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 **Name**: Alphabetical by first name (Some characters have had no last name reveal as yet) - Link will lead to individual character page with expanded details.\\ **Name**: Alphabetical by first name (Some characters have had no last name reveal as yet) - Link will lead to individual character page with expanded details.\\
   * **IA**: Initial Appearance (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot.\\   * **IA**: Initial Appearance (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot.\\
-  * **Archetype and or Avatar** (If Known): Some characters are linked with Archetypes as their avatars and this link will lead to pages with expanded details. \\+  * **Affiliated Archetype** (If Known): Some characters are linked with Archetypes as their avatars and this link will lead to pages with expanded details. \\
  
 **For Archetypes**\\ **For Archetypes**\\
 +**Name**: Alphabetical by first name (Some characters have had no last name reveal as yet) - Link will lead to individual character page with expanded details.\\
 +  * **IA**: Initial Appearance (Book or Short Fiction) - Link will lead to series or short fiction summaries and snapshot.\\
 +  * **Affiliated Avatar** (If Known): Some characters are linked with Archetypes as their avatars and this link will lead to pages with expanded details. \\
 +  * **Human Guise**: Description \\
 +  * **Known Characteristics & Information:**\\
  
 ====== Main Characters ====== ====== Main Characters ======
 ===== Mercy Thompson Series ===== ===== Mercy Thompson Series =====
 +==== Coyote|Archetype ====
 +[[Coyote]]
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
 +__**Avatars:**__ \\
 +[[Carson Twelvespoons]] **Deceased**\\
 +[[Gary Laughingdog]] \\
 +[[Joe Old Coyote]] **Deceased**\\
 +[[Mercy Thompson]]\\
 +
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * leathers looked as if he'd worn them long enough that they fit him like a second skin; thin patches were rubbed on the insides of this legs, as if he'd ridden on horseback a lot
 +  * hide was darker under his arms and in the small of his back
 +  * wore a porcupine quill-worked belt from which a coyote tail swung freely; the colors on the quillwork were faded, and the coyote tail was a little ragged
 +  * workingman's hands, rancher's hands, callused and scarred; a man's hands, but not an old man; one finger had been broken and reset crooked
 +  * hair hung in two thick braids that were finished with a red leather tie stopped just below his shoulder blades
 +  * handsome and young with a devil-may-care air 
 +
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * a power but not one who asked to be worshipped
 +  * the reality of all coyotes; the archetype; the epitome
 +  * walks in one world at a time; can do this without being trapped because his sisters wait for him and his descendants anchor him 
 +  * brings change and chaos; chaos is never simple unless you are Coyote  
 +  * understands that the universe is all one
 +  * doesn't worry about understanding anything, which is why he understands so much
 +  * runs more on instinct than logic
 +[[Night Broken]]
 +  * the spirit of mischief, of second chances, of adaptation
 +[[Storm Cursed]]
 +  * trickster<sup>207</sup>
 +
 ====Gary Laughingdog==== ====Gary Laughingdog====
 [[Gary Laughingdog]] [[Gary Laughingdog]]
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 ===== A ===== ===== A =====
 ===== B ===== ===== B =====
-==== Bear ====+==== Bear|Archetype ====
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\+__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\ 
 +[[River Marked]] 
 +  * Indian man; older with wrinkled face and white hair 
 +  * wore very pale hunting leathers that were very plain except for the fringe around the shoulder seams 
 +  * voice is a big rumbling sound that somehow fitting coming from that fierce old body
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * was part of [[Mercy Thompson]] vision quest
 +  * happy for the [[River Devil]] to eat the world so it could be made new again; does not like change
 +  * unhappy with pollution; roads and railways; anything that destroys hunting grounds and leaves only a tiny fraction of the forests free
 +  * agrees with [[Wolf]] who believes Mother Earth cannot move underneath the cement and steel
 +  * joined forces to help Mercy defeat the River Devil; when they were all alive, they'd been able to harry her, to play off one another's strengths; but as they died, they lost the ability to distract her
 +  * likes sweets
  
-==== Beaver====+==== Beaver|Archetype ====
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\+__**Avatars:**__ \\
  
