There’s a war going on in the dark alleys of Caldwell, New York, it spans centuries but seems to now be coming to a head. Vampires have been fight the lessers, the henchman and creations of The Omega for a long time and the Black Dagger Brotherhood is a warrior caste, almost a breed apart from normal vampires who have been at the spearhead of the war with the King of the Vampires as their leader. Only now they are scattered and their numbers a few. Until a death changes everything and brings the Brothers back together to reunite in the war against the lessers and bring a stagnant vampire society back to its former glory.
If there is one thing we can all agree on here at Under the Covers, it’s our love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It’s the paranormal romance genre at its finest, with romances that are both passionate, beautiful and occasionally heart breaking. But, it’s not just the romance…you’ve then got the increasingly more complex and compelling story lines, the friendships between the characters and the emotion. Damn, those emotions! Ward’s writing is poetic and evocative and can leave you laughing, crying and sometimes both. So read at your own peril, because once you start it’s hard to stop and you’ll find from that day forward all PNR will be measured against the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
This series order includes the books from the spin off series the Black Dagger Legacy…
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Book 1: Dark Lover
Series:Black Dagger Brotherhood #1
Main couple: Wrath & Beth Randall
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Book 2: Lover Eternal
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #2
Main couple: Rhage & Mary Madonna Luce
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Book 3: Lover Awakened
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #3
Main couple: Zsadist & Bella
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Book 4: Lover Revealed
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #4
Main couple: Butch O’Neal & Marissa
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Book 5: Lover Unbound
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #5
Main couple: Vishous & Jane Whitcomb
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Book 6: Lover Enshrined
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #6
Main couple: Phury & Cormia
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Book 6.5: Father Mine
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #6.5
Main couple: Zsadit & Bella
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Book 7: Lover Avenged
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #7
Main couple: Rehvenge & Ehlena
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Book 8: Lover Mine
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #8
Main couple: John Matthew & Xhex
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Book 9: Lover Unleashed
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #9
Main couple: Manuel Manello & Payne
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Book 10: Lover Reborn
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #10
Main couple: Tohrment & Autumn
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Book 11: Lover At Last
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #11
Main couple: Qhuinn & Blaylock
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Book 12: The King
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #12
Main couple: Wrath & Beth Randall
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Book 13: The Shadows
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #13
Main couple: Trez & Selena
Main couple: iAm & maichen
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Book 14: Blood Kiss
Series: Black Dagger Legacy #1
Main couple: Paradise and Craeg
Secondary story/romance: Butch O’Neal and Marissa
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Book 15: The Beast
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #14
Main couple: Rhage & Mary Madonna Luce
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Book 16: Blood Vow
Series: Black Dagger Legacy #2
Main couple: Axwelle “Axe” and Elise
Secondary story/romance: Rhage, Mary Luce and Bitty
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Book 17: The Chosen
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #15
Main couple: Xcor & Layla
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Book 18: Blood Fury
Series: Black Dagger Legacy #3
Main couple: Novo and Peyton
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Book 18.5: Dearest Ivie
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #15.5
Main couple: Ivie & Silas
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Book 19: The Thief
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #16
Main couple: Assail & Marisol “Sola” Morte
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Book 19.5: Prisoner of Night
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #16.5
Main couple: Ahmare & Duran
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Book 20: The Savior
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #17
Main couple: Murhder & Dr Sarah Watkins
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Humans are unaware of the existence of vampires, symphaths or shadows, nor are they aware of the war going on between the Lessening Society and the vampire race. There is an unspoken agreement between lessers and vampires that humans mustn’t learn of either of their existence. However, although humans don’t know that vampires exist, that doesn’t mean that they don’t cross paths and there are human families with vampire blood in their line, they just don’t know it.
Characters: Mary, Jane, Manny, Sola
Legends have it mostly wrong about vampires, they don’t mind holy water, love garlic and crucifix’s don’t bother them. A stake to their six chambered heart might stop them, just as it would anyone else, but you have got to be fast and strong enough to get that close. They are strong, fast with wicked sharp fangs and have the ability to materialise. There are a few things that legend got correct; sunlight, vampires are unable to go out in the sunlight without burning. They also have to feed on blood, however, only the blood of other vampires of the opposite sex nourishes them.
Vampire society has a ruling class called the glymera who are the aristocrats. They have very rigid rules for behaviour which are particularly restrictive to females. The head of the glymera and the whole vampire race is the King, the current king is King Wrath II. Wrath is also the head of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, which is a faction of vampire society who have been bred to be warriors. They fight the war with the Lessening Society whose master is The Omega, the vampire equivalent of the devil.
If The Omega is the devil than the Scribe Virgin is their goddess and vampires worship her. The Scribe Virgin lives in the Sanctuary where she has handmaidens called the Chosen. These are females of pure bloodlines who keep the vampire’s history and are mated with the strongest males.
Vampires bond fast with their mates and become very possessive and protective of them. Males will give off a unique bonding scent which a pleasant smell that marks his female and lets other males know she is mated. However, creating a family is hard as females are fertile only when they are in their Needing and this occurs every few years. Infant and mother mortality is high in the vampire race.
