Riley Blackthorne

Riley Blackthorne
Riley Anora Blackthorne is the main character of the Demon Trappers series, she is engaged to Denver Beck, and the daughter of Paul Blackthorne. Starting out as a apprentice to her father in Forsaken, her world turns upside down when her father suddenly dies while trapping with Beck. Going through whatever the world throws at her she finally manages to become a Master Trapper at the end of Mind Games.

Forsaken
She has a little trouble after trapping a Biblio-fiend in a library when she discovers that the fiend was teamed up with a big demon after her life. Her best friend Peter is introduced. Paul Blackthorne asks her if she will date peter but she says that they are just friends. After her father dies, she sits vigil on his grave at night to protect him from necromancers reviving him as a slave. She meets some of the summoners like Lenny, Mort who eventullt becomes a friend, and The dark lord Ozymandias. She is sometimes despised by Master Donald Harper, who after her father's death, takes her apprentice. She carries a messenger bag with her. She is said to have a weird history with Denver Beck, who goes under the apprenticeship of Grand Master Angus Stewart. She had a crush on Denver when she was 15.

She is asked out for a date by Simon Adler, another of Harper's trappers, a few days after her father dies. The couple go on pretty great. After a few days, quarelling with Beck and thinking that the guild hates her, she goes into Demon Central at night to catch a Gastro fiend on her own. She is clawed by the demon but the demon is secured in a steel bag, but some guys threaten her and steal it away from her. She treats her wound with holy water which barely makes a different. She becomes sick as the infection spreads. The next day the guild doctor, and the priest with beck come and treat her, finding out that the claw had broken inside her thigh. It is taken out and later Beck makes a necklace out of it later. She is earned a earful by beck for going dumpster diving in Demon Central alone.

She befriends Ayden, a witch. And discovers that some of the Holy water filing is messed up and some of it is just saltwater. She also meets a super hot dude called Ori who happens to be a freelance hunter. After a few days, she makes out with Simon before a meeting at the Tabernacle. She presents her discovery of the holy water scam, and that people have been stealing demons. After her speech, the pale reanimated body of Paul comes and warns them about an attack. there a horde of demons attack the tabernacle that evening, crossing the holy water ward -who Simon has put- as their was too much evil. People run for their lives, fight, several die in the fire set by the Pyro fiends, and eaten by Threes. Simon was gravely wounded.

In the parking lot people ran, demons killed, and she was confornted by a Geo-fiend 'Astaring'. She is asked to give up her soul but she refuses. Just before being crushed in debris, she is rescued by Ori in time. She later realizes that angels had saved the trappers. She is sent into shock when she realizes that Paul had been reanimated form his grave. Simon is hospitalized, Harper has his lungs busted, Stewart has his leg busted.

After finding out that Simon will barely be able to make it, she is approached by an Angel and cracks a deal of saving simon while she owed Heaven a favour (stopping Armageddon). Simon is saved. and she is relieved.