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"Deep red of hair and lovely sapphire blue of eye, the fully blooded aristocrat was a fighter for the Brotherhood, but he was not a brute. No matter how he spent his nights out in the field, he remained at the core a mannered, intelligent gentlemale of fine comportment and schooling." -Layla[1]

Blaylock is a vampire soldier in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward. He's mated to the Brother Qhuinn and the two of them are main characters in the eleventh book, Lover At Last, and the novella A Warm Heart in Winter.

Reminder that this wiki contains spoilers so please proceed with caution.

Biography[]

Blaylock is the only child of Rocke and Lyric who raised him to be rather down to earth compared to other members of the glymera; when Rocke once caught him stealing cigarettes from a doggen, he made Blay smoke an entire pack of unfiltered Camels until he was sick and never wanted to touch another cigarette again.[2]

As pretrans, he and Qhuinn became best friends and Qhuinn was treated as a member of the family. They joined the Brotherhood's training program together where they met John Matthew. He was the first of the trio to go through his transition.[3]

Initially, Blay engaged somewhat halfheartedly in heterosexual activities after his transition, sometimes participating in threesomes with females and Qhuinn at the clubs they visited. After a few particularly ugly arguments with Qhuinn, who outed him to John Matthew and telling him that Blay's been in love with him for a long time, Blaylock admitted to himself that he was gay and stopped having sex with females altogether.

During the raids, Blay and Qhuinn helped fight off the lessers who attacked Rocke and Lyric in their home and got them out of town safely. Blay stayed behind to help the Brotherhood fight against their enemies.[4]

In an attempt to stop pining after Qhuinn and move on with his life, Blay takes up his first relationship with Saxton.[5] Blay described their relationship as "a deep sexual connection" that is "safe." However, Blay was still torn up over Qhuinn[6], especially when he serviced Layla during her needing period because he was convinced that Qhuinn would finally get the respectable mating and family he'd always said he wanted.[7]

Saxton fell in love with Blay, but had to break up with him because he knew that Blay was still in love with Qhuinn and not him.

Personality[]

Blay's empathetic and is kind to others in subtle ways without embarrassing them and is a terrible liar.[8] Generally genial, he rarely becomes obstinate[9] and is liked by all of the members of the Brotherhood and their shellans as well. Steadfast, honourable, and with an optimistic innocence, Xhex thought of him as the Eagle Scout of the trio when he, Qhuinn, and John first started going to ZeroSum.[4]

Physical Description[]

Blaylock is described as being a redhead with brilliant blue eyes and "pillowy" lips. He is thought handsome by Saxton and Qhuinn, both. His exact height and weight are unknown, but he is described as being shorter than Qhuinn and John Matthew once he undergoes his transition. His physical body is described as that of a warrior's, with hard-packed muscle once he becomes an adult male.

Blay is affable, fiercely loyal, an accomplished soldier, a snazzy dresser (described as a "GQ" man), refined in his manners, and kind. Blay can be sexually dominant and rather rough with his partner during sex, especially where Qhuinn is concerned and when he's angry and jealous.[7]

Skills[]

  • American Sign Language

Abilities[]

  • Dematerializing

Relationships[]

John Matthew[]

Ever since their early days in the training program, they've been best friends.

Qhuinn[]

Blay and Qhuinn have been best friends since long before their transitions and he's had a crush on Qhuinn for nearly as long. Qhuinn, for his part, tried to run from anything involving emotion and clung to the hope that he could be accepted by society if he mated a nice female, had young, and settled down. He hurt Blay many times with his rejections and sometimes deliberately. When Qhuinn finally got his stuff together and realized he was in love with Blay, too, Blay was already involved with Saxton and Blay assumed Qhuinn was in a relationship with Layla.

Saxton[]

Blaylock's first boyfriend

Trivia[]

  • Blaylock's name in Japanese is Buraiirokuu
  • He likes the video game sKillerz, but always loses to John.
  • He always sleeps with his head wrapped in a blanket that's pulled up to just below his nose. He refers to it as his "head blankie."[10]
  • His beer of choice is Corona
  • Blaylock likes Dominick Dunne, thinks he has great glasses, and Miles Davis.[11]
  • He smokes Dunhill reds and uses a 1940's Van Cleef & Arpels gold lighter with their Mystery Set rubies.[12]
  • When Qhuinn was in denial over his attraction to Blaylock, Blay took up smoking Dunhills to annoy Qhuinn.
  • He lives with Qhuinn on the second floor of the Brotherhood's mansion.
  • One Halloween, he and Qhuinn dressed up as the Blues Brothers.[13]
  • He donates monthly to PETA, eats only free-range meats, and into organic food.[14]
  • Member of the Survivors' Club

Appearances[]

References[]

Gallery[]

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