Moroi
Lissa Dragomir
Vasilisa Sabina Rhea "Lissa" Dragomir is a seventeen-year-old Moroi queen. She is described as having long blond hair and forest green eyes. Her element is "Spirit", a psychic element that draws from the body and soul, giving her the following abilities: extremely powerful compulsion, healing and resurrection. Her powers first manifested during a car accident when she was fifteen, killing her entire family and best friend Rose. Her extreme shock and dismay uncovered her powers and she unwillingly resurrected Rose, binding the two spiritually. The more she uses her powers, the more Spirit dissolves her sanity. The situation deteriorated so severely that Lisa resorted to cutting herself as an outlet for her emotional and mental breakdowns when she wasn't relying on her bond with Rose. Lisa later discovers how the psychological darkness produced by her use of Spirit magic can directly affect Rose through the (shadow kissed) bond her spirit magic created between herself and Rose when she resurrected Rose after the car accident. This yields the same product of darkness, uncontrollable rage and bloodlust and insanity.
Lisa is romantically involved with Christian Ozera. In Last Sacrifice , Jill Mastrano is revealed to be her half-sister, the result of an affair between their father and Jill's mother. Lisa is against her will, elected as a candidate for the next Moroi monarch as an attempt to divert attention while trying to discover the identity of the previous queen's murderer. Adhering to Moroi laws stating a royal must have at least one relative alive to ascend the throne, a requirement Lisa now meets due to the discovery of Jill as Lisa's half sister, Lisa becomes a candidate for the throne. Due to unwavering support from the public, Lisa is elected queen of the Moroi
Lisa is played by Lucy Fry in the Vampire Academy film and by Daniela Nieves in the Peacock television series.
Christian Ozera
Christian Ozera is Lisa's primary love interest. He is a social outcast due to his parents willingly becoming Strigoi. Unusual for a Moroi, Christian is an avid survivalist and believes in learning self-defense and offensive spells. His elemental specialization is fire, an element that is directly lethal to Strigoi. Christian is described as tall with messy black hair and ice blue eyes. He is also described as sarcastic, cynical, depressive, and an introvert. It is observed that he smirks when he doesn't want to reveal his true feelings.
He is kidnapped along with Rose, Mason, Mia and Eddie in Frostbite. Later on he helps them escape by melting Rose's hand cuffs as he is a fire user. Although he breaks up with Lisa at the end of Blood Promise due to her odd behaviour and her kissing Aaron at a party, later on they get back together at the end of Spirit Bound.
Christian is played by Dominic Sherwood in the Vampire Academy film and by André Dae Kim in the Peacock television series.
Adrian Ivashkov
Adrian Ivashkov is the primary love interest for Alchemist Sydney Sage. He was in love with Rose in the Vampire Academy book series and constantly tried to steal her attention by flirting with her relentlessly. Rose attempts a relationship with him to give him a chance as well as distract herself from her own feelings for Dimitri, as Dimitri has just rejected her because he is in denial about his feelings for her due to his guilt from what he did as a Strigoi. However, she is always aware she doesn't have romantic feeling for Adrian. Their relationship is short lived as Rose later returns to Dimitri, after he accepts that he still harbors feelings for her.
Adrian is a member of the Ivashkovs family, one of the twelve royal Moroi families. He is the great-nephew of Queen Tatiana Ivashkov. Adrian lives a lavish and privileged lifestyle, donning a 'devil-may-care' attitude. It has been hinted that his childhood was unpleasant and family relationships aren't healthy and include emotional and verbal abuse. He is 6'1, has messy brown hair, emerald green eyes, and high cheekbones. Adrian is a Spirit user and suffers from the same mental side effects as Lisa after using Spirit. He drinks alcohol and smokes cigarettes excessively in an attempt to hamper these effects. Through parts of the series he is shown to not be coping well with the combination of his Spirit magic affecting him and his abusive upbringing. Adrian possesses the ability to "walk dreams," meaning he can psychically enter a person's subconscious during the receiver's dreams, as well as an increasing ability to heal and the ability to read auras.
