Dahlia Lynley-Chivers
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Dahlia is a fictional character
from The Southern Vampire Mysteries
/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris
.
However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead
.
Dahlia is the main character in a growing number of non-Sookie-related - though set in the same fictional universe
- short stories and a computer game.
She is a vampire and lives in the city of Rhodes
.
It is mentioned in Bacon that her original name was too difficult to spell and pronounce for the XXth century and around 1925 she changed it to 'Dahlia' for her own convenience.
In 1940, staying in London during the Blitz
, Dahlia adopted a surname
to get new papers. Since that time on her full name has been Dahlia Lynley-Chivers.
In Dahlia Underground she tells humans that she "perhaps" has been a vampire for nine hundred years, but it is repeatedly said that she is very old, even ancient.
Readers can get a couple more hits about her actual age. For example, she considers her knowledge of some no-longer-spoken languages really advantageous. It is also said (in the same short story) that her friend Thalia, who is also originally from Greece and even older than Dahlia, is so ancient that she came across Odysseus
"a time or two".
As a little girl she shared a tutor with her brother, but that stopped after it was decided that a girl didn't need any more education.
She was brought over (made a vampire) at the age of eighteen.
).
Dahlia has big green eyes (Tacky)
and her face is described either as round or as heart-shaped.
Dahlia is really tiny: 4 feet 9 inches tall (A Very Vampire Christmas).
She wears stilettos whenever it's possible and is very particular about her clothes.
She possesses a rare ability to fly just as her nestmate Glenda (Tacky) or Sookie's vampire husband Eric, Sheriff of a fiefdom in Louisiana
.
Dahlia is supremely confident in her strength, wits and lethality. She is usually very composed and has a violent, vengeful nature. Dahlia is rarely seen smiling (usually before a good battle), but she has got a dark sense of humour. Straight after her husband's death she experiences difficulties with controlling her temper.
,
it is said that Dahlia "loves her men and her high-heels".
Readers always witness Dahlia either involved in a romantic relationship or eager to get involved. In spite of her pronounced disgust with all non-vampiric, she is equally ready to notice strength, courage and physical beauty in all males:
vamps, "breathers" and Weres.
In Tacky, she meets her future husband Todd,
a werewolf, a second-in-command
in the Swift-Foot pack. After about two years of happiness Todd is murdered and avenged by Dahlia.
In A Very Vampire Christmas, a reader sees her dating Matsudo Katamori, a vampire.
Dahlia has got a vampire best friend Taffy, married to Don Swiftfoot, a werewolf packleader. It is said in Tacky that Taffy and Dahlia have been friends for about two centuries and share a lot of memories.
Dahlia is the maid of honour at Taffy and Don's wedding and is responsible for security on the bride's side.
After mutually saving each other's lives in Dahlia Underground Dahlia sort of befriends firefighters of Thirty-four Company.
The nest leader and vampire sheriff of Rhodes is Cedric Deeming.
By the time readers first meet Dahlia in Tacky
she has lived under his rule for about 20 years and plays the role of the nest reinforcer.
Dahlia is respected enough among vampires to be on a judges panel (including Bill Compton
and an unidentified blond vampire) at the vampire summit in Rhodes in All Together Dead
. After the explosions at the 'Pyramid of Gizeh' hotel (Dahlia Underground) Dahlia and her friend Taffy are appointed by Cedric to conduct the investigation.
In the Dying for Daylight game Dahlia once again performs as an investigator. Later on (Death by Dahlia) she and former policeman Matsuda Katamori are chosen by Joaquin, the new sheriff, for yet another investigation.
Plot
Fictional character
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from The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2001 and now serve as the source material for the HBO television series True Blood...
/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in southern Arkansas with her husband and three children...
.
However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead
All Together Dead
All Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative,...
.
Dahlia is the main character in a growing number of non-Sookie-related - though set in the same fictional universe
Fictional universe
A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with elements that differ from the real world. It may also be called an imagined, constructed or fictional realm ....
- short stories and a computer game.
She is a vampire and lives in the city of Rhodes
Rhodes, Iowa
Rhodes is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rhodes is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
.
It is mentioned in Bacon that her original name was too difficult to spell and pronounce for the XXth century and around 1925 she changed it to 'Dahlia' for her own convenience.
In 1940, staying in London during the Blitz
The Blitz
The Blitz was the sustained strategic bombing of Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941, during the Second World War. The city of London was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 76 consecutive nights and many towns and cities across the country followed...
, Dahlia adopted a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
to get new papers. Since that time on her full name has been Dahlia Lynley-Chivers.
In Dahlia Underground she tells humans that she "perhaps" has been a vampire for nine hundred years, but it is repeatedly said that she is very old, even ancient.
Readers can get a couple more hits about her actual age. For example, she considers her knowledge of some no-longer-spoken languages really advantageous. It is also said (in the same short story) that her friend Thalia, who is also originally from Greece and even older than Dahlia, is so ancient that she came across Odysseus
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
"a time or two".
Human life
Dahlia is Greek, and it's pretty much everything we know about her.As a little girl she shared a tutor with her brother, but that stopped after it was decided that a girl didn't need any more education.
She was brought over (made a vampire) at the age of eighteen.
Physical description
Dahlia is petite and beautiful. The author states in Sookie's words that the vampire has got "the straightest back and longest rippling black hair" she ever saw (All Together DeadAll Together Dead
All Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative,...
).
Dahlia has big green eyes (Tacky)
and her face is described either as round or as heart-shaped.
Dahlia is really tiny: 4 feet 9 inches tall (A Very Vampire Christmas).
She wears stilettos whenever it's possible and is very particular about her clothes.
She possesses a rare ability to fly just as her nestmate Glenda (Tacky) or Sookie's vampire husband Eric, Sheriff of a fiefdom in Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
.
