Name: The First, primitive slayer
Watcher: Unknown if she had a specific Watcher, but she was created by three original council members who then Buffy Summers visits in 2003 via the shadow puppet show box
Country of Origin: Africa
Slayer Tenure: Unknown
Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TV Show, Seasons Four, Five and Seven; "Joss Whedon's Fray" No. 3; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol 2 "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie; Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Prologue" by Joss Whedon; BtVS comic - various; etc...
Art Credit: Fray No. 3, Karl Moline
- The First Slayer visited Buffy Summers many times in her dreams acting as a guide...though it was debatable just how helpful she could be :-)
Name: "Nubian Goddess"
Watcher: Her patron was the Pharaoh Queen of her homeland
Country of Origin: Ancient Egypt
Slayer Tenure: 1530BC*
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie
Art Credit: Buffy Mag, "Note From The Underground", Part Five, Cliff Richards
- This slayer lived with the Pharaoh of her time and was treated as a goddess by her people. Not bad, huh?
Name: Thessily of Thessilonikki
Watcher: Thoas
Country of Origin: Ancient Greece
Slayer Tenure: 507-490BC
Source: Tales of the Slayer (Novel), Vol. 1, "A Good Run" by Greg Rucka; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Call To Duty" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Thessily ran over 300 miles prior to the battle of Marathon watching over the messenger Phidippides in over to save the great city of Athens. She was also the slayer for an incredible 17 years.
Name: Diana
Watcher: Aulus
Country of Origin: Rome, Italy
Slayer Tenure: 38AD
Source: "The Evil That Men Do" by Nancy Holder
Art Credit: Devonte Hammon
- Diana's best friend and fiancé were kidnapped by a band of bloodthirsty vamps. Her best friend, Helen, was sired and the first thing she did was to kill Diana, who had also been captured trying to rescue them. As a vampire, Helen had a particular hatred of slayers as she thought Diana had betrayed her, and killed many over the years.
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Name: Unknown
Watcher: The Great Lady
Country of Origin: Japan
Slayer Tenure: 979
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "Lady Shobu" by Kara Dalkey
- This girl was offered as a sacrifice by Migoto (who was posing as his brother Bennin from the Watchers Council ) to a dragon he had struck a deal of immortality with.
Name: Kishi Minomoto aka Lady Shobu
Watcher: Migoto (only posing as her watcher, as his dead brother Bennin), The Great Lady
Country of Origin: Sagami Province, Japan
Slayer Tenure: 980
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "Lady Shobu" by Kara Dalkey; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "Empowered Youth" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A young slayer sent of to protect the royal court and forced to wear a dress, much to her dismay. A clever slayer, but spent most of her time moping.
Name: Adja
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Gothic Europe
Slayer Tenure: 1123*
Source: Buffy Mag, "The Heart Of A Slayer" by Chris Boal
Art Credit: Buffy Mag, "The Heart Of A Slayer", Part Four, Cliff Richards
- Adja travelled across time to sacrifice her own life for that of Buffy Summer's in 2000. Her name means "one who is already dead".
Name: Dark of the Moon
Watcher: The Medicine Father
Country of Origin: North America, California (The Hellmouth)
Slayer Tenure: 1250
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 3, "Dark of the Moon" by Yvonne Navarro
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A Native American Indian who was trained by the elders, and then told she was the Slayer when the Hellmouth was re-opened...but she had no real idea of what vampires were, which ultimately led to her undoing.
Name: Xina Tigo Ton
Watcher: Marcus
Country of Origin: Mongolia
Slayer Tenure: 1279
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Wish" by Helen J Haslam (unpublished)
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- This slayer found herself at the wrong end of a curse, which in fighting for its removal, showed her just what being the slayer meant to her.
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Name: Eliane Ward (de Shaunde)
Watcher: Michel de Shaunde
Country of Origin: Brittany, France
Slayer Tenure: 1320
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "Abomination" by Laura J Burns and Melinda Metz
- Eliane was, unusually, not called to be the slayer until her early 20s, by which time she had settled down and had a family with her watcher. Oops. :-) The Council were less than forgiving to say the least.
Name: Mary O'Brian*
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Ireland*
Slayer Tenure: 1350
Source: "The Origin" by Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton - Comic Book adaptation of Joss Whedon's original movie screenplay of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Art Credit: "The Origin", Joe Bennett
- This slayer was killed by the vampire Lothos, who Buffy defeats in both "The Origin" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" the movie.