Rose first meets Adrian at an exclusive ski resort in Frostbite where his attractions for her are no secret. His relationship with Rose becomes apparent in Spirit Bound . Adrian later breaks up with Rose in Last Sacrifice after discovering that she has cheated on him. During the novel Bloodlines , it is shown Adrian harbors resentment toward Rose, who he still deeply loves.
Later in the series, Adrian displays an attraction to Alchemist Sydney Sage throughout The Golden Lily , and the two share a passionate kiss. He is heartbroken when Sydney flees his house in horror and shock of what she has just done. However, those feelings of hurt quickly fade as Adrian is determined to keep loving and supporting Sydney, even if that means he's doing it from afar. Throughout the novel, The Indigo Spell , Adrian remains to be a steady support for Sydney, accompanying her on trips in her pursuit against Veronica, a vain and soul-seeking witch. Particularly in the novel, the lax and 'devil-may-care' attitude that fans know and love are brought out, as opposed to the previous heartbroken, lost, and sulky Adrian in Bloodlines and The Golden Lily. Even the sensual side of Adrian, first fully highlighted in Spirit Bound, is brought out in The Indigo Spell when Sydney finally loses restraint, showing exactly how good Adrian is with his lips and hands. As the final act of romance in The Indigo Spell, and showing just how much Adrian knows Sydney, he makes her meet him in an ancient Roman and Greek museum where the couple is finally reunited. There the two have a moment, or a few moments, and Sydney finally accepts him, showing in that moment in time, Adrian's happy ending.
Jill Mastrano-Dragomir
Jillian "Jill" Mastrano-Dragomir is a 15-year-old Moroi Princess, sister to Queen Vasilisa. Jill is extremely tall and rail-thin, with green eyes and curly brown hair. When first introduced, Jill is shy, easily impressed, and naïve. Jill is a Water user who believes in learning self-defense and utilizing her elemental magic against Strigoi, similar to Christian.
During Last Sacrifice , Jill discovers she is Princess Vasilisa Dragomir's half-sister, and one of the last members of the dying Dragomir family, providing her half-sister with the mandatory family quorum required to ascend to the throne. However, as she is Lisa's only family member, Lisa loses her right to the throne if Jill dies, until she has children to expand her family bloodline. This makes Jill extremely valuable and a major political pawn. Jill attended St. Vladimir's Academy in the Vampire Academy series, but transfers to Amberwood Private School after Lisa's ascension to the throne in order to secure her safety. In Bloodlines Jill reveals to Alchemist Sydney Sage that she died during an assassination attempt and was resurrected by Adrian Ivashkov using his Spirit magic, creating a bond between Adrian and herself. Due to her spiritual bond with Adrian, she begins experiencing the effects of Adrian's extensive drinking and smoking until Sydney brings this to Adrian's attention and warns him about his actions and their consequences on Jill.
During Bloodlines Jill develops a crush on Lee and is extremely shaken when he is killed. She soon overcomes this and begins a very innocent and monitored relationship with Micah. All goes well during the second novel The Golden Lily until Jill realizes her relationship is steadily intensifying, and her restrictions prevent her from furthering it. She has also expressed feelings for Guardian Eddie Castile. During her time at St. Vladimir's Academy, she also develops a crush on Adrian Ivashkov. Jill is described as, and shown to be, mature and responsible for her age.
Victor Dashkov
Victor Dashkov is a royal Moroi. Throughout the novel Vampire Academy he possesses the fatal respiratory ailment Sandovsky's syndrome. He is Natalie Dashkov's father and was a close friend of Lisa's father, Eric Dragomir.
In the beginning it is said that Victor was so close with Lisa's father that she considered him to be family. He is described as having brown hair, emerald eyes, and pale skin. Before the discovery of his disease, Victor was to be Moroi Queen Tatiana Ivashkov's successor to the throne, but was taken out of the running to become the next King when his disease was discovered. Realizing the Guardian-Strigoi crisis was worsening, Victor grew desperate for a cure and searched for a solution until he came across Spirit. After watching Lisa for many years, Victor determined Lisa was a spirit-user, and kidnapped her during a school dance. He tortured Lisa with the help of an air-user when she refused to heal him after learning that Victor intended to imprison her and use her Spirit magic to ensure his own health. Lisa's close friendship with Victor would have been enough for Lisa to want to help him, but due to the negative impact her Spirit magic has on herself and Rose she would have been unable to do so. Victor's use of kidnapping and torture proves he was aware of the negative side effects of the Spirit magic and had no moral issues with forcing these side effects on Lisa as long as it healed himself. Thanks to Rose, Victor was discovered and caught, and later apprehended when he is convicted of his crimes and sent to prison.
