True Blood is a wild supernatural drama. It takes place in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Follow Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress who can read minds. She deals with vampires, werewolves and all sorts of strange beings. The show digs into prejudice, politics and relationships. Sookie and her pals unravel secrets of their crazy world. It’s a thrilling ride!

Meet the characters from True Blood

Sookie Stackhouse

Sookie is the peanut-butter-and-jelly of Bon Temps — sweet, messy, and somehow always the center of the sandwich. Telepathic waitress with a tendency to blurt things out (which makes for awkward dinner service, honestly), she’s fiercely loyal and clumsy in a charming way. She can be brave and ridiculous in the same breath, like charging into danger wearing a floral dress because fashion matters even during crises. Also she keeps old recipes and a weird little trunk of sentimental junk and no, you do not get to see what’s inside.

Bill Compton

Bill is the brooding Civil War vampire who smells faintly of old books and good intentions gone sideways. He’s polite, formal, and profoundly committed — which is romantic until it’s controlling, but also can be heartbreaking, so who’s to judge. He loves history and regrets things dramatically (like Hamlet, but with better hair), and he tries to be a gentleman even when vampire politics makes that difficult. Tiny quirk: he collects pocket watches and will lecture you about manners while fixing a lamp.

Sam Merlotte

Sam is the steady, quietly heroic shapeshifter with a bar to run and a million secrets to hide (including that one thing he swears he forgot but didn’t). He’s practical, warm, and the kind of person everyone confides in because he actually listens — then goes home and drinks dark coffee and cleans the roof, probably. He can play peacemaker and also quietly lose his temper, which is scary because it’s so rare. Also, random but true, he has a ridiculous number of mismatched mugs and is suspiciously good at dad jokes.

Jason Stackhouse

Jason is a walking, talking contradiction: dim as a foggy night on his own but also unnervingly intuitive when it comes to people he cares about. He’s loud, brash, a bit of a mess, and very loyal in that chaotic-protective way that gets you into trouble and then out of it with a hug. He’s the comic relief who can actually surprise you with real, sometimes messed-up bravery — and then immediately post a terrible selfie. Side note: writes bad poem notes at 3 a.m. and swears they’re profound.

Tara Thornton

Tara is sharp, bruised, and utterly unafraid to say the thing everyone else is thinking — often with lipstick and a scowl. She keeps people at arm’s length but is ferociously protective of anyone who makes it inside her circle, and her sarcasm is basically a second language. She’s been through a lot, which means she’s both hardened and wildly tender in unexpected moments. Also she collects tiny revolvers in her mind (and maybe one in the closet) and alternates between praying and cursing depending on the day.

Andy Bellefleur

Andy is Bon Temps’ well-meaning, often flustered cop who tries so hard it’s almost endearing and sometimes tragically awkward. He wants to be a good guy — honest, moral, the dad of the town — but he’s human and muddles things, drinks bad coffee, and makes questionable decisions. He has a soft spot for his kids and a baffling love for paperwork, yet he’ll break rules for people he cares about. Little detail: keeps donuts in his desk and will share with the right bribe (kidding… sort of).

Lafayette Reynolds

Lafayette is spark, flame, and sass personified; he’s a culinary wizard, a spiritual conduit, and center-stage drama all in one perfect, glittery package. Fiercely confident and flamboyant, he’s also deeply loyal and surprisingly tender to people he loves, which makes him complicated and irresistible. He talks with attitude, cooks with fury, and probably has several altars and a playlist for every mood. Oh and yes: he hoards candles and sometimes speaks to ghosts like they’re nosy relatives.

Hoyt Fortenberry

Hoyt is pure, humble, and heartbreakingly earnest — the sort of person you want on your side and also want to wrap in a blanket. He’s loyal to a fault, simple in the best sense, and his kindness can be both his superpower and his Achilles’ heel. He can be stubborn about doing the right thing, even when everyone else rolls their eyes, and he has this gentle, goofy grin that makes you forgive him everything. Also has a weird collection of bottle caps and an inexplicable soft spot for action figures.

Arlene Fowler Bellefleur

Arlene is the gossip-queen with a heart of roughly-shaped gold; she’s churchy, nosy, and always ready with a casserole and a pointed comment. She straddles the line between judgmental and generous — will scold you in a Sunday dress and then bring you pie like it’s penance. She’s practical, loud, and ridiculously into appearances (glitter is obviously a lifestyle), but she surprises people by being useful in crises. Small contradiction: insists on morality but will absolutely pocket a small-grown secret if it helps someone she likes.

Eric Northman

Eric is the archetypal Viking vampire: tall, predatory, elegant, and annoyingly competent at everything. He runs vampire politics like it’s a chess game and wears arrogance like couture, but he’s not a monster — more like a very dangerous gentleman with a soft spot he hides under layers of sarcasm. He loves history, strategy, and the finer things (wine, ancient coins, dramatic entrances), and he can be terrifyingly tender when he chooses to be. Quirk alert: collects antiquities and will, without shame, pet a cat in the castle at 2 a.m.