Chamberlain Family

The Chamberlain Family is a powerful family of witches featured in The Witch Diaries.

Family Members

 * Benjamin Chamberlain: Benjamin is an extremely powerful witch and the leader of the Nightwalker Coven. Ben has a deep love for his children, which is seen, along with some possible anger issues.
 * Lily Chamberlain: Lily is the daughter of Ben and sister of Malachai Parker. When Lily was born she was sent off to live with her brother Kai so she would be safe after her father faked her death.

Through Benjamin and Lily Chamberlain

 * Malachai Parker: Malachai (commonly known as Kai) is a child that Ben adopted as his son in 1848. Kai was a formerly unnamed slave of the Governor of California, who was abused by the slavemasters until Ben saved him and named him Malachai, which means "my messenger". Ben loves Kai like a son because Kai reminded him of himself - they were both unloved and abused by their parents.
 * Charlotte Marshall: Charlotte is the mother to Benjamin Chamberlain's daughter, Lily Chamberlain and his Ex-wife. Though she had a strained relationship with him at first, the birth of her daughter and facing numerous threats together has brought her closer to him. They now consider each other family.

Through Malachai Parker

 * Katherine Parker: Katherine is a human and the wife/best friend of Malachai Parker.

Surname

 * The last name Chamberlain is of Old French origin, and is an occupational name for a chamberlain, that is an official in charge of the private chambers of his master; the term was later a title of high rank. The derivation of this name is from the Old French and Anglo-Norman French "c(h)ambrelain, cambrelane, cambrelen(c)", chamberlain. The Italian cognate "camerlengo" was given to a manager of a pontifical court.