History Characters / VampireTheRequiem

* CanisLatinicus: In 1E, they were just known as the Lancea Sanctum. It doesn't matter what explanation you use, that title just won't ''decline''.
** Actually, ''Requiem For Rome'' gives us an explanation. Originally, they were called the "Lancea ''Et'' Sanctum," the Lance and Sanctuary. For some reason, people started to forget to add the "Et," so it just became "Lance Sanctuary." It's not just grammatically incorrect, they don't even use the same gender tense! The second edition just flat-out retconned them as above.

* KnightTemplar: In all fairness, they know that trope is not a good thing (hence why the occasional nickname of Judge is a ''pejorative''), but it's hard not to fall into the mindset.

* AristocratsAreEvil: And ''how''. Admittedly, that can happen when your entire aristocracy is made up of blood-drinking immortals.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Quite common, especially if want to climb the Covenant ladder.

* WickedCultured: Most Invictus tend towards high fashion and antiquity.

** FourGirlEnsemble: Besides the three archetypes above there is [[LadyInRed The Scarlet Woman]] who's independent and often times rebellious.

** Any vampire with the [[HeadTurningBeauty Striking Looks]] may qualify as well, but once again [[BeautyEqualsGoodness Beauty]] may [[BeautyIsBad not equal goodness]].
* HumanSacrifice: There's... quite a bit of it.

** The Acolyte with the role of the Crone is one, for sure.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Carthians want a system of government that reflects mortal systems. Understandable. Unfortunately, some of their experiments start to go the way of all revolutions...

* SuperSpeed: They have an affinity for Celerity.

** Of course, given that the last time something similar was tried with the Melissidae, it turned out to be a case of GoneHorriblyWrong...
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Oh ''god'', no. They want to create a new order, and they aren't afraid to slaughter anyone who gets in their way.

* TheBeastmaster: Animalism, one of their core Disciplines.

* MadeOfIron: Resilience, one of their core Disciplines.

* SevenDeadlySins
** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]

* TheBaroness: Female Ventrue.

* TheCaligula: It's quite easy for them to become one to the point that every Clan Bloodline is a variation of this trope.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Well, if you have a female Ventrue as a Prince (especially if she belongs to the [[DecadentCourt Invictus]]), she'll most likely be this.
* HypnoticEyes: Dominate, their [[SignatureMove signature Discipline]].

* {{Magnificent Bastard}}s: [[InvokedTrope They tend to see themselves as this]], and about half of them actually are.
* {{Manipulative Bastard}}s: Just as much as the Daeva, but they seem to be less subtle.
* MindRape: The higher tier effects of Dominate can do this to a person.

* {{Smug Snake}}s: The other half who can't pull off the MagnificentBastard ideal.

* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil[=/=]WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Their weakness in 1E. Every Ventrue will go insane sooner or later.

* WickedCultured: Most of them.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: If they fall in love, but that doesn't happen very often (or so we hope).

* BeneathTheEarth: The Nosferatu Necropoli.

* TheGrotesque: Not every Nosferatu is necessarily grotesque, but this trope is quite common among them.

* {{Invisibility}}: Obfuscate, one of their core Disciplines, can do this at its highest level, which makes them even more frightening. Now you can't tell if a Nosferatu is or isn't [[ParanoiaFuel in the same room as you, just waiting for you to let your guard down]].
* MasterOfIllusion: The lower levels of Obfuscate work this way, clouding people's minds so that they see what the Nosferatu wants to see.

* SuperStrength: Like Daeva, Vigor is one of their core Disciplines.
* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: It can be played straight or simply averted. The Nosferatu are known to adapt to the curse better than most vampires and if you compare with DarkIsNotEvil above...
* VoiceOfTheLegion: One of the manifestations called "Disqueting Tongue". It is not limited to this trope, though.
* WasOnceAMan: Or woman for that matter!
* {{Why Did It Have To Be Snakes}}: Oh yeah, they know what's your worst fear is and they won't hesitate to use it against you.

* AnatomyOfTheSoul: The [[AncientEgypt Egyptian]] variety, of course.

* BeneathNotice: The Occultation Merit designed especially for Shadows (and [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening Mages]]). It makes them very difficult to notice. It is so powerful that some start forgetting who themselves are.

* DarkIsNotEvil: No more evil than the average, though. The Mekhet, along with the Nosferatu, are tenebrous vampires, but they are also less prone to the whims of the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Beast]].
** You can take this even further with the Khabit bloodline and the Cult of Set. The first are monster hunters par-excellant, specializing in spirits and ghosts. The cult tries to promote chaos to throw off the plans of vampiric elders and other monsters and prevent social stagnation in mortal society. So you can be a Darkness manipulating monster hunter who needs to drink blood... who devotes their requiem to putting down WORSE monsters.

