The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
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Vic’s Redneck Roadhouse: Situated about ten miles from the interstate, Vic’s Redneck Roadhouse lives up to its name with wet T-shirt contests, beer pong tournaments, and promotions, such as free-drink cards and “Bring in a Bubba Night.” Owned by Victor Madden, the bar is pulling customers from Merlotte’s, severely affecting the smaller bar’s revenues. (Mentioned DR)
Vlad Tepes’s handler (vampire): No name given. Vlad’s handler and Eric have a personal discussion about whether Vlad will attend the Fangtasia birthday party held in his honor. (Mentioned DN)
Voss, Jasper: Jasper is a patron at Merlotte’s. (FDTW)
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Wacker, General Scott (wolf): General Wacker comes out during the Great Reveal and speaks out against proposed shifter registration. His daughter is serving in Iraq. (Mentioned DITF)
Waldo (vampire): No last name given. One of Sophie-Anne’s former favorites, albino Waldo’s appearance is permanently damaged when he spends a few years in a tank of salt water as punishment for some unknown transgression. He kills Hadley out of jealousy, knowing she has taken his place in the queen’s affections, and attempts to blame the Fellowship of the Sun. The queen is not fooled and has him drive Mr. Cataliades to Sookie’s house to deliver the news of Hadley’s death, masking her own presence in the car. Offered the chance to kill Waldo to avenge her cousin, Sookie declines, but Waldo, heartbroken when he realizes that the queen knows of his duplicity, attacks her and is staked by Bill. (Dies OWA; mentioned DD)
Warren: No last name given. A friend of Mustapha Khan, Were and Eric’s new daytime guy, Warren spent fifteen years in the army, service that comes in handy when he is positioned as a sniper to take out any of Victor’s crew who make it out of Fangtasia when the battle begins. (DR)
Washington, Detective: No first name given. Detective Washington and his partner (Windbreaker Guy) arrive at Blonde to investigate the murders of owner Michael and his associate Rudy. They question everyone present, including Mohawk, Sookie, and Pam, and release them when all the stories point to a stranger with an appointment with the two men in Michael’s office. (TB)
Wechsler, Cathy: Now in her seventies and living near Clarice, Cathy is the widow of the last Wechsler. (Mentioned IIHAH)
Wechsler, Isaiah: In the 1930s, Isaiah is around fifteen years old when he gets into a fight with his next-door neighbor, Albert Summerlin, after Isaiah casts aspersions on Albert’s younger brother, Carter. The boys do not reveal the cause of their animosity, but suspicion naturally falls on Albert when Isaiah is found brutally beaten to death in his bed. His murder remains unsolved for more than seventy years, until the murder weapon, a hammer, is found hidden in the Summerlins’ home, now owned by the du Rones. Carter’s disturbed spirit reveals that he was the culprit. (Deceased; mentioned IIHAH)
Wechsler, Jacob and Sarah Jane: Jacob and his wife, Sarah Jane, accuse neighbor Albert Summerlin when their son, Isaiah, is murdered in his bed in the 1930s. Although no one is ever charged with the crime, the couple remains convinced of Albert’s guilt. They are determined to stay in their house as a constant reproach to the Summerlins. (Deceased; mentioned IIHAH)
Weiss, Sara: New Orleans FBI agent Weiss is sent to investigate Sookie’s involvement in the rescues from the Pyramid, accompanied by Agent Lattesta. She wants to believe in Sookie’s ability and is disappointed when Sookie denies being a psychic. When Crystal is found crucified at Merlotte’s, Weiss and Lattesta investigate the case as a potential hate crime. Weiss is badly wounded at the shoot-out at Arlene’s trailer.
Home recuperating with her husband, two teenagers, and three dogs, the agent questions her beliefs and begins exploring the paranormal, leading her boss to have doubts about putting her back in the field. (DAG; mentioned DITF)
Were cop: No name given. A Were cop of Chinese descent, he makes out with Luna Garza at Sam’s brother’s wedding in Wright. (STW)
Whatley, Amanda (wolf): A loyal member of the Long Tooth pack, Amanda participates in the Witch War and gains a grudging respect for Sookie, to whom she had previously referred as a “vamp humper.” She attends the packmaster contest where Alcide’s father is defeated and executed by Patrick Furnan, and finds her loyalty tested by Furnan’s unscrupulous behavior.
