Supporting Characters
JudithGilbert: Elena's aunt and legalguardian. She moved in with Elena and her baby sister Margaret right after thedeath of the girl's parents. She is the sort of woman who always looked vaguelyflustered; she had a thin, mild face and flyaway red hair pushed back untidily.She is engaged to, later married to, Robert Maxwell, though she briefly brokethe engagement after Elena's death, thinking it was the best for Margaret. Shemarries Robert eventually and becomes Mrs. Maxwell by the time the graduation ceremonyis held in Dark Reunion. She is kind and caring and one of the last peopleElena talks to before dying the first time.
VickieBennett: Vickie was an acquaintanceof Elena, Matt, Meredith and Bonnie but she was never particularly a part oftheir inner circle. Physically, she was small with light brown hair and darkbrown eyes. She was at the cemetery with Elena when they left the Homecomingdance. She had stayed there in the church with Dick Carter, Tyler Smallwood'sbest friend. She was attacked and that caused her to go insane and she accusedElena of being part of it. Then she is accused of killing Sue because sherelapsed after her death and she was the only one present, however after theturnaround of events and her transition away from the "fast crowd",it is considered unlikely by her new friends. When Bonnie and Meredith go toher house, she, in a catatonic state, says that the murderer said she is next.She is left under the protection of Damon by his brother Stefan, but is laterviolently murdered by Klaus.
MargaretGilbert: Elena's much younger sister,who is 4 years old. Elena considers her to be very innocent, and even secretlytalks to her as a vampire after her death, saying that it is not yet her timeto rejoin her deceased parents. She has platinum blond hair, pink, peachy skinand light blue eyes. Margaret is generally cheerful, and she is empatheticenough to offer Elena some Halloween candy when her older sister seemsdistressed. She likes animals well enough to adopt a kitten, though unfortunatelythe kitten she chooses is an animal shape of Katherine von Swartzschild. Due toher age, she gives little to no evidence of ever truly understanding theactivities and concerns of her older sister or the other characters. Sheperceives Elena’s death as her older sister’s having gone to be with theirparents. In fact, given the ease with with she welcomes the vampire Elena'sreturn, she does not seem to have understood that Elena is supposed to be deadeven though she asks Elena if she has become an angel. Margaret doesn't havemuch of a history as she's only approximately 4 years old. Elena and Margaret'sparents died when she was around 1 year old, so she has little memory of them.It is unknown how she spends her time or if she has any friends, as the readeronly sees her with Elena or Aunt Judith.
Mrs.Theophilia Flowers:Mrs. Flowers is the owner of the boarding house where Stefan lives, they oncethought her to just be a crazy old woman, but, during The Return: Nightfall,she is revealed to be a Witch like Bonnie and helps the friends search forElena in the woods. Mrs. Flowers is said to be over 100 years old. Mrs. Flowersis an old lady with grey hair and a smiling face. She's a small woman, and hasbright, black eyes. Mrs. Flowers comes across as a batty old lady, yetappearances can be deceiving. She has a wicked sense of humor, and seems toenjoy driving people insane wondering about what and who she is. It's neveractually confirmed in the original series just what Mrs. Flowers is, but Stefanobserves early on in The Awakening that she seems to be more than she appears.She certainly seems to suspect (perhaps even know) what Stefan is. She makesknowing references about there being things lurking out in the woods, makesjokes about Stefan flying off the roof. The fact that the mirror is missingfrom Stefan's bathroom may also be a little joke on her part. Stefan himselfreveals that vampires having no reflections is a myth, and there's no realreason for him to not have a mirror, especially given that he's quitefastidious about his appearance. It's easy to conclude this is Mrs. Flowersmaking another subtle hint that she knows what he is. She certainly makes nobones about knowing he's older than he appears by offering him some of her blackberrywine when the teenagers are only given grape juice. As far as she should beconcerned, Stefan is the same age as the rest of them. It is quite possiblethat she has some kind of psychic premonitions. On two occasions she wasstrangely absent from the Boarding House when by all rights she had everyreason to be there. The first is on Halloween, when Elena discovers that Stefanis a vampire. It's as if she was deliberately keeping out of their way so thatthe necessary could take place. Again, after Stefan has been rescued from thewell in The Struggle, she is absent from the Boarding House when they returnwith him, yet the doors are unlocked. This is something that Matt observes asvery strange, and that you'd have to be crazy to leave your doors open likethat given the recent spate of deaths. While she has her eccentricities, Mrs.Flowers is certainly not stupid, and it's possible that she knew they werecoming, knew they wanted to do it as secretly as possible, and so paved the wayfor them while making herself scarce. It's also interesting to note that shemay have had no problems leaving the doors unlocked as she knew the ones whowere responsible couldn't get in without an invitation. In her mind, she wasrelatively safe. Mrs. Flowers reveals that she is a Witch in the novel to Elenabecause she says that she's become unsociable in old age and mentions she hadbeen a nurse because women were not encouraged to be doctors back when she wasborn. She admits to having a "soft spot" for Stefan. It is also notedthat she is knowledgeable about herbs. In "The Return: Nightfall"Mrs. Flowers reveals to Elena that she became a nurse when she was younger(though she wanted to be a doctor) because women back then were discouragedfrom becoming doctors. She then confirms everyone's suspicions about her bystating that she is a witch (and that she finds it to be a pain) and has knownabout Stefan all along. She tells Elena that she has a "soft spot"for him and has decided to help Elena find Stefan, who has gone missing. Shehelps cure Matt and it is noted that she's educated in herbology. She tellsBonnie and Meredith that her mother died sometime back in 1901 and that she(Mrs. Flowers) used to be a medium on vaudeville.
