Lamia

The Lamia are a bloodline of the Cappadocian clan, founded when Lamia, a descendant and high priestess of Lilith, was Embraced by Lazarus, childe of Cappadocius. While they are loyal to their parent clan, the Lamia are forever separate, and Lamia's childer worship the Dark Mother as she did in life. More physical and sensual than their studious parent clan, they are also great warriors, and bolstered the defences of the Cappadocians.

As worshippers of death in the form of the Dark Mother, the Lamia carry a curse they call "The Seed of Lilith". This is a virulent disease that can infect those from whom they feed, especially men, and is invariably fatal; other Kindred who feed from Lamia are also infected, but they become carriers only.

According to the Giovanni, when Lamia herself was diablerized, she passed on the curse to the Giovanni, which manifested as the Giovanni's extraordinarily painful Kiss.

History
The Lamia accompanied the Cappadocians into Europe during the Dark Medieval period, but were persecuted and destroyed when their parent clan was overthrown by the Giovanni. The last Lamia was destroyed by a Camarilla blood hunt in 1718.

Organization
The Lamia are a cult, still practising their rituals and devoutly spreading the word (and disease) of the Dark Mother. While men are Embraced, women are seen as closer to Lilith and have much greater influence over the bloodline.

Version Differences
In the Dark Ages: Vampire edition, Deimos was modified to be the Path of Four Humors path of Mortis, and was replaced with Fortitude.