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Alphonse

**Alphonse**

## Introduction

**Alphonse** is a vampire who is Tony's second-in-command and personal bodyguard.He replace Casanova as second-in-command. In the beginning of the series, Tony has him searching for Cassandra Palmer.

## About

### Collection

* Alphonse collected weapons of all kinds, kept a wicked-looking two-headed axe on his safe-room wall.

### Physical Description

* Built like how a thug was supposed to look.
* Scary, ugly faces: looked like he been hit—repeatedly, with a baseball bat, in the face.
* "He had almost no profile because his nose stood out no more than his Neanderthal brow line"

### Family / Friends

* Vampire Master: Tony
### Other Details

* Always stood behind his master's left shoulder.
* He had no reason to want me dead besides the fact that Tony had ordered it.
* Alphonse nickname was 'Baseball' because of what he could do with a bat—everyone at Tony's Court had a nickname tied to either their favorite weapon or most prominent physical feature.
* He was unlikely to hunt Cassie down if he took over the busy after Tony was taken out.

## Biography or Backstory

Alphonse had been one of Baby Face Nelson's hit men before he was turned.

## Anecdotes

He once watched an old Dracula movie with Cassie—he laughed himself sick at the sight of a vamp only a few days out of the grave supposedly raising another one.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Tony
* Sal
* Cassandra Palmer

## 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, think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" for books you have not read yet*.

### 1. Touch the Dark

Alphonse stood next to Tony, both appearing via an enchanted mirror at the Vampire Senate. He didn't do much to support his bosses efforts in the Senate conference chamber. If Tony argued himself into a permanent grave, Alphonse would get a chance to seize control of the operation.

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "CP1ch3" defined multiple times with different content
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 1
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 3
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 1

## 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
Treaty between the Senate and the Circle

**Treaty between the Senate and the Silver Circle** — First appears in Touch the Dark

## About

The **Treaty** marked the start of a long-standing truce between the Senate and the Silver Circle.

### Prohibitions

* **Slaving** — The Circle insisted that the Senate stopped allowing their Vampires practice the selling of witches and other female magic users to the Fey.
* **Hunting Nulls** — Nulls were hunted by vampires to make null bombs.

## Slaving

"The Black Circle has kept the trade quiet by snatching witches who were fated to die young, in an accident or in the Inquisition or whatever. They could grab them at the last minute and sell them to the Fey without worrying that someone would miss them and report it. No one expected to see someone taken by the Inquisition again—they didn't acquit too many, you know? It was a neat trick to get around the **treaty**." — Billy Joe, Touch the Dark
## Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Vampire Senate
* North American Vampire Senate
* Silver Circle
* Slaving
* Witches
* Fey
* Tony
* War Mages
* Dante's Casino
* 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

John Pritkin makes reference to the **Treaty** when he addresses the Consul in the Senate meeting chamber when he demands that they turn over Cassandra Palmer to him on behalf of the residing Pythia. Billy Joe tells Cassie what he learned from slipping through the witch she saved—the Black Circle found a devious way to get around the Treaty. Mircea mentions that the Treaty demands that they turn her over to the Circle and they can only stall so long.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch.
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
5. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3
6. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
7. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 12
8. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch.

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Pritkin's Golem

**Pritkin's Golem** — appears in Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow

## Introduction

✥ '**Pritkins Golem** is a lifeless, clay humanoid figure animated by magic called a **golem** that John Pritkin uses mostly for protection, occasionally for an offensive role. He comes to life in Faerie.

## About

### Powers & Abilities

* Mortal world: a golem can sustain injury without much damage

### Uses

* Pritkin uses a golem as an assistant especially in battle, and as protection.
* Pritkin plans to use him in Faerie as a gift to the fey to gain an audience—Fey protocol—then retrieve him later.

### Character / Nature

* Mortal world: obeys orders, blindly like a robot would.

### Physical Description

* rather crude life-sized clay figure with no paint to cover its clay exterior and poorly defined features

**In Faerie—alive**:

* golem was still orange, bald, seven feet tall and barefoot—and wearing Pritkin's jacket
* eyes-real, brown; he didn't have any eyebrows or eyelashes
* breathing and had a pulse
* anatomically correct—he hadn't been before

### Other Details

* shook and looked wild-eyed—jumped at every breath of wind, or chirping bird.

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

* John Pritkin
* Billy Joe
* Cassandra Palmer
* Guardian of the Portal
* Dragon
* Mac's Tattoo Shop
* Portals
* Faerie
* Fey
* Dark Fey King
* Kit Marlowe

## 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

John Pritkin animated a Golem in the Senate Chamber meeting about Cassie when chaos broke loose—and ordered it to protect Cassandra Palmer. it was sitting quietly in the suite when Cassie entered the main roam. The Golem stepped in front of Cassie protecting her from Pritkin's magic knives; and again to stop his bullets. Pritkin sent him after Louis-Cesare, who cut him to pieces with his rapier.