In Spirit Bound he is broken out of prison by Rose and her accomplices in order to find his brother, Robert Doru who was a Spirit-user and the first ever to turn a Strigoi back into a Human/ Moroi/Dhampir. For the majority of Spirit Bound , Victor and his brother are held in the custody of Rose, but they manage to slip away during a Strigoi attack. After discovering that Jill Mastrano is Princess Vasilisa Dragomir's half-sister, Victor and Robert kidnap her for political uses. When Rose, Dimitri and Sonya Karp eventually catch up to the two, a fight ensues and Rose unintentionally kills Victor.
Victor is played by Gabriel Byrne in the Vampire Academy film and by J. August Richards in the Peacock television series.
Mia Rinaldi
Mia Rinaldi is a non-royal Moroi whose element is Water. Mia had a grudge against Lisa (and by default, Rose) because Lisa's older brother, Andre, used her and broke her heart.
She is kidnapped along with Rose, Mason, Christian and Eddie in Frostbite and her relationship with Rose and Lisa changes and she has since been a trusted friend to them. She is described as having a soft face and curly blond hair that makes her look very young and almost doll-like. after her mother is killed during a Strigoi attack that is mentioned in Frostbite, she moves to Court to live with her father.
Mia is played by Sami Gayle in the Vampire Academy film. Mia McKenna-Bruce portrays a re-imagined version of the characters, named Mia Karp, in the Peacock television series.
Tasha Ozera
Natasha "Tasha" Ozera is a member of the Ozera family and Christian's aunt. Like Christian, she has raven black hair, and ice blue eyes. She has a scar across her face received when her brother and sister-in-law willingly turn Strigoi and attempted to take Christian with them. She assumed custody of Christian after the ordeal and ultimately became the subject of gossip and a social outcast.
After the attack Tasha decided that relying on guardians was too archaic and began using self-defense and her elemental specialization (fire) as a weapon. She has a romantic interest in her long-time friend Dimitri and wanted to start a family, but he turns down her offer. She aids in the search for evidence that will prove Rose's innocence for murdering the queen, but it is revealed that it was in fact Tasha who murdered Queen Tatiana and framed Rose in order remove her from between Tasha and Dimitri. It is assumed that Tasha was executed for the murder.
Abe Mazur
Ibrahim "Abe" Mazur is Rose Hathaway's father and a well-known Turkish 'mobster' described as the 'knee cap-breaking' type. His physical appearance is tall, slightly broad, dark-haired and threatening, and is known for wearing bold colors and scarves with a beard and earrings to top it off. Rose once described him as a "pirate mobster." He is known for making trades, blackmailing, and Rose often hints that he is involved in illegal businesses. He has many connections among both the Moroi and the Alchemists.
Rose meets him during her journey in Siberia in Blood Promise and does not discover their relationship until she has returned home. After Rose was accused of killing Queen Tatiana in Spirit Bound , Abe masterminds her escape from Court while her friends investigate the murder. Despite having not known her throughout her life, Abe is very protective of Rose, and shares many of her characteristics. In Rose's own words, he is "arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people in Blood Promise. He is one of the most feared people in the Moroi and Human world.
Queen Tatiana Ivashkov
The Queen Tatiana Ivashkov is the ruler of the Moroi and dhampirs.
She was killed in Spirit Bound . Rose is accused of killing Tatiana, but she was actually killed by Tasha Ozera. She was also said to have a secret relationship with Ambrose and Blake Lazar. Her political views leaned away from Rose's point of view, causing bad blood between them.
Tatiana is played by Joely Richardson in the Vampire Academy film. Anita-Joy Uwajeh portrays a re-imagined version of the characters, named Tatiana Vogel, in the Peacock television series.
Natalie Dashkov
Natalie Dashkov is a royal Moroi with jet-black hair and jade green eyes who specializes in earth magic. She is very awkward among other royals and is known for talking a lot.
