Characters / Lives of the Mayfair Witches

Characters seen throughout Lives of the Mayfair Witches.

Ashlar (a.k.a. Saint Ashlar, Ash)

• Time Abyss: Even he has no clear idea of how old he really is. It has apparently been many thousands of years, but since most of the humans he encountered during his lifetime were very primitive and did not have a way of tracking the passage of years, he can only speculate as to his own age.

Emaleth

• Innocently Insensitive: She truly isn't an unkind or bad person but her words about how all the "little people" would eventually be killed are a little unnerving.
• Offing the Offspring: Killed by Rowan, who believed that she was a monster.
• Statuesque Stunner: Being a Taltos, her height is about in the six foot range. When a family finds her naked and works on clothing her, they have to give her men's clothing since that's all they had that could fit her.
• Too Good for This Sinful Earth: The poor girl never harmed a soul and even healed her mother but wound up shot dead by Rowan when Michael refused to kill her.

Michael Curry

• Chick Magnet: There's hardly a description of Michael that isn't about an often female character (usually Mona or Rowan) swooning over his natural good looks in the third person narration.
• Heroic BSoD: After Lasher comes through on Christmas and Rowan flees with him, thus losing both his child and his wife.
• Nice Guy: He's got the patience of a saint and a big heart, especially after all that he's gone through.
• Psychometry: Gained the ability to see images from objects after he drowned, but lost it after Lasher tried to kill him.

Marklin George

Stuart Gordon

• Foreshadowing: Warns Tommy and Marklin to not go up against the Mayfairs, claiming they would destroy him, and is later killed by Rowan's power.

Lasher

• Big Bad: For the Mayfair Witches. He was the spirit that followed them ever since the 17th century before being made flesh and it was his machinations that brought about the inbreeding in order to get to Rowan.
• The Heavy
• Psychopathic Manchild: With a tentative grasp of sanity, he's very prone to acting out in violent ways.

Aaron Lightner

• Ascended Fanboy: For the Mayfair Witches who he ends up belonging to via his marriage to Beatrice Mayfair.
• Bus Crash: After having been one of the most prominent Talamasca members in the Vampire Chronicles, he's killed around the beginning of Taltos.
• Happily Married: His marriage to Beatrice Mayfair is brief but very loving with both of them the happiest they've ever been.
• It's Personal: In regards to the Talamasca trying to intervene with the Mayfair Witches, Aaron willingly excommunicates himself to prioritize his new family.
• Killed Off for Real: By Tommy and Marklin in Taltos, to prevent him from returning to the Talamasca and exposing the intercepted communications.
• Occult Detective: As a member of the infamous Talamasca, he has some degree of psychic powers and strong investigation skills.

Carlotta Mayfair

• Abusive Guardian: Carlotta is quite cruel to her niece Antha and great-niece Deirdre, having a hand in Antha's suicide by clawing out her eye and gives so many medications to Deirdre that leaves her a mute shell of a woman.
• Asshole Victim: Once she shows her true colors and reveals herself to be responsible for the deaths of Stella (convincing Lionel to kill her), Antha (clawing her eye out before her apparent suicide, though it was likely murder), and Deirdre (drugging her up until she was a catatonic mute which severely shortened her lifespan), not even her family can excuse her decades of reprehensible behavior.
• Co-Dragons: With her cousin Cortland despite both of them loathing each other. Both of them have not only each killed a Talamasca agent (Carlotta wrapped up Stuart Townsend in a carpet and left him in the attic to die, Cortland poisoned Arthur Langtry and almost kills Aaron Lightner in the same way) but both of them have also caused traumatic harm to Deirdre (Carlotta abused and medicated her great-niece to try and prevent Lasher from coming through but it ends up causing him to show up more than ever due to Deirdre's loss of control, Cortland raped his granddaughter which brings about the conception of Rowan).
• Disc-One Final Boss: Responsible for the deaths of three Designees (Stella, Antha, Deirdre) over six decades, her death by Rowan's powers is what gets the story rising toward its climax and the rise of Lasher.
• The Fundamentalist: A severely devout Catholic who would often tell her family members that messing with Lasher was dooming them to Hell and that she'd have no part in it.
• Hypocrite: Despite her religious hostility towards Lasher, Carlotta did not hesitate to use her own Psychic Powers to summon and command other spirits to protect herself from him, or to use her Telepathy to read people's minds.
• Lady Macbeth: Carlotta uses intimidation and bullying tactics to convince her younger brother Lionel to shoot their sister Stella.
• The Unfavorite: Growing up, Carlotta had proven herself to be very mature for her age as well as highly intelligent but her mother Mary Beth preferred her younger daughter Stella over her.
• Villain with Good Publicity: She is easily one of the most conniving Mayfairs but the community finds her to be almost saint-like for taking in her niece and great-niece as well as giving to multiple charities.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Drove Antha to suicide, sent Deirdre to a mental institution, and sent Rowan away the day she was born, all in the name of preventing Lasher from coming through.