Characters: Wrath, Rhage, Zsadist, Bella, Butch, Marissa, Vishous, Phury, Cormia, Ehlena, John Matthew, Payne, Tohrment, Wellsie, Autumn, Qhuinn, Blay, Serena, Xcor, Layla, Assail
Symphaths also known as “sin eaters” are a subspecies of vampire known for their psychic abilities and are especially known for playing with people’s emotions and thoughts. They are famously able to manipulate someone’s mind in such a way that they kill themselves. Because of this they have been hunted to almost extinction by vampires and shadows Unlike vampire blood their blood is blue.
A previous vampire king has separate the symphaths for other vampires and they now live in one colony and are ruled over by their own king. Unlike vampires they do not worship the Scribe Virgin.
Characters: Rehvenge, Xhex
The shadows are another subspecies of vampire. Like symphaths they share many of the same biological characteristics, for example a 6 chambered heart, the need to feed on blood from the opposite sex and superior size, strength and power compared to humans. Unlike vampires, shadows are normally dark skinned and are able to walk in sunlight. They also have the additional ability to bend shadows to their whim and to be able to hide within them.
Characters: iAm, Trez, s’Ex
Lessers are humans that have been inducted into the Lessening Society. To be inducted you have to take in some of The Omega’s essence. Their sole purpose is to eradicate the vampire race. The Omega is the vampire equivalent to the devil and he is a creature made of darkness and also the brother of the Scribe Virgin, the vampire deity.
Once a human has become a lesser they start to lose pigmentation in their skin, hair and eyes and you can tell a lesser that has survived for a long time by their pale skin, pale hair and colourless eyes. The are difficult to kill as the only way you can stop them is by cutting out their heart as they can survive nearly everything else. However, although their bodies can be killed physically the essence The Omega gave them to induct them into the Lessening Society goes back to him. The only way to kill all the lessers and The Omega is through the Dhestroyer prophecy. The Dhestroyer can not only physically kill the lesser but also destroy The Omega’s essence and this weaken and eventually kill him.
The Black Dagger Brotherhood is the fighting force of the vampires. It is a band of warriors who protect the vampire race from the Lessening Society, their mortal enemies. They have been bred to be stronger, bigger, faster and more aggressive than the usual vampire. They are extremely difficult to kill as, as well as naturally being bred for fighting they are also highly trained and have superior healing abilities. Although they have been scattered for centuries they have come back together in Caldwell New York to try and finish the battle with the Lessers.
The Brothers
The Brothers are the core of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Tohrment was their leader and he answered to The Blind King, Wrath. To be a Brother you have to have the correct bloodlines.
The Brothers (and former Brothers) are:
Wrath, Rhage, Zsadist, Butch, Vishous, Phury, Tohrment, Qhuinn, Darius, Murhder
The Soldiers
Although the Brothers are the heart of the Brotherhood, they have also opened up a training programme for civilian vampires. This entails intense class room and combat training and the classes are small with only a few students. Those who pass the training are then Soldiers. Soldiers also include those who are not part a Brother but chose to fight at their side, such as Xhex.
The Soliders are:
Training programme 1: John Matthew, Blaylock
Training programme 2 aka the Black Dagger Legacy series: Paradise, Craeg, Axe, Novo, Peyton, Boone
Other Soldiers: Xhex, Payne
The Medics
With all the fighting the Brothers and the Soldiers do it’s inevitable that they need to get patched up. A lot. As this is the case they have their own team of medical staff that they have picked up as the series goes on. From stitching up wounds to counselling after a traumatic event, the Brotherhood’s clinic is busy and important to the survival of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
The Medics are:
Doc Jane, Manny, Ehlena, V
The Chosen are the Scribe Virgin’s handmaidens. The Scribe Virgin is the vampire deity. The Chosen are females of the best bloodlines and are bred to serve, the glymera consider them the highest class of female. The Chosen live in the Sanctuary, the Sanctuary is the home of the Scribe Virgin and is a mystical place presumably in a different realm that can only be reach by The Chosen, the King, Vishous (as the son of the Scribe Virgin) and the Scribe Virgin. The Chosen rarely have contact with anyone but each other, but in the past they have been used by unmated Brothers for blood and at the Scribe Virgin’s direction have mated with Brothers to breed strong offspring.
Their is also a male role within the Chosen called the Primale. The Primale is a male chosen by the Scribe Virgin and is a mate to all the Chosen. The male offspring of the Primale and the Chosen are given to the Black Dagger Brotherhood and the females either become Chosen or are mated to members of the glymera or the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
The Chosen are:
Phury (Primale), Layla, Serena, Autumn, Cormia, Payne
The symphaths are a subspecies/cousin race of vampire that have a history of being persecution. Both vampires and shadows are wary of the “sin eaters” as they have ability to manipulate and read emotions. There are now very few symphaths left and they all live in a colony which is ruled over by a king. Although they don’t play a big role in vampire politics, there are some key characters who have symphath blood and some of their abilities.