➢ see Golems for more notes on this book

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Billy Joe tries to possess Pritkin's golem—golem began ricocheting about crashing into things, including Pritkin. When landing in Faerie, he came to life—same color but breathing, with a heartbeat. Both he and Billy Joe freaked out about their new state, ran around the room in Mac's Tattoo Shop, bumping into things, each other and screaming.

## See Also

* Golems
* Homunculus

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 2
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 10
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 10
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
7. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 11
8. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3
9. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9
10. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 10
11. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 2
12. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10

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"Updating Pritkin"

**"Updating Pritkin"** (no date) — Cassandra Palmer series #5.5 (10 pages)

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

Book Review: Karen Chance’s “Updating Pritkin” | KD DID IT Takes on Books

**Characters**:

**Supe Elements**:

**Groups & Organizations**:

**Places**:

## Next & Previous Books

* **Next Short**:
* **Next Book**:
* **Previous Book**:
* **Previous Book (Cassie's World)**:

## See Also

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

## External Links

**Links related to this book**:

* Book Review: Karen Chance’s “Updating Pritkin” | 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
Dark Mages

**Dark Mages** — first mentioned in Touch the Dark.

## Introduction

**Dark Mages** are Mages who do Dark Magic. They usually perform spells that require blood and/or a death.

## About

### Powers & Abilities

* Dark Magic
* Power their spells through blood, fear and death

### Source of Magic

* **Dark-magic users**: borrow tremendous magical energy by stealing the lives of others or from the netherworld, but they pay a huge price for it.

### Known Dark Mages

* Jonathan
* Roger Palmer

### Other Details

* The Black Circle does not have the power to steal someone's body the way that Cassie stole Jonathan's in the lot fight.

## 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

Cassie discovers in the basement at Dante's Casino, some witches—including Francoise who Cassie saw burned to death in the 17th Century—locked in a magic circle made with blood from a death by a Dark Mage employed by Tony. In Dante's parking lot, a Dark Mage (Jonathan) addresses Cassie as "Sybil"—he says it's her proper title. Dark Mages from the Black Circle have allied with Rasputin.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 6
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 8
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 10
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 6
5. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 8

## See Also

* Mages
* Black Circle
Gamelan

**Gamelans** — a creature that appears in "Buying Trouble"

## About

**Gamelans** are small magical bird-like creatures. The harp on all the flaws of any person or being. They don't merely speak the truth, they rip away all the happy little lies we tell ourselves to mask it, forcing us to acknowledge it deep in our very souls. They make us face the raw facts about our lives, and most of the time, they're not pretty.

The bird was the sixth item up for action at Gerald & Company. Claire was hoping to get to the bird to free it format's cage so that she could escape. The tall Fey at the auction winked at Claire ust before he freed teh bird, then was tackled by a troll.

### Other Details

* Tiny brown bird
* High, thin voice
* The bird was in a small cage with a white cloth draped over it. It had on a muzzle specially fitted by a mage to keep it from talking.

## Quotes

To Seb: "You have no talent for business, and three of your relatives are planning to kill you, Oh, and one of them is sleeping with your mistress."
To Claire: "Your father never loved you, and he wasn't even your real father," it finally informed me. / I looked at it incredulously. "That was your best shot?" I'd figured that much out by the time I was six. / It gave an odd sort of bob with its whole body. "It's no fun when they already know their life sucks," it said to no one in particular, and flew off.
"You're lazy and stupid, and nobody thinks you're tough," the gamelan told my guard. "And you look ridiculous in that suit."
## Associated Characters, Places, etc.

* Matt Gerald
* Gerald & Company
* Seb
* Claire
* Heidar

## Book References

1. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 2, p. 207–9
2. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 2, p. 207
3. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 2, p. 209
4. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 2, p. 209
5. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"*, in *On the Prowl* ch. 2, p. 209
Shadow's Bane

Shadow's Bane is book #4 of the Dorina Basarab series.

## Brief Description

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir --half-human, half-vampire . As one of the Vampire Senate 's newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory's fey friends goes missing. They fear he's been sold to a slaver who arranges fights--sometimes to the death--between different types of fey.

