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1. #1Generation

   Keys: Generation, generation

   A vampire's generation is an indication of how far they vampire is removed from Caine, the original vampire. Most modern vampires range from the 13th to 8th generation. The lower a vampire's generation, the more powerful they are.

2. #2Vampires

   Keys: Vampires, Vampire, Kindred, vampire, vampires, kindred, Cainite, Cainites, cainite, cainites, Homo Sapiens Sanguineus, Homo Sapientissimus, Homo Vampiricus

   Vampires are one of the three main supernatural beings. Kindred are descendants of Caine, cursed with a thirst for blood, vulnerability to sunlight and immortality. They are forever subject to the Beast, raging animal urges of hunger, fear and rage. Vampires are created through the Embrace. Blood, also called Vitae, replaced most bodily fluids, they cry and sweat blood. Vampires use Vitae to enhance her physical attributes, use supernatural powers called Disciplines, to Embrace, create Ghouls and to heal damage. Vampires are incapable of eating food, her heart has stopped and doesn't breathe Vampires can feed on other creatures, but don't enjoy the taste and older vampires will acquire no sustenance from it. The process of feeding is called the Kiss. Vampires can hide the puncture marks of feeding by licking the wounds. The Feeding process is highly pleasurable for vampires and victims. Vampires have no need for sex but they can imitate the physical reactions for sex if needed, even feel pleasure from it.

3. #3Kuei-jin

   Keys: Kuei-jin, Wan Kuei, Wan Xian, Gui Ren, Asuratizayya, Cathayan, Cathayan vampires, Cathayan vampire, Vampires of Yin

   Kuei-jin are the vampires of East and Southeast Asia, the karmically cursed outcasts dwelling on the Middle Kingdom's fringes Kuei-jin are not created through the act of another, like western vampires are, and their numbers are limited and can not be easily replenished. Their blood has no supernatural properties of its own. The sun is just as dangerous to the Kuei-jin. Kuei-jin do not begin to burn when exposed to sunlight, their flesh begins to rot. A stake through the heart can disrupt the Chi flow in a Kuei-jin's body. Vampires of Yin prove vulnerable to wood, the element of Yang; conversely, vampires of Yang are vulnerable to metal, the element of Yin.

4. #4Clans

   Keys: Kindred clan, Vampire clan, kindred clan, vampire clan, 13 Clans, 13 clans

   There are 13 major clans, founded by an Antediluvian, a member of the mythical Third Generation. The major clans are Clan Banu Haqim (formerly Assamite), Clan Brujah, Clan Gangrel,Clan Hecata, Clan Lasombra, Clan Malkavian, Clan Ministry (formerly Followers of Set), Clan Nosferatu, Clan Ravnos, Clan Toreador, Clan Tremere, Clan Tzimisce and Clan Ventrue. Some clans and most of the minor bloodlines declare themselves independent from any sects.

5. #5Dhampir

   Keys: Dhampir, Dhampirs

   Dhampir is ahalf-vampire, the product of a human and vampire parentage. Dhampir are originally thought of as an impossibility, but in the Final Nights, they came into being and more common. Their presence is considered one of the heralds of Gehenna. It's is impossible for one of them to parent a child. Dhampir cannot make blood bonds, create ghouls, or Embrace.

6. #6Werewolves

   Keys: Werewolves, werewolves, Werewolf, werewolf

   Werewolves stand as Gaia's warriors, policing the borders between flesh and spirit. Five auspices mark each werewolf's role, united under ancient tribal laws. But old hatreds threaten to tear their alliance apart, even as strange spirits pour into our world.

7. #7Mages

   Keys: Mages, Mage, mages, mage

   Mages tap into cosmic truths through their dedication to an esoteric Path. Nine traditions gather under the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions, but dissent simmers as each faction has its own vision of Ascension. A wrong step could spell madness or worse.

