Character Name

Larry Kirkland

Also Known As

Lawrence (hates this)

First Seen in

Circus of the Damned

Character Description

Larry is 5 foot 4 inches tall, just one inch taller than Anita. He has curly red hair that he usually keeps cut short. He has freckles across his face and clear blue eyes. He has some scars across his back from work acquired injuries.

Character Casting Picture

Actor Seth Green has been chosen to represent this character.

Character Occupation

Recently graduated - just prior to BO - with a degree in preternatural biology. Animator for Animator's Inc, Vampire Executioner (trainee in BO), Part-time police consultant with the Regional Preternatural Investigation Taskforce

Character Race

human: animator; age: 21 in BO : he is 4 years younger than Anita (BB)

Character Status

living; married to Tammy Reynolds in ID and they are expecting a baby

Character Associations and Ties

• Friend to Anita, she is his trainer/mentor at Animators Inc.(CotD, BB, tKD)
• His family lives in Elbert, Wisconsin, and his father is a doctor. (Cot)
• He is a Federal Marshall, a trained vampire executioner. (BO, ID)
• Friendship with Jason. (BB, ID)
• Relationship with Detective Tammy Reynolds (later marries her) (BO, ID)

Also seen in

Bloody Bones, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Incubus Dreams (wedding), Micah (call to Anita)

Character Factoids

• Graduated with a degree in Preternatural Biology. He didn't take the faerie class; it was an elective. (BB)
• Larry started at Animators, Inc, as a co-op student, and was recruited by Bert. (BO)
• He wants to be a vampire executioner as well as an animator. He is learning to use firearms, and has a concealed carry permit, though Anita doesn't want him to go armed until his shooting skills are stronger. (BB)
• His and Anita's powers bind/blend well. (BB)
• He begins dating Detective Reynolds prior to BO.
• Larry smokes. (BB)
• He's the right size to borrow clothes from Jason, but doesn't know how to get into half of them. His own clothing tends towards cheap suits, jeans, and flannel shirts. (BB)
• He threw up after seeing his first murder victims, though he did get away from the bodies first. (BB)
• His hometown is Elbert, Wisconsin, population roughly 1500. There was a vampire mass murder there, and twelve people were slain around Christmas time, three years before the events of CotD. Larry knew some of these people to speak to, and the deaths made a huge impression on him, fueling his desire to become an vampire executioner. (CotD)
• His Zombie bag is a virulent green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gym bag, and his blade is a scimitar. He got it from a college pal because he thought it looked cool. (BB)(BB)
• Larry is also one of the characters that can say things to Anita and she won't take as much offence.
• He is one of the three animators that Anita has formed a focus with. The others are Manny, her mentor and Zachary, a vaudun animator that she killed in GP.

Character Quotes

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