* {{Invisibility}}: Obfuscate, one of the core Disciplines.
** InvisibleJerkass: And they know just how to use it to make your life hell.

** LotusEaterMachine: The pinnacle of the art, Oubliette, causes the vampire's surroundings, no matter how out of sight they are, to come under the influence of Obsfucate. A clever Mekhet (and there likely isn't any other kind) can quickly become ParanoiaFuel without any trace of the actual Nightmare Discipline (and if the activating vampire is a ''Nosferatu''... well...)

* SevenDeadlySins
** {{Envy}}: Even more so in the case of Hollow Mekhet: Their Reflections envy them, and everything they do afterwards is motivated by spite.
* SuperSpeed: Celerity is one of their core Disciplines.
* TranquilFury: When they frenzy.

* [[invoked]]'''Mabry:''' [[FollowTheLeader Vampire Bikers,]] that use traps.

* '''Hounds of Actaeon:''' The EvilPoacher of the Vampire world.

* TheBeastmaster: Animalism, one of their core disciplines.

* BookDumb: They are closer to the Beast than any other Clan and this proximity clouds their intellect and makes them more feral. However they compensate this with wisdom and insight.

** BeingGoodSucks: For vampires, anyway. The Defiance, a rumored process that allows Savages to shackle the beast such that they can never touch the Red Surrender again, also allows them to be intellectual and empathetic and in general more ''humane''. And it feels ''awful'', like denying part of who you are.

* ProudWarriorRace: The clan as a whole but specially the Mexican Gangrel.

* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: Once again the Red Surrender.

* {{Zen Survivor}}s

* {{Expy}}:
** They are basically a darker take on the [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Toreadors]] (who have been reimagined as one of their bloodlines).
** In some ways, they are a redo of the Ishtarri bloodline from ''Masquerade''. Both claim to descend from that goddess, but rather than, in a case of ArtisticLicenseReligion, making them a bloodline of spies of all things, ''Requiem'' went for a more recognizeable depiction of Ishtar's spawn as being all around InterplayOfSexAndViolence.

* {{Glamour}}: Majesty, their [[SignatureMove signature Discipline]], focuses on boosting their charisma and allowing them to seduce anyone. It may lead to...
** TheCasanova: As well as the female variant, The Man-Eater.
** EvenTheGirlsWantHer[=/=]EvenTheGuysWantHim: Because [[HeadTurningBeauty their attractiveness]] is based at least partially in [[LivingAphrodisiac mystical charms]], ordinary sexuality isn't enough to protect you against being attracted to them.

* LatinLover: The modern Xoxocti. Invoking this in Mexico, [[BerserkButton with all their elders]], ''is a plot point.''
* {{Manipulative Bastard}}s: It is in their nature.

* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: A hunting tactic to the young Daeva. It gets pretty boring after a while.

* SnakesAreSexy: Quite deliberately invoked with their new nickname.

* SuperSpeed: Celerity, one of their core Disciplines.

* SuperStrength: Vigor, another one of their core Disciplines.
* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: So very much {{Inverted}}. They have the reputation of being possibly the most vicious and perverted of Kindred.
* TheVamp: If you play them right, but if you want the FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire version, FemmeFatale or TheCharmer will do.

* BlessedWithSuck: All things considered, being a vampire sucks.

* CursedWithAwesome: Even with all things considered, most players prefer this style of gameplay.
* DeafComposer: Kindred cooks are this, since vampires can't digest human food and messily throw it up if they try eating it, that means a vampire chef has no way of tasting their ingredients or their meal until they actually serve it. Downplayed in 2e, since vampires under the Blush of Life can safely ingest food without immediately puking it up.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Averted. Vampires in the World of Darkness have no aversion to church ground, holy symbols, or anything of that nature, although they do wonder InUniverse if some bloodline might have genuinely been so suceptible.

* HorrorHunger: Neonates can feel conflicted about the need to drink the blood of the living during their first nights. Blood, however, tastes really good though and eventually most of them get over this.

** When hungry and in the presence of blood they enter Wassail (Hunger Frenzy) and when it happens anything goes, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone even their loved ones]].

* '''Carnon:''' The Carnon, a Gangrel line that emerged relatively recently, were an accident. The founder, a new-made member of the Circle, [[CriticalResearchFailure confused Wicca, cultural anthropology, and Circle beliefs with fact]][[invoked]], fashioned himself and his blood in the image of an "ancient god", and went on a thrill-kill-fuck spree that ended in his final death (and several confused childer). To those he sired, though, it didn't matter if he was right or wrong--what matters is that when his excesses eventually drew attention, he survived for three days with hunters hot on his heels. Modern members are more measured, but they are still given to excess and hedonism. The Carnon become more bestial in body, not just mind, when they lose Humanity, eventually becoming a walking Masquerade breach.