She was once a good friend of Lisa's, but later becomes a strigoi to rescue her father Victor from the Academy's jail. Dimitri kills her in Vampire Academy after she tried to kill Rose. In Spirit Bound , it is implied that Victor had Natalie turn into a strigoi; because he hoped his brother would be able to turn her back after she broke him out.
Natalie is played by Sarah Hyland in the Vampire Academy film.
Aaron Drozdov
Aaron Drozdov is the ex-boyfriend of Lisa. He started dating Mia Rinaldi while Lisa and Rose were gone.
Aaron is played by Edward Holcroft in the Vampire Academy film.
Ralf Sarcozy
Ralf Sarcozy is a member of the "Mana" club. He and Jesse invites Christian to join their club, but Christian refuses. Later, they invite Lisa to join their club. Lisa agrees, finding the invitation as a chance to spy on them. After they invite her, they attack her, and Rose comes to Lisa's aid. Due to Lisa's Spirit powers, Rose is persuaded to torture them, until Dimitri and Alberta arrive.
Chris Mason portrays a re-imagined version of the characters, named Ray Sarcozy, in the Vampire Academy film.
Jesse Zeklos
Jesse Zeklos was caught by Dimitri for making out with Rose in Vampire Academy. A member of the "Mana" club. He helped Ralf attack Lisa in the woods. After an incident with Rose, they are both enemies.
Jesse is played by Ashley Charles in the Vampire Academy film.
Robert Doru
Robert Doru is the half-brother of Victor and a spirit user.
He was apparently the first Moroi ever to restore a strigoi back to dhampir or Moroi. He made his first appearance in Spirit Bound.
Clarence Donahue
Clarence Donahue is a Moroi who fears vampire hunters, whom he believes killed his niece, Tamara, simply to push away the possibility of his own son being the murderer. Keith becomes friendly with him and extracts his blood and saliva to sell to the tattoo parlor called Nevermore.
Daniella Ivashkov
Daniella Ivashkov is the mother of Adrian. She appears kind towards Rose and oddly accepting of her and Adrian's relationship. She pays Joe, a janitor, to testify that he saw Adrian the night Tatiana was killed to cross Adrian's name out of the list of suspects.
She is revealed to have known about Jill and stealing any of the Alchemist's records of her to ruin Lisa's credibility as a candidate for Queen, and was having a secret affair with Ambrose, Tatiana's lover.
Emily Mastrano
Emily Mastrano is the mother of Jill; who is a professional dancer. When she was young she worked in Nevada as a Las Vegas showgirl, where she met Eric Dragomir and had a brief affair with him, leading to Jill's conception.
Olendzki
Olendzki is a female Moroi who is the doctor at St. Vladimir's.
Lee Donahue
Lee Donahue appears to be 19 years old. His father Clarence houses Adrian and helps with the protection of Jill in Palm Springs. He was turned Strigoi against his will 15 years ago, but was turned back 5 years prior to the series starting. He is willing to do anything to turn back into a Strigoi after being brought back by an unknown spirit user.
He also wants to make Jill a Strigoi so they could be together forever. He killed Tamara, his cousin, as well as many other girls and drank their blood, as well as slitting their throats to throw people off, hoping to become Strigoi once more. He is accidentally killed by a Strigoi named Jacqueline when he begs her to change him back; due to his body rejecting Strigoi blood after being turned Moroi again and not allowing him to become Strigoi again.
Dhampirs
Rose Hathaway
Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway is a seventeen-year-old Dhampir, main character of the Vampire Academy series and is best friends with princess Lisa Dragomir. Her birthday is at the end of March. She died in the same accident as Lisa's parents and brother in the past, but Lisa unknowingly brought her back after the car accident in which her parents died making her a "Shadow-Kissed" Dhampir. Because of this, Rose has a one-way bond to Lisa, allowing her to read Lisa's thoughts, sense her feelings and see the world through her eyes. Sarcastic and quick-witted, Rose is training to become Lisa's guardian, while in the process falling in love with her mentor, Dimitri Belikov.
