Lanfear
As I have run out of books by Brandon Sanderson and RA Salvatore to (re) read, I have began re-reading the series that lead me to these authors: Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.
So as I have been making a habit of writing posts about characters who I really have enjoyed in fiction, I am glad to write one about my favorite Femme Fatale in all of fiction.
Lanfear is the psycho ex girlfriend that you hope to never see again. Shes the one who willingly calls herself “Daughter of the Night” when she has been scorned a little too far. Shes the one who you keep hoping will turn to the side of good, but never does.
Who says all evil women wear black or red?
In Wheel of Time, Lanfear is considered the most beautiful woman of her time period, and possibly of the later time period when she is awoken from her suspended animation. Hunting the Dragon Reborn since his past self rejected her, she seeks to change that this time around.
Shes also serving the resident G-d of Evil and will do anything, and I do mean anything to have her beloved back. This seems to entail forcing him to be just as evil and prideful as she is. Good guys tend not to give in to those demands.
Still reject her at your own peril. She has just as much magical power as she does beauty and considering that her favorite tactic is to torment you in your dreams, you won’t be getting far.
If it was not apparent, from some of my other posts, I am a fan of the Vamp Female Archetype, or the one that uses beauty and seduction as a weapon and never turns to the side of good. Still the reason she is my favorite of all, is because despite all of her negative traits, the reader still has pity for her. All the way through the series, I secretly hoped she would be redeemed in the end. I won’t spoil her ultimate fate, but I did weep when I read it.
Robert Jordan may have died before he could finish his work, but a character like Lanfear stands the test of time. There are quite a few Vamps within the novels I am writing and a piece of the Daughter of the Night has an influence on each and every one of them.
Also, that spell in her hand, that’s Balefire. That magic would quickly bring The Hulk, Superman Prime, and Son Goku to their knees faster than you can say “Instant Transmission”, before it erases them from existence.