Cast of Characters [Note: Spoiler Alert - this includes updates that may ruin some plot points]
Life as a New Hire
Impossible gratitude to Nut Ranch who not only made this list - he made it thrice. Only my ineptitude had kept the first two creations from the light.
As always, the subject matter is my responsibility.
If you like it, it is probably someone else's fault.
Below is a (mostly) complete cast of characters for this series as they appear by Chapter, as of Chapter 25.
Amazons routinely go by 1st names, so some have no last name listed.
Question Marks (?) indicate uncertainty of identification.
Amazon/Non Amazon is the default Identification as some Characters have not (yet) been identified as either Full Blood/Poison Blood (Born Amazon,) or Lost Blood/Runner (Recruited into Amazon Society) in the story line.
Some have not (yet) been Identified as to which House they belong to or specific positions within Amazon/Havenstone Society.
Specific relationships/positions have been identified where possible.
I hope this helps you keep track.
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Cáel Nyilas: A 'New Directive' intern. Of Magyar and Irish Gaelic descent. The Magyar have cultural roots with the Finnish, Turks, and Bulgarians. Grandson of Cáel O'Shea (Deceased Illuminati Leader), Graduated from Bolingbrook College with a Business Major and a Philosophy minor. Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services, 1st Named Chapter 1. He speaks 4 current languages (English, French, Spanish and Russian) and ten dead languages (including Old Kingdom Hittite, which is also the native language of the Amazons)
He is an oversexed, incredibly fit and morally ambiguous serial dater. His body bears scars from numerous romantic failures.
Later discovered to be the descendant of Vranus, an "Ash Man" of House Ishara during the 2nd Great Betrayal. Leader of one of the 1st twenty Houses previously believed to have died out.
His Father is Ferko Nyilas and his Mother is Sibeal O'Shea Nyilas.
Cáel has an Aunt Stella on his father's side. She is a crab-fisherwoman living in Maryland.
He has numerous (unknown until Chapter 19) O'Shea Aunts and one Uncle. After Ferko's murder, Aunt Stella reveals that Sibeal did not die of cancer and is still alive and in hiding from her family.
Later he refers to himself as Cáel Ishara, Ishara and Wakko Ishara.
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Brian Fung: Chinese-American 'New Directive' intern.' Graduated from Harvard. Works for Ms. Julian Jameson, VP in charge of Acquisition. 1st Named Chapter 1.
Trent Grant: "'New Directive' intern.' Blue blood, Graduated from Carnegie-Melon. Works for Ms. Olympia Shore, head the Financial Investigative unit. 1st Named Chapter 1. It is eventually revealed that Trent lied during the application process, claiming no serious romantic entanglements and not even mentioning his long-term girlfriend, Brooke Lee. He denied her in Katrina's office and volunteered for the Far East Unit - aka washed out of the program and reduced to 'sperm donor' status.
Khalid Adzharia: 'New Directive' intern.' African-American, Graduated from MIT. Works for Ms. Phalli Chandra VP of International Finance. 1st Named Chapter 1.
Felix Melena: "New Directive' intern." Salvadoran-American. Graduated from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Works for Ms. Tia Pharos, VP of Business Management. 1st Named Chapter 1. He later gets into a feud with Cáel, seduces Brooke to get back at him then makes a public display of his deed on the main floor of the Executive Office Department. Cáel challenges him to fight and beats Felix in a matter of seconds due to Felix's overconfidence.
Ms. Katrina Love: VP of Executive Services. Daughter of Sedona, Caitlyn's sister, Amazon Pure Blood, Head of House Epona, Amazon title "Spear in Night and Death," (Think Head of KGB, CIA, MI 5 & 6, Intelligence, Counter Intelligence and Assassination) 1st Named Chapter 1. She is revealed to be sterile, the sister/relative of Desiree & Caitlyn and the Aunt of Loraine, Europa and Aya. With Hayden and Tessa, she created the 'New Directive', though in a stronger format. She remains a close ally of Cáel despite some crushing encounters.
Tessa Carmichael: Head of Havenstone Human Resources. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1. She is a close ally of Katrina.
Umami Lhasa: Assistant to Tessa Carmichael, Havenstone Human Resources, Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Daphne Pile: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services. Sister of Brielle, Granddaughter of Pamela, Amazon Pure Blood, House Cotyttia. 1st Named Chapter 1. She, along with Desiree, are the first people Katrina informs that Cáel can speak Amazon.
Brielle Pile: Works for Olympia Shore. Havenstone Financial Investigative unit, Sister of Daphne, Granddaughter of Pamela, Amazon Pure Blood, House Cotyttia. 1st Named Chapter 1. She and an unnamed compatriot make a game of ambushing Cáel in the elevator at the start of each day.
Dora Cartagena: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services, Amazon, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Fabiola Dobrani: Havenstone Executive Services Daughter of Messina, Amazon Pure Blood. House Minerva 1st Named Chapter 1. Like her mother, Fabiola is a 'hard-liner', believing the Amazons should butcher their old, diseased male population and replace them by kidnapping new males.