* HornyDevils: Vampires, actually, but they do fit the "seductive female creatures who drink your life while having sex with you" part. They are, in fact, nicknamed Succubi.

** '''Appearance:''' All vampires are universally pale-skinned and cold to the touch, though there exist powers that allow vampires to temporarily alleviate this GlamourFailure. Most kindred remain human in appearance, but Nosferatu vampires often become [[LooksLikeOrlok overtly monstrous]] (or at least [[UncannyValley unsettling]]) upon embrace, while Gangrel can risk developing [[LittleBitBeastly mutations]] if their Humanity drops too low. The friendliness of appearance is also commonly inverted with the Daeva and Nosferatu clans -- Daeva are perfectly human in appearance and supernaturally beautiful, but are typically sociopathic hedonists unable to emphasize with the emotions of others. The revolting Nosferatu, meanwhile, are known to become {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s due to being rather downtrodden in kindred society.

* UncannyValley: {{invoked}} They can be fugly bat-faced monsters out of your worst nightmares or they can be beautiful... perfectly beautiful... ''disturbingly'' beautiful.
** Some of their bloodlines lack any flaws in their appearance, but are so taken by their BlueAndOrangeMorality that it's the same issue.

* '''Bohagande:''' Gamblers with [[LuckManipulationMechanic the power to manipulate chance]]. The members of this bloodline style themselves as {{Magnificent Bastard}}s or as lucky simple souls, while Kindred society treat them all as {{Jerk Sue}}s who are dependant on their supernatural power of cheating to achieve success. A possible SpiritualSuccessor to the Ravnos.

* '''Sangiovanni:''' A SpiritualSuccessor of the last edition's Giovanni clan, only they're now inbred mafia necromancers with a [[TakeThat tendency]] to [[PerverseSexuallust date]] [[{{Squick}} less animate]] [[ILoveTheDead dead]], often with family-approved partners.

* '''Malkovians:''' {{Spiritual Successor}}s to the Masquerade's Malkavian clan. Both bloodlines are incurably insane and will cause insanity in others. Can have a bizarre effect on reality, or at least appear to.

* '''Bron:''' Arthurian themed Vampires cursed by the Holy Grail to become literal [[FisherKing Fisher Kings]] in their own realms. Divided between Christian and Pagan branches (those who associate themselves with Myth/KingArthur and the Holy Grail and those who associate themselves with Pagan mythology such as Bran the Blessed).

* '''Children Of Judas:''' Depressed emo pariahs with the power to make others suicidally depressed. Can make mortals who committed suicide rise as vampires to prolong the emotional suffering.

* '''Eupraxus:''' The ultra-elite royal family of the Invictus, around whom the entire covenant is situated to protect. Luckily, they never ask for much that couldn't already be provided, because there's only seven of them and they could be wiped out in the span of a single night if the Invictus really felt like it.

* '''Macellarius:''' AffablyEvil obese gourmet vampires, who are compelled to draw Vitae from meat; their unique Discipline actually lets them eat raw flesh, and even gain power from eating the living. Their enormous feasts are famed for the disgusting aftermath...

* '''Malocusian:''' Reclusive Ventrue who use weaponize their own homes.

* '''Licinii:''' A bloodline formed from a mixing of Julii and Nosferatu blood, resulting in a noble family that bore the Nosferatu Curse. They all bear crippled or twisted limbs as a result, and other pure-blooded Julii mock them for their weakness.

* HotWitch: The core rule book states that the Daeva are not inclined to join the Circle, but the number of Daeva found in the covenant in ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' fiction is quite staggering. They do [[AvertedTrope avert]] the BeautyEqualsGoodness part, though.

* '''Moroi:''' Even consiering their small numbers, these vampires are relatively unknown, and the Ordo Dracul intend to keep it that way. Reputedly developing on their own from both Gangrel and Nosferatu in a remote area of rural Romania, they were visited by Dracula, who shared his knowledge and spoke with them on many topics. The Hunters, as they would one day be known, promised to serve him if he ever had need and called for them. Some time after he vanished and the Ordo Dracul had established itself, they reappeared, having hunted down and slain many of those who attempted persecution of the Dragons in the covenant's early, vulnerable years. Those who joined the covenant have since been used as hunters and assassins. Those who did not were either hunted down... or escaped. Brutal and malicious, the mingled blood of Savages and Haunts has produced a perfect killing machine--but the machine is decidedly imperfect at doing anything else.

