Story & Timeline
75 entries in the True Blood compendium.
The Vampire Coming OutWhen the shadows are stripped away, every vampire in Louisiana must stand in the light or TruBloodIn a town where vampires drink synthetic blood and fae hide among humans, one telepathic wSookie's Psychic AwakeningThe world talks in her head, but the most dangerous minds are the ones she can't hear.Bill Compton's Arrival in Bon TempsA 143-year-old vampire walks into a small-town bar and sets the whole world on fire.The Fae KingdomA kingdom where every smile hides a blade and every deal is a trap waiting to bloom.The Fae InvasionThe Fae don't conquer territory—they rewrite who you think you are.Sam Merlotte's Werewolf CurseA gentle bar owner by day, a tearing, howling nightmare under the full moon.Eric Northman's IntroductionA thousand years of hunger, wrapped in a smile that could freeze blood.The Great War AftermathThe war that made the world forget the monsters still walking in it.Sookie and Eric's RomanceA waitress who hears every thought and a vampire who's lived a thousand years finally learThe Great WarThe war that buried the vampires—and the grudge that kept them buried for a hundred years.Jason Stackhouse's StorylineSookie's brother, a road crew supervisor, and a suspect in a murder spree.The Fae Kingdom PoliticsA hidden court of ancient power, where every alliance is a blade and every silence is a thThe Great War Between Vampires and HumansWhen the coffers opened in '65, peace was a promise; by Season 4, it was a battlefield.The Fae Invasion of LouisianaThe masks come off, the court takes the throne, and Louisiana will never be quiet again.The Fae Invasion of the SouthAncient, beautiful, and utterly merciless—the Fae don't conquer the South, they enchant itThe Vampire Coming Out in Bon TempsWhen the night creatures step into the sun, a small town learns it was never alone.The Great War Aftermath in Bon TempsEighty years of silence cannot bury the memory of a war that nearly ended a species.The Vampire Coming Out EventThe night the vampires stopped hiding, Bon Temps never looked the same.The Great War Aftermath in the USA war ended, but the hatred it bred became the law of the land.The Vampire Coming Out in the USThe secret that kept the world safe for centuries is finally, irrevocably, spoken aloud.Bill ComptonA two-hundred-year-old gentleman vampire who falls for the one girl who can read his mind.Eric NorthmanA thousand years of darkness, one impossible love that refuses to let him stay in the shadJason StackhouseA young vampire with old wounds, bound to the one woman who can read his every thought.Sam MerlotteThe oldest soul behind the bar, and the one friend Sookie can always count on.Louis de Pointe du LacA centuries-old soul who chose love over blood, and daylight over the dark.Sookie StackhouseA waitress who hears every lie in the room, and falls in love with the monster behind the Alcide HerveauxThe Fangtastic's smoothest pour, sweetest smile, and most dangerous kind of gentleman.Arlene FowlerA fang in the crowd, a shadow in the politics of the undead.BoudreauxA wall of muscle and fangs, Boudreaux keeps Bon Temps' peace on a razor's edge.PamAncient, loyal, and perpetually hungry for both human food and a seat at the vampire tableAndy BeechA vampire whose loyalties are written in the old blood codes of a society trying to survivMaryannThe throne at the top of the vampire world, and the will that bends every fang beneath it.JessicaBefore there were vampires, there was Jessica—turned by God, mother to them all.LettieThe ancient voice in the dark that even Eric Northman must obey.GodIn a town full of monsters, the hardest question is still the oldest one: is there a God wNoraA quiet blade in the Bon Temps vampire hierarchy, watching the old world dissolve in real EileenCenturies of gossip, a glass of synthetic blood, and a seat at the vampire table.HesterA century-old Sire wakes from a long sleep, and Bon Temps learns what 'ancient' truly meanMaeveA vampire who dances for a living and refuses to kneel to the old blood.The ChurchIn a world of eternal night, they still kneel and pray to the one who lit the dark.VictoriaThe iron-willed Queen who rules the vampire hierarchy with ancient, unyielding authority.The Werewolf PackLoyal to the pack, lethal to the fangs, and always hunting by the moon's pull.Tru BloodIn a town where vampires drink synthetic blood and werewolves howl after dark, one telepatThe Vampire RevealOne blank mind at the bar, and the whole world Sookie knew stops making sense.The Church's GodWhen the hidden become visible, the old prayers start to sound like questions.The ReapersOnce eternal, now merely alive — the Reapers are the world's most exposed former predatorsThe Church's RiseOld faith, new weapons: the Church stops preaching and starts hunting.The Vampire HierarchyIn the vampire world, age is absolute law and the oldest always rules.The Werewolf Pack WarsWhen the moon rises and the pack fractures, Bon Temps learns what teeth really mean.The Vampire Hierarchy's CollapseWhen the Queen falls, every vampire in the South becomes a king.Anna PaquinA small-town waitress who hears every lie and falls for the most dangerous truth.The Final Season's ResolutionWhen the blood turns to poison, Bon Temps must choose who survives the night.The Tru Blood CrisisWhen the blood stops being red and starts being manufactured, the old world cracks open.Joe ManganielloA master vampire with a Fangbar, a past he won't name, and a heart that shouldn't beat.Deborah Ann WollA vampire who chose love over legacy in the neon glow of Bon Temps.Chris BrownA name with no place in the vampire lore of Bon Temps.Nelsan EllisA vampire in a sheriff's badge, a man caught between two worlds and one impossible love.Sam TrammellA vampire tangled up in the power plays and personal stakes of Bon Temps' supernatural sceRutina WesleyA voice that cuts through the fog of Shreveport like moonlight through cypress branches.Stephen MoyerA 173-year-old gentleman vampire who found the one mind he couldn't read and the one heartRyan KwantenThe grounded human heart in a world drenched in vampire politics and Southern Gothic shadoBon TempsA Louisiana backwater where vampires, humans, and secrets share the same humid air.LouisianaWhere the bayou whispers old magic and the bar pours new blood.True BloodIn a town where the dead drink coffee and the wolves howl on schedule, one telepathic waitSeason 2The wolves are out, Sookie is changed, and Bon Temps will never be the same.HBOThe prestige network that gave vampires a home and let them be gloriously, unapologeticallSeason 3When the masks come off, the war for Bon Temps is written in blood.Season 4When the war is over, the real danger is the peace no one can keep.Season 1In a small town where vampires walk in daylight, one waitress hears every secret they keepSeason 7When the monsters lose their fangs, the real war for Bon Temps finally begins.Season 8In the last days of the vampire world, love is the only blood worth spilling.Season 6The war that defines a world reaches its final, devastating crescendo.The WerewolvesOld blood, new fangs, and a pack that answers to no vampire queen.Season 5When the revolution bleeds into war, one telepath must choose a side.
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