Independent Ghouls

Ghoul Vassals are the most common type of ghouls. They are the stereotypical blood-addicted servant of a vampire.

Overview
"No, you listen to me. I don’t care who you are or who you’re with; the lady asked not to be disturbed. And she isn’t going to be. Capisce?"

When most vampires think of ghouls, they picture the vassal. Many Cainites find it inconceivable to create ghouls for any other purpose; indeed, to most Kindred, any  ghouls  other  than  vassals  are  blasphemies.

By and large, vassals are the “normal people” among ghouls. Most of them didn’t ask for their new power or immortality, although few complain too much once the blood bond takes effect. Scant few of them know even a quarter what a neonate does about Kindred society. Somewhere along the line, they were just singled out by something old and powerful, something that wanted another pair of hands. Although a vassal’s supply of vitae is pretty much assured, that’s really all she has to look forward  to.

In fact,  she’d  better  be  on  her  very best behavior if she wants to keep her liquid strength coming regularly. She also has to come to terms with the fact that she’s in love — truly, passionately, in a way she didn’t think she’d ever feel again after her first love left — with a person who treats her with passing kindness at best and draconian cruelty at worst.

The sad  thing  is  that  the  great  majority  of  vassals really have no idea what’s going on. They don’t know why they feel the way they do; they don’t know what’s in that miracle drink their new friend gives them. But they’re loyal,  if  for  no  other  reason  than  they  don’t want the magic to stop. They don’t want to go back to the monochromatic, tasteless lives they knew before. And you  know  what? Those are  the  lucky  ones. Because once a ghoul’s been dragged to the other side of that mystery, once the Masquerade’s been broken, she exists entirely at the sufferance of her domitor.