can't see without his glasses
* **Benedict** — War Mage—a young recruit, and Edwards is in allocation

**Supe Elements**:

* Mages —
* Fey —
* Demons —
* Incubus —

**Groups & Organizations**:

* War Mages —
* Silver Circle —

**Places**:

## Next & Previous Books

* **Next Book**: Touch the Dark #1
* **Previous Book**: [[
* **Previous Book (Cassie's World)**: [[
* **Previous Short**: "The Queen's Witch"

## See Also

* **Full Reading Order List**
* Dorina Basarab series
* Cassandra Palmer series
* Karen Chance

## External Links

**Links related to this book**:

* Smashwords – The House at Cobb End – a book by Karen Chance
* The House at Cobb End: A John Pritkin Short (Cassandra Palmer) by Karen Chance ~ Shelfari
* Take A Chance: Free Stories
* Smashwords – About Karen Chance, author of 'The House at Cobb End', 'In Vino Veritas', 'Shadowland', etc.
* Karen Chance, House at Cobb End | KD DID IT Takes on Books

**General links**:

* Cassandra Palmer series - Urban Fantasy Wiki
* Take A Chance: Gallery ~ Author, all books
* Cassandra Palmer Series ~ Shelfari
* The Cassandra Palmer series - Wikipedia
Theatre Ghosts

**Lyceum Theatre Ghosts**, aka **Theatre Ghosts** — Appear in Claimed by Shadow

## About

The **Lyceum Theatre Ghosts** are a pair of ghosts—a lady ghost that carries the severed bearded head of another ghost—they claim the theater as their territory.

They've been there such a long time. the land belonged to the bearded-head's family long before they built a theatre on it, and it sustains them.

### Characteristics / Personality

* The woman: was territorial.
* Male head: cheerful, and leers.

### Physical Description

* They seemed as solid as any regular person
* Woman ghost: dressed in a long blue gown, dark hair
* Her eyes that glowed when angry
* Male head: Vandyke beard, dark brown hair, pale blue eyes.

### Other Details

* The stairway got colder just before they appeared.
* Being on ground that held generations of the bodies of their ancestors was like an extra battery pack for the ghosts.

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Lyceum Theatre
* Myra
* Mircea Basarab
* Augusta
* John Pritkin
* Dagger Bracelet
* Chavez
* Cassandra Palmer
* Convocation

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Shifted to the Lyceum Theatre in 1889 London by her Pythia power, Cassie encounters a pair of ghosts that inform her that there is another like her there and it must stop, she must leave. While Cassie was fighting Myra and trying to stop the Dislocator she threw, she calls to the Theatre Ghosts: "She's going to destroy the theatre!". The woman throws the severed head of her male companion at Myra—the spirit merged with Myra when it hit her, she started to convulse, enabling Cassie to shove her away. The woman ghost caught up the the two formed tornado and dove for Myra. She screamed and flashed out.

## Quotes

"A dashed improvement over Faust!" it said, rolling its eyes up to its bearer.— Bearded-head ghost
"Why do you disturb us?” — woman ghost
"She is somewhat territorial, I fear," the head said, looking sympathetic. "We've been here such a long time, y'see. This land belonged to my family long before they built a theatre on it, and it sustains us." He gave me a cheerful leer. " 'Tis more fun these days. The demmed Roundheads closed all the theatres, as well as the pubs, the whorehouses, and all besides that wasn't a church. They even prohibited sports on Sunday! They were kind enough to behead me before I had to live through that. But we triumphed in the end, didn't we?” — Bearded Head ghost
"Really, I want to leave, but I can't yet. Hopefully, this won't take long.” ... "The other said the same," she intoned, her dark hair starting to blow gently about her face as her power rose. "But after poisoning the wine, she did not go. Now you are here. This must stop.”, "You and the other woman are the threat. You must leave.” — Cassie and woman ghost

## See Also

* Ghosts
* Incubus
* Magical Traps

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14

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Bram Stoker

**Bram Stoker**— aka Abraham Stoker — Appears in Claimed by Shadow

## Introduction

**Bram Stoker** is the manager of the Lyceum Theatre and Dracula’s human servant. Cassie encounters him on a Time Travel shift to the past in the theatre in 1889 London.

## About

### Physical Description

* tall, portly guy with dark hair and red beard

### Connections

* Vampire Master: Dracula
* Possessed by: an Incubus whose many names mean 'Dream'.