Antagonists
KatherineVon Swartzchild: Katherine is theyoung and beautiful vampire whom Damon and Stefan both fell in love with whenthey were humans during the Italian Renaissance. Born in Germany in the 1500sto the Baron von Swartzschild, Katherine was frail during her childhood and herlast illness was terminal. She recalls later that she was unable to breathe andtoo weak to move; her father was devastated. Gudren, her maid, sought out avampire named Klaus who was in the local village at the time, and he made herinto a vampire, saving her from death and making her much stronger than she hadbeen in life. It is Gudren, who advises her on the practicalities of being avampire, telling her to have a lapis lazuli ring made as a talisman against thesun, and bringing her possets and small animals for feeding. Katherine saysthat there are many silversmiths in Florence. She is able to have made, in nomore than a week, two silver rings set with lapis lazuli for both of theSalvatore brothers. She also succeeds in finding another piece of lapis lazulifor herself in a day. Physically, Katherine looks almost exactly like Elena,with jewel-blue eyes that resemble a kitten's eyes, golden blond hair and paleskin. There are however a few slight differences between the two girls.Katherine is shorter, her eyes are wider and more blue, and her hair is a fewshades darker than Elena's. Katherine also has "almost silvery"eyebrows and eyelashes. She is, of course, very beautiful. At first, Katherineis described through flashbacks of memory. She finally makes her appearance in TheFury. She looks the same, except for her long, golden hair, which has grownpast floor-length and now trails behind her; Elena initially mistakes it for atrain on her gown. Her face is also described (by Elena) simply as looking"wrong" and "distorted," twisted by hunger and mocking. Hervoice has been described as light, melodic and silvery. In order for her towalk around in the sunlight as a vampire, Katherine wore a protective necklacewith lapis lazuli stone around her neck. As a vampire, some of Katherine'spowers included owl form, tiger form, kitten form, weather manipulation andmind manipulation (mind compulsion). When Katherine and Stefan spent timetogether every day, their fathers were pleased and discussed a possiblemarriage. Stefan believes Katherine’s father is too fond of her to force her tomarry against her will, thus leaving the choice of a husband to Katherine. Whenthe Salvatore brothers first meet Katherine during the Renaissance, she is afragile young German noblewoman with a dark secret. Katherine is soft-spoken, innocentand excessively naïve. In spite of her vampirism, she does not appear tounderstand shadow emotions and the darker side of life, and as such she failsto grasp the deep roots of the conflict between Stefan and Damon. She displaysher childishness by refusing to choose between the two brothers and believingthat martyring herself will resolve their difficulties. In the centuriesbetween the Italian Renaissance and the time of The Fury, Katherine has grownquite insane, which is at least partly attributable to the influence of Klaus.She is jealous of Elena and hates Damon and Stefan for daring to pursue anotherwoman. She boasts about killing many humans and vampires over the past fewcenturies, and has become evil and hungry for power and revenge. Katherineturned the two brothers into vampires in an attempt to be happy with bothbrothers, instead of having to choose between them. When this didn't work shestaged her 'suicide' by going into the sunlight without her ring, leavingbehind a pile of ashes in one of her dresses. The two brothers fought to the'death' because of her loss. She physically resembles Elena which causedStefan's initial attraction to Elena, though he later realized that Elena wasemotionally stronger than Katherine, who was docile and gentle as was thestandard in Renaissance Italy. She is revealed to be the Other Power that isdamaging the town and is killed by Elena. Katherine dies in 'The Fury' fromburning to death after Elena tore off her protective lapis lazuli necklace and pushedher into a shaft of sunlight. Katherine reveals in The Fury, that she alwaysloved Stefan more than Damon.
