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** WordOfGod from Deborah Harkness explains that she imagined Lindsay Duncan as Ysabeau and that all the tragedies she has endured have aged her, even as a vampire. In the books, when Ysabeau refers to Diana as her daughter-in-law in public, Diana lampshades this by saying, "Second marriage, younger wife", as Ysabeau looks younger than she and Matthew. [[invoked]]

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** WordOfGod from Deborah Harkness explains that she imagined Lindsay Duncan Creator/LindsayDuncan as Ysabeau and that all the tragedies she has endured have aged her, even as a vampire. In the books, when Ysabeau refers to Diana as her daughter-in-law in public, Diana lampshades this by saying, "Second marriage, younger wife", as Ysabeau looks younger than she and Matthew. [[invoked]]
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* HasTwoMommies: Diana was raised by her lesbian aunts after losing both of her parents as a child. They appear to have served as surrogate parents ever since.
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* DaywalkingVampire: All vampires in this universe appear to be completely unaffected by sunlight.

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* DaywalkingVampire: All vampires in this universe appear to be completely unaffected by sunlight.sunlight, going about during the day freely.



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They look indistinguishable from humans ordinarily, are unaffected by sunlight, don't age, have superhuman strength and speed and turn others by giving them some of their blood.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They look indistinguishable from humans ordinarily, are unaffected by sunlight, don't age, can reproduce, cast reflections and don't have any aversion to holy items, have superhuman strength and speed and turn others by giving them some of their blood.
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* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: Peter Knox carried a torch for Diana's late mother Rebecca, later confirming he was in love with her when Satu asks. He's initially warm towards Diana due to her reminding him of Rebecca, but he quickly becomes antagonistic due to being fixated on gaining access to her powers [[spoiler:which was also how things ended with Rebecca]]. As Satu states, Knox may have loved Rebecca but he loved her power more [[spoiler:and he was the one who killed her and her husband for defying him]]. Knox says he's blames Diana's father for leading Rebecca astray and causing her death, and clearly holds his rival in contempt even though he's been dead for years.

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* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: Peter Knox carried a torch for Diana's late mother Rebecca, later confirming he was in love with her when Satu asks. He's initially warm towards Diana due to her reminding him of Rebecca, but he quickly becomes antagonistic due to being fixated on gaining access to her powers [[spoiler:which was also how things ended with Rebecca]]. As Satu states, Knox may have loved Rebecca but he loved her power more [[spoiler:and he was the one who killed her and her husband for defying him]]. Knox says he's he blames Diana's father for leading Rebecca astray and causing her death, and clearly holds his rival in contempt even though he's been dead for years.

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** Benjamin, Matthew's vampire son has one with Janet Gowdie, a witch and produced Bright-born children.



** It also comes alive when it merges with Diana at the end of the third book.



* TokenHuman: For Diana and her family, it's her friend Chris. For Matthew and his family, it's Phoebe [[spoiler:(until she becomes a vampire)]], leaving only Chris.

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* TokenHuman: For Diana and her family, it's her friend Chris. For Matthew and his family, it's Ernst (Verin's mate) and Phoebe [[spoiler:(until she becomes a vampire)]], leaving only Chris.vampire)]].
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* VampireProcreationLimit: Vampires can turn dying humans into vampires via a blood exchange; however, it doesn't work on humans that are already dead and they also have do transformations in a way that doesn't threaten TheMasquerade (Marcus gets chastised for trying to turn his surgeon friend after he's fatally struck by a car in broad daylight, even though Marcus argued there was no one about and he couldn't just let him die). Another huge complication is that in the past fifty or so years, most vampires' attempt to make more of their kind has failed, with the humans just dying instead even if the exchange is completed in time; this is linked with [[TheMagicGoesAway the decline of magic]] in the world. Matthew de Clermont and his 'siblings' have been researching a way to resolve this problem.

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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Matthew estimates he was born about AD 500, and became a vampire in around 537, making him over ''1500''.

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* PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: Peter Knox carried a torch for Diana's late mother Rebecca, later confirming he was in love with her when Satu asks. He's initially warm towards Diana due to her reminding him of Rebecca, but he quickly becomes antagonistic due to being fixated on gaining access to her powers [[spoiler:which was also how things ended with Rebecca]]. As Satu states, Knox may have loved Rebecca but he loved her power more [[spoiler:and he was the one who killed her and her husband for defying him]]. Knox says he's blames Diana's father for leading Rebecca astray and causing her death, and clearly holds his rival in contempt even though he's been dead for years.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Matthew estimates he was born about AD 500, and became a vampire in around 537, making him over ''1500''. Physically, he's 37.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: In the books, Matthew kills Gillian Chamberlian first, but her fate is left ambiguous in the series. In the series, Diana kills Juliette Durand, a mixed race vampire, and Emily Matther, Diana's aunt (a Black woman in the adaptation) is the next to be killed.

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The series has been renewed for a second and third season.

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The series has been renewed for a second and third season.
had three seasons, covering the events of the three novels in the ''All Souls'' trilogy.



** WordOfGod explains that she imagined Lindsay Duncan as Ysabeau and that all the tragedies she has endured have aged her, even as a vampire. In the books, when Ysabeau refers to Diana as her daughter-in-law in public, Diana lampshades this by saying, "Second marriage, younger wife", as Ysabeau looks younger than her and Matthew.

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** WordOfGod from Deborah Harkness explains that she imagined Lindsay Duncan as Ysabeau and that all the tragedies she has endured have aged her, even as a vampire. In the books, when Ysabeau refers to Diana as her daughter-in-law in public, Diana lampshades this by saying, "Second marriage, younger wife", as Ysabeau looks younger than her she and Matthew.Matthew. [[invoked]]
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** WordOfGod explains that she imagined Lindsay Duncan as Ysabeau and that all the tragedies she has endured have aged her, even as a vampire. In the books, when Ysabeau refers to Diana as her daughter-in-law in public, Diana lampshades this by saying, "Second marriage, younger wife", as Ysabeau looks younger than her and Matthew.
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* AgeLift: In the books, Matthew's sire Ysabeau looks slightly younger than he, but here she looks middle-aged. Probably to make it [[ViewersAreMorons less confusing for viewers]] that a man Matthew's apparent age is calling her "mother".
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* Ouroboros: The de Claremont family sigil contains one.

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* Ouroboros: {{Ouroboros}}: The de Claremont family sigil contains one.
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* Ouroboros: The de Claremont family sigil contains one.
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* TokenHuman: For Diana and her family, it's her friend Chris. For Matthew and his family, it's Phoebe [[spoiler:(until she becomes a vampire)]], leaving only Chris.

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