Lavinia Whateley

Lavinia Whateley was a resident of Dunwich, Massachusetts and a member of the Whateley family. She was the mother of Wilbur Whateley, and of the entity that caused the Dunwich horror of 1928.
==Biography==
===Youth===
Whateley was born in 1878, to a man known to the residents of Dunwich, Massachusetts as Old Whateley, and his wife. She was affected by albinism, which met with suspicion by the townsfolk, alongside Old Whateley's reputation for wizardry, causing her to be shunned alongside the rest of her kin. She would be referred to as partially deformed and unattractive throughout her life.
Whateley was never sent to school; she was instead taught ancient lore by her father. Her mother met an unexplained violent death when Lavinia was aged twelve. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
===Adulthood===
Whateley became known for wandering in the hills surrounding Dunwich during thunderstorms. She also spent time reading Old Whateley's centuries old books. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
====Rearing of her child====
At 5 a.m., 2 February 1913, Whately gave birth to twin sons, naming one Wilbur. The other was never known to have been named. Lavinia expressed great pride in Wilbur, carrying him in her arms when she walked through the hills. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
On the Halloween of the next year, both Lavinia and Wilbur were spotted running up Sentinel Hill by Silas Bishop. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
In the spring of 1924, Old Whateley came to the conclusion that he was dying, based on local superstition surrounding behaviour of whippoorwhills. By Lammas Night of the same year. He died at 2 a.m. the next morning, bringing Lavinia to tears. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
After her father's death, she and the townsfolk grew aware of Wilbur's growing contempt for his mother. Her son forbade her from performing in the familial ceremonies on May Eve and Hallowmass. In 1926, she told Mamie Bishop that she had no idea what his plans were. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
===Death===
On Halloween of 1926, the yearly bonfire on Sentinel Hill occurred as usual, though the whippoorwills were noted by the people of Dunwich to be exceptionally loud and gathered near the Whateley farmhouse. The whippoorwills had been a month late in migrating south, and were observed to have erupted into a cacophony during the night, which only subsided at dawn when they flew south. Lavinia Whateley was never seen again. (PROSE: The Dunwich Horror)
==Notes==
*Whateley was created by American author H. P. Lovecraft, and made an appearance in his story "The Dunwich Horror".The Dunwich Horror/full - Wikisource - Retrieved 12 May 2021
*On film, Whateley has been portrayed by Joanne Moore Jordan, Kathryn Morrison, Lauren Michele, and Vivien Taylor. 
*Madeleine Arthur's character Lavinia Gardner from the 2019 film "Color out of Space" was named for her.'Color Out of Space' Ending Explained: Color Me Bad - Tom Reimann - 12 May 2021 - Collider - Retrieved 12 May 2021
==Appearances==
*The Dunwich Horror (first and final appearance)
==Links==
*Lavinia Whateley on the H. P. Lovecraft Wiki
==References==
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