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The '''D'habi''' were the [[Revenant (VTM)|Revenant]] priests of the [[Baali]] [[Methuselah]] [[Nergal (VTM)|Nergal]] during his reign in [[Middle East (cWOD)|Mesopotamia]]. In the [[Final Nights]], only a scattered few remains that deal in dangerous occult lore and are experts on [[Cainites (VTM)|Cainite]] history.
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The '''D'habi''' were the [[Revenant (VTM)|Revenant]] priests of the [[Baali]] [[methuselah]] [[Nergal (VTM)|Nergal]] during his reign in [[Middle East (WOD)|Mesopotamia]]. In the [[Final Nights]] only a scattered few remain, and they often deal in dangerous occult lore and are experts in [[Cainite]] history.
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==History==
 
==History==
Originally servants of Nergal in [[Mashkan-Shapir]], the D'habi officially betrayed their master to [[Moloch]] after they learned of his plans to awaken [[Namtaru]] (in reality, Nergal set them up to do this so that he could escape). Following the razing of their masters city, the other Baali lines claimed them as property. The different family lines were kept isolated from each other, to hinder them from ever building a united front against their masters. Unfortunatly, Nergal used the D'habi to spy upon his bloodline and act as his hands against rivals, assassinating them in their daysleep and later keep his enemies at bay when he revealed himself again under the mask of ''[[Shaitan]]''. Using the D'habi, he unleashed plagues against those that would not follow him and brought the majority of the Baali to his side.
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Originally servants of Nergal in [[Mashkan-Shapir]], the D'habi officially betrayed their master to [[Moloch]] after they learned of his plans to awaken [[Namtaru]] (in reality, Nergal set them up to do this so that he could escape). Following the razing of their master's city, the other Baali lines claimed them as property. The different family lines were kept isolated from each other, to hinder them from ever building a united front against their masters. Unfortunately, Nergal used the D'habi to spy upon his bloodline and act as his hands against rivals, assassinating them in their daysleep and later keep his enemies at bay when he revealed himself again under the mask of ''[[Shaitan]]''. Using the D'habi, he unleashed plagues against those that would not follow him and brought the majority of the Baali to his side.
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After Shaitan's defeat at [[Knossos (WOD)|Knossos]] in the [[Second Baali War]], the D'habi managed to escape, ignorant of the fact that they had been tools for their master. The surviving Baali used the D'habi as lab rats for experiments with plague and similar nasty affairs, like raping virgins, feeding of the flesh of sacrificial victims, or acting as vessels for [[Demon (WOD)|demonic]] possession. This mistreatment caused the D'habi to become one of the more degenerate Revenant lines.
   
 
In the [[Final Nights]], the fate of the family is nearly forgotten. Most presume they fell with their masters, but one, [[Rhania]], acted as an intermediary for [[Aristotle de Laurent]] and the [[Shroud of Kaymakli]], with a small estate of her family in [[Istanbul (WOD)|Istanbul]].
After Shaitans defeat at Knossos in the [[Second Baali War]], the D'habi managed to escape, ignorant to the fact that they had been tools for their master. The surviving Baali used the D'habi as lab rats for experiments with plague and similar nasty affairs, like raping virgins, feeding of the flesh of sacrifical victims or acting as vessels for [[Demon (cWOD)|demonic]] possession. This mistreatment caused the D'habi to become one of the more degenerate Revenant lines.
 
   
In the Final Nights, the fate of the family is nearly forgotten. Most presume they fell with their masters, but one, [[Rhania]], acted as an intermediary for [[Aristotle deLaurent]] and the [[Shroud of Kaymakli]], with a small estate of her family in [[Istanbul (cWOD)|Istanbul]].
 