8. #8Camarilla

   Keys: Camarilla, Ivory tower

   The Camarilla is the most organized of the vampiric sects, an elite club that favours tradition and control of the mortal populace from behind the scenes. Across their domains, they enforce six major Traditions, chief among them being the Masquerade. All clans have an individual presence in the Ivory Tower, though a select group of pillar clans make up the core of its membership. The Camarilla aims to maintain the status quo of Kindred society; as such, much of its structure and traditions mirror that of Cainite society in feudal Europe in the Dark Ages, and places it at odds with the agenda of the Sabbat and Anarchs.

9. #9Sabbat

   Keys: Sabbat, the Sword of Caine

   The Sabbat is a loose organization of Cainites who reject the Traditions. Unlike the Camarilla, the Sabbat believes in the Antediluvians and Caine. They believe they will be the army Caine will use to destroy the Antediluvians once Gehenna arrives.

10. #10Society of Leopold

    Keys: Society of Leopold

    The Society of Leopold is a faction who exists to pursue and fight Kindred. They are a major threat to every group of supernaturals because of their extensive knowledge, training, equipment, and preparation. Currently, the organization is led by the monk Grünfeld Bach. The Inquisition exists today, though no official church records speak of it. Many of its members are researchers and occultists, but some are fanatic vampire-hunters who mercilessly work to root out and destroy the "spawn of Satan". Like the Roman Church, the Society of Leopold is made up of a number of smaller divisions. The four official sub-orders within the Society are: Condotierri, protectors and defenders. Gladius Dei, attack corps. Office of the Censor, investigators and judges. Order of St. Joan, intelligence and information processing. The Society now acts in absolute secrecy, reflecting more modern-day detective work than medieval jurisdiction.

11. #11Imbued

    Keys: Imbued, imbued

    The imbued are ordinary humans who are awakened to the presence of supernatural monsters through contact with the supernatural beings called Messengers at a time of crisis.

12. #12True Faith

    Keys: Faith, faith · Secondary: True

    True Faith is a power held by the truly devout. With True Faith, for example, a brandished cross can have an effect on a vampire, fallen, mage, werewolf, wraith or changeling instead of being merely an empty symbol of the creed. Faith can come from many different beliefs, such as Christianity, Islam, or Judaism, and even virtuous pagans can resist the lure of darkness if their faith is true.

13. #13Tremere Chantry

    Keys: Chantry, Tremere Chantry

    Chantry is a term used by the Tremere to describe their clan base of operations in a given city. It is their stronghold, laboratory and communal haven. The chantry is the first thing the Tremere establish when they establish a presence in a city, and they will defend it to their last blood. It is rare for any two chantries to look alike. Not only do the buildings themselves vary, but they also reflect the personality and goals of the members of the Clan in that city. Some are city skyscrapers, while others are ancient manors on the edge of the city.

14. #14Gargoyles

    Keys: Gargoyles, Gargoyle, gargoyles, gargoyle

    The Gargoyles are a bloodline created by the Tremere as servitors. Although technically not a Tremere bloodline, the bloodline is largely under their control. They resemble huge stone giants or monsters.

15. #15Primogeniture

    Keys: Primogen, Primogens, Primogeniture

    Primogen is a term used to describe Camarilla officials that, at least in theory, serve as the representatives of their respective clans to the prince of a city ruled by the sect. The term is both singular and plural, and refers to both individual representatives and to the Primogen council as a whole. The power of the primogen varies with the power of the vampires that make it up.

16. #16SchreckNet

    Keys: SchreckNet, Schrecknet

    SchreckNet is a secret vampire computer network created and maintained by the Nosferatu. Originally created by the New York-based Nosferatu Gerard Rafin as a sort of special network "piggybacked" on the regular Internet, it is used exclusively for communications among the Nosferatu, primarily as a means for the Nosferatu to keep their intelligence gathering operations up-to-date. The Nosferatu used SchreckNet to share secrets and information, as well as discuss plans and goals.

