<P> Will Drake (portrayed by Cheyenne Jackson) is the recent purchaser and owner of the Cortez . Similar to Liz, he loves art and fashion, formerly living in New York City as a fashion mogul, but moves to Los Angeles with his son Lachlan after he felt that "the pulse" of the city was gone . Will, despite being gay, displays obvious attraction toward women, leading him to identify as bisexual . He plans to knock down and renovate the hotel, which upsets the residents, namely Donovan who doesn't take kindly to Will's arrival . He begins a relationship with Elizabeth, and later marries her in the hotel lobby . He has construction workers knock down a concrete wall which held the past lovers of Elizabeth, Rudolph Valentino and Natacha Rambova, unleashing them . He celebrates his marriage at the Blue Parrot Lounge, where he meets James March, who brings him to Room 33 . Will is disgusted by hideous appearance of Elizabeth's only son, Bartholomew . Although Elizabeth planned to murder him early on in their relationship, she bumps up her murder plan and locks him away in the enclosed hallway with a weakened and bloodthirsty Ramona Royale, who tricks Will into unlocking her cage, allowing her to slit his throat and consume his blood as Elizabeth watches from a monitor in her room . He is revived as a ghost and he resents Elizabeth for killing him, and interrupts her interview with a police where she was filing a police report for his disappearance . He accuses of her of killing him for his money, but she tells him she is Lachlan's legal guardian and will inherit his wealth once he reaches 18 . Following his death, his business empire liquidates and his vast savings become worthless . Feeling without meaning following his economic collapse, he sets out with Sally in murdering the hotel guests . However Liz convinces him to revive his fashion career, and he establishes a new fashion company with the help of Liz and holds fashion parades in the hotel lobby with the ghosts and vampires of the hotel as catwalk models, allowing him to continue his fame and success in death . </P> <P> Ramona Royale (portrayed by Angela Bassett) is a well - known actress and Elizabeth's ex-lover . She was an actress who did many TV commercials and movies during the 1970s during when she had a homosexual relationship with The Countess who killed her boyfriend in the 1990s which Ramona witnessed . Following her boyfriend's death, her acting career ultimately failed and she moved into her parents' house . Her mother was suffering from cancer, and her father was suffering Alzheimer's and she had to take good care of them . After her mother died, a group of robbers broke into the house and killed her father who she resurrected by her blood virus and he then started going on a killing spree and ultimately led to Ramona drowning her father in the bathtub to put him out of his misery . She is introduced in "Mommy" and plans to get revenge on her ex for her boyfriend's murder . Her plan comes into action when she plans to stab Elizabeth in her sleep in "She Wants Revenge" but Donovan ends up betraying her by tazing her and both Elizabeth and Donovan put her in the neon cages in the sealed hallways alongside Will Drake . Will eventually releases himself and while attempting to free Ramona, she slits his throat and drinks his blood while Elizabeth watches via cameras . Ramona also killed off the infected children after John and Alex lured them to her, though she was ill by the time Liz and Iris find her . After Liz and Iris provide her with Queenie, managing to drink the blood of the human voodoo doll Queenie, with the helps of James who kills her, he asks her to kill Elizabeth for him . She goes into Elizabeth's room to kill her, but is unsuccessful after Elizabeth seduces her and sleeps with her . Ramona later participates in Will Drake's fashion parade and Liz tells her of his intention to die . In the finale, Ramona joins Devil's Night and assists in torturing Billie Dean Howard who flees the Cortez, after threatening to hunt her down and kill her should she ever make another live show in the hotel on devil's night . For her performance, Bassett was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special . </P> <P> The Countess (portrayed by Lady Gaga), born Elizabeth Johnson, is the enigmatic, bloodsucking, malevolent owner who resides in the penthouse of the Hotel Cortez . Born Elizabeth Johnson in 1904, she was an actress who was featured in Rudolph Valentino's movie and was later invited to dinner at his house . That night, she met his wife Natacha Rambova who indicates that their divorce was just a "show" to get publicity . Later on, she had a secret love triangle with Rudolph and Natacha for many years up until when she was at a cocktail party celebrating the opening of the Hotel Cortez and after hearing about Valentino's death in New York, she plans to jump out a window but she is saved by James March who she later marries but however, doesn't profess her love for him . Even though she was married, she often visited Valentino's coffin once a year but encountered a very much alive Valentino and his wife who state that they are infected with a blood virus that saved them from death and turn Elizabeth so she can spend eternity with her one true loves while her disappointed husband watches from afar . After hearing about her secret love with the Valentinos, James gets his revenge by trapping the couple in the sealed hallways of the hotel damaging her relationship with Natacha who believes that Elizabeth trapped her and causing Elizabeth to hate March . In 1994, she turned Donovan, who was dying of a heroin overdose by Sally who was shoved out the window before and since then, she has been his fiancée and paramour but after meeting Tristan Duffy, she dumps him after twenty years of marriage . She also has a relationship with newcomer Will Drake who she marries but then plans to kill him and steal his fortunes . In the 70s, she had a relationship with Ramona Royale which lasted up until the 90s when Elizabeth shot Ramona's boyfriend, Prophet Moses in revenge . She is obsessed with fashion and hates betrayal especially infidelity which she kills Tristan after he professes his love for Liz Taylor . In spite of her hatred of betrayal, she herself will indulge in as many lovers as she wishes . She then gets back with Donovan but he is crushed after she professes her love for Valentino . She reunites with Donovan after he kills Rudolph however Liz and Iris enter shooting