Klaus: Klaus is a pure-bloodvampire, one of the 'Old Ones', who has never been human, and he existed longago before the pyramids were built. According to his words, he fought in theTrojan war and even helped for the downfall of the Roman empire. In the late 15century, he lived in a village in Germany. The people thought that he was thedevil himself. Physically, Klaus is very Nordic in appearance, with electricblue eyes and short, close-cropped platinum blond hair. He is described asbeing handsome despite the fact that his features are often contorted inmadness. He wears a dusty long tan coat. Personality-wise, Klaus is extremelyderanged, and the line between his evil and his madness is very blurry. Whenpressed, he is deadly serious and reminds everyone about his unfathomable oldage, but most of the time he seems unnaturally chipper, and his evil deedsduring Dark Reunion are always tinged with irony. He refers to everyone as"sport," he writes "Goodnight, sweetheart" on Vickie'smirror after brutally murdering her and leaving that same song playing in herroom, and he kills (or nearly kills) Stefan with the same white ash wood spearthat was intended for him. His mood changes from cheerful and amused toabsolutely enraged in seconds, and he is very unpredictable. Despite hisseemingly erratic and scattered personality, he seems to be a patient andmethodical killer capable of elaborate plans. One day, a maid showed up andbegged for his help, because her young mistress was dying. That girl wasKatherine von Swartzschild. He then turned her into a vampire, feeding her withhis blood, and months after wards he took her under his care and instructed herhow to be malevolent and despotic. Centuries later Katherine thought that shekilled him, but Klaus arrives in Fell's Church, where he somehow comes incontact with Tyler and helps him become a werewolf. After that, he uses Tylerand his own enhanced vampire powers to play with the Salvatore brothers, andtheir human friends. He murders both Sue Carson, a friend of Bonnie andMeredith, and Vickie Bennett in an extremely violent manner and offers Damon atruce if he'll keep out of his way while he kills Stefan. Klaus also kidnapsCaroline Forbes and holds her hostage as bait to get Stefan to fight him. Inthe final showdown against everyone, all of the weapons used against him fail,Klaus more or less kills Stefan, and nearly kills Damon as well, until anintervention from Elena's spirit, leading an army's worth of unquiet Civil Warghosts (the site of their battle was also the site of a bloody Civil Warbattle) against him. The ghosts carry a screaming Klaus away, and his currentwhereabouts (and state of being) are unknown.
TylerSmallwood: Tyler Smallwood is a directdescendant of the Smallwoods that were present at the founding of Fells Church.Tyler is 18 years old. Physically, Tyler is the stereo-typical "jock"type; he is tall, broad, husky and muscular with black hair, pale skin and darkeyes. He is described as being handsome and attractive, although rather fleshy.Tyler has fleshy hands. Elena has observed that Tyler is much taller thenStefan and is at least twice as broad. Tyler's family, the Smallwood's, is oneof the founding families of Fell's Church; there appears to be some deep-seatedresentment on the part of the Smallwood's over the history of the town'screation. Tyler seems to feel that his family, the Smallwoods, were the real foundersof the town, more so than the Fell family, after which the town is named. Inthe first book, Tyler took Elena away to the graveyard where she saw hisgrandfather's grave. Tyler makes an aggressive move for Elena and then toMeredith later on in the books. Stefan comes to save Elena in the graveyardafter Tyler tries to force himself on her and because of this, Tyler has beenantagonistic towards Stefan and Elena ever since. He is later revealed to be aWerewolf; it was dormant until he knew how to activate the werewolf gene. He isalso the unknowing father of Caroline's unborn baby at the end of The Return:Nightfall.
