The Midnight Breed Series Companion Part 21

Kendra Delaney (d.) Human. Registered Nurse and friend of Gabrielle's who unwittingly becomes involved with a Breed male (see Brent) after meeting him in the Boston nightclub La Notte. Kendra is later picked up by Marek and brought to an orgy with a large number of Rogues under Marek's leadership. While with Marek, Kendra is turned Minion for him. Marek uses Kendra to lure Gabrielle to him, leading to a confrontation between Marek and his brother, Lucan. Kendra dies when she leaps to her death from the high floor of a building at her Master's command.

First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Kerr (d.) Breed male, one of crime boss Reiver's henchman. Kerr and another thug, Packard, are sent by Reiver to silence Danika after she crossed him. Malcolm MacBain kills Kerr at the small cottage where Danika and her son were staying on MacConn lands.

First mention in series: Appears in A Taste of Midnight (novella).

Kir Breed male, Kade's father, and brother to Maksim, who lives at the family's ten-thousand acre Darkhaven outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Kir is mated to Victoria, who is heavily pregnant with twin sons during the timeline of Shades of Midnight. Kir and Kade have always been distant because Kir has focused all of his energy on holding Seth up, over-protective of him because he knows Seth is the weaker of his two sons. Kir's fears are rooted in his past, when he and his brother, Grigori, had a similar dynamic to that of Kade and Seth. Grigori turned Rogue and Kir had to kill him. Kir and Kade reconcile at the end of Shades of Midnight, at Seth's funeral.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight.

Kiril (d.) Breed male. Guard at Sergei Yakut's lodge near Montreal, Quebec. Kiril and three other Breed males are a.s.signed by Alexei Yakut to guard Nikolai after Sergei's killing. Believing Alexei that Niko was responsible for Sergei's murder, Kiril expresses his opinion that they should torture the warrior before the Enforcement Agency shows up to take him into custody. Kiril is particularly nasty and aggressive, unaware that Niko is not unconscious as he appears, but awake and very p.i.s.sed off. As a six-man Agency detail approaches the lodge and Niko's time to escape is running out, he attacks Kiril, snapping the guard's neck and then using his dead body to crash through a nearby window in his attempt to elude capture.

First mention in series: Appears in Veil of Midnight.

Klaus Breed male. Andreas Reichen's driver and member of his Darkhaven. Klaus is present when Reichen picks up Tegan and Elise at the airport upon their arrival in Berlin in Midnight Awakening.

First mention in series: Appears in Midnight Awakening.

Krieger Breed male, Enforcement Agent in Germany, reporting to Wilhelm Roth. Agent Krieger phones Roth, pulling Roth out of a dreamwalk visit from Claire, to inform him about Hans Waldemar's killing and Roth's country Darkhaven being destroyed. Roth orders Krieger to send a team in to have Andreas Reichen killed.

First mention in series: Appears in Ashes of Midnight.

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Lanny Hamm (d.) Human. Resident of Harmony, Alaska, and cohort to Big Dave Grant. Lanny was at the impromptu town hall meeting where Alexandra Maguire first sees Kade, and was supportive of Big Dave's call for a wolf hunt. Lanny was later killed by the Ancient while in the Alaskan bush hunting with Big Dave.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight.

Lazaro Archer Gen One Breed. Jet-black hair, dark blue eyes. Appears to be around thirty years old, but is close to one-thousand years old. Lazaro has many regrets, including that he did not join Lucan and the Order during the war with the Ancients in the mid-1300s, and that he again refused Lucan's call to act when it became evident in present day that Dragos was intent on eliminating the Gen One population. Lazaro and his kin have lived in the New England area for a century or so. Lazaro blames himself for the violence visited on his family by Dragos: the abduction of his nephew, Kellan; the slaying of Lazaro's son, Christophe; and the destruction of the Archer Darkhaven by Dragos, which killed Lazaro's long-time Breedmate, Eleanor, and the rest of their kin living in the Boston residence.

Lazaro begins working closely with the Order afterward, offering up one of his unused Darkhaven retreats in Maine as temporary headquarters after the Boston compound is compromised to Dragos and the humans. Lazaro also shares with Lucan some history about the Ancients, that Lazaro's sire attended secret gatherings with the other Ancients and taught Lazaro some of their language.

First mention in series: Appears in Taken by Midnight.

Lieutenant, unnamed (d.) Breed male, second generation. Lieutenant of Dragos's, executed the planned attack on the Archer family Darkhaven in Boston, which killed Lazaro's Breedmate, Eleanor, and the rest of their kin who lived there. Lieutenant reports to Dragos that Lazaro and Kellan are alive after the joint rescue effort by the Order and Mathias Rowan. Also informs Dragos that Hunter is now working with the Order. Lieutenant is later killed by Dragos after telling him more bad news, that the captive Breedmates were found and rescued by the Order's Breedmates. Dragos rips out Lieutenant's heart. It is later inferred in Deeper Than Midnight that Enforcement Agents Freyne and Murdock both reported to this Lieutenant.

