She is also one of the First Brood of vampires. Maharet and her twin sister, Mekare, where once witches in a Palestinian tribal culture during the reign of King Enkil and Queen Akasha. They have the power to make rain and attract spirits. In a cannibalistic ceremony, where she was going to eat her dead mother's heart, Akasha's soldiers forced them away. They brought her and Mekare to Akasha's court, where she questions them with questions about the supernatural. Akasha had them raped by her court steward, Khayman, to prove that they have no power. From her rape, Maharet had a baby, Miriam. Later on the twins were brought back to the court again, and witnessed the transformation in Akasha and Enkil. They had become vampires. When the twins tried explaining to Akasha about her new existence, Akasha imprisoned them and gouged out Maharet's eyes. Mekare, who was made into a vampire by Khayman, passed the Dark Gift on to her. The twins were separated by force when they tried to escape. Maharet was sealed inside a stone coffin and set adrift the sea. She remained in the coffin, until the water that seeped through opened its lid. Maharet spent the next millennium searching for Mekare. She borrows the eyes of human so she can see. She has endured six millennia being fully aware and self-conscious. She did not resort to the relief of madness, silent trances, or going under the ground. She keeps track of her descendant and watch over Jesse, who she made into a vampire later on. When Akasha awakens, Maharet gathered up the remaining vampires that were spared from Akasha's destruction and tells them the story of the twins. After David becomes a vampire, Maharet spends time with him looking through her treasures and documents. She then chains Lestat down after is ordeal with Memnoch because she fears that he might do much damage as a result of his misery. Finally, she thinks that she can safely free him, she unchained him and left.