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +  * part of the [[Coyote]] story about the monster who lived in the Columbia river at the time of the (Archetype) first people, before we humans were here. 
 +  * monster ate those who live in the river; who fished the river; Great Spirit sent Coyote to help
 +  * helped them to escape out its mouth, its gills, its bottom
 +  * Beaver was the last to leave; barely escaped out the beast's sphincter—and that's why the beaver's tail is flat and has no hair
  
-==== Bobcat ====+==== Bobcat|Archetype ====
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\+__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\ 
 +[[River Marked]] 
 +  * Indian man 
 +  * traditional native garb; hunting leathers 
 +  * rich dark brown with ornate quillwork around the neckline 
 +  * stains on his clothes, as if he'd gone hunting many times wearing that particular shirt and leggings
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * liked by [[Coyote]]; could tell by the tone of his voice
 +  * was unhappy and uneasy and didn't like to be there
 +  * Coyote told him the hunting grounds are good here; you just have to find them—as was always true
 +  * sun is still warm and the flowers still smell sweet
 +  * Gordon suggested either Coyote or himself should take him to Disneyland
 +  * Calvin told him; to give it a chance and that he wouldn't find it so horrible here
 +  * Raven told him to not hold on so hard to the past that you die with it; and that things change whether you want them to or not
 +  * likes sweets
  
 ===== C =====  ===== C ===== 
 ====Carson Twelve Spoons==== ====Carson Twelve Spoons====
-[[Carson Twelve Spoons]]+[[Carson Twelve Spoons]] **Deceased** 
 +  * **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]] 
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Coyote]]
  
-==== Coyote ==== +===== D ===== 
-[[Coyote]] +===== E ===== 
-**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  +===== F ===== 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\ +==== Fox|Archetype ==== 
-[[Gary Laughingdog]] \\ +[[Fox]]\\ 
-[[Joe Old Coyote]]\\ +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]\\ 
-[[Mercy Thompson]]\\+__**Avatars:**__ \\
  
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 [[River Marked]] [[River Marked]]
-  * a power but not one who asked to be worshipped +  * was part of [[Mercy Thompson]] vision quest
-  * the reality of all coyotes; the archetype; the epitome +
-  * walks in one world at a time; can do this without being trapped because his sisters wait for him and his descendants anchor him  +
-  * understands that the universe is all one +
-  * doesn't worry about understanding anything, which is why he understands so much +
-[[Night Broken]] +
-  * the spirit of mischief, of second chances, of adaptation +
-[[Storm Cursed]] +
-  * trickster<sup>207</sup>+
  
-===== D ===== 
-===== E ===== 
-===== F ===== 
 ====Fred Owens==== ====Fred Owens====
 [[Fred Owens]] [[Fred Owens]]
 +  * **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Hawk]]
 +
 ===== G ===== ===== G =====
 +====Garden====
 +[[Garden]] \\
 +  * **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]]
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Singer in the Woods]]
 +
 ===== H ===== ===== H =====
 ====Hank Owens==== ====Hank Owens====
 [[Hank Owens]] [[Hank Owens]]
 +  * **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Hawk]]
  
-==== Hawk ====+==== Hawk|Archetype ==== 
 +[[Hawk]]\\
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\ +__**Avatars:**__ \\
-[[Hank Owens]]\\+
 [[Fred Owens]]\\ [[Fred Owens]]\\
 +[[Hank Owens]]\\
 +[[Jake Campbell]]\\
 +
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * Indian man
 +  * traditional garb; had a red cloth wrapped around his head, almost like a turban, from which maybe a dozen brownish red feathers stuck straight up
 +  * wore a beaded breechclout that reached his knees in front and back
 +  * shirt was a striped cotton that looked to have been loomed by hand rather than machine from the irregularity of the weave
 +  * heavily accented voice
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * owes [[Coyote]] a few favors
 +  * does not approve of Coyote because he has always been more concerned with the two-legged people than the people in fur
 +  * feels the Great Spirit should have stopped with the Archetypes
 +  * helped to free his avatar from the mark of the River Devil; sand-and-drop thing
 +  * is impetous; left the stonehenge but came back for the fight
 +  * likes sweets
 +  * remained in animal form for the battle from the air
  
 ===== I ===== ===== I =====
-====Iktomi====+====Iktomi Spider|Archetype==== 
 +[[Iktomi]]\\
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]] \\ 
 __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\
 [[Coyote]]\\ [[Coyote]]\\
 [[Raven]]\\ [[Raven]]\\
 +__**Avatars:**__ \\
  