The Symphaths:
Rehvenge, Xhex
The shadows, like symphaths are a subspecies/cousin race of vampire. They do not seem to engage with vampire politics and live entirely separately, with their own laws and their own rulers, with little interest in anything outside of this. However, they are deadly with the ability to disguise themselves in shadows as well as to walk in the sun. They also aren’t afraid to engage in a little cannibalism.
The Shadows are:
iAm, Trez, S’Ex, maichen
The Bastards are a group of lethal warrior vampires that appear in Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #10), they were all raised and trained in the brutal camps run by the Bloodletter. The Bloodletter was their leader until he died then Xcor stepped up, the Bloodletter claimed that Xcor was his son. The Bastards lived in the Old Country and single handedly decimated the lesser population their. They have come to Caldwell to avenge the murder of the Bloodletter and to destroy lessers. When they first arrive they view the King and the Black Dagger Brotherhood as their enemy.
The Bastards are:
Xcor, Throe, Zypher, Balthazar, Syphon, Syn
In Order of their Happily Ever After..
**This is a work in progress, so some characters will have more information than others! We will update as more books in the series come out**
Name: Wrath, Son of Wrath aka The Blind King, King of the Vampire race
Race: Vampire – The last purebred Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood, King of all the Vampires
Age: Born 1665
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) and The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12)
Family: Son of Wrath the Fair, the previous king, however, his whole family was massacred by Lessers. Son is Little Wrath, nick named LW. Butch O’Neal & Manny Manello are part of his bloodline.
Mate: Elizabeth “Beth” Randall
About: Wrath is King of the Vampire race, king by birthright, but chosen by his people. He is known as the Blind King due to his…blindness. He has a guide dog called George who he dotes on. Wrath originally resented being king and would fight alongside his Brothers in the Black Dagger Brotherhood, as such he is a fierce fighter despite his blindness.
Appearance: He stands tall at 6’6”, pale green eyes which are slightly off focus due to his blindness and long straight black hair. He wears wraparound sunglasses that he rarely removes, has tattoos and generally has a cruel appearance.
Fantasy Cast: Jason Momoa
Name: Elizabeth “Beth” Randall
Race: Half human, half vampire
Faction: Queen of the Vampires
Age: 25
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) and The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood #12)
Family: Daughter of Darius and John Matthew is her half brother. Has her son Little Wrath (LW)
Mate: Wrath
About: Her mother died at birth and she didn’t know her father and so was brought up in the foster care system. She worked as a reporter for the Caldwell Courier Journal which is where she first met Butch O’Neal and they became sorta friends. After she transitions to a vampire she is one of the few that can stand sunlight.
Appearance: Really beautiful with thick black hair and blue eyes. Tall at 5’11” and slender.
Fantasy Cast: Liv Tyler
Name: Rhage known by his friends as Hollywood
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: 165
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance in: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Family: Son of Tohrture and has adopted daughter Bitty
Mate: Mary Luce
About: He was cursed by the Scribe Virgin for 200 years to change into a beast form whenever he loses his temper. His beast is about 8 feet tall and will eat anything…including lessers. The only way he can curb his beast is to indulge in sex and fighting. He loves to eat and can eat alot, you will often find him with Tootsie Roll Pops.
Appearance: He is the biggest and most good-looking of the Brothers, hence his Hollywood nickname. Considered a sex god and is an erotic legend. Has thick lashes and wavy blond hair that is short in the back and longer in the front. Big boned and heavily muscled. 6’8” with eyes of teal-blue.
Fantasy Cast: Jessie Pavelka
Name: Mary Madonna Luce
Race: Human
Age:31
First appeared in: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Romance is in: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Family: Her mother is named Cissy Luce who died from Muscular Dystrophy. She nursed her mother through her illness.
Mate: Rhage
About: She suffered from leukaemia and the treatment has left her scarred and infertile. However, she was in remission for nearly two years before it came back. She volunteered at the Suicide Prevention Hotline for three years and used to be a rehab specialist for autistic children. Now works as the therapist for the Brotherhood and in Safe Place. Her neighbour, Bella, was her only friend for a long time and Mary is the one who introduced John Matthew to the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
Appearance: Has gunmetal grey eyes and brown hair. She doesn’t wear make-up and has an understated beauty. Her body has scars from her leukaemia treatments.
Fantasy Cast: Natalie Portman
Name: Zsadist son of Aghony, known as Z
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: Born in 1778
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood #3)
Family: His twin brother is Phury, although Z is the oldest by 10 minutes. He has a daughter Nalla
Mate: Bella
About: He was stolen by his nursemaid when he was a child and eventually sold in to blood and sexual slavery. He was a slave for over a century before his twin brother Phury eventually found and rescued him. Phury is the only person, before he meets Bella, that he doesn’t hate and he can’t stand to be touched. Z has the voice of an angel and is illiterate.
Appearance: Z is scarred and has tattoos on his wrists and neck from his time as a blood slave. He has his hair skull trimmed and has yellow eyes which go black when he is angry, before he met Bella his eyes were always black. He is skinny with his ribs and hipbones jutting out as he does not feed properly. After he meets and mates with Bella he is not as gaunt and fills out and has muscular warrior build.
