| Lestat de Lioncourt
Born in 1758 in Auvergne. The seventh son of
Marquis de Lioncourt and Gabrielle de Lioncourt, his wife.
Lived in the castle of Lioncourt up to the
age of 12, when he was sent to the monastery to study. After his
father had learned about his desire to become a priest, Lestat was
made to return to the castle.At the age of 16 made an inefficient
attempt to start his life anew and ran away with Italian actors, but
again, had to come back and became a hunter.
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When he was 20, after a successful wolf hunt he became the
hero of the villagers, who called him Wolfkiller. With a friend, Nicolas
de Lenfent, ran away to Paris, where he got a job at the Renaud's House of
Thespians under the stage name of Lestat de Valois. By the winter of 1779
began acting and became known in Paris. Captured in the winter of 1779 by
the vampire Magnus.
After his transformation resided in Paris up to May
1780. Acquired Renaud's theatre. In a few months Lestat and his mother
Gabrielle were captured by the Parisian Coven led by Armand. Having broken
free, decided to leave Paris and went away with Gabrielle, but had
assigned Renauds's Theatre, re-named by Nicolas as the Theatre des
Vampires, to Eleni and Armand. From 1780 to 1790 traveled Europe, Asia
Minor and Egypt. In 1790 leant about the death of his family during the
French Revolution, parted with Gabrielle and went into the earth. Saved by
Marius, who found him, took to his sanctuary and revealed the secret of
Those Who Must Be Kept. Later came to New Orleans where he found his blind
father and met Louis de Point du Lac, whom he made his vampire companion.
From 1791 to 1794 lived with the Marquis and Louis in the plantation of
Point du Lac; after the death of his father and the slave rebellion
escaped with Louis to New Orleans. In 1862 was seriously wounded by
Claudia, but survived and came back to Paris. There, deceived by Armand's
coven, testified against Claudia and was cast out. Two years later
returned to New Orleans, moved into one of his old houses, trying to
re-gain his power; he lived there until 1929, when he again went into the
earth. Re-appears in 1984. Becomes interested in the modern world, reads
Louis's book and eager to attract the attention of both mortals and
vampires, starts a cult rock band The Vampire Lestat and publishes an
autobiography, where shares the vampire secrets with the whole world.
After the notorious concert in San Francisco, on Halloween, where had
gathered most of the surviving vampires, was kidnapped by Akasha and
became her companion. After some time returned with Akasha to the others
and witnessed her death. A month and a half later finished his new book,
The Queen of the Damned, where he had told Akasha's story, and appeared in
the Talamasca's London Motherhouse before David Talbot, when for the first
time in the history of the Talamasca got involved in a conversation with a
mortal.