Owner of Hair of the Dog, a bar in Shreveport that caters to the shifter crowd, Amanda is first honored, then concerned, when Quinn brings Sookie in one Friday night to complain that they had been attacked by bitten Weres earlier in the evening. Amanda reminds those present that Sookie had been made a “friend of the pack ” by the late packmaster Colonel Flood, and she assures Quinn that there will be an investigation.
After Maria-Star Cooper and Christine Larrabee are murdered and Patrick Furnan is suspected, Amanda backs Alcide as they attempt to get to the truth. She attends the gathering of the pack and is consequently involved in the fight with the interloping female Were Priscilla Hebert and her pack. Amanda is killed by Hebert and mourned even as Alcide ascends to packmaster. (DTTW, DAAD, DD; dies FDTW; mentioned DITF)
Whispering Palms: An assisted-living center owned by vampires, Whispering Palms is located outside Las Vegas and specializes in caring for supernaturals, such as John Quinn’s mentally ill mother. (Mentioned FDTW)
Williston, Mr.: No first name given. The town of Wright installed a speaker outside the church for the funeral of Mr. Williston, a member of the Texas legislature. (Deceased; mentioned STW)
Wong, Quiana (psychic): Hired by Tara and JB du Rone as a nanny when their twins are born, eighteen-year-old Quiana is something of a misfit. Born of a redneck father and a half-Chinese, half–African American mother, she is orphaned at sixteen. Quiana is left to stay with whichever family member can take her in. She has strange abilities that she conceals until she’s at the du Rone house and a hammer is removed from a wall during a home renovation. The hammer, used as a murder weapon, triggers the presence of Carter Summerlin, who gradually possesses Quiana. When Carter is put to rest, Quiana is no longer haunted. (IIHAH)
Woods, Coop: Quiana Wong’s father dies with her mother when their car is hit by a train. There are rumors that their car didn’t just stall on the railroad tracks, that Coop carried out a murder-suicide. (Deceased; mentioned IIHAH)
Wybert (vampire): No other name given. Saxon warrior Wybert, whose name means “Bright Battle,” was turned with his brother, Sigebert, centuries ago by Sophie-Anne, who lured them with the promise of strength. They were unaware that the strength would be limited to the night. Nonetheless, both willingly remain with Sophie-Anne as her loyal bodyguards. At the party at the monastery Wybert is decapitated by Ra Shawn, one of Peter’s Arkansas vamps, during the assassination attempt on Sophie-Anne. (Dies DD; mentioned ATD, FDTW)
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Yancy, Adabelle (wolf): Adabelle Yancy is Colonel Flood’s second in the Shreveport pack and the pack’s best tracker. She lives with her mother in Shreveport and is, according to her mother, gay. She has taken over running Verena Rose’s Bridal and Formal Shop, started by her mother, and is killed at the shop by the Stonebrooks’ coven. From the remains found at the scene, it’s obvious that Adabelle put up a fight and took one of her attackers down with her. (Mentioned, dies DTTW)
Yancy, Verena Rose (wolf): Founder of Verena Rose’s Bridal and Formal Shop and mother of Adabelle, Verena worries when her daughter calls from the shop to say she has a meeting right at closing time and then Verena never hears from her again. When Sookie and Alcide find the bloody scene at the shop, Alcide has Colonel Flood deliver the sad news that her daughter has been killed. (DTTW)
Youngest Lisle sister: No name given. Deidra’s sisters stand as her bridesmaids at her wedding to Craig Merlotte. The youngest waits nervously with the bride while sister Angie and Sookie ring the church bell at the beginning of the ceremony. Two other bridesmaids, friends of Deidra’s, decided against being in the wedding party after discovering that Deidra is marrying into a family with shifters. (STW)
Yvonne, Arla (vampire): The sheriff of Area Two, Arla is killed
during the takeover while attempting to make her way to Shreveport with six of her vampires. (Mentioned ATD; mentioned, dies FDTW)
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ABOUT THE EDITOR
Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author, has been writing for thirty years. Her body of work includes many novels, a few novellas, and a growing body of short stories in such genres as mystery, science fiction, and romance. Married and the mother of three, Charlaine lives in rural Arkansas with her family and three dogs. She pretty much works all the time. The HBO series True Blood is based on Charlaine’s Sookie Stackhouse novels.