The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

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)

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.