| name | species | power | role |
relationships | status at end of book |
|---|
| Sookie Stackhouse | human* | telepathic | barmaid at Merlotte's |
main character | alive, no longer a virgin |
| Sam Merlotte | human* | shifter, prefers collie | owner of Merlotte's bar |
protective of Sookie | alive, outed to Sookie as the collie, Dean |
William Thomas Compton
aka "vampire Bill" | vampire | levitation |
no visible means of support | Sookie's first love, Loudermilk on mother's side |
living dead, Sookie's boyfriend |
| Mack Rattray | human | knife, gun |
white trash vampire drainer | husband of Denise |
killed by Bill after attacking Sookie |
| Denise Rattray | human | silver chains |
white trash vampire drainer | wife of Mack |
killed by Bill after attacking Sookie |
| Arlene Fowler | human | none mentioned | waitress at Merlotte's |
Sookie's best friend, ex-wife of Renee, mother of 2 | alive, still Sookie's friend |
| Renee Lenier | human | muscular | bar patron, on Jason's roadcrew |
Arlene's ex husband, Cindy's brother | alive, in jail for the murders |
| Jason Stackhouse | human | irresistable to women | horndog, road crew supervisor |
Sookie's brother | alive, cleared of murders |
Adele Hale Stackhouse
aka "Gran" | human | love & tolerance |
member of DGD | grandmother of Sookie and Jason | murdered (knifed) by Renee |
| DeeAnne | human | none mentioned | bar patron | bedmate of Jason |
alive |
| unnamed male | human | muscular | bar patron, trucker from Hammond |
DeeAnne's date of the evening | alive |
| Dawn Green | human | none mentioned | waitress at Merlotte's |
Jason's ex-girlfriend, fangbanger | murdered (strangled) by Renee |
| Maudette Pickens | human | rough trade |
clerk at Grabbit Kwik | fangbanger, sleeps around |
murdered (strangled) by Renee |
| Hoyt Fortenberry | human | none mentioned | bar patron |
friend of Jason | alive |
| Everlee | human | none mentioned | phone gossip |
calls Gran about Maudette's murder | alive |
| Mike Spencer | human | none mentioned |
Bon Temps coroner, Spencer & Sons funeral home director | none mentioned | alive |
| Stella | human | none mentioned | phone gossip |
describes Rattray's trailer "tornado" | alive |
| Bud Dearborn | human | none mentioned | Sheriff of the Parish |
hates vampires, hates Sookie and Jason, good friend of Sookie's father | alive |
| Cindy Lenier | human | none mentioned |
cafeteria worker in Baton Rouge |
Renee's sister, fangbanger | murdered (strangled) by Renee |
| Jessie Compton | human | none mentioned | last living owner of Bill's house |
last living Compton | dead (before book starts) |
| Jonas Stackhouse | human | none mentioned |
historical | great*4 grandfather of Gran's husband |
dead (before book starts) |
| Minas | human | none mentioned | historical | yard slave of Jonas |
dead (before book starts) |
| unnamed female | human | none mentioned | historical | house slave of Jonas |
dead (before book starts) |
| Tina | cat | none | pet | Sookie's cat |
killed by Renee |
| Sarah Compton | human | none mentioned | historical |
Bill's unmarried sister | dead (before book starts) |
| Dianne | vampire | usual vamp |
Monroe vampire nest | old friends of Bill | murdered by mob from Merlotte's (fire) |
| Malcolm | vampire | usual vamp |
Monroe vampire nest | old friends of Bill | murdered by mob from Merlotte's (fire) |
| Liam | vampire | usual vamp |
Monroe vampire nest | old friends of Bill | murdered by mob from Merlotte's (fire) |
| Janella Lennox | human | none mentioned |
former Merlotte's waitress | fangbanger for Malcolm | murdered by Monroe nest |
| Jerry | human | has Sino-AIDS | none mentioned |
Malcolm's boytoy donor | murdered by Monroe nest |
