Who is Maharet from Memnoch the Devil and what is their importance? Memnoch_the_Devil English & Literature Maharet | Memnoch the Devil

Maharet is the queen and mother to all the vampires. She had her eyes torn out in a prior event and tends to take the eyes of her victims in order to see, and in doing so, she is said to prefer blue eyes. Maharet was housing David when Lestat's call came for him, and she returns to David in the end with a package for Lestat. The package is his missing eye and a letter from Memnoch. Maharet decides to have Lestat chained until he calms enough to walk in the world again.