Esmerelda Batiste

Esmeralda Batiste is a Red Court vampire. Together with her husband Esteban Batiste, they are the Eebs. She first appeared in the novel Changes.

Description
Esmeralda Batiste and her husband Esteban Batiste are a field team as assassins for the Red Court.

Character
Martin comments that the Eebs have complementary insanities. When Harry meets Esmeralda in person he gets the distinct impression that there's not a rational person inside.

Appearance
Esmeralda was a tiny woman about four foot six with the proportions of an adult. She had pale skin and freckles and looked like she about nineteen. Her hair was light brown and straight. Her eyes were extremely odd: one was a pale icy blue, the other a deep dark green. She was wearing a gown with long white sleeves and some kind of sleeveless robe. She smelled wrong like formaldehyde and mildew.

Changes
When she and Esteban abduct Harry and carry him into the woods, it's clear that she's slightly crazy. Esmeralda sits on top of Harry, lying on the ground and then tries to zap Harry with her eyes but he blocks it and asks her to stop, please. She wiggles her hips on Harry, giggling. All the time Esteban is having his "rational" discussion about Harry's options.

Esmeralda suddenly stops wiggling on Harry when she senses that the Ik'k'uox has been injured and is fleeing. She claims that Harry cheated, he brought a demon of his own, quite possibly talking about Mouse. "A mountain ice demon from the land of dreams." Esteban orders Esmeralda to kill him. Harry pulls out his amulet, it's silver light burns off her flesh mask revealing the hideous bat-like creature underneath. Mouse drives them both off.

For more, see the main article on the: Eebs