As Dory investigates, she and her friends learn the slavers are into something much bigger than a fight club. With the Vampire Senate gearing up for war with Faerie , it'll take everything she has to defeat the slavers--and deal with the entirely too attractive master vampire Louis-Cesare ....
Dark Fey King

**Dark Fey King** — Appears in Claimed by Shadow

## Books Appears in / Mentioned In

* Claimed by Shadow
* Embrace the Night

## Introduction

The **Dark Fey King** was a huge being taller than thirty feet. His Captain of the Night Guard had captured Cassandra Palmer and her companions: John Pritkin, Mac, Kit Marlowe, Billy Joe and Pritkin's Golem. He bargains with Cassie for the Codex Merlini.

## About

### Species

* Dark Fey
* Giants

### Physical Description

* taller than 30 feet
* face as large as a searchlight
* bulbous nose and blue eyes the size of softballs
* frizzy brown hair
* leg the size of a pillar

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

* Radella
* Cassandra Palmer
* Mac
* Kit Marlowe
* John Pritkin
* Billy Joe
* Pritkin's Golem
* Codex Merlini
* Francoise
* Agnes

## 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

The **Dark Fey King** wants Cassie to bring him the Codex Merlini, he offers to give her the Pritkin's Golem and tells her that possibly the counter-spell to the geis is in the Codex. Cassie bargains with him to release the golem from being hunted and sanctuary for Tomas, plus information and aid in locating Tony in Faerie. Pritkin is so incensed that the King threatens him and Kit Marlowe tackles him.

## See Also

* Dark Fey
* Faerie
* Fey
Donovan's Auction House

**Donovan's Auction House** — Appears in Claimed by Shadow

## About

**Donovan's** is an auction house that deals I'm Magical Objects.

Donovan's acquired a Null Bombs in London, back in sixty-three. They refused the Silver Circle's initial offer and put it up for public bidding, but old man Donovan told them it was perfectly legal. It dated back to the twelfth century before there were laws preventing them from being made.

Two Runes of Langgarn were purchased at auction from Donovan's back in 1872. The Circle was outbid by an anonymous bidder—they have not been seen since.

### Items Auctioned

* Null Bombs
* Runes of Langgarn

## Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Mac
* Silver Circle

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5

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Southern Belle Senator

**Southern Belle Senator** — Appears in Touch the Dark

## About

The **Southern Belle Senator** was a female vampire and a member of the North American Vampire Senate who had been born in the antebellum South. She was said to have killed more Union soldiers in the twenty miles or so around her family home than the Confederate military did, and to have mourned the end of the war and the easy hunting that had gone with it.

### Physical Description

* milky complexion and wavy dark hair, and light brownish gold eyes
* dressed in white and silver
* looked like the twin of the Roman Senator

## See Also

* North American Vampire Senate
* **Southern Belle Senator**
* Consul
* Vampire Senate
* Master Vampires

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3

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Miranda

**Miranda** — first appears in Claimed by Shadow

## Introduction

**Miranda** is a gargoyle who works in the kitchen a the Head cook at Dante's Casino along with several other Gargoyles who are sort of the "illegal aliens" of the Magical World.

## Books Appears In

* Claimed by Shadow
* Embrace the Night

## About

### Species

* Gargoyles
* Dark Fey

### Occupation

* Cook
* leader of the group of Dark Fey

### Physical Description

* Dainty ruby earrings in its pointed, catlike ears.
* fur-covered face
* Red eyes
* hand that looked more like a paw.
* Fur on her catlike face.

### Interests

* Love children—especially babies—loves to fuss over them

### Family / Friends / Allies

* Cassandra Palmer

### Enemies

* Silver Circle
* Light Fey
* Tony

### Other Details

* Keeps the kitchen floor pristine clean.
* Tony had been using her for cheap labor.

## 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"*.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

In exchange for healing John Pritkin, Miranda put a geis on him not to reveal their existence to anyone. He was very upset, she thought it was a good trade. He demands that she remove it. She does after a lot of bargaining—Casanova agreed to hide them from the Silver Circle.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 3
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 4
3. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 3
4. ↑ *Embrace the Night*, ch. 6, p. 69
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 3
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 4

## 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
Dislocator

**Dislocator** — Appears in Claimed by Shadow

A small black sphere that is a dark magical weapon.

* felt darker and almost greasy, and could never be mistaken for a defensive weapon.
* Effects: "where two elegant fighters had been, a sodden mass of flesh and bone gleaming slick and red in low light, so mixed up that it was impossible to tell where one body began and the other ended"

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

* Myra
* Mircea Basarab
* Dracula
* Lyceum Theatre
* Theatre Ghosts
* John Pritkin
* Augusta
* Bram Stoker
* Spirit Creature
* European Vampire Senate

## 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

While trapped in the Senate chamber, wisps of sensation radiated from Mircea's raised hand like smoke. When they touched Cassie, she had fragments of visions in which Mircea and his combatant died by a **device** that Myra threw at him that caused him (and his brother Dracula) to disintegrate.