Name: Lady Sarah*
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Austria*
Slayer Tenure: 1351
Source: "The Origin" by Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton
Art Credit: "The Origin", Joe Bennett
- A slayer of high nobility, who like most, was rather reluctant to accept her new post.
Name: Unknown
Watcher: An unknown monk
Country of Origin: England*
Slayer Tenure: 1398*
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Righteous" by Joss Whedon
Art Credit: "Righteous", Tim Sale
- Another of my favourites. "Righteous" is written entirely in verse, is sublime and very clever.
Name: Jeanne d'Arc aka St Joan of Arc
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: France
Slayer Tenure: 1424
Source: BtVS Comic, "The Death of Buffy" by Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe; "The Vampire Watcher's Handbook" by Constantine Gregory.
Art Credit: BtVS Comic, "The Death of Buffy", Cliff Richards
- This famous figure, it has been hinted to us, led a successful double life as a Slayer. In particular, she was partly responsible for the demise of the infamous Vampire Gilles de Rais, who killed as many as 800 children. Oh, and she opened a big ole can of whoop-ass on the English during the 100 Years War...damn it. The French then burned her at the stake for it. Thank You?!
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Name: Chia
Watcher: Gustah
Country of Origin: Peru
Slayer Tenure: 1442-48
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Weight of the World" by Helen J Haslam
- Chia was called at the very young age of 11 as slayer, and was not the only one to learn that with great power comes great responsibility. (Okay, so I nicked that from Spiderman - but it's true!)
Name: Olu al-Kran
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Persia
Slayer Tenure: 1448
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Weight of the World" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Olu, along with the Japanese potential Yoshama, fought in the battle to bring down the traitorous Slayer Chia in 1448.
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Name: Esperanza de la Vega
Watcher: Wilmot Friumt
Country of Origin: Seville, Spain
Slayer Tenure: 1481
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "The Rule Of Silence" by Kara Dalkey
- Esperanza had a very tough life, living secretly as a Jew under the crippling rule of the Spanish Inquisition. But it was made undoubtedly worse when she was arrested and charged with being a witch by the monks who had overrun her town.
***
Name: Cassia Marsilka
Watcher: Unknown, but renowned for his incompetence
Country of Origin: Greece
Slayer Tenure: 1525-27
Source: "Tempted Champions" by Yvonne Navarro
- Cassia became the slayer soon after her family were murdered by a group of vampires in their own home. She was rather disobedient though, and after a year or two started patrolling alone; one night she encountered the 1,300 year old vampire Syrus, who turned her. This left her rather confused, and she continued killing vampires as well as humans. She met Buffy Summers in 2000, who finally defeated her.
Name: Virginia Dare a.k.a. White Doe
Watcher: Takes From Eagle (Honorary Watcher, and adoptive father), John White (Official Watcher, and also her Grandfather)
Country of Origin: England (though based in Virginia, North America)
Slayer Tenure: 1586
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 1, "The White Doe" by Christie Golden
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- This slayer was brought up away from The Council in the hands of Native Americans, and never quite fully understood who she was.
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Name: Erin Randall
Watcher: Timothy Cassidy
Country of Origin: Ireland
Slayer Tenure: 1600*
Source: "Halloween Rain" by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
- Erin was murdered on Hallowe'en by 'Samhein'.
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Name: Ildiko Gellert
Watcher: Kurt Rendor
Country of Origin: Hungary
Slayer Tenure: 1609
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol 1, "Die Blutgrafin" by Yvonne Navarro; "The Vampire Watcher's Handbook" by Constantine Gregory.
- A young runaway gypsy girl who's biggest downfall was her inability to sense Vampires ('hone' as Giles once said!) She went up against the sadistic 'Bloody Countess' (Die Blutgrafin) Erzsébet Bathory who liked to bath in the blood of virgin girls to preserve her youth. Excuse me whilst I go throw up.
Name: Shagrat al-Durr
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Jerusalem
Slayer Tenure: 1629
Source: "The Book Of Fours" by Nancy Holder
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- In attempting to rescue a French knight this Slayer was devoured by a monster made of a sort of Primal Evil known as the Gatherer. Nice?