17. #17The Embrace

    Keys: The Embrace, the Embrace, Turning, turning

    The Embrace is the act of transforming a mortal into a vampire. A vampire drains and replaces a victim's blood with a bit of their own to pass the curse of vampirism to a mortal. The first reaction most childer have after an Embrace is raw hunger.

18. #18Discipline

    Keys: Discipline, Disciplines

    Discipline is a term used by vampires to describe their supernatural powers. Most disciplines consume a vampire's vitae when used. A vampire must learn a discipline in order to use it. They start out quite weak and need to be mastered over time.

19. #19Beast

    Keys: The Beast, The Beast, Frenzy, Rötschreck

    The Beast is an innate demonic predator that awakens in every vampire upon their Embrace. It stands in direct opposition to a vampire’s Humanity and their debased urges. In times of extreme distress the Beast can overwhelm a vampire forcing them into a state of pure animalistic fight or flight, which is referred to as Frenzy or Rötschreck.

20. #20Vitae

    Keys: Blood, blood, vitae, Vitae

    Vitae is blood. Vitae is the primal essence and energy of the kindred, a source of immeasurable pleasure. The amount of Blood a vampire can feed is determined by the vampire's generation.

21. #21Antediluvian

    Keys: Antediluvian, antediluvian

    Ancient 2nd-3rd generation vampires who were active before the Biblical Deluge. Antediluvians have an incalculable amount of power and are the founders of the vampire clans. The existence of antediluvians is practically mythical and hardly anyone has seen one. Most believe that they are either in torpor, manipulating the Jyhad, or dead. While some clans regard their progenitor favorably, the Antediluvians are often greatly feared. Antediluvians are of such age and potency of blood that they possess nearly god-like power. They suffer from some of the curses of vampirism, like the thirst for blood, the Beast, and vulnerability to sunlight, although their mastery of the Disciplines have mitigated these weaknesses to some degree.

22. #22Methuselah

    Keys: Methuselah, methuselah

    Methuselah are fourth or fifth Generation elder vampires of incredible power who have existed for at least a millennium. Many Methuselah are generally old enough to have known their clan Antediluvian, usually serve as lieutenants in the Jyhad. A methuselah has several traits that betray him to those who know what to look for. Their speech is in general tinted with an accent of their native dialect. Their unconscious body movement has completely stopped, easily confused with statues when they do not move. Many have also reached a point where the kine's blood can no longer nourish them, forcing them to feed on other vampires.

23. #23Tremere Chantry

    Keys: Chantry, chantry · Secondary: Tremere, tremere

    Chantry is a term used by the Tremere to describe their clan base of operations in a given city. It is their stronghold, laboratory and communal haven. The chantry is the first thing the Tremere establish when they establish a presence in a city, and they will defend it to their last blood. It is rare for any two chantries to look alike. Not only do the buildings themselves vary, but they also reflect the personality and goals of the members of the Clan in that city. Some are city skyscrapers, while others are ancient manors on the edge of the city.

24. #24the Kiss

    Keys: the Kiss, Feeding, feeding, drink blood, Drink blood, feed, Feed

    The Kiss refers to the act of biting and drinking blood from a victim, as well as the orgasmic pleasure that it provides both participants. The Kiss is an incredibly intoxicating and erotic experience for vampires and their victims, akin to both sex and falling in love.

25. #25The Embrace

    Keys: The Embrace, the Embrace, The embrace, the embrace, Turning, turning

    The Embrace is the act of transforming a mortal into a vampire. A vampire drains and replaces a victim's blood with a bit of their own to pass the curse of vampirism to a mortal. The first reaction most childer have after an Embrace is raw hunger.

26. #26Torpor

    Keys: Torpor, torpor

    Torpor is the state of deep slumber that vampires enter into for prolonged periods of time. Torpor may be entered into voluntarily by vampires or involuntarily, as when a vampire starves or suffers enough damage. The amount of time one spends in torpor depends on the reason for hibernating and the vampire's strength against the Beast.

