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Identified Walkers & Archetypes

This is a quick list of the all identified walkers and their archetypes in the Mercyverse. Each name will take you to their individual character page that has expanded details.

How to Read the Format:

For Avatars
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 Archetype (If Known): Some characters are linked with Archetypes as their avatars and this link will lead to pages with expanded details.

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 ====== ===== Mercy Thompson Series ===== ==== Coyote ==== Coyote IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Gary Laughingdog
Joe Old Coyote
Mercy Thompson
Human Guise:
River Marked * Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * one of seven 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 * 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 * trickster²⁰⁷ ====Gary Laughingdog==== Gary Laughingdog * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #8: Night Broken * Archetype: Coyote ====Mercy Thompson==== Mercy Thompson * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called * Archetype: Coyote ===== Alpha & Omega Series ===== ====== Recurring & Minor Characters ====== ===== A ===== ===== B ===== ==== Bear ==== IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
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:
River Marked * one of seven 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==== IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
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 ==== IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
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:
River Marked * 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 ===== ====Carson Twelve Spoons==== Carson Twelve Spoons Deceased * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #4: Bone Crossed * Archetype: Coyote ===== D ===== ===== E ===== ===== F ===== ====Fox==== Fox
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * was part of Mercy Thompson vision quest ====Fred Owens==== Fred Owens * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked * Archetype: Hawk ===== G ===== ====Garden==== Garden
* IA: Alpha & Omega Series #6: Wild Sign * Archetype: Singer in the Woods ===== H ===== ====Hank Owens==== Hank Owens * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked * Archetype: Hawk ==== Hawk ==== Hawk
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Fred Owens
Hank Owens
Jake Campbell
Human Guise:
River Marked * one of seven 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:
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 ===== ====Iktomi==== Iktomi
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #11: Storm Cursed
Affiliated:
Coyote
Raven
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
Storm Cursed * The Spider * trickster like Raven and Coyote; with a crueler edge than either of them²⁰⁷ ===== J ===== ====Jake Campbell==== Jake Campbell * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #7: Frost Burned * Archetype: Hawk ====Joe Old Coyote==== Joe Old Coyote Deceased * IA: Mercy Thompson Series #1: Moon Called * Archetype: Coyote ===== K ===== ===== L ===== ====Lynx==== Lynx
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * was part of Mercy Thompson vision quest ===== M ===== ===== N ===== ===== O ===== ==== Owl==== Owl
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
===== P ===== ===== Q ===== ===== R ===== ==== Raven==== IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Coyote
Iktomi
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * one of seven to sacrifice themselves to the River Devil * Storm Cursed * trickster²⁰⁷ ===== S ===== ====Salmon==== Salmon
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
==== Singer in the Woods ==== IA: Alpha & Omega Series #6: Wild Sign
Affiliated:
Leah Cornick
Singer in the Woods
Zander Ferwood
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
Wild Sign * damaged, hungry, lonesome; it needs¹³⁶ * being witchborn doesn't matter to it¹⁴² * a pretty name for a creature not friendly²⁰² * doesn't bargain like demons or fae; doesn't follow the rules²⁰² * it wanted walkers in the world; walkers to find out things for it and bring back food²⁰⁹ * bargains with intent²⁰⁹ * feeds on music; feeds on emotions²⁵⁴ * powers are music and memory; they can also be used to defend against him; something defiant²⁹⁶ * alien; not in body; it didn't matter what body it wore³²⁶ * could supply the spark of life - but required two human vessels to complete the act³³² * not yet Become³⁵⁰ * 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 died³⁵⁰ ==== Snake ==== IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * one of seven to sacrifice themselves to the River Devil * ===== T ===== ==== Thunderbird ==== Thunderbird
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Gordon Seeker
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * one of seven to sacrifice themselves to the River Devil * was part of Mercy Thompson vision quest ===== U ===== ===== V ===== ===== W ===== ==== Wolf==== Wolf
IA: Mercy Thompson Series #6: River Marked
Affiliated:
Human Guise:
Known Characteristics & Information:
River Marked * one of seven to sacrifice themselves to the River Devil * ===== X ===== ===== Y ===== ===== Z ===== ====Zander Fernwood==== Zander Fernwood Deceased
* IA: Alpha & Omega Series #6: Wild Sign * Archetype: Singer in the Woods