In a time shift to the Lyceum Theatre in 1889 London, Cassie tries to stop the small black sphere—a **Dislocator**—that Myra set rolling acros the stage. Myra tackles her, they fight. Cassie tells the Theatre Ghosts that Myra is trying to destroy the theater. The ghosts take on Myra but he Dislocator gets away. Bram Stoker yells out "Dislocator!" Senators flowed out of the theatre, Mircea jumped wih Billy Joe (in Cassie's body) straight up to the rafters, and JP leapt off the stage into the orchestra pit with Cassie inside Augusta—JP was knocked out by the force.

## Quotes

Mircea had somehow managed to lift his right arm, despite the fact that a Senate member almost as old as the Consul was hanging off it. Tendrils of sensation radiated outward from his hand like smoke from a fire. At first I thought he was just leaking power, but then one wisp brushed against me and I understood. It felt like one of my old visions . . . A fragment of vision curled around my arm despite my best attempt to dodge it. It was so hot that I expected to see a welt rise on my skin. What I got instead was worse-a mosaic of images, each more cruel than the last: a blood-covered Mircea battling for his life in a swordfight almost too fast to see; a triumphant-looking Myra running from the shadows to throw something at him; an explosion that was more felt than heard, reverberating through the ground and tearing the air; and then, where two elegant fighters had been, a sodden mass of flesh and bone gleaming slick and red in low light, so mixed up that it was impossible to tell where one body began and the other ended.
## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 9

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Satyr

**Satyr**

## Introduction

**Satyr** are half man (or woman) and half goat creatures, originally from Greek Myth. There are some Satyrs who work at Dante's Casino, primarily in the bar areas as they are associated with wine and drink and frollicking with women.

## Books Appears in

* Touch the Dark
* Claimed by Shadow
* Fablehaven

## About

### Appearance

* Rudimentary horns that poked out of the satyr's mahogany curly hair
* Fur-covered haunches and glossy black hooves
* Satyrs are usually erect, especially when females are around.

### Character / Nature

* satyrs generally approve of anyone female and breathing.
* Satyrs, even the old, bald ones, think they're God's gift to women, and messing with that fantasy tends to have bad results.
* Satyrs seldom turn violent—they're more likely to run than fight.
* A depressed satyr is a miserable sight. They get drunk, play sad songs and loudly complain about the duplicity of women.
* Satyrs prefer to be nude—they believe wearing clothing suggests they have something to hide, that some part of their bodies isn't perfect.

### Other Details

* A Satyr's genitals are normally always at full attention.
* There is one that works at Dante's Casino as a bartender. ... In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing.
* There are a group of Satyr-Were Hybrids working at Dante's.

## Dictionary Definition

One of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods. In Greek art they were represented as a man with a horse's ears and tail, but in Roman representations as a man with a goat's ears, tail, legs, and horns.

## 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

There is one who works in Pan's Flute. He took Cassie's order and went to get Jimmy, who had left. Jimmy is part Satry and part Were-rat.

#### **Claimed by Shadow #2**

The Graeae caused the Satyr bartender's genitals to go flaccid (they never go flaccid normally).

## Associated Characters, Groups, Places etc.

* Satyr-Were Hybrids
* Jimmy the Rat
* Pan's Flute
* Dante's Casino
* Mircea Basarab
* Tomas
* John Pritkin
* Billy Joe
* Tony
* Dark Mages
* Danny

## See Also

* Satyr-Were Hybrids
* Weres and Shapeshifters
* Two-Natured

## Book References

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

## External Links

* Satyr - Wikipedia
* Satyrs
* Satyrs - Mytha=ological Monsters
* Myths, Legends, & Folklore...: Satyrs & Centaurs - Mythical Hybrids
* Magical Creatures V: Centaurs and Satyrs
* SATYRS : Nature Spirits, Rustic Daemones | Greek mythology, Satyroi, Fauns, w/ pictures
* Centaurs, Fauns, Satyrs and Minotaurs - Eden
* Satyr - WikiNarnia - The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
"Skin Deep"

**"Skin Deep"** (2010) — **Cassandra Palmer series** #4.7 and **Lia shorts series** #3; originally printed **Inked**

## Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Karen Chance's "Skin Deep" tells the tale of a war mage in Las Vegas who stumbles across an ominous magical ward that appears as a dragon on her skin--and has a mind of its own… ~ Take A Chance: Books

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

**Characters**:

**Supe Elements**:

**Groups & Organizations**:

**Places**:

## Next & Previous Books

* **Next Short**:
* **Next Book**:
* **Previous Book**:
* **Previous Book (Cassie's World)**:

## See Also

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

## External Links

**Links related to this book**:

* Take A Chance: 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
Basarab Family

