She is also a trained and experienced auto mechanic, which was her first job with the police department. Siobhan Grainne MacNamarra Walkingstick (aka “Joanne Walker”) is a six-foot tall, half- Cherokee, half-Irish police officer in Seattle. Raven Mocker: one of the Master's avatars physical-spiritual-magical battle with him.Much violence ensues when Joanne and Maebh throw some jealous fits. Unfortunately, Joanne's traveling companion at that point is Maebh, and to her he looks like her cheating former husband, Aillil. You can guess whose form he takes for Joanne. Gancanagh: A male fairy who tries to help Joanne, but causes trouble the entire time he's with her because he has the ability to seduce women by taking the form of the one they love best.That necklace keeps showing up around various necks throughout the story, depending on what time period they're in. Nuada crafts Joanne's necklace-the one her mother gave her. Lugh and Nuada: Mythological Irish high kings who show up to move the story along.We don't learn his true identity until the climax of the final novel, Shaman Rises. Other than "the Master," no other name is given.
Joanne has been battling him and his minions for many months. The Master: He is apparently the god of Death and Destruction and The Morrigan is his assistant.Brigid: Another Irish fairy woman who shows up a few times to converse with Joanne in a friendly manner.In this book, the Banshees are sworn to the Master and are bringing death rather than foretelling it. Banshees: Fairy women who are the harbingers of death.
The Morrigan: Goddess of battle and strife, she's sworn allegiance to the Master and is Joanne's primary foe in this book even though she is also a distant ancestor.Meabh (aka Maeve): Queen of Connacht, wife of Aillil, The Morrigan's daughter, and a distant relative of Joanne's.Cernunnos: Celtic god of fertility, life, animals, wealth, and the underworld, protector of the forest.Yet there's no physical cause anyone can point to-and it keeps spreading (bk3) blue sleep: cops are down with the blue flu-or rather the blue sleep.Astral Realms: trances and dreams used to move back and forth in other planes of existence.Lower World: a shamanistic plane of magic and spirits.Joanne's Three Spirit Animals: a raven, a snake, and a walking stick (insect).Elements of Joanne's Native American shamanism: spirit animals, magic Garden, magic sword, time-bending (one of the spirit animals).
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Shaman, coyote trickster god, Celtic gods, fairies, Wild Hunt, shifters, witches, medium, astral realms, Astral projection, evil banshee, ancient spirit, zombie invasion, ghosts, werewolf, demon, time-travel, Master's avatars, evil angel, Irish mythology, Native American mythology/magic, warrior and a healer, cannibalistic serial killer, Lower World, spirit guide, blue sleep, netherworld, good-hearted coven,, ,