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The Mayfair Witches - The Family History

The origin of the Mayfair Witches saga goes back to Suzanne Mayfair, a simpleton and an ancestor of Rowan, who was the first Mayfair witch to "command" Lasher after waking his spirit in Donnelaith, Scotland. Lasher had promised the Mayfair family wealth and power in exchange for assistance to make him flesh. Lasher believed that the Mayfair witches had the ability to bring him into the world, and secretly hopes to populate and the subdue the world with his offspring.

The Mayfair Witches - Lasher

The reader soon discovers that Lasher in the flesh belongs to the Taltos, a near-extinct superhuman race that once occupied the Highlands of Scotland. When the Romans overran the country, they sought to breed with them, believing they would achieve military might if they could father powerful sons who would grow to manhood within hours. But when they failed to breed with the Taltos, they decided to destroy them. Later on, when Christianity came to Scotland, Ashlar, then leader of the Taltos, converted to the new religion, and condemned those who did not convert, including his own wife, whom he had burned at the stake.

The Mayfair Witches - the Witches

In Chronological order, these are the fourteen Witches:

• 1 - Suzanne Mayfair (?-1664)
• 2 - Deborah Mayfair (1652-1689), Comtesse de Montclève
• 3 - Charlotte Mayfair (1667-1743)
• 4 - Jeanne-Louise Mayfair (1690-1771)
• 5 - Angélique Mayfair (1725-?)
• 6 - Marie-Claudette Mayfair (1760-1831)
• 7 - Marguerite Mayfair (1799-1891)
• 8 - Katherine Mayfair (1830-1905), designee of the Mayfair Legacy, although the real witch of the period was her brother Julien Mayfair (1829-1914)
• 9 - Mary Beth Mayfair (1872-1925)
• 10 - Stella Mayfair (1901-1929)
• 11 - Antha Mayfair (1921-1941)
• 12 - Deirdre Mayfair (1941-1989)
• 13 - Rowan Mayfair (1959-)
• 14 - Mona Mayfair (1976-)

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "The Mayfair Witches", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki