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'''René Lenier''' is a convicted murderer in ''"[[The Southern Vampire Mysteries]]"''. A former citizen of [[Bon Temps, Louisiana|Bon Temps,]] [[Louisiana]], René is introduced in the first book of the series, "''[[Dead Until Dark]]''". The main antagonist of the first book, René is a serial killer whose victims were fangbangers - women who had slept with [[vampires]].
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'''René Lenier''' is a convicted murderer in ''"[[The Southern Vampire Mysteries]]"''. A former citizen of [[Bon Temps, Louisiana|Bon Temps,]] [[Louisiana]], René is introduced in the first book of the series, "''[[Dead Until Dark]]''". The main antagonist through this book, René is a serial killer whose victims were [[fangbanger|fangbangers]] - women who had slept with [[vampires]].
   
 
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Revision as of 02:08, 1 May 2016

René Lenier

Rene

Books:
1
First seen in:
Last seen in:
Status:
Alive
Age:
30s
Origin:
Louisiana
Profession:
Road crew worker
Species:
Human
Family members
Cindy (sister)
Arlene (ex-wife)
Portrayed by:
Michael Raymond-James


René Lenier is a convicted murderer in "The Southern Vampire Mysteries". A former citizen of Bon Temps, Louisiana, René is introduced in the first book of the series, "Dead Until Dark". The main antagonist through this book, René is a serial killer whose victims were fangbangers - women who had slept with vampires.

Personality

Physical Appearance

Biography

Dead Until Dark

Some time before arriving in Bon Temps, René discovered his sister had slept with a vampire. In his rage over this act, he killed her and raped her corpse. Afterwards, he moved to Bon Temps where he was briefly married to waitress Arlene Fowler. They divorced, but René called Arlene his favorite ex and they were on good terms. René was employed at the road working crew alongside Jason Stackhouse, his best friend, and Hoyt Fortenberry.

In Dead Until Dark, the main plot revolved around Sookie Stackhouse trying to find out the identity of the serial killer. René, the killer, had murdered fang-bangers Maudette Pickens and Dawn Green, and had now targeted Sookie. He killed her grandmother Adele Stackhouse first upon finding her in place of Sookie. Eventually, Sookie faced René alone and he tried to murder her as well. She managed to fight him off, even though she was still badly injured, and called the police from the house of her boyfriend, vampire Bill Compton. René was arrested and has not been seen since, but it can be assumed he is still alive.

HBO Portrayal

René plays a role in the HBO original series True Blood. The main antagonist of the first season, René follows the same path as in the book, with the exception of getting arrested. He winds up getting murdered, instead.

Sookie Stackhouse Novels appearances
Dead Until Dark "Living Dead in Dallas" "Club Dead" "Dead to the World"
"Dead as a Doornail" "Definitely Dead" "All Together Dead" "From Dead to Worse"
"Dead and Gone" "Dead in the Family" "Dead Reckoning" "Deadlocked"
"Dead Ever After"