Major True Blood News: Season 5 Adds 11 New Characters!

The True Blood casting calls are coming fast and furious, and we finally have an idea of what the fifth season might be about!

Check out 11 new characters who are poised to hit up Bon Temps trailer homes, and drink up some tasty hints about their plot lines!

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1. Meet Alcide’s Dad: J.D is described as a beefy “Marine-type” fiftysomething who’s domineering and wants control of his pack.

2. Marcus’ Mom Pays Her Respects: We’re still reeling from Marcus’ tragic death-by-punch, and now we’ll have a chance to meet his mom, Annie! Apparently, she’s a powerful were and wants to perform a “ritual” when she rolls into town. Uh oh, dead parrot alert!

3. A Hot New She-Wolf Picks Up the Scent: Marcus’ death has raised a lot of questions, and a “dirty-beautiful” she-wolf in her mid-20s named Rikki is eager to find out what happened. We assume “dirty beautiful” means “ugly-pretty.”

4. The Wolf Police Ask Questions: Get ready to meet a few tough mutts named Danielle and Kenneth, who are in charge of interrogating a prisoner.

5. Meet Holly’s Kids: We finally have a chance to meet Holly’s teenage sons, Rocky and Wade! Rocky is a typical rebellious teen who eye-rolls at his mom, but Wade has a little bit more respect for his pot-smoking, gogo-boots-wearing parental unit.  

6. Judgement Day Approaches: Where there’s a judge, there’s a court. Is one of our truebies going to jail? Say it ain’t so!

7. A New Lady Vamp Hits Up Bon Temps: Give a warm Truebie welcome to Cat, a forty-something vampire with zero sense of humor, who works for the vampire underground railroad.

8. Jason Gets a Fan Girl: Jason and Jessica are still fangbanging buddies, and when they attend a frat party they meet Cammy (who has a crush on Jason) and Zander (who wants to sex-up Baby Vamp). Ménage a quatro?

9. Hoyt Gets a Friend: Meet Buddy, Hoyt’s new brosef who works on the Renard Parish road crew and makes merciless fun of our Ghost Daddy.

10. A Vamp Hit Man Comes to Town: Alan Ball is looking for someone to play a large Eastern European vamp who is sent by the Authority to sentence some fellow vampires to the True Death. Watch your back, Hard Hearted Hannah!

11. Sookie Flashes Back To Gym Class: We’ll take a trip to Sookie’s traumatic middle school experience where she’s bullied by a boy named Donnie and uses her telepathy to reveal his secrets!

Source: TV Line / True-Blood.Net