<P> Lestat's relationships with his father and brothers are bad - he tells his mother "I dream sometimes that I might kill them all . I kill my father and my brothers in the dream . I go from room to room slaughtering them as I did the wolves ." He attempts to escape from them several times, first by asking to remain at a monastery, and later by running away with a troupe of traveling players . In both instances, he is returned to his family . Encouraged by his mother, who sells her family heirloom jewels to purchase horses, guns, and mastiff dogs for him, Lestat takes up hunting, and soon becomes the family breadwinner . </P> <P> The townspeople of Lestat's village request his help with a pack of wolves that are terrorizing the town . He rides into the mountains and kills the entire pack of eight, losing his horse, dogs, and nearly his own life in the process . Although his bravery wins him the respect and admiration of the villagers, who present him with a lush red velvet cloak and boots made from the pelts of the wolves, he goes into a deep depression . </P> <P> Prodded by Gabrielle, he eventually leaves Auvergne with friend and lover Nicolas and heads for Paris, intending to become an actor . During performances, he attracts the attention of an ancient vampire named Magnus, who later abducts him and transforms him into a vampire against his will . </P> <P> Immediately after turning Lestat, Magnus commits suicide, leaving Lestat to fend for himself without any kind of guidance . Lestat finds himself heir to a nearly inexhaustible wealth, and begins an adventure that leads him all around the world . </P>

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