Terms and Definetions
(for role play)

Ancilla - An "adolescent" vampire.
Anarch - A rebel among the Kindred, one with no respect for the elders.
Antedeluvian - One of the oldest Vampires. Of the third generation.
Archon - A powerful Vampire who wonders from city to city.
Book Of Nod,The - The "sacred" book of the Kindred. Never been published in it's entirety.
Beast, The - The urges which prompt vampires to forsake thier humanity.
Bloodline - A distinct lineage that is outside of the 13 clans.
Blood Bond - A mystic Servitude to another vampire as a result from drinking his blood three times.
Boons - Favors owed.
Caitiff - A vampire with with no clan.
Childe - The group of Progeny under a single vampire.
Clan - A group of vampires who share certain mystical and physical characteristics. Not unlike a family.
Coterie - A group of vampires that protect and support one another.
Damned, The - All vampires, in general.
Diablerie - The cannabalistic behavior common among kindred, involving the consumption of the blood of another vampire
Domain - The fiefdon claimed by a vampire, usually a prince.
Elder - A vampire of more then 300 years of age.
Elysium - The name given the place where the elders meet and gather, commonly operas, theaters, or other places of high culture.
Embrace,The - The act of transforming a mortal into a vampire, by draining the mortal's blood and replacing it with a small abount of the vampire's own.
Frenzy - The state of being when the beast take control.
Garou - Werewolf
Generation - The number of steps between a vampire and Cain. Cain being the only one of the first generation.
Gehenna - The impending Armageddon, when the antideluvians shall awaken.
Ghoul - A servent created by allowing a mortal to drink the blood of a vampire.
Golconda - The state of being that which many vampires do aspire, in which a balance is found between beast and humanity.
Haven - The home of a vampire of place which he sleeps during the day.
Inconnu - A sect of vampires who have removed themselves from both mortal and Kindred affairs.
Jyhad, The - The secret war being waged between the antediluvains, using younger kindred as pawns.
Kindred - A vampire; one of the blood.
Lupine - A werewolf
Masquerade, The - The effort began after the end of the great wars to hide kindred from the mortal world.
Methusalah - An elder who no longer lives among the other kindred. Many are members of the Inconnu.
Neonate - A young, newly created kindred.
Numina - The special powers held by mortal hunters.
Pack - A basic social unit of the Sabbat.
Primogen - A city's ruling council of elders.
Prince - Male or female. A vampire who has established a claim to rulership over a city and is able to support that claim.