Every author has a Muse, and for L'Phantom, the faces at right are that Muse. They are cast of the television series Forever Knight. The series follows Nick Knight (center), a police detective in Toronto, Canada, in his quest to reclaim his mortality from the beast of vampirism that has held his soul for 8 centuries.

Aiding him in his search is Chief Medical Examiner Natalie Lambert (top right). Having learned the truth about Nick's vampirism, she attempts to use medical and scientific means to return him to mortality. His mortal detective partners, Donald Schanke (bottom right, seasons 1 & 2) and Tracy Vetter (bottom, season 3), help in their own way. While unaware of Nick's vampiric nature, they serve as anchors to the mortal world, keeping Nick balanced between it and the darker world of the vampire.

However, other forces exist that attempt to sway Nick from his goal. Chief among them is Lucien Lacroix (top), Nick's vampire master who turned Nick into a vampire nearly 800 years ago. Lacroix views Nick's quest as a betrayal, a refusal of a gift more precious than diamonds. Also hoping to turn Nick from his mortal crusade is Janette DuCharme (top left). Janette is Nick's sometime lover and immortal "sister," also having been converted, or "brought across," by Lacroix. She yearns for Nick to return to the vampire community so that they can once again be the lovers they once were.

And there are other creatures in the darkness of Toronto. Once such creature is Javier Vachon (bottom left). A Spaniard from the time of the conquistadors, Vachon becomes involved with Tracy Vetter during the course of season 3 after Tracy discovers Vachon to be a vampire. At the same time entranced and repulsed by the notion of vampires, Tracy seeks knowledge about Vachon and others like him, forcing Vachon to weigh carefully how much of the truth to tell her without endangering the mortal facades of the vampires right under her nose.