First mention in series: Appears in Taken by Midnight.

Libby Darrow (d.) Human. Jenna Tucker-Darrow's six-year-old daughter, who died in a car accident in November, four years before the timeline of Shades of Midnight. Libby was in the vehicle Mitch Darrow, Jenna's husband, was driving when a timber truck hit their Blazer, killing both Libby and Mitch and putting Jenna in the hospital with severe injuries. Jenna finally says good-bye to her daughter, visiting the cemetery in Harmony, Alaska, for the first time at the end of Taken By Midnight.

First mention in series: Referenced in Shades of Midnight.

Lucan Thorne Gen One Breed, leader of the Order and mate of Gabrielle Maxwell. The youngest of three brothers, the other two deceased (see Evran and Marek). Lucan is no less than nine hundred years old.

Founder of the Order in mid-1300s in Eastern Europe with Tegan, Marek, and five other Gen One Breed warriors. Led the uprising against the Ancients during same period, following the killing of Lucan's mother at his father's hands. The war against the Ancients resulted in the slaying of all but one, who was secretly hidden for centuries by Dragos. After the Order eventually dissolved in Europe, Lucan later established a Boston headquarters in 1898 with Gideon in an effort to combat Rogues in that city.

Lucan is considered one of the most formidable Breed males in existence. As a Gen One, particularly one who's seen firsthand the devastating results of what Bloodl.u.s.t can do to one of his kind, Lucan's greatest fear is losing himself to blood addiction. It is a fear he hides behind his contempt toward Rogues, but deep inside he dreads turning into the monster his father was. Lucan drives a black Maybach and carries two t.i.tanium-edge swords, in addition to other weaponry.

Hair: silky jet-black, falls to near his collar Eyes: piercing pale gray Unique ability: hypnotic manipulation Mate: Gabrielle Maxwell Hero in: Kiss of Midnight (Book 1) First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Luna (dog) Canine. Alexandra Maguire's gray and white wolf dog.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight and later books.

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Maksim "Max" Breed male, Kade's uncle, Kir's younger brother at nearly three hundred years old. Unlike Kir, Max is openly proud of Kade and his work with the Order. While Kade is in Alaska on Order business, Max tells him about their family's dark secret: that his other uncle, Grigori, went Rogue and Kir could not deal with the fact (it's later revealed that Kir killed Grigori). Max's loyalty to Kir shackles him to the family Darkhaven, but at heart, Max craves adventure, appreciates the concepts of risk and reward, courage and honor. Kir is deeply attracted to a Breedmate at the Darkhaven, Seth's promised, but unclaimed mate, Patrice.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight.

Malcolm MacBain (aka Brannoc) Breed male, mate to Danika MacConn. Highlands-born Malcolm is more than four-hundred years old, lives in a fifteenth-century stone castle outside Edinburgh, Scotland. Mal was as close as a brother to Conlan MacConn, the pair of Breed males both neighbors and brothers-in-arms who rode into many battles together. They also saw Danika for the first time together, and both were mesmerized by the Nordic blond beauty. Malcolm tried to impress her, seduce her with his dark, cynical charm. But it was Con who won Danika's hand in the end. Malcolm harbored no ill will for his friend's lucky match, but he secretly loved Danika for a long time.

Mal remained unmated until very recently, when a young Breedmate named Fiona stole his heart with her innocence and sweetness. Mal and Fiona mated and soon were expecting a child, but Fiona met with tragedy in Edinburgh while shopping on her own. A blood club supplying pimp grabbed her off the street, intending to hand her over to an area crime boss (see Reiver). She fought back and was stabbed and killed. Malcolm raced to the city in daylight hours to find her, and suffered UV burns and a savage knife wound across his face when he confronted the pimp. Vowing to avenge his slain mate and unborn son, Malcolm adopts a new name, Brannoc, and covertly infiltrates the crime boss's organization with a plan to destroy him from the inside.

Hair: s.h.a.ggy, chestnut-brown Eyes: gunmetal gray Unique ability: not yet revealed Mate: Fiona (deceased); Danika MacConn Hero in: A Taste of Midnight (novella, Book 9.5) First mention in series: Appears in A Taste of Midnight (novella).

Marek (d.) Gen One Breed, Lucan's eldest of two brothers. The most fearless, according to Lucan. Marek was part of the Order when Lucan first founded it in the mid-1300s, along with Tegan and several other Gen Ones. Less than a hundred years after that conflict, Marek was presumed to have fallen into Bloodl.u.s.t and taken his own life by seeking the sun.

