The characters
My Pinterest board for Rephaim characters is a combination of pinned images, a few newly created graphics, and photos of actors where the attitude in that particular image resonates for a specific character.
Below is an adapted version of character profiles I created back when The Rephaim series first came out in North America as part of a guest post. (The original is at The Starry Eyed Revue.)
Gaby
Age: 19/139
Based: Pandanus Beach, Australia
Favourite food: Authentic Thai green chicken curry.
Favourite weapon: Turns out to be a katana.
Favourite place: Pandanus Beach.
Best friend: Maggie
Favourite way to relax: Jogging. Hanging out at Rick’s Bar.
Earliest memory: All a bit vague.
Rafa
Age: 139 years
Based: Anywhere with a bed.
Favourite food: Lamb shanks
Favourite weapon: Katana
Favourite place: Patmos
Best friend: Jude
Favourite way to relax: Use your imagination. Also partial to beer.
Earliest memory: Sneaking into the armory and trying to lift Nathaniel’s broadsword.
(More below)
Maggie
Age: 19
Based: Pan Beach
Favourite food: Cured kingfish or pan-fried scallops.
Favourite weapon: Hates violence
Favourite place: Paris
Best friend: Gaby
Favourite way to relax: Knitting and sewing; yoga; jogging; happy hour at Rick’s.
Earliest memory: Building sandcasltes on the beach with her dad.
Jason
Age: 139
Based: Apartment in New York.
Favourite food: Home-cooked ravioli
Favourite weapon: Diplomacy
Favourite place: Tibet
Best friend: Cousin Maria
Favourite way to relax: Listening to acoustic guitar.
Earliest memory: Finding his mother weeping at the foot of an angel statue in their village.
Ez
Age: 139
Based: No fixed address (but often in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
Favourite food: Fried Jewish artichokes
Favourite weapon: Daggers
Favourite place: The Pantheon in Rome when everyone has gone, especially if it’s raining.
Best friend: Zak
Favourite way to relax: Sharing a meal with friends.
Earliest memory: Finding a perfect white feather on her windowsill.
Zak
Age: 139
Based: No fixed address
Favourite food: Souvlaki
Favourite weapon: Katana or fists
Favourite place: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Best friend: Ez
Favourite way to relax: Being on a beach with Ez.
Earliest memory: Watching Brother Alberto’s greyhound whelp pups in the monks’ kitchen.
Simon
Age: 19
Based: Pan Beach
Favourite food: Tapas
Favourite weapon: Denial
Favourite place: Anywhere there are no Rephaim, demons or hell-beasts.
Best friend: Maggie
Favourite way to relax: Putting his bike through its paces up the mountain.
Earliest memory: Pulling Maggie’s hair in kindergarten.
Mick Butler
Age: 23
Based: Pan Beach
Favourite food: Steak, eggs and chips at the Imperial
Favourite weapon: Grenade-launcher
Favourite place: Campsite on the mountain near Pan Beach
Best friend: Joffa
Favourite way to relax: Shootin’ shit.
Earliest memory: ‘Stealing beer from the old man’s esky then copping a hiding for it.’
Rusty Butler
Age: 19
Based: Pan Beach
Favourite food: Chicken parmie
Favourite weapon: Sawn-off shot gun
Favourite place: Campsite on the mountain near Pan Beach
Best friend: Koro
Favourite way to relax: Drinking beer with the boys on the mountain
Earliest memory: Mick teaching him to shoot a slug gun
Daniel
Age: 139
Based: The Sanctuary
Favourite food: Risotto with shaved parmesan and truffle oil
Favourite weapon: Katana
Favourite place: Bordeaux, France
Best friend: Spends most time with Nathaniel.
Favourite way to relax: Drinking fine wine with a view of the mountains
Earliest memory: Being allowed to touch an ancient medieval manuscript in the library.
Taya
Age: 139
Based: The Sanctuary
Favourite food: Beef vindaloo
Favourite weapon: Katana
Favourite place: Toronto Canada (and its ice hockey)
Best friend: Malachi
Favourite way to relax: Training
Earliest memory: Punching a boy in the village for trying to take the bread she was carrying for the brothers.
Malachi
Age: 139
Based: The Sanctuary
Favourite food: Veal parmigiana
Favourite weapon: Poleaxe – but the katana is more practical
Favourite place: Banff, Canada, in ski season
Best friend: Taya
Favourite way to relax: Skiing
Earliest memory: First snow fight, against Jude and Gaby in the main piazza.
Daisy
Age: 139
Based: The Sanctuary
Favourite food: Saltimbocca
Favourite weapon: Twin-bladed sais
Favourite place: The Dead Sea
Best friend: Pre-split: Jones; post-split: Gabe.
Favourite way to relax: Painting (not widely known).
Earliest memory: Getting in trouble with Nathanial for wandering off in the forest on her own.
Micah
Age: 139
Based: The Sanctuary
Favourite food: Jam donuts
Favourite weapon: Katana
Favourite place: San Francisco
Best friend: Gabe
Favourite way to relax: Playing guitar.
Earliest memory: Eating a bowl of chocolate cake batter and getting violently ill.
Mya
Age: 139
Based: All over
Favourite food: Grilled cheese sandwich from Grahamwich, Chicago
Favourite weapon: .45 automatic.
Favourite place: Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon
Best friend: Ez
Favourite way to relax: Clubbing.
Earliest memory: Rarely thinks about her childhood
Jones
Age: 139
Based: Wherever Mya needs him to be.
Favourite food: Paella
Favourite weapon: Nun chucks (but rarely gets to use them). Katana
Favourite place: Seoul, South Korea
Best friend: Pre-spilt: Daisy; Post-split: Mya
Favourite way to relax: Tai chi
Earliest memory: Swinging on a rope from one of the pines outside the Sanctuary.
Jude
Age: 19
Based: Backpacker hostels
Favourite food: Fresh crab and a cold Corona
Favourite weapon: Katana
Favourite place: Bell’s Beach, Australia
Best friend: Bit of a loner
Favourite way to relax: Surfing
Earliest memory: All pretty vague
I only just realized i was reading the 4th book, and things didn’t really make sense, but i still loved it! While your at it, can you also make a book with more details? Shifting had gotten me confused at first.
Hi Paula!! I’ve finished the Rephaim series three months ago and i still think about it a lot, cause the story was fascinating!! I know you’ve been working on something at the moment but i just wanna know if you could write a book about their life before that… I really want to see Rafa flirting with Gabe & her being irritated by him haha 😅 and maybe by Rafa’s perspective!
Sending much love!! 💖
A belated thank you for your message! 🙂 I really appreciate it.