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 [[Storm Cursed]] [[Storm Cursed]]
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 ===== J ===== ===== J =====
 ====Jake Campbell==== ====Jake Campbell====
-[[Jake Campbell]] Hawk+[[Jake Campbell]]  
 +  * **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]] 
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Hawk]]
  
 ====Joe Old Coyote==== ====Joe Old Coyote====
-[[Joe Old Coyote]]+[[Joe Old Coyote]] **Deceased** 
 +  * **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]] 
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Coyote]]
  
 ===== K ===== ===== K =====
 ===== L ===== ===== L =====
 +==== Lynx|Archetype ====
 +[[Lynx]]\\
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]\\
 +__**Avatars:**__ \\
 +
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * was part of [[Mercy Thompson]] vision quest
 +
 ===== M ===== ===== M =====
 ===== N ===== ===== N =====
 ===== O ===== ===== O =====
-==== Owl====+==== Otter|Archetype ==== 
 +[[Otter]]\\
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\+__**Avatars:**__ \\
  
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]] 
 +  * should feel he has something at stake
 +  * unfortunate; might be on the wrong side 
 +
 +==== Owl|Archetype ====
 +[[Owl]]\\
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
 +__**Avatars:**__ \\
 +
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]  
 +  * has a grudge against Raven; who stole his favorite shiny thing and accidentally dropped it in the ocean; a long, long time ago
 +  * clings to his angers
  
 ===== P ===== ===== P =====
 ===== Q ===== ===== Q =====
 ===== R ===== ===== R =====
-==== Raven====+==== Raven|Archetype ====
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
 __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\
 [[Coyote]]\\ [[Coyote]]\\
 [[Iktomi]]\\ [[Iktomi]]\\
 +__**Avatars:**__ \\
 +
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 +  * Indian man
 +  * in native dress; wore leggings, but his loose shirt was made of patterned red gingham and tied with a hemp belt that ended in a fringe to which tiny brass bells were tied
 +  * his hair was cut straight around his jawline
 +  * voice is hoarse, like a three-pack-a-day-for-twenty-years smoker
 +  * birdlike twitches
 +  * grins with big warm expression that is reassuring
 +  * eyes twinkle
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * is curious
 +  * tells Bobcat to not hold so hard to the past that you die with it; and that things will change whether you want them to or not
 +  * wanders like Coyote does; knows who the FBI are
 +  * good friends with Coyote
 +  * stole Owl's favorite shiny thing and accidently dropped it in the ocean; Owl still bears a grudge
 +  * Raven hung the stars under the Great Spirit's direction
 +  * died during the battle trying to keep snake alive
 [[Storm Cursed]] [[Storm Cursed]]
   * trickster<sup>207</sup>   * trickster<sup>207</sup>
  
 ===== S ===== ===== S =====
-==== Singer in the Woods ====+==== Salmon|Archetype ==== 
 +[[Salmon]]\\ 
 +**IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]\\ 
 +__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
 + 
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\ 
 +__**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Singer|Proto-Archetype ====
 **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]] \\  **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]] \\ 
 __**Affiliated:**__ \\ __**Affiliated:**__ \\
 [[Leah Cornick]]\\ [[Leah Cornick]]\\
-[[Singer in the Woods]] \\ +__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
-[[Zander Ferwood]]\\+[[Zander Fernwood]]\\
  
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 [[Wild Sign]] [[Wild Sign]]
 +  * proto-archetype:
 +  * could supply the spark of life - but required two human vessels to complete the act<sup>332</sup>
 +  * not yet Become<sup>350</sup>
 +  * not like the archetypes; required living men to get women pregnant; when it died, the life force in it's children it fathered on mortal women died<sup>350</sup>
 +
   * damaged, hungry, lonesome; it needs<sup>136</sup>   * damaged, hungry, lonesome; it needs<sup>136</sup>
   * being witchborn doesn't matter to it<sup>142</sup>   * being witchborn doesn't matter to it<sup>142</sup>
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   * powers are music and memory; they can also be used to defend against him; something defiant<sup>296</sup>   * powers are music and memory; they can also be used to defend against him; something defiant<sup>296</sup>
   * alien; not in body; it didn't matter what body it wore<sup>326</sup>   * alien; not in body; it didn't matter what body it wore<sup>326</sup>
-  * could supply the spark of life - but required two human vessels to complete the act<sup>332</sup> 
-  * not yet Become<sup>350</sup> 
-  * not like the archetypes; required living men to get women pregnant; when it died, the life force in it's children it fathered on mortal women died<sup>350</sup> 
  
