History Characters / VampireTheRequiem

* Brujah: [[BadassBiker Vampire Bikers.]]

* Taifa: Moorish vampires who see themselves as the defenders of Islamic culture. They have an ongoing [[Incredibly Lame Pun blood feud]] with the Toreador bloodline over who is more artistic and cultured.

* Burakumin: Japanese Necromancers.

* Taifa: Moorish vampires who see themselves as the defenders of Islamic culture. They have an ongoing [[Pun blood feud]] with the Toreador bloodline over who is more artistic and cultured.

* NightmareFace: No matter how fetching it is-Nosferatu ''are'' nightmares given flesh, and they can't escape that.

* Baddacelli: [[BlindSeer Blind]] [[IncrediblyLamePun vampires]] that have [[DisabilitySuperpower excellent hearing]], and can [[VoiceChangeling perfectly imitate sounds]] and [[RunningGag utilize echolocation to find]] or [[BrownNote kill their prey.]]

* 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. In the distant past the rest of Kindred society 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.

* Rotgrafen: Vampiric viking pirates who revere Loki and fear fire.

* Asnâm: Daeva mystics who attempt to unlock the power of the god they believe resides within them, using mortal followers to gain this power. They believe that their power comes from Palden Lhamo, a figure from Tibetan history and myth. There are at least three versions of exactly how their power is related to her: their founder performed diablerie upon her; he submitted to her and she turned from Buddhism into becoming a monster once again, granting him power in exchange for becoming her first servant; and that she beat him like a government mule and sent him running. The first story was espoused by the founder, until he fell into Torper in the early 20th century; the second is favored by a splinter sect (yes, a sort of bloodline within a bloodline). The last, despite not having an explanation for how the founder then created the bloodline, does have some interesting evidence--very few Asnâm who go into Tibet come out again, and the two who have wonèt talk about what happened...except that what they found worshipped the ''Buddhist'' Palden Lhamo, knew all about the Asnâm, and was mad as hell.

* Vedma: Vampires who live at the edges of society and personify the [[BabaYaga Baba Yaga]] myths. Most are women, but some are men, and all grow feral-looking and gnarled at the time of their Embrace. The Vedma serve as brutal tutors for the Ordo, and will only teach those whom they deem worthy. They must drink animal blood to fuel their unique Discipline, [[BloodMagic Zagovny]], which allows them to recreate some tradition powers of witches and warlocks.

* 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.

* Xiao: Two different clans of emotion manipulators; California Xiao are sociopathic cult leaders who siphon the emotions of others, while Tianpan Xiao are overly emotional psychos who inspire wild mood swings in others.

* 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 KingArthur and the Holy Grail and those who associate themselves with Pagan mythology such as Bran the Blessed).

* Malocusians: Similar in ways to the Annukanu, the Malocusians are descended from the Ventrue, and this seems to have made all the difference. Rather than being physically weakened outside of their chosen domain, they have a psychological aversion to even leaving their home, and find it a test to do so for any period of time.

* RavensAndCrows: The other forms they can take.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Their weakness is that they lose their minds more quickly and more violently than other vampires. The difference between them and the Ventrue is that they suffer a penalty on degeneration rolls, not Humanity ones.

The Daeva are [[EvilIsSexy sexy]], [[EvilIsCool passionate]], and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]]. They embody and cultivate the image of the [[VampiresAreSexGods sensual vampire]] which is a great way to [[BitchInSheepsClothing conceal their true natures]]. And to add insult to the injury they are more than [[BadAss capable of kicking your ugly ass]]. The truth is that behind their [[TheBeautifulElite beautiful facade]] lies a [[HorrorHunger hungry]] and {{lust}}ful creature that is, gradually, [[TheSoulless losing its soul]].

* TheBeautifulElite: {{Deconstructed}}.
** Also, interestingly invoked: Many of their older bloodlines are ruler archetypes, even more than the Ventrue. Blood and Smoke points out that the Daeva are, in many ways, ancient demigods of death and sex, which is the reason for their natural charisma.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: {{Subverted}}.

* {{Animorphism}}: Another part of Protean. They can take the form of almost any animal, but [[BigBadassWolf wolves]] and [[BatOutOfHell bats]] are the most common.

* AscendedDemon: Galconda.

** Averted in Blood and Smoke-a person they'd actually love would be a Touchstone, and thus immune to their Clan Weakness. Which, given how everyone else not a vampire is still vulnerable leads to [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim another trope]].
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: The "Alien Grace" flaw describes "a neck that turns too far, joints that bend both
ways".