During the timeline of Kiss of Midnight, it is revealed that Marek is not dead, but is in fact leading a group of Rogues in Boston intent on destroying Lucan and the Order in a quest for world domination. In Kiss of Midnight, Marek creates Minions of several humans, uses Rio's mate, Eva, against the Order, and eventually abducts Gabrielle in an effort to lure Lucan into his hands. Gabrielle is rescued and Marek escapes, thwarted, but continues to cause problems in Kiss of Crimson by funding the manufacture and distribution of a Bloodl.u.s.t-inducing drug (see Ben Sullivan).

In Midnight Awakening, Marek reveals to Tegan that it was he, Marek, who turned Tegan's first mate Minion (see Sorcha). Marek also divulges his role in the concealment of the last remaining Ancient and his belief that the Breed should enslave mankind and become the kings the Breed were meant to be. After taking Tegan captive in Berlin with the help of a secret ally (see Heinrich Kuhn) and feeding him Crimson, Marek is confronted by Lucan and Elise, who've come to look for Tegan. In a rare show of indecision, Lucan finds the thought of killing his brother too difficult to carry out. Marek is instead slain by Tegan and Elise working together.

First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Marie Human. Friend of Dylan's mother, Sharon Alexander; works with Sharon and Janet at the runaway shelter in Brooklyn, New York. Marie is present on the trip to the Czech Republic with Sharon's other friends (see Janet and Nancy), Dylan attending in her cancer-stricken mother's place. Because the women received Dylan's photos of her time in Prague, including images of Rio and the Ancient's hiding place in the mountain cave, Marie and her two friends are later mind-scrubbed by Niko and Kade on Lucan's orders.

First mention in series: Appears in Midnight Rising.

Martina Breedmate, and friend of Claire (Roth) Reichen's in Germany. A gifted architect, Martina designed a small garden park at Claire's request, after Claire admired her other work around the Breed communities. Martina had a.s.sumed the park was for Claire's mate, but it was actually done in memory of Andreas Reichen, who had been presumed dead in the attack on his Darkhaven in Berlin.

First mention in series: Appears (via telephone call) in Ashes of Midnight.

Mason Breed male, guard at the Bishop Darkhaven. Kind-hearted, trustworthy. Mason comes to the protection of Corinne's mother, Regina, when Victor Bishop threatens her life after she uncovers his betrayal of Corinne to Dragos and Henry Vachon. During the confrontation, Victor reflects that he had long suspected Mason had feelings for Regina.

First mention in series: Appears in Deeper Than Midnight.

Mathias Rowan Breed male. Enforcement Agent in Boston, used to work with Sterling Chase at the Agency. In timeline of Taken by Midnight, Mathias has been covertly supplying the Order with intel on corrupt Agents and other issues of interest to the Order. While many in the Enforcement Agency are untrustworthy and self-serving, Mathias is one of the good guys. He is the first to inform the Order of Kellan Archer's abduction, alerting the warriors of a tip leading to Kellan's location. Mathias leads the Agency team in the rescue of Kellan along with the Order. When it turns out that Dragos is behind the abduction and the later destruction of the Archer Darkhaven in Boston, Mathias Rowan tells the Order that he is their ally in the fight and that Dragos is his enemy now too.

First mention in series: Appears in Taken by Midnight.

Megan Human. Close friend of Gabrielle's. Megan and her cop boyfriend, Ray, come to check on Gabrielle while Lucan is there and Lucan has to scrub their memories before he takes Gabrielle away to the compound.

First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Midnight.

Millie Dunbar Human. 87-year-old resident of Harmony, Alaska. Present at the impromptu town hall meeting where Alexandra Maguire first sees Kade.

First mention in series: Appears in Shades of Midnight.

Mira Breedmate, orphaned in Montreal and abducted at the age of eight by the same Breed elder for whom Renata worked (see Sergei Yakut). Mira is a Breedmate girl with a precognitive gift for showing someone an event fated to take place in their future. Her ability comes with a price, however: each vision she gives takes away some of her eyesight. To combat this problem, she wore a veil over her eyes during the timeline of Veil of Midnight. After becoming a resident of the Order's compound in Boston, Mira was given custom-crafted purple contacts, created by Gideon, to protect her eyes and mute her seer's gift to others who might look into her gaze. Mira was nicknamed "Mouse" by Renata, who's become a surrogate mother to the girl.

During the timeline of Veil of Midnight, several people saw visions in Mira's eyes: Nikolai, Hunter, Sergei Yakut, Edgar Fabien, and Dragos. During the timeline of Ashes of Midnight, Mira accidently showed Claire a vision of Andreas's death by flames and smoke. During events in Darker After Midnight, Mira inadvertently shows Lucan a vision of war and bloodshed that soon comes to pa.s.s. Mira's closest friends, aside from Renata and Nikolai, are Kellan Archer and Nathan. She has a special connection to Hunter as well, who is fiercely protective of her. Mira is also immensely fond of the Order's resident canines, Harvard and Luna.