-==== Snake ====+==== Snake|Archetype ====
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\+__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
 + 
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\ 
 +[[River Marked]] 
 +  * was wearing a modern cowboy look 
 +  * brown boots, jeans, earth-tone striped shirt and a brown Montana-style (narrow-brimmed) cowboy hat 
 +  * iron gray hair was braided tightly and fell over his shoulder and almost to his knees 
 +  * voice silky smooth and beautiful
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * during the battle was able to drive his spear deep into the River Devil side due to the sacrifice of Raven
  
 ===== T ===== ===== T =====
-==== Thunderbird ====+==== Thunderbird|Archetype ==== 
 +[[Thunderbird]]\\
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\ +__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
-[[Gordon Seeker]]\\+[[River Marked]] 
 +  * aren't any more Thunderbird walkers; no one to anchor him but he returned faster than Coyote 
 + 
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\ 
 +[[River Marked]]:[[Gordon Seeker]]\\ 
 +  * sharp brown eyes in a face that looked like it had been left out in the sun to dry too long; skin like beef jerky 
 +  * white hair caught back in a smooth French braid down his back 
 +  * horn-rimmed glasses and small gold studs in his ears 
 +  * his back was bent, and his hands were curled up from arthritis; his fingers bent and knuckles enlarged 
 +  * movements surprisingly easy 
 +  * jeans, a plain red T-shirt under a Redskins jacket 
 +  * a leather pouch; the most lurid pair of cowboy boots; bright lipstick red, each with a United States flag beaded in red, white and blue across the top 
 +  * smelled of fresh air and tobacco from a pipe
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * was part of [[Mercy Thompson]] vision quest
 +  * as a bird, he stood taller than the man he'd been
 +  * feathers looked several shades darker than the hawks'
 +  * with a massive wingspan
 +
 +
 ===== U ===== ===== U =====
 ===== V ===== ===== V =====
 ===== W ===== ===== W =====
-==== Wolf====+==== Wolf|Archetype ==== 
 +[[Wolf]]\\
 **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\  **IA**: [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]] \\ 
-__**Affiliated:**__ \\+__**Avatars:**__ \\ 
 + 
 +__**Human Guise:**__ \\ 
 +[[River Marked]] 
 +  * Indian man 
 +  * young looking in an expensive three-piece suit 
 +  * pale blue eyes that looked wrong and somehow utterly right in that oh-so-Native-American face
  
 __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\ __**Known Characteristics & Information:**__ \\
 +[[River Marked]]
 +  * one of eight to sacrifice themselves to the [[River Devil]]
 +  * thought werewolves were an abomination when he first heard it; wolf trapped in the same skin as a human—always in opposition; in some ways it is abominable but thinks it is beautiful
 +  * the wolf is his but the man is not at all; yet it works
 +  * feels it is the perfect predator
 +  * was going to swat Mercy with the back of his hand but Adam bit him; a warning
 +  * thinks wolves shouldn't run with coyotes
 +  * in retaliation called Adam's wolf forward so he could change for days
 +  * took the nip personally but not one to cling to his angers
 +  * it takes power to pull forward Adam's wolf so strongly that his human half cannot change; none of the other archetypes have that power over here anymore which is probably why he did it; to show he's not to be trifled with
 +  * he could have killed Mercy if he desired; the punishment will fade away
 +  * agreed to sacrifice himself; unlikely that he will return to this place soon after that
 +
 +[[Wild Sign]]
 +  * talks like words cost money<sup>349</sup>
 +  * wolf's children are fierce—and not too bright<sup>350</sup>
 +
 ===== X ===== ===== X =====
 ===== Y ===== ===== Y =====
 ===== Z ===== ===== Z =====
 ====Zander Fernwood==== ====Zander Fernwood====
-[[Zander Fernwood]]+[[Zander Fernwood]] **Deceased**\\ 
 +  * **IA**: [[Alpha & Omega Series]] #6: [[Wild Sign]] 
 +  * **Archetype**: [[Singer]] 
 + 
 + 
  
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