Shinichi: Shinichi is a magical foxspirit called "Kitsune" from Japan. At first, he appeared as a darkand mysterious person, who offered a partnership to Damon in order to destroythe entire Fell's Church. With the influence and help of Damon, Stefan is luredaway from the town with the promise of becoming a human again. Shinichi and histwin sister, Misao, used terrible tentacled creatures, called Malach, which canbe the size of a pinhead or big enough to swallow your entire arm, to makeDamon one of his pawns. The malach entered his body and took him over from theinside, corrupting his body and his soul, making him entirely under Shinichi'swill. Shinichi made Damon torture Elena and even kidnap her, making her believethat Stefan wanted her to be under Damon's care, while he and Misao spread themalach like a virus among the citizens of Fall's Church. In his human form,Shinichi looks like a young and beautiful Asian boy with pitch black hair, redall around the tips and golden eyes. In his real fox form he has more than sixtails and black and red fur. His personality is twisted and evil.
Misao: Misao is Shinichi's twinsister. In the beginning of Nightfall, she appeared in Caroline's mirror in theform of the girl's reflection, and used her bad feelings towards Elena tomaking them sign a contract, which enabled Caroline to get her revenge on bothElena and Stefan. Misao possessed Caroline with malach, and used her to spreadthe virus-like creatures in the town, mostly among the young girls. Under theirinfluence, the girls did terrible things to themselves, like home madepiercings and offering sex to the older boys, like the case with Matt. Despitethe fact that they're brother and sister, Misao has a passionate and sexualattachment to her brother, Shinichi, and they even shared a hot and intimatekiss in the scene where they lured Bonnie, Meredith, Matt, Dr. Alpert and Mrs.Flowers into the woods. In her human form, Misao looks like pretty, young Asiangirl with long black hair, scarlet all around the tips, and black eyes, whilein her fox form, she has more than six tails and black and scarlet fur. Herpersonality is spoiled and arrogant.
Minor Characters In OriginalSeries
BaronVon Swartzchild: After Katherinesuffers from a prolonged illness, her father, Baron von Swartzchild, brings herto Italy to help her recover. He commissions a white dress for her that isembroidered with her initials and has a brocaded yellow underskirt. Baron vonSwartzchild does not know about his daughter's transformation into a vampire.He is too fond of Katherine to force her to marry against her will.
BrianNewcastle: Brian Newcastle is theprincipal of Robert E. Lee High School. He and Mayor Dawley frown at oneanother when Caroline searches for Elena's diary on stage at the Founders' Daycelebration. Later, Mr. Newcastle admits that he called Alaric to be Mr.Tanner's replacement because he suspected that a supernatural evil might havecome to Fell's Church. He was familiar with studies on vampires that Alaric haddone, and he hoped that Alaric would "take care of" the vampire.Despite Alaric's urgings that he cancel the Snow Dance, Mr. Newcastle refusesbecause he doesn't want to cause a panic. He does, however, arrangefor security outside.
CoachLyman: Coach Lyman coaches thefootball team at Robert E. Lee High School. He attends the Homecoming Dance.Elena, Bonnie, and Meredith select him to play the role of the Bloody Corpse atthe Haunted House because he did a good job the year before and he keeps thefootball guys in line, but Mr. Tanner replaces him at the last minute whenCoach Lyman falls sick.
DanielForbes: Daniel Forbes is Caroline'syounger brother. He carries a folding seat to the car on Founders' Day.
DeannaKennedy: A friend of Sue Carson's,Deanna has trouble believing that Sue has died. Deanna has an unidentifiedboyfriend who accompanies her to the gathering of students in the parking lotof Robert E. Lee High School.
DickCarter: He is the boyfriend ofVickie Bennett for a short while. He is also a friend of Tyler Smallwood's.Tyler and Dick are Tackle and Safety on the football team, though it doesn'ttell us who is in which position. He is suspended from the football team forhaving been drunk at the Homecoming Dance.
DouglasCarson:: Douglas 'Doug' Carson isSue's married older brother. He attends Elena's funeral. When he sees the dogsstanding in a group outside the church, he calls to his dog, a springer spanielnamed Chelsea. When he approaches the dogs, half a dozen of them attack him,and Chelsea bites him deeply enough to draw blood.
Dr.Feinberg: Dr. Feinberg is anacquaintance of both Mary McCullough and the medical examiner who did theautopsy on Mr. Tanner's body. Although the police suppress the informationabout the absence of blood in Mr. Tanner's body, the medical examiner tells Dr.Feinberg, who tells Mary, who tells Bonnie, who tells Stefan and Elena in themiddle of a room crowded with high school students. When Elena wakes up inAlaric's attic, she overhears Mr. Newcastle and Dr. Feinberg talking to Alaricabout supernatural evils that may be in Fell's Church. Alaric later explains theDr. Feinberg and Mr. Newcastle called him to come and "take care of"the vampire in their area.
