Thrall (Vampire)

In both Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Requiem, a thrall is one who is fully bound into service to a vampire through the blood bond. A thrall is usually a mortal, and may have their service reinforced through the use of Disciplines such as Dominate or Presence/Majesty.

Mortal thralls may become retainers or even ghouls if they prove exceptionally useful. Inversely, those with little to offer their master or mistress may simply serve as part of the vampire's herd. Vampires with the misfortune to become thrall to another vampire are typically young, with relatively weaker blood (expressed via generation or Blood Potency, as the case may be). Vampires who are bound as thralls to elders or even Methuselahs are more common in VtM than in VtR, since VtM vampires do not risk losing the power of the blood during torpor thanks to the Fog of Eternity.