I really wish Anne Rice would have devoted more time to the Magnus character. I would have liked to know how he became a vampire, and why he decided to choose Lestat as his heir.
Gloria Right Fang Girl The Chihuahua; one tiny dog, one giant bundle of love! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:56:39 -0400 To: [email protected] Subject: [TheDarkGift] The Dark Gift: The Dark Gift: But all this was destroyed when the vampire Magnus first saw Lestat and decided to make him his heir. After a few strange apparitions and episodes, Magnus kidnapped Lestat and forced him to drink his blood, thus becoming a vampire. Confused and overwhelmed by his new senses and life, Lestat would soon be alone. For Magnus created him out of spite for the Parisian vampire coven's rules and intended to kill himself. He did so by jumping in a fire, after instructing Lestat on the most basic rules of vampire survival. Lestat kept himself hidden from Nicolas' or anybody else's view. He wrote letters to his family and his beloved friend, but they were alarmed and intrigued by his disappearance. Nicolas would never forgive Lestat for this and his sad story is worth a node of his own. Lestat's mother, Gabrielle, rushed to Paris after the strange news of his disappearance. She was fatally ill and, when Lestat finally agreed to see her, he could see her disease. He then made her his first fledgling (vampire child). They roamed Paris in delight and lived together in harmony for a while. Then, as life was sweetest, the Parisian vampire coven found them. Mother and son found refuge on the churches and the other vampires seemed to fear them for being able to "enter the house of god." They meet the lovely and dangerous Armand, leader of the ignorant vampires and narrowly escape many times. At the same time, wealth and immortal life was not enough for Lestat. He needed love and recognition; he needed the stage lights and Nicolas. He decides to buy the theatre and make a comeback, but Nicolas is even more disappointed, seeing that Lestat hides something. After discovering the secret, Nicolas begged for his vampire blood. And Lestat gave in, bringing about the first of many tragedies. Nicolas becomes mad and gets captured by Armand. Lestat and Gabrielle are also captured and, after a night of infinite philosophical discussions, they are responsible for a revolution inside the coven, ultimately destroying it. Armand would never forget that Lestat caused this downfall and then refused to live with him and teach him the ways of the new century. After all this, life in Paris was unbearable and Lestat travels around the world, leaving the theatre to Nicolas and searching for the vampire Marius, Armand's father, who is believed dead. But Gabrielle soon tired of this life and luxury and left to live in the jungles, leaving her son and vampire father in deep pain. Lestat finds Marius and discovers the vampires' ancient history in the stone bodies of Enkil and Akasha, the first vampire couple. He drinks from the powerful blood of Akasha, which would come in handy when he gets attacked by his north American fledglings Louis de Pointe du Lac and Claudia. ____________________________________________________________ Send any screenshot to your friends in seconds... Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if2 for FREE ------------------------------------ Come one come all Mortals who are willing to stick their neck out for a vampire to feed upon. We will be willing to share our Dark Gift to you mortals if you pass our test.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDarkGift/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheDarkGift/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
