More than seven hundred years ago, in the territory of modern-day France, Everard is a servant in a castle. One night, he thinks he hears the lord of the castle summoning him outside, but it turns out to be the beguiling voice of the ancient vampire Rhoshamandes, who turns him into a vampire and includes him in a small coven that he refers to as the “line of de Landen vampires,” which comprises Benedict, Allesandra, Eleni, Eugénie, and Notker the Wise. Ever cautious of protecting his fledglings, Rhoshamandes trains Everard how to use the Fire Gift, but none of the other higher gifts, such as the Cloud Gift or the Mind Gift. Despite Rhoshamandes precautions, the vampire coven known as the Children of Satan attacks Rhoshamandes and his fledglings and captures Allesandra, Eleni, Eugénie, and Everard. Similar to the way Armand is captured from Marius and subsequently converted, the Children of Satan torture and starve the line of de Landen vampires until they become indoctrinated and willingly obey the five Great Laws of vampire vehavior of their new coven.
Seeking to avoid further confrontation, Rhoshamandes flees from that territory with his remaining fledgling, Benedict, to the north of England, where he spends the next few centuries building and modifying a castle fortress. Everard feels condemned to a miserable existence utterly contrary to the life of ease and comfort that he once enjoyed living with Rhoshamandes, since part of the Great Laws of the Children of Satan is to experience condemnation through deprivation of luxury. Miserable, dressing in filthy rags and feeding on the poor and despondent in the sordid hovels of Rome, Everard never makes much advancement in the coven, not even when the younger vampire Santino enters the coven during the Black Plague and becomes the leader or when Armand enters centuries later and becomes Santino’s beloved disciple.
When Santino sends Armand to Paris to begin a new coven house called the Children of Darkness, Armand takes with him Everard and his de Landen siblings. Despite the change of scenery, Everard is still subjected to a life of misery, living under a cemetery.
During the Renaissance, the Children of Satan in Rome grow silent, so Armand sends Everard to unearth the coven’s fate. Everard not only discovers that the coven has been destroyed but also learns the coven’s former leader, Santino, is now living a life utterly contrary to the dictates of the Children of Satan. Observing how Santino is wearing beautiful clothing and jewelry and indulging in a very hedonistic, secular existence, Everard takes this opportunity to escape the Parisian coven. He survives the next few centuries relying on his memories of the vampiric skills that Rhoshamandes taught him. With his resurfaced ability, he is able to defend himself against much-older and -stronger vampires. He is even able to survive the Great Burning of 1985, centered around the infamous concert of the Vampire Lestat. He abandons the other three de Landen vampires to the Children of Satan, never returning to set them free. He remains in Italy into the twenty-first century, when he leaves Italy to return to France to live at the Court of the Prince in Château de Lioncourt.
Everard is discussed in Prince Lestat (2014) and Blood Communion (2018). For more perspectives on his character, read the Alphabettery entries Allesandra, Benedict, Bianca Solderini, Cloud Gift, Eleni, Great Burning of 1985, Lestat de Lioncourt, Line of de Landen Vampires, Nebamun, Notker the Wise, Rhoshamandes, and Santino.