Allison Mayfair

**Allison Mayfair** is the supreme of the coven, Mam, in the *Tea Leaves* series. She is the mother of all nightcomers and wants to the tadpoles to breed a god for the new world.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

In her first appearance, Allison has long wavy brown hair and green-brown eyes. She wears a long black cloak when she and Arthur Kirkland meet at his flat. When she projected herself into his mind, Allison's hair turns blonde and she seems to be naked.

### Personality

Allison is best described as cold and manipulative. She is driven by her goals and the need to win the Apocalypse game. Allison does not take too kindly to betrayal from her daughters and doesn't care if she has to sacrifice them to win. This is shown when she pushes Hecate to find Lucy to open the seven Gate to the Apocalypse in the season finale of *Devil's Wonderland*.

## Back Story

Allison has been around since Ancient Rome. She survived through the changing world with her charm, skills, and influence. She was also skilled in witchcraft. Eventually, Allison used her gifts to gain wealth and status in England. Despite her many relationships, she never had any children. Thus the birth of the nightcomers.

## Storyline History

### Tea Leaves Series

#### Tea Leaves and Opal Necklaces

Allison makes her first appearance when she arrives in Arthur Kirkland's flat to unite with her daughters. Already, Arthur is scared of this woman.

#### Tea Leaves and Diamond Bracelets

Arthur sits across from Allison in fear. She offers him a drink, but he turns her down. He asks her why she is doing this to him. Allison motions him over to her and shows him with images in his mind by touching his forehead. Allison says that she needs him because his power. Her own breaks him down so badly, that Arthur is left trembling at her feet. After all of that, she kisses him on the cheek.

In "Witches' Feast", Allison and her daughters are preparing for the witches' feast and ritual around Arthur's flat. She's the only one that neighbors ever see outside besides Arthur looking disheveled. The nightcomer even speaks with them when they are staring at her. Allison and the nightcomers all have a feast and preforms the ritual to kill the light inside of Arthur. She stabs the white flesh and they all dinner afterwards.

#### Tea Leaves and Sapphire Earrings

Allison learns from her daughter, Sabine, that the only way to open the final gate in Ikebukuro is the exsanguination of a nightcomer. She also gets a vision of two warriors fighting in the dying world. One of them is known as the Golden Warrior and Allison believes that he is in China. Allison goes to China to seek out this child. She believes that the baby isn't born yet. She runs into Ju Wang while she's waiting for her husband. Allison talks about the prophecy to the mother-to-be, freaking her out. Ju is happy to get away from her when Yao comes out of the store.

Later, Allison comes by the Yang house for a visit. She holds Ju hostage until the clan leader kicks her out. Allison then says she will be back for her son. In the season finale, she appears in Ju's hallucination as she is in labor.

#### Tea Leaves and Purple Robes

Bik Chang says that she saw Allison hanging around outside of her clinic. This information put Ju into a panic. Allison then learns from an old friend about an earlier version of the Apocalypse Game. She sets out to find the archangels. She sends Sabine and Tessa out to Italy and Brazil respectively. Allison talks to someone on the phone afterwards. She gathers her daughters together to start another ritual on the flat rooftop. She stabs a fleshy type creature in the middle of it.

#### Tea Leaves and Black Lipstick

Allison happily welcomes Oliver from the mirror. She takes him to Arthur and shows him off. Later, she and her daughters have a dinner in Oliver's honor. Allison gets up from the table to get dessert. She later leads her daughters into the a park to summon a great beast.

### Wonderland Series

#### Wonderland Chaos

Allison gets on the phone with Hecate and check on the progress. She tells her daughter that she's going to arrive in Ikebukuro shortly.

#### Devil's Wonderland

Allison and Hecate briefly talk on the phone about the Lucy situation. Mother pushes daughter to fix the problem on her own.

### Dark Alice in a Dark Wonderland

Allison and Tessa talk about Megumi Fukao. They see her power as a problem with their plans to breed a god for the new world.

## Relationships

### Arthur Kirkland

*Main Article: Arthur Kirkland*

Allison will end up using Arthur as part of the game. And that's what scares him about her. She's already broken him down further by going into his mind and revealing the real reason that she needs his power for the apocalypse game.

### Hecate and Lucy Mayfair

*Main Articles: Hecate Mayfair and Lucy Mayfair*

Hecate and Lucy are Allison's daughters. These are the main nightcomers that do her work in the Apocalypse game. Allison is not above sacrificing her daughters to further Mam in the game.

### Nightcomers

*Main Article: Nightcomer*

Allison was the one who created the nightcomers. They do as she commands them. She believes they will never betray her. If they do, she will kill them. Just like with Hecate and Lucy, Allison isn't above sacrificing her daughters to further Mam's standing in the game.

### Katsuhiro Kitano

*Main Article: Katsuhiro Kitano*

Kitano and Allison have a working relationship. She supplies the nightcomers to open the gates around Ikebukuro and he gives her information to survive in the modern world.

### Oliver

*Main Article: Oliver*

Allison is rather fond of Oliver. She was so happy to see him come out of the mirror. He's going to help her win the game.

## Trivia

* Allison's inspiration comes from the character Evelyn Poole from TV show, *Penny Dreadful*.