27. #27Diablerie

    Keys: Diablerie, diablerie, amaranth, Amaranth, diablerist, Diablerist

    Diablerie is an act vampires to describe the act of drinking another vampire's blood and drawing their soul into one's own. Most vampires consider it a heinous act, akin to cannibalism. The aggressor, dubbed the diablerist, automatically loses some of its Humanity and is branded by black streaks in their aura that may persist for several years. Diablerizing the soul of a Cainite of significant age is one of the few ways of lowering one's generation.

28. #28Ghoul

    Keys: Ghoul, Ghouls, ghoul, ghouls

    Ghoul is a term used to describe a minion created when a vampire gives a bit of vampiric vitae to a mortal without draining him of blood first. Ghouls are omnipresent servants, easily created, and heavily abused, although networks do exist to assist them in escaping their masters. A ghoul’s emotions run to extremes with the heady drug of vitae in his veins. A ghoul's aging process halts, limited access to disciplines and faster healing. Ghouls are dependent on the Blood and will revert to their true age when denied.

29. #29Blood bond

    Keys: blood bond, Blood bond

    After drinking blood from a vampire three times, it forms a bond under the supernatural influence. Virtually anyone can be enthralled through it, making the blood bond one of the most powerful vampiric tools. It is incredibly difficult to break and likely will have many lasting effects on the thrall. After the first sip of blood, the thrall begins to develop strong feelings, though they are still free to act as they choose. After the second sip, the regnant becomes a very important person to the thrall. It becomes difficult for the thrall to do anything that would harm the regnant. But still retain their free-will. After the third sip, the blood bond is complete. The thrall is now subject to the regnant completely and loves them as much as they are capable of loving anyone.

30. #30Anziani

    Keys: Anziani, anziani, Anziani Council

    The Anziani Council are the elders and de jure leaders of Clan Hecata. The Anziani Council convenes their affairs at the Mausoleum in Venice. The Anziani has two divisions: the Anziani prudente, focused on obtaining wraiths for the Endless Night; and the Anziani appassionati, focused on encouraging violence and war in order to kill many mortals with unfinished business, so their wraiths can be enslaved.

31. #31Endless Night

    Keys: Endless Night, Ritual of the Endless Night

    The Ritual of the Endless Night, the goal of the Giovanni Clan. This involved capturing 100 million souls to power a ritual that would destroy the barrier between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. Believing that will allow them to rule the world.

32. #32Elder

    Keys: Elder, Elders, elder, elders

    Elders are kindred who has experienced 300 years of unlife. Elder vampires are often cold, if not monstrous, and focused completely on their own interests and well-being, with rare few struggle to maintain their human sentiments. Elders often use their greater power and influence to oppress those younger than them out of fear of being outnumbered and because most vampires of such age believe they know what's best. Elders of Europe and the Old World are much older than those across the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the time Elders are the oldest active vampires in undead society.

33. #33Ancilla

    Keys: Ancilla, Ancillas, ancilla, ancillas, ancillae, Ancillae

    Ranking below the elders but above neonates, the ancillae are vampires who have proven themselves as valuable members of Kindred society. Certain ambitious younglings may achieve the rank prematurely. Ancillae often serve as aides and agents for elders or the court. Ancillae usually play their own power games as well, though these are of lesser consequence than the manipulations of the elders.

34. #34Neonate

    Keys: Neonate, Neonates, neonate, neonates

    Neonate is a recently embraced vampire that has passed through the initial stages of vampiric existence, the fledgling stage. Derogatorily, a neonate is often called a whelp. Neonates are generally lightly involved in kindred society. They aren't powerful enough to really matter, and are used primarily as pawns by their elders. After approximately a century of unlife, a vampire is called an ancilla.

35. #35Fledgling

    Keys: Fledgling, Fledglings, fledgling, fledglings

    After the immediate Embracing of a mortal, the victim will become a Fledgling and must feed. When the vampire has passed through the initial stages of vampiric existence and no longer needs the protection of the Sire, the Fledgling will often be viewed as a Neonate.

