Maharet, twin to Mekare, was guardian of the mortal descendents of her sister. Living in a house built into the side of the Sonoma mountains, California, she kept a map and histories of all family members and was known to them all as a distant spinster aunt looking for a family to dote on.
She became mortal mother to Miriam, whose lineage produced Jesse, following a punishment rape by Khayman on the King, Enkil's, behalf.

As a further punishment by the King and Queen she had her eyes torn out and replaced them with mortal ones.

Mekare, twin to Maharet, went underground, literally, awaiting the time for her revenge upon Akasha for having spread the curse of Vampirism.
At the Kings request her tongue was also cut from her head and she remained dumb evermore.

The King and Queen believed the twins to be evil for their gift of communicating with spirits.

Following the demise of Akasha, Mekare becomes the new Queen of the Damned upon consuming the heart and brain of the old Queen. The tribe from which the twins originated having the belief that a deceased person lives on through being eaten and so preserved by close friends and family members.