EdGoff: Ed Goff is Meredith's datefor the Homecoming Dance. Meredith and Ed also sit together on a love seat whenAlaric invites all the students to his house.
FrancesDecatur: Frances is the plain-faced"hanger-on" Elena enlists to steal Stefan's class schedule. Francesattends Elena's funeral and says that Elena went out of her way to be nice toher--something that Elena, listening from the church loft, finds to be a grossmisinterpretation.
Gudren: Gudren is Katherine's stolidGerman maid and a formidable woman who even Damon is unable to charm. She has ason who traps animals, and she has a face like a flat white plate and eyes likeblack glass. She supervises Katherine closely enough that Stefan considers it arare pleasant occasion when he and Katherine can be alone together. Katherinesays that Gudren sought out Klaus to change Katherine when she was ill anddying. Gudren then told Katherine to obtain her gold-and-lapis ring, and shebrought Katherine small animals that her son trapped. Gudren also urgesKatherine to drink human blood to make herself strong. After Katherinetransforms Stefan and Damon into vampires, Damon goes to see Katherine in herrooms but is turned away by Gudren, whom he refers to as a "femaledragon." When Stefan arrives so that both boys are present, Gudren tellsthem that Katherine wept all night and went outside in the morning to think.Later, Katherine admits that Gudren helped her stage her suicide by takingKatherine's ring and white dress and some fireplace ashes to the garden.
Jean-Claude: Jean-Claude was a made upboyfriend in which Elena used as a cover-up for Stefan rejecting her advances.
MaryMcCullough:: Mary is the sister of BonnieMcCullough. She has wavy red hair and is two years older than Bonnie, whichwould make her 19 or 20. She works at the Fell's Church clinic and wears anursing cap, although modern nurses tend not to do this. When Stefan resistsgoing to see a doctor after he is rescued from a well in The Struggle, Marycomes to his room to determine his condition by taking his pulse and histemperature.
MayorDawley: Mayor Dawley is Fell'sChurch's mayor. He is married. During the Founders' Day celebration, Elena eatslunch at his table. Later, Mayor Dawley makes speeches about community spiritin trying times and serves as master of ceremonies. When Caroline fails tofollow the script and read a poem (or Elena's diary), Mayor Dawley exchangestight-lipped frowns with Mr. Newcastle. After Caroline stalks off the stage,Mayor Dawley tries to quiet the crowd and restore order.
MichaelMartin: Michael Martin was, for abrief time in the past, a boyfriend of Bonnie's. When telling Bonnie that sheneeds to take a blood oath about Stefan and Elena, Meredith says that the oathis necessary because she remembers what happened with Michael Martin. Nofurther explanation is given, but possibly Martin was a conquest of Elena'sthat Bonnie swiped.
MikeFeldman: Mike Feldman is an alternatedate of an unnamed student who says she will go to the Snow Dance with Mikeunless her date gets rid of his parakeet. The implication is that since thetown's animals have been unexpectedly attacking humans, the student is afraidthe parakeet might turn deadly.
Mr.Bennett: After the continuingviolence in Fell's Church, Mr. Bennett is one of a group of fathers who join ina lynching party to stake Stefan through the heart and/or shoot him with woodenbullets. When Alaric suggests that the attacker might have been "DamonSmith" and not Stefan, Mr. Bennett becomes aggressive and says he hasnever seen Smith. When Stefan and Damon visit Vickie after Klaus' attack onVickie and Sue, Mr. Bennett is at home but not drunk, as his wife is. Damonputs Mr. Bennett to sleep. Stefan tells Vickie to put vervain in Mr. Bennett'sclothes and to warn him not to invite any stranger inside the house. Mr.Bennett may be one of the unidentified men accompanying Mr. Smallwood to thecrypt to lynch Stefan and Damon after Katherine's death.
