Clan Novel 1: Toreador

Clan Novel 1: Toreador is a fiction novel for Vampire: The Masquerade. This book is the first of the Clan Novel Saga released after Revised Edition and focuses on clan Toreador.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

Longest day, eternal night

Among the thirteen clans of the Kindred — vampires who secretly manipulate human events — the Toreador are dismissed as hedonists. They accept this as the price of preserving that which is beautiful...particularly themselves.

Yet not all Toreador are so easily ignored. The cunning Victoria Ash makes Atlanta's most famous art museum her venue for plots that could win her control of the city. And though the sculptor Leopold desires only solitude to perfect his art, he is forced to enter the dangerous world of his kin to discover the truth of his past — with consequences that will change Kindred society forever.

This series is monumental, 13-novel exploration of the forbidden world of the Kindred. Each book tells one clan's part in the epic story, but the novels themselves stand on their own. The story begins here, and its ending will determine the fate of every human — and inhuman — being in the world.

Plot[]

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Background Information[]

The 1999 Jan-Jun Catalog has different text for the book entry:

The World of Darkness Exposed!

It begins with Clan Novel: Toreador, but this novel is just the beginning of a 13-book series dedicated to the Kindred. It's the biggest event in World of Darkness history!

The epic series of over one million words will reveal the secrets of this hidden world, from the smallest detail to the grandest marvel. The Nosferatu's apparent scheme to put the Eye of Hazimel into the hands of the Setite Vegel will decide the fates of Kindred legions - and will determine the future of the Camarilla and Sabbat, the sects engaged in a massive war along the entire East Coast.

And the list of schemers doesn't end there. Can you say "Antediluvian"?

Each novel in the series focuses on a member of one of the 13 vampire clans. Clan Novel: Toreador sets events into motion with Victoria Ash: a high-ranking Camarilla manipulator who turns plots, assassinations and wars to her advantage.