• that's what a walker does; walks between here and there, between human and animal Chat 2008-07-27
• I see walker as being a thing you are or you are not Chat 2008-01-06
• Mercy is not the only walker left; walkers, like coyotes, are very good at blending in Chat 2007-05-20
• I can tell you that not all walkers are coyotes and there are some that turn into other kinds of animals Chat 2007-06-24
• walkers, like werewolves, just are; they don't really require training Chat 2007-08-25
• Bran knows all about walkers; he chooses what he tells Chat 2007-05-20
• walkers can track vampires through ghost signatures; vampires mostly don't even see the ghosts and they can't do anything to drive them away Chat 2007-06-24

Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called

• a walker is no real match for a werewolf
• a shift is quick and painless; pure magic
• born this way, not made like some other supernaturals
• do very well in the dark

Mercy Thompson Series #2: Blood Bound

• all Mercy knew about being a walker is what the werewolves could tell her, which wasn't much

Mercy Thompson Series #3: Iron Kissed

• not many people still remember what a walker is
• bringing a walker to a fae reservation might not have been as good an idea as you thought
• a walker; there aren't many of the native preternatural species left—so you belong nowhere
• walkers are rare; if there are other walkers around Mercy hasn't met one yet

Mercy Thompson Series #4: Bone Crossed

• among the werewolves, the knowledge of the walker, the coyote shapeshifter, who'd been raised by Bran, was well known
• suspected that controlling ghosts came with practice

Mercy Thompson Series #5: Silver Borne

• N/A

Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked

• Mercy can shift into a coyote whenever she wants to
• “avatar” is more accurate than “walker”
• Mercy only knew what she knew about walkers from what Bran told her; and he hadn't known much—or he'd told her exactly as much as he intended to
• Mercy met two more walkers; hawks
• not all walkers are alike
• Mercy is immune to the mark of the River Devil because Coyote killed it the first time
• aren't any more Thunderbird walkers; certain that he would never return with no one to anchor him

Mercy Thompson Series #7: Frost Burned

• a walker is the name given to those who are descendants of Coyote, Raven, Hawk, or any of the other archetypes who once walked the land
• a witch is different from walker; more powerful
• too many walkers had died before they could pass on their knowledge to their heirs, and much of it was lost

Mercy Thompson Series #8: Night Broken

• Hank Owens was Mercy's information source for most of what she knew about being a walker³²
• most of the coyote walkers have trouble with the law⁸⁰
• Gary Laughingdog was the first ever coyote walker that Mercy met⁸⁵
• all walkers are descended from the archetypal being whos shape they take⁸⁵
• usually brother and sister walkers are con artists, thieves, and gamblers; not too concerned with saving anyone's hide except their own⁸⁸
• had met a few other walkers through the Owens', and they seemed to come in all varieties of young and old⁸⁹
• most walkers age like humans—most are mostly human; Coyote doesn't walk this ground much anymore⁸⁹
• most of Coyote's children don't have to worry about a long life anyway; a fool and his life are soon parted⁸⁹
• Mercy felt no regret if there was no choice in killing someone; maybe it was being a walker or maybe being a predator¹⁵⁸

Mercy Thompson Series #9: Fire Touched

• N/A

Mercy Thompson Series #10: Silence Fallen

• death walker: one who has power over the dead³³⁹
• the dead obeyed Mercy, no matter how much she tried to ignore that³⁵⁰

Mercy Thompson Series #11: Storm Cursed

• walkers are sensitive to magic
• Mercy didn't know if she could recognize another walker; she hadn't met enough of them to be sure²⁰⁸
• was able to recognize one later²¹⁷

Alpha & Omega Series #6: Wild Sign

• walkers reflect some of the aspects of their parentage³⁵⁰

Blood Bound

• speak to ghosts

River Marked

• thought all walkers could see the dead

Night Broken

• other walkers that Mercy had met hadn't been able to see ghosts the way she could; it made sense that Gary could because he was a coyote shifter

Mercy & Ghosts

Blood Bound

• not so vulnerable to their magic
• only a threat for a couple of decades and that centuries ago
• not popular among the vampires
• when the vampires first came to this part of the New World, the walkers here had made themselves enough of a pest that the vampires had killed most of them off
• most vampire magic doesn't work on them
• has seen walkers ignore far more dangerous magics
• supposed to be good at killing vampires
• may have taught vampires to fear them, but there are still a lot of vampires, and only one walker
• Andre was around when the walkers nearly drove the vampires out of the Western territories; shocked that Mercy found Cory Littleton so soon
• the reason vampires feared walkers was that they were resistant to vampire magics and could talk to ghosts

Iron Kissed

• not many walkers because the vampires killed them all
• maybe James Blackwood wanted something from a walker; he despaired of ever finding another walker
• the last walker he had died fifty years ago; was kept for six-three years
• Blackwood's talent allows him to feed from a supernatural and absorb their abilities; he wants a walker so he can control the ghost of his maker

River Marked

• aren't any more Thunderbird walkers; certain that he would never return with no one to anchor him

Frost Burned

• vampires do not like walkers
• they see ghosts and ghosts congregate around the daytime resting places of vampires, betraying the presence of the monster who killed them
• almost entirely resistant to the standard magic of vampires
• when vampires came to the New World, they were met by walkers and nearly destroyed; if disease and war had not decimated the Indians—and thus the walkers—there would be no vampires in the Americas
• being resistant to vampire magic didn't mean a walker was a match for one
• Marsilia knew a lot about walkers; she'd seen them kill vampires, lots of vampires
• walkers are immune to vampire magic—even vampire magic that has its orgins in witchcraft

Night Broken

• blood bound walker to a vampire; could be a tame walker²⁷⁰

Silence Fallen

• the walkers, the children of the ancient ones, hunted down a lot of vampires in the American frontier during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; they ultimately failed, and the vampires exterminated most of the walkers²²