Niall Brigant
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| Basic Info | |
| Book(s): | 3 |
| First Seen | From Dead to Worse |
| Last Seen | Gift Wrap |
| Appeared in: | |
| Mentioned in: | Dead in the Family Dead Reckoning |
| Status: | Alive |
| Age: | 3,500+ |
| Date of Birth: | B.C.E |
| Date of Death: | |
| Also Known As: | |
| Origin: | Faery |
| Profession: | Drug Store Owner Fairy Prince |
| Species: | Fairy |
| Powers and Abilities: | Magic Telepathy |
| Family Members: | Branna - Wife/Mate Dillon Brigant - Son Binne - Daughter-In-Law Claudine Crane - Granddaughter Claude Crane - Grandson Claudette Crane - Granddaughter Einin - Wife/Mate Fintan Brigant - Son Dermont Brigant Adele Hale - Daughter-In-Law Corbett Stackhouse - Grandson Jason Stackhouse - Great-Grandson]] Sookie Stackhouse Linda Stackhouse - Granddaughter Hadely Delahoussaye - Greate-Granddaughter |
| Portrayed By | Rutger_Hauer |
Niall Brigant is a fairy prince and the great-grandfather to Sookie and Jason. Like other supernaturals fairies have interests in a variety of human businesses, including a drug company whose products have uses for the fairies.He tells Sookie that his son, Fintan, and Sookie's grandmother, Adele, had two children: Corbett (her father) and Linda (her aunt and Hadley's mother). Adele's husband could not give her children. Niall is a fairy prince who has powerful enemies and wants to keep his new relationship with his great-granddaughter secret in order to protect her.
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History
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Pre-Series
Niall's son Fintan tries to keep his human descendants hiddedn from the fae by ceasing all contact with them, but Niall disregards his son's decree to stay away and visits Jason as a child, losing interest when he realizes Jason's complete humanity. When Niall discovers Sookie's essential spark, he begins to surrepititiously keep an eye on her, using both Terry Bellefleur and Eric Northman as sources of information. Niall has dinner with her following Fintan's death.
From Dead to WorseEdit
He is Sookie's and Jason's great-grandfather and Claude and Claudine 's grandfather.
Dead and GoneEdit
In Dead and Gone, Niall expresses distatse for Jason, associating him with another son Dermont, to whom Jason bears a remarkable resemblance. Although he wants to know and love his great-granddaughter, Niall brings tragedy and pain to Sookie's life wher her existence becomes knowm to a factoin of fairies led by Breandan, Niall's newphew, who is oppose Niall and the idea of mingling in any way with Humans. Nu\iall joins Bill in rescuing Sookie when she is kidnapped and tortured as a means to bring about his surrender. Niall ultimately defeats Breandan. Niall is as the only remaining fairy prince, but the experience causes him to question his wisdom of associating with humans, since they end uo the worse for the encounter. He deciedes to close all portals to Faery, more to save humanity from the fae than to save fae from humanity.
Gift WrapEdit
Niall was also behind the events at Sookie's house one Christmas Eve, arranging for a visitor so Sookie wouldn't be alone.
Physical AppearanceEdit
Niall's glamour is that of an elegant, handsome older man with green eyes, pale long hair. He also is tall and slim.
AppearancesEdit
| Sookie Stackhouse Novels appearances | |||
| "Dead Until Dark" | "Living Dead in Dallas" | "Club Dead" | "Dead to the World" |
| "Dead as a Doornail" | "Definitely Dead" | "All Together Dead" | From Dead to Worse |
| Dead and Gone | Dead in the Family | "Dead Reckoning" | "Deadlocked" |
| "Dead Ever After" | |||