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Dracula
* Spirit Creature
* Chavez
* Incubus
* Mircea Basarab
* Lyceum Theatre

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Cassie in possession of Augusta and seeking Myra in the Lyceum Theatre in 1889 London, encounters Bram Stoker in a backstage room used as a dining room. He's burning himself with candle wax under vampiric compulsion. Cassie snaps him out of it—he tells her that Mircea and Dracula are dueling because Mircea wants to take him to prison before the European Senate can kill him. Dracula, his master, commanded it, for my failure to keep Lord Mircea from learning his whereabouts.
She tells him to go home and et medical help. At the door, he turns, the Spirit Creature—an Incubus—he's possessed by asks her who she is that she can possess a master vampire. It wants Cassie's help in some plan of his.

Stoker staggered toward the small black sphere and yelled "Dislocator!", which effectively cleared all of the vampires out. After the explosion, he intervened before Augusta could stake Dracula by imprisoning him inside a Magical Trap. Afterward, he passed out and the incubus known as Dream—or in Cassie's words, Spirit Creature—separated himself from Stoker. Stoker awakes screaming in pain and then runs for the door followed by Pritkin who caught him and dragged him back. Mircea Basarab carried him out.

➢ See **Spirit Creature**, **Dream**, ****Bram Stoker****, and **Chavez** for more action.

## Real Life Bram Stoker

**Bram Stoker** is the author of the novel, "Dracula". he was also the manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London for thirty years. ~
➢ Bram Stoker - Author - Biography.com

## See Also

* Lyceum Theatre
* Incubus
* Magical Objects and Weapons
* Demons

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 15

## External Links

* Bram Stoker - Wikipedia
* Bram Stoker - Author - Biography.com
* Bram Stoker | biography - Irish writer | Britannica.com
* Bram Stoker Biography - life, children, name, story, death, mother, young, book, information, born, college
* Bram Stoker: A Brief Biography
* Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Read it now for Free! (Homepage)
* Bram Stoker | HISTORY
* Bram Stoker - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss.
* Bram Stoker .com
* The Wild Evolution of Vampires, From Bram Stoker to Dracula Untold | WIRED
* Bram Stoker: 10 facts about Dracula's author - Telegraph
* Goodreads | Bram Stoker (Author of Dracula)
* Bram Stoker - IMDb
* (1) Bram Stoker
Pythia Mansion

**Pythia Mansion**

## Introduction

The **Pythia Mansion** housed the Pythia Court.

Cassie saw it as a child when Mircea had taken her there to get a glimpse of her mother when she was still the heir. It was lit up for the party that had been taking place that night and bathed in a warm golden glow.

## About

### Appearance

* It was a beautiful Georgian building with creamy white columns and elegant brick facade.
* Inside, there were high, neoclassical windows. There was lots of marble, some paneling that looked like it might be genuine mahogany, and a couple statues of Grecian-looking women holding jugs. A staircase, the one where Rhea had had her vision I assumed, ran up to a landing. A chandelier tinkled softly overhead, blown about by the freshening wind through a transom. It sounded impossibly loud to my straining ears, like the world’s most expensive wind chime.

#### After the Bomb

* a blackened crater in the center that still steamed despite the gentle rain. There were pieces across the street, pieces stabbed through surrounding buildings, and so much broken glass in the road that the emergency vehicles had been forced to park well away, to avoid blowing out their tires.

Other Details

* There was a nursery—no survivors to the bomb.

## Associated Characters, Places, etc.

* Rhea Silvanus
* Elizabeth O'Donnell

## Events in the Series

This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet.

### 6. Tempt the Stars

There had been an explosion at the Mansion killing many of the young initiates. Jonas showed Cassie and the others (Caleb, Rhea, Zara, Evelyn, Beatrice and Marco) images magically projected onto a pair of doors of the rain-soaked, fire-gutted Mansion with too many body bags, and so small, laid out on the sidewalk—with more being drawn out. Some of the bodies came from the Nursery. Jonas thinks it was a bomb.

Cassie brought Rhea and the three witches back in time about 15 before the explosion, to rescue the young initiates before they are killed.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 33, p. 390
2. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 33, p. 390-
3. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 34, p. 403-
4. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 33, p. 390-
5. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 34, p. 403-
Necromancers

**Necromancers** — aka **Bokors**

## About

The magic to make zombies requires that Necromancer put a part of their soul into each zombie to control it. Most can make and control only 1–2 at a time. Only An especially gifted bokor might be able to operate as many as five zombies.

### Powers and Abilities

* Animate the Dead—create Zombies from dead bodies

### Known Necromancers

* Jason Lee
* One of the Misfits

### Known Zombies

* Zombie Elvis
* Jimi Hendrix

### Other Details

* One of the Misfits, an eight-year-old Asian boy, is a necromancer.