guns at the couple before Donovan jumps in front of Elizabeth and is shot before dying outside the Cortez while Elizabeth is injured . She is helped by Sally who vows to never leaving her . Ramona confronts her but while she attempts to enter the elevator, John appears and shoots her five times before she succumbs to her wounds and dies . Her head is placed on "Thou Shall Not Commit Murder" but she resurrects as a ghost and spends eternity with her husband James who thanks her for turning him in to the police and forgives her however Ms. Evers stops and confesses that she turned Mr. March in . After realizing what has happened, she begins to cry while realizing that she's living a personal nightmare; spending the rest of her life with the person she doesn't love . She appears when Liz announces her battle with prostate cancer and slits Liz's throat using her chainmail glove . In the last moments, Elizabeth is at the bar during 2: 25 and meets a guest who says he's awaiting some friends . She then says the final lines "You have a jawline for days" before the episode ends, having found herself a new lover in Donovan's image . For her performance, Gaga won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Favorite Sci - Fi / Fantasy TV Actress, the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best TV Actress, and the Satellite Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama . </P> <Ul> <Li> Hazel Evers (portrayed by Mare Winningham) is the eccentric laundress and maid of Hotel Cortez and loyal servant to James March . She is a ghost who resides in the hotel and cleans up after Elizabeth and James . She killed herself in the hotel with James when they were found by the police . Her son, Albert, was kidnapped by Gordon Northcott and was a victim of the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders in the 1920s, causing her to become distraught every Halloween . She is not very fond of Elizabeth, even trying to keep Will from marrying her for his own safety . In "She Wants Revenge", it is revealed that she had feelings for James, but they were unreciprocated since James fell in love with Elizabeth . In "Battle Royale" it is revealed that Hazel turned James into the police so that they could die together . James is horrified by her confession at a dinner party with Elizabeth, and he banishes her from his service . </Li> <Li> Det . Andrew "Andy" Hahn (portrayed by Richard T. Jones) is John's partner who is working with him closely on the case of the Ten Commandments Killer . He is initially skeptical about the idea of the murders being connected to the ten commandments, but later follows suit . Their relationship strains due to John's gradual lapse into insanity and attacking him when he threatens to go to his superior when John continues to work the case despite being fired . He is later murdered by John after he reveals to Andy that he is the Ten Commandments Killer as Andy broke the commandment of not coveting another man's wife as he had been going out for coffee with Alex . </Li> <Li> Scarlett Lowe (portrayed by Shree Crooks and Nicole Lee Tompkins) is the young daughter of John and Alex Lowe, and sister of Holden . After seeing and speaking to Holden at the hotel while visiting her father, she tells her parents . When they don't believe her, she shows them the picture she took with him on her phone, but Holden's face is blurry . Scarlett goes to live with her grandmother when John fires a gun in their house at Bartholomew, but everybody believes he was hallucinating due to John describing it as a "monster". Whilst John and Alex spend time at the hotel they temporarily abandon her with her grandmother . They later decide to collect her and they plan to begin living as a normal family, but her family return to live in the Cortez deciding it is their true home . Due to her not being the only normal family member left they decide to send off to a boarding school where Lachlan is one of her classmates . Following John's death, a teenage Scarlett is shown to visit her father's ghost every year on Devil's night Halloween along with Alex and Holden . </Li> <Li> Holden Lowe (portrayed by Lennon Henry) is the young son of John and Alex Lowe, and brother of Scarlett . In 2010, he was abducted at the Santa Monica amusement park by the Countess and is being raised as one of her vampire children . He previously resides in the hotel, until Alex decided to bring him home . Alex initially fails to understand his new state of being a vampire and his lack of aging after he feeds on their pet dog, but after Alex is turned into a vampire by Elizabeth, he returns to living in the hotel . Holden is later collected by Alex and John to continue living live as normal in their old house, but returns to living the hotel with his family after deciding it is their true home . Following his father's death, his father's ghosts visits him and his family every year on Devil's Night Halloween . </Li> <Li> Tristan Duffy (portrayed by Finn Wittrock) is a male model who appears in the second episode, "Chutes and Ladders", as one of the models in Will Drake's fashion show . He is attracted by the Countess, who infects him with the virus and becomes her new lover and they scheme to kill Will Drake, inherit his money, and live happily . While in Room 64, he is interrupted by James March, who forces him to kill an innocent woman . Later, after killing a man to drink his blood, he joins forces with March . In "Room 33" he falls in love with Liz and after announcing their love to Elizabeth, she slits his throat in a rage of jealousy and betrayal and kills him . His next and final appearance is in "Be Our Guest", where Liz and Iris attempt to contact his spirit with the help of Billie Dean Howard which is now trapped in the hotel; they are unsuccessful but Tristan's ghost finally appears to Liz after her death, and the two embrace, meaning they can spend eternity together in the hotel . </Li> <Li> The Addiction Demon (portrayed by Alexander Ward / Mark Steger) is a demonic creature with no facial features and long black nails who wields a drill - bit instrument that he used to violently sodomize people . He is a "living" metaphor for addiction . He is seen torturing addicts to punish them for their addiction, one of them being Gabriel . James has vowed to protect Sally from it, given that she protects John from any danger so he can use him as a proxy for his Commandment Killings . </Li> </Ul>

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