Sophie-Anne Leclerq

Sophie-Anne Leclerq

Appearances

Season(s)

2, 3

First seen

"Frenzy"

Last seen

"Evil is Going On"

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Status

Undead

Age

500-700 (approx)

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October 28

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Vampire Queen of Louisiana & Mississippi(?)
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Human servants including Hadley Hale - Lover
Vampire bodyguards (possible proganies)
Russell Edgington - Husband(?)

(The Magister married Sophie-Anne to Russell only under duress from Russell. It is unknown whether the marriage is official.)

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Evan Rachel Wood

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Sophie-Anne Leclerq (formerly Judith) is the knowledgeable, yet immature vampire queen of Louisiana and Mississippi. She lives in a mansion surrounded by bodyguards and humans.

Personality

"Please, she's as mad as a monkey on a trike and she has been for centuries! "

―Talbot on Sophie-Anne, the "Delightful Eccentric"

Sophie-Anne carries herself quite regally, despite her contrasted enlightened mentality and childish mannerisms. In conversation, she is prone to rambling off on assorted tangents or abruptly changing the subject of discussion, while even sometimes it seems she does not notice being addressed at all. This suggests that she may indeed have some form of Attention Deficit Disorder. Her tendency to hyperfocus (a common attribute of those with afflicted the so-called disorder) on matters of interest to her such as yahtzee, lottery scratch tickets, and philosophy also suggest that her fixations may derive from ADD, or at the least that she's extremely self-involved.

Despite this personality quirk, she is shown to be not nearly as malicious or prejudiced as other monarchs, such as the king of her neighbouring state, Russell Edgington, whom outright loathes humans and sees them as inferiors, whilst Sophie-Anne herself doesn't seem to harbor any such animosity or resentment. In fact, given that The Queen has no qualms with playing dice games with them, living with several in her mansion, taking one in particular as her lover, and even reminding Bill Compton that vampires, too, once began as human all suggest that Sophie-Anne is pretty tolerant as far as most vampires go.

In fact, there is even evidence to suggest that she feels slight envy toward humans, or at the least that she misses the time when she once was one. Her motives for obtaining Sookie, so she could "feel the sunlight" on her skin again, as well as having a specific room designed to immitate a daytime beach setting, complete with diorama's outside the windows all point to this being likely. Her mansion is also shown to have a green house on the grounds, which suggests she does indeed have a love for the outdoors and sunny activities. When Eric was attempting to coax information out of her regarding Sookie Stackhouse's orgigin via draining Hadley, her human lover, the sight visibly pained her greatly, though she remained vigilant in her decision to not reveal the secret, thus proving that she is strong enough in character to sacrifice whatever or whomever she may love for the sake of her ultimate ambitions.

Though she generally displays the persona of an aloof starlet, She also displays signs of an extremely calculating mind beneath the surface, if not just in and sheer brilliance in the supernatural world, such as identifying what traits make someone a fairy or being able to surmise how one would kill an unstoppable demon like a maenad, but also in how she strategically placed Bill Compton in Sookie's life so as to lure Sookie's Fairy Blood to her.

History

Before Season 2

Sophie-Anne was born in the late 1000's, and was treated very poorly by men in her human life. She was turned into a vampire by Alain (potrayed in the books), who treated her badly and used her to do his bidding and kept her human until he was captured and needed her to free him. She has always been closely associated with power.

Season 2

Sophie-Anne's mansion in Louisiana.

Sophie-Anne is first seen feeding off Sookie's cousin Hadley and talks about how disappointed she is in many different things going on in the world and in her life. However, this does not seem to bother her that much. She has several humans she treats well, including Hadley, her main human companion and lover. When Bill Compton arrived to ask the Queen about how to defeat a Maenad she showed great amount of knowledge about them, despite not reading up on them recently. She also makes Bill reluctantly spend the entire day lounging with her before she will tell him what she knows. Sophie-Anne also ordered Eric Northman to get Lafayette Reynolds to sell "V" coming from the Queen herself, the reason for this remain unknown until season 3. ("Frenzy")

Season 3

Sophie-Anne with the Magister and Eric.