**Basarab Family**

## Basarab Family Members

* Mircea Basarab: eldest brother
	+ Dorina Basarab: Mircea's Dhampir daughter
* Vlad Dracul: middle brother
* Radu Basarab: youngest brother

## Family History

Mircea's younger brothers **Vlad** and **Radu** were in Adrianople as hostages—the Ottoman sultan didn't trust their father to honor a treaty otherwise—Mircea encountered a vengeful gypsy. She hated his father for seducing and then throwing aside her sister, who'd been Dracula's mother, so she cursed Mircea with vampirism. The idea was to end the family line, since a vampire can't father children and everybody had assumed that the hostages weren't coming back. But she actually did him a favor. Shortly thereafter, Hungarian assassins working with some local nobles captured, tortured and buried him alive, something that might have been a real problem if he hadn't already been dead. Under the circumstances, it was more an inconvenience than anything else.

"I couldn't believe that even Pritkin was unaware of what had happened to Dracula, and Mircea himself had been almost caught and killed many times in the early years. Radu, his younger brother, had not been so lucky. He had been taken by a mob in Paris and delivered to the Inquisition. They had tortured him for well over a century, until, when Mircea finally found and freed him, he was dangerously mad. Radu had been locked away ever since."
## Tony

Tony boasted about his connection to the famous Dracula line at every opportunity, and had portraits of all three brothers on the wall of his throne room. He had been made not by Vlad III Tepes, the Dracula of legend, but by the great man's elder brother, Mircea.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Touch the Dark*, ch. 3 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "CP1ch3" defined multiple times with different content
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 9
Daisy

**Daisy**

## Introduction

**Daisy** is a ghost inside of a Homunculus, created by Roger Palmer.

## About

Her real name is Gertrude, named after her hated grandmother. She created by Roger Palmer along with Sam. Her husband, Ralph, in life called her Daisy because she love's them.

## 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 it and strikes up a conversation with her. She admits to trying to stop her and protein not knowing what kind of threat they were, but never intended to harm or kill them.

## Associated Characters, etc.

* Sam
* Roger Palmer
* Homunculus
* Cassie
* John Pritkin
* Tony's Court
Death's Mistress

**Death's Mistress** is book #2 of the Dorina Basarab series.

## Brief Synopsis

**From the book jacket for Death's Mistress**:

**Dorina Basarab** is a Dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. So far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing.

Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane uncle Dracula, Dory’s hoping her life is about to calm down. But then she gets some visitors. A friend wants Dory’s help in finding a magical Fey relic, and the gorgeous vampire, Louis-Cesare, is desperate to find his former mistress Christine.

Dory and Louis-Cesare quickly discover that the same master vampire Christine is bound to is also rumored to be in possession of the relic. But when the master vampire turns up dead, they realize that there’s more at stake than a missing mistress. Someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if Dory and Louis-Cesare can’t stop the murderer, they may be next… ~ Take A Chance: Books

## Related Characters, Groups & Places

Karen Chance, Death's Mistress - KD Did It Edits

* Louis-Cesare
* Mircea Basarab
* Claire
* Stinky (pet chimera)

## Next & Previous Books

* Next Book: Fury's Kiss (Oct 2012)
* Previous Book: **Death's Mistress** (2010)

## See Also

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

## External Links

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Apollo

**Apollo** — First Appearance: Touch the Dark

## Introduction

Apollo is a God-like being based on the Greek God. Apollo is the god of all Seers.
He is the source of the Pythia’s power.

## About

### Physical Description

* Strong arms the color of spring pollen, a bright true yellow that sparkled as if dusted with gold. The light danced over his skin the way it does on water.

### Family

* Parents:
* Sister:Artemis
### Other Details

* The Tears of Apollo are an ancient concoction. They have been used to aid in meditative trances for centuries.

## Biography

"**Apollo**, the god of all seers, loved the beautiful human Cassandra, but she did not return his affections. She pretended to love, long enough to gain the gift of foreknowledge; then she ran away. He finally found her, of course—like you, she could not hide forever—and exacted his revenge. She could keep the gift, he said, but she would see only tragic events, and no one would believe her when she prophesied until it was too late." — Jonathan, the Dark Mage

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Tears of Apollo
* Cassandra (original)
* Cassandra Palmer
* Pythia
* Pythia Court
* Myra

## 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"*.

### 1. Touch the Dark

The Dark Mage, Jonathan tells Cassie the story of Apollo and Cassandra.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

Apollo presents himself in a vision just as Cassie consumes her Pythia Rites. He approves of Tomas as his avatar, the son of another of his priestesses. He names her Herophile. He says that the power goes where it will. "Once I gave it into human hands, I lost control."

