Characters in The Queen of the Damned

Lestat de Lioncourt

The vampire rock star whose music awakens Akasha and draws the world's vampires together.

Also in Interview With the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, The Vampire Armand, Merrick, Blackwood Farm, Blood Canticle, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, Blood Communion

Akasha

The ancient first vampire queen, woken from stillness with a plan to rule the world.

Also in The Vampire Lestat, Blood and Gold, Blood Communion

Maharet

A red-haired ancient who leads the Great Family and tells the origin story at her Sonoma compound.

Also in Memnoch the Devil, Blood and Gold, Blood Communion

Gabrielle de Lioncourt

Enkil

Mael

Khayman

Jesse Miriam Reeves

A Talamasca researcher and Maharet's mortal relative, drawn to her compound.

Marius de Romanus

An old vampire whose telepathic call for help brings Pandora and Santino to his rescue.

Also in The Tale of the Body Thief, The Vampire Armand

Daniel Molloy

The mortal "boy reporter" from Interview with the Vampire, now among the gathered vampires.

Also in Interview With the Vampire

Armand

The vampire who hosts the gathered vampires at his Florida island resort.

Also in Interview With the Vampire, Memnoch the Devil, The Vampire Armand

Louis de Pointe du Lac

Lestat's former companion, who travels with him and later leaves angry.

Also in Interview With the Vampire, The Tale of the Body Thief, Merrick

Pandora

An ancient vampire who, with Santino, rescues Marius.

Also in Blood and Gold

Santino

A vampire who, with Pandora, rescues Marius.

Also in The Vampire Armand