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The Witching Hour

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The Witching HourAnne RiceLives of the Mayfair Witches, book 1

Characters in The Witching Hour

38 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Rowan Mayfair

    A gifted San Francisco neurosurgeon who learns she is heir to a family of New Orleans witches.

    Also in Lasher, Taltos

Antagonists

  • Lasher

    A spirit that has haunted the Mayfair witches for centuries and longs to take on flesh.

    Also in Lasher

Supporting characters

  • Michael Curry

    A house restorer and Mayfair cousin who falls in love with Rowan.

    Also in Lasher, Taltos

  • Deirdre Mayfair

    Rowan's estranged birth mother, whose death in New Orleans sets the story in motion.

  • Stella Mayfair

  • Mary Beth Mayfair

  • Antha Mayfair

  • Carlotta Mayfair

  • Ellie Mayfair

  • Julien Mayfair

  • Marie Claudette Mayfair Landry

  • Angélique Mayfair

  • Katherine Mayfair

  • Remy Mayfair

  • Graham Franklin

  • Lionel Mayfair

  • Belle Mayfair

  • Darcy Monahan

  • Sean Lacy

  • Petyr van Abel

  • Deborah Mayfair de Montcleve

  • Suzanne Mayfair

  • Lestan Mayfair

  • Marguerite Mayfair

  • Tyrone Clifford McNamara

  • Augustin Mayfair

  • Jeannette Mayfair

  • Cortland Mayfair

  • Barclay Mayfair

  • Garland Mayfair

  • Corrington Mayfair

  • Daniel McIntyre

  • Nancy Mayfair

  • Millie Mayfair

  • Amanda Grady Mayfair

  • Sean McIntyre

  • Alice Mayfair

  • Aaron Lightner

    A scholar of the Talamasca who has studied the Mayfair family for decades.

    Also in Taltos

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