Quinn tries to see Sookie as much as possible but has a hectic schedule. He arranges to take a month off after the vampire summit, where he is also working, to spend time with her, and they consummate their relationship with great hope for the future. They are only able to grab a few moments at the summit. When Quinn comes across Andre forcing Eric to forge a blood bond with Sookie, he becomes enraged with the vampires. Quinn later gets word that Sookie has found a bomb in the hallway outside Sophie-Anne’s room, so he rushes upstairs and tries to persuade her to hand him the bomb, telling her that he will heal faster than she will and that he doesn’t want anything to happen to her. A vampire bomb-disposal expert finally comes and carries the bomb away. After answering all manner of questions, Sookie finally gets to her room, where she finds Quinn waiting outside her door, and they spend the night just holding each other. During the trial of Sophie-Anne the next evening, a vampire in the audience hurls arrows at the stage to kill the last remaining Arkansas vamp at the summit, and Quinn jumps in front of Sookie, taking an arrow to protect her. When Sookie realizes that the hotel is going to blow up, her first action is to warn Quinn and his sister Frannie. Quinn suffers two broken legs but manages to kill Andre, who is lying injured nearby in the rubble, in an attempt to free Sookie from the vampires’ control.
When Quinn doesn’t contact Sookie after the summit, she assumes the worst—that he has lost interest. In truth, Quinn is dealing with his mentally ill mother, who has escaped from the home in Nevada where he had her committed and killed several tourists. She is found first by the Nevada vamps, who clean up after her and then hold Quinn accountable, telling him they will make his little sister, Frannie, a blood whore, he can fight in the pits, or he can pony up information about the Louisiana vamps. He tries to resist and refrains from contacting Sookie at all, fearing she will become another hostage to be used against him. He is waiting for Sookie in her room when she wakes after the takeover and is devastated when she breaks off their relationship. He tries to see her but is banned from Area Five by Eric. When he sneaks in anyway, Eric sends Bill to divert him, and they get into a fight that ends up injuring Sookie.
Quinn finally sees Sookie again at the wedding of Sam’s brother. He accepts her relationship with Eric but tells her that if she ever needs him, he will be there for her. (DAAD, DD, ATD, FDTW, DAG, STW; mentioned GW)
R:
Rachel (vampire): No last name given. Stan’s child, Rachel is also his nest mate. She is killed at the summit when the Pyramid explodes. (LDID; dies ATD)
Ralph (wolf): No last name given. Ralph works for one of Niall’s businesses as a courier. The huge Were does community theater, so he is the natural choice to play the part of Big Threatening Brute for Niall in his presentation of his Christmas gift to his great-granddaughter Sookie. (GW)
Rasputin: Grigori Rasputin, a Russian monk, claims to have powers of healing and prediction, taking on the care of the tsarevitch Alexei, who suffers from hemophilia. He uses Ocella’s blood to heal the boy during his episodes with the disease, creating a tie between Ocella and Alexei that Ocella uses to find the boy during the execution of the Russian royal family. (Deceased; mentioned DITF)
Rasul (vampire): No other name given. After his comrades Melanie and Chester die during Katrina, Rasul is paired with were-vampire Jake Purifoy for guard duty at the summit. Rasul survives both the bombing at the Pyramid and the Nevada takeover of Louisiana and is sent to Michigan as a spy by Victor and Felipe. (DD, ATD; mentioned FDTW, DITF)
Rattray, Denise: Denise and her husband, Mack, have already spent time in jail for draining vampires, but that doesn’t stop them from luring Bill to the Merlotte’s parking lot, wrapping him in silver chains, and slapping a tourniquet on his arm. Enraged when Sookie rescues Bill, the couple lie in wait for her in the parking lot a few nights later, viciously beating and kicking her until Bill comes to her aid and puts a permanent end to their criminal ways. Bill later destroys their trailer and the surrounding area, making it look as if the two were victims of a tornado. (Dies DUD)
Rattray, Mack: Mack and his wife, Denise, don’t learn their lesson even after doing time in jail for draining vampires and immediately target Bill when he comes into Merlotte’s, luring him to the parking lot and trapping him with silver chains. They are both furious when Sookie rescues Bill and return to the bar a few nights later to take their revenge, savagely beating her until they are stopped—permanently—by Bill. Bill disguises their deaths as the result of a tornado touching down at their trailer at Four Tracks Corner. (Dies DUD)
Ravenscroft, Pam (vampire): Turned by Eric at age nineteen in Victorian London, Pam immediately adjusts to the life of a vampire. After spending many years with her maker, first as lover and then as companion, they travel to North America together, where he releases her to go her own way. She remains his loyal child and returns from Minnesota when he calls her to Louisiana to open Fangtasia with him. Like all children, Pam obeys her maker, but unlike some, she does so willingly.
With a better sense of humor than most vampires and a stunning sense of style, Pam becomes something of a friend to Sookie, and she insists on Sookie being told of Bill’s betrayal so that she knows the truth. Yet she is still a vampire who believes that vampires come first and momentarily considers killing both Sookie and Jason when Eric has amnesia and is hiding at Sookie’s house. As Eric’s second-in-command, she leads the vampires into the Witch War, capturing Hallow herself and forcing her to undo the spell on Eric. Pam is among those who attend the summit at Rhodes and is saved during the bombing by Sookie with Eric’s help.
Pam briefly dates Amelia Broadway while she is staying in Bon Temps, using her interest to disguise the fact that she is keeping an eye on Sookie. During the actual takeover by the Nevada vamps, Pam escapes Fangtasia and systematically picks off any enemy vampire who strays too far from the group.
While driving Sookie back home one night after a visit with Eric, Pam and Sookie are waylaid by Victor Madden’s second, Bruno Brazell, and a female vampire named Corinna. Pam hands Sookie a knife to fight with Bruno while she takes on Corinna, and soon both of Victor’s vampires are disintegrating in the rain. Surprised and not at all pleased when Ocella shows up, Pam does her best to help Eric through the difficult times with his brother. Although she suffers a broken arm and leg, broken ribs, and various cuts and bruises when attacked by an insane Alexei, she still protests as she is left behind at Eric’s when Sookie and Eric race to confront him.
Pam quietly takes a human female as a lover, asking permission to turn Miriam, since she suffers from leukemia and is growing increasingly weaker. When Victor refuses to allow it and actually uses Miriam to taunt Pam instead, Pam becomes even more enthusiastic about eliminating him from their lives. She makes plans to turn Miriam in secret, but her lover takes a sudden turn for the worse and dies before she can do so. Pam teams up with Eric at Fangtasia to take Victor down, and she ends up beneath him, his teeth at her throat. Seeing Sookie standing above her with Akiro’s sword in her hands, Pam urges her to bring it down on Victor’s neck. Sookie checks her swing in an effort not to hurt Pam, who jumps up and grabs the sword, finishing the job herself. (DUD, LDID, CD, DTTW, DN, DAAD, DD, ATD, FDTW, DAG, TB, DITF, DR; mentioned L)
Ray Don (vampire): No last name given. Ray Don’s talent is an overabundance of the chemicals in his saliva that promote healing, and he cleans Sookie’s wound after she is staked at Josephine’s. (CD)
Re-Bar: No other name given. Re-Bar is the bouncer at the Bat’s Wing in Dallas; his mind is permanently damaged when a vampire, probably Godfrey, removes his memories. Stan promises to take care of the now mentally impaired human because he was injured while working for vampires. (LDID)