## Quotes

"Who are you?" I demanded.
"One who has waited long ages for someone like you. At last, things will begin to happen.”
"What things?”
"You will see. I have great faith in you.”
"Then you're crazy," I told him flatly. "I don't know how to use this power you've stuck me with, and Myra 's going to kill me any minute now.”
"I sincerely hope not. As for the other, the power goes where it will. Once I gave it into human hands, I lost control.”
"But Myra -”
"Yes, for now, you must deal with your rival. We will speak again when that is done.”

## External Links

**Specific Links**

* Cassie Palmer | Karen Chance's Ramblings

**General Links**:

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

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
2. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 12
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
5. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 12
7. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 12
Pythia Court

**Pythia Court**

## Introduction

The **Pythia Court** is in charge of all Seers and Clairvoyants. It's headquartered at the Pythia Mansion.

## About

### Positions, Titles, Terminology of the Pythia Court

* **Pythia**: The world's chief Seer.
* **Heir**: The one chosen to be the next Pythia from amongst the Sybils—"it is not an appointed position. The power goes where it will, to whoever is most worthy, the ancient texts say."
* **Sybil**: true clairvoyant—an Heir is chosen among these.
* **Adepts**: small group, chosen from the most gifted of the senior initiates. After Myra’s death, there were only five—carry the Pythian power.
* **Acolytes**: are the Adepts
* **Initiates**: Trainees—in various stages of being trained.
	+ **Junior Initiates**: young girls who have been identified with unusual promise; comprises most of the court.
	+ **Senior Iinitiates**: that’s most of them—those who have training but carry none of the Pythian power.

### Known Pythias, Acolytes, Initiates, Heirs

* Cassandra Palmer: Current Pythia
* Elizabeth O'Donnell: Fallen Heir, Cassie's mother
* Herophile: Cassie's title given by Apollo; named after an early Pythia under Apollo's thumb
* Agnes: Previous Pythia
	+ Lady Phemonoe: aka Agnes—Pythia at start of the series
* Myra: former Pythia heir
* Rhea Silvanus: senior initiate (not an acolyte)

### Allies

* Silver Circle — The Pythia is a strong ally of the Circle, one of their chief assets.

## 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

The Silver Circle demands Cassie's return and by the Senate's treaty with them, they have no right to refuse. a claim by any master would be enough to hold you, but not for a powerful seer. The Pythia's court has control over all such individuals.

### 2. Claimed by Shadow

The Circle has a new candidate for Pythia, one of the more docile Initiates. They believe that if both Cassie and Myra die, that she'll inherit. Cassie is certain that John Pritkin wants to kill her to let Myra take her place—or one of the Initiates under the control of he Circle who can be easily manipulated, controlled or corrupted.

## Quotes

"There is no next in line," I told Pritkin flatly. "If there were another contender who could do a decent job, I'd have given her the damn power already! But the initiates are all under the control of your Circle, who I don't trust any more than the Black. I'm not going to hand world-shattering power to someone who can be manipulated, controlled or corrupted!”
## Other Associated Characters, Groups, Places, etc.

* Pythia Mansion
* Apollo
* John Pritkin
* Jonas Marsden
* Artemis

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
3. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. , p.
4. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch.
5. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch.
6. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 11
7. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 12
8. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 13
Alchemy

**Alchemy**

## About

**Alchemy** is "Hard Magic", the kind the Silver Circle uses—something that can be put into test tube and experimented on—Circle prefers magic they can see, taste, and touch, something they can control. Druid Magic is too wild for the 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.

In **Tempt the Stars**: Jonas Marsden and Beatrice got into a heated argument about their differing kinds of magics.

## Associated Characters, etc.

* Jonas Marsden
* John Pritkin
* Caleb Carter
* Silver Circle
* Beatrice

## External Links

* The Alchemy Web Site
* Alchemy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Alchemy - Crystalinks
Pierre

**Pierre** — Appears in Touch the Dark

## About

**Pierre** is a Ghost, the older ghost, that Cassandra Palmer encountered in a 17th Century torture dungeon in Carcassonne where Francoise lay tied to a rack near death. Pierre is with a horde of ghosts that haunt the dungeon.

### Physical Description

* Bald head, no wig
* Looked like the no-nonsense type
* Dressed more plainly in simple fawn-colored knee pants and a navy blue coat

### Other Details

* Often had reason to visit Angleterre (England).
* Bent on Revenge—shows more interest in hurting someone than in saving someone's life—like Françoise.

