Hattie

**Hattie** is a minor character in *Lovecraft Country*. She is portrayed by Regina Taylor.

She was Dora's grandmother who burned to death in a house fire during the Tulsa race massacre.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

#### Rewind 1921

Hattie and Martha guard the front door as a lynch mob gathers outside of their house. Nana Hattie catches Leti rummaging through her drawers and holds her at gunpoint. She remarks that she’s never seen shoes like Leti’s and asks who she really is. Leti reveals that she’s from the future, Dora’s son’s girlfriend and that she needs the Book of Names. She proves it by drawing their family’s birthmark on a sheet of paper. When Hattie realizes that Leti came to the past for the book, she comes to the conclusion that they die during the riots. The mob of white men begin throwing Molotov cocktails into the house, setting her home ablaze. Unfortunately, Hattie can't save her family as it will change the future. Leti explains how Dora survives and goes on to have a son. Hattie realizes that Leti’s telling the truth and retrieves the Book of Names. As the room fills with fire and smoke, she hands the book over to Leti and tells her that the book is spelled. She was told to protect it but never to open it. Rather than leaving, Leti decides to stick with Nana Hattie until the end. They hold hands and pray to God as Hattie goes up in flames.

#### Full Circle

Hattie reconvenes with Leti on the ancestral plane after she and Tic open the Book of Names. She reveals that Hanna unknowingly birthed the ancestral space they currently occupy when she opened the Book of Names for the first time to protect her son from the Order. She believed that she had been sent to Hell and that she was being punished for using the devil’s tools. Before Hanna took her own life, she opened the book once more and searched for a spell that would bind it shut forever. Hattie’s family has protected the book for generations, but now it’s Leti’s burden to bear. She warns Leti against following in Hanna’s footsteps and binding the book out of fear. She will need to be strong to fix Hanna’s mistake. Hattie then teaches Leti the spell to stop Christina. Tic and Dora then arrive. Together, they use the Book of Names to cast a spell to save Dee. Later, Tic and Leti enact the first step of their plan. They have to make a blood connection between Tic, Titus, and Christina. So they perform a resurrections spell. Hattie, Leti, Dora, and Hanna keep Titus trapped inside the salt barrier long enough for Tic to kill him and take a piece of his flesh.

## Physical Appearance

Hattie was an old black woman with grey hair and brown eyes.

## Quotes

> When my great-great grandson is born, he will be my faith turned into flesh
>
> Hattie to Leti, Rewind 1921

> Our family has protected the book for generations. Now that falls to you.
>
> Hattie to Leti, Full Circle

> Do not do what Hanna did when she bound the book out of fear. Do not cripple your son with your doubts. You will need to be strong to fix her mistake.
>
> Hattie to Leti, Full Circle

## Appearances

Season One
* *Rewind 1921*
* *Full Circle*

## References

1. ↑ *Rewind 1921*
2. ↑ *Full Circle*