* {{Beastess}}: Female Gangrel.

According to the core rulebook the Belial's Brood is [[AlwaysChaoticEvil a sect of depraved vampire satanists]] [[ForTheEvulz hellbent on causing as much havoc and suffering as possible]] wherever they go. The Forsworn believe that [[FullyEmbracedFiend vampires originated from Hell itself]] and that they should give into the cravings of the Beast. They should be the Beast incarnate. However their splatbook adds six factions (called the Hexad) each representing a belief and perspective on Belial; some of them are not mindless brutes as one would think. It also elaborates Investments ([[BadPowersBadPeople demonic powers]]) with the UnfortunateImplications that they're the covenant closest to what vampires are truly supposed to be.

* '''Gulikan:''' Vampire Perfumers who can use scent as a medium for their vampire powers.

* '''Bruja:''' [[BadassBiker Vampire Bikers.]] A darker re-imaging of the Brujah Clan from ''Masquerade''.

* '''Agonistes:''' Scholarly vampires that are driven to find the history behind the Kindred. They specialize in devotions that reduce the impact of TheFogOfAges and torpor, and as such as often sought out (or persecuted) by those interested in the same.

* '''Kuufukuji:''' A group of Vampiric monks who use training and discipline to resist the urge to feed.

* '''Galloi:''' Androgynous adherents of Cybele who [[BloodBath bathe in blood]] to become beautiful. It works ''[[SoBeautifulItsACurse way]]'' too well.

* '''Noctuku:''' [[ImAHumanitarian Savage cannibals]]. While a normal vampire's drive to feed on blood is stronger then a heroin addiction, this bloodline experiences an even stronger urge to eat the meat [[CannibalClan of other vampires]].

* '''Melissidae:''' [[BeeBeeGun Bee-themed Vampires]]. Their bodies are used as hives for swarms of bees and they produce a honey-like Vitae that will enslave any mortal or Kindred to the bloodline's [[HiveMind Hive Mind]]. In the distant past the rest of Kindred society [[EnemyMine held a universal truce that was honored by all factions in order to hunt the bloodline to extinction before it could enslave the whole world]]. The holocaust was not as successful as the Kindred believed and a few members of this bloodline are still at large.

* VampireVarietyPack: [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade As before]], the Kindred are divided into a number of subspecies called clans, each with their own unique strengths, weaknesses and disciplines. Taken UpToEleven with the bloodlines, which are divergent strains or subcultures of each clan that often have their ''own'' unique strengths, weaknesses and disciplines. These are usually the descendants of a single vampire, who mutated new powers and/or developed a particular philosophy, and passed them on to his childer.

* '''Toreador:''' A homage to the Toreador clan of the previous game. Arrogantly fashionable, this bloodline takes the clan's hedonism and narcissism UpToEleven.

* BastardBoyfriend[=/=]BastardGirlfriend: This is the vampire if their relationship with his/her ghoul is a "romantic" one. They can't help it; blood addiction, and the Viniculum (empathic bond it forms) dominates a ghoul's personality by default, effectively turning even the sanest, most pleasant person into a codependent wreck, not dissimilar to a drug addict in love with their dealer. That being said, it's noted in 2E that Kindred [[PetTheDog feel really guilty about this]]-a vampire who actively abuses their ghouls intentionally is quickly marked out as scum.

* '''Sangiovanni:''' A SpiritualSuccessor of the last edition's Giovanni clan, only they're now inbred mafia necromancers with a [[TakeThat tendency]] to [[PerverseSexuallust date]] [[{{Squick}} less animate]] [[ILoveTheDead dead]], often with family-approved [[IncestIsRelative partners]].

* '''Rizzetti Apparatus:''' This thing isn't undead, on the basis it was never alive -- or even mobile. The Rizzetti Apparatus is an old clockwork device from the heyday of Victorian Science, one of the first blood transfusion devices ever created (if not ''the'' first). It never went into full production, though-besides its titular inventor being murdered by his first patient, there's a very rare vital component of coral (and the [[TheSymbiote bacteria]] that live in it) that only grows in one very specific lagoon -- and that the impurity filtering process invariably puts said impurities in the donor, killing them. As for the patient, not so much-in fact, the bacteria -- filtered and infused blood is not only never rejected, but supernaturally potent. The patient [[ImmortalityImmorality ceases to age]], and for a while, is effectively in the prime of youth. Then the bacteria invariably reproduce faster than the body keep up, becoming an impurity themselves, one that consumes the patient's blood. To survive, they need another transfusion. And another. And another...