Although Mira is a child through the timeline of Darker After Midnight, her full romantic story is told twenty years afterward in Edge of Dawn.

Hair: blond Eyes: a white so pure they seem colorless, mirror-like Breedmate mark: in her hairline near her left temple Bloodscent: lily of the valley Unique ability: precognition, but she does not see or interpret the visions, which play out for the observer as though in a mirror Mate: Kellan Archer Heroine in: Edge of Dawn (Book 11) First mention in series: Appears in Veil of Midnight.

Mitch Darrow (d.) Human. Deceased husband of Jenna Tucker-Darrow and former Alaska State Trooper. Killed in car accident along with their daughter, Libby, in Alaska four years before the timeline of Shades of Midnight.

First mention in series: Referenced in Shades of Midnight.

Moric Kaszab (d.) Breed male, second generation. One of Dragos's inner circle, secret lieutenants. Kaszab was head of the Enforcement Agency in Budapest, Hungary. He was present via video conference with Dragos during the timeline of Darker After Midnight, when the decision was made to unleash the Rogues from their rehabilitation facilities around the globe. Kaszab was eager for the carnage to come, expressed his belief that it was time enough that the Breed rise up to rule the night as was their birthright. At the close of Darker After Midnight, Kaszab is among the lieutenants reported as having been tracked down and eliminated by the combined efforts of the Order, Andreas Reichen, Mathias Rowan, and other like-minded members of the Enforcement Agency in various parts of the world.

First mention in series: Appears in Darker After Midnight.

Mrs. Corelli Human. Elderly client of Tess's veterinarian clinic who brings in her white Persian cat, Romeo, to be neutered. Tess is fond of the old woman and far undercharges her for the service, demonstrating the kind of tenderhearted care for her patients and their pets that is slowly putting Tess into the red financially.

First mention in series: Appears in Kiss of Crimson.

Mrs. Kennefick Human. Works at the Boston Public Library; Savannah's supervisor when she was a university student in Boston, circa 1974.

First mention in series: Appears in A Touch of Midnight (novella).

Murdock (d.) Breed male. Corrupt Enforcement Agent and ally of Dragos, but not part of his inner circle. Claims to report to another Agent out of Atlanta who is one of Dragos's lieutenants (most likely, the unnamed lieutenant who appears in Shades of Midnight). Murdock is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, area but was transferred to Boston about fifty years ago due to conduct issues. Has a reputation for solicitation of minors among the human populations and excessive force on both human and Breed civilian populations.

Murdock was at the Enforcement Agency watering hole in Chinatown when Sterling Chase and Hunter arrived there looking to gather intel on Dragos and his Enforcement Agency allies. Murdock disliked Chase, incited his anger at the club, resulting in a brawl between Chase and other Agents. After the altercation, Murdock went into hiding, but was later found by Chase, hunting humans as game in an illegal blood club outside Boston. Chase intervenes, disabling Murdock and taking him to an old grain silo for interrogation and torture.

During the questioning, Murdock reveals that Dragos is trying to find the Order's compound via some kind of Trojan horse (see Kellan Archer) and that he is making lots of Minions, including targeting a new senator (see Bobby Clarence). Chase kills Murdock after collecting the needed intel.

First mention in series: Appears in Deeper Than Midnight.

Murphy, Officer (d.) Human. Uniformed Boston police officer who was posted outside Senator Clarence's office the morning after the politician's murder by Sterling Chase. Murphy is a big man, with facial scar that splits the dark slash of his left eyebrow. Detective Avery a.s.signs Murphy and a couple other officers to take Tavia Fairchild to an area hotel for safekeeping, fearing she's in danger too, because of her ties to the senator. It turns out Murphy is a Minion, something Sterling Chase realizes when he sees the officer escorting Tavia on the TV news. Murphy is killed by Chase at the hotel, when Chase arrives to rescue Tavia from the Minion. Tavia witnesses Chase breaking Murphy's thick neck as if it were nothing, and here she begins to understand that Sterling Chase is not merely a man.

First mention in series: Appears in Darker After Midnight.

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Nancy Human. Friend of Dylan's mother, Sharon Alexander, since high school. Nancy is present on the trip to the Czech Republic with Sharon's other friends (see Janet and Marie), Dylan attending in her cancer-stricken mother's place. Because the women received Dylan's photos of her time in Prague, including images of Rio and the Ancient's hiding place in the mountain cave, Nancy and her two friends are later mind-scrubbed by Niko and Kade on Lucan's orders.

First mention in series: Appears in Midnight Rising.