The Devil's Advocate is a fiction novel for Vampire: The Masquerade.
Summary[]
- Savage madness seizes vampires worldwide. Relentless hunger gnaws, no matter how many drained, withered mortals litter the street.
- Not since the Black Death has Owain ap Ieuan seen anything like the fatal disease sweeping across the world – but this time vampires are the victims. The anarchs suspect a plot by their elders. The elders blame the Sabbat who lurk in the darkest shadows. The Sabbat fear the return of the Antediluvians – and no one is ready for them.
- There is opportunity in chaos, but Owain has long been the servant of many masters. As the Masquerade crumbles around him, whom will Owain serve? The Camarilla? The Sabbat? The Antediluvians? Or himself?
- First book of the new Blood Curse Trilogy, interwoven with plots and characters from the ongoing Grails Covenant Trilogy.
Contents[]
- Prologue
- Chapter One - Chapter Fifteen
- Excerpt from Clan Novel: Toreador
Background[]
- The Prologue is a reprinting of the short story, My Brother's Keeper by John Steele, from the Dark Tyrants Anthology.
- Ads at the back of the book for the second printing, include: Vampire: The Masquerade, The Vampire Guides (Deluxe Slipcased Guide Set: Feb. 1999; Guide to the Camarilla: Feb. 1999; and Guide to the Sabbat: Marc. 1999) and the Vampire Clan Novels (Toreador: Feb. 1999; Tzimisce: Apr. 1999 and Gangrel: Jun. 1999).
- The second printing of the book will have an excerpt from Clan Novel: Toreador inside.
- Many characters from Necropolis: Atlanta, Berlin by Night and Los Angeles by Night appear in the book.
- Because the novel mostly takes place in Atlanta, it can be seen as a prequel to the Clan Novel Saga.
Memorable Quotes[]
"Say," he asked mildly, "did you know that three out of four dentists surveyed think that that fourth dentist is a stupid son of a bitch?" - Albert Bowman, pg. 151
Characters[]
- Owain ap Ieuan, "Owan Evans"
- Blaidd
- Morgan ap Rhys, King of Rhufoniog - Owain's Ghoul, Past
- Iorwerth ap Rhys - Mortal, Morgan's Brother, Died, Past
- Rhys ap Ieuan - Mortal, Owain's Brother, Died, Past
- Gwilym - Owain's Ghoul, Past
- Gruffudd ap Cynan - Past Mortal
- Robert of Rhuddlan - Mortal, Died, Past
- Cynwrig - Second in Command to Brochwel, Past Mortal
- Hugh the Fate - Earl of Chester, Past Mortal
- William the Bastard - Past Mortal
- Gherbod the Fleming - Past Mortal
- Rhodri Mawr - Past Mortal
- Angharad - Rhys ap Ieuan's Wife, Past Mortal
- Branwen - Iorwerth's daughter, Died, Past Mortal
- Elen - Iorwerth's daughter, Died, Past Mortal
- Siaun - Iorwerth's daughter, Died, Past Mortal
- Blodwen - Iorwerth's wife, Died, Past Mortal
- Iago - Iorwerth's son, Died, Past Mortal
- Brochwel - Guard Captain, Died, Past Mortal
- Hervé - Norman Bishop of Bangor, Past Mortal
- Edward the Confessor - Past Mortal
- Grimsdale - Sabbat Vampire, Diblerized
- Mike - Ghoul Servant to Owain, Arden's Nephew
- Arden - Ghoul Servant to Owain
- Nicholas - Gangrel
- Randal, "Randall" - Ghoul Servant to Owain, Died
- Harold Godwin - Historical Figure
- Kendall Jackson - Ghoul Servant to Owain, Driver
- Prince J. Benison Hodge
- Oliver Cromwell - Historical Figure
- Ballard
- Capone
- Dietrich - Tzimisce, Sabat, Died to the Blood Curse
- Francesca - Sabbat Vampire, Died to the Blood Curse
- Liza - Former Anarch, Sabbat Vampire
- Antwuan - Mortal
- Little Johnnie - Mortal
- Maurice - Antwuan's Uncle, Mortal
- Taquanna - Mortal
- Preacher Rutherford - Mortal
- Byron - Benison's Ghoul, Died to the Blood Curse
- Vermeil - Benison's Ghoul
- Eleanor
- Benjamin
- Thelonious
- Hannah
- Marlene
- Alex Horndiller - Benison's Right-Hand Ghoul, Died to the Blood Curse
- Aunt Bedelia
- Albert Bowman - Malkavian, Destroyed
- Jebediah Roney - Gangrel, Nicholas' Sire
- Pierre Beauvis - Gangrel, Jebediah's Sire
- Gisela - Sabbat Vampire, Died to the Blood Curse
- Herr Himmler
- Frank Litzpar - Sabbat Nosferatu Antitribu
- Aaron - Anarch Vampire, Diablerized by Liza
- Jolanda -Anarch Vampire, Died to the Blood Curse
- Emigesh - Anarch Vampire, Destroyed
- Señora Rodriguez - Ghoul Servant to Owain
