Lenore Lee is the protagonist of the story. We see the strange underworld through her eyes. She is socially awkward, a self-admitted sci-fi geek, bright for her age and a victim of child abuse (though unaware by her Mother, Lori Branmore). The fifteen-year-old Goth is new to the town of Whitby - a small Gothic English seaside town. The red headed teenager is cursed with precognitive visions (the ability to see into the future -focusing primarily on death). 

 

Kain Morgan appears to be a cheeky fifteen-year-old emo geek when we first meet him. This boy is not all he appears to be, for his family, The Morgans, are in fact a Coven of vampires who are issued with the task of hiding the knowledge of Supernaturals from the Human world. Kain's humanity desisted in 1885 by the attack of an illegal Rogue Vampire. He was by this fate, then himself a Rogue. He killed his Creator after she slaughtered his family and offered his Fiancée, Morgana, as his first meal. He left Morgana, fearing he may one day kill her. Kain seeks to end his existence, but his attempts fail. He falls for an Artist named Luke (who is also a Witch). The pair forms a bond which is torn by Luke's murder at the hands of a group of Illegal Vampires. Kain hunts down his lover's killers and in the process is found by Elizabeth Morgan. She is under orders to kill all Illegals, but her Empathic ability lets her see into Kain's soul. She finds only good there, among the bitter dark. She asks her Coven Master, Ethan, to allow him to join their Family. Kain immediately forms a kinship with Lenore and senses something special about her.

 

Seth is a Guardian - an Otherworldly Shifter. He is noble, intelligent, level headed and kind at heart. The Fae warrior lost his family whilst them trying to escape capture. His wife died and his son missing - he meets Finvarra the Personification of Death, who offers him a new purpose by working for him.  He is later given the mission to protect Lenore, a young woman new to her power. They have a close friendship - each looking out for the other. Lenore travels to an unknown world to rescue someone close to him.