
He takes to frequenting taverns and other places of ill repute, instigating fights and duels in order that someone might kill him.ĭuring an incident in a tavern, Louis catches the eye of the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. He longs for the release of death, but lacks the courage to commit suicide. Louis blames himself for his brother's death, becoming self-destructive, cynical, and desperate.

Louis' brother, who insists that he has religious visions, dies after a terrible quarrel with Louis. His mother, sister and brother, Paul, live just outside New Orleans on one of their two indigo plantations, named Pointe du Lac after the family. Louis de Pointe du Lac is born in France on October 4, 1766, to a Roman Catholic family who emigrated to North America when he was very young.

He also features in The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, The Vampire Armand, Merrick, Prince Lestat, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis and Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat Mortal He is the protagonist who tells his story in Interview with the Vampire (1976, the first book of The Vampire Chronicles). He begins his life as a mortal man and later becomes a vampire. Louis de Pointe du Lac is a fictional character in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series. Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (2018)įather, mother, younger sister, and brother Paul (younger brother)įrench (born in France and emigrated to America)