Fantasy Cast: Channing Tatum
Name: Bella, daughter of Rempoon and Magdalina
Race: Vampire
First appeared in: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Romance is in: Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood #3)
Family: Her half brother is Rehvenge who is very close with. Has daughter Nalla
Mate: Zsadist
About: Raised in the glymera they all shunned her after she had sex with a male outside of mating. She bought a remote farmhouse to escape and her closest neighbour was Mary, who she eventually became friends with.
Appearance: Very beautiful, with wavy brunette hair, tall, slim build and bright blue eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Olivia Wilde
Name: Brian “Butch” O’Neal also the prophesied Dhestroyer
Race: Human to Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: 36
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4)
Family: He has a human family, his mother, step father and five half siblings. His father, a vampire, is still unknown although he is from Wrath’s bloodline. This means that Butch is related (some how) to both Wrath and Manny.
Mate: Marissa
About: As a human Butch was a homicide detective in Caldwell PD. He was driven to this career by the assault and murder of his sister, the only person in his human family that seemed to care for him. He is a massive Red Sox fan.
When he was turned into a vampire, it was discovered that he was the prophesied Dhestroyer who is destined to defeat The Omega. Butch is the only one who can truly “kill” a lesser. He inhales their essence which means it cannot go back to The Omega, over time this will weaken and believed eventually kill The Omega. His transition into a vampire also seems to have turned him into a clothes whore and he and Phury are the best dressed of the Brothers. His best friend is Vishous.
Appearance: Brown hair and hazel eyes, he’s handsome but rough with a nose that’s been broken a few times. When he transitioned into a vampire he went from 6’2″ to 6’7″ and is one of the biggest of the Brothers.
Fantasy Cast: Tom Hardy
Name: Marissa, daughter of Wallen
Race: Vampire
Age: Over 300 years old
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4)
Family: Her younger brother is Havers, a healer who runs a hospital for the vampire race
Mate: Butch O’Neal
About: Marissa was promised to Wrath and helped him through his transition and has been his almost-shellan since. Due to the incomplete mating of her with Wrath she is not treated kindly by the glymera who think something must be wrong with her. When Marissa breaks off ties with Wrath as she found him with Beth, her brother disowned her. She opened Safe Place, a shelter for females and rejected the glymera.
Appearance: She is extremely beautiful with light blonde hair, and silvery blue eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Scarlett Johansson
Name: Vishous, Son of the Bloodletter , Son of The Scribe Virgin. Known as V
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: Born in 1704
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Family: His father was the Bloodletter, a male known for his cruelty and his mother was the Scribe Virgin, the vampire deity. His twin sister is Payne
Mate: Doctor Jane Whitcomb
About: He is known for this “all knowing” talent. V can see visions that usually came true, but not necessarily know when they come to pass he reputedly has seen a vision of how all the Brothers are going to die. His left hand is also powerful and he can kill a human with a touch, as that’s the case he normally wears gloves. He is genius and speaks several languages and is a technological genius and deals with all the Brotherhoods IT. He also hates not being in control, including in the bedroom and is known in certain sections of vampire society for being a Dom. He never lets anyone feed from him. Butch is the first person in centuries that he has ever become truly close with.
Appearance: He has black hair, longer at the front and goatee and a tattoo on his right temple and around his eye. His eyes are white with a blue rim. He also has tattoos on his left hand, groin, hip and thighs which are all warnings in the Old Language. Like all the Brothers he is tall and built with muscle.
Fantasy Cast: Goncalo Teixeira
Name: Doctor Jane Whitcomb
Race: Human turned ghost
Age: 33
First appeared in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Romance is in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Family: She has no living family, her younger sister died when she was a child which is what made Jane want to pursue a career in medicine.
Mate: Vishous
About: Jane was a trauma surgeon in St Francis hospital where her supervisor was Manny. After mating V and having become a ghost who can become corporeal and incorporeal at will she now runs the medical centre at the Brotherhood mansion. She’s logical and highly intelligent.
Appearance: She has short blonde hair and green eyes. Slim, tall body. Doesn’t wear make up or jewellery.
Fantasy Cast: Kristen Bell
Name: Phury
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood, he is also the Primale of the Chosen
Age: Born in 1778
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Family: Son of Ahgony and Naseen. He and Zsadist are identical twins and Phury feels as if it is his responsibility to take care of his brother. Ahgony was also a Brother and warrior. Parents died of natural causes.
Mate: Cormia
About: Known as the gentleman and noble fighter. He has spent most of his life either looking for his twin brother Zsadist or looking after him. He lost a leg when saving Zsadist from blood slavery. He developed a red smoke habit and his dealer is Rehvenge. He excels at erasing memories and using the computer. He has taken a vow of celibacy and lives in the Adirondacks.
Appearance: Golden brown skin with striking long, blonde, red and brown wavy hair and yellow eyes. He has a metrosexual vibe to him, with definite GQ potential.