36. #36Sire

    Keys: Sire, sire

    Sire is a term used to describe a vampire who has created another vampire.

37. #37Childe

    Keys: Childe, childe

    Childe is a term used to refer to a vampire in relation to their sire, the individual who Embraced them.

38. #38Banu Haqim

    Keys: Banu Haqim, Banu haqim, Assamites, Children of Haqim

    Based in their hidden fortress Alamut in the Middle East, they are traditionally seen by Western Kindred as dangerous assassins and diablerists, but in truth they are guardians, warriors, and scholars who seek to distance themselves from the Jyhad. Throughout their history, they have remained a self-sufficient and independent clan, but recently joined the Camarilla. Banu Haqim are divided into three castes, which often have a semi-antagonistic relationship with each other. Warrior, Sorcerers and Viziers. The three castes are considered equally close to the Antediluvian Haqim. Assamites use the tradition of the diwa'khana, exchanging news and discussing events that affect them to form a sense of community. Outsiders are not welcome and to be invited to a diwa'khana is a sign of great respect.

39. #39Warrior Banu Haqim

    Keys: Warrior Banu Haqim, Warrior Assamites, Assamite warrior, Assamite warriors, Banu Haqim warrior, Banu Haqim warriors

    Warrior Assamites are the primary fighters of the Banu Haqim. They are the Assamites most likely to take assassination contracts and most likely to adhere to the Path of Blood. Younger Warriors typically came from Islamic countries, and may mix the tenants of the Path of Blood with Islamic ideas about holy war. They are often fanatical and ready to die for the cause

40. #40Banu Haqim Vizier

    Keys: Banu Haqim Vizier, Assamite Vizier, Assamite Viziers, Assamite vizier, Assamite viziers, Banu Haqim vizier, Banu Haqim viziers

    Viziers are the least-known caste of the Banu Haqim and the oldest. Viziers are the scholars and artisans of the clan. In many ways, they are similar to the Toreador. Viziers lust after knowledge or artistic perfection. They suffer from an obsessive-compulsive derangement to pursue their art with tenacity. Viziers tend to keep to themselves unless involved in a mentor-protégé arrangement or conducting cooperative venture. Viziers and the Sorcerers share their own internal hierarchy based on age and prestige.

41. #41Banu Haqim Sorcerer

    Keys: Banu Haqim Sorcerer, Assamite Sorcerer, Assamite Sorcerers, Assamite sorcerer, Assamite sorcerers, Banu Haqim sorcerer, Banu Haqim sorcerers

    Sorcerers are the smallest caste of the Banu Haqim, but the second most recognizable. Sorcerers usually need to send themselves into some sort of altered state of consciousness in order to focus their magic. This may involve drugs, going into a trance, ritually wounding, or other methods. Their weakness is their lust for magical power. They also have trouble using powers to hide themselves due to their blazing auras. The scholars of the clan have their own internal hierarchy based on age and prestige.

42. #42Brujah

    Keys: Brujah, brujah, The Learned Clan, Warrior Scholars, Troilites

    Brujah were once philosopher-kings of an ancient civilization, but now rebels and rogues with a fearsome inclination toward frenzy. Brujah adopt passions and causes, which they support with volume and vitriol. They have a Violent Temper and compulsion for Rebellion. Their Antediluvian is the diablerist Troil.

43. #43True Brujah

    Keys: True Brujah, True brujah

    True Brujah are a bloodline of Clan Brujah descendants of the original Antediluvian founder and not his diablerist/childe Troile. True Brujah have calm, cold and detached behavior. True Brujah often hide within the ranks of the modern Clan Brujah, biding their time until they can bring the "usurpers" back into the fold. They are feared for their control over the flow of time, Temporis.

