Bloodlines are smaller, derivative "sub-families" of vampires which branch off from the five clans, increasing the diversity among the Kindred.
Overview[]
A bloodline retains many of the characteristics of the clan from which it spawned, but the process of joining, or founding, a bloodline alters the joining Kindred's Vitae significantly. Bloodline members have easier access to one or more Disciplines; generally this is one Discipline in addition to those which come naturally to the parent clan, though some bloodlines may lose some clan Disciplines, gaining access to others. More exotic or focused bloodlines may have unique "bloodline Disciplines" which may be learnt only by their members (Although there are a few very rare exceptions, the Architects of the Monolith's Gilded Cage and the Mortualia Discipline of the Libitinarius among them.) Bloodlines also have their own distinctive weaknesses, which are often exacerbations of existing Clan weaknesses, or separate frailties layered upon the preexisting Clan flaws.[1]
The childe of a member of a bloodline always belongs to that bloodline's parent clan. To become a member of a bloodline, the childe must join one via an Avus, though in some cases (notably with Malkovians) this can happen unconsciously. A vampire can only join bloodlines that split off from her own clan; a neonate can only join her sire's bloodline, if her sire belongs to one, but vampires of sufficient age and potency of blood may join other offshoots of their clan or, if truly powerful, create their own. The process of joining or creating a bloodline is irreversible, and no vampire may belong to more than one.
Known Bloodlines[]
The list of known bloodlines mentioned in Vampire: The Requiem includes:
Daeva[]
- Amara Havana (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 43-52 )
- Anvari (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 20-29 )
- The Asnâm (VTR: Circle of the Crone, p. 165-167 )
- The Carnival (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 23-37
) - Children of Judas (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 38-50
) - Duchagne (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 105 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 36-45 )
- En (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 153-156 )
- Erzsébet (VTR: Kiss of the Succubus: Daeva, p. 114-115 )
- Eupraxus (VTR: Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners, p. 54-55 )
- Gulikan (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 64-77 )
- Jharana (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 20-24 )
- Kallisti (VTR: Invictus, p. 162 )
- Kinnaree (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 117-121 )
- Lidérc (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 24-28 )
- Malintzin (CofD: Shadows of Mexico, p. 101 )
- Naditu (White Wolf Forum)
- Nelapsi (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 88-95 )
- Septemi (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 89-96 )
- Spina (VTR: Invictus, p. 173 )
- Toreador (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 246-248 )
- Xiao (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 105 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 85-104 )
- California Xiao (VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 85-94 )
- Tianpàn Xiao (VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 95-104 )
- Vilseduire (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 50-53 )
- Zelani (VTR: Carthians, p. 166-169 )
Gangrel[]
- Anavashra (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 107 )
- Annunaku (VTR: Invictus, p. 159 )
- Anubi (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 107 )
- Barjot (VTR: Carthians, p. 156-159 )
- Bohagande (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 38-47 )
- Bruja (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 235-237 )
- Carnon (VTR: Circle of the Crone, p. 168-171 )
- Childer of the Morrigan (VTR: Circle of the Crone, p. 172-175 )
- Dead Wolves (CofD: Shadows of Mexico, p. 102-103 )
- Empusae (VTR: Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners, p. 127 )
- Hounds of Actaeon (VTR: Savage and Macabre: Gangrel, p. 111-112 )
- Kerberos (Onyx Path Blog)
- Les Gens Libres (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 69-72 )
- Larvae (VTR: Requiem for Rome Rulebook, p. 228-230 )
- Mabry (VTR: Savage and Macabre: Gangrel, p. 110-111 )
- The Mara (VTR: Circle of the Crone, p. 181-183 )
- Mystikoi (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 130-136 )
- Matasuntha (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 107 )
- Moroi (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 159 )
- Nepheshim (VTR: Lancea Sanctum, p. 160-161 )
- Nosoi (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 29-32 )
- Oberlochs (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 96-105 )
- Shepherds (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 36-39 )
- Taifa (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 107 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 75-84 )
- Vedma (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 169-171 )
Julii[]
- Licinii (VTR: Requiem for Rome Rulebook, p. 231-232 )
Mekhet[]
- Agonistes (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 109 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 16-25 )
- Alucinor (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 12-19 )
- Angustri (VTR: Ghouls , p. 95-97)
- Bak-Ra (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 167-171 )
