Book of the Kindred is a sourcebook for Vampire: The Masquerade.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- BOOK OF THE KINDRED is the sourcebook for VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE, created by Mark Rein•Hagen, co producer of TV's KINDRED: THE EMBRACED.
- It tells the tale of the Kindred from the legends of ancient times to the harsh realities of modern nights. It investigates mysteries and reveals secrets that the darkness would - and might best - keep hidden.
- Discover the horror, passion and beauty of the Embrace – and the eternity, lived from dusk till dawn, that comes with it. Discover the truths behind all of the clans, including the Ventrue, Nosferatu, Brujah, Gangrel and Toreador. Know what it means to cast aside your humanity - to frenzy - and let loose the Beast. Come face to face with the Kindred, from the prince of the city to the newly Embraced.
Contents[]
Foreword[]
By Mark Rein-Hagen.
Chapter One: Smoke[]
Chapter Two: Book of Nod - The Origins of the Kindred[]
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Chapter Three: The Damned - An Exposition Upon the Living Death[]
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Chapter Four: Streets of Blood - The Gothic-Punk World[]
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Chapter Five: Rebirth[]
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Chapter Six: Lexicon - The Secret Argot[]
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Chapter Seven: Eye of the Beholder[]
Chapter Eight: Reconciliation[]
By Matt Forbeck.
Chapter Nine: Ruins[]
By Jim Moore.
Epilogue: Monsters, Monsters Everywhere[]
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Background Information[]
- Most of the text is select reprinted material from Book of the Damned, Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook, and City of Darkness: Unseen (“Eye of the Beholder”, "Reconciliation" and "Ruins"). The book is also a tie-in for the TV show, Kindred: The Embraced, to give viewers information on the source material.
- Ads at the back of the book include: Vampire: The Masquerade, A Dozen Black Roses by Nancy A. Collins, Vampire Fiction Mail Offer (As One Dead, The Beast Within, The Unbeholden, Blood War, Unholy Allies).
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Brahms - Vampire
- Grosse Madeleine - Human, Medium
- Judas
- Jeremiah - Sabbat elder
- V.T.
- W.H.
- Quincy H. - W.H.'s son
- Lord Fianna
- Lucian
- Mekhet
- Yoreador - Vampire
- William Shepard - Special Agent, NSA
- Bethany - 8th Gen. Female Toreador Artiste
- Anton Prihar - Human, died
- Allanyan Serata - 5th Gen. Toreador Primogen, Poseur, Stefan's Sire
- Stefan - Toreador, Poseur
- Father Paul Able - Vampire and Vampire Hunter
- Sebastian Melmoth
- Father Steve Singer - Human, Paul's old roommate
- Tex R. Cainen - Toreador
- Marty Chin - Human, Paul's friend, information trader
- Jeremy "Wix" Wyzchovsky - Nosferatu
- Joseph Cambridge - Nosferatu, Jeremy's Sire
- Donna Cambridge - Female Ventrue, Sire is Vannevar
- Prince Vannevar
- Dawson - Vampire
- Jean-Claude - Follower of Set
- Darrius Stone - Follower of Set
- Vika - Female Nosferatu
- Dowager - Female Nosferatu
- Scabby - Nosferatu
- Emily Grange - Female Ventrue
- Anita - Ghoul, Jeremy's Mother
- Alicia White - Human, Maid
- Amir Shubandabbi - Human, Jean-Claude's informant
- Christopher - Human, child
- Alice - Human
- Mark Anderson - Human, died
- John Coleson - Human, Lieutenant
Terminology[]
Abel, Alexandrian Club/Vampire Club, Alleycat, Amaranth, Anarch, Ancilla, Archon, Antediluvian, Autarkis, Banker, Banking, Barrens, Beast, Becoming, Black Hand, Black Hole (Club), Blister, Blood, Blood Bond, Blood Doll, Blood Hunt, Blood Kindred, Bloodline, Blood Oath, Book of Nod, Brood, Brujah, Butterfly, Caine, Cainite, Caitiff, Camarilla, Canaille, Casanova, Cauchemar, Change, Childe, Childer, Clan, Conclave, Consanguineous, Coterie, Cunctator, Damned, Deluge, Diablerie, Domain, Donor, Elder, Elysium, Embrace, Enoch, Farmer, Fief, Fifth Generation, Final Death, First City, Fledgling, Followers of Set, Footpad, Fourth Generation, Gangrel, Gehenna, Generation, Gentry, Ghoul, Golconda, Haven, Head, Headhunter, Herd, Humanitas, Humanity, Hunger, Inconnu, Inner Circle, Inquisition, Justicar, Jyhad, Kindred, Kindred: The Embraced, Kine, Kiss, Lasombra, Leech, Lextalionis, Lick, Life, Lineage, Lupine, Lush, Mage, Malkavian, Man, Masquerade, Methuselah, National Security Agency, Neonate, Nosferatu, Osiris, Pack, Papillon, Praxis, Primogen, Prince, Progeny, Rack, Rake, Regnant, Retainer, Riddle, Rogue, Sabbat, Sandman, San Francisco, Second City, Second Generation, Sect, Sire, Siren, Sixth Generation, Slumming, Stalker, Suspire, Tease, Thaumaturgy, Third Generation, Third Mortal, Thrall, Toreador, Traditions, Tremere, Turf, Tzimisce, Vampire, Ventrue, Vegetary, Vessel, Vitae, Wassail, Whelp, Wight, Witch-hunter, Whig,
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