Cortland Mayfair

• Asshole Victim: Considering that he raped his granddaughter, he's not exactly a very endearing victim save for perhaps the family members who didn't know the truth up until Aaron's papers revealed the truth.
• Co-Dragons: Despite getting along badly with his cousin Carlotta, both of them wind up serving this role in that they've each killed a Talamasca agent and caused traumatic harm to Deirdre Mayfair.
• The Ghost: He's dead around the time that The Witching Hour begins but his presence is nothing but strong even after thirty years.
• Like Father, Like Son: He had many behaviors similar to Julien though some of them are much more disturbing from intentional murder to actually raping his granddaughter.
• Parental Favoritism: Julien always considered him his favorite son.
• Posthumous Character: Again, just like Julien, Cortland still has a strong presence after his death to the point that he's referred to as one of the "giants" of the Mayfair family.
• Really Gets Around: Just like with his father Julien, Cortland had fathered several children including Antha with his cousin (actually half-sister) Stella, Ancient Evelyn with one of the Fontrevault Mayfairs who later dies in childbirth, and Rowan with his granddaughter Deirdre. And that's not including the children he had with his wife such as his youngest son Big Pierce (the father of Ryan Mayfair).

Deirdre Mayfair

• Gaslighting: Before she ends up more or less losing her battle with her sanity, she was more often than not the victim of such thanks to Carlotta's influence.
• Medicate the Medium: Thanks to Carlotta Mayfair, her great-aunt, Deirdre was given so many medications that left her a nearly catatonic mute to prevent Lasher from coming out. Unfortunately, this ends up having the opposite effect where Lasher ends up coming out more frequently due to Deirdre's lack of control.
• My Death Is Just the Beginning: Deirdre's death is what kicks off Rowan deciding to go to New Orleans...as well as her coming into the possession of Lasher.
• Parental Abandonment: Her only daughter, Rowan, was given up to other relatives unwillingly.
• Raised By Aunts: Because of her mother and grandmother's deaths as well as having no father in the picture, Deirdre is raised by four of her much older maiden "aunts" with only two (Belle and Millie) kind to her and the other two (Nancy and Carlotta) constantly bullying her in some form.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Thanks to the influence of her elderly "aunts," Deirdre was a rather peculiar child prone to easily getting overwhelmed and upset in school settings. She was also described as looking rather sad and withdrawn despite being a very beautiful child.

Gifford Mayfair

• Death by Childbirth: After her encounter with Lasher.
• Doting Parent: Particularly to her son Pierce though she loves all of her children and is very proud of them.
• Happily Married: To Ryan Mayfair before her death.
• Parental Substitute: To Mona Mayfair due to Alicia and Patrick Mayfair being drunks with little care to their only child. She more or less considers Mona closer to a daughter than a niece.

Julien Mayfair

• Posthumous Character: Not that it's really stopped him...
• Really Gets Around: Even when he's almost ready to die, he never stopped being sexually active and even fathered a child with his granddaughter Ancient Evelyn before his death.
• Silver Fox: Julien was considered to be at his most handsome when he was older with lovers of both sexes and thanks to his prematurely graying hair, he even has the hair to match such a reputation.