Mr.Forbes: Mr. Forbes is Caroline'sfather. He brings a camera to the Founders' Day celebration. After thecontinuing violence in Fell's Church, Mr. Forbes is one of a group of fatherswho join in a lynching party to stake Stefan through the heart and/or shoot himwith wooden bullets. When Alaric suggests that the attacker might have been"Damon Smith" and not Stefan, Mr. Forbes says he is willing to usehis daughter Caroline to trap Stefan and to let her witness his death becausethat sort of psychological damage would be less than the damage when her throatgot ripped out. After Caroline admits her identification is uncertain and thelynch mob breaks up, Mr. Forbes mutters that the situation was a mistake and noone--except, presumably, Stefan--should take it too seriously. Mr. Forbes maybe one of the unidentified men accompanying Mr. Smallwood to the crypt to lynchStefan and Damon after Katherine's death.
Mr.Shelby: The mustachioed janitor ofRobert E. Lee High School who opens the school gym after hours so that Elena,Meredith, and Bonnie can measure the room to design partitions for the HauntedHouse fundraiser. He winks at Elena and refers to the three girls as"gals." When the lights go off, Bonnie and Meredith leave to ask Mr.Shelby to turn them back on. Not only do they find him asleep, but they areunable to wake him up until the lights spontaneously go on again. When Mr.Shelby finds Tyler, Caroline, and the other teenagers in the blood-spatteredQuonset hut after Stefan attacks them, his face turns gray and he is unable tospeak, and he is forced to lean on his janitorial cart before he recoversenough to shout for help.
Mr.Smallwood: Tyler Smallwood's father isan attorney who is on the school board and other boards. Despite his presumableobligation as an attorney to uphold the law, Mr. Smallwood joins with otherfathers in a lynch mob to kill Stefan Salvatore after the violence in Fell'sChurch has continued unchecked for several months. When Damon shows up in wolfform to save Stefan, Mr. Smallwood aims his rife at the wolf and prepares toshoot it. Damon is saved by Elena, who knocks the gun out of his hands. WhenAlaric argues that Stefan should not be killed until the fathers are certain hewas to blame for the attacks, Mr. Smallwood responds that other people could behurt if they wait. He follows this up with the suggestion that Stefan is inleague with the wolf. When he finally abandons the attempt to lynch Stefan, hewarns Alaric that he wants to talk to Alaric the next day and tohear what Tylersays the next time Tyler is hypnotized. He seems to imply that Tyler will beable to identify Stefan better than Caroline could. After Katherine and Elenadie together, Mr. Smallwood and other men visit the crypt but cannot findStefan or Damon. Mr. Smallwood attends Tyler's graduation ceremony and takesmultiple pictures of Tyler after wards.
Mrs.Bennett: Vickie's mother isprotective of her daughter after Katherine's attack on her but largelyineffectual. She looks pale and tired, and her smile trembles. After Vickiebecomes hysterical, she holds her daughter and orders Bonnie, Meredith, andElena to leave. When Stefan and Damon visit Vickie after Klaus' attack onVickie and Sue, Damon's Powers allow him to tell that Mrs. Bennett is drunk. Heputs Mrs. Bennett to sleep. Stefan tells Vickie to put vervain in Mrs.Bennett's clothes and to warn her not to invite any stranger inside the house.After Vickie's "suicide," a woman, probably Mrs. Bennett, is heard screamingoutside the house.
Mrs.Clarke: Mrs. Clarke is theadmissions secretary at Robert E. Lee High School. Stefan uses his Powers topersuade her that he should be enrolled and given a class schedule.
Mrs.Endicott: Mrs. Endicott is a biologyteacher at Robert E. Lee High School. Both Stefan and Bonnie are in her class.When she asks Stefan to remove his sunglasses, Stefan tells her he has amedical condition.
Mrs.Forbes: Mrs. Forbes is Caroline'smother. She brings a purse and a folding seat to the Founders' Day celebration.
Mrs.Grimesby: Mrs. Grimesby is thelibrarian of Fell's Church and its keeper of the town's historical artifacts.Before the Founders' Day celebration, Caroline and Elena come to dress in theirnineteenth-century costumes at Mrs. Grimesby's house, which is described asbeing so full of books that it looks almost like a library. Mrs. Grimesbyallows Caroline to take a reticule home to repair some loose bead work.
Mrs.Halpern: Mrs. Halpern is thetrigonometry teacher shared by Elena and Meredith at Robert E. Lee High School.Her classroom is on the second floor. On October 7, Ms. Halpern (now also"Miss Halpern") catches Elena writing in her diary in class. Shetakes the diary away and starts to read it out loud but then stops; Elenathinks that the subject matter steamed Ms. Halpern's glasses up.
