Claudia Birth: 1789 Dark Gift: 1794 Maker: Lestat Death: 1862
The child vampire, Claudia was a beautiful predator. Made a vampire at age five, she had little time to learn human emotions and compassion. She was a cold and efficient killer, but a tragedy, a woman trapped in a little girl’s body. Her death was a punishment, but, possibly, a mercy.
“…She was always a vision, not just of child beauty, with her curling lashes and her glorious yellow hair, but of the taste of finely trimmed bonnets and tiny lace gloves, flaring velvet coats and capes, and sheer white puffed-sleeve gowns with gleaming blue sashes.”
- Interview with the Vampire
“She came to talk more, though she was never other than a reflective person and could listen to me patiently by the hour without interruption. Yes more and more her doll-like face seemed to possess two totally are adult eyes, and innocence seemed lost somewhere with neglected toys and the loss of a certain patience. There was something dreadfully sensual about her lounging on the settee in a tiny nightgown of lace and stitched pearls; she became an eerie and powerful seductress, her voice as clear and sweet as ever, though it had a resonance which was womanish, a sharpness sometimes that proved shocking.”
- Interview with the Vampire
