Louis

Louis de Pointe du Lac
_{The Vampire Chronicles}

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Louis de Pointe du Lac was born the 4th of October of 1766 to a Roman Catholic family that emigrated to America when he was very young.

As a mortal, Louis was a handsome young man who ran indigo plantations very near New Orleans in 1791. His father was dead, and he cared for his younger brother, sister and mother. He was dedicated to all of his family, especially his brother Paul, who was deeply religious. Louis' life was good; his brother spent most of his time praying in the oratory Louis had built for him, and the plantations were running well. After the sudden death of his brother, Louis fell into a deep depression. Louis became a drunkard to try to escape reality. He put himself in constant danger by going to taverns, getting into fights and walking dangerous alleys alone, showing little care whether he lived or died.

One night he was attacked by Lestat de Lioncourt outside his house. Lestat sucked Louis' blood, almost draining him. He was found and brought inside, barely alive. Later the next night Lestat returned for Louis, he wanted Pointe du Lac, Louis's plantation. Lestat talked Louis through what he might become as a vampire, what he would become. Lestat wanted Louis as an eternal companion and as an eternal lover, having a powerful love for his beauty, his tenderness and his tragic heart. That morning Louis saw his last sunrise.

Lestat came to live at Louis' plantation with his father. After a while, the servants became very suspicious of Lestat and Louis. In the end, Lestat and Louis were forced to leave the plantation. They went to New Orleans where Lestat resumed his merciless killing and Louis tried to avoid killing humans until one night when he attacked a little girl and left her for dead. Lestat told him that she wasn't dead yet and Lestat soon made the child into a vampire whom Lestat named Claudia. Claudia was there to keep the peace between Lestat and Louis for a long time and she learned from them both.

After the death of Claudia, Louis becomes enraged and burns down the Theatre des Vampires, destroying the vampires that caused the death of Claudia. Louis left Paris with Armand, but Armand after a while left him in New Orleans after realizing Louis isn't going to change. In 1975, Louis tells a reporter, Daniel Molloy, all of this story and then after learning that Daniel didn't learn anything from his story gets angry and leaves the reporter stunned and bleeding.

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