Racheal: Rachael is an American girlstaying in Florence as part of the Gonzaga in Florence program. She wearsexpensive, fashionable clothes and has stylishly disarrayed blond hair, and hereyes are brown. Damon picks her up at Bar Gilli or Bar Mario for a night'smeal.
RaymondHernandez: Raymond is Bonnie's date forthe Homecoming Dance. After graduation, he invites all the other students tohis house for a party that evening.
ReverendBethea: Reverend Bethea delivers theeulogy at Elena's funeral. The denomination of the church is not identified,although its exterior includes a cross symbol and thus is probably Christian.
'SueCarson:' Sue Carson is characterized as an all-round nice girl who gets onwell with everyone. Various scenes in the books show her to be congenial,sensitive and well-meaning; in Dark Reunion Bonnie notes that 'Nobody couldhate Sue'. She is one of the few who don't shun Elena after suspicion falls onStefan in the wake of Mr. Tanner's murder, and later at the memorial held afterElena is missing and presumed to have died, Sue pays tribute by saying thatElena will always be the true queen of Robert E. Lee high school. She expressesadmiration for Elena's strength in staying true to herself and to do what shethought was right, even when under pressure to conform. Sue is pretty, withgolden blond hair and blue eyes. It is implied that Sue was a close friend ofElena's in elementary school, but afterward they grew apart although theyremain on friendly terms. In high school she is popular, runs for HomecomingQueen, and is a Homecoming Princess on Elena's court alongside Bonnie, Meredithand Caroline. At Elena's memorial Sue cries 'as if she'd lost a sister'. Sue isaffected by Mr. Tanner's murder, as she tells Alaric Saltzman and herclassmates that she feels unsafe as the killer has not been caught. There issome irony in this as Sue is later revealed to be a tragic figure, in DarkReunion. She attends the birthday party that Caroline holds for Meredith, whereher presence eases the sense of awkwardness that exists between Caroline andthe others. After the girls attempt to contact Elena's spirit with an Ouijaboard, a confusing and frightening sequence of events in the house leads toSue's death. The poignancy of this is emphasized due to Sue's innocence and theimpact her death has on the other characters. It is later revealed that Sue waskilled by Klaus to facilitate Tyler Smallwood's initiation as a werewolf.
Minor Characters In The Return Trilogy
Dr.Alpert: Dr. Alpert has a voice thatis crusty but kind, short salt-and-pepper hair, and dark brown skin. She makeshouse calls and distributes medicines while driving her SUV.
IsobelSaitou: Isobel Saitou is Jim Bryce'sgirlfriend. He sometimes calls her "Isa-chan." Bonnie says that shedidn't have any classes with Isobel but that Isobel is smart, nice, and quietor shy. She is of Japanese ancestry, and her grandmother knows about kitsunes.Isobel has a "jumpy heart." After Caroline visits her, Isobel ispossessed by malach and pierces her lip, nose, eyebrow, and ears. She damagesthe nerves in her eyebrow area. Bonnie describes her aura as shattered orangewith black lashings. Isobel punches Meredith in the stomach. When Dr. Alpertarrives, it is necessary to render Isobel unconscious before she can be placedin Dr. Alpert's SUV to be taken to the hospital. Isobel later flees the car andruns through the woods with red eyes and nearly naked except for blood and mud.Isobel eventually ends up in the hospital with infections in all the piercings.
KristenDunstan: Kristen is one of themalach-possessed girls in Nightfall. When she appears, she is wearing a pair ofjean shorts that have been cut nearly to nonexistence, a bikini top with thebreast areas cut away, and glitter glue. Matt believes she is twelve orthirteen years old. She makes sexual advances to Matt, Jake, and her father.She makes a prison tattoo of "MATT" on her arm. Matt tells herparents that the last time he saw Kristen was at a carnival a year ago whereshe helped with the pony rides.
Tamra'Tami' Bryce: Tami Bryce is thefifteen-year-old sister of Jim Bryce. After Caroline visits Tami, Tami showssigns of malach-possession. Matt describes her as hugging him in a sexuallysuggestive manner. When Matt and Elena visit her, she is wearing only ahomemade thong bikini bottom, a paper crown, and two homemade pasties that shehas super-glued onto her breasts. Elena perceives the outfit as a child'sattempt to look like a Las Vegas showgirl or stripper. Tami engages in vulgarlanguage and behavior. Elena and Matt drive her to the police and drop her offthere. Tami also throws butcher knives at her brother Jim.