| Lasher spirit | |
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| Lasher | |
| Aliases: | Lasher Lasher entity The Man |
| Franchise: | Lives of the Mayfair Witches |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Spirit |
| Gender: | Male |
| Location: | Scotland San Francisco, California New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Relations: | Rowan Mayfair Michael Curry |
| Status: | Alive |
| Introduction: | The Witching Hour |
| Actor: | Jack Huston Roxton Garcia Eduardo Campirano, III Brock Yager |
Lasher is a fictional spiritual entity and the central antagonist featured in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches series of novels by author Anne Rice. He was introduced in the 1990 novel The Witching Hour. The character appeared on the Mayfair Witches television series on AMC and was played by actor Jack Huston.
Biography[]
The being known as Lasher, was an ancient spiritual entity called a Taltos. Once embodying a corporeal form, it since existed only as a wraith-like form that appeared as an attractive male figure. Those who witnessed him referred to him as "The Man". Lasher longed to become corporeal once more, but this could only be achieved through supernatural means. In order for Lasher to be reborn, he had to influence the bloodlines of thirteen generations of female witches. Only the thirteenth witch would be powerful enough to birth him into reality. Lasher first began appearing to Suzanne of the Mayfair from Scotland, from which the Mayfair family took its name. His final "designee" was Rowan Mayfair, whose innate power over life or death enabled her to house Lasher's spirit so that he could be born anew.