Mind's Eye Theatre - Vampire The Requiem.pdf - RoseRed

lexicon • old form • vulgar argot
hails from a time when many vampires kept large estates with entire entourages of servants.
Rötschreck: The “Red Fear”; a fear frenzy, usually instigated by the presence of fi re.
siren: A female vampire who seduces mortals in order to feed from but not kill them.
Suspire: The rumored moment of epiphany a vampire experiences just before attaining
(or failing to attain) Golconda.
Wassail: Hunger frenzy, during which a vampire seeks to feed until sated.
whelp: Derogatory term for a young Kindred, originally used in reference to one’s own
progeny.
whig: Contemptuous term for a vampire who retains interest in mortal trends.
VULGAR ARGOT
The newest of terms, those rising out of the grime and crime of the modern-gothic streets,
refl ect both the times and the attitudes of tonight’s brash neonates.
alleycat: A vampire with no permanent haven, who sleeps in a different place each day.
Also refers to one who feeds exclusively from the homeless.
banking: The practice of “withdrawing” blood from blood banks and hospital reserves. Such
refrigerated blood has very little taste, but it provides some small nourishment nonetheless.
Banking is frowned upon by older or more refi ned Kindred.
blister: A vampire “Typhoid Mary” who contracts a mortal disease and spreads it to the
vessels upon whom she feeds.
blood doll: A mortal who freely gives blood to a vampire, gaining a perverse satisfaction
from the Kiss and actively seeking out vampires to give it to them.
butterfl y: A Kindred who mingles among mortal high society and prefers to feed from the
rich and famous.
Casanova: A vampire who seduces mortals to feed but does not kill them. Most prefer to
erase the memory of their presence from their vessels’ minds, if possible.
Cleaver: A vampire who tries to maintain the illusion of a human family life.
donor: Sarcastic term for a vessel, typically a mortal.
farmer: Derogatory term for vampires who prefer to feed from animals alone.
head: A vampire who feeds on drug or alcohol-laced blood. Those with a fondness for specifi c
drugs have their preference added as a prefi x (e.g., crackhead, pothead, smackhead).
headhunter: A Kindred who hunts and feeds on other vampires.
juice: Human blood, often modifi ed by a descriptor, usually one indicating either the origin
of the blood or some chemical within the blood (e.g., “cranberry juice” indicates Irish blood,
while “happy juice” is mortal blood laced with stimulants).
juicebag: Contemptuous term for mortals.
Lick: A mortal, especially one from whom a vampire feeds.
lush: One who feeds regularly from drugged or drunk mortals to experience the euphoria
or inebriation in the blood.
pedigree: A sarcastic term for lineage, typically used to make fun of another vampire’s
Kindred family tree (or the self-importance drawn therefrom).
rake: The newest euphemism for gentry; a habitual visitor to the Rack.
ripper: Modern term for a revenant, based upon the condition in which such creatures
typically leave their victims.
sandman: A cauchemar.
slumming: The practice of feeding from derelicts and other dregs of society.
tease: A siren.
turf: Modern term used in reference to a domain; can also refer to the area under one
gang or coterie’s infl uence.
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