- Brothers of Ypres (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 22-26 )
- Család (VTR: Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners, p. 118-120 )
- Khaibit (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 58-67 , (Onyx Path Blog)
- Kuufukuji (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 78-90 )
- Icelus (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 15-19 )
- Iltani (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 145-152 )
- Libitinarius (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 155-158 )
- Lynx (VTR: Invictus, p. 165 )
- Mnemosyne (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 109 , VTR: Shadows in the Dark: Mekhet, p. 82-83 )
- Morbus (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 245-246 ; VTR: Requiem for Rome Rulebook, p. 233-235 )
- Norvegi (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 109 , VTR: Shadows in the Dark: Mekhet, p. 84-85 )
- Osites (VTR: Lancea Sanctum, p. 173-175 )
- Players (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 116-128 )
- Qedeshah (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 106-115 )
- Sangiovanni (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 109 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 65-74 )
- Tismanu (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 164-168 )
Nosferatu[]
- Acteius (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 111 )
- Adroanzi (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 106-111 )
- Azerkatil (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 145-149 )
- Baddacelli (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 111 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 26-35 )
- Burakumin (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 238-240 )
- Calacas (CofD: Shadows of Mexico, p. 99-101 )
- Cimitiere (VTR: City of the Damned: New Orleans, p. 59 )
- Caporetti (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 18-21 )
- The Cockscomb Society (VTR: The Beast That Haunts the Blood: Nosferatu, p. 106-107 )
- Galloi (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 51-63 )
- Gethsemani (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 48-57 )
- Licinii (VTR: Requiem for Rome Rulebook, p. 231-232 )
- Lygos (VTR: The Beast That Haunts the Blood: Nosferatu, p. 107-108 )
- Mayarap (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 122-124 )
- Moroi (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 159-169 )
- Morotrophians (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 68 -77)
- Noctuku (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 111 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 46-55 )
- Order of Sir Martin (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 137-140 )
- Rakshasa (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 116-125 )
- Telamones (VTR: Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners, p. 94-95 )
- Usiri (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 161-166 )
- Vilseduire (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 50-53 )
- Yagnatia (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 111 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 105-114 )
Ventrue[]
- Adrestoi (VTR: Lords Over the Damned: Ventrue, p. 104-105 )
- Apollinaire (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 63-68 )
- Architects of the Monolith (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 30-37 )
- Beni Murrahim (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 113 )
- Bron (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 10-22 )
- Canda Bhanu (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 53-58 )
- Cassians (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 113 )
- Corajoso (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 99-105 )
- Deucalion (VTR: Carthians, p. 160-165 )
- Dragolescu (VTR: Ordo Dracul, p. 150-154 )
- Geheim (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 81-88 )
- Gorgons (VTR: Circle of the Crone, p. 176-179 )
- Icarians (VTR: Lancea Sanctum, p. 167-169 )
- Icelus (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 15-19 )
- Licini (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 113 )
- Macellarius (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 90-102 )
- Malkovians (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 241-243 ; VTR: Lords Over the Damned: Ventrue, p. 110-116 )
- Malocusians (VTR: Invictus, p. 168 )
- Melissidae (VTR: Bloodlines: The Legendary, p. 103-115 )
- Nahualli (VTR: Bloodlines: The Hidden, p. 78-87 )
- Rötgrafen (VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 113 ; VTR: Bloodlines: The Chosen, p. 56-64 )
- Sotoha (VTR: Invictus, p. 170 )
- The Sons of Cade (VTR: Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners, p. 49 )
- Vardyvle (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 45-49 )
Any[]
- Mortifiers of the Flesh (VTR: Lancea Sanctum, p. 170-172 )
- Neglatu (Onyx Path Blog)
- The Parliamentarians (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 33-36 ). Original parent clan possibly Daeva.
- Penumbrae (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 37-41 ). Original parent clan Mekhet.
- Scions of the First City (VTR: Night Horrors: Spilled Blood, p. 41-45 ). Original parent clan possibly Gangrel or Mekhet.
- Sta-Au (VTR: Ancient Bloodlines, p. 30-35 ). Parent clan technically unknown and possibly Gangrel or Mekhet.
- Therion (VTR: Belial's Brood , p. 118.- 120)
References[]
- ^ VTR: Vampire: The Requiem Rulebook, p. 234