44. #44Gangrel

    Keys: Gangrel, gangrel, Clan of the Beast, Bêtes, Wolf's-Heads

    Gangrel are bestial and untamed Nomads who have Feral Impulses. They are closer to the animal aspect of the Beast, and are masters of the Protean Discipline. They are one of the seven founding clans of the Camarilla, but became disillusioned with the sect in the Final Nights, its elders eventually deciding to become an independent clan. Their Antediluvian is Ennoia.

45. #45Hecata

    Keys: Hecata, hecata, Clan of Death, Devil-Kindred, Lazarenes

    Hecata are the newest vampire clan in vampire world. They are Kindred specialized in necromancy, made up of the Giovanni, remnants of the Cappadocian and Nagaraja. Together, they represent a new unified Clan of Death comprising Kindred bloodlines who practice necromancy through the use of Oblivion. Much like the Giovanni, it's also a family, albeit a much more extended one. When they feed, it is painful for the Kine. Their compulsion is Morbidity.

46. #46Lasombra

    Keys: Lasombra, lasombra, Night Clan, Abyss mystics

    Lasombra are proud nobles who command the very essence of darkness and shadow. They exist for their own success, fighting for personal victories. They believe that might makes right, willing to sacrifice anything to achieve their goals. Lasombra uses spirituality as a tool, have fickle loyalties and have strong ties to the sea. Lasombra have strong fascination with chess and are ruthless. Their curse makes it impossible for a Lasombra to ever see their own image again from mirrors, photography, and more. They place a strong emphasis on not overreacting to this problem. Lasombra look down on mortals and ghouls. Lasombra and Ventrue despise each other. Lasombra are aligned with the Sabbat. Their trademark discipline is Obtenebration

47. #47Malkavian

    Keys: Malkavian, malkavian, Malkavians, malkavians

    Malkavians are the brood of the Antediluvian, Malkav and one of the great vampiric clans. They are deranged. delusional, enigmatic and deeply disturbed vampires, afflicted with the insanity of Malkav. Malkavians have assumed the roles of seers and oracles among Kindred and kine, bound by strange compulsions and the ability to perceive what others cannot. They are also notorious pranksters whose "jokes" range from silly to sadistic. Their trademark discipline is Dementation.

48. #48Ministry

    Keys: Ministry, Followers of Set, Ministry of Set, Setites, Setite, setites, setite

    The Ministry or Setites, are a clan of vampires who believe their founder was the Egyptian god Set. Orthodox Setite belief dictates that Set will one day return to rule or consume the world, and devout Setites prepare the way for his resurrection. To this end, the clan remains independent and practice with great skill the arts of corruption, deceit and ancient sorcery. Setites seek to subvert and destroy whatever is good, noble, safe or beautiful in both Kindred and mortal society. Their trademark discipline is Serpentis. Those chosen for Embrace for the Setites often involved with a Setite cult, to be indoctrinated before becoming one of its Kindred.

49. #49Nosferatu

    Keys: Nosferatu, nosferatu, Clan of the Hidden, Nossies, Orloks, Kapos

    The Nosferatu are visibly cursed of all Kindred, the Embrace warps each Nosferatu into a hideously deformed creature. The Nosferatu are the spymasters of the dead, collecting information and selling it for a dear price. They are also the masters of the underground, living in the sewers for protection. The archetypal Nosferatu resembles Max Shreck's Count Orlok, though the curse has any number of variations. Their Antediluvian is Absimiliard. Their compulsions is Cryptophilia.

50. #50Ravnos

    Keys: Ravnos, ravnos

    Ravnos are known as wandering tricksters, mystics, and vagabonds, the incurable daredevils who gleefully pursue the art of unliving dangerously. Nobody in the west understood the old Ravnos, and now it is far too late to do so, as their Antediluvian, Zapathasura, rose from his slumber in the Week of Nightmares; and in his death throes, wiped out nearly all of his clan. The remaining few were left without any connection to their true heritage and history, and have been forced to rewrite it themselves. Their trademark discipline is Chimestry. Their compulsion is Tempting Fate.

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