Name: Yuki Makumura
Country of Origin: Japan
Watcher: Unknown, but committed suicide after failing a mission, leaving Yuki alone
Slayer Tenure: 1650*
Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comic) "False Memories" etc...
Art Credit: Cliff Richards (C/O A Slayer is Born Website)
- This girl was obsessed with death, and allowed the Master to sire her; the Council erased all her records in shame. She became the Master's faithful servant, and upon hearing of his death in 1997, travelled to California to kill Buffy Summers, who had defeated him. Buffy won, needless to say...coz she wasn't crazy for one thing.
Name: Robin Whitby
Watcher: Dr William Henry Pratt
Country of Origin: England (though based in the Caribbean)
Slayer Tenure: 1661
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "Blood and Brine" by Greg Cox; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "Empowered Youth" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Ah ha! Pirates of the Caribbean done slayer style :-) The captain of her own vessel, Robin kicked undead arse and is again one of my favourites.
Name: Carissa Avenhaus
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Holland
Slayer Tenure: 1670-73
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol 2, "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- This slayer was sent as a guide to the Watcher Charlton Muzzlewit in 1843 to help enlighten him as to the ways of the slayers. She had great patience, but every girl has her limits :-)
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Name: Samantha Kane
Watcher: Robert Erwin
Country of Origin: North America, travelling far and wide as a witch hunter.
Slayer Tenure: 1684
Source: "Night of the Living Rerun" by Arthur Byron
- Samantha was at the Salem Witch Trials, and stopped the Master from coming to Earth by throwing him and herself back into the underworld where he ripped her throat out. She was the slayer for 12 years.
Name: Winifred "Winny" Smith
Watcher: Jawanda
Country of Origin: Barbados (though based in Virginia, North America)
Slayer Tenure: 1715
Source: BtVS, the movie; "The Origin" by Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton; "Joss Whedon's Fray" No. 3; Tales of the Slayers (Novel) "The Gift" by Patrick Quastad; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "Empowered Youth" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Merrick mentions a black slave from Virginia when trying to convince Buffy she's a slayer. Apparently, she did indeed dream she was a slave and was thus a little closer to being convinced. She was also one of many Slayers to be killed by the vampire Lothos, whom Buffy Summers defeats in 1996.
Name: Jing Po*
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Slayer Tenure: 1732*
Source: "The Origin" by Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton
Art Credit: "The Origin", Joe Bennett
- A prostitute whom Buffy dreamt of just as she was realising she herself was not quite like other girls...
Name: Teresa Fannigan
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
Slayer Tenure: 1773
Source: BtVS, the movie; "Joss Whedon's Fray" No. 3; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Call To Duty" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Fray No. 3, Karl Moline
- A bar-maid who was killed by the vampire Lothos and had herself a run-in with a rather notorious Irish vampire... :-)
Name: Marie-Christine Du Lac
Watcher: Edmund de Voison
Country of Origin: Paris, France
Slayer Tenure: 1789
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 1, "Unholy Madness" by Nancy Holder
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A rather haughty slayer, she had to infiltrate the peasantry at the start of the French revolution, and in doing so learned one or two things about herself.
Name: Claudine
Watcher: Jean
Country of Origin: Paris, France
Slayer Tenure: 1790*
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "The Innocent" by Amber Benson
Art Credit: "The Innocent", Ted Naifeh
- This girl, presumably Marie Christine's successor, also found herself caught up in the French Revolution, (funny that, hey?!) this time at it's height. She learnt a rather painful lesson illustrating that the lines between good and evil are not always as clear as you would hope them to be.
Name: Samantha
Watcher: Hayward H. Muzzlewit
Country of Origin: London, England
Slayer Tenure: 1812
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Samantha's watcher was Charlton Muzzlewit's father, who treated her rather appallingly because she was a lower class, and felt it was fine to give her the odd smack around (even though she could've kicked his arse if she'd had the common sense to do so). She was only the Slayer for ten months, but her tenure didn't go in vain, as Charlton was to get an important visit from his father some decades later...
