Welcome Package - Glossary
A
Abilities
- skills in excess of normal knowledge
Anarch - a vampire, which claims no allegiance to either the Sabbat or
the Camarilla
Ancilla - a mature vampire who has proven himself or herself and
assumed significant responsibilities in society
Antidiluvian - the third generation of vampires from Cain. Active in
the Jyhad
Archon - one of the mighty vampiric assistants to a Justicar
B
Beast,
The - The dark side of the kindred that is usually hidden
Blood Bond - a feeling of love and submission unnaturally created by
drinking three times from the blood of a particular vampire on three separate
nights.
Blood Doll - a human who willingly gives of their blood to a vampire
Bloodline - vampiric lineage. Today used to define a rare and little
known subset of vampires
Bond, The - see Blood Bond
C
Cain
- the original vampire from whom all vampires were spawned. See Generation D Death, Final - when a vampire truly dies E Elder - the oldest and most powerful vampire in a society F Frenzy - The bestial nature of the kindred coming to dominance
(Losing Control) G Garou - What werewolves call themselves. H Harpy - Rumourmonger and arbitrator of social issues I Inquisition, The - the witch hunts of middle Europe and eastern
North America. The motivating factor in the forming of the Camarilla J Justicar - the ultimate judge in a vampire clan K Keeper of the Elysium - A titular office responsible for the
maintenance of the Traditions L Leeches - derisive term used by the Lupine for vampires M Mages - human wizards N Neonate - young vampires who has proven themselves worthy to be
responsible without depending on their sire P Primogen - speaker for, and usually the leader of, a vampire clan in
a given domain R Regnant - the lord of another. Often used in reference to the
instigator of a Blood Bond S Sabbat, The - an loose organization of vampires which holds that
vampires are the supreme predators of humans and no secrecy is needed. They
revel in their powers T Thrall - a creature in service to another. Often used in reference
to the recipient of a Blood Bond V Vegetary - one who drinks of animals rather than humans W Whip - assistant to a Primogen [
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Cainities - vampires
Caitiff - derogatory term to denote a vampire without a clan
Camarilla, The - an organization of vampires which holds that a veil of
secrecy is needed in order to protect themselves from mortals
Childe - a newly created vampire who is not yet recognized as being
self-aware by vampiric society
Clan - a group of vampires who trace their lineage back to a common
ancestor
Diablerie - a publicly reviled practice of drinking another vampire’s
soul in order to become more powerful
Disciplines - dark gifts of the vampires
Domain - the area claimed by a vampire as their own
Elysium - usually a place of culture, free of the taint of violence
Embrace, The - the process by which a mortal becomes a vampire
Gehenna - a vampiric apocalypse where the Antidiluvians will rise up
and slay all their progeny
Generation - the lineage of a vampire in terms of strength of the blood
in relation to Caine
Ghoul - A human/animal that has ingested vampiric blood.
Greet the Dawn - vampiric euphemism for Final Death
Haven - the home and safe place of a vampire
Herd - a group of humans who support a vampire in many ways including
the giving of blood
Hunger, The - the need for blood
Hunter - one who hunts and kills vampires
Jyhad, The - the manipulative war attributed to the vampire elders
Kindred - vampires
Kine - humans
Lextalionis - a code of Traditions with a Biblical justice as its
foundation. Today it is used to mean Blood Hunt
Lupine - werewolves
Man, The - the element of humanity still remaining within the vampire.
The opposite of The Beast
Masquerade, The - the rules of conduct established by the Camarilla to
hide the existence of vampires
Methusela - the forth and fifth generation of vampires. They no longer
live in the kindred society
Prince - ruler of a domain - usually a city
Progeny - those vampires created by an older vampire
Praxis - "The right of Rulership" Sometimes used as a term of
the Princes domain
Revenant - a family of Sabbat ghouls
Rom, The - European gypsies
Salon - a meeting, usually of elders, which is generally free of direct
violence
Seneschal - assistant to the Prince and lord of the domain in their
absence
Sheriff - enforcer of the Traditions and local laws
Sire - a term given to a vampire who has created another vampire
Traditions, The - a set of six rules upon which all social interactions
are predicated
Vitae - blood
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