Ancient Myth

Caine & the Antediluvians

• Myth holds that the First Vampire was Caine, cursed by God for murdering Abel.

• He sired generations: the Antediluvians, progenitors of the clans.

• Their names are whispered, their return feared as Gehenna.

• Camarilla treats this as legend. Sabbat treats it as gospel.

Golconda

• The mythical state of redemption for vampires.

• A Kindred who reaches Golconda balances Beast and Humanity perfectly, perhaps even transcends hunger.

• Some dismiss it as a fairy tale; others obsess over it.

• Mystics, Inconnu, and solitary wanderers often chase this dream.

Diablerie (Amaranth)

• Drinking another vampire’s soul.

• A crime, a sin, and a shortcut to power.

• Seen as damnation by Camarilla, destiny by Sabbat.

• Mystics see diablerie as one path to Gehenna’s fulfillment.

Prophecy & Gehenna

• The End of Days for Kindred.

• Stories say the Antediluvians will rise, consume their progeny, and the world will drown in blood.

• Sabbat fight in anticipation. Camarilla ignore it publicly. Anarchs laugh nervously.

Blood Magic

• Tremere: blood sorcery codified into grim formulas.

• Banu Haqim: blood rites tied to judgment.

• Hecata: necromancy, communion with the dead.

• Ministry: serpentine faith and temptation.

• Mortals whisper witchcraft, but these arts are real and terrifying.

Omens & Curses

• Every clan has its curse — seen as both mystical truth and practical weakness.

• Auspex visions, Malkavian madness, eerie Nosferatu deformities — all treated as glimpses of deeper damnation.