Believing Marius to be dead, Armand fled to Paris where he became leader of his own coven, though none of the group were his children, having sworn that he would never use the Dark Trick.
In Paris, he encountered the newly born Lestat, whom he immediately fell into a love/hate relationship with.
Later he moved to the Theatre des Vampires, having been encouraged to abandon the crypts and to make the most of his imortality, by Lestat.