Fantasy Cast: Theo Theodoridis
Name: Cormia
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Chosen
First appeared in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Romance is in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Family: Was raised in the Sanctuary with the other Chosen
Mate: Phury
About: Has the purest blood and is known is a great beauty. She becomes good friends with John Matthew. Has an interest in architecture and once made a model out of toothpicks and peas. She also helped Rehvenge design his new club, The Iron Mask.
Appearance: Has pale jade green eyes and very long blonde, wavy hair
Fantasy Cast: Diane Kruger
Name: Rehvenge known as The Reverend, King of the Symphaths
Race: Half symphath, half vampire
Faction: Symphath, but is an ally of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood #3)
Romance is in: Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood #7)
Family: His half sister is Bella. He is the step son of Rampoon, although everyone thinks he is Rampoon’s soon. Rehv’s mother was raped by a symphath which resulted in her pregnancy with Rehv. His mother treated him like a beloved son and Bella didn’t know he wasn’t her full blooded brother. Rampoon was abusive towards him and his mahman.
Mate: Ehlena
About: His closest friends are Xhex, iAm and Trez. They help him run his clubs Zero Sum and Iron Mask where they sell drugs and sex. He becomes the King of the Symphaths.
Appearance: He has purple eyes and a black short cropped mohawk. He has two red star tattoos which represent his royal symphath blood and the two he has murdered. Although he isn’t a Brotherhood warrior he is tall and muscular. He always wears a long sable coat and a gold cane.
Fantasy Cast: Marco De Silva
Name: Ehlena daughter of Alyne
Race: Vampire
Age: Approximately 300
First appeared in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Romance is in: Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood #7)
Family: Her family was once part of the glymera, however, they now live in near poverty after her father was betrayed and their wealth was taken.
Mate: Rehvenge
About: Ehlena is a nurse and works in Haver’s clinic, however, after mating with Rehv she becomes a nurse in the Brotherhood’s clinic and works beside Doc Jane and Manny.
Appearance: Pretty with strawberry blonde hair and light brown eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Jaime Ray Newman
Name: John Matthew also known as Tehrror
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood / Soldier
Age: Born in 1983
First appeared in: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Romance is in: Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood #8)
Family: He was brought up as a human and lived in orphanages and foster parents when he was growing up. He is actually the reincarnated soul of Darius, however, everyone believes him to be Darius‘ son and thus half brother to Beth.
Mate: Xhex
About: John is mute and speaks using ASL. He made contact with Mary through a rape crisis line and it was discovered he was a pre-trans vampire when Bella saw he had a bracelet that spelt TEHRROR. He was taken in by Tohrment and Wellsie when the Brotherhood first learned of his existence in Lover Eternal. His best friends are Qhuinn and Blaylock and he went through the Brotherhood training programme with them.
Appearance: Post transition he is a big male with blue eyes and with short black hair.
Fantasy Cast: Unknown
Name: Xhexania known as Xhex, daughter of Autumn
Race: Half Symphath, Half Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood – Soldier
First appeared in: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4)
Romance is in: Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood #8)
Family: Her father is an unknown symphath who kidnapped her mother Autumn and raped her.
Mate: John Matthew
About: She does not allow anyone to get close her apart from Rehv, Trez and iAm who she considers family. She worked as an assassin for Rehv although she now works as soldier in the Brotherhood alongside her hellren John Matthew. She used to uses cilices strapped around her thigh to control her symphath side. She hates anything medical related as it reminds her of when she was captured and experimented on by humans before she managed to escape and burn the facility to the ground.
Appearance: Lean muscular build, normally wears muscle shirts, leather and boots. Has buzzed black hair and gunmetal grey eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Ruby Rose
Name: Dr Manuel “Manny” Manello
Race: Human
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: 45
First appeared in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Romance is in: Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9)
Family: Has vampire blood in him and is a descendant of Wrath. This means that he is related in some way to both Wrath and Butch.
Mate: Payne
About: He is Chief of Surgery in St Francis hospital and was Jane’s supervisor when she worked there. He was known to be one of the best as well as arrogant and aggressive. He has thoroughbred former racing horse named Glory.
Appearance: Dark brown hairs and eyes, around 6′ tall and muscular build. Being around Payne makes him regenerate and he looks year longer.
Fantasy Cast: Joe Manganiello
Name: Payne daughter of the Bloodletter and the Scribe Virgin
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Chosen / Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: Born in 1704
First appeared in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Romance is in: Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9)
Family: Her father is the Bloodletter, a male known for how cruel and abusive he was, her mother is the Scribe Virgin. Her twin brother is Vishous
Mate: Manual Manello
About: Payne is a warrior, due to her aggressive nature, her mother the Scribe Virgin put her in suspended animation for decades until the events in Lover Enshrined. She then regularly sparred with Wrath in the Sanctuary, who did not know who she was. She killed the Bloodletter because of the way he abused Vishous. She is one of the only two female soldiers in the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Has healing abilities.
