Lexicon

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(archaic) : terms used at least since the Dark Ages. Very old Kindred may still use these but young Kindred rarely will.

(vulgar) : street slang of the Kindred. Used more by the young.

Alleycat

(vulgar) : a vampire who keeps no permanent haven, but sleeps in a different location each night. This term also refers to a vampire who feeds exclusively from the homeless, vagrants, and other elements of low society. See footpad.

The Amaranth

(archaic): the act of consuming another Kindred’s blood. See diablerie.

The Anarch Movement

a vampire sect that opposes the tyranny of elders and has placed itself outside the secret society of the Camarilla.

Ancilla

a vampire who has proven themselves, ranking between the elders and the neonates. Plural: ancillae.

Antediluvian

a member of the dreaded third generation.

Autarkis

(archaic): See unbound.

Banking

(vulgar): the practice of “withdrawing” blood from blood banks, hospital reserves, or the dead and dying. This blood has little taste, though it will sustain a vampire. Elder Kindred eschew this base indulgence. A Kindred who engages in this practice is known as a banker.

The Barrens

the areas of a city unfit for life, including graveyards, abandoned buildings, industrial wastelands, and areas of irreversible urban blight.

The Beast

the inchoate drives and urges that threaten to turn a vampire into a mindless, ravening monster.

The Becoming

the moment one passes from being a fledgling into “full” vampire status as a neonate. In the Camarilla, one may not Become until their sire deems them ready and gains the Prince’s approval.

Blister

(vulgar): a vampire “Typhoid Mary” who contracts a mortal disease and spreads it to each vessel upon whom they feed.

The Blood

the supernatural, semi-sentient Blood of a vampire, as opposed to mortal or animal blood. Synonymous with vitae.

Blood Bond

a mystical power relationship between two individual vampires, or a vampire and a mortal with the vampire being the master.

Blood Doll

(vulgar): a mortal who freely gives their blood to a vampire. Most blood dolls gain a perverse satisfaction from the Kiss, and actively seek out vampires who will take their blood. blood hunt: a punishment sentencing a vampire to final death at the fangs of their peers. See lex talionis.

Blood Leech

(vulgar): A vampire who feeds upon the vitae of other Cainites, out of necessity or depravity.

Bloodline

a vampire’s heritage. See lineage.

The Book of Nod

a collection of Kindred legend and history.

Butterfly

(vulgar): one who mingles among the mortal high society elements and feeds exclusively from the famous and wealthy.

Cainite

(archaic): a vampire; a member of the race of Caine.

Caitiff

a vampire of unknown clan, or of no clan at all. Caitiff are typically of high generation, where Caine’s blood is too diluted to pass on any consistent characteristics.

The Camarilla

a sect of vampires devoted primarily to maintaining the Traditions, particularly that of the Masquerade.

Canaille

(archaic): the bovine masses of humanity, especially the uncultured and unsavory. The canaille are viewed primarily as a source of sustenance. See kine.

Casanova

(vulgar): a vampire who seduces mortals to take their blood, but does not kill them. See siren.

Cauchemar

(archaic): see Sandman

The Change

(vulgar): the moment an individual ceases to be mortal and becomes one of the Kindred.

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