History Characters / TheVampireChronicles

* UngratefulBastard: He "repays" David Talbot for his help in ''The Tale Of the Body Thief'' by [[spoiler: forcefully turning him into a vampire.]]

** BiggerBad: Arguably in ''Literature/TheVampireLestat''.

* {{Blonde Guys are Evil}}: Downplayed.

* BlondesAreEvil

* {{Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette}}: To the point when ''{{Creator/Eva Green}}'' would be ideal to play her.

* {[Dark Action Girl}}: Being both female and the most powerful vampire alive.

* {{Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette}}

* {{Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon}}

* {[face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon}}

* TheDreaded: In early-modern Paris, he is this.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: By Tommy and Marklin in ''Taltos'', to prevent him from returning to the Talamasca and exposing the intercepted communications.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilIsPetty: Ignore him and you're placed on his shit list, he'll find someone else to end you. ]]
* [[spoiler: HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: When he reawakens in Mekare's mindless body he begins to telepathically talk to thousands of ancient vampires and urge them to kill fledglings to strengthen his power and control over the Ancients. He also encourages powerful vampires to kill the twins so he can be taken by a new vampire with more charisma. He nearly succeeds in wiping out the vampire race until he is defeated by Lestat and Company. Most of the vampires Amel manages to talk to are driven insane from his constant mental torment. ]]
* [[spoiler: IJustWantToHaveFriends: After losing the twins due to his decision of possessing Akasha and losing his self in the process he has mostly been asleep for thousands of years. When he begins to reawaken he acts like a spoiled child hysterically pleading with vampires to save him from his cage (Mekare). As Lestat discusses Amel at the first council between ancient vampires, he mentions how childish Amel is and how he believes Amel's loneliness is causing him to lash out at vampires. ]]
* [[spoiler: IntelligibleUnintelligible: Amel is rather articulate with his demands to vampires who are easily swayed. However, powerful vampires who manage to ignore his demands are treated with constant whining noises and screams of anger until they fully fulfill blocking him out altogether. Lestat does this at the beginning. After merging with Lestat the vampires can no longer hear Amel's telepathic messages and have to ask Lestat what Amel is thinking. Surprisingly out of all the vampires Amel made contact with Lestat was the one who managed to easily decipher Amel's loneliness and why he was killing vampires. ]]
* [[spoiler: SaveThisPerson,SaveTheWorld: Subverted. Finally give in to Amel's demands and watch as he ends his cruel slaughter of thousands of innocent vampires because he's been 'satisfied'. Hopefully Lestat will keep Amel happy or else he has to deal with another worldwide execution of his own kind. ]]
* [[spoiler: Woobie,DestroyerofWorlds: Don't ignore Amel or else you will face his wraith. When Amel finally manages to mentally break some of the Ancients he forces them to go after other Ancient vampires or fledglings who have ignored him. A small portion of the deceased vampires mentioned in the train of unnecessary slaughters worldwide were vampires who refused to slaughter their own kind. Amel doesn't take 'No' very well. He nearly exterminates the entire vampire population, simply as payback for being ignored, and is rather petty in his interactions with every character who refuses him and yet Lestat is sympathetic towards the Core despite despairing over the cruel slaughters earlier in the novel and adamantly stating how those deaths were unnecessary. Makes you think Amel got off too easy. ]]

* [[spoiler:TheLostLenore: To Louis.]]

* [[spoiler: EmergencyTransformation: Armand makes him a vampire against his better judgement, because he's ruined his liver beyond all repair.]]

* [[spoiler: RapeByProxy: Enkil forced him to rape both Maharet and Mekare when they were in captivity, and his guilt over this seems to have been a factor in driving him to amnesiac madness.]]

* [[spoiler: CrackDefeat: Maharet is one of the most powerful vampires after ingesting the blood of Akasha and being one of the first vampires ever created from the Queen's bloodline. She is easily defeated by a character just introduced in the latest book after engaging the ancient vampire and his brood in battle. She was severely depressed when the duo engaged her but nonetheless the fight ended very abruptly for someone who fought the original vampire itself! ]]

* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself: After Amel is defeated and Maharet and Khayman are finally laid to rest Mekare comes before Lestat and telepathically pleads for him to kill her since she wishes to be with her sister. Lestat recognizes her desire and agrees to become the Core's host, Mekare then smiles as she ends her life and gives the title of ruler of the vampires over to Lestat. After thousands of years of solitude she is finally allowed to rest at long last. ]]

* [[spoiler: GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The second example in the chronicles, Mekare is shown to be a far better and saner ruler than Akasha at the end of Queen of the Damned. Unfortunately, having loss the ability to function independently and think for herself causes Amel to wake up and stir trouble. Mekare is unaware for the most part that the Core is killing her vampire children, it's Maharet who makes the terrifying realization of what's happening. ]]

* [[spoiler: MonsterLord: Mekare becomes the new Queen of the Damned upon eating Akasha's heart and brain.]]
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory: When they were in captivity, both were raped by Khayman, on Enkil's orders. Maharet wound up [[ChildByRape pregnant.]]]]

* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: After Armand [[BodyHorror cuts off his hands]] for a while to restrain him, he convinces his covenmates to build a pyre for him to throw himself on.]]
* [[spoiler: TheLostLenore: for Lestat.]]

* [[spoiler: KissingCousins: With Mona Mayfair since Julien is their common ancestor (he's Quinn's great-great-grandfather and has about ten or so lines of relationship to Mona).]]

* [[spoiler: SelfMadeOrphan: He kills Patsy after she is forced to confess that he had a twin brother because of the mutual hatred the two have for each other.]]
* [[spoiler: YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Patsy feels that Quinn should have been the one who died, not Garwain (aka Goblin).]]

* [[spoiler:BlackWidow]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath: Literally being eaten by Mekare.]]

** [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: The reason for the above. She's possessed by the demon Amel, who is the reason for vampires existing. If Akasha were to die (and thus expel Amel from her body), vampires would die as well... at least until Mekare TookAThirdOption.]]

* RaisedByGrandparents

* DysfunctionJunction: Let's see

* AbusiveParents: His mother Patsy is an emotionally abusive bully, resenting him since the day he was born [[spoiler: because she blames him for living while his twin brother died]]. She also hates that Quinn was more loved by her parents than she was, especially by her father, and Quinn shows equal disrespect by only calling her Patsy. [[spoiler: He also kills her and dumps her body in the swamp.]]

* ReallyGetsAround: He's had sexual relations with two spirits (one male, one female) and two real women (one of whom helped raise him).

* [[spoiler: CrackDefeat: Maharet is one of the most powerful vampires after ingesting the blood of Akasha and being one of the first vampires ever created from the Queen's bloodline. She is easily defeated by a character just introduced in the latest book after engaging the ancient vampire and his brood in battle. She was severely depressed when the dup engaged her but nonetheless the fight ended very abruptly for someone who fought the original vampire itself! ]]

* CrackDefeat: Maharet is one of the most powerful vampires after ingesting the blood of Akasha and being one of the first vampires ever created from the Queen's bloodline. She is easily defeated by a character just introduced in the latest book after engaging the ancient vampire and his brood in battle. She was severely depressed when the dup engaged her but nonetheless the fight ended very abruptly for someone who fought the original vampire itself!.