* AncientConspiracy: Thoroughly {{Averted}}. The Carthians are the youngest of the Covenants.

* EnlightnmentSuperpowers
* EvilEnvolves

According to the core rulebook the Belial's Brood is a sect of depraved vampire satanists hellbent on causing as much havoc and suffering as possible wherever they go. The Forsworn believe that vampires origined 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. It also elaborates Investiments ([[BadPowersBadPeople demonic powers]]) with the UnfortunateImplication that they're the covenant closest to what vampires are truly supposed to be.

* ISeeDeadPeople: Certain Nosferatu have an affinity for ghosts, as if they weren't scary enough.

* {{Sinister Subway}}s: They love these kind of places, and that's why they are sinister to begin with.

* [[IronLady Iron Ladies]]: Female Ventrue can be epic powered bitches that even MargaretThatcher would tremble before.

The Covenants are [[OneNationUnderCopyright nations]], [[StrawmanPolitical political parties]] and/or [[ReligionOfEvil religions]]. They are the cornerstone of the vampire society and have been part of it for hundreds of years. While a vampire can't change their Clan, they can change their Covenant and, of course, enjoy the benefits and suffer the drawbacks of doing so.

(While bloodlines are a function of clan, not covenant, some bloodlines descend directly from a prominent and specific member of a covenant. Combined with the often-small size of a bloodline, the majority of members will belong to their founder's covenant.)

A clan is a vampiric lineage. There are [[FiveBadBand five clans]]: the Daeva, the Gangrel, the Mekhet, the Nosferatu and the Ventrue; all vampires belong to one clan or another. Members of clans all have certain things in common, from easiness with specific Disciplines to a particular weaknesses. Within the clans are smaller groups of specific lineages called Bloodlines, they share much of the defining characteristics of their parent clan, but have a number of unique abilities, access to specialised disciplines and are penalised with additional weaknesses in addition to their clan weakness. Overall the Bloodlines, to varying degrees, suffer from being CripplingOverspecialization variations of their parent clans.

* SignatureMove: Every Clan and Bloodline have a Discipline which is their specialty.

* TheGrotesque: The Carnival, descended from a circus freak, have all the hungers of the Daeva... and every last one of them look like something off a sideshow banner.

In Mexico, indigenous Gangrel were cousins of and allied with actual '''[[WerewolfTheForsaken Werewolves]]''' (a ShoutOut to the clan's inspiration in Masquerade); they were also proud warriors and law enforcers, furthering the good guy thing.

* LackOfEmpathy: They have little interest on human needs or morality, and almost no compassion, when they are under Red Surrender.

** You can take this even further with the Khabit bloodline and the Cult of Set. The first one 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.

* {{Ninja}}s: They have the abilities to be great Ninjas, so much the "Mekhet ninja" became a cliched Concept in the VTR community.

* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: How Reflections interact with the world without Materializing.

The Nosferatu embody the nightmares of the Damned. There's always something unsettling about them. It can be their voices, their smell or even [[CameBackWrong their very souls]] - regardless, the Nosferatu are really hard to like, and it's not really their fault; the Haunt's blood is conducive of PrimalFear, and they [[BrownNote make people afraid]] by simply existing near them. The Haunts are always [[FantasticRacism shunned or at least tolerated]] by the other vampires, the price for being aliens among their own kind. They counterbalance this with considerable strength, espionage mastery (rivaled only by the Mekhet) and sheer horror. As much as the other clans would like, they won't and CANNOT be ignored (unless they want to, of course).

* TheDreaded: The Clan as a whole, on the basis of embodying the very concept of PrimalFear as part of their clan.

* {{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.

* TheBeastmaster: Animalism, one their core disciplines. The reasoning behind this is that they are kings and queens of mortals, vampires and beasts alike.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Purple and gold, according to the Florentine Kindred dress code. Interestingly, purple is usually associated with [[AristocratsAreEvil royalty]] and {{pride}}. The Mexican Kidred consider red their color.

* [[IronLady Iron Ladies]]: Female Ventrue can be epic powered bitches that even MargaretThatcher would tremble before them.

* TheBeastmaster: Animalism one of their core Disciplines.
* BeneathTheEarth: They hanged around Roman villas and streets, but they did their sleeping in the Necropolis.
* BlueBlood: They were aristocrats in Roman undead society and in the beginning of the clan existence they only embraced people of their mortal families i.e. Ceasar's descendents. This tradition dwindled over the years, but they still embraced only Roman citizens.

