Alex Morrisey is the current owner, bartender, and "resident gloomy bugger" of Strangefellows, the oldest bar in the world. Alex is a sullen, miserable, and cranky individual who always wears black "in mourning for the way his life turned out."
He is a direct descendant of Merlin Satanspawn, who bound his bloodline to the bar with a powerful spell. Due to this spell, Alex cannot leave the bar without first finding a blood relative to replace him. The spell is lifted after Merlin's final death, but Alex ultimately decides to remain and run the bar because he has nowhere else to go.
Alex has an ex-wife, Agatha, who pays him alimony. They were married when they were younger, but divorced when Alex discovered Agatha was sleeping with Merlin, who possessed Alex's body in order to do so.
Currently, he is in a relationship with John Taylor's secretary, Catherine Barrett, whom John considers his daughter. When this relationship is first revealed, John disapproves, though he comes around to accept it.
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As would be expected from his lineage, Alex knows a fair bit of magic, though he leans toward spells that are of a practical nature and help him run his bar and service his clients. Healing, detox, and protection spells are among those he uses in the series, though both he and John have alluded to him knowing more dangerous magics as well. If he has to fight, he uses an enchanted cricket bat that is shown to be able to shatter enchantments and deflect spells, as well as function as a blunt weapon. Alex also possesses an innate sense of what goes on Strangefellows, as he knows when trouble is coming or when someone's about to start it, though certain events and individuals are shielded from this ability.