* In the original edition, The Ordo Dracul's Coils of the Dragon were passive disciplines that modified the dragons' existing state, making easier to be a vampire; this was considered to be a step in the right direction towards the Ordo's goal of transcendence. In ''Blood and Smoke: The Strix Chronicle'', The Coils will be proof that the Ordo can, will, and do succeed in transcending the Vampiric Condition.
* The Ghoul section of ''Half-Damned'' mentions an incident in Budapest that was both awesome and SugarWiki/{{heartwarming|Moments}}; back there, the Prince [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen never showed himself in person for over a century]], instead relying on his female Ghoul to serve as his MouthOfSauron. At some point, a Carthian Kindred grew hot-headed and, when called out for his vulgar behaviour by said Ghoul, struck her, mockingly boasting [[TemptingFate there wouldn't be any repercussion]]. As it turned out, the reason the Prince never appeared in person was because he was a Child Kindred (as in, [[UndeadChild someone who was Embraced as a child]]), and the Ghoul was his surrogate mother. Within an hour of the incident, he showed up in person and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown ripped the Carthian to pieces]] while screaming "You hurt my mother". No vampire has ever accosted ghouls in Budapest since that time.
* In a vaguely villainous example, in the sourcebook ''The Danse Macabre'', the Prince of Chicago, absolutely done with the [[DecadentCourt backstabbery and underhanded politicking]] of his [[TheStarscream subordinates]], outright declares himself a tyrant, with the full understanding that no one will do anything to him because he's just ''[[VetinariJobSecurity that good at his job]]''... or at least everyone else would be that ''[[BetterTheDevilYouKnow bad]]'' at his job, what with the other contenders being a [[ReligionOfEvil religion of evil]] and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized revolutionaries preparing for pogroms]].
--> I am now, officially, a tyrant... I’m sick of the pretense. [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I get to do whatever I want]]. You don’t. You don’t Embrace, you don’t kill one another, you sure as hell don’t commit [[YourSoulIsMine diablerie]], but if I feel like it, ''I can do any of that''. I think you’ll put up with it, I really do. Because the [[LesserOfTwoEvils alternatives are worse]]. Because in my tenure, I’ve run this city better than any Prince anyone can remember. Because with me, Chicago ''works''.
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