Clans of the Camarilla
This close nit Clan is known to have many arcane and magical skills.  Known for their powers of manipulation and detest for traditional ways, ,Kindred gifts include: Auspex, Dominate and Thaumaturgy. Brian Kinney, a Tremere is pictured to the right.  Brian Kinney is the lost Prince of Pittsburgh, he was cheated out of his Principality by Prince Taylor, his mate's father.
Members of this Clan are thought of as artists and degenerates.  Kindred gifts include Auspex, Celerity and Presence. Justin Taylor, a Toreador, is pictured to the left.  Justin Taylor is the Crown Prince of Pittsburgh.  Justin is The Prince Consort after mating with Prince Kinney.
The most old fashioned of the vampires, the Ventrue are sophisticates who move in the highest social and political circles.  Kindred gifts include Dominate, Fortitute and Presence. Julian Luna, the San Francisco Ventrue Prince, is pictured to the right.
The Brujah are rebels-they make no secret of their disrespect for undead society and are often viewed as a source of chaos by other Kindred.  Kindred gifts include Celerity, Potence and Presence. Sasha, The Brujah Primogen is pictured to the left.
Gangrel have an afinity for the wilderness and many have command over animals.  Kindred gifts include Animalism, Fortitude and Protean. Cash a Gangrel elder is pictured to the right.
Members of this Clan are insane, yet from madness comes wisdom.  Kindred gifts include Obfuscate, Auspex and Dominate.
These hideously deformed creatures use their influence to gain knowledge.  Kindred gifts include Animalism, Obfuscate and Potence. A drawing of a Nosferatu is pictured to the right.

Non Camarilla Clans
The Sabbat
A non Camarilla Clan based in the Middle East.  The Assemites are best known for their skills as hired killers and the Discipline of Quietus. Pictured to the right.
A non Camarilla Clan based primarily in Haiti and Eqypt.  They are masters of moral and spiritual corruption and skilled in the Discipline of Serpentis. Pictured to the left.
A non Camarilla Clan based in Italy.  Think mafia.  The Giovanni are deeply steeped in the corporate interests and are skilled in the Discipline of Necromancy. Pictured to the right.
A wandering non Camarilla Clan descended from a Gypsy family of the same name.  Masters of trickery and deceit, the Ravnos are skilled in the Discipline of Chimerstry. Pictured to the left.
Tzmisce are the quintessential vamires.  While other vampires try to retain their human nature, Tzimisce actively seek to divorce themselves from it.  Called the Wild Ones amongst Kindred, they have a proclivity for cruelty and torture.
They are called Masters of the Dark and The Keepers (as in 'my brothers'.  They are traditional vampires who don't have a reflection and can not go into the sunlight, even after feeding.  Vampires in the traditional Kine sense, Lasombra have more foolish pride than Ventrue, are more manipulative than the Tremere, are more vain than the Toreador and are more obsessive than the Malkavians.
The Sabbat in the land of The Masquerade are the worst and deadliest of Kindred.  However, in my version of the Masquerade, they are a religious Kindred order.
Generations
Kindred produce progeny, much as mortals do, and different generations exist among them in much the same manner.  There exist more than 13 generations of Kindred, and the more distant a Kindred is from Caine, the first vampire, the weaker that Kindred is. 

It is important to understand tht generation does not necesarrily indicate age.  A vampire of the 10th generation could be twice as old as a vampire from the 6th.  If vampires engage in the pratice of diablerie, the slaying and drinking the blood of Kindred of an earlier gernerations, they may raise their effective generation.  For example, if an 8th generation vampire slays and drinks the remaining vitae (blood) of a 7th generation vampire, his or her effective generation is now 7th, not 8th. 

In the case of members from the Royal Bloodline, those Kindred with a direct birth line to Caine, they exist by the same guidelines, only their line and strength are much greater than their counter parts. 
Caine: Tradition holds that Caine, the Biblical slayer of his brother Abel, is the Sire of All Kindred.  There is some controversy with some Kindred protesting that it was not Caine who is the beginning of Kindred, but his former lover and former wife of Adam, Lilith.  However that is another story.  (If you want to know more, contact the webmistress.)
Second Generation: Little is known of this generation, only that, accoding to the Book of Nod, there were three.  The first of Caine's childer who have never been heard of since the Third Generation came to power. 
Third Generation: In most common terms, they are called the Antediluvians, and they are the founders of the 13 Clans.  Most don't consider the Second Generation of any consequence, holding their sire, Caine, as the only power ever before them.  It is believed that only seven from this generation still exist, though only the names of two, Lucian and Mekhet, are known. 

Those in the Third Generation are powerful beings, with the abilies and powers only guessed at by their lessers. (Note: Brion Fitzpatrick, Brian's grandfather is of this generation.)  
Fourth and Fifth Generations: These vampires are known as Methuselahs, for they are nearly as powerful and secretive as the Antediluvians.  These are the Kindred who holds the strings to The Camarilla, The Sabbat and even the non Camarilla sects.  (Note: even though Brian was just Embraced, he is of the Fourth Generation and within time, could possess great amounts of power.)
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Generations: This generation is powerful enough to control the Camarilla (or at least they think).  Most Princes and Primogen come from these generation.  (Note: Craig and Jennifer Taylor hail from this level.)
Ninth and Tenth Generations: Members of these generations are frequently called Ancillae, though of course this is based on age rather than generation.  Most were created in the modern era, though many became of this generation through diablarie, the killing of an older Kindred.
Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Generations: The most recent generations of Kindred are called neonates.  They are still powerful creatures, but the special gifts of Caine's blood (disciplines) are rarely found here.
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Generations: There are exceedingly few Kindred of thse generations and none beyond.  Indeed, those of the 15th Generation have failed to Sire any progeny.  Their blood is far too thin, and they are too far removed from Caine to be able to pass on the Curse.
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