Eric Northman is a fictional character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of nine books written by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. He is a vampire and is first introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark and appears in all subsequent novels. HBO's television series True Blood is based on this book series and the character of Eric Northman is portrayed somewhat differently. Characters of True Blood has detailed desc...
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Eric Northman is a fictional character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of nine books written by New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. He is a vampire and is first introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark and appears in all subsequent novels. HBO's television series True Blood is based on this book series and the character of Eric Northman is portrayed somewhat differently. Characters of True Blood has detailed description of Eric's character from the TV show.
Eric is portrayed in the books as being somewhat arrogant, but having a true joie de vivre. Little is known about Eric; Harris has stated that he had children while human, In the latest book, Dead and Gone Eric reveals details about his human life. He married at age sixteen to his brother's widow named Aude. The couple had six children, but only three survived until adulthood. Aude and their sixth child died of an infection fever shortly after the birth. He was made by a Roman Vampire.
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