Becoming the Storm
Appendix 3: Cast
Casa del Fuego
Brian Frost: Senior at IU; 5'6", brown hair, blue eyes; Patrón of the clan and full member of both Casa del Fuego and Casa del Agua; birthday: 10/5/71; narrator.
Rose Davis: Junior at IU; CEO of Hearthstone Entertainment; 5'1", golden blonde hair, deep blue eyes; Brian’s cónyuge and Matrón of the clan; birthday: 12/21/1971.
Hannah Gordon: ETA Award-winning producer/director of Chick Chat; 5'5", brown hair, green eyes; Brian and Samantha’s cónyuge, April’s compañera; birthday: 7/5/1972; La Madrina (the godmother) to all the children on the ranch.
Cassie Clinton: Junior at IU; 5'4", brown hair; brown eyes; Josh, Brian, and Mary’s cónyuge; birthday: 1/26/1972.
Samantha Cortales: Junior at IU; Associate Producer for HCEN; 5'4", raven hair, brown eyes; Brian and Hannah’s cónyuge; birthday: 2/4/1972.
Whitney Anderson: Junior at IU; 6'3", very dark brown hair, brown eyes; Brian’s cónyuge, first lover, and martial arts master; birthday: 5/3/1972.
Liz Nowicki: Beautician; 5'8", red hair, hazel eyes; Brian’s cónyuge, Doug’s amiga; in charge of hair and makeup for Hearthstone Entertainment; birthday: 5/18/1972.
Jennifer Pratt: Senior at IU; 5'6", dirty blonde hair; Brian and Courtney’s cónyuge; birthday: 8/14/1971.
Courtney Price: Senior at IU; 5'4", butterscotch blonde hair; Brian and Jennifer’s cónyuge; birthday: 6/20/1971.
Elaine Frost: Host of Chick Chat; 5'3", red hair, brown eyes; Brian’s cónyuge (not related); birthday: 3/17/1969.
Josh Whitaker: Junior at IU. 5'10", brown hair; blue eyes; Cassie and Mary’s cónyuge; birthday: 12/10/1971.
Nicolette ‘Nikki’ Duval: Junior at Brown; writer for Chick Chat; 5'9", blonde hair (currently); brown eyes; Brian’s cónyuge; birthday: 4/3/1972.
Angela Kimes: Senior at IU; 5'5"; Brian’s compañera; birthday: 9/1/1971.
Sarah Gordon: Grad student at IU; 5'6", brown hair, green eyes; Hannah’s sister; Brian’s and Hannah’s compañera; birthday: 3/20/1970.
Danielle ‘Dani’ Wood: Senior at IU; youngest of triplets; 6'1"; Brian’s cónyuge; birthday: 8/4/1971.
Mary Williams: Sophomore at IU; 5'4", brown hair; blue eyes; Cassie, Josh, and Brian’s cónyuge; birthday: 10/28/72.
Sora Miller Rubens: Senior at IU; 5'3", black hair, brown eyes; mixed Asian heritage; Tim’s novia, Monte’s sister; birthday: 1/20/1971.
Tim Rubens: Coach/teacher at Scottsburg High School; Sora’s novia; birthday: 1/17/1970.
Alexandra ‘Xan’ Delight Frost: Brian and Danielle’s daughter; birthday: 1/1/1994.
Casa del Agua
Doug Swift: Junior at IU; 6'3"; Sandy, Rhiannon, and Doreen’s cónyuge; Birthday: 3/15/1972.
Rhiannon Harris: Junior at IU; dark hair; noticeably buxom; 5'5"; Doug, Sandy, Doreen’s cónyuge; birthday: 4/7/1972.
Doreen Swift: Office manager at the local newspaper; 5'7"; Doug’s sister/cónyuge; Rhiannon’s cónyuge and Sandy’s compañera; Brian’s cónyuge; mother of Matthew; birthday: 2/28/1968.
George McCall: Sophomore at IU; 6'2"; birthday: 9/18/1972.
Theresa ‘TK’ Kelly: Freshman at IU; 5'4"; birthday: 11/5/1973.
Sandy Donaldson: Senior at IU; Sheriff’s daughter; 5'4"; hippie chick; long straight dark hair; Doug, Rhiannon, and Doreen’s compañera; birthday: 10/10/1970.
Matthew Douglas Swift: Doreen and Brian’s son; birthday: 12/12/1991.
Cassandra Rae ‘C-Rae’ Swift: Doreen and Brian’s daughter; birthday: 4/18/1994.
Casa de la Tierra
Carl Fisher: Junior at IU; 6'2" sandy red hair; Cathy, Brenda, and Louise’s cónyuge; birthday: 11/30/1971.
Brenda Lenox: Junior at IU; 5'4" buxom blonde; Cathy, Carl, and Louise’s cónyuge; Brian’s amiga; birthday: 11/17/1971.
Judy Larson: Freshman at IU; shortest clan member at 4'11"; birthday: 12/18/1973.
Lexi Cortales: Freshman at IU; Samantha’s little sister; birthday: 12/1/1973.
