Masters and victims of beauty and lust, the Daeva cultivate desire in their prey and perfection in themselves. Sensual hedonists and rapacious gluttons alike are members of the Daeva “family.” Many Daeva Embrace mortals with whom they have become entangled in a web of lust and hunger. Rare is the relationship that runs as hot as that between a Daeva and a newly Embraced childe. Rare is the relationship that cools as swiftly.

Creatures of wild ferocity and animal cunning, the Gangrel hunt in the untamed places and show no mercy. Gangrel can come from nearly any former life, but all Savages possess a strong survival instinct. Gangrel loathe personal weakness and admire those whose greatest strengths are those of the self—self-awareness, self-confidence and self-reliance.

Quiet things that lurk behind masks and curtains, the Mekhet are keepers of secrets and thieves of whispers. They hunt from the shadows, preying secretly upon victims and unlocking secrets no one should know. All Mekhet share a metaphysical darkness, expressed as bleak melancholy or macabre fascination. Mekhet are tutored intensely by their sires, and often inducted into their own shadow cults. Some prefer to let their progeny discover the Kindred world on their own, but not even these sires stray so far that they can’t watch a protégé’s progress.

Subtle and unnerving, the Nosferatu wield fear itself like a surgeon’s knife. Their very presence disturbs others, whether by physical ugliness, foul stench or nebulous personal malignance. Nosferatu sometimes come from society’s dregs, but just as often from its peak. Either are dragged to new depths by the Embrace. Haunts learn to be self-reliant individuals, and often adapt to the curse of undeath better than their Damned peers.

Youngest and hungriest of the clans, the Ventrue are the harsh Lords over the Damned. The Ventrue recruit professionals, the cream of high society, scions of old money or heirs to political dynasties. As new professions and new forms of power arise, the Ventrue bring them into the clan. By whatever means available, the Ventrue rise to the top.

Bikers, gangers, and other thuggish and impulsive troublemakers

A bloodline of Japanese origin, the Burakumin consist largely of former laborers and other traditionally oppressed folk, who have found power in the distant West.

A Russian-descended bloodline that inflicts insightful madness on its bearers, feared and reviled by other Ventrue.

An ancient and infamous bloodline which can only feed on the sick and dying, a condition which they themselves may inflict with impunity.

Lovers and creators of art, descended from a legendary and proud Spanish nobleman.