Amel is a powerful spirit first mentioned in the novel The Vampire Lestat. He was the essence of vampirism, being the source of their powers as well as their bloodlust, residing in the Sacred Core. Fusing with Akasha, then consumed by Mekare, then Lestat. Later having a body created for him, and separating from Lestat and all Vampires becoming a Replimoid once again.
Description[]
Amel's human form stands around six feet tall, with red hair and bright green eyes. Amel also has very white skin, and is said to look very similar to Lestat.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Born on Earth around 12,000 BC, Amel was once human and was abducted by "The Parents" (a group of birdlike aliens), and changed into a Replimoid-human hybrid. He was sent back to Earth to set up transmission stations and assist in the destruction of all advanced life. Amel later abandoned this mission, choosing to further the knowledge of humans, and eventually established and ruled over the city of Atalantaya, a utopian society built from luracastria, a polymer derived from the Replimoid enhancements he was given. When Atalantaya is destroyed in an explosion originating from the planet Bravenna, Amel's body is destroyed and he becomes a spirit infused with luracastira.
In about 4,000 BCE, Maharet and Mekare lived as witches not far from the land of Kemet, now known as Egypt. There, they communicated with spirits and practiced the art of witchcraft with their mother. Most of these spirits were benign and would perform minor feats at the request of the witches. Sometimes, though, malevolent spirits would make their presence known and would attempt to get the attention of mortals by boasting about their powers. One such spirit called himself Amel. Despite being an incorporeal spirit, Amel boasted to Maharet and Mekare that he could drink human blood and liked the taste of it. When they dismissed his claim, Amel demonstrated his unique ability on them and the twins found tiny puncture wounds on their flesh indicating that their blood was taken by him. After being told by the witches to leave, Amel issued a warning that someday they would need to call on him.
Shortly thereafter, their mother died and Mekare and Maharet prepared a ritual feast wherein they would consume the body of their mother and absorb her knowledge and power. The ritual was interrupted by soldiers from Kemet, who had come to take them to the court of King Enkil and Queen Akasha. Their subsequent mistreatment by the Queen lead Mekare to call on Amel, despite her sister's warnings against it. Amel responded by bedeviling the royal household and the sisters were ordered released, but not before being ritually raped in front of the whole court by Khayman, the King's steward, by order from Akasha.
A year later, Mekare and Maharet were living once again at home, now with Miriam, the child of Maharet by Khayman's ordered rape. The soldiers from Kemet came again to take them, this time with Khayman commanding the troops. He told them that even after they had been released, Amel continued to cause chaos. He inhabited Khayman's home, caused poltergeist-like activity as punishment for his involvement in the rape of the twins, making Khayman's life miserable.
Eventually, the King and Queen went in to confront the spirit under the belief that Enkil could tame the violent spirit. They were taken by surprise by assassins, who stabbed them and left them to bleed to death. Amel saw Akasha's soul leaving her dying body, snatching it and intertwining it with his own and in the form of a mist of blood, forced this amalgam of spirits back into Akasha's body. With Akasha's soul back in her body, which was now also inhabited by Amel, her wounds fully healed and she became something entirely new: the first immortal vampire. A powerful creature with a thirst for human blood. Akasha then turned to Enkil and replaced the blood he lost with hers, imparting part of Amel's essence into him, making him a vampire like her.
Amel sits dormant in Akasha for 6,000 years. After Akasha is beheaded, Mekare devours Akasha's brain and heart, taking the Sacred Core of Amel into herself, preventing the destruction of the vampires, and becoming the new Queen of the Damned.
Residing in the body of Mekare, Amel begins calling out to the other vampires of the world, instructing the older vampires to kill younger ones, and also making contact with older ones to set him free. Amel instructs Rhoshamandes to destroy Maharet and Mekare so that he could become the new bearer of the Sacred Core. After killing Maharet and holding Mekare captive, Rhoshamandes confronts the newly established Vampire government and their Prince Lestat. Forced to surrender, Rhoshamandes is left at the mercy of the court. Mekare gives over her life to Lestat so that he may become the new host of the Sacred Core, to the now conscious Amel's satisfaction.
In Prince Lestat and The Realms of Atlantis, Amel has been cohabitating with Lestat in Lestat's body and brain, but becomes restless when vampires begin having nightmares about the destruction of Atlantis. Amel is distressed and has difficulty understanding his new awareness of his memories when Lestat meets the Replimoids, but begins to remember his own life after hearing their story. Amel's distress, which causes pain in all vampires connected to the Sacred Core, reveals that Louis is no longer connected Amel. Louis and Fareed use this information to come up with a plan to stop Lestat's heart, severing all vampires other than Lestat from Amel. Lestat is captured by Rhoshamades, and is forced to undergo surgery by the Replimoid Kapetria, who extracts Amel from Lestat's mind, putting him into the body of a Replimoid that resembles his former human form. Amel is excited to be able to pursue his quest for scientific knowledge, but saddened by the loss of his connection to the vampires, and briefly meets with Lestat in Paris.