estat de ioncourt

Birth

Estimated year of birth, 1755-ish. When he was about 22 years old, he was given the Dark Gift by the ancient vampire Magnus. Thanks to Akasha and Marius's powerful blood, he is now virtually indestructible, even in sunlight.

 Family

Father (Marquis de Lioncourt), mother Gabrielle. Also two older brothers. Around 1775-1780, he works the Dark Trick on Gabrielle and his friend/lover Nicolas Lenfent. In 1791, he creates Louis de Pointe du Lac, and Claudia follows a few years later. More recently, he has worked on David Talbot.

Looks
Blonde hair, violet-grey eyes. About 6 ft. tall
Personality

Talk about personality...! It's close to impossible to sum up his personality in a few words. He loves attention and hates to feel alone. He must always be taking on some sort of challenge; otherwise he would be listless and unhappy. Anything with the name "rule" on it will be broken gleefully by him. Known as the Brat Prince, there really isn't anyone in the vampire world who can stop him from going about in his brash way. I wouldn't consider him dumb in any way, but he certainly tends to act before he thinks.

"Tell me how bad I am.
It makes me feel so good!"
--Lestat in QOD

He seems to have been a bit down after Claudia died and Louis left him, and also after that whole business with Akasha, but Lestat is at his best when he is out looking for new adventure or love affair. Despite the fact that he is killer, he really isn't an evil person. On the other hand, he's also an actor, so he figures that he might as well be the most evil creature possible, if he's to be evil at all. A character certainly bursting with charisma.

History

An Interview with Lestat, by Keith

keith So, Lestat, what are you, really?
Lestat What kind of question is that? I'm the Brat Prince, I'm the Devil himself... Does it matter? I am Lestat and I am a vampire.
keith You left a rather bad impression in IWV. People have difficulty resolving that Lestat with the Lestat in all the other books.
Lestat Well, you know you can trust the authenticity of how I'm depicted in TVL and QOD. Modesty is not one of my traits, but I'm honest and I'm not prone to fantasizing like my dear Louis. You've got to understand that Louis is--was--still bitter about his whole vampiric existence when he told that tale to Daniel, especially since he thought I was dead. I flatter myself that it was only his pain over my supposed death, compounded with his blasted dismal philosophy on life and death in general, that made him take such a dark view of our relationship.
keith And now you're having this affair with David. Doesn't Louis feel a little left out? Or jealous? Do you even care?
Lestat Please! I love David dearly as I love all my creations, but don't ever mistake what Louis is to me. He is... If I were ever to lose him...I couldn't continue on with the loneliness and the guilt.
keith It seems like you couldn't die though, even if you wanted to.
Lestat True. But I think I would have to shut down completely or else lose my mind. I couldn't recover from a loss like that, unless I could go into a long sleep and forget everything in my past. But let's not talk about ever losing Louis. It's not going to happen; I won't let it happen.
keith So things are fine between you and Louis?
Lestat *grin* As ever. I drive him crazy. I think Louis was embarrassed when he read about our little trip to New Orleans and England at the end of QOD. He felt it exposed himself too much. The things that irk him are delicious, aren't they? Anyway, I've been good and have been keeping him out of subsequent tales. I've caused him lots of worry and I guess I owe him a bit for that.
keith So that's why we haven't heard about Louis very much these days...
Lestat Got to protect the ones you love, you know *wink* Are you going to ask me about anything other than Louis?
keith Actually, I'd be happy to just talk about you and Louis...but there is one other thing. You as a rock star. How do you feel about it now? I mean, do you ever get embarrassed that you were a glorified icon?
Lestat Like I'm not glorified now? I loved it all, really. It went well with that whole bit of my personality that likes attention and such. I was tired of hiding all the time, trying to make humans not believe in our existence. Who would've thought that it would take much more effort to have them see the truth than to let them keep their myths and lies that conveniently masked our presence. It got quite frustrating to be yelling out "I am the vampire Lestat!" and having no one actually believe it. What I wanted was to be recognized for what I was; that's all.
Being a rock star, though, that's an 80's thing. It seems that nowadays, the guy-next-door band is more appreciated than some deified singer up on the stage. You know, after having lived 200 years, it still amazes me that every decade has its own distinct color. History books give one the impression that trends changed every 50 years or every century, but that's totally untrue.
keith Hm, time's almost up. Last question: what are you looking to in the next century?
Lestat Oh, I'm sure there will be plenty to keep me entertained. There's always something to do as long as you keep your eyes open. I'm beginning to wonder if it's possible for us to handle space travel, you know, up in a vacuum. It may be uncomfortable, but who knows? But we would have to worry about staying in the shadow of the earth... This is definitely an interesting thought. I'll have to run it by Louis *grin*

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