 
==Supernatural Characteristics==
 
==Supernatural Characteristics==
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* '''Disciplines''': [[Daimonion]], [[Obfuscate (VTM)|Obfuscate]], [[Presence (VTM)|Presence]]
 
* '''Weakness''': The D'habi, thanks to millenia of [[Blood bond (VTM)|blood bonds]] and Dominate, are extremely weak-willed. All D'habi suffer a +2 difficulty for [[Willpower]] rolls
 
* '''Morality''': D'habi rarely maintain their [[Humanity (VTM)|Humanity]] for long. Depending on the nest they serve, they turn either to the [[Via Diabolis]] or the [[Via Hyron]]
   
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== Version Differences ==
'''Disciplines''': [[Presence (VTM)|Presence]], [[Dominate (VTM)|Dominate]], (all D'habi with [[Daimoinon]] were immediatly killed)
 
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Before ''[[Ghouls & Revenants]]'', a [[V20]] sourcebook, their Disciplines were different: instead of [[Obfuscate (VTM)|Obfuscate]] they had Dominate. Additionally, any D'habi who showed proficiency in their innate discipline of [[Daimonion]] would be exterminated by their vampiric masters, which is no longer the case in recent material.
   
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==Gallery==
'''Weakness''': The D'habi, thanks to centuries of [[Blood bond (VTM)|blood bond]]s and Dominate, are extremly weak-willed. All D'habi suffer a +2 difficulty for [[Willpower]] rolls
 
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<gallery>
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Dhabi.png|D'habi in ''[[Ghouls & Revenants]]''
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D'habi Revenant.jpg|''D'habi Revenant'' [[VTES]] card. Art by [[Lawrence Snelly]]
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</gallery>
   
'''Morality''': D'habi rarely maintain their Humanity for long. Depending on the nest they serve, they turn eitehr to the [[Via Diabolis]] or the [[Via Hyron]].
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
* [[Clanbook: Baali]], pg. 39
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* {{b|VTDA|Clanbook: Baali|page=39}}
* [[Nights of Prophecy]], pg. 131, pg.159
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* {{b|VTM|Nights of Prophecy|page=131, 159}}
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* {{b|V20|Ghouls & Revenants}}
 
[[Category:Revenant Families|*]]
 
[[Category:Revenant Families|*]]
[[Category:Baali|*]]
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[[Category:Baali]]
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[[Category:Vampire: The Masquerade glossary]]

Revision as of 03:44, 23 December 2019

The D'habi were the Revenant priests of the Baali methuselah Nergal during his reign in Mesopotamia. In the Final Nights only a scattered few remain, and they often deal in dangerous occult lore and are experts in Cainite history.

History

Originally servants of Nergal in Mashkan-Shapir, the D'habi officially betrayed their master to Moloch after they learned of his plans to awaken Namtaru (in reality, Nergal set them up to do this so that he could escape). Following the razing of their master's city, the other Baali lines claimed them as property. The different family lines were kept isolated from each other, to hinder them from ever building a united front against their masters. Unfortunately, Nergal used the D'habi to spy upon his bloodline and act as his hands against rivals, assassinating them in their daysleep and later keep his enemies at bay when he revealed himself again under the mask of Shaitan. Using the D'habi, he unleashed plagues against those that would not follow him and brought the majority of the Baali to his side.

After Shaitan's defeat at Knossos in the Second Baali War, the D'habi managed to escape, ignorant of the fact that they had been tools for their master. The surviving Baali used the D'habi as lab rats for experiments with plague and similar nasty affairs, like raping virgins, feeding of the flesh of sacrificial victims, or acting as vessels for demonic possession. This mistreatment caused the D'habi to become one of the more degenerate Revenant lines.

In the Final Nights, the fate of the family is nearly forgotten. Most presume they fell with their masters, but one, Rhania, acted as an intermediary for Aristotle de Laurent and the Shroud of Kaymakli, with a small estate of her family in Istanbul.

Supernatural Characteristics

Version Differences

Before Ghouls & Revenants, a V20 sourcebook, their Disciplines were different: instead of Obfuscate they had Dominate. Additionally, any D'habi who showed proficiency in their innate discipline of Daimonion would be exterminated by their vampiric masters, which is no longer the case in recent material.

Gallery

References