| Linda | human | none mentioned | none mentioned |
Sookie's aunt (father's sister/ Gran's daughter), mother of Hadley |
dead of cancer (before book starts) |
| Hadley | human | none mentioned | unknown |
cousin of Sookie, daughter of Linda | unknown |
| JB du Rone | human | not too bright, handsome | not specified |
lives next door to Dawn, flirts with Sookie | alive |
| Kenya Jones | human | none mentioned |
Bon Temps police officers | secretly in love with partner Kevin | alive |
| Kevin Pryor | human | none mentioned |
Bon Temps police officers | secretly in love with partner Kenya | alive |
| Andy Bellefleur | human | none mentioned | Bon Temps detective |
brother of Portia, suspicious of Jason and Sookie | alive |
| Portia Bellefleur | human | none mentioned | lawyer | Andy's spinster sister |
alive |
| Terry Bellefleur | human | PTSD | sub at Merlotte's, Vietnam vet, former POW |
Andy's second cousin | alive |
| Lafayette Reynold | human | flamboyance | cook at Merlotte's |
has secret life | alive |
| Charlsie Tooten | human | none mentioned | waitress at Merlotte's |
married to Ralph | alive |
| Long Shadow | vampire | usual vamp | bartender at Fangtasia |
partner with Eric and Pam | murdered (staked) by Eric |
| Eric Northman | vampire | flying | viking owner of Fangtasia |
over a thousand years old, lusts after Sookie | living dead |
| Pam | vampire | usual vamp | partner in Fangtasia |
long time with Eric | living dead |
| Sterling Norris | human | none mentioned | mayor of Bon Temps |
unknown | alive |
| Maxine Fortenberry | human | busybody | civic leader, pres. of DGD |
mother of Hoyt | alive |
| Tolliver Humphries | human | none | civil war colleague of Bill's |
great-grandson is DGD member | shot in Civil War |
| Bartlett Hale | human | none | child molestor |
Gran's brother, Sookie's great-uncle | killed (broken neck) at Bill's behest |
| Robert Compton | human | none | historical | Bill's brother |
died of a fever |
Sidney Matthew Lancaster
aka "Sid Matt" | human | none mentioned |
Jason's lawyer | wife Elva Dean | alive |
| Susie | human | none | no-show waitress at Merlotte's | unknown |
alive |
| Harlen Ives | vampire | usual | tourist from Minneapolis |
wants to meet Malcolm | killed in Monroe nest fire |
| Liz Barrett | human | none mentioned | unknown | another Jason bedmate |
alive |
| Ralph Tooten | human | none mentioned | unknown | Charlsie's husband |
alive |
| Bruce | human | none | accountant at Fangtasia | unknown |
alive |
| Ginger | human | none | worker at Fangtasia | fangbanger, Long Shadow |
alive |
| Belinda | human | none | worker at Fangtasia | Ginger's friend |
alive |
| Jean-Anne Dearborn | human | none | unknown |
sheriff's daughter, dated Jason in the past | alive |
| Desiree | human | special vintage | fangbanger from Monroe |
gift from Eric to Bill, leaves with Jason | alive |
| Coby and Lisa Fowler | human | none | kids |
Arlene's kids, Sookie and Bill babysit them | alive |
| "Bubba" | vampire | damaged | the undead Elvis |
bodyguard Bill asks to watch over Sookie | living dead |
| Lindsey Krause | human | none | waitress at Merlotte's |
quit to move to Little Rock | alive |
| Amy Burley | human | none | substitute waitress at Good Times Bar |
on list to hire
for Merlotte's | murdered (strangled) by Renee |
| Dean | collie* | none | dog hanging around Merlotte's |
turns out to be Sam Merlotte | alive |
| Mrs. Bellefleur | human | none mentioned | retired widow |
Andy and Portia's mother | alive |
| Dr. Sonntag | human | none mentioned | Sookie's doctor at hospital |
thinks JB du Rone is cute | alive |
| Elva Deane Lancaster | human | none mentioned |
name on card with flowers | presumably Sid Matt's wife | alive |
