Character Name

Stephen Dietrich

Also Known As

Anita refers to him as 'Stephen the Werewolf'.
His stage name at Guilty Pleasures is Harlowe.

First Seen in

Circus of the Damned

Character Description

Stephen is not much taller than Anita, and has curly blond hair that falls past his shoulders. His eyes are cornflower blue. He is slender but muscular enough to indicate that he does some weightlifting, but not so much as to become grotesque. In CotD Anita says he has a nice ass. His face has a childlike appeal. By the time of tKD, his hair has grown to waist length. His clothing tend to be casual, such as jeans, and tight. His age is not stated, but when he's frightened, he looks about twelve. He is pretty, rather than handsome.

Character Casting Picture

Unknown models as Stephen and Gregory Dietrich

Character Occupation

Stephen works as a stripper at Guilty Pleasures.

Character Race

Lycanthrope; werewolf. He is one of the more submissive wolves of the pack. He has a wolf form and a wolf man form. His fur is a dark honey color.

Character Status

living

Character Associations and Ties

Stephen is a member of the Thronnos Rokke Clan, one of the least dominant wolves.
He has a great personal loyalty to Richard, which overshadows his loyalty to Marcus.
He has a twin brother, Gregory, and an abusive father, Anthony.
His girlfriend, Vivian, is a wereleopard.

Also seen in

Lunatic Café, The Killing Dance, Burnt Offerings, Narcissus in Chains, Cerulean Sins,

Character Factoids

• When Anita fights Marguerite, Stephen bets on Marguerite.
• He fights the giant snake when it runs amok, and eats some of it.
• Even having one leg nearly ripped off didn't keep him from trying to continue the fight with Mr. Oliver and his people.
• He is capable of intense loyalty and doesn't give up easily.
• Richard considers him to be under his personal protection.
• Louie Fane considers him a friend.
• Stephen was used as bait for Richard by forcing him to be in one of Raina's dirty movies, which Richard had prevented from happening before.
• Anita swears to protect him in tKD and backs her word up with actions. Stephen becomes the first lycanthrope on her 'list'.
• Stephen is also the first man that Anita sleeps with.
• He is the right size to share clothing with Jason.
• Anita begins to suspect he was abused as a child in tKD.
• Because of his friendship with Nathaniel and his refusal to abandon his friend, Sylvie removes pack protection from him, forcing Anita to assert herself as lupa in BO, by getting him werewolf bodyguards.
• Stephen coaches Anita through new metaphysical abilities with healing Nathaniel using Raina's munin.
• His father abused him and Gregory, including pimping them out and putting them in porn movies. They have a restraining order against Anthony. (ID)
• Stephen was terrified of Valentina, who did not know his history. (CS)
• In NiC Richard violently and painfully forces Stephen to change to his wolf form. He was angry at Anita and took it out on Stephen. Richard was supposed to be showing Anita how to call the beast out of the human form in order to help Gregory heal his injuries.

Character Quotes

Popular sayings, quotes and quips attributed to this character:

• book/page, set-up, quote

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