Page for all minor concepts introduced in Vampire: The Masquerade.
See also Vampire: The Masquerade Lexicon.
Glossary[]
- Accounting - when a sire is held accountable for the actions of the fledgling under their care
- Aeons - in Gnosticism are emanations from God; the farther from God they are, the more corrupt and more humanlike they become.[1]
- Anchorite (Anchoress in female) - someone who has retreated from the world in order to pursue spiritual contemplation.[2]
- Anda - "blood brother", a very strong bond of (supposedly) lifelong friendship and companionship between two Mongol men. For clarity’s sake the text uses “anda Brother" and “anda bond" when referring to the relative relationship.[3]
- Baghatur - literally, valiant[4]
- Banking - term for the practice widespread among younger Kindred of taking blood from blood banks and the vampire who does so is called a Banker. Unfortunately chilled blood so long removed from the body is hardly satisfying but some neonates enjoy entering a bank and drinking to excess. The is often seen by Princes as a breach of the Tradition of Masquerade.[5][6]
- Breach - a violation of the Masquerade, usually punishable by Final Death.[7]
- Butterfly - vampire who mingles among high society mortals and only feeds upon the rich and famous.[8]
- Carpocratians - early dualist Gnostic heretics of the 2nd century . who, like the Ophites, believed in knowledge of sin as the road to salvation; they may represent the beginning Of the Heresy as a continuous entity.[9]
- Costello - contemptuous term, sometimes used by members of the Sabbat, when referring to the Camarilla. (This is suspected to have arisen after some mispronunciation of "Sabbat")[10]
- Cry Wolf - Anarch code word for the act of luring Lupines into a city to attack Anarch enemies.[11]
- Doornail - as in "dead as a doornail". Used to refer to a corpse left behind.[12]
- Faris - Arabic term for Cavalry[13]
- Farmer - derogatory term for a vampire who keeps animals for feeding purposes. (See Vegetary)[14][15]
- Fief - in vulgar argot, it is a sarcastic term for the domain of a clan or prince. (See Domain) It developed as a way to mock older vampires' use of outdated words.[14][15]
- Formula - compilation and instruction of the ceremonial steps for performing a ritual, plus any ingredients or incantations required by those instructions.[16]
- Ghutruh - traditional headdress worn by Arab men[17]
- Happy Meal - Camarilla term referring to the process of a vampire drinking from a mortal who is intoxicated or otherwise under the influence of some sort of controlled substance.[18]
- Incantation - words that a magician or thaumaturge speaks, chants or sings as part of magic. Incantations can include prayers, recitation of legends, commands, names of powerful spirits or unintelligible words.[19]
- Johannites - followers of a secretive heretical sect which believed that John the Baptist was the Messiah and Christ an impostor.[20]
- Ka'ba - temple in Mecca that holds the Black Stone and was once a pre-Islamic pagan temple; the holiest site in Islam.[21]
- Kris - trial amongst the Gypsies[22]
- Maikhan - pastoral wool tent.[23]
- Marhime - Ravnos word for "tainted." The condition of an object or person being somehow unclean or corrupt.[24]
- Obayifo - Laibon term for a witch.[25]
- Ophites - early Gnostics who deliberately identified themselves with the enemies of the Old Testament God. Vide Carpocratians.[26]
- Ordination - becoming a priest; the associated Catholic sacrament is called Holy Orders. Vide Consolamentum.[27]
- Prior - A term that is synonymous with a Abbot.[28]
- Prometheus - another name for an inceptor; introduced and favored by Unbound movement.[29]
- Qârib - a ship, single or double-masted during the Medieval period, with a smooth-sided construction; known in Europe as a caravel or caravela.[30]
- Qumis - fermented mare's milk. the Mongol "national drink."[31]
- Rector - a priest incumbent in a particular parish, responsible for pastoral care of the parishioners.[32]
- Salat - the five daily prayers required of all Muslims.[33]
- Sea of Qulzum - arabic term for the Red Sea[34]
- See - The office of a high clergyman; and, by extension, the area under the influence of such a clergyman. The Holy See or Apostolic See refers to the Papacy.[35]
- Tatars - major tribe of the steppe; the Mongols sworn enemies. Genghis Khan exterminates them to a man.
- Turf - the city or part of a city that vampires may try to claim as their own hunting grounds.[36][15]
- Wadi - dry watercourse that becomes a river when flooded by storms or seasonal rains.[37]
References[]
- ↑ VTDA: Cainite Heresy, p. 19
- ↑ VTDA: Three Pillars, p. 45
- ↑ VTDA: Wind from the East, p. 14
- ↑ VTDA: Wind from the East, p. 14
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook, p. 197
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition, p. 56
- ↑ VTM: Guide to the Camarilla, p. 14-17
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade, p. 198
- ↑ VTDA: Cainite Heresy, p. 20
- ↑ VTM: Guide to the Sabbat, p. 46-49
- ↑ VTM: The Anarch Cookbook, p. 87
- ↑ VTM: Guide to the Camarilla, p. 14-17
- ↑ VTDA: Veil of Night, p. 18-21
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade, p. 198
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition, p. 57
- ↑ VTM: Blood Sacrifice: The Thaumaturgy Companion, p. 15
- ↑ VTDA: Veil of Night, p. 18-21
- ↑ VTM: Guide to the Camarilla, p. 14-17
- ↑ VTM: Blood Sacrifice: The Thaumaturgy Companion, p. 15
- ↑ VTDA: Cainite Heresy, p. 20
- ↑ VTM: State of Grace, p. 17
- ↑ VTM: Clanbook: Ravnos, p. 10-11
- ↑ VTDA: Wind from the East, p. 14
- ↑ VTM: Clanbook: Ravnos, p. 10-11
- ↑ VTM: Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom, p. 13
- ↑ VTDA: Cainite Heresy, p. 20
- ↑ VTDA: Cainite Heresy, p. 20
- ↑ VTM: The Players Guide to the Sabbat, p. 15
- ↑ VTM: Time of Thin Blood (book), p. 32
- ↑ VTDA: Veil of Night, p. 18-21
- ↑ VTDA: Wind from the East, p. 14
- ↑ VTDA: Three Pillars, p. 45
- ↑ VTM: State of Grace, p. 17
- ↑ VTDA: Veil of Night, p. 18-21
- ↑ VTDA: Three Pillars, p. 45
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade, p. 199
- ↑ VTDA: Veil of Night, p. 18-21