"William George Ferguson" <wmgfrgsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:18:59 -0500, tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Tim McDaniel) wrote:
>
>>In article <2VmDj.3552$Rq1.2135@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>Richard Shewmaker <spam.this@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>I may have the wrong series in mind, but if I'm right, in one of the
>>>Anita Blake novels, from Cerulean Sins backward, at some point near
>>>the novel's end, Blake becomes briefly aware of an "awakening" of
>>>some kind of seriously powerful female (?) vampire (?) in a lightless
>>>chamber. Would anyone know in which book this happens, or, if in a
>>>different series (I'm certain it was a book in a series), what that
>>>series and book is?
>>
>>I can at least narrow down the series: it certainly happened in Anita
>>Blake novels (of course, it might have happened in other series).
>>Anita calls the thing "Mommie Dearest". It seems to be female but may
>>not be (probably isn't) human. She is not yet fully awake, but she's
>>slowly waking up.
>
> 'Probably isn't human' is one way to put it. She was actually shown, in
a
> dream Anita shared, turning Mr. Oliver (who Anita had found out back in
> Circus of the Damned was Homo Habilis, predating Homo Sapiens). She
> appears to have started life as a sabre-toothed tiger, before becoming a
> vampire, and all current vampires presumably descend from her, directly
or
> indirectly. It's possible that shape-****fters also descend from her,
> although her shape-****fting was from tiger to human, not the reverse.
>
> I think that we've finally met all the council members, either directly
or
> indirectly.
>
> Queen of the Night (Dark Queen, Dark Lady, Mother Night, 'Mommie
Dearest')
> Earthmover (Mr. Oliver, destroyed by Anita)
> The Traveller (soul-rider (hag) who rides vampires)
> Morte d'Amour (eats fear, does the 'rotting' thing)
> Belle Morte (succubus, Anita's vampiric abilities are indirectly from
her)
> The Dragon (female - Italian, 'talked' to Anita in Danse Macabre)
> Master of Beasts (Padma, least powerful member, Anita beat him like a
> drum)
>
> The Queen is clearly the oldest vampire, greatly predating the human
race.
> Mr. Oliver was an early hominid, making him the second oldest of the
> 'current' group. There's no real indication of what era the Traveller
is
> from. Morte d'Amour was indicated to have been the dominant line-head
> (that is new vampires were mostly like him) for several thousand years
> before current times (when Belle Morte is the dominant type). Master of
> Beasts and Belle Morte both seem to be from relatively recent historical
> times. There isn't enough information presented on the Dragon to make
any
> determination about her.
>
> There are also at least two vampires who have been shown to be powerful
> enough to maintain domains completely independent of the Council.
>
All very interesting. I would have been happy to continue following the
series if it hadn't descended into pron.
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