The Characters

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Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway - Rose is a seventeen -year-old half-vampire half-human (dhampir) protagonist of the Vampire Academy series. Rose is very protective of her best friend, Lissa Dragomir. Snarky and quick-witted, Rose is training to become Lissa's guardian. She has a strained relationship with her mother, the famous guardian Janine Hathaway. Rose has semi-exotic desert-princess features: big dark eyes, dark brown hair, and lightly tanned skin (the skin coming from an unidentified Turkish Moroi ). She is 5'7 with an athletic but curvy figure...


Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir - A seventeen-year-old Moroi princess, who is Rose Hathaway's best friend. Lissa is the last vampire in the Dragomir royal line, giving her the title "princess". Her family, along with Rose, died in a car accident when she was fifteen, but Lissa unknowingly brings Rose back from the dead, creating a bond between them. Lissa is described to be beautiful, with long, pale blonde hair and jade green eyes. Her element is the extremely rare "spirit" like St.Vladimir, which is a psychic element that comes from the mind and soul...


Dimitri Belikov - He is a well respected twenty-four-year-old dhampir of Russian origin, from Siberia, as Rose constantly teases about, assigned to be Lissa's guardian along with Rose. He is sometimes described as a "god", referring to his reputation as one of the most 'badass' guardians around. He is also Rose's mentor. He has a slight Russian accent, and likes old western novels. He is 6'7 or 6'5, brown eyes, shoulder length hair a shade lighter than Rose's dark brown hair, and tanned skin.

Christian Ozera -  He is an outcast because his parents willingly became Strigoi. He's a royal Moroi who holds radical ideas about fighting against Strigoi. He specializes in fire magic. His physical appearance is described to be tall with black hair and winter blue eyes.

Adrian Ivashkov - A royal Moroi and nephew of the queen. He, like Lissa, is a spirit user and suffers the same side effects as she does. He has brown messy stylish hair, emerald green eyes, and 6'2 to 6'4 tall. He numbs the effects by drinking alcohol and chain smoking. He and Lissa start to explore the different abilities spirit users have. He falls in love with Rose, but isn't been taken seriously because of his player ways.

Mason Ashford - a Dhampir who is one of Rose's best friends, and a also a novice guardian like her. He helps Rose out a lot throughout the series. He is interested in her romantically, and Rose eventually attempts a relationship with him, only to find it fall apart because of her unbreakable connection to Dimitri...

Mia Rinaldi - A non-royal Moroi who's element is water. Mia holds a grudge against Lissa (and by default, Rose) because of how Lissa's older brother, Andre, used her and broke her heart. She is described as having a soft-face and curly blonde hair that makes her look very young and almost doll-like. Her parents work for one of the royal families but she prefers to keep this a secret...

Victor Dashkov - A royal Moroi with Sandovsky's disease. He is Natalie's father and was a dear friend of Lissa's father. Due to his disease, he does not have a chance of ever becoming king of the Moroi. He was put in jail for torturing Lissa into curing his disease with spirit.

Natalie Dashkov - A royal Moroi with jet-black hair and jade green eyes. She is very awkward among other royals and is known for talking a lot. She was once a good friend of Lissa's...

Janine Hathaway - Rose Hathaway's legendary mother who is 5 feet, has red curly hair, brown eyes, and is very stern.She appears in the seconed book of the series.She is a very 'badass' dhampir, according to her reputation, who has done many kills.Her relationship with Rose starts off very sketchy but improves throughout the series.

Abe Mazur - He is a well known mobster described as the 'knee cap breaking' type. His physical appearance is tall (like any other Moroi), slightly broad, dark haired and threatening! He is guarded by two dhampirs and is known for making trades, blackmailing and illegal businesses.He also has many connections in the Moroi world. He turns up in the fourth book while Rose is roaming the streets in Russia.

Sydney - An alchemist who helps Rose find Dimitri's hometown in Russia, Baia. She is a human who knows a lot about Moroi and dhampirs but dislikes them. She has many tricks and techniques in getting rid of strigoi bodies and is also equipped with a special potion that can turn a dead Strigoi corpse into a fist size ball so it is unrecognizable. She explains a lot about alchemists to Rose but is strangely distant and uncomfortable in doing so. This is because alchemists do not like the 'evil creatures of the night'. However, after Rose and Sydney spend a lot of time together they start to get along quite well.