Ancilla:An "adolescent" vampire
Anarch: A rebel among the Kindred, one with no respect for the elders. Antedeluvian:One of the oldest Vampires. Of the third generation.
Archon: A powerful vampire who wanders from city to city.
Book of Nod, The: The "sacred" book of the Kindred. Never been published in its' entirety.
Beast, The: The urges which prompt vampires to forsake their humanity
Bloodline: A distinct lineage that is outside of the 13 clans
Blood Bond: A mystic Servitude to another vampire as a result from drinking his blood three times.
Boons: Favors owed
Caitiff: A vampire with no clan
Childe: A derogatory term for a young, inexperienced, or foolish vampire.
Childer: The group of Progeny under a single vampire
Clan: A group of vampires who share certain mystical and physical characteristics. Not unlike a family
Coterie: A group of vampires that protect and support one another
Damned, The: All vampires, in general
Diablerie: The cannabalistic behavior common among kindred, involving the concumption of the blood of another vampire
Domain: The fiefdom claimed by a vampire, usually a prince.
Elder: A vampire of more than 300 years of age
Elysium: The name given the place where the elders meet and gather, commonly operas, theaters, or other places of high culture.
Embrace, The: The act of transforming a mortal into a vampire, by draining the mortal's' blood and replacing it with a small amount of the vampire's own.
Frenzy: The state of being when the beast take control.
Garou: werewolf
Generation: The number of steps between a vampire and Caine. Cain being the only one of the first generation.
Gehenna: The impending Armageddon, when the antideluvians shall awaken.
Ghoul: A servant created by allowing a mortal to drink the blood of a vampire
Golconda: The state of being that which many vampires do aspire, in which a balance is found between beast and humanity
Haven: The home of a vampire or place which he sleeps during the day.
Inconnu: A sect of vampires who have removed themselves from both mortal and Kindred affairs.
Jyhad, The: The secret war being waged between the antediluvians, using younger kindred as pawns
Kindred: A vampire; one of the blood
Lupine:A werewolf
Masquerade, The: The effort began after the end of the great wars to hide kindred from the mortal world
Methusalah: An elder who no longer lives among the other kindred. Many are members of the Inconnu
Neonate: A young, newly created kindred
Numina:The special powers held by mortal hunters
Pack:A basic social unit of the Sabbat
Primogen: A citie's ruling council of elders
Prince: Male or female. A vampire who has established a claim to rulership over a city and is able to support that claim.
Progeny: A collective term for all vampires created by a single sire
Regnant: One who holds a blood bond over another vampire
Sire: The parent-creator of a vampire, both male and female
Thrall: One blood bonded by another vampire.
Vessel: A potential or past source of blood, typically a human
Vitae: Blood

Introduction to a World of Darkness
About the Toreador
About the Camarilla
About the Sabbat
The Traditions
Dictionary
Kindred Language
Toreador Disciplines
The Laws

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