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Lestat De LioncourtLestat de Lioncourt is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice. He is a vampire and the main character of the majority of the Vampire Chronicles. He is the seventh son of the marquis d'Auvergne and was born in Auvergne, France in a castle belonging to his ancestors. Despite his apparent highborn background he grew up in relative poverty, his ancestors squandering the family riches, and being the youngest in the family, he stood to inherit nothing. Perhaps the most pivotal moment in his life was when he went out into the mountains surrounding Auvergne to kill a pack of wolves. Narrowly escaping with his life he returned home a different person than he was before, determined to follow his own path. After leaving his family he becomes an actor in Paris for a short while. It is during his performance that he attracts the attention of an ancient vampire named Magnus. One evening Magnus abducts Lestat and holds him prisoner, ultimately finding him "a worthy heir" and making him a vampire like himself. However, Magnus is weary of life and immediately commits suicide by throwing himself on a huge bonfire leaving Lestat to fend for himself without any kind of instruction or explanation. Lestat finds himself heir to nearly inexhaustible wealth and begins an adventure that leads him all around the world. Many of the questions Lestat asks himself are common questions of philosophy, such as "Are my actions good or bad? "Is there a God?", "Am I in His Plan?", "What happens after death?", "What makes a person happy?" He finds himself more in love with humanity that ever before, even if his relationship with mankind is savage. He sees life as the Savage Garden, filled with beauty and death. Because his maker (Magnus) was an ancient vampire, the blood Lestat received was incredibly powerful. Add to that a relationship to the queen of all vampires, Akasha, and Lestat becomes, in the space of only a few centuries, one of the most powerful of the vampires, surpassed only by the most ancient ones who age in the millennia. Because of his boldness, Lestat's seniors refer to him affectionately as 'the Brat Prince', a title of which he is very fond. He is very concerned with fashion, and will pause mid-narrative to remind the reader what he his wearing. He is sexually ambiguous. He finds himself attracted to whomever most interests him at the time. Most of his early experiences are with male companions. He himself explains this by saying the women in previous centuries simply weren't that interesting. Books - Interview with the Vampire
- The Vampire Lestat
- The Queen of the Damned
- The Tale of the Body Thief
- Memnoch the Devil
- The Vampire Armand
- Merrick
- Blood and Gold
- Pandora
- Blackwood Farm
- Blood Canticle
- Violin
- Vittorio the Vampire
Films - Interview with the Vampire — played by Tom Cruise
- Queen of the Damned — played by Stuart Townsend
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