Monte Miller: Freshman at IU; Sora’s little brother, 6'0"; birthday: 1/14/1974.
Ross Davis: Freshman at IU; Rose’s little brother, 5'11"; birthday: 2/16/1974.
Louise Bacon: Junior at IU; 5'6" dark hair; Brenda, Cathy, and Carl’s cónyuge; birthday: 6/10/1972.
Cathy White: Senior at IU; 5'9"; Carl, Brenda, and Louise’s cónyuge; birthday: 2/1/1970.
Casa del Sol
Lionel Trane: Junior at IU; 6'11"; Sugar’s husband; birthday: 2/10/1972; Father of Leon and Leann.
Sugar Evars Trane: Lionel’s wife; mother of Leon and Leann; 5'2" full-figured; birthday: 1/2/1972.
Lamar Trane: Law school at IU; 6'10"; Lionel’s brother; birthday: 3/1/1969.
Renee Carver: Grad school at IU; 5'5", brown hair; birthday: 12/2/1968.
Rich Fisher: Freshman at IU; 6'4"; Carl’s brother; birthday: 3/22/1974.
Leon Malcolm Trane: Lionel and Sugar’s son; birthday: 12/6/1992.
Leann Trane: Lionel and Sugar’s daughter; birthday: 8/15/1994.
Casa del Arco Iris
Geoff Hopkins: Computer network manager; Robyn’s husband; Sarah’s father; Kevin’s cónyuge; 5'11"; birthday: 5/30/1972.
Robyn Koontz Hopkins: Geoff’s wife and Kevin’s cónyuge; mother of Sarah; 5'7"; birthday: 1/11/1972.
Kevin Hofstedter: Junior at Washington State; Geoff’s and Robyn’s cónyuge, 5'10"; birthday: 2/28/1972; introduced in Book 5.
Sarah Michele Hopkins: Geoff and Robyn’s daughter; birthday: 11/8/1994.
Casa de los Caballos
Theresa Adams Irving: Wrangler and ranch manager/natural medicines; Larry’s wife and Dawn’s cónyuge; Eleanor’s and Leslie’s mother; birthday: 10/21/1965.
Larry Irving: Wrangler and ranch manager at El Rancho del Corazón; Theresa’s husband and Dawn’s cónyuge; Eleanor’s and Leslie’s father; birthday: 4/23/1965.
Dawn Vargas: Nurse; Larry’s and Theresa’s cónyuge; 5'9"; birthday: 12/30/1969.
Eleanor Marie Irving: Theresa and Larry’s daughter; birthday 8/16/1991.
Leslie Dawn Irving: Larry and Theresa’s daughter; birthday: 12/16/1993.
The Clan of the Heart (at large)
Denise Raymond: Deceased; murdered at 17 after junior prom date with Josh; always remembered as one of the clan; birthday: 2/18/1972; died: 5/14/1989.
Susan Conway: Freshman at IU; 5'3"; birthday: 4/15/1974.
Leonard Hamm: Freshman at IU; 5'9"; birthday: 5/21/1974.
Pam Owens: Freshman at IU; 5'3"; birthday: 8/7/1974.
Jess Randolph: Videographer and director.
Addison Partridge: Sophomore at IU; Brian’s sister-in-law; 5'9"; light brown hair; birthday: 4/15/1972.
Nancy Hess: Freshman at IU; 5'6"; birthday: 6/3/1974.
Adam Wolfe: Senior at IU; Warren’s compañera; birthday: 3/15/1971.
Warren Devereux: Senior at IU; 5'10"; Adam’s compañera; birthday: 11/20/1970.
April Lee: Senior at IU; protégé, and compañera of Hannah, 5'8"; birthday: 7/14/1971.
Amber Drake: Freshman at IU; 5'6"; birthday: 1/21/1974.
Jason Brown: Lead cameraman for Chick Chat; birthday: 6/1/1970.
Maggie Kwan: Producer/director of Redress; birthday: 6/30/1970.
Eric Sommers: Freshman at IU. Birthday: 10/14/1975.
Tribe of Delight
Parents
Hayden & Marilyn Frost: Brian’s parents; Hayden and Marilyn took Anna Pratt as cónyuge.
Anna Pratt: Jennifer’s mother; cónyuge of Marilyn and Hayden.
Rex & Maria Davis: Rose and Ross’s parents; Rex is a real estate attorney.
Janet Anderson: Whitney’s mother; significant other of Dave.
Rev. Saul & Evelyn Gordon: Hannah and Sarah’s parents; Saul is a minister in French Lick.
Cecile Carver: Renee’s mother.
Sylvester ‘Sly’ & Lily Cortales: Lexi and Samantha’s parents; Sly is a security consultant.
Jean & Ariel Duval: Nikki’s parents; Jean is a corporate attorney.
Malcolm & Regina Evars: Sugar’s parents.
Jim & Jill Swift: Doug and Doreen’s parents.
Claudia & Ken Harris: Rhiannon’s parents.
