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Crúac (KREW • ack): The bloody, witchcraft-like magic practiced by the Circle of the
Crone.
Daeva (DAY • vuh): A clan of vampires known for being emotional, sensual and desirable.
Damned, the: The race of Kindred; vampires.
Danse Macabre: The state of eternal infi ghting between and among the Kindred of different
clans, covenants and age distinctions.
diablerie (dee • AHB • ler • ee): Kindred “cannibalism”; draining another vampire of
not only his blood but his soul.
Disciplines: The preternatural abilities and edges the Kindred possess, allowing them to
vanish, turn into bats and perform myriad other inhuman feats.
domain: A region ruled (ostensibly) by a single Kindred authority. The largest domains
correspond to cities and often contain smaller domains within them.
Dragons: A common nickname for members of the Ordo Dracul.
elder: A vampire who has survived for over 150 years; also a term of respect.
Elysium (ell • ISS • ee • um): A location used for Kindred gatherings and declared a
neutral, “no violence” sanctuary by the Prince.
Embrace: The act of turning a mortal into a vampire.
Final Death: A Kindred’s real, true, ultimate death; when her unlife ceases and she never
again rises as a vampire.
First Estate: A common nickname for the Invictus.
frenzy: A berserk state in which the Beast takes total control over a vampire. Rage, fear and
hunger can induce frenzies; when precision is needed, the term is qualifi ed by cause (rage
frenzy, fear frenzy or hunger frenzy) or by a special term (Rötschreck or Wassail). Unqualifi ed,
the term generally indicates rage frenzy.
Gangrel (GANG • grell): A clan of vampires known for being primal, hardy and savage.
ghoul: A mortal fed Kindred Vitae and possessed of various supernatural abilities, though
far weaker than most vampires.
Harpy: A Kindred in a position prominent or estimable enough to raise up or put down
others in vampire society.
haven: A vampire’s residence; where one fi nds sanctuary from the sun.
Herald: A spokesman for the Prince.
herd: A collection of mortals from whom a vampire feeds regularly.
Hierophant (HI • row • font): A ranking member of the Circle of the Crone.
Hound: A personal agent of the Prince; assassin, leg-breaker, capo.
Invictus (in • VICK • tuss): One of the largest of the Kindred covenants, which believes
in rule by a vampiric “elite” made up mostly of elders.
Kindred: The modern (and most frequent) term by which vampires refer to themselves and
their race.
kine: A term for mortals; the phrase “Kindred and kine” refers to everyone.
Kiss: Both the act of biting and taking blood from a mortal, as well as the pleasure it
provides both participants.
Kogaion (KO • guy • on): A ranking member of the Ordo Dracul.
Lancea Sanctum (LAN • kay • uh SANK • toom): A covenant of vampires, consisting
of vampiric religious zealots who honor the Roman centurion Longinus, whom they have
adopted as a form of “patron saint” for the act of testing Christ’s divinity.
Lupine: A werewolf.
Man, the: The humanity a vampire maintains (or tries to); the spark of mortality that
distinguishes him from the Beast.
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