Name: Elizabeth/Edward Weston
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Summerset, England
Slayer Tenure: 1813
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Presumption" by Jane Espenson; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie
Art Credit: "Presumption", P Craig Russell
- One of the many slayers throughout history forced to dress as a man in order to carry out her duties :-)
Name: Justine
Watcher: Claire Silver
Country of Origin: England
Slayer Tenure: 1817
Source: "Blooded" by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
Name: Naayeeneizghani
Watcher: Unknown, but killed by the same vampire that Naayeeneizghani killed just before her own death
Country of Origin: California, North America
Slayer Tenure: 1820
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "This Glittering World" by David Fury; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The New Watcher" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Art Credit: "The Glittering World", Steve Lieber
- A Native American girl who killed the vampire who killed her watcher (a whole lotta death here) in a rather familiar town. Her name means "Monster Killer."
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Name: Marie Siegner
Watcher: Unknkwon
Country of Origin: France
Slayer Tenure: 1840-42
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie
- A French tart by all descriptions :-) Also a spirit guide to Charlton Muzzlewit in 1843.
***
Name: Catherine Hogarth
Watcher: Charlton Muzzlewit
Country of Origin: London, England
Slayer Tenure: 1843
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The Ghosts of Slayers Past" by Scott Allie
- Not exactly the slayer a watcher dreams about; a common as muck poor-house girl with about as much wits about her as a plank of wood. But then Catherine's watcher was paid a visit from several rather unorthodox slayers and he had a sudden change of heart :-)
***
Name: Margaret 'Maggie' Madden
Watcher: Sean Connelly
Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
Slayer Tenure: 1852
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 3, "Ch'ing Shih" by Mel Odom
- Maggie's watcher Connelly was apparently in love with her, but unlike others had the good sense not to get romantically involved. He still felt her death keenly though, and talked of her often with his new slayer, Xiaoqin.
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Name: Xiaoqin
Watcher: Sean Connelly
Country of Origin: Shanghai, China
Slayer Tenure: 1856
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 3, "Ch'ing Shih" by Mel Odom
- A fantastic story of a thief, Xiaoqin, once again posing to be a man to survive in life, who had heard the stories of vampires (Ch'ing Shih) but not believed them until her Irish watcher, Sean Connelly, convinced her. Connelly was also watcher to Margaret Madden, and, quite in love with her, took years to get over her death. Get over it he did though, and was brave enough to track down Xiaoqin and take her on as the Slayer. Probably the best Slayer/Watcher pairing since Buffy and Giles themselves :-)
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Name: Pauline Francis Barnard aka Frankie Massey
Watcher: Reed, turned and then staked by Frankie. The council sent a new watcher, Edward Landers, who was rejected by Frankie's commander, Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman then acted as the slayer's watcher.
Country of Origin: Georgia, North America
Slayer Tenure: 1864
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The New Watcher" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Another slayer who masqueraded as a man in order to join the army and fight in the American Civil War. Sherman, Frankie's unofficial watcher, met Naayeeneizghani during the Mexican War, where she saved his life once.
Name: Lucy Hanover
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Virginia, North America
Slayer Tenure: 1866
Source: "The Book Of Fours" by Nancy Holder; BtVS, Comics, "The Blood of Carthage"; "Child of the Hunt" by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder; "Immortal" by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder; etc...
Art Credit: Tales of the Slayers website( http://www.geocities.com/tales_slayer/ )
- A very popular Slayer, powerful and personable...not just in life either. After Lucy's death (by the Gatherer, like Shagrat al-Durr), she became a sort of Guardian of the Spirit World, helping other slayers in having the power of possession to convey her aid.
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Name: Angela Martignetti
Watcher: Peter Toscano, also the Slayer's lover, he was killed and then replaced by Jason Cromwell
Country of Origin: Venice, Rome
Slayer Tenure: 1871
Source: "Immortal" by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
- Another one who fell in love with her watcher...do these girls ever learn?! Angela also out-thwarted the crafty vamp Veronique by trapping him on a desert island.
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Name: Catherine Callan
Watcher: Thomas Spelling
Country of Origin: Ulster, Ireland
Slayer Tenure: 1876
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "Alone" by Scott Allie
- Catherine did not have a good relationship with her watcher/supposed husband, as she was Irish and the Council was very much not. However, their relationship was better than the one she had with her abusive father, as proved when she survived her Cruciamentum on her home farm.
