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Whip: One who keeps his clanmates in line in order that they be taken seriously.
witch-hunter: A mortal who seeks out Kindred and destroys them.
OLD FORM
The following terms have been in circulation for as long as most elders can remember, and
they are still considered the “proper” usage for the ideas they describe.
abactor: Literally, a “cattle thief;” a poacher.
Amaranth: Diablerie; the act of consuming another Kindred’s blood and soul.
anarch: Historically, a Kindred rebel who opposed vampiric tyranny. Some anarchs sought
to tear down the feudal systems of Kindred society in nights past, but many merely wished to
be left to their own devices. Arguably the forerunners of the modern unbound.
blood oath: The Vinculum.
caitiff: A vampire of unknown clan. Usage: Am I to understand that this caitiff is truly a Nosferatu
of Wellington’s brood? How could I not have guessed?
Canaille: The masses of humanity, especially the uncultured or unsavory. Typically connotes
a reference to sources of sustenance.
cauchemar: A vampire who feeds solely on sleeping victims.
cockalorum: A loud-mouthed iconoclast, or any weak vampire who acts the big shot.
comprador: A vampire who works for some other creature, such as a mage or even a mortal
organization willing to uphold the Masquerade; also indicates the reverse (a supernaturally
awakened creature in the service of a vampire).
consanguineous: Literally, “of the same blood,” especially regarding lineage. Usage: That
vampire is consanguineous with the Ventrue Prince.
co-sanguineous: Being brothers in the Blood; sharing the same sire. Usage: We’re rumored
to be co-sanguineous but my sire is actually Maxwell, whereas his is not.
cunctator: A Kindred who avoids killing whenever feeding from mortals.
draugr: The term for revenants in antiquity; still widely used by some Gangrel.
fi ef: A domain; still the favored term among many Ventrue, even numerous young ones.
footpad: One who feeds from vagrants, derelicts and other dregs of society.
fl edgling: A neonate; a newly created vampire under his sire’s protection.
gallant: A vampire who feeds from other vampires out of necessity or perversion.
gentry: The collective group of Kindred who prefer to prey at nightclubs, bars and other
“red-light district” establishments.
Golconda: A fabled state of complete oneness with the vampiric condition; the true comprehension
of both Beast and Man within a vampire’s soul, wherein balance can be found.
Rumored to be similar to mortal Nirvana, Golconda is only very rarely achieved.
inceptor: The founder of a new Discipline, a new bloodline or both. Such feats carry some
measure of prestige among the Kindred.
Leech: A mortal who drinks vampire blood but acknowledges no regnant.
Lextalionis: The tradition of the blood hunt.
lineage: A vampire’s bloodline; one’s sire and the line of sires before him.
Osiris: A vampire who builds a mortal cult following around himself, as a means by which
he can better feed or infl uence the mortal world.
Papillon: The red-light district; an area of a city that is punctuated by bars, whorehouses,
gambling casinos and other places of debauchery. Also refers to a city’s prime hunting grounds,
where mortal disappearances go largely unnoticed.
praxis: The right of Princes to govern; one’s claim to domain. Can also refer to a Prince’s
matter of policy or individual edicts.
retainer: Any individual who serves a vampiric master (whether under thrall or not). The term
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