Rose is described as beautiful with semi-exotic desert-princess features; big dark eyes, dark brown hair and very light tanned skin. She is 5'7" with an athletic and curvy figure. She has a strained relationship with her mother, because she thinks her mother abandoned her, the famous Guardian Janine Hathaway. She develops strong feelings for Dimitri Belikov when he mentors her to catch up with missing academic year. After denying their strong mutual attraction for long, Rose and Dimitri give in to each other during Shadow Kiss.
Rose is framed for murdering queen Tatiana at the end of Spirit Bound, but is later revealed to be innocent. She enters into a promised relationship with Adrian, Tatiana's nephew, after returning from Russia and tries to deny her feelings for Dimitri throughout the course of Last Sacrifice . Nearing the end of the book, she is surprised to learn that Dimitri's still has feelings for her, feelings he had previously denied to protect her and to Dimitri's strong disbelief, she returns his feelings and they reunite once more. She loses her bond with Lisa in Last Sacrifice, when Rose gets shot in the chest by Tasha trying to protect Lisa and is unconscious but comes back on her own, rather than being healed by Lisa.
Rose becomes Lisa's guardian after Lisa is crowned queen. Adrian visits Rose and they break up. Adrian is hurt over Rose's love for Dimitri, but Rose says when you find that person, he'll know and also that he needs someone who inspires him to change, not someone to be a crutch, like she was. The Vampire Academy series ends with Rose officially restarting her relationship with her true love, Dimitri, after hiding it for so long and her future looking bright. But it is revealed at the end of The Ruby Circle; in a flash forward; that Rose and Dimitri are engaged to be married.
Rose is played by Zoey Deutch in the Vampire Academy film and by Sisi Stringer in the Peacock television series.
Dimitri Belikov
Dimitri Belikov is a 24-year-old dhampir from Siberia. He is Rose's mentor and boyfriend. He has reserved, disciplined, and intense personality. After a difficult childhood due to his abusive father and death of his friend and charge Ivan while he was off duty, he becomes a recluse. He tracked Rose and Lisa down at the beginning of the first book and offered to train one on one with Rose to catch her up after missing one year. Rose starts developing feelings for him after spending time with him for her training sessions. He returns Rose's feelings, but attempts to stay out of a relationship with her for most of the series, since it would interfere with his guardian duties. They both are compelled to act on their feelings due to a "Lust charm" put on a necklace by Victor Dashkov. He accepts to love Rose but refuses to start a relationship as his love for her will interfere his protective abilities for his charge Lisa. He is described as tall, about 6'7", handsome, has dark brown eyes, shoulder length hair a few shades lighter than Rose's dark brown hair which he mostly ties in a pony, tanned skin and lean muscular build and wears his characteristic duster. Dimitri has a slight Russian accent, likes old western novels and old music. Often described as a 'god' he is a very skilled fighter and respected among the Guardians. After continuing to develop and establish a professional and romantic relationship with Rose.
Dimitri is forced to turn strigoi during a rescue mission to save victims from the attack on St. Vladimir's at the end of Shadow Kiss and is later turned back by Lisa near the end of Spirit Bound after Rose's failed attempt to kill him in Russia in order to free his soul from monstrous life. He becomes increasingly depressed after being turned back to a dhampir, riddled with intense guilt over the things he did while he was Strigoi. He helps Rose break out of prison in Last Sacrifice and goes on the run with her. Throughout the journey, he slowly starts to open his heart and discover life and love again. Though at first claiming to have lost his love for Rose, he later admits otherwise and they begin a relationship nearing the end of Last Sacrifice . In the end of Last Sacrifice it is revealed that he is now Christian's guardian. Eventually Rose and Dimitri reunite and reestablish their love for each other, and are engaged at the end of "The Ruby Circle".
Throughout the journey, Dimitri slowly starts to open his heart and discover life and love again. Initially, he claims to have lost his love for Rose, he later admits otherwise and they begin a relationship nearing the end of Last Sacrifice. In the end of Last Sacrifice it is revealed that his guardian title is restored and he is now Christian's guardian. He was earlier assigned to Lisa along with Rose, but he chooses to get reassigned to Christian; due to his relationship with Rose. Eventually Rose and Dimitri reunite and reestablish their love for each other and are engaged at the end of The Ruby Circle. He is also shown to reunite with his grandmother, mother and three sisters; who are surprised to see him back as a Dhampir.