Appearance: Long blue black hair and white eyes rimmed in blue, much like her brother Vishous
Fantasy Cast: Gal Gadot
Name: Tohrment son of Hharm, known as Tohr
Race: Vampire
Faction: Leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age: Born in 1644
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood #10)
Family: His father is a former Brother Hharm, who disowned him until just before his death
Mate: Wellsie, Autumn
About: He is the leader of the Brothers and known for being level headed and steady. His best friend was Darius. When John Matthew came to the Brothers he and his mate Wellsie took him in and treat him like a son. Wellsie was Tohr’s shellan for two centuries before she and his unborn son were murdered by lessers, when he found out he disappeared he went AWOL until Lassiter brought him back.
Appearance: Short dark hair with a white stripe at the front. Has navy blue eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Michael Thurston
Name: Wellisandra known as Wellsie daughter of Relix
Race: Vampire
Age: Born in 1784
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: When the series starts she is already happily mated to Tohrment
Family: She is pregnant with Tohr’s son, who becomes named Tohrment II posthumously
Mate: Tohrment
About: She was well loved and respected by all and befriends Beth and offers advice when she first appears. She also sees John Matthew as a son and took him into her and Tohr’s home. *spoiler* She dies whilst pregnant but can’t get to the Fade as Tohrment is keeping her In Between. She sends Lassiter to Tohr to help him and to free her and Tohrment II.
Appearance: Wavy long red hair and sherry coloured eyes
Fantasy Cast: Karen Gillan
Name: Autumn, also known as No’One but was born as Rosalhynda
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Chosen
First appeared in: Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood #5)
Romance is in: Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood #10)
Family: Her daughter is Xhex, she was conceived when she was kidnapped and raped by a symphath.
Mate: Tohrment
About: Autumn is known as No’One and wears a black robe and hood that covers her face. She has been in Sanctuary as a maid to the Chosen as after committing suicide she was not allowed into the Fade. Lassiter is here to help both her and Tohrment.
Appearance: Beautiful with blonde hair and gunmetal grey eyes the same as Xhex
Fantasy Cast: Sienna Miller
Name: Qhuinn son of Lohstrong
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
Age:
First appeared in: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #4)
Romance is in: Lover At Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11)
Family: He was disowned by his blood family due to him not being “perfect” as he has one green eye and one blue (heterochromia). His first cousin is Saxton, who still views Qhuinn as family, his other first cousin is Lash. His situation with his brother Luchus is complicated. Blaylock’s family unofficially adopted his as their own. He is the father of twins Lyric and Rhampage.
Mate: Blaylock
About: Qhiunn has been best friends with Blay since they were children and John Matthew become part of their group during their training with the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Qhuinn’s family disowned his due to his genetic “defect” and he lives in the Brotherhood mansion. He’s bisexual and is jealous when Blay and Saxton become a couple.
Appearance: Has a goth style with many piercings in his ear, his eyebrow, his lip, his nipples and…further south. He has one blue eye and one green eye, black spiky hair. Big and muscled.
Fantasy Cast: Parker Hurley
Name: Blaylock known as Blay
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood #3)
Romance is in: Lover At Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11)
Family: Blay is an only child to Rocke and Lyric who are part of the glymera. However, they are warm and loving parents who took Qhuinn, Blay’s best friend under their wing.
Mate: Qhuinn
About: He is best friends with John Matthew and Qhuinn. He met John Matthew through the Brotherhood’s training programme, but grew up with Qhuinn. Blay has always known he was gay and that he was in love with his best friend Qhuinn. However, his first male lover is Saxton, who he has a serious relationship with. Blay is loyal and kind, as well as a fierce fighter.
Appearance: GQ handsome with red hair and bright blue eyes, tall and muscular.
Fantasy Cast: Ken Bek
Name: Trez Latimer
Race: Shadow
Faction: Shadow, Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Romance is in: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood #13)
Family: Twin brother of iAm, they are known as the Moors.
Mate: Selena
About: Sees Xhex and Rehvenge as family and is fiercely loyal to them and acted as Rehv’s bodyguard. Before Selena, his brother iAm was the most important person to him. He is a sex addict. Little is known about The Moor’s past and who they were and what they were running from before they met Rehv.
Appearance: Dark skin and big muscled body, with almond shaped brown eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Michael B Jordan
Name: Selena
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Chosen
First appeared in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Romance is in: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood #13)
Family: Selena is part of the Chosen and views the other females as her sisters.
Mate: Trez
About: Selena has a very rare disease which affects the Chosen, the disease will stiffen her body freezing her into place, so she eventually turns statue like. She is known to be kind and gentle and although she is trained as an ehros, she is a virgin
Appearance: Long black hair, pale blue eyes and creamy brown skin. Slender and tall.
Fantasy Cast: Denise Vasi
Name: iAm Latimer
Race: Shadow
Faction: Shadows, Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Romance is in: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood #13)
Family: Twin brother of Trez
Mate: maichen
About: iAm is quiet, calm and observant. He is a fantastic cook and is the chef and owner at the Italian restaurant Salvatore’s. Apart from Trez, he is closest to Xhex and Rehvenge and views them as family. He has never been with a female.
Appearance: Dark skin and dark brown eyes. Really big and muscular.
