A quick guide to every major character on 'Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches'

The talented doctor leads a somewhat simple life, pulling long shifts at a hospital in the city and retreating during her off-hours to bars, boys, and her boat.

But when a freak medical accident occurs to her boss, Dr. Norman Keck, during a heated discussion, Rowan is left wondering whether she wields a supernatural ability capable of harming others simply with the power of thought.

Dr. Keck isn't a big fan of Rowan's, believing that the young neurosurgeon suffers from a superiority complex.

When Rowan asks him to put in a good word with Daniel Lemle, one of the hospital's largest donors, to increase her chances of landing a part-time job at Lemle's company, Dr. Keck balks. He tells Rowan what he actually thinks of her and suddenly suffers an aneurysm.

Ellie has looked after Rowan almost since birth, when she and Carlotta Mayfair struck a deal. In exchange for raising Rowan, Ellie promised Carlotta to change her name, never return to New Orleans, and never let Rowan know who her real family is.

But once Rowan's power starts to surface, using it unwittingly on Dr. Keck, Ellie puts in a call to a secret society called the Talamasca.

Ciprien is a gifted agent of the Talamasca, a centuries-old secret society that follows paranormal activity. He can see other people's memories by touching objects.

After Ellie's cancer returns, she makes Ciprien swear to look after Rowan's safety.

Daniel offers Rowan a research role at his company and even offers Rowan's ailing mother Ellie a highly-coveted spot in one of their stem cell trials. But there's a catch: Rowan has to remove another patient from the trial for her mother to take their place.

When she becomes offended by Daniel's proposition, the two bicker, and Rowan loses control and accidentally unleashes her power once again.

This curmudgeonly Mayfair has looked after the sprawling family home in New Orleans for decades. But Carlotta has her own agenda, which includes keeping Deirdre continually drugged — an effort she believes will keep the spirit Lasher at bay.

As a teen, Dierdre became pregnant after a chance encounter with a young man named Patrick who mysteriously died the following morning. After Dierdre gives birth to Rowan, Carlotta keeps her in a drugged, catatonic state for decades.

An evil, shape-shifting spirit that gets his power from bonding with the Mayfair family heir of every generation. But in exchange for doing his partner's bidding, the all-encompassing demon demands their love and devotion.

Cortland views himself as the family patriarch, but he sometimes shelves his paternal instincts in favor of a good party, including the boozy affair years ago where Deirdre slept with Patrick.