## Associated Characters, Places, etc.

* Misfit Mafia
* Zombie Elvis

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 3. Embrace the Night

An eight-year-old Asian boy of the Misfits animated little dead bird bodies that marched in a line in Dante's kitchen and danced in order to entertain the baby—he beamed with pride. the Bokor at Dante's

## See Also

* Mages
* Magic

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *"The Day of the Dead"*
2. ↑ *Embrace the Night*, ch. 6
3. ↑ *Embrace the Night*, ch. 6
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 4
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 15
6. ↑ *Embrace the Night*, ch. 6

## External Links

* Necromancy - Wikipedia
* Necromancer - TV Tropes
* Bokor - Wikipedia
* Bokor - Zombie Wiki - Zombies, Undead, Survival Guide
* Zombie - Wikipedia
* Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia

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Rosier

**Rosier** is an Incubus Demon Lord from one of the Hells.

## Introduction

Rosier pops up from time to time in the Cassandra Palmer series of novels, usually to make sure that a bad day becomes a worse one. He only has the one name, since demon lords are like Madonna: everyone already knows who they are and—in Rosier's case—usually, wishes they didn't. You wouldn't think that would be true, since incubi tend to be one of the more happy-go-lucky versions of hell-spawn, and often get a warm welcome. But Rosier isn't an ordinary incubus, and he frequently causes havock whenever he bothers to show up. But he's powerful, too, and occasionally comes in handy when an ally, if not a friend, is needed in low places. — Really, really low. ~ Take A Chance: Gallery

## About

### About John

* In his Rosier’s warped view, John had been "playing about on earth long enough. It was time for him to take up his birthright and help the family by whoring himself out to the highest bidders." It did' matte rot Rosier that it would be worse than death to Pritkin, who hated the demon half of himself and everything that went with it. Rodger had spent centuries trying to get a corporeal son that he could use as a bargaining chip, and he was unlikely to relinquish him easily.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* John Pritkin
* Zarr Alim
* Rian
* Cassandra Palmer
* Shadowlands
* Hell
* Randy

## Events Throughout the Series

This section may have spoilers. If you want to avoid spoilers, please don't read the summary for a book that you have not read yet. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning".

## See Also

* Incubus
* Demons

## Note

* Source for Images and Into: Author's site. The Artist is not credited I would name the artist.

## External Links

* Rosier | Karen Chance's Ramblings \*\*\*

**Specific Links**

* Rosier - Wikipedia
* The Hierarchy of Hell: Who’s Who in The Underworld | HORRORPEDIA
* List of Demons of Love, Lust, Relatio... - SATAN'S WITNESSES - tribe.net
* Lord Rosier's Exploration of Love Magickal
* A Meeting with Lord Rosier – Demon of Love | Black Magic Secrets Blog
* Rosier - Demon Wiki

**General Links**:

* Take A Chance: Gallery
* Cassandra Palmer series - Urban Fantasy Wiki
* Cassandra Palmer Series ~ Shelfari
* The Cassandra Palmer series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sam

**Sam**, aka **Big Red**, aka **Colonel**.

## About

**Sam**, aka **Big Red**, is a ghost inside of a Homunculus, created by Roger Palmer.

## About

Sam, aka **Big Red**, might have been a Colonel and had the personality of an Old Gent. Cassie could see him with her Ghost Vision—he had a portly body in a blue uniform.

## Events in the Series

This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet.

6. Tempt the Stars: After running from her life from two Homunculus in the woods, once quiet in Roger Palmer's cabin, Cassie recognizes that there is a ghost inside them and strikes up a conversation with Daisy and Sam. Daisy admits to trying to stop her and Pritkin not knowing what kind of threat they were, but never intended to harm or kill them.

## Associated Characters, etc.

* Daisy
* Roger Palmer
* Homunculus
* Cassie
* John Pritkin
* Tony's Court
Giants

**Giants** — First appear in Claimed by Shadow

## About

**Giants** are very tall Dark Fey beings. Some of the serve in the Night Guard under the command of Radella, Captain of the Night Guard.

### Weapons

* club the size of a small tree
* clubs and hide-wrapped shields.

## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Radella
* Oak Men
* Cassandra Palmer
* Mac
* Kit Marlowe
* John Pritkin
* Billy Joe
* Pritkin's Golem

## Events in the Series

*This section may have **spoilers**. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

In the enchanted forest in Faerie, Giants and Oak Men strode forward from the trees intent on capturing Cassie, Kit Marlowe, Mac and Tomas at the command of Captain of the Night Guard. One ten-foot tall giant hit Marlowe in the head with a club the size of a small tree. The King of the Dark Fey is a giant taller that thirty feet.

## See Also

* Dark Fey
* Fey
* Codex Merlini
* Faerie

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 11
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 11
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 11
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 11
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 12

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