In Memoriam is a sourcebook released in 2025 for Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition.
Summary[]
No Escape from the Past… You’ve been dead longer than you were alive. You've witnessed the passing of every mortal from your first life—through violence, disease, or the relentless march of time—while you, undying, remain bound to this world. Your nights are haunted by the echoes of history, from the distant whispers of two centuries past to the cataclysmic World Wars and the rise of the modern era.
Embrace the mantle of the nouveaux elders, the ancillae who have seized power in the absence of the true elders, who’ve now fallen or been beckoned away. Become a Kindred of 100, 150, or even 200 years. Detail your backstory and relive the formative trials and tribulations that forged you into the monster you are today.
Contents[]
Introduction[]
- Accursed Creatures
- How to Use This Book
Chapter One The Spindle of Clotho: Ancilla Characters[]
- Ancilla Character Creation
- Ancilla Characters: Summary
- Coterie Sheet
Chapter Two The Thread: Mortal History[]
- The American Revolution
- The French Revolution
- Blood and Prejudice
- The Victorian Era
- The Belle Époque
- The Last Days of the Russian Empire
- The Great War
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Great Depression
- World War II and the Post-War Period
- The Turbulent Sixties
Chapter Three The Road of Lachesis: Kindred History[]
- The Night of Bloody Tears
- The Montmartre Massacre
- The Stoker Affair
- The Great Unification
- The Trial of Mirrors
- The Bloodhunts of Prague
- The Birth of the Anarch Free States
- The Moonlit Crusade
- The Forgotten Massacre
- Recent Events
Chapter Four The Knife of Atropos: Playing the Downfall[]
- The Desolation
- Fragile Things: Touchstones and Convictions
- Low Humanity
Chapter Five Conducting the Chorus: Storytelling Ancillae[]
- The Curses of the Ancillae
- Testing the Waters of Lethe
- Memoriam
Appendix I Loresheets[]
Appendix II Authenticity in Historical Eras[]
- Navigating Horror
- Navigating Authenticity
- Navigating the Troupe
- Examples
Index[]
References[]
| Previous release | Game Books | Next release |
|---|---|---|
| V5: Reins of Power | Vampire: The Masquerade books | V5: Tattered Façade |
