Shotgun Suzie is one of the bounty hunters in the Nightside, and goes by many names. Shotgun Suzie, Suzie Shooter, and "Oh Christ, it's her, Run!" Suzie is described to be only happy when she is on a hunt, and tends to shoot first and ask questions later. She is famous for her shotgun and takes it to bed with her when she sleeps.
She is the only person to be kicked out of the Salvation Army Sisterhood for being too brutal. She was also expelled from a a group of worshipers of Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction, being told she was too hardcore even for them.
Suzie was originally raised in the normal world, with a sexually abusive older brother. He stopped only when she became pregnant, at fifteen, and revealed the truth to her parents. However, they blamed her, forcing her to have an abortion. Soon after, she killed her brother with a shotgun and ran away to the Nightside, where she's lived ever since.
Now she lives with John Taylor in a committed relationship, and after an incident involving a corrupt business, The Walking Man, and a group of horribly abused children Suzie slowly began to overcome her intimacy issues, telling John that caring for the abused children was like "holding a little me." Not long thereafter it is revealed that Suzie is pregnant with John's child and the two become engaged. They are married at the end of the series.
Powers/Abilities[]
Unlike most in the Nightside, Suzie doesn't have an special ability nor does she use objects of power yet still she remains one of the most feared names of all.
Suzie's skilled at close-combat and displays knowledge with any weapon presented to her, having a liking for grenades, though her expertise lays within firearms. She loads her shotgun with both blessed and cursed bullets so that "if one barrel doesn't get them, the other will." It has been implied that her shotgun may possess special properties, but it is never confirmed if the weapon's destructive power comes from the gun itself or the special bullets it fires.
Suzie possesses a mild amount of werewolf blood; not enough to transform, but enough to give her a considerable healing/regenerative factor. She also has the ability to know when she is being followed or when people are sneaking up on her, though this is an ability displayed by many in the Nightside.
Appearance[]
Described by John as a blonde-haired Valkerie, Suzie Shooter is often noted through the series as wearing combat boots, dark leather pants, and a leather jacket supposedly made of the skin of the first man she ever killed. She is noted as having a fierce gaze and a presence that could send people running. Suzie asserts she doesn't care for her appearance, and is quite proud of the numerous scars she has acquired from her work, the most prominent of which being a scar overtaking half her face; she has repeatedly turned down offers of healing it. However, she has been noted as getting dressed up in her leathers and makeup before going out on a job.