The Embrace

Not every victim of the vampire's Kiss rises to become a vampire, contrary to lore. Making a new vampire requires a conscious effort and, quite often, the permission of one's elders. The Embrace is the act of changing a mortal into a vampire.

The reasons for Embracing new Kindred vary from vampire to vampire. Some sires feel remorse over their undying curse of vampirism, and select mortals who might "give something back" to the depraved race of Kindred. A few vampires look for great artists, thinkers, creators or just compassionate souls whose talents should be preserved forever. These Kindred often suffer greatly when they see what their selfishness wreaks upon those brought into the fold, for the Embrace often destroys the spark of creativty. Kindred lack the ability to truly innovate~ they ride human trends rather than set them, and even their most inspired works are nothing more than pale imitations of mortal work that has gone before.

Other Kindred are vindictive and spiteful with the Embrace, choosing mortals whom they wish to see suffer. Most Kindred, however, embrace out of lonelness or desire. These vampires are invariably the worst off as, after the cumulation of their lust or anguish, they are left not with soulmates, but with monsters every bit as callous and predatory as they are.

Embrace Techniques
The physical act of creating a Kindred is not complex, though many sires refuse to instruct their childer in the process. The vampire first drains the victims blood to the point of death. After removing all of her prospective childe's mortal blood, the sire places a quantity of her own blood in her childe's mouth. This amount varies, as some vampires literally suckle their childer at their own wrist while other Kindred place the tiniest drop on their childe's lips and watch as the Beast takes over thereafter. Vampires of the Sabbat reputedly Embrace their childer and then bury them, forcing the progeny literally to dig themselves out of their own graves.