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Vote. They returned to serve on the council after Lawrence Van
Alen was made Regis. The couple perished during the Rio massacre.
Carter, Muriel (“Muffie”) Astor: One of most popular Blue
Blood socialites, she was educated at Miss Porter’s and
Vassar and enjoyed a successful career in public relations before marrying Dr. Sheldon Carter. She is the hostess of an annual fashion show at her Hamptons estate, benefiting the
New York Blood Bank, where Bliss made her return to modeling after the tragedy in Rio.
Carter, Sheldon, M.D.: A Blue Blood plastic surgeon and
Muffie Astor’s husband
Castañeda, Don Alejandro: Blue Blood heir to his father’s sugar and beverage fortune, whose bonding to Danielle Russell was planned by Lizbet Tilton
Chantal: The booking editor of Chic magazine; a small, short, pinched-looking woman with a pixie haircut and cat’s-eye glasses
Chen, Dehua: A young vampire from the Blue Blood coven based in Shanghai. Xi Wangmu, Angel of Immortality, was presented at the Four Hundred Ball along with her twin, Deming
Chen.
Chen, Deming: A young vampire from the Blue Blood Coven based in Shanghai. Kuan Yin, Angel of Mercy, was presented at the Four Hundred Ball in New York. Twin to Dehua Chen.
Corrigan, Seymour: A Warden emeritus called back to duty in the Conclave after Rio. He led the proceedings at the White
Vote called by Forsyth Llewellyn.
Coubertin, Baron de: The baron served as human Conduit to the Countess of Paris and was the key to an audience with her.
The demon Leviathan shape-shifted into his form at the Bal des
Vampires, and the real Baron de Coubertin was found dead in the River Seine the next day.
Cushing, John, Reverend: Officiated at the wedding of
Caroline Vanderbilt to Alfred, Lord Burlington
Cyrus: Rolf Morgan’s “spastic showrunner” who runs and produces Rolf ’s fashion shows
Danilo: Mimi’s hairdresser
Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of: The parents of Alfred, Lord Burlington
Doris: Forsyth Llewellyn’s secretary
Duchesne, Margeurite: Belgian governess to the Flood heiresses who founded the Duchesne School
Dupont, Eliza: Priscilla’s niece who took her place on the
Conclave after Priscilla’s untimely demise
Dupont, Gina: Charles Force’s human familiar, whom Mimi understands is more than her father’s mistress. Gina is unrelated to the Blue Blood Duponts.
Dupont, Priscilla: Chief Warden and head of the Committee, she was a well-known Blue Blood socialite whose regal visage regularly graced the weekly social columns. Her untimely death during the attack at the Repository ushered in the rule of
Lawrence Van Alen, as the Coven could no longer deny the return of the Silver Bloods.
Essex, Marquis of: Best man at the wedding of Lord
Burlington and Caroline Vanderbilt, following the disappearance of Lord Burlington’s former fiancée, Maggie
Stanford
Farnsworth, Linda: A short, squat woman with crinkly hair and an overall dowdy appearance, which is surprising considering her position as founder of Farnsworth Models. Linda’s girls, including Bliss, Mimi, and Schuyler, grace the runways of Bryant
Park, the billboards of Times Square, and the pages of Chic magazine.
Flood, Armstrong, Captain: Founder of the Flood Oil
Company
Flood, Rose Elizabeth: Wife of Captain Armstrong Flood who donated the family home (Flood mansion) to the Duchesne
School when her three daughters died during the sinking of the
S.S. Endeavor during an Atlantic crossing.
Frost, Brannon: The Blue Blood editor in chief of Chic magazine
Getty, Natalie: A Blue Blood teen killed by Silver Bloods in the
New York slayings
Hazard, Patricia, M.D.: Oliver’s aunt and the Blue Bloods’ trusted doctor, she watches over the New York Coven’s health at her posh Fifth Avenue office. In particular, she observes their
Transformations, especially Schuyler’s unusual case as half vampire, half human.
Henri of Orleans, Crown Prince of France (deposed), also known as Henri Bourbon and Henri, Count of Paris: The late Blue Blood husband of Countess Isabelle, he would have been heir to the French throne had the Revolution never happened. Isabelle took his position as Regis of the European
Conclave after his passing from the current cycle.
Isabelle of Orleans, the Countess of Paris : Hostess of the
Bal des Vampires and former owner of the Hôtel Lambert, the countess is the Regis of the European Conclave and former friend of Lawrence and Cordelia Van Alen. Schuyler and Oliver traveled to Paris seek her aid when the New York Conclave decided that Schuyler was responsible for Lawrence’s death.