## Associated Characters, Places, etc.

* Etienne
* Francoise
* Cassandra Palmer
* Tomas
* Louis-Cesare
* Carcassonne

## 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

**Pierre** steps forward to talk to Cassie as the only one of the ghosts who speak English. They know that she is a spirit but not one like them. He's hoping that she is a powerful witch or goddess who can help them exact revenge on their torturers who murdered them. Cassie just wants help finding a way out of the Castle with Francoise. That is when a younger-looking ghost steps forward—Pierre translates that Etienne knows of a way out and will guide them. He and the horde stay behind.

When Cassie returns with Mircea to rescue Radu and Louis, Cassie (in a borrowed woman's body) seeks out the swarm of ghosts she encountered before. She asks them to hide her while her other spirit-form passes with Tomas carrying Francoise. **Pierre** materializes and she recruits them for her mission to stop Rasputin promising them revenge.

## See Also

* Ghosts
* Carcassonne

## Book References

1. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
4. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
5. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
6. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 7
7. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 14
Jonas Marsden

**Jonas Marsden** — First mentioned in Claimed by Shadow

## Introduction

**Jonas Marsden**, shown here as a young man, is head of the magical organization known as the Silver Circle. A demon expert, he was John Pritkin's trainer in Pritkin's early days with the Corps and remains a staunch friend. The pretty young woman with him is Lady Phemonoe, better known to Cassie by her birth name of Agnes. The former pythia, she had a long-running relationship with Marsden which they kept under wraps to maintain the image of pythian neutrality. They're shown here on an ill-fated date, when one of Jonas' famous flying cars ended up unexpectedly earthbound. ~ Take A Chance: Gallery

## About

### Occupation

* Former Head of the Silver Circle
* Re-instated and current Head of the Silver Circle

### Character / Personality

* If he was crossed—then you found out why he led the council for seven decades.
* He almost always had food spilled down the front of him because he couldn't see.
* Deceptively scatter brained

### Physical Description

* Crazy, wild hair and coke bottle glasses—he looks like "Einstien on Acid".
* Oldest, scrawniest, least threatening man you've ever seen.

### Other Details

* He kept running into things but he wouldn't wear his glasses or use charms to enhance his vision.
* He'd try to shake hands with coat racks.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Silver Circle
* Mages
* Lady Phemonoe
* Agnes
* John Pritkin
* Cassandra Palmer
* Pythia
* Mac

## Events in 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".

### DB–1.1. "Buying Trouble"

It comes out that when Claire's father discovered that Jonas Marsden, the mage who headed up the Great Council, was retiring, he decided he would have the top spot himself or die trying.

### 6. Tempt the Stars

Jonas had Cassie take him back in time to Tony's court to find a magical item—namely the paperwaight that holds Roger Palmer's spirit. But when they found it, he wouldn't let Cassie take it because it would effect the timeline. He only need to see it and to verify that Tony really had trapped Roger's spirit inside.

## Note

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

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
2. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 1–2
3. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 1
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
5. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
6. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 5
7. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 6, p. 256
8. ↑ *Tempt the Stars*, ch. 2, p. 26

## 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
Jason Lee

**Jason Lee** — human reporter for Supe magazine

## Introduction

**Jason Lee** is a reporter for The Oracle, a magical newspaper and Sarah Lee's brother.

## About

Jason is missing, kidnapped by Alejandro's men to be hunted on El Día de la Muertos—Day of the Dead. He were supposed to meet up with his sister Sarah Lee in Puerto Vallarta for a vacation, but when she got to the hotel, he’d already left. All Sarah found was a note telling her he’d got a lead on a story and asking her to meet him there in the village.

### Powers & Abilities

* Necromancer
* powerful at necromancy

### Physical Description

* Age 19
* Black hair, brown eyes, six foot two
* Tall, lanky young man
* His face dead white and smeared with blood, he looked like he’d put up a struggle—his spirit was not visible now.

### Family / Friends

* Sister: Sarah Lee
* Friends: Tomas
* Other:

### Other Details

* If Alejandro has started kidnapping magic users, it would be front-page news—could be why **Jason Lee** came to the village to track a lead.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Sarah Lee
* Tomas
* Alejandro
* Rico and Miguel
* Alejandro
* Alejandro
* Sarah Lee

## 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, think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" for books you have not read yet*..

### 3.1. "The Day of the Dead"

Tomas teams up with Sarah Lee and her team of mercenaries searching for her brother, **Jason Lee** who was kidnapped by Alejandro to be one of the hunted on El Día de la Muertos—Day of the Dead. Later, Sarah and Tomas find him in Alejandro's audience cave-chamber. He is among the group of Necromancers being forced to change the throng of humans into zombies—only it doesn't work the way he's demanding. If Janson can't do it, then he's next to be killed. He somehow managed to "awake" the Ancient Inca Kings who killed Alejandro, saving Tomas.

