Clanbook: Ventrue

Clanbook: Ventrue is the sourcebook on the Ventrue clan for Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf Catalog:

Eternity is not merely about power. Power makes up only one part of the Ventrue's world, though it is an extremely important part. The vampires of Clan Ventrue understand that power has value only as a means to an end, not an end itself. Thus they use their vast resources to extend their reach, all the while watching and waiting for the right moment – the right moment to strike. For there are even worse things in this world than vampires, and the Ventrue know they are the only hope.

Clanbook: Ventrue includes:

The effect Ventrue have had on the world's history
10 sample characters suitable for players and Storytellers
Additional information on how the Ventrue control both mortals and Kindred – and whom they most fear.

Contents[]

Chapter One: The Eternal Book[]

A letter from Sire to Childe on their Embrace night, the day they are released from Accountability.

Chapter Two: The Distinguished History of Clan Ventrue[]

The history of the clan from the First Nights, Rome and Carthage, the Dark and Middle Ages, the formation of the Camarilla, the Industrial Age and the Information Age. There are side bars about their rarefied tastes, their control over Nero, the use of duels, their Explorers during the Age of Exploration and their spot in Russian history.

Chapter Three: Traditions of the Ventrue[]

This chapter talks about Clan Structure, controlling the Kine, and Ventrue attitudes to other supernatural denizens of the world.

Chapter Four: Ventrue Templates[]

Anarch Wannabe
Born Leader
Capo
Corporate Executive
Counselor
Lover of Unlife
Military Man
Operative
Union Boss
Young Turk

Appendix: Some Distinguished Ventrue[]

Background Information[]

Word from the White Wolf Game Studio mentions that White Wolf Magazine is setting up a "Ask White Wolf" column for rule questions. Or if you want a personal answer or Writers Guidelines to send them a SASE.

Memorable Quotes[]

Power, like a desolating pestilence,
Pollutes whate'er it touches.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab

It is possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?
- Jean Renoir, My Life and My Films

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
- Votaire, L'Ingenu

First and last and always till the end of the end of times. First and last and always mine.
- Sisters of Mercy, "First and Last and Always"

He was the mildest manner'd man
That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat,
With each true breeding of a gentleman,
You could never divine his real thought.
- Lord Byron, Don Juan

Always to be best, and to be distinguished above the rest.
- Homer, The Iliad

Characters[]

Some Distinguished Ventrue
- Stephan Workman - the clan's foothold into the world of computing
- Ruud Retief - South African reformer
- Lucinde - Archon and pawn of the Anathema Kemintiri
- Anushin-Rawan - mistress of the Kindred island refuge of Yiaros
- Bindusara - ancient scholar and rival to the Mnemosyne
- Fabrizio Ulfila - the nexus of Kindred influence in the Catholic Church
Ea Adapa - Historian during the age of Rome.
Lady Anne - Prince of London
Camilla - Prince of Rome during Nero's reign
Collat - Childe of Tinia, Once ruler of Rome
Estranza
Antonius Haminius
The Petal - Leader of a Secret Order who believed the clan show take a more prominent role in the lives of Mortals, destroyed in Brussels under mysterious circumstances.
Rasputin - Ventrue or is he?
Jason Summers - Has Scottish Ghouls.
Tinia - Controlled the Etruscans when they conquered Italy in 8th Century BCE.
Valerius
Ventrue- Founder of the Ventrue Clan
Friedrich von Weber - Estranza's Sire; Controls Dobbs International
Brujah - Founder of the True Brujah and Brujah Clans
Ferox - Gargoyle, Once and Ally of Fabrizio Ulfila
Dirtman - Gangrel Anarch
Sabado - Malkavian destroyed by the Inquisition.
Nosferatu - Founder of the Nosferatu Clan
Set - Founder of the Followers of Set, now called the Ministry
Gaius Petronius - Toreador, possibly destroyed Camilla
Bernhard - Tremere Lord
Tzimisce - Founder of the Tzimisce Clan
Carlos - Ghoul to Friedrich von Weber
Michaelis
Kemintiri

Terminology[]

Atavists (Group), The Boar's Tusk (Inn, Ventrue Haven), Carthage, The Claws of Fenris (Relic), The Directorate (Group), Dobbs Industrial (Company), Duel, The Faerie Bridge (Relic), The Head of Medusa (Relic), Inquisition, Order of Mercury (Mages), Oromazus' Mist (Relic), Prince, Rome, Secret Masters, The Senate (Group), Society of Leopold, The Tapestry of Blood (Relic), Vitae of Caine (Relic),