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Name: Estellos Praticca
Watcher: Jonathan Hastings
Country of Origin: Chile
Slayer Tenure: 1876-78
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Call To Duty" by Helen J Haslam
Name: Princess Amirah
Watcher: Edward Smith, who was dismissed then replaced by Victoria "Ria" Hastings
Country of Origin: India
Slayer Tenure: 1878
Source: BtVS, the movie; "The Origin" by Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton; "Joss Whedon's Fray" No. 3; Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Tales" by Joss Whedon; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "The Call To Duty" by Helen J Haslam; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "Empowered Youth" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Fray No. 3, Karl Moline
- A very popular slayer in the world of cannon. She was strong willed and self confident, but recognised when to ask for help, and just exactly who to ask.
Name: Mollie Prater
Watcher: Ethan Bentley
Country of Origin: Kentucky, North America
Slayer Tenure: 1886
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 1, "Mornglom Dreaming" by Doranna Durgin
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A sweet girl who found out she was the slayer on her wedding day. She took it remarkably well considering :-)
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Name: Grace
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Yorkshire Mores, England
Slayer Tenure: 1897
Source: "The Evil That Men Do" by Nancy Holder
- Killed by the vampire Helen, who also killed Diana in 40AD. She had a particular thing against slayers.
Name: Angelique Hawthorne
Watcher: Professor Peter Van Helsing, cousin to the famous Professor Abraham Van Helsing
Country of Origin: London, England
Slayer Tenure: 1897
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The House of the Vampire" by Michael Reaves
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A Slayer not too dissimilar from our Buffy Summers; she had a Scooby Gang and fought Dracula himself, although this time in Madame Tuassauds.
Name: Xin Rong
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: China
Slayer Tenure: 1900
Source: BtVS, TV Show, Season Five ("Fool for Love"); Angel, Season Five; BtVS Comic, "The Death of Buffy" by Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe.
Art Credit: BtVS Comic, "The Death of Buffy", Cliff Richards
- This girl was killed by William the Bloody (a.k.a. Spike) during the Boxer Rebellion.
Name: Millicent "Millie" Rose Gresham aka Fatima Araby (her show name)
Watcher: Ambrose Richmond, killed by the vampire Blasko, a former watcher himself to an unknown charge
Country of Origin: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1911
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "Sideshow Slayer" by Greg Cox
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Millie's Cruciamentum on her eighteenth birthday was set up reluctantly by her watcher in the funhouse of the sideshow they both worked at. It went awry though when the vampire Blasko interfered, killing Richmond, the other council members and the half-starved, not so bright vamp that Millie was due to face. He himself chased her through the fun house, but was out-smarted by the slayer, even in her weaken condition.
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Name: Dorothy "Dot" Singer
Watcher: Reginald V. Hill, who left his charge briefly to fight in the Great War, an act many saw as extremely brave and noble, but others saw as irresponsible glory hunting.
Country of Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1919
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "Survivors" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- After the war, Reginald was never really himself, and on the day of Dot's Cruciamentum he had another terrible panic attack. Dot, however, managed not only to save her poor watcher from himself, but passed the test with flying colours, much to the macabre displeasure of some of the council members.
***
Name: Ardita O'Reilly
Watcher: Mr Whisker
Country of Origin: New York, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1922
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "The War Between The States" by Rebecca Rand Kirshner
- A Slayer who managed to live a successful double life as a dancer/flapper.
Name: Britta Kessler
Watcher: Friedrich Lichtermann
Country of Origin: Germany
Slayer Tenure: 1923
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 1, "Silent Screams" by Mel Odom
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- This slayer was turned into a vampire almost as soon as she was called, and her watcher had to pay the price.
Name: Su-Li Kim*
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Korea
Slayer Tenure: 1932*
Source: BtVS, TV Show, Season One ("The Puppet Show")
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- Sid, the very creepy though ultimately good dummy, told Buffy about a Korean Slayer he met in the 30's - and you know what I mean by 'met' :-)
Name: Rachel O'Connor
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: New York, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1937
Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comic), "Broken Bottle of Djinn"
Art Credit: A Slayer is Born Website
- This New Yorker had rather unorthodox methods of vampire slaying, such as pretending to be blind and then slaying with...pencils? Anyway, she got herself involved in a time-paradox with Buffy Summers...and you know those always end in tears :-)
Name: Anni Sonnenblume
Watcher: Unknown, but in a wheelchair and seemed to keep out of the Nazi problems
Country of Origin: Germany
Slayer Tenure: 1938
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Sonnenblume" by Rebecca Rand Kirshner; BtVS Comic, "The Death of Buffy" by Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe.
