My hairstylist asked what I was reading, I told her The Vampire Chronicles. She had never heard of it, so I said "You know, Interview With the Vampire with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt?" To which she replied, "NO! How have I not heard of a movie with those two?? When did it come out?" I thought about it and replied, "Around 1993." (It was actually 1994). She had never heard of it because she was like 3 years old when it came out. Yeah. And make sure to cover those gray hairs for me...
Mael was a druid charged with recruiting a new "God of the Grove" which turned out to be a vampire. Mael found Marius, and forced him to learn their ways to become the new god. Marius didn't want this and kept telling Mael that if it was such an honor, then HE could die and become the new god. Although he was "made a god," Marius escaped the grove, and Mael ended up becoming a vampire anyway.