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I came from a prosperous Italian family. Educated and had traveled to and lived in many cities in Europe. Then I was married at a young age to Estate's father, the Marquis d'Auvergne. I gave birth to 8 children, but only 3 survived. Out of these sons, the youngest (Lestat), was to become my favorite. Lestat and I shared a special bond: We were both trapped in a place we hated and struggling endlessly to escape.

I have been likened to be a cold and uncaring person to everyone. I was the only person who was educated in my family and I read my books every day, yet lacked the patience to teach my 3 sons to read or write anything. Over the years I was forced to sell two of my heirloom jewels from an Italian grandmother to aid Lestat, the only person I loved and cared for. I lived life through him; he was the male part of me. Eventually, I suffered from a rapidly declining health due to bad winters and multiple childbirths. It eventually developed into tuberculosis.

I funded Lestat's trip to Paris with his friend Nicolas de Lenfent by giving him one of my rings to sell and advising him to hitch a ride on the postal carriage. Lestat became an actor there and was far happier than he ever was back home. He was grateful and loved me for all that I had done for him over the years so he sent letters to me telling about his life in Paris. I encouraged his acting career, which gave him lots of strength. I hid my rapidly declining health to keep him strong.

Lestat was made into a vampire by Magnus, and inherited near-inexhaustible wealth when Magnus killed himself in a bonfire. He repaid those who helped him with gold and indulged in his new-found wealth. To hide the truth from me, Lestat told me tales of going to the Bahamas, marrying a rich woman and coming into vast wealth. Intrigued, I went to Paris to see him one last time. Lestat came to me the second night I was in Paris. He tried to hide the truth from me, but I found out upon closer inspection of Lestat's changed appearance that he had become a vampire. When I began dying right in front of him, a desperate Lestat made me a vampire.

Lestat was now the maker, parent, and teacher, while I became the fledgling, the child and the student. Lestat took me to his tower where we lived happily for months. Things changed, however, when Lestat destroyed the Satanic cult headed by Armand, found a theatre and made Nicolas into a vampire. After this, Lestat and I went traveling around the world. I grew increasingly distant and cold to my son. We finally parted in Egypt just after the French Revolution. I went into the deep jungles of Africa and Lestat went underground to sleep for 2 years.

I was off exploring the world on my own for the next 200 years. I was there to help my son fight against Akasha and help save the world. During this time, I developed a slight bond with Marius, but nothing became of it so I drifted away from everyone again. I resurfaced for the last time after Memnoch the Devil, in The Vampire Armand while Lestat was in his catatonic sleep.

"Gabrielle, she looks just like him, except she's a woman... beautiful, naturally, blond hair in a braid down her back, almost regal in a chocolate-colored safari jacket and a small droopy brimmed rain hat, a stalker, a quick killer, a pitiless and seemingly thoughtful but eternally secretive thing." - The Vampire Armand

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