Art Credit: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Tales", Karl Moline
- A wicked little tale (as in good, not wicked wicked...it's a English thing!), anyway, about a girl in the Hitler Youth who realised it wasn't only vampires she had to fight against.
***
Name: Betty Winters
Watcher: Marcus Redmond
Country of Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1943
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 2, "Stakeout On Rush Street" by Max Allan Collins with Mathew V Clemens
- A slayer/private eye with otherworldly clientele. Very well written, and a great ending :-)
***
Name: Zoe
Watcher: Ian Sykes
Country of Origin: New York City
Slayer Tenure: 1950-52
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "Undeadsville" by Michael Reaves
- A totally cool cat of a slayer, her Cruciamentum was sabotaged by her watcher who was reluctant in his posting. His actions backfired and the consequences were not good for either watcher and slayer.
Name: Asha Sayre
Watcher: Laurent
Country of Origin: Florida, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1956
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 1, "And White Splits the Night" by Yvonne Navarro
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A poor black girl growing up in the racist south of North America. This tale has a wonderful scene at an ice cream bar, and a fabulous ending (well, I thought so anyway!)
Name: Mariko
Watcher: Kobo
Country of Origin: Japan
Slayer Tenure: 1960
Source: "Blooded" by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
***
Name: Beryl MacKenzie
Watcher: Ms Valance
Country of Origin: Nova Scotia, Canada
Slayer Tenure: 1969
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "Back to the Garden" by Robert Joseph Levy
- A somewhat pathetic slayer, she was terrified of dying and abandoned her training as a potential to live as a hippy in a commune called Moonstone. She was called just before her eighteenth birthday, and her watcher used the Cruciamentum as a wake up call to bring her back to her duty.
Name: Myenka Krustov
Watcher: James "Jimmy" O’Hare
Country of Origin: Lublin, Poland
Slayer Tenure: 1970
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "Empowered Youth" by Helen J Haslam
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- This rather naive Slayer was tempted to use her powers for activities other than killing vampires.
Name: Nikki Wood
Watcher: Bernard Crowley
Country of Origin: New York, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1973-77
Source: BtVS, TV Show, Seasons Five and Seven; Angel, Season Five; Tales of the Slayers (Comic) "Nikki Goes Down!" by Doug Petrie; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "It's All About the Mission" by Nancy Holder
Art Credit: "Nikki Goes Down!", Gene Colan
- One of the only other frequently seen slayers of the TV show. Nikki had a pretty reasonable stint as the Chosen One (at least five years), but met her end at the hands of the vampire Spike, who took her coat as a trophy and has never really taken it off since. She was one of very few slayers to have children; her only child Robin went on to become the final principle of Sunnydale High, and helped Buffy Summers, Faith, the Potentials and others to defeat the First and destroy the town in the process...oops. He was also romantically involved with Faith.
Name: Sophie
Watcher: Peter
Country of Origin: Quebec, Canada
Slayer Tenure: 1977-80
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), "For a Yes, For a No" by Gen (at www.fanfiction.net as well as in my Guest Fan Fiction section :-)
- Based around the referendum in Quebec, deciding if the people want to be a separate French state or not (politics...who knows?!) The first non-official Tales story I've come across that's not mine...and it's very good!
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Name: Peri Bohr
Watcher: Mr McClellan
Country of Origin: Keller, Nebraska
Slayer Tenure: 1983
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 4, "Two Teenage Girls at the Mall" by Jane Espenson
- Peri had her Cruciamentum in a local Mall against a friend of hers called Julie, who had only just been turned into a vampire and was feeling very confused about the whole thing.
Name: Star
Watcher: Andrew
Country of Origin: Scotland (though based in many locations, including Barcelona, Spain)
Slayer Tenure: 1984
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Rock Star" by Helen J Haslam (unpublished)
Art Credit: Helen J Haslam
- A rock groupie who realised just what those around her meant to being the slayer.
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Name: Unknown
Watcher: Unknown
Country of Origin: Unknown
Slayer Tenure: 1992
Source: Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 3, "The Code of the Samurai" by Nancy Holder
- All India Cohen really knew about her predecessor was that she was killed by a congara demon.