Fantasy Cast: Aldis Hodge
Name: Catra vin SuLaneh etl MuLanen DeH FonLerahn otherwise known as maichen
Race: Shadow
Faction: Shadow
First appeared in: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood #13)
Romance is in: The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood #13)
Family: All of her family have died or been killed.
Mate: iAm
About: Current ruler of the Shadows alongside s’Ex. She and Trez were promised to each other by their parents since they were children. She serves as a maichen in her mother, the Queens household.
Appearance: Black curly long hair, peridot coloured almond shaped eyes, dark skin, wide high cheekbones.
Fantasy Cast: Nikayla Sheron
Name: Xcor
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Bastards
Age: Born in 1761
First appeared in: Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9)
Romance is in: The Chosen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #15)
Family: Xcor believes that the Bloodletter is his father.
Mate: Layla
About: Xcor was raised in the Bloodletters brutal training camps with no compassion or kindness. This has made him into a a merciless and deadly warrior. Within the camps he was part of an elite group called the Band of Bastards, the Bloodletter was their leader until his murder and then Xcor took over. They travelled the Old Country killed lessers. They have come to Caldwell to avenge the death of the Bloodletter and to overthrow the king.
Appearance: He is a massive male with short dark hair and blue eyes. He has a cleft palette.
Fantasy Cast: Luke Evans
Name: Layla
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Chosen
First appeared in: Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood #2)
Romance is in: The Chosen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #15)
Family: Mother to Lyric and Rhampage
Mate: Xcor
About: Layla is eager to please but shy and feeds Rhage, V, Qhuinn, Saxton and Blay as they are unable to feed from their mates. However, she has always had a huge crush on Qhuinn.
Appearance: Beautiful with long strawberry blonde hair and green eyes
Fantasy Cast: Kelly Reilly
Name: Montasilas, son of Mondarchy. Known as Silas
Race: Vampire
Age: 358
First appeared in: Dearest Ivie (Black Dagger Brotherhood #15.5)
Romance is in:Dearest Ivie (Black Dagger Brotherhood #15.5)
Family: His family is part of the glymera. However, he is the only one left in his family after his father died of a rare disease.
Mate: Ivie
About: He is a savvy businessman and has amassed a huge fortune by investing in the right things such as Amazon and Bitcoin.
Appearance: Pale green, almost white eyes with a black border. Longish black hair with a wave. Broad shoulders, dresses in expensive clothes but not showy.
Fantasy Cast: Justice Joslin
Name: Ivie, daughter of Hirah
Race: Vampire
Age: 18 years out of her transition
First appeared in: Dearest Ivie (Black Dagger Brotherhood #15.5)
Romance is in: Dearest Ivie (Black Dagger Brotherhood #15.5)
Family: She has a large loving family who live in the country and are protective of her. She is particularly close to her cousin Rubia.
Mate: Silas
About: Ivie is a nurse who works in Haver’s Clinic. She is well respected and known to be down to earth and sensible.
Appearance: No description found, so we’ve gone with our vision of Ivie!
Fantasy Cast: Felicity Jones
Name: Assail
Race: Vampire
First appeared in: Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood #10)
Romance is in: The Thief (Black Dagger Brotherhood #16)
Family: Has twin cousins Ehric and Evale who work and live with him.
Mate: Sola
About: He has turned his back on the glymera despite being on the Council and is instead a drug kingpin with an addiction to cocaine. He is hugely wealthy and lives in a glass house that is both sun proof and bullet proof.
Appearance: Extremely handsome and always well dressed. With black wavy hair and silver violet-blue eyes
Fantasy Cast: Aaron Taylor Johnson
Name: Marisol Morte, known as Sola
Race: Human
First appeared in: Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11)
Romance is in: The Thief (Black Dagger Brotherhood #16)
Family: her only living family is her grandmother, who she would do anything to protect.
Mate: Assail
About: A professional thief who took contract local drug lord, she’s a survivor who doesn’t like to rely on anyone. The only person who has ever looked out for her is her grandmother.
Appearance: Tall and athletic with dark eyes and brunette shoulder length hair. She dyes her hair blonde and cuts if short to disguise herself.
Fantasy Cast: Erica Cerra
Name: Murhder
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood #8)
Romance is in: The Savior (Black Dagger Brotherhood #17)
Mate: Dr Sarah Watkins
About: Best friend of Darius and Tohrment. Former partner of Xhex, but went mad when he thought he was saving her from a symphath colony. He was tortured and his mind broken by symphaths and because of his insanity he was kicked out of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. He has been hiding in a small guest house in South Carolina and has become the legend of Eliahu Rathboone who is rumoured to haunt the place.
Appearance: Classically handsome, but with long black hair that has wide streaks of red and striking deep set peach coloured eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Adam Lundberg
Name: Dr Sarah Watkins
Race: Human
First appeared in: The Savior (Black Dagger Brotherhood #17)
Romance is in: The Savior (Black Dagger Brotherhood #17)
Mate: Murhder
About: Sarah is a scientist who works as a molecular geneticist working on curing cancer using the body’s immune system. She is well known and respected in her field. She had a fiancee who died very suddenly who was also a very successful scientist. With no family left after her mother died of cancer and only distant friends Sarah’s life is her work.