Dimitri is played by Danila Kozlovsky in the Vampire Academy film and by Kieron Moore in the Peacock television series.
Mason Ashford
Mason Ashford is a Dhampir who is one of Rose's best friends, and also a novice Guardian like her. He frequently helps out Rose throughout the series. He is interested in her romantically, and Rose eventually attempts a relationship with him, only to find it fall apart because of her unbreakable connection to Dimitri.
He dies in Frostbite, the second novel of the Vampire Academy series, while the others (except Rose who is fighting alongside him) escape. His ghost continues to aid Rose in Shadow Kiss and finds peace at the end of the book.
Mason is played by Cameron Monaghan in the Vampire Academy film and by Andrew Liner in the Peacock television series.
Eddie Castile
Eddie Castile is an eighteen-year-old dhampir who is tall, and has sandy blond hair and hazel eyes. He is one of Rose's closest friends after the Spokane incident involving him, Rose, Mason, Christian and Mia. He is loyal and after the second book, Frostbite, is told he that he has matured a lot. He was also the best friend of Mason Ashford. In Bloodlines, he kills a Moroi defending Lisa and is tried for his actions. He is sent to Palm Springs along with Sydney to protect Vasilisa's half sister, Jill. He has a crush on Jill, but can't do anything about it because she's a Moroi and a princess.
Eddie sees Jill falling in love with a Moroi, who is later discovered to be a psycho Moroi who wanted to kill her and himself to become Strigoi and live forever together with her - just the two of them. In the second book, The Golden Lily, Eddie has to witness, again, Jill forming a relationship with his roommate, Micah, who is a dead ringer for his dead best friend, Mason Ashford. Meanwhile, he's being strongly pursued by another dhampir, Angeline Dawes, who keeps rubbing up against him and winking at him while the two of them train. Later, because of Angeline's sudden but good change and his wanting to move on from his feelings for Jill, he starts liking Angeline more. He later asks her out on a date. In Indigo Spell, Angeline is found to have been having a secret affair with Trey, and Sydney revealed that Jill has strong romantic feelings for him. In The Ruby Circle, Eddie and Jill begin dating.
Angeline Dawes
Angeline Dawes is a fifteen years old and is part of the "Keepers", a group that follows the old and ancient ways Moroi and dhampirs practiced. She is known to be shorter than most Dhampirs. She has blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. She is moved to Palm Springs to help protect Jill at the end of the first book (Bloodlines) for the majority of the second book (The Golden Lily) she is reckless and misbehaved. She develops a not-so-secret crush on Eddie early in the book and keeps throwing herself at him to let him know her interest. Sydney talks to her after Angeline punched the motivational group and threw a speaker at them, and tells her to stop attacking Eddie. Angeline then stops and she starts to behave more like a guardian. Eddie sees this change and starts to like Angeline. They talk about going on a date at the end of the second book (The Golden Lily).
In The Indigo Spell, Angeline is dating Eddie, until being tutored by Trey, when it's revealed they are having a secret affair together. Angeline and Eddie break up. Trey feels bad and guilty, he decides to stay away from Angeline even though he's falling for her. In The Fiery Heart, Angeline is trying to forget Trey by forcing herself to like Neil, the new dhampir in Palm Springs. Her plan never works as she's already in love with Trey. Later, she and Trey team up and help the rest of the gang killing a Strigoi. After this, Angeline and Trey talk and make up. They're finally together by the end of the book.
Janine Hathaway
Janine Hathaway is Rose Hathaway's legendary mother who is 5' feet tall, has curly auburn hair, brown eyes and is very stern. She appears in Frostbite. She is a very "badass" Dhampir, according to her reputation, who has killed many Strigoi. Her relationship with Rose starts off very sketchy, but improves throughout the series.
Alberta Petrov
Alberta Petrov is the captain of the guardians at St. Vladimir's. She is revealed to have known about Dimitri and Rose's relationship.
Stan Alto
Stan Alto is a guardian and teacher at St. Vladimir's. He and Rose often fought.
Joshua Dawes
Joshua Dawes is the son of Sarah and Raymond, and the brother of Angeline. He is part of the Keepers.
