Marie Leveau

"Back then, there was a woman named Marie Leveau who knew everything about vampires, ghosts, spirits, you name it. I went to her when I was newly turned."

- Patrice

Marie Leveau is a minor character mentioned in Afterlife. She was an expert on the supernatural who lived in New Orleans in the 19th century.

Biography
Marie was born in the late 1700's or early 1800's and lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. Patrice Deveraux states that Marie was an expert on everything to do with the supernatural, including wraiths. Patrice sought Marie out shortly after becoming a vampire, to seek advice on bringing her deceased lover, Amos, back as a wraith. Marie taught Patrice how to summon wraiths and then trap them in a mirror. Centuries later, Patrice briefly mentions Marie to Bianca Olivier, when explaining how she came to know about wraiths and her ability to trap them in mirrors.

Appearances

 * Afterlife (mentioned only)

Trivia

 * Marie Laveau.PNG is possible, though not explicitly implied, that Marie was psychic.
 * Marie is most likely based upon Marie Laveau, a real person who lived in New Orleans during the 1800's and was a well-known practitioner of Voodoo, known as the 'Voodoo Queen'. The real Marie was born 10th September 1801, in New Orleans's French Quarter and died on 15th June 1881, aged 79.