At the start of Season 3, Sophie-Anne is seen visiting Eric at Fangtasia, alongside The Magister. They both inform Eric that they suspect a vampire in Her Majesty's kingdom is selling "V" to the humans. Unbeknownst to The Magister although who suspects it, it is actually the Queen herself that is supplying the V, and Eric who is trafficking it. After The Magister leaves, the Queen tells Eric of her financial woes and her troubles with the IRS, and demands that he move the blood as soon as possible, so that she can get the money. ("Bad Blood")

Childish stubborness at King Russell's proposal of marriage.

A few day later she is found by Russell and Eric doing lottery scratch cards in their hundreds in order to pay off her debt to the IRS, Russell then offers to marry her and absolve her debts. After a little physical coercion from Eric, she agrees to the proposal, but only with childish reluctance screaming, "I want my Hadley!". ("I Got a Right to Sing the Blues")

She is caged by Eric, who then brings Hadley in for the queen. Eric threatens the Queen that unless she tells him why she is interested in Sookie Stackhouse, he will drain Hadley of all her blood. The queen denies knowing anything about Sookie and Eric proceeds to violently feed on Hadley until the girl gives in and tells him what he wants to know. The same night Sophie-Anne accompanies Eric and Russell to Fangtasia where Eric reveals to the Magister that he sold "V" for the queen. Before Magnus can arrest her, Russell announces that he will marry Sophie and pay all her debts to the IRS. Russell then tortures Magnus until he performs the marriage ceremony and she watches as the the Magister is beheaded. ("Hitting the Ground") After she is married, she moves into Russell's mansion, along with Hadley. She can be heard complaining that her room is a closet.

Her whereabouts for some time after this point are unknown, as she is not found in Russell's mansion when human authorities seize it whilst searching for him after his attack on TBBN. Via Nan Flannigan, The Authority considers Queen Sophie-Anne's disappearence as evidence supporting Eric Northman's case, and as such crucial in their decision to allow him to live and to kill Russell. ("Everything Is Broken")

Upon Russell's defeat, Sophie-Anne appears at Bill Compton's residence at his request, dressed in funeral attire, calling herself a widow (implying the Authority did indeed see fit to acknowledge her marriage to Russell, thus making her the new vampire monarch of Mississippi as well.) She is visibly unhappy with Bill's recent defection, but is quick to forget it in leu of her eagerness for finding a true fae and being able to walk in the sun. The invite is a ploy, however, as Bill challenges her to a duel to the death. She seems undaunted, revealing that she is over twice his age, but Bill brokenly replies he has nothing left to live for. ("Evil is Going On")

Powers & Abilities

Sophie-Anne has the common powers of a vampire. Superhuman strength, speed, and healing. She has also been shown capable of levitating, or quite possibly able to fly to some extent. Because of her age, she is stronger and faster than younger vampires such as Bill, Pam, and Jessica, though she is far weaker than older vampires such as Eric Northman and Russell Edgington . Her weaknesses include a stake to the heart, silver, and fire. Though sunlight will rapidly kill a vampire of her age. Despite her childish manners, she appears to be very learned and has a vast knowledge of history, philosophy and the supernatural world. Eric Northman himself, despite being much older than her, is shown to seek the Queen's advice regarding supernatural creatures like Maenads, and later was correct in presuming that Sophie-Anne was the sole person privy to Sookie's precise supernatural origin as a fairy.

Notes

• It is unknown whether The Magister is more politically powerful than she and by extension all other vampire monarchs; however, in the episode "Bad Blood" it is implied that this is the case.
• In the book series, Sophie-Anne was known to have the unique ability to hold a telepathic connection with her progenies. It is unknown if this will trait will be portrayed in the television series.
• Sophie-Anne seems to display a vast amount of knowledge of the supernatural community, first displaying a vast amount of knowledge of Maenads, and then being wise enough to be able to identify the traits Sookie shares with fairies.

Appearances

Season 1

• Mine (Indirect mention only)

Season 2

• "Frenzy" (First appearance)
• "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"

Season 3

• "Bad Blood"
• "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues"
• "Hitting the Ground"
• "Night on the Sun" (Voice only)
• "Evil is Going On"

Images

Sophie-Anne feeding.

Sophie-Anne at Fangtasia.

Queen Sophie-Ann Leclerq engages Bill Compton in a duel to death.

Sophie Ann shows her fangs as she engages Bill in a duel to death.

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