This is just to teach you the basics of the important BtVS characters from the past and present.
Buffy Summers
* the Chosen One who has to rid the world of vampires and the foces of darkness (hence the name Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
* fell in love with a vampire named Angel/Angelus
* best friends with Willow and Xander
* sister is Dawn, mother is Joyce
* currently works at the Double Meat Palace
Willow
* Buffy and Xander's best friend
* genius on the computer
* now a bad-ass wicca
* used to date a werewolf, now a lesbian (dated Tara when she was alive)
Xander
* Buffy and Willow's best friend
* left Anya at the altar
* never went to college
Dawn
* Buffy's sister who was originally a ball of energy
* made by monks into a human and sent to the slayer to protect
* was a major klepto
Anya
* was a 1000+ year old ex-vengeance demon, human for a few years, and now a vengeance demon again
* was left at the altar by Xander
* has a thing against bunnies
* not the smartest in the bunch
Spike
* a 100+ year old vampire
* a.k.a. William the Bloody
* his sire was Druscilla
* killed 2 slayers in his lifetime
* in love with Buffy
* just had his soul returned to him
Joyce
* Buffy's mom who passed away in Season 5 of brain cancer complications
Angel
* a good vampire who was in love with Buffy
* lost his soul when he slept with Buffy
* Willow returned his soul
* left Sunnydale and now lives in L.A.
* has a son named Connor
Giles
* Buffy's Watcher from England
* used to be Sunnydale High School's librarian
* owns the Magik shop with Anya
* left Sunnydale and returned to England
Tara
* Willow's girlfriend who's a witch
* killed by Warren (got shot in the heart by accident)
Wesley
* the watcher who replaced Giles when he was fired
* moved to L.A. with Cordelia and Angel
Darla
* Angel's sire (obviously she's a vamp)
* was staked by Angel
Harmony
* went to High school with the Scoobies
* turned into a vamp
* dated Spike for a while
Cordelia
* used to date Xander until he cheated on her with Willow
* can sometimes be a bitch
* very fashionable b/c she was rich
* moved to L.A. with Angel
Riley
* Buffy's ex-boyfriend
* was in a government military operation to kill demons
* now married to a fellow demon hunter named Sam
Druscilla
* vampire sired by Angel
* has 'premonitions'/can feel when bad things are about to happen
* used to be involved with Spike
* killed Kendra
Warren
* tried to kill Buffy numerous times
* part of a group called "the Trio"
* made a robot girlfriend and a Buffybot (Buffy robot for Spike)
* accidentally shot Tara
* was skinned and killed by Willow in rage
Jonathon
* part of the Trio
* Buffy saved him from killing himself in high school
* skipped town when Willow was out to kill him
Andrew
* part of the Trio
* skipped town when Willow was out to kill him
Kendra
* another slayer who was called when Buffy breefly died
* was killed by Druscilla, a vampire
Faith
* the slayer called after Kendra
* killed a human by accident, then turned bad
* Buffy kicked her ass, put her in a coma
* changed bodies with Buffy, slept with her boyfriend, switched bodies back
* currently in jail in L.A.
Oz
* a werewolf who plays in the band "Dingoes ate my baby"
* used to date Willow
* left Sunnydale
Miss Calendar
* a gypsy who used to date Giles
* killed by Angel when trying to find how to restore his soul
If I missed anything or anyone important, please email me!