* HypnoticEyes: Dominate their [[SignatureMove signature Discipline]].

* MadeOfIron: Resilience one of their core Disciplines.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Their weakness is that they lose their minds more quickly and more violently than other vampires. The difference between them an the Ventrue is that they suffer a penalty on degeneration rolls not Humanity ones.

Less of a clan and more of a mistake, Revenants are "spontaneous vampires", occasionally created when someone withe vitae in their system dies or is exasanguinated by a low Humanity Kindred. They are a miserable lot, [[PowerIncontinence constantly bleeding out their vitae during daysleep]] and [[HorrorHunger frequently suffering Hunger Frenzy because of it]]. They have all the weaknesses of vampirism and very little of the strength, and they are often forced to become walking Masquerade breaches out of necessity.

* BastardBoyfriend / BastardGirlfriend: This is the vampire if their relationship with his/her ghoul is a "romantic" one.

* CannibalismSuperpower: Diablerie, the act of drinking another vampire's blood and soul, grants the vampire a little of the victim's power.

* DysfunctionJunction

* OurVampiresAreDifferent:

[[folder:Revenants]]

Less of a clan and more of a mistake, Revenants are "spontaneous vampires", occasionally created when someone withe vitae in their system dies or is exasanguinated by a low Humanity Kindred. They are a miserable lot, [[PowerIncontinence constantly bleeding out their vitae during daysleep]] and [[HorrorHunger frequently suffering Hunger Frenzy because of it]]. They have all the weaknesses of vampirism and very little of the strength, and they are often forced to become walking Masquerade breaches out of necessity.

Unless, of course, some other vampire decides to fully Embrace them, giving them a clan and with it, some degree of ability to use their lemons to make lemonade.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Revenants are either given full Embraces or {{Mercy Kill}}s in the normal course of vampiric events, and it's not uncommon for a vampire to deliver fatal blows to their feeding corpses to prevent them from rising. Abandoning one utterly is both illegal and a good way to mark yourself out as reckless scum to Elysium, [[LaserGuidedKarma to the point where revenants are used as part of the blood hunt for their sires]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: Being a vampire frequently sucks. Being a forever-hungry side effect of vampiric callousness sucks worse. Far worse.
* YourVampiresSuck: See above.

''The Succubi''

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Revenants are either given full Embraces or {{Mercy Kill}}s in the normal course of vampiric events, and it's not uncommon for a vampire to deliver fatal blows to their feeding corpses to prevent them from rising. Abandoning one utterly is both illegal and a good way to mark yourself out as reckless scum to Elysium, [[LaserGudedKarma to the point where revenants are used as part of the blood hunt for their sires]].

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** Also, interestingly invoked: Many of their older bloodlines are ruler archetypes, even more than the Ventrue.

* LackOfEmpathy

* {{Invisibility}}: Obfuscate, one of the core Disciplines

The Nosferatu embody the nightmares of the Damned. There's always something unsettling about them. It can be their voices, their smell or even [[CameBackWrong their very souls]] - regardless, the Nosferatu are really hard to like. The Haunts are always [[FantasticRacism shunned or at least tolerated]] by the other vampires, the price for being aliens among their own kind. They counterbalance this with considerable strength, espionage mastery (rivaled only by the Mekhet) and sheer horror. As much as the other clans would like, they won't and CANNOT be ignored (unless they want to, of course).

* TheDreaded: The Clan as a whole.

* NightmareFace

Back to ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem''

[[folder:Clans]]

!Daeva - ''The Succubi''

!Gangrel - ''The Savages''

!Mekhet - ''The Shadows''

! Nosferatu - ''The Haunts''

! Ventrue - ''The Lords''

[[folder:Covenants]]

!The Carthian Movement

!The Circle Of The Crone

!Invictus

!Lancea Sanctum

!The Ordo Dracul

!Belial's Brood

!VII

[[folder:Others]]

!The Strix

* TheBaroness: Female Ventrue, usually, give off this vibe, but by no means an archetype.
* TheBeastmaster: Animalism, one their core disciplines.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Purple and gold, according to the Florentine Kindred dress code. Interestingly, purple is usually associated with {{pride}}. The Mexican Kidred consider red their color.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Their weakness.

* {{Glamour}}: Majesty, their signature Discipline. It may lead to...

* [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp Claws]]: Part of their signature Discipline, Protean.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Animalism grants them the ability to talk to animals.

* PsychicPowers: Auspex, their signature Discipline. It includes...