Bill & Crystal Price: Courtney’s parents; own the Tally Ho Restaurant.
Fred & Alice Jones: Elaine Frost’s parents.
John & Bea Clinton: Cassie’s parents; own a private airport next to the village.
Arthur & Teri Pratt: Jennifer’s father and stepmother; litigation attorneys in Indianapolis.
Lech & Irene Nowicki: Liz’s parents.
Doris Trane: Lionel and Lamar’s mother.
Drs. Ben & Ruth McCall: George’s parents; Ruth is a psychologist; Ben is Professor of Sociology at IUSB.
Doris ‘Mama Bear’ Hamm: Leonard’s mother.
Sheriff Jim Donaldson: Monroe County Sheriff near Bloomington; Sandy’s father.
Dinita Kimes: Angela’s mother; emergency room nurse at Bloomington Hospital.
Bonnie & Jack Owens: Pam’s parents.
Bart & Sylvia Wood: Parents of the Wood triplets, Dorothy, Debbie, and Danielle; Bart owns Triple Crown Distillery in Bardstown.
Associates
Jessica ‘Heaven’ Barnes: The titular ‘girl next door’ who always had an eye out for Brian and continued to influence his life even as a famous international model; she became the star of Redress; birthday: 5/20/1970.
Marshall & Martha Jacobs: Next door neighbor in Corazón; retired farmers who sold their farm to the ranch.
Del & Maribelle Swanson: neighbors renting Marshall & Martha’s former home next door to the village; Del is a park ranger in Brown County; Maribelle is a natural foods grower.
Amy Ward: Heaven’s chaperone and bodyguard; retired Marine.
Jack Raymond: Deceased. Denise’s father.
Other Family
Allen and Betts Partridge nee Frost: Brian’s sister and brother-in-law; living in Seattle; parents of Madeline and Jonathon.
Madeline Partridge: Betts and Allen’s daughter.
Jonathon Michael Partridge: Betts and Allen’s son.
Jordan & Grace Partridge: Allen’s parents.
Roxie Davis: Rose’s older sister.
Cam & Patsy Jones: Elaine’s brother and sister-in-law. Cam is in a wheelchair.
Bill Williams: Mary’s brother.
Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Wood: Senior at IU; oldest of triplets; 6'1"; birthday: 8/4/1971.
Debbie ‘Bolly’ Wood: Senior at IU; middle of triplets; 6'1"; birthday: 8/4/1971.
Business
Harvey Grissom: Producer of The Homemakers’ Hour.
Miss Polly: Hostess and star of The Homemakers’ Hour; married to Harvey Grissom.
Joyce Lakey: Video editor for Hearthstone Entertainment.
Shelly Ames: Former student reporter for WIUB-TV News, now at WNAP in Indianapolis.
Don Randall: Intellectual property rights lawyer for Hearthstone Entertainment.
Barb Smith: Contract lawyer for Hearthstone Entertainment.
Roslyn Knightly: Reporter for Celebrity Entertainment Network Late Night.
Patty Stills: Head of programming at Lifelong Women’s Network.
Dee Kalb: Reporter.
Ren Caswell: Reporter.
Rae-Rae: Popular television talk show host.
Sue Lion: Popular television talk show host.
William Morgan: Popular television talk show host.
Quincy Adams: Popular television talk show host.
Charles ‘Chuck’ & Francine ‘Frankie’ Curtis: Writers from Brown to work with Brian.
Armand Lockhurst: Owner of Lockhurst Media and CEN.
High School Acquaintances
Louise ‘Lou’ Casey: Women’s basketball coach at IU and for Whitney’s summer camp. Book 3.
Master Cho: Whitney’s martial arts master. Book 3.
Coach Frank Hancock: JV and then varsity basketball coach. Former Marine and martial arts expert. Book 2.
College Acquaintances
Lonnie & Ellen Phillips: Lonnie is Professor of Media at IU.
Erin & Jim Richards: Erin is Nikki’s creative writing advisor at Brown.
Carl Hanratty: Professor of Computer Science; Courtney’s advisor.
Dr. Morris: Brian’s Chemistry advisor.
Dr. Z: Brian’s Telecommunications advisor.
Rebecca Gifford: Lexi’s ‘Big Sister’ at Gamma House sorority.
Janice Gifford: Rebecca’s older sister and a psychologist in Indy.
Raymond Stiles: Addison’s boyfriend.
Friends, Neighbors, and Associates
Isaac & Leora Schmidt: Maribelle’s parents.
Master Xi: Martial arts instructor and physical therapist.
Dr. Jan Metcalf: Pediatrician.
Detective Craig: Police detective investigating campus shooting.
Alex Ramos: Brian’s attorney.
Lois Durham: Brian’s nurse.
Adversaries
Dick Randall: Crooked insurance adjuster.
Wayne Enders: Courtney’s nemesis in computer science.
John Smith aka Chase Sanborn: Paparazzo who stalked Heaven.
Tom Reynolds: Renee’s abusive boyfriend.
Conrad Dole: Heaven’s manager/attorney/agent.
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