Genevieve de Monet is a master vampire, and Prince of France. Tall for a woman of her times (she's over 500 years old), blonde, blue-eyed, drop-dead gorgeous (yes, there are blonde French women), Gen lives in a real genuine castle and runs her own winery. Don't ask for the specialite de maison. She is very close to the Brotherhood (see intro to Complicated Lives), having rescued Gideon from his turnsire and turned Joshua, as well as having been in on that original fight that formed the Brotherhood. She is the head of a very similar organization of vampires in France that fights for truth, justice and good brioche. She is often consulted on points of vampire law (yes, okay, I invented that concept, too.) She's had a long-running, on-again, off-again relationship with a dangerous, temperamental male vampire (whom she turned) named Jean de la Mare. Bet you didn't know Walter had a vampire relative.
Jean de la Mare is, to nobody's surprise, yet another vampire. He was a captain in the French military when he was badly wounded and found by Gen. Rather than watch him die a slow, agonizing death, she turned him. He is a rogue, a philanderer, a drinker, a gambler--in other words, pretty much just like Julian, which is why they don't like each other much. Jean is around average height and weight, a bit on the slim and muscular side, and has brown hair and hazel eyes--which are usually roving, like his hands.
Julian Vyse/Vaurien/etc admits to having been born late in the 4th century, Common Era, in the hills above the Black Sea. He's Greek, as he's quick to point out, altho that area is now Turkey. He sometimes describes himself as a "shamanistic mage" whatever that means. He has a somewhat elastic view of time, truth, justice, dignity and common propriety. Needless to say he can be hard to befriend. Since he has a lot of trust issues, this is fine with him. Julian is bisexual, an unabashed flirt, horny as hell; he can kill in a moment. But if he thinks of you as a friend (whether or not you know this) he will risk his life for you without a second's thought.
Nimue: Nimue du Lac, Lady of the Lake, last high priestess of Avalon, redheaded siren. Yes, that Nimue.
Evan Jones : Gideon's bodyguard, majordomo and chauffeur, is one of a race known as the Nameless Ones because the scribe was too lazy to think of anything else to call them. They are immortals who live in cycles; high, when they are super active, especially sexually; middle, when they are relatively normal; and low, when they are unenergetic. These strange warriors tend to hire themselves out as servants, bodyguards and so forth to occult beings. Generally rich occult beings, because not many people can afford to feed Nameless Ones in high cycle. Evan has short auburn hair, hazel eyes and lots of muscles.