Appearance: Slender with dark blonde shoulder length hair and honey coloured eyes
Fantasy Cast: Elizabeth Debicki
Name: Darius
Race: Vampire
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Family: His daughter is Beth, and John Matthew is in his bloodline and although everyone believes he is Darius‘ son he is actually Darius reincarnated.
About: He was well known for his class and style as well as being a deadly warrior. His best friend is Tohrment and although he never met Beth, his daughter, he watched out for her from the shadows. His dearest wish was for the Brotherhood to unite under one roof and put up a united front.
Appearance: John Matthew looks eerily like him with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
Fantasy Cast: Colby Lefebvre
Name: Saxton son of Thym
Race: Vampire – from the elite of vampire society the glymera
First appeared in: Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood #7)
Romance in: Blood Fury (Black Dagger Legacy #3)
Family: He is the first cousin of Qhuinn, his father Thym disowned him for being gay.
Mate: Ruhn
About: Saxton is the First Counsel to the King – Wrath – and is a lawyer with expertise in the Old Law.
Appearance: Always dresses with class and has wavy blonde hair parted at side, longer at the front and grey eyes. Exceptionally handsome.
Fantasy Cast: Darrell Snedeger
Name: Ruhn
Race: Vampire – working class, civilian
First appeared in: The Beast (Black Dagger Brotherhood #14)
Romance in: Blood Fury (Black Dagger Legacy #3)
Family: Uncle of Bitty – the adopted daughter of Rhage and Mary
Mate: Saxton
Appearance: Tall, slightly muscular with short brown hair and light brown eyes, strongly resembles Bitty
Fantasy Cast: Matthias Streitwieser
Name: Lassiter
Race: Angel
First appeared in: Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood #6)
Romance is in: Unknown
Mate: Unknown
About: He is a fallen angel but has won back his guardian angel status by helping Tohrment and Wellsie. When the Scribe Virgin left, he was chosen as her successor. He has a quirky sense of humour and loves to wind up the Brothers, especially V. Is known for his ridiculous outfits and antics within the Brotherhood mansion. However, he has taken a bullet for Wrath and has been a source of comfort and help for many in the mansion.
Appearance: Black and blonde hair to his hips, with white pupil-less eyes. Has many piercings on his body and his face. He glows.
Fantasy Cast: Matt Felker
Name: Throe
Race: Vampire
Faction: The Bastards
First appeared in: Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9)
Romance is in: Unknown
Family: His family is part of the glymera however, he was struck from their bloodline.
Mate: Unknown
About: He is part of the Band of Bastards and is second in command to Xcor. Xcor killed the males who violated his sister which bound Throe to Xcor. However, since they have come to Caldwell Throe and Xcor have become estranged and Throe no longer trusts Xcor and vice versa. Throe longs to be part of the wealth and privilege of the glymera again.
Appearance: Golden hair and light blue eyes
Fantasy Cast: Leandro Lima
Fantasy Cast: Inessa Rain
Family: Has a daughter who is now deceased
Name: Ehric
Race: Vampire
First appeared in: Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11)
Romance is in: Unknown
Family: Cousin to Assail and identical twin to Evale
Mate: Unknown
About: Deadly and extremely loyal to his twin and Assail. Rarely speaks.
Appearance: Dark hair and silver eyes. Mole behind his ear
Name: Evale
Race: Vampire
First appeared in: Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11)
Romance is in: Unknown
Family: Cousin to Assail and identical twin to Ehric
Mate: Unknown
About: Deadly and extremely loyal to his twin and Assail. Rarely speaks.
Appearance: Dark hair and silver eyes.
Name: Bitty
Race: Vampire
Age: She is a child when she first appears
First appeared in: The Beast (Black Dagger Brotherhood #14)
Romance is in: Excuse me, but she’s too young to date anyone!
Family: Biological daughter to Annalyse and an unnamed vampire who was killed by Rhage, Vishous and Butch for abusing his pregnant shellan. Adopted daughter of Rhage and Mary. Ruhn is her uncle.
Mate: Will have to get past Rhage first….
About: She is a pre-trans so she is able to withstand light. She doesn’t usually care about who is around or not around her. Mary took care of her at Safe Place. Thought she was responsible for her mother’s death when she went to see her and she passed.
Appearance: Slender with dark hair
Fantasy Cast: Kamilla Mandishi
Name: Fritzgerald Perlmutter known as Fritz
Race: Doggen
Faction: Black Dagger Brotherhood
First appeared in: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)
Romance is in: I doubt there is plans for a romance for Fritz, I am not even sure if there’s a Mrs Fritz…but wouldn’t it be great if there was?
About: Used to be Autumn’s family doggen, until her death and then he was with Darius until his death. He now serves the Brotherhood as their butler. His greatest pleasure is to serve the Brothers and their shellans and he is well loved and respected in return. He is also a fantastic getaway driver.
Appearance: Looks like he is in his 70’s with droopy eyes and skin.
Fantasy Cast: Michael Gough
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