- Methuselah: A vampire of the Fourth and Fifth Generations, who has lived for a thousand years or more.[1]
A Methuselah (His Death Shall Send/Death of Sword/Man of the Javelin in Hebrew) is a fourth or fifth Generation elder who has existed for at least a millennium. Many of these elders are generally old enough to have known their clan Antediluvian personally, and usually serve as lieutenants in the Jyhad. The term is also used to refer to elders who have very little to do with the Camarilla or Sabbat: their machinations are far deeper, subtler, and more terrifying. Methuselahs tend to fall into the borderline unplayable characters for Vampire: they often break the rules as they exist, (e.g., Mithras surviving his diablerie by Monty Coven).
A methuselah has several traits that betray him to those who know what to look for. Their speech is in general tinted with an accent of their native dialect, which, otherwise, has not survived the centuries. Their unconscious body movement has completely stopped, and many could be confused with statues when they do not move.[2] Many have also reached a point where the kine's blood can no longer nourish them, forcing them to feed on other vampires.
Known Methuselahs[]
Assamites[]
- Ur-Shulgi (4th)
- Izhim ur-Baal (5th)
- al-Ashrad (5th)
- Tegyrius (5th)
- Jamal (4th)
- Thetmes (5th)
- Sha'hiri (4th)
- Nakurtum (4th)
- Abu Ilaf (4th)
- Anath (4th)
- Weeping Master (4th)
- Dastur Anosh (5th)
- 'Adnun (5th)
- Mancheaka (4th)
Baali[]
- The Unnamed
- Moloch
- Nergal
- Tanit
- Mary the Black
- Huitzilopochtli
- Annazir
- Azaneal
- Tanitbaal-Sahar
- Slave Boy
Brujah[]
- Menele
- Hannibal
- The Morrigan
- Dominic
- Critias
- Eshmunamash[3]
- Gersakkun[3]
- Shalmath[3][4]
- Guillaume
- Losario
- Etheyra
- Altamira
- Agonistes
- Belit-Sheri
Cappadocian[]
- Caias Koine
- Japheth
- Lazarus
- Unre
- Mahatma
- Constancia
- Alexia Theusa
- Baron Samedi
- Dionysius
- Apacia
- Malenchaenos
- Roger de Camden
Followers of Set[]
- Kemintiri
- Maatkare
- Nakhthorheb
- Neferu
- The Scorpion King
- Seterpenre
- Sobek
- Wadjet
- Nefertiti
- The Sleeping Lord
- Wepwawet
- Nehsi
- Qufur am-Heru The First
Gangrel[]
- Bodhmall
- Enkidu
- Mictlantecuhtli
- Odin, The All-High
- Rufus
- Vola the Red
- Matasuntha
- Mardan
- Pard
- Brunhilde
- Zayyat
- Hukros
- Shabaqo
- Kurru
- Ikkenai
- Egothha
- Maharbaal
Lasombra[]
- Boukephos
- Blue Eye
- Cleobolus
- Marcus Vitel
- Montano
- Sybil
- Gratiano de Veronese
- Khanom Mehr
- Karotos
- Tubalcain
- Tepelit
- Tersa
- Zarathustra
- Nahir
- Aludian Thex
- Karotos
- Tersa
- Xarca
Malkavian[]
- Antoine Le Fanu
- Addemar
- The Black Hag
- Brude
- The Dionysian
- Lamdiel
- Petaniqua
- Tryphosa
- Unmada
- The Eater
- Louhi
- Nissiku
- Al Ussa
- Inanna
- Necross
- Lerterimas
- Plague-Bride
Nosferatu[]
- Abraxes
- Androvikus
- Angiwar
- Azazel
- Baba Yaga
- Echidna
- Gorgo
- Gutka
- Illuyankas
- Medusa
- Melachoate
- Melitta Wallenberg
- Nuckalavee
- Vasilisa
- Trajan
- Thaddeus
- Urgahalt
Ravnos[]
- Chandraputra
- Black Mother
- Hazimel
- Ravana
- Ramessu
- Ankla Hotep
- Durga Syn, (b. Synovea)
- Smenkhara
- Rodina
- Gayal
- Phaedyme
Salubri[]
Toreador[]
- Amarantha
- Callisti y Castillo
- Helena
- Matthew Lubbock
- Mi-ka-il
- Tammuz
- Iontius
- Minos
- Minotaur
- Salianna
- Eletria
- "Apollo"
- Enimachia
- Calida
Tzimisce[]
- Byelobog
- The Dracon
- Yorak
- Gallod
- Kartarirya
- Demdemeh
- Andeleon
- Cyscek
- Djavakhi
- Ionache
- Toomler
- Triglav
- Sycorax
- Ratti-Ben
- Kosczecsyku
- Shaagra
- Vukodlak
Ventrue[]
- Alexander
- Antonius
- Maltheas
- Mithras
- Tiamat
- Veddartha
- Arakur of Ur
- Tinia
- Nefer-meri-Isis
- Medon
- Artemis Orthia
- Erik Eigermann
- Gotsdam
- Camilla
- Lysander
- Valerianus
- Cretheus
Unknown Clan[]
Origin of the term[]
Methuselah is a biblical patriarch who died at the age 969 in the Great Flood and whose name became synonymous with age and longevity in cultures influenced by Abrahamic religion(s).
References[]
- ↑ VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook Revised, p. 60
- ↑ DAV: Dark Ages Clan Novel 9: Toreador, p. 10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 VTM: Lair of the Hidden, p. 62-64
- ↑ VTM: Nights of Prophecy, p. 26
- ↑ VTM: Chicago by Night 5th Edition, p. 115-117
- VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade, p. 191, 197
- VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition, p. 32, 56