Category:Bloodlines CofD

While all Kindred owe lineage to one of the five clan trees, sometimes the blood twists and warps the branches into something altogether different. These bloodlines shift and focus the Kindred condition toward specific, often familial abnormalities.

Due to a shortage of published bloodlines in Requiem 2e, a fair number of these are ported over from Requiem 1e. Please refer to the Addendum for particulars.

• Adrestoi: Adrestoi are a Ventrue bloodline; they are exceptional hunters but must spend Vitae to control their emotions. (Ventrue p104)
• Agonistes: The Agonistes are a bloodline of the Mekhet. They are a mysterious group who seek to preserve knowledge lost by Kindred to the Fog of Eternity, the loss of memory that comes with long periods of torpor. (Bloodlines the Chosen p16)
• Angustri: The Angustri are both a Mekhet ghoul family and a minor bloodline, headed by Andrei Angustri, who was an Angustri ghoul that received the Embrace. (Ghouls p95)
• Bak-Ra: The Bak-Ra, a Mekhet bloodline, are devoted (some would say fanatical) sun-worshippers; they have difficulty leaving the sunlit world behind and joining the dark Requiem every night. (Ancient Bloodlines p167)
• Barjot: An extraordinarily familial Gangrel bloodline, none of the Jelinenes can stand to be removed from the company of his brood. (Carthians p156)
• Brujah: The Brujah are a Gangrel bloodline suffering from the same weakness as every other Gangrel, going as far as drinking too much blood when some is at hand, rather than hunt with precaution every night. (Requiem 1e p235)
• Calacas: Originating from the Nosferatu of Mexico City, the Calacas’ frequent close proximity to ghosts and haunted Dragon’s Nests means that ghostly phenomena are drawn to these vampires like iron filings to a magnet. (Shadows of Mexico p99)
• Canda Bhanu: The Canda Bhanu are a brahmin-caste Ventrue bloodline of India. Along with the Amara Havana and the Rakshasa, they represent the dominant powers among Indian Kindred. (Ancient Bloodlines p53)
• Caporetti: The Caporetti are a Nosferatu bloodline linked to the Battle of Caporetto in 1917, in the Italian Alps. They are surrounded by an aura of intense cold; the air temperature actually drops as much as ten degrees Celsius when a Caporetto is nearby. (Ancient Bloodlines p18)
• Carnon: A Gangrel bloodline born from neo-paganism and similar alternative lifestyles, the Carnon revel in an Requiem of excess and the hunt. (Circle of the Crone p168)
• Childer of the Morrigan: The Childer of the Morrigan are a Gangrel bloodline closely associated with the Circle of the Crone; they are bested by permanent, incurable depression. (Circle of the Crone p172)
• Cimitière: A small Nosferatu bloodline originating with Baron Cimitière, innately tied to their faith (vodoun for most). (New Orleans p59)
• Cockscomb Society: The Cockscomb Society is an aristocratic Nosferatu bloodline that imitates the Hellfire clubs of the late 19th century; they defy the usual Nosferatu stereotypes: they're sociable, they dress stylishly, etc, but at the cost of crippling ennui. (Nosferatu p106)
• Domus: The Domus, from both Daeva and Nosferatu stock, hold that one's word truly is their bond in pursuit of a more civilised Night Society (SPI Wiki)
• Erzébet: A Daeva bloodline, the Erzsébet feel the weight of age and frailty upon them. This lead them to an important realization: Enjoy youth and vigor while they last, because soon they will give way to sleep under the sun. (Daeva p104)
• Eupraxus: The Eupraxus are a rare Daeva bloodline strongly associated with the Invictus. The Eupraxus believe themselves to be the natural leaders of Kindred society. Members of the bloodline are unable to heal wounds caused by their bite, and each of them sports a never-healing wound from their Embrace. (Immortal Sinners p54)
• Eupusae: The Empusae are a Gangrel bloodline that is centered around its founder, the Gangrel Prytania Hecate, who lets herself be revered as a goddess. So far, all members of the bloodline are female and part of the cult that revers Hecate. (Immortal Sinners p127)
• Hounds of Actaeon: A Gangrel bloodline, the Hounds of Actaeon hunt humans the way a human hunter might hunt deer, and attempt to make use of the enitre corpse. It is for them a sacred act. (Gangrel p111)
• Iltani: The Iltani are an ancient Mekhet bloodline, purported to originate in Babylonia. (Ancient Bloodlines p145)
• Kerberos: A Gangrel bloodline, the Kerberos have mastered the Beast’s interactions with others, and use them to terrifying ends in social situations. (SPI Wiki)
• Khaibit: The Khaibit are a Mekhet bloodline that originated in ancient cults worshiping the Egyptian god Set; they control and manipulate darkness and shadow. (SPI Wiki)
• Kinnaree: A Daeva bloodline, the Kinnaree believe themselves to be Asura, or demons of Hindu tradition, and throw themselves headlong into that role. (Ancient Bloodlines p117)
