# Carathis — Vathek character guide

> Carathis in Vathek by William Beckford.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0001-vathek

## Who they are

Vathek's formidable mother, steeped in dark learning, who stokes his hunger for forbidden power rather than restraining it.

## Relationships

### [Vathek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/vathek)

_family_

Carathis is Vathek's mother, a manipulative and ambitious sorceress who encourages his descent into evil.

### [Morakanabad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/morakanabad)

_rivalry_

Carathis and Morakanabad are often at odds, as she manipulates the court while he tries to maintain order.

### [Alboufaki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/alboufaki)

_professional_

Alboufaki is a servant or ally of Carathis, assisting in her occult practices.

### [Soliman Ben Daoud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/soliman_ben_daoud)

_psychological_

Carathis invokes the spirit of Soliman Ben Daoud in her magical rituals, seeking his cursed knowledge.

### [Bababalouk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/bababalouk)

_professional_

Bababalouk serves Carathis as a eunuch and messenger, often caught between her commands and Vathek's.

### [Vathek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/vathek)

_family_

Carathis is Vathek's mother, a manipulative and ambitious sorceress who encourages his descent into evil.

### [Vathek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/vathek)

_family_

Carathis is Vathek's mother, a manipulative and ambitious sorceress who encourages his descent into evil.

### [Bababalouk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/bababalouk)

_professional_

Bababalouk serves Carathis as a eunuch and messenger, often caught between her commands and Vathek's.

### [Morakanabad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/morakanabad)

_rivalry_

Carathis and Morakanabad are often at odds, as she manipulates the court while he tries to maintain order.

### [Soliman Ben Daoud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/characters/soliman_ben_daoud)

_psychological_

Carathis invokes the spirit of Soliman Ben Daoud in her magical rituals, seeking his cursed knowledge.

## In the story

### [Vathek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vathek_se/chapters/vathek)

Vathek's mother, a sorceress who intervenes to calm him and later embarks on a dangerous journey to secure his destiny.

## Links

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