Immortals After Dark "Lords of the Lore" Voting Bracket
Starting next week, vote for your favourite Immortals After Dark heroes in the ultimate voting bracket!
I’m excited to share the plan for the Immortals After Dark Lords of the Lore Voting Bracket, the ultimate competition to determine the best IAD paranormal hero! Voting will take place daily @romancingthedata on Instagram from May 14 to 28, 2025 and I’ll be updating this page with the results.
24 paranormal heroes will enter, but only one shall prevail!
WHEN
Daily polls from May 14-28, 2025
Voting ends each day at 11 pm PT
WHERE
@romancingthedata on Instagram
Resources
Immortals After Dark catalogue (Kresley Cole website)
Immortals After Dark Wiki (Fandom.com)
Immortals After Dark Character Guide (The Literary Invertebrate)
Immortals After Dark Fated Mates Episodes playlist (Spotify)
Round 1: Group Stage
24 heroes | Voting on groups of 3, winner moves to next round
Wednesday, May 14 : Vampires, Group 1
Thursday, May 15: Vampires, Group 2
Friday, May 16: Shadow’s Heart Group
Saturday, May 17: The Møriør Group
Sunday, May 18: Lykae, Group 1 + Berserker
Monday, May 19: Lykae, Group 2
Tuesday, May 20: Demons, Group 1
Wednesday, May 21: Demons, Group 2
Round 2: Final 8
8 heroes | Voting on groups of 2, winner moves to next round
Thursday, May 22: Vampires - Final 2
Friday, May 23: Shadow’s Heart & The Møriør - Final 2
Saturday, May 24: Lykae - Final 2
Sunday, May 25: Demons - Final 2
Round 3: Final 4
4 heroes | Voting on groups of 2, winner moves to next round
Monday, May 26: Vampires vs. Shadow’s Heart/The Møriør
Tuesday, May 27: Lykae vs. Demons
Round 4: Final 2
2 heroes | Winner crowned!
Wednesday, May 28: THE FINAL VOTE!
Voting Bracket Breakdown
Note: There are 22 heroes in the 21 books of the series (Shadow’s Seduction is m/m). In order to have 24 heroes, I’ve added two other male characters that have been featured in recent books: Kristoff the Gravewalker from Shadow’s Heart and Uthyr the Dragon Shifter from Wicked Abyss.
Vampires, Group 1
The Forbearer Wroth brothers
Nikolai Wroth, Vampire (The Warlord Wants Forever)
Sebastian Wroth, Vampire (No Rest for the Wicked)
Murdoch Wroth, Vampire (Untouchable/Deep Kiss of Winter)
Vampires, Group 2
The rebel Wroth brother, plus two Daciano cousins
Conrad Wroth, Vampire (Dark Needs at Night’s Edge)
Trehan Daciano, Vampire (Shadow’s Claim)
Mirceo Daciano, Vampire (Shadow’s Seduction)
Shadow’s Heart Group
Heroes featured in the most recent release, Shadow’s Heart
Adham “Silt” Harea, Sorcerer (Shadow’s Heart)
Lothaire the Enemy of Old, Vampire (Lothaire)
Kristoff the Gravewalker, Vampire (Shadow’s Heart)
The Møriør Group
Members of The Møriør, aka The Bringers of Doom
Rune Darklight, Dark Fey (Sweet Ruin)
Abyssian “Sian” Infernas, Hell Demon (Wicked Abyss)
Uthyr, Dragon Shifter (Wicked Abyss)
Lykae, Group 1 + Berserker
MacRieve brothers (Lykae royals) and a Berserker
Lachlain MacRieve, Lykae (A Hunger Like No Other)
Garreth MacRieve, Lykae (Pleasure of a Dark Prince)
Declan Chase, Berserker (Dreams of a Dark Warrior)
Lykae, Group 2
Cousins of the Lykae royals
Bowen MacRieve, Lykae (Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night)
Uilleam MacRieve, Lykae (MacRieve)
Munro MacRieve, Lykae (Munro)
Demons, Group 1
The Woede brothers and a fellow demon mercenary
Cadeon Woede, Rage Demon (Dark Desires After Dusk)
Rydstrom Woede, Rage Demon (Kiss of a Demon King)
Rök Kours, Smoke Demon (The Witch Queen of Halloween)
Demons, Group 2
Other demons
Malkom Slaine, Demon/Vampire (Demon from the Dark)
Thronos Talos, Vrekener (Dark Skye)
Caspion the Tracker, Death Demon (Shadow’s Seduction)