Paula Wadena: Havenstone Executive Services. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Violet Maza: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services. Sister of Traska, Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Theresa 'Tigger' Castro: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Buffy Dubois: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services. 'Lost Blood' or "Runner" Becomes First new member of House Ishara after Cáel Nyilas. 1st Named Chapter 1. Buffy retains an unsanctioned feud with Elsa. Buffy qualified for the Security Detail, but was denied entry by Elsa because Buffy wasn't a full-blooded Amazon.
Timothy Denver: Gay body-building, hunk, moderately famous tattoo artist from Queens, Cáel's Roommate. 1st Named Chapter 1. Timothy may be the finest, most understanding roommate who has ever lived.
Marilynn St. John: Daughter of Sydney St. John. Grand Daughter of Hayden St. John, Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Hayden St. John: High Priestess of the Amazons. Mother of Sydney St. John Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Desiree Fredrickson: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services. Technically Half Blood but is Katrina and Caitlyn's sister, House Epona, 1st Named Chapter 1.
Vienna Rothmore: friend of Marilynn St. John, Non Amazon? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Beyoncé Vincennes: Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1. As of Chapter 5 she becomes a staunch supporter of the New Directive, Katrina and Cáel.
Rhada: Madi's Apprentice, Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1. She is the 'apprentice' of Madi, thus her designated successor on the Amazon Council. She also develops a convoluted and socially dangerous sexual relationship with Cáel.
Madi: Amazon Pure Blood, Head of House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Julian Jameson: VP in charge of Acquisition. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Olympia Shore: head of the Financial Investigative unit. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Phalli Chandra: VP of International Finance. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Tia Pharos: VP of Havenstone Business Management. Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 1.
Sedona Love: Daughter of Andromeda. Amazon Pure Blood, House Epona. 1st Named Chapter 1.
Dr. Kimberly Geisler: Professor at Bolingbrook College, Cáel's 1st true lover, taught him multiple dead languages, 1st Named Chapter 1. Contrary to some people's perception, Cáel and Kimberly maintained a four year affair. Kimberly ended it when he graduated.
Helena: Works for Katrina Love, VP of Havenstone Executive Services. "Originally Lost Blood" or "Runner" 2nd Person Cáel inducted into House Ishara, 1st Named Chapter 1.
Odette Sievert: Restaurant server, One of Cáel's many conquests/ becomes a roommate, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 1. She eventually becomes one of Cáel's best friends and grounding point. Odette also provides information about Cáel to numerous, scary women.
Crewe: Havenstone S.D., Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 2.
Caitlyn Ruger: Mother of Aya, Europa and Loraine. Katrina's sister. Amazon Pure Blood, House Epona, 1st Named Chapter 3, 1st Named Chapter 4
Aya Ruger: (age 9), Daughter of Caitlyn. Absolutely devoted to Cáel, Cáel feels the same. Amazon Pure Blood, House Epona, 1st Named Chapter 3. Cáel and Aya develop something akin to a father-daughter bond.
Europa Ruger: (age 13), Daughter of Caitlyn. Amazon Pure Blood, House Epona, 1st Named Chapter 3
Loraine Ruger: (age 16), Daughter of Caitlyn. Amazon Pure Blood, House Epona, 1st Named Chapter 3
Ms. Ulyssa Reichmann: Aya's Teacher at a private academy, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 3. She is an on again/off again Sunday night hook-up for Cáel.
Astarte: Havenstone employee, Amazon, House? 1st Named Chapter 3
Nikita Kutuzov: NYPD rookie Cop, One of Cáel's many conquests, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 3. Her mother is a Desk Sargent for the NYPD at the precinct that Marilyn St. James usually ends up at.
Rachel Simpson: Loraine's Teacher at a private academy, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 4
Elsa: Head of Havenstone S.D., Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 4. She is an Amazon Supremist, worships the ground Katrina walks on, and comes to desire Cáel as something besides a breeding male.
Constanza: Elsa's assistant, Havenstone S.D., Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 4. Eventually another Amazon, Pamela, cuts her left eye out for insulting Cáel.
Yasmin Palhavã: Brazilian, Former state criminal inspector, recruited into Havenstone, "Lost Blood or Runner," One of Cáel's conquests, 1st named in Chapter 5
Braulio Palhavã: Yasmin's son, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 4, 1st Named in Chapter 18
Brooke Lee: Trent Grant's fiancé, One of Cáel's many conquests, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 4
Libra Chalmers: One of Cáel's many conquests, Marla's sister, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 4
Marla Chalmers, One of Cáel's many conquests, Libra's sister, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 4
Gene: friend of Libra and Brooke, Non Amazon, 1st Named Chapter 4
Ursula: Amazon Pure Blood, Head of House Marda, 1st Named Chapter 5. Hard-liner.
Messina Dobrani: Amazon Pure Blood, Fabiola's Mother, House leader, House Minerva 1st Named Chapter 5
Sydney St. John: Mother of Marilyn St. John, Daughter of Hayden St. John, Havenstone S.D., Amazon Pure Blood, House? 1st Named Chapter 5