## See Also

* Necromancers
* Zombies

## Book References

1. ↑ *"The Day of the Dead"*
2. ↑ *"The Day of the Dead"*
3. ↑ *"The Day of the Dead"*

## 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
Fred

**Fred**

## Introduction

### Other Details

* Fred wore glasses—he was probably the only vamp who wore glasses, wore them on the sly. Fred always had poor vision, and it wasn't corrected in the change.

## Related Characters, Groups, Places, etc

* Marco Carales
* Rico
* Jules
* 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

Fred entered the room freaked out, grabbed Cassie's bag of pastries, dumped it on a plate and freaked out some more—meanwhile, Cassie is hungry and wiped out. Marco translated his stuttering that he's afraid of the witches in the next room.

## 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
Headliners

**Headliners** — aka **Zombie Bar** or **Voodoo Bar**

## About

**Headliners** is the zombie bar at Dante's Casino with entertainment—the zombies of real people once famous performers—Elvis, Hendrix, and others.

### Other Monikers

* **Zombie Bar**
* **Voodoo Bar**

### Location

* In the Seventh Circle of Dante's Casino

### Performers

* Zombie Elvis
* Hendrix

### Employees

* Shrunken Head
* Zombies
* Zombie waiters
* Necromancers
* Bokors

### Other Details

* Large speakers looked like giant tiki heads

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

* Dante's Casino
* Danny
* Cassandra Palmer
* Kit Marlowe
* John Pritkin
* War Mages
* Graeae

## 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

War Mages shot Elvis and Casanova had to be call in Hendrix to replace him.

After returning from Faerie through the portal into Dante's, Cassie and Kit Marlowe avoid the War Mages while Zombie Elvis performs and they try to figure a way out. The Graeae show up bearing "Birt' Day" gifts for the new Pythia—they're Casanova's idea of a diversion. One of the gifts is a bucket of bloody cow entrails which sets off Zombie Elvis into a crazed frenzy which exposes his brains. The customers at nearby table freak out—chaos ensues. And, more War mages arrive. She hears Billie's voice—says he's trapped and pleads with Cassie to wait. Kit goes to check for traps, Pritkin sees Cassie and fights his way toward her shooting fireballs and causing a lot of damage—Deino froze him, then decked him. The mages broke through the zombie line of defense, shredding them. JP grabbed her, Marlowe used some force to knock him off of her, but she couldn't get to Marlowe through al the fire...she shifted out, thinking only of finding Myra.

## See Also

* Dante's Casino
* Zombies

## Book References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Touch the Dark*, ch. 6
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 13

## External Links

* Bokor - Wikipedia
* Zombie - Wikipedia
* Necromancy - Wikipedia
* Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia
* Shrunken head - Wikipedia

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Dark Fey

**Dark Fey**

### Weaknesses

* **Iron**: Iron sickness—It saps Fey energy, tears through their defenses like silver does to a were.

### Character / Nature

* The Fey in general anre not considered trustworthy—but at least the dark have rules.

### Dark Fey Characters

* Radella (Pixie)
* Dark Fey King
* Guardian of the Portal (Dragon)
* Claire (half Dragon, half Human)
* Tanet (Dragon)

### Dark Fey Types

* Gargoyles
* Pixies
* Dragons
* Oak Men
* Trolls
* Banshee
* Harpies
* Trolls
* Gamelan
* Ogre
* Giants
* Brownies
* Goblins

### Slaving Witches

* The Light Fey are buying fertile magic users to help with the population shortage, that's what's going to happen fairly soon. And then the light will rule all of Faerie. The Dark Fey have traced the problem to Tony, and they are angry. They can't afford for the light Fey to outbreed them.

### Light Fey vs Dark Fey

* The Light Fey have been making things difficult for the **Dark Fey** causing a rise in illegal alien Dark Fey crossing into the mortal world—Gargoyles in particular.

### Enemies

* Light Fey
* Tony
* Kit Marlowe

### Other Details

* Most can't interbreed with humans
* Have a far lower birthrate than the Light Fey
* Heavy losses means their numbers are greatly reduced.

## Features of Faerie of the Dark Fey

* Dark enchanted forest
* Dark Fey spies:
	+ sentient trees with dangerous moving tree roots
	+ Flora and fauna are used as spies by the Dark Fey.
* Small Town of Dark Fey: has a pub with Kit Marlowe's contacts.

## 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*.

## Book References

1. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 8
2. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 8
3. ↑ *Touch the Dark*, ch. 8
4. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 3
5. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. , p.
6. ↑ *"Buying Trouble"* in *On the Prowl*, ch. 5, p. 251
7. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
8. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch. 10
9. ↑ *Claimed by Shadow*, ch.