* EmotionControl: Nightmare, their signature Discipline, is a very limited form of [[FearTropes fear]] manipulation.

* HypnoticEyes: Dominate, their signature Discipline.
** {{Brainwashed}}: What happens when they use it on someone...
** EmptyShell: The (less than desirable) side effect of using it too much (on mortals, though).

* {{Magnificent Bastard}}s: They tend to see themselves as this, and about half of them actually are.

!''[+The Clans+]''

!''[+The Covenants+]''

* AntiMagic -- The system of Carthian Law in a Carthian-run domain is so powerful, it can actually stop others from using Disciplines if such would violate the law.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire -- Of the five Covenants, the Carthians have the strongest tendency to be this -- the Invictus are [[AristocratsAreEvil too hidebound]], the Circle of the Crone and the Lancea Sanctum are alternatively freaky and dogmatic, and the Ordo Dracul [[ForScience sometimes don't respect medical ethics]].
* HiveMind -- Some Carthian coteries undertake the full blood bond and dress identically to simulate the experience of a hive mind. There's even a Carthian Devotion that allows them to create a ''true'' hive mind.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized -- Oh ''god'', no.
* 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...

* BloodMagic -- Crúac.
* TheHecateSisters -- The Acolytes take on a number of ritualistic archetypes, and among them are the Virgin (a woman who's never killed and serves as a reminder of Humanity), the Mother (a figure of comfort and manipulation), and the Crone.
** FourGirlEnsemble -- Besides the three archetypes above there is [[LadyInRed The Scarlet Woman]] who's independent and often times rebellious.
* 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.

* HumanSacrifice -- There's... quite a bit of it.
* StrawFeminist -- The Daughters of the Goddess faction has some... interesting ideas on whether or not men can truly revere the Crone.
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil -- Crúac actually ''stifles'' a Kindred's [[KarmaMeter Humanity]]. There are five levels of it, and with each one you learn, your maximum Humanity goes down one. So, an Acolyte skilled in three levels of Crúac can never raise their Humanity about seven.
* {{Wicca}} -- Emphasized in the Crone book. There's even an entire bloodline that emerged from the fact that the progenitor didn't realize that Wicca isn't in and of itself an ancient tradition.
* WickedWitch -- All of its members can be considered Wicked Witches (or Warlocks), but the title fits much better if you are a Nosferatu.

* AristocratsAreEvil -- And ''how''.
* BloodOath -- A system of binding contracts used between members of the Invictus that has rather harsh consequences if broken. One of them ''sets your blood on fire'' if you break it.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder -- Quite common, especially if want to climb the Covenant ladder.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt -- They ''pioneered'' it.
* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities -- The First Estate is a system where age and accomplishment equal power, and the first sometimes outweighs the second. Cue backstabbing.

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

* BloodMagic -- Theban Sorcery, which relies on [[EyeOfNewt sacrifice]] as well as one's own will.
* CanisLatinicus -- It doesn't matter what explanation you use, that title just won't ''decline''.

* ChurchMilitant -- Many Sanctified have elements of this, but the Exorcists (who hunt other supernaturals) and the Godslayers (who believe that "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" bit means there ''are'' other deities, and it's their duty to ''kill them'') are definitely up there.
* CrystalDragonJesus -- Complete with Vampire Jesus.
* DarkMessiah -- The Sanctified even ''call'' Longinus such, and believe it's their duty to serve as such to mankind.
* DarkShepherd -- And lead us not into temptation... with barbed wire, if necessary.
* ReligionOfEvil -- When contrasted with mortal Christianity, certainly. When contrasted with [[ForTheEvulz the Brood]], however...
* ScareEmStraight -- Their guiding ethos.
* SinisterMinister -- More than a few.

* BadassBookworm -- The Sworn of the Axe are the knights of the Ordo Dracul, but still expected to hold to the same intellectual standards as the rest of the Dragons.
* EldritchAbomination -- One faction, the Chthonians, believes vampires are Lovecraftian beings in training. They tend to be a bit... off.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate -- The Ordo Dracul value the quality of change. One traditional way of passing this lesson on to students is "Kill this mortal, and see how the world adapts to his death."
* OurVampiresAreDifferent -- As said above, they want to be something ''more''.
* PlaceOfPower -- They regularly seek out "Wyrm's Nests", places where there's high weirdness afoot. Mind you, this often leads them to [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken Loci]], [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening Hallows]], and [[TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters Haunts]]...
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic -- The Dragons gain more control over their bodies by figuring out what makes vampires tick.

