Eric Northman
Eric Northman is a character from the The Southern Vampire Mysteries book series by author Charlaine Harris.
In True Blood, an upcoming HBO series based on the books, this character will be played by Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard.
The Southern Vampire Mysteries’ main character, telepath waitress Sookie Stackhouse, meets Eric in Dead Until Dark the first novel in the series. He appears in all the subsequent novels and saves Sookie’s life on more than one occasion. He also has a brief romance with her in Dead to the World, the fourth book.
Little is known about Eric, except that he is the oldest and most powerful vampire in Area 5, the territory that includes the small town in Northern Louisiana where Sookie lives. The novels hint that he was probably a Viking in his human life. Eric owns a vampire bar called Fangtasia that serves as his headquarters. He runs the bar with the help of his vampire offspring Pam and a few others.
Eric is also the Sheriff of Area 5 and the boss of Bill Compton, Sookie’s vampire boyfriend from the first novel.
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I THINK ERIC’S CHARACTER ON TRUEBLOOD IS GREAT,NOT ONLY IS HE VERY SEXY BUT HE DRAWS YOU IN TO HIS CHARACTER.I MYSELF AM ADDICTED TO THE SHOW AND HAVE READ ALL THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE SERIES BY CHARLAINE HARRIS.MYSELF AM DISAPOINTED THERE ARE ONLY 3 EPISODES LEFT, AND HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SUMMER 2009 FOR ANY NEW EPISODES.I AM EXCITED TO KNOW WHAT ERIC HAS UP HIS SLEEVE,I AM VERY EXCITED AND FULL OF ANTICAPATION, CANT HARDLY WAIT FROM ALL OF US TRUEBLOOD JUNKIES GREAT JOB !!!!