- Lorenzo Giovanni - Giovanni Ghoul
- Alfonzo - Mortal, Lorenzo's Bodyguard
- Manny Gormann - Mortal, King Road Club
- Price Haynes - Mortal, King Road Club
- Franklin West - Mortal, King Road Club
- Parker Goodwin - Mortal, King Road Club
- James Kirkwood - Mortal, Banker, King Road Club
- Marla - Vampire, Emigesh's Sire, Destroyed
- Antony - Vampire, Marla's Sire, Destroyed
- Paula - Vampire, Antony's Childe
- Rico or sometimes spelled as "Nico" - Mortal, Crypt's Sons, Died
- Johnny - Mortal, Crypt's Sons
- Mohammed al-Muthlim
- Roger - Malkavian, J. Benison Hodge's Childe, Died to the Blood Curse
- Tabatha Greene - Ghoul, Roger's Mother, Died to the Blood Curse
- Xavier Kline - Brujah
- Ebenezer - Vampire
- Langley - Vampire, Ebenezer's Childe, Has the Blood Curse
- Marvin - Ghoul, Crypt's Sons
- Pancho - Mortal, Crypt's Sons
- Salvador
- Golden - Gangrel, Pierre Beauvis's Sire, Ragnar's other alias
- René - Past Mortal, Died
- Danielle - Past Mortal
- François - Past Mortal, Died
- Yves - Past Mortal, Died
- Arnaud - Past Mortal, Died
- Jean-Paul - Past Mortal, Died
- Señor Rodriguez - Ghoul Servant to Owain
- Ellison
- Wilhelm
- Kleist
- Etrius
- Maxwell Ldescu
- Karl Schrekt
- Gustav
- Justicar Baylor
- Bravo - Mortal, Crypt's Sons
- Kenny - Vampire, Crypt's Sons
- Marquis - Vampire, Crypt's Sons
- Rodney - Mortal, Crypt's Sons
- Tickler - Mortal, Crypt's Sons, Died
- Jorge Ramirez - Ghoul, Cousin to Jesus Ramirez, Died
- Jesus Ramirez
- Aurelius - Nosferatu Primogen of Atlanta
- Ragnar Nordstrom - Gangrel, Past Sire to Nicholas
- Sven - Ragnar's Ghoul. past
- Edward Blackfeather - Gangrel
- Shaquanna - Mortal
- Jacko - Brujah, Works with Xavier Kline
- Damion - Brujah, Works with Xavier Kline
- Edward Hyde
- Henriette - Wilhelm's Childe
- Fray Miguel - Sabbat Vampire
- El Greco - Toreador Anarch Prince of Toledo
Terminology[]
1093 AD, 1066, 1758, Africa, America, Anacreon, Anarch, Anarch Free States, Anarch Revolt, Ancillae, Antediluvians, Antitribu, Archbishop, Archon, Arglwydd, Atlanta, Balkans, Bangor, Baron, Barony, Battle of Hastings, Beast, "Benison's Ride" by Marlene, Berlin, Berlin Palace, Blood-Bond, Blood Curse, Bloodline, Blue Ridge Mountains, Book of Nod, Britain, Brood, Brujah, Caine, Cainite, Caitiff, California, California Afro-American Museum, Camarilla, Central America, Chantry, Chattanooga, Chester, Chicago, Childe, Citizens Empowerment Union, Clan, Clermont Lounge, Comrie Road, Coven, Crypt's Sons, Cyclorama, Damned, Daughters of Cacophony, Decree, Degannwy, Demon, Detroit, Diablerie, Dinas Mynyddig, Domitor, Dyffryn Clwyd, East Berlin, Edict, Elder, El Hermandad, Embrace, England, Europe, Exposition Park, Final Death, First City, Five Little Points, France, Frenzy, Fulton Bag Factory, Fulton County Commission, Gangrel, Garou, Gehenna, Generation, Georgia, Germany, Ghoul, Giovanni, Grant Park, Greenland, Harbor Freeway, Haven, High Museum of Art, Hiraethog Range, Holywell, Hounds, House Rhufoniog, Humanity, Hunger, Hunting Grounds, Iceland, Infernalists, Inglewood, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inner Council, Inquisition, Ireland, Israel, Justicar, Kiev, Kindred, Kine, King Road Club (Group), Knights of the Temple, Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, Lupine, Mage, Majestic Diner, Malkavian, Masquerade, Mercator Manufacturing (Company), Miami, Minsk, Montreal, Neonates, New York, Nine Tails (Club, Anarch Hangout), Normandy, Nosferatu, Oakland Cemetery, Oxford, Pack, Pankow District, Paris, Peachtree Gardens (Nursing Home), Peachtree Street, Penllyn, Piedmont Park, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Pontifex, Powys, Primogen, Prince, Progeny, Rage, Regent, Restless Dead, Retainer, Reynoldstown, Rhodes Hall, Rhuddlan, Rhufoniog, Russia, Sabbat, Salisbury, Sect, Shadowlands, Sire, Snowdonia, Soul, Spain, Spirit, Spirit World, Sunset Boulevard, Templars, Toledo, Toreador, Torpor, Traditions, Tremere, Tzimisce, USC Campus, Vampire, Vaulderie, Ventrue, Vienna, Vietnam, Virginia, Vitae, Wales, Washington, Watts, Westminster, Winnowing, Wraith,
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