Eponine

Eponine is a vampire living in a nest in Fulford.

## Description

Eponine is described as "(...) small, round, soft around the edges, pretty like an expensive cat. (...) [She] looked like the platonic ideal of a primary school teacher, all soft fabrics and pastel florals, ribbons in her softly curled hair."

When Alfie meets her for the first time, she is dressed in "a paisley patterned summer dress, despite the November chill and the hammering rain". She's described as "not much taller than the roof of the car". She has red eyes. She stands completely still, with no signs of breathing or blinking.

## History

Eponine's age is unknown, described only as "some hundred years younger" than Casper. She was made by Ros and has never tried to make any vampires. Her and Ros's house became a safe place to stay for younger vampires, though they never helped them directly. She kills humans by feeding on them and doesn't intend to stop. Alfie first meets her while waiting for Casper in his car, when she tries to attack him, but is stopped by the arrival of Casper. Alfie believes that Eponine and Ros would not hurt him only while Casper was around, which became worrying for him after Casper's disappearance. He also believes they would be a danger to Haley, if she became too involved.

Upon finding the vampire girl in the river, Caspian meets with Eponine and Ros, which happens more often as more vampires go missing. After a long period of lying low and being careful, Ros, Eponine and other vampires living with them decide they prefer to take things in their own hands and organise "search parties", after which many humans end up wounded.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 In for a Penny
2. ↑ " I could see her whole face, and her deep red eyes" In for a Penny
3. ↑ "She was standing deathly still, no movement of her shoulder for breathing, no blinking of her eyes despite the water streaming down her face" In for a Penny
4. ↑ "Eponine had never even tried to make a vampire, and Ros had only made one; Eponine. " In for a Penny
5. ↑ "It was a safer space for the young vampires who found it, if not necessarily one that could have saved them. They didn’t help the youngsters that came to live beneath them, but they didn’t turn them out, either" In for a Penny
6. ↑ "Ros and Eponine killed humans and would not dream of doing otherwise." In for a Penny
7. ↑ "Casper growled in response, honest to god, a deep guttural thing like a lion or a wolf. The sound tore through like wind through leaves and I shuddered" In for a Penny
8. ↑ " Eponine and Ros, they made their intentions for me clear. Casper promised they wouldn’t hurt me as long he he was around, and now he’s just. Not around. I don’t want to attract any unnecessary attention" In for a Penny
9. ↑ "He was spending more and more time at Ros and Eponine’s vampire sanctuary, trying to get a sense of the youngsters who had come and gone from there over the last couple of years." Lovesick
10. ↑ "Ros, Eponine, the young ones that lived with them; all of them were angry, chomping at the bit. They were tired of lying even lower than they were used to. They wanted their nights back. And they decided they were going to claim them" Lovesick
11. ↑ "I’m not entirely sure what they did that night, Casper wouldn’t elaborate beyond that they had organised search parties. I know there was an untick in people who came into A&E the following week with low blood pressure and bruises on their necks, a few more who came in dead" Lovesick