!''[+Others+]''

* AntiVillain -- What the Akhud and the Betrayed versions see themselves as.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil -- Not unique in ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' terms in this respect but the only real rule for using them is that they are nothing but this trope. The weakness for the Akhud clan is similar to the [[EvilSorcerer Tremere]] in Old [=WoD=] where MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch types can't fight against their peers. Unlike the Tremere version this is inherent to their blood and applies to mortal descendants of their founder.

* BlackAndGreyMorality -- This being ''Vampire: The Requiem'', they're firmly the former and the players are the latter. May even be their actual motivation.

* [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Bloody And Random Morality]] -- At the most non-xenophobic, non-{{AncientConspiracy}} interpretations, this trope applies in its more disturbing form(s).

* InstantExpert & InstantMarksmanJustSqueezeTrigger -- The Akhud's primary unique discipline Praestantia instantly gives them skills in a number of areas, all of them violence related. It also allows them to cancel actions that would fail and improves their defence a bit.
* MindRape -- An alternate Discipline for use with one of their origins not only grants them this, but it becomes key to their ''modus operandi''
* MultipleChoicePast -- In their sourcebook 3 are given, but WordOfGod says they're neither true nor false and encourage [[GameMaster Storytellers]] to create their own twisted backgrounds.

* PsychicPowers -- The Psychogenic discipline that is Canon when using the Sleepers origin.
* {{Retcon}} -- Averted, Whitewolf allegedly intends to keep them mysterious and will not confirm any specifics. [[LyingCreator Allegedly...]]
* SerialKiller -- The Kindred consider them this, it may even be true...
* ShrugOfGod -- Whitewolf has emphasised that VII could be anything, even if it contradicts established Canon, see {{Retcon}} above.

* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Their favorite hunting tactic.

* The Cockscomb Society: The girls and guys of this bloodline [[AngstWhatAngst maintain an upbeat demeanour]] and [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute try to be socially active in spite of their clan's condition.]]

!The Man Himself: Count Fucking Dracula

Appearing as an antiheroic protagonist briefly in the Gangrel clanbook and later expanded into a character piece for Night Horrors, Count [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Fucking]] Dracula is a seven-foot tall, heavily muscled, tattooed, leather-wearing biker who claims he's legitimately the grandchilde of Dracula himself, though his actual backround remains a mystery.

AntiHero: The Count fits squarely into the Type IV of this spectrum, which is unusual for vampires in the fiction, who either tend to be victims of their elders or simply straight-up villain protagonists. The Count works (when he must) for the survival of the Kindred as a whole, though he doesn't especially go out of his way to keep individual specimens alive.
Badass: The Count is ''definitely'' this, arguably more so then almost any other character in the fiction. What's notable is that while he can be surprisingly cunning for his brutish size and attitude, he's mostly badass in the sense that he's a physical juggernaught, while most powerful vampires are more of the badass manipulator type.
BadassBoast:
->The Count Narrating: The kid's being a bitch, so I tell him I'm Dracula.
->Hapless Neonate: "Dracula? You can't be fucking Dracula!
->The Count: "I didn't say I was ''fucking'' Dracula. I ''said'' I was [[InsistentTerminology ''Count'']] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch ''Fucking'']] ''Dracula''!
GeniusBruiser: The Count claims to be this, and in the fluff has demonstrated a surprisingly good level of knowledge about occult rituals and magic in general, as well as obscure Kindred customs.
GonnaCatchMeFightingDirty: The Count does ''not'' fight fair, and in fact the Dirty Fighting combat style merit is found ''in'' his downloadable character folio.

MysteriousPast: According to his profile The Count never lies about himself, but also keeps his full history private. He makes the claim of being the grandchild of the original Dracula, but he also has some connection to The Unholy (whom some believe to be his Sire) which conflicts with The Unholy's backround. He has some history with the Ordo Dracul, but left it for reasons left unstated.

Sidekick: Felix 'the Pervert', a Daeva whom The Count appears to be on good terms with. He mostly serves as a way to narrate from someone with a mildly normal viewpoint rather then The Count's crazy over-the-top bragging vernacular.

ThirdPersonPerson: The Count always refers to himself as "The Count" in his inner monologue.

WarriorPoet: The Count apparently is this, as it mentions he's perfectly content to just read himself a decent book, and has actual poetry in his soul. Admittedly it's ''really really violent'' poetry but hey...it rhymes.