Name: India Marie Cohen
Watcher: Christopher (Kit) Bothwell
Country of Origin: Worldwide army brat :-), though she settled in San Diego, Ca.
Slayer Tenure: 1993-96
Source: "The Book Of Fours" by Nancy Holder; Tales of the Slayers (Novel), Vol. 3, "The Code of the Samurai" by Nancy Holder
Art Credit: "The Book Of Fours", Cliff Nielsen
- A confused girl; her mother was a famous actress from the Philippians , her father a US army officer. She fell in love with her rather dashing watcher, ran into a couple of infamous English vamps, bought a dog, and was then hacked to death trying to protect her own home. Nice. She was then recruited by the Spirit Guide Lucy Hanover in 1999 to be reincarnated in order to stop the Gatherer once and for all.
Name: Buffy Anne Summers
Watcher: Originally Merrick Jamison-Smythe, who was killed by the vampire Lothos. Then Rupert Giles, who was briefly fired and replaced by Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, but Giles soon resumed his duties after Wesley's exit.
Country of Origin: California, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1996-
Source: BtVS, the movie; BtVS, TV Show, Buffy Mag, etc...
Art Credit: Buffy Mag, "The Death of Buffy", Cliff Richards
- One of the most incredible Slayers ever to have lived. A cheerleader turned slayer, she's died twice, broken all the rules (quite literally) and saved the world a lot. She is truly remarkable and that's why we love her :-)
Name: Kendra
Watcher: Mr Zabuto
Country of Origin: Jamaica
Slayer Tenure: 1997-98
Source: BtVS, TV Show, Season Two; "The Book Of Fours" by Nancy Holder; Buffy Mag, "Note From The Underground", by Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza, etc...
Art Credit: Tales of the Slayers website( http://www.geocities.com/tales_slayer/ )
- A rather uptight slayer, called after Buffy died briefly, meaning there were now two slayers active. Killed by the English vampire Drusilla after Buffy was led into a diversion by Angelus, then resurrected once more along with India Cohen to help stop the Gatherer in 1999 before being finally laid to rest.
Name: Faith
Watcher: Unknown, died at the hands of the demon Kakistos, which traumatised the already unstable slayer. She fell under the care briefly of Rupert Giles with Buffy Summers, was then sent the evil Gwendolyn Post, who was killed by her and Buffy, then Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, who truly screwed her up. Currently without a watcher.
Country of Origin: Boston, USA
Slayer Tenure: 1998-
Source: BtVS, TV Show, Seasons Three, Four and Seven; Angel, Seasons One, Two and Four; Buffy Mag, "Note From The Underground", by Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza, etc...
Art Credit: Buffy Mag, "Note From The Underground", Cliff Richards
- Activated after Kendra's death, therefore meaning there were still two slayers at once. Faith however went a bit AWOL, joined a couple of wrong sides, landed herself in a coma, and looked annoyingly excellent in head to toe leather. She eventually saw the light, and helped save the world, balancing the Karma a bit :-) She has an affinity for Angel as he 'saved her' from herself and was the only one to never give up on her. She is probably my absolute favourite slayer.
Name: Scythe activated slayers
Watcher: Mostly dead, killed by the Bringers, the minions of the First.
Country of Origin: Worldwide
Slayer Tenure: 2003
Source: BtVS, TV Show, Season Seven ("Chosen")
- In 2003, Buffy Summers (with Faith's and the Scooby Gang's help) broke all the rules, as afore mentioned, and made it so that all Potential Slayers - would-be slayers - would be slayers, thus turning the tables and saving the world from the First. Excellent, excellent...! :-)
Name: Melaka Fray
Watcher: Unknown, went crazy and set himself on fire to prove Mel's calling to her...nice. The demon Urkonn acted as her watcher for a time, but his intentions weren't exactly honourable.
Country of Origin: Versi, Haddyn
Slayer Tenure: C2600*
Source: Joss Whedon's Fray; Tales of the Slayers (Comic), "Tales" by Joss Whedon
Art Credit: Fray No. 3, Karl Moline
- In the future, all magical elements will be sucked out of this world, defeated by the Slayer of the time. Therefore, with no more vampires, no more girls are called. Until...Melaka Fray has to learn what a vampire is, then she can go ahead and save the world from them :-) Oh, and she's dead cool doing it too!