Clan (VTM)

The Clans are the thirteen organizations that comprise Vampiric civilization. Each Clan is a lineal bloodline with an identified ancestor (the clan's Antediluvian), a set of disciplines they have a special aptitude for and a distinct weakness. In the Final Nights, the thirteen clans are:


 * Malkvian
 * Nosferatu
 * Ventrue
 * Gangrel
 * Toreador
 * Tremere
 * Brujah
 * Tzimisce
 * Lasombra
 * Giovanni
 * Followers Of Set]
 * Ravnos
 * Assamite

Clans are distinguished from Bloodlines by having a specific Antediluvian founder. Bloodlines are explicitly split off from clans (even if their parent clan is unknown, as is the case with the Samedi), and have a higher generation founder.

Each clan has its own structure and culture, although those differences are less germane in later editions of Vamprie: the Masquerade. See the individual articles on clans for more details.