Personality and traits
Sookie sees Dahlia as very "direct in her judgement". She also mentions that Dahlia behaves "regally" in the company of the Queen Sophie-Anne.Dahlia is supremely confident in her strength, wits and lethality. She is usually very composed and has a violent, vengeful nature. Dahlia is rarely seen smiling (usually before a good battle), but she has got a dark sense of humour. Straight after her husband's death she experiences difficulties with controlling her temper.
Relationships
In The Sookie Stackhouse Companion,
it is said that Dahlia "loves her men and her high-heels".
Readers always witness Dahlia either involved in a romantic relationship or eager to get involved. In spite of her pronounced disgust with all non-vampiric, she is equally ready to notice strength, courage and physical beauty in all males:
vamps, "breathers" and Weres.
In Tacky, she meets her future husband Todd,
a werewolf, a second-in-command
Second-in-command
The Second-in-Command is the deputy commander of any British Army or Royal Marines unit, from battalion or regiment downwards. He or she is thus the equivalent of an Executive Officer in the United States Army...
in the Swift-Foot pack. After about two years of happiness Todd is murdered and avenged by Dahlia.
In A Very Vampire Christmas, a reader sees her dating Matsudo Katamori, a vampire.
Dahlia has got a vampire best friend Taffy, married to Don Swiftfoot, a werewolf packleader. It is said in Tacky that Taffy and Dahlia have been friends for about two centuries and share a lot of memories.
Dahlia is the maid of honour at Taffy and Don's wedding and is responsible for security on the bride's side.
After mutually saving each other's lives in Dahlia Underground Dahlia sort of befriends firefighters of Thirty-four Company.
Position within the vampire hierarchy
The nature of her occupation is not mentioned, but she tells her husband-to-be Todd that she does her nest leader's bidding and contributes to his wealth.The nest leader and vampire sheriff of Rhodes is Cedric Deeming.
By the time readers first meet Dahlia in Tacky
she has lived under his rule for about 20 years and plays the role of the nest reinforcer.
Dahlia is respected enough among vampires to be on a judges panel (including Bill Compton
and an unidentified blond vampire) at the vampire summit in Rhodes in All Together Dead
All Together Dead
All Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative,...
. After the explosions at the 'Pyramid of Gizeh' hotel (Dahlia Underground) Dahlia and her friend Taffy are appointed by Cedric to conduct the investigation.
In the Dying for Daylight game Dahlia once again performs as an investigator. Later on (Death by Dahlia) she and former policeman Matsuda Katamori are chosen by Joaquin, the new sheriff, for yet another investigation.
Dahlia's timeline
- Tacky
- Starts two weeks before Taffy's wedding, ends almost a year later with Dalia and Todd's wedding.
- Bacon
- Takes place about a year after Tacky, starts ~ half a month after Todd's death.
- All Together DeadAll Together DeadAll Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative,...
, Chapter 16- 24 September 2005 (according to Sookieverse timeline). Dahlia takes part at vampire trials as a judge.
- Dahlia Underground
- Starts on 25 September 2005 (according to Sookieverse timeline), after the sunset.
- Dying for Daylight (computer game)
- Cedric is still the Sheriff of Rhodes.
- Death by Dahlia
- Introduces the new vampire sheriff of Rhodes and Dahlia's new lover. Takes place six years after the Great Revelation so it can be dated by summer 2008 (according to Sookieverse timeline). This clashes severely with the date given for the seemingly next Christmas story.
- A Very Vampire Christmas
- Takes place approximately on 17 December 2006 (it is said that it's a year since the events of 'Dahlia Underground'). Besides everything else, describes new rules introduced by the new Sheriff.
Dying For Daylight computer game
Game description- The game was developed by Nikitova Games under the supervision of famous game-designer Jane JensenJane JensenJane Jensen is the game designer of the popular and critically acclaimed Gabriel Knight adventure games and author of the novels Judgement Day and Dante's Equation....
and released on February 11, 2011, by I-playOberon MediaOberon Media is a multi-platform casual games company, delivering casual games solutions across online, social, mobile/Smartphone, interactive TV and retail categories...
. Charlaine HarrisCharlaine HarrisCharlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in southern Arkansas with her husband and three children...
herself interfered the creation of Dahlia's looks and "picked the story" I-playOberon MediaOberon Media is a multi-platform casual games company, delivering casual games solutions across online, social, mobile/Smartphone, interactive TV and retail categories...
used. The theme song "Young Goodman" was written by Robert HolmesRobert Holmes (composer)Robert Holmes is a composer, living in the United States of America. Though he was at least partly responsible for the music heard in several other computer games, he is best known for having composed the music for the Gabriel Knight series of adventure games...
and performed by his band "The Scarlet Furies". Tony Leamer, I-play VP of Marketing, says in an interview that the game is "much more adventure than hidden object" search. - The released first part of Dahlia's computer-based quest consists of four sequential episodes. Four more episodes are yet to come in the second part of the game, and according to Mr.Leamer the mystery will be unravelled in the very last one.
Plot
- A vampire has been noticed in public during the daytime. Dahlia is given (by her sheriff Cedric Deeming) a special task to find a legendary potion which allows vampires to day-walk without being burnt into ashes. Dahlia herself is interested in solving the mystery because the fashion conscious ancient vampire dreams of shopping at Tiffany'sTiffany'sTiffany's Restaurants, Inc. is a restaurant chain with 6 locations in New Jersey. Its flagship location was opened at Union, New Jersey in 1982 as Tiffany Gardens.-Reviews:...
during the day. To fulfil the task she has to go to Vampire Quarter in New Orleans and investigate the strange events happened there. It appears that all the hell has broken loose and a lot of vampires have ended up "finally dead".