Malocusian

The Malocusians are a bloodline of the Ventrue clan.

Nicknamed "Spiders", they are reclusive and aristocratic, focusing most of their unlife into improving and protecting their impressive havens. Spider havens tend to be old-money mansions, built on the edges of a city and attached to large estates. The Malocusians themselves dislike to leave their homes, preferring instead to maintain contact with the outside world through servants and proxies.

Malocusians have a supernatural bond with their haven, manifested through the Discipline of Domus. A powerful Malocusian becomes almost at one with his home, able to turn the wood and stone itself against unwanted intruders, or make it seem more welcoming and attactive in order to attract food into his web.

The Spider is the archetypal bookish recluse, eccentric millionaire, or secretive plotter.