• Les Gens Libres: Les Gens Libres ("The Free People") are a Haitian bloodline of Gangrel originating from the time of the Haitian Revolution. Originally made up of former slaves, the Gens Libres now welcome anyone fleeing any form of oppression, and believe their vampiric powers are a tool to turn the tables on their former oppressors. (Ancient Bloodlines p69)
• Lygos: The Lygos are a Nosferatu bloodline with a debilitating weakness against bright lights. (Nosferatu p107)
• Mabry: The Mabry are a Gangrel bloodline who don't actively hunt; instead, they set up elaborate traps for travelers in isolated areas. (Gangrel p110)
• Malintzin: The Malintzin are a Mexican Daeva bloodline styled after La Malinche, the indigenous lover of Hernán Cortés. They are allied with the Invictus and seen by other native vampires as traitors who sold out to save their own hides. (Shadows of Mexico p101)
• Malkovians: Known as "Lunatics"; Malkovians are Ventrue who are Embraced with a derangement that is theirs for eternity. (Requiem 1e p241)
• The Mara: The Mara are an aquatic Gangrel bloodline; they revere an entity they refer to as the Sunken Mother and usually stay away from the Danse Macabre on dry land. (Circle of the Crone p180)
• Morbus: The Morbus are a Mekhet bloodline with its roots in the early years of Christianity in Rome; they prey upon the sick and infirm. (Dark Eras Companion)
• Moroi: The Moroi bloodline, both Gangrel and Nosferatu, is bound to the service of the Ordo Dracul. Assassins and enforcers, the Moroi are possessed of a lust for hunting and killing, giving rise to their nickname. (Ordo Dracul p159)
• Naditu: A rare Daeva bloodline with roots in the ancient world. Though often considered sycophants and adorers of the beautiful, the wise understand that their adoration comes at a steep price, and with tremendous expectations. (SPI Wiki)
• Neglatu: Originating from any clan, the Neglatu rise alone from the dead. Unlike most Kindred, they do not wake to a sire’s welcome, and their blood does not impose Vinculum. (SPI Wiki)
• Nelapsi: Gluttonous and horrifying hunger defines the Daeva bloodline called the Locusts, and makes them a nightmare and threat to even elder Kindred. (Bloodlines the Hidden p88)
• Nuncio: The Nuncio, taking the Daeva predilections to the limit, prey upon more than blood; they prey on closed-mindedness, prudishness, and social conservatism. They create wanton desire. (SPI Wiki)
• Oberlochs: The Oberlochs are a rural Gangrel bloodline which remain on the fringes of American cities, often ignorant even of the existence of other Kindred. They are cursed to never stop aging. (Bloodlines the Hidden p96)
• Order of Sir Martin: The Order of Sir Martin (officially referred to as the Most Noble Order of the Fallen King), is a leprous Nosferatu bloodline which acts as a sort of secret police for the Invictus (or rarely, the Ordo Dracul). (Ancient Bloodlines p137)
• Players: The Players are comprised of Mekhet who seek to be like the vampires of popular media. They love attention, and this is reflected by their use of the Majesty Discipline. They are one of the newest bloodlines, as well as one of the most mocked and scorned. (Bloodlines the Legendary p116)
• Rakshasa: The Rakshasa are an Indian line of the Nosferatu. Part of the Kshatriya Caste, some Rakshasa have left their homeland. (Bloodlines the Hidden p116)
• Rötgrafen: The Rötgrafen are a bloodline of Ventrue mariners. Undead pirates, they are a menace of the seas and known for their battle-lust. (Bloodlines the Chosen p56)
• Shepherds: The Shepherds are a Gangrel bloodline that arose out of the failure of the Montrose Party. To them, too many Kindred put the whole community in danger by recklessly over-feeding on kine, and risk "spooking the herd." By policing such excesses, often quite forcefully, the Shepherds ensure that the kine remain at ease and responsible feeding remains easy. (Ancient Bloodlines p36)
• Sons of Cade: The Sons of Cade are a Ventrue bloodline that is just developing; centered around its founder, the Ventrue Jack Cade, it is likely to spread in the Lancea et Sanctum, Cade's own Covenant. (Immortal Sinners p49)
• Sta-Au: The Sta-Au are a bloodline of North American vampires who dwell in badlands and other isolated, inhospitable places, which they collectively call the "Land of Worms," and have renounced their Humanity. Closely tied to ghosts, this bloodline can be joined by any clan. (Ancient Bloodlines p106)
• Taifa: The Taifa are a Gangrel bloodline that reverse many stereotypes about the Savages, as they are great supporters of mortal civilization and company. (Bloodlines the Chosen p75)
• Telamones: The Telamones, also known as House Telamones, are a Nosferatu bloodline; they are the architects and engineers of the Nosferatu, and as such, use widely of the need others groups or covenants have of them. (Immortal Sinners p94)
• Toreador: The Toreador are a Daeva bloodline; while they enjoy phenomenal mental control of others, they themselves are hopelessly fascinated by art. (Requiem 1e p246)
• Yagnatia: Founded by Konstantin I in the nights of the Christianization of Russia, the bloodline seems strangely good-looking for Nosferatu and claim a line of nobility that rivals even the Ventrue. (Bloodlines the Chosen p105)