Character Name

Marmee Noir

Also Known As

The Mother of all Darkness, The Sweet Dark, Mommie Dearest

First Seen in

IDanse Macabre

Character Description

The last time I'd seen her in a dream she'd been as big as the ocean, as black as the space between the stars.

Character Casting Picture

Character Occupation

The leader of the vampire council
"asleep" for the last 1000 years

Character Race

Marmee Noir is the only vampire who is also a lycanthrope (were-sabre-toothed tiger

Character Status

Undead. She is the first known vampire, "asleep" for the last 1000 years

Character Associations and Ties

• Is the founder of all blood lines

• Has given her form of the first two marks to Anita Blake. It is believed that she must be in person to give the last two, although no one is sure.

Also seen in

Danse Macabre, The Harlequin, Blood Noir

Character Factoids

• Can call all great cats
• Created the law that all Necromancers should be killed on sight.
• Smells of jasmine and cats
• Can ‘project’ herself over great distances, and role people (BN)
• A small charm exists, made by a witch long ago, that can protect from her ‘projection’. It looks like a small coin, and is made of some soft metal. On the coin's face is an image of a nine headed beast.
• The Vampire Merlin (DM) was turned by her personally. He seems to know the most about her, but will not share the information.
• Was the creator of The Harlequin (the vampire police).
• Belle Morte claims she is the reason some of the mother's servants are waking. Some believe Belle will attempt to challenge her for leadership of the council.
• There is a vote before the council on whether they should try to kill the mother before she wakes. Anita says that Marmee is afraid of this.
• In Blood Noir Marmee calls all the unattached weretigers to Anita. Anita believes she is gathering her forces.
• Other vampires call on her like a God. “Mother of Darkness save us, it’s Belle Morte!”-Truth
  

Character Quotes

Popular sayings, quotes and quips attributed to this character:

• book, page, set-up, quote

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