Mary Jane Mayfair

• Abusive Parents: Her mother was far from the greatest considering she had Mary Jane's sixth fingers (one of each hand) cut off by a witch doctor on a kitchen table.
• Country Mouse: Hails from the swamps, particularly in the sinking estate of Fontrevalt where she lives in with her grandmother.
• Disappeared Dad: There's no mention of a father, only her grandmother Dolly Jean and her currently dying mother.

Mona Mayfair

• Fiery Redhead: She's a dynamic firebrand with a strong streak for promiscuity.
• Fun Size: At five feet even, she's one of the shortest characters. Supposedly her petite height is due to all the inbreeding.
• Kissing Cousins: She had a sexual agenda with her cousins as far back as she can remember and was even engaged to her first cousin Pierce until Quinn came along. And even he turns out to be a cousin of hers too!
• Mindlink Mates: Lestat, instead of Quinn, turns her so the two can become this.
• Rags to Riches: While not considered destitute by any means, Mona lived in a house that was falling apart with her aging great-grandmother and alcoholic parents not wanting the house to be repaired. Cue Mona named to succeed Rowan as the Designee due to being able to have children after Rowan's hysterectomy and she ends up becoming richer than she could ever imagine.
• Really Gets Around: Amongst her cousins, no less. She even considers the possibility of making it with Rowan and Mary Jane.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Out of all the Mayfairs, Mona is one of the most notable with having the most lines of descent to Julien, becoming the Designee of the Legacy, giving birth to a Taltos, and eventually being turned into a vampire to save her from dying. Essentially she goes through just about everything that Rowan does but is about twenty years younger than her.
• Teen Genius: Not unlike a female, horror Wesley Crusher.
• Teen Pregnancy: Her mother gives birth to her at the age of thirteen and Mona follows the same path by giving birth to Morrigan at thirteen.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Bow to the queen.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Played with. She's had to be responsible at a very young age and speaks quite eloquently for a girl her age but she can, and will, have lapses of immaturity. Her own mother even said she would be mature one moment and then cry for her dolls the next.

Morrigan Mayfair

• Living MacGuffin: As a fertile female Taltos.
• The Nose Knows: Can smell Ashlar on Rowan and Michael when they return, and later when he personally visits the house.
• Statuesque Stunner: She stands over a foot taller than her very petite mother.

Rowan Mayfair

• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Rowan is more than a little mentally-unbalanced, and very prone to freak outs and Heroic BSoD. This likely due to her early ignorance of her powers and their consequences and how horrifically inbred she is.
• Heroic BSoD: After she murders Emaleth, her daughter by Lasher, she falls into a semi-catatonic state, and is only brought back upon Aaron's murder.
• Identical Grandson: According to Aaron Lightner, Rowan's looks are very similar to her ancestor, Talamasca member Petyr van Abel.
• Not So Above It All: Despite being the most powerful witch of the Mayfair clan, she too winds up falling under the thrall of Lasher instead of controlling him like she thought she could.
• Psychic Powers: Has the ability to kill, but was unaware up until learning about the Mayfairs, leading to several deaths during her lifetime. Also, part of what makes her such an effective Doctor is she can use her powers to heal cells.
• Statuesque Stunner: Not quite as tall as the Taltos but she's just shy of six feet tall with a husky voice and a lot of beauty.

Tommy Monohan

Samuel

Yuri Stefano

• Social Services Does Not Exist: When his mother dies and after he escapes from the gypsies, Yuri is able to go through Rome without question. More suspicious is that Yuri is a rather exotic-looking child (he has gypsy blood from his mother) and frequenting similar areas would make him look out of place even if he spoke fluent Italian.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: At a young age, he's on his own and has to survive in Rome. He sleeps with men who would be considered pedophiles, knowing how to do so by watching his mother with her paramours.