History Characters / TheVampireChronicles

* Really700YearsOld

* TheUbermensch

* VampireLolitaArchetype: Claudia is "turned" into a vampire at a young age, with Lestadt reckoning that this is better than allowing her to die. She then joins the two older male vampires as a child-companion. It takes some years before awareness of the awful reality sets in: a human child who becomes a vampire at eight or nine years old will never grow into physical maturity. She is locked into a child's body, fated to be forever pre-pubescent but with a mature adult mind and intellect. (This is an {{unbuilt}} example of the trope, being effectively a {{deconstruction}} of a character archetype that wouldn't become popular until decades later.)

* VampireLolitaArchetype: Claudia is "turned" into a vampire at a young age, with Lestadt reckoning that this is better than allowing her to die. She then joins the two older male vampires as a child-companion. It takes some years before awareness of the awful reality sets in: a human child who becomes a vampire at eight or nine years old will never grow into physical maturity. She is locked into a child's body, fated to be forever pre-pubescent but with a mature adult mind and intellect.

* Doppelganger: Quinn's spirit companion Goblin is exactly like him except Quinn is left handed and Goblin is right handed. [[spoiler:Goblin is actually the spirit of Quinn's twin brother Garwain who died at birth due to giving Quinn all of his blood.]]

* TheTrickster

* {{Badass Gay}}: Before becoming a vampire, Lestat was known for bedding both men and women. He's also a superpowered vampire who's earned the nickname "Wolf-killer".
* BreakoutCharacter: An extremely controversial figure among vampires by ''Literature/QueenOfTheDamned''. He's either loved or hated in the vampire community, almost nothing in between.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[spoiler: 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.]]

* BiTheWay: Had a few female lovers, but the majority were male. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that vampires typically see gender as a non-issue.

* BiTheWay: Madeline.

* BiTheWay

* BiTheWay: He's had a few female lovers ([[spoiler:[[TheDreaded Akasha]]]], [[IncestIsRelative Gabrielle de Lioncourt]], and [[DarkMagicalGirl Rowan Mayfair]] being the most obvious examples), but the majority of his lovers were male.

* BiTheWay

* BiTheWay: Claims himself as such.

* AlasPoorVillain: While not technically a villain in Louis' eyes, Claudia reaches some pretty horrifying levels and still a murderous vampire. Still [[spoiler: it's not hard to feel heartbroken over her untimely (and equally horrifying) demise.]]

* CreepyChild: And '''how'''!

* CuteAndPsycho: ''Holy hell''.

* InnocenceLost

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]

* TomboyPrincess: Well, not properly a princess but her father was a senator immensely wealthy and high-ranking.

* SpiritedYoungLady: In her mortal days. She was a DaddysGirl Tomboy who loved to study like men and be free. Her husbands had ''very'' hard life with her.

** BiggerBad: Arguably in ''The Vampire Lestat''.

* {{Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette}}

* {{One Man Army}}: One woman army, to be technical.

* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: As a mortal child, he was abducted from his Russian home and brought over to Europe as a slave boy.]] The apparant brutality of this event caused him to forget pretty much ''anything'', including his name or how to speak. It takes him a long time under Marius' care (and the transformation into a vampire) to remember things bit by bit. And they trouble him.

* AlasPoorVillain: While not technically a villain in Loius eyes, Claudia reaches some pretty horrifying levels and still a murderous vampire. Still [[spoiler: it's not hard to feel heartbroken over her untimely, (and equally horrifying) demise.]]

* CreepyDoll: she hides a ''corpse'' under her many dolls.

* DrowningMySorrows: Throughout Queen of the Damned, drinks to push back his oncoming madness from the knowledge that vampires exist.
* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler: Armand makes him a vampire against his better judgement, because he's ruined his liver beyond all repair.]]

* {{Telepathy}}: He can read minds and shield his own from being read, even [[spoiler: before his transformation into a vampire.]]
* VampireVannabe: Subverted. He refuses every time Lestat offers to turn him into a vampire. [[spoiler: He gets turned against his will at the end of ''The Tale of the Body Thief''.]]

* {{Bifauxnen}}: She used to dress as a boy for her haunting. She even found a lover who believed her to be a man during most of their relationship.

* TheAtoner: After he regains his memories of his mortal years [[spoiler: and RapeByProxy of the Twins]].

* {{Badass Gay}}: Before becoming a vampire, Lestat was known for bedding both men and women. He's also a superpowered vampire who's earn the nickname "Wolf-killer".

* {{From Nobody to Nightmare}}: Lestat was an illiterate, impoverished actor when Magnus turned him into a vampire. 200-odd years later, he's one of the most dangerous creatures on Earth— and possibly Heaven and Hell, too.

* HappilyFailedSuicide: His failed SuicideBySunlight in ''Merrick''. The incident not only finally wakes Lestat up from his years long stupor, but also ends up bringing everyone involved closer together.

* CrackDefeat: [[spoiler: 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! ]]

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: 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. ]]

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[spoiler: 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. ]]

* LetMeTellYouAStory: In The Vampire Lestat, and many other examples. Marius tends to do this a lot.

* Really700YearsOld: He's born in 30 BC.
* {{Reluctant Warrior}}: He'd much rather stay back in the shadows and study but, he's forced to enter the battlefield time and time again.

* Doppelganger: Quinn's spirit companion Goblin is exactly like him except Quinn is left handed and Goblin is right handed. [[spoiler: Goblin is actually the spirit of Quinn's twin brother Garwain who died at birth due to giving Quinn all of his blood.]]

* DesperatelyLookingForPurposeInLife: After Lestat and Gabrielle shattered his old beliefs. For a time he leeched onto Lestat himself, as the one who may help him understand the place of vampires in the new century. But after Lestat refused his offer of companionship, he settled for becoming the new director of Théâtre des Vampires.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Maharet makes her forget most of the suspicious things she has seen at Sonoma compound, but she does gradually regain at least a portion of her lost memories.

* SecretChaser: While initially she tries to put the strange events at Sonoma compound and the mystery of the Great Family behind her, she continues to tantalized by them. Ultimately, her search for the truth leads her to leave the Talamasca and go to Lestat's concert. She confirms her suspicions, but [[spoiler: ends up almost dying in the process.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Maharet makes her forget most of the suspicious things she has seen at Sonoma compound, but she does gradually regains at least a portion of her lost memories.

* SecretChaser: While initially she tries to put the strange events at Sonoma compound behind her, she continues to be plagued by this mystery. Ultimately, her search for the truth leads her to leave the Talamasca and go to Lestat's concert. She confirms her suspicions, but [[spoiler: ends up almost dying in the process.]]

* SecretChaser: While initially she tries to put the strange events at Sonoma compound behind her, she continues to be plagued by this mystery. Ultimately, her search for the truth leads her leave the Talamasca and go to Lestat's concert. She confirms her suspicions, but [[spoiler: ends up almost dying in the process.]]

* TheBabyTrap: Lestat turns her into a vampire to keep Louis fron leaving him.