![]() ![]() She appeared to be a devout Christian and regarded the election of Barack Obama as American President to be a sign that God had forsaken the land, due to the colour of his skin rather than his policies. By her own admission, however, she weeped not for the mistreatments but for what she claims to be lies told to people about being equal. Over time, she came to care deeply for Queenie, seeing past her skin color and starting to show some remorse for her past actions. In addition to her love for her daughters, she felt remorse for some of her vicious crimes, such as murdering and exsanguinating the baby her husband had with a female slave and using the baby's blood as make-up, driving the deceased infant's mother to suicide in the process. She was extremely racist even by the standards of her time and her barbaric treatment of her black slaves violated the Code Noir which was itself intensely cruel. Deeply sadistic, LaLaurie regularly tortured black slaves because she saw them as worthless and no better than animals. Despite her abusive treatment of them, LaLaurie loved her daughters immensely. Delphine is a control freak who becomes furious if her will is ever defied but is also completely cowardly, running, hiding or begging for mercy if she was ever threatened with death or pain. LaLaurie is arrogant and narcissistic, obsessing over her appearance, not unlike Fiona and believing herself to be a genius and a visionary while belittling others around her, even her own daughters. LaLaurie considers this to be a hobby for her. She has also shown herself to have a deep fascination with the human anatomy, and how it functions at the expense of her slaves. She has shown herself to be stubborn on several occasions. ![]() Losing her family and being buried for centuries has drained LaLaurie of her will to live, as is made apparent when she asks Fiona Goode to use her powers to end her torture and let her die. LaLaurie keeps many of her slaves in her attic where they inevitably become victims of grotesque experimentation and torture, solely for the fascination of Madame LaLaurie. She has a sharp tongue and a sadistic streak. She has an obsession with her appearance, smearing herself in her slaves' blood in a superstitious attempt to maintain her youth. However, it is quickly revealed that she has a much darker, heinous side. Madame Delphine LaLaurie was a woman of propriety in Cajun high society in 1830's Louisiana. She was also quite overweight but hypocritically often rebuked other women for their weight. She has dark brown hair, green eyes, and in the 1800s she dressed in elegant dresses but in the present wears the maid's outfit. Marie Laveau has Delphine buried alive in an unmarked grave in the front yard, but not before revealing that the 'love potion' has actually granted Delphine the curse of immortality. ĭelphine wakes up from the effects of the 'love potion' to find her husband and daughters hanging from the balcony of her home. LaLaurie's fate is revealed as one worse than death, and one that has not yet ended. She presents Madame Delphine with a false love potion, whose actual effects are much more sinister. Her love of hosting elegant parties is matched only by her taste for the gruesome torture of her black slaves.ĭriven by her insecurities and catalyzed by her husband's indiscretions with young women, including their own slaves, Delphine creates a nightmarish beauty balm derived from fresh human pancreases that she removed from her slaves. New Orleans Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau takes her vengeance on Madame Delphine for the torture inflicted on her lover, one of Delphine's slave victims, Bastien, that the socialite had tortured and dressed up to look like the Minotaur, one of her favorite characters from Greek mythology. ![]() Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie (née McCarty) was a high-society Creole socialite in 1830s New Orleans. ![]()
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