True Brujah

Bloodlines

Introduction

The Clan Brujah that most Kindred know in the modern nights is not, according to legend, the true lineage of the Antediluvian known as “Brujah.” The strange bloodline known as the True Brujah claim that Brujah’s childe, Troile, committed diablerie upon him and stole control of the Clan. Brujah, it is said, was not the hot-blooded warrior/scholar that many vampires associate with the Rabble, but rather a staid, passionless introvert. Why, then, he chose to Embrace a maniac like Troile in the first place is a mystery that will likely never be fully explained.

The True Brujah were never subject to a massive purge as the Salubri or the Cappadocians were, but they don’t Embrace often and never recovered from the theft of their Clan status. Their city — the Carthage of Kindred myth, in which vampires openly ruled over mortals — supposedly died out due to the treachery of Troile’s childer (though other stories suggest demonic influence). From there, the bloodline faded from history. A few notable members of the bloodline appear throughout history, but by the modern nights only Kindred historians or those who chance to meet them can speak of their existence.

Whatever the truth of their origins, the True Brujah have remained a small but constant presence in Kindred society. Sometimes they wear their true nature openly, while other times they claim membership in other Clans (stating their Clan as “Brujah,” for example, and not bothering to correct the misapprehension that ensues). Their primary focus is the pursuit of knowledge, and to that end they have made some strange alliances. The True Brujah occasionally ally with the Followers of Set, and sometimes even provide services as consultants to the Sabbat in exchange for access to secrets and locations normally closed to them.

Nickname: Sages

Sect: The Sages have become more or less independent. They follow the Camarilla’s rules when in their cities, and avoid the Sabbat lest they become pressed into service or destroyed. While it isn’t impossible for a True Brujah to join the Sword of Caine, most of them can’t summon up the necessary fervor.

Appearance: In nights past, the True Brujah were predominantly of Greek or North African descent. As the centuries wore on, though, the Sages Embraced progeny from across Europe and, eventually, the New World. In modern nights, True Brujah tend to dress professionally, the better to fit in with the academic settings they prefer.

Haven: Some True Brujah maintain multiple havens around the world, which they use as they travel pursuing whatever kind of knowledge they find most fascinating. Others stay closer to a given city, generally with a centuries-old university or other center of learning nearby. In either case, their havens tend to be clean, well-maintained, and austere.

Background: It’s not entirely accurate to say that the True Brujah only Embrace academics and scholars, but it’s fairly rare for them to do otherwise. Sages sometimes Embrace out of curiosity or even spite, but for the most part they choose people whose capacity of learning and accumulated knowledge will benefit their sires.

Character Creation: Mental Attributes and Knowledges are usually primary. True Brujah sires instruct their childer in the basics of Occult and some form of combat (it’s just not practical to be unable to fight). Nature and Demeanor are often similar, if not identical, and never anything forceful or passionate. Common Backgrounds include Resources, Contacts, and Herd.

Clan Disciplines: Potence, Presence, Temporis

Weakness: True Brujah lose much of their emotional capacity when they are Embraced, and their ability for sympathy continues to deteriorate as they grow older. All Conscience and Conviction rolls are made at +2 difficulty (maximum 10), and ratings in Conscience, Conviction, Humanity, and Paths of Enlightenment cost double the normal experience costs.

Organization: While their rarity precludes frequent meetings, the bloodline comes together twice a century to discuss matters that affect them all. The eldest members of the bloodline determine the location and specific time of the meeting. Outside of these larger meetings, many True Brujah stay in contact via letters, whether handwritten or online.

Quote: I spared you last night because we hadn’t finished our conversation. I might spare you tonight, if I think that tomorrow you might still interest me.

4th Generation

• -- Belit-Sheri - Progeny of Brujah. Sire of Shalmath. - Status: unknown. {Rumored to have been destroyed.}

5th Generation

• -- Assurnapal - Status: Unknown
• -- Agonistes - Status: deceased.
• -- Numerius - Status: active. Location: Known only to a select few of the Manus Nigrum -- Central Bulgaria.
• -- Shalmath - Progeny of Belit-Sheri. Sire of Synesios. - Status: unknown. {Rumored to have been destroyed.}
• -- Theothelm - Status: unknown.

6th Generation

• -- Al-Muntaqim - The Avenger - Status: active. Location: {Cairo}.
• -- Al-Muntathir - God's Witness - Status: deceased. Location: {Cairo}
• -- Albertus Magnus - Childe of Theothelm. Status: unknown. Location: Unknown.
• -- Antonio Veradas - Antitribu, Bishop of Leon, Nicaragua. Status: active.
• -- Jeremy Sanderson - Childe of Numerius and sire of Dr.Émeric "Vespasien" Bouchard. Status: active. {Quebec City}
• -- Nehemiah, Lord of Cyprus - Status: active.
• -- Paercebal -- Progeny of Assurnapal
• -- Rathmonicus - Sire unknown. Developped the Path of Scorched Heart in the 14th century. Status: Deceased {Anarch Revolt}.
• -- Salomão Machado -- Progeny of Numerius and sire of Countess Efigénia Medeiros and the Brazilian neonate Cassandra Fonseca-- Elder Elois Unforgiven {Rio de Janeiro} -- Status: active.
• -- Synesios - Progeny of Shalmath. Sire of Krassimir. Senior Archivist of the Scriptorium of Vulci {abandoned Etruscan city 80km north of Rome). Status: Inactive - Torpor.

7th Generation

• -- Balabhadra - First Childe of Numerius. Status: unknown.
• -- Corrie Tinbergen -- Prince Of Luxembourg
• -- Countess Efigénia Medeiros -- Progeny of Salomão Machado and sire of Fortunato Torres -- status: active. {Braga, Portugal}
• -- Dr.Émeric "Vespasien" Bouchard -- Grand-Master Mason and Master Thaumaturgy. Childe of Jeremy Sanderson. - Status: active.
• -- Cassandra Fonseca -- Neonate Elois Police Detective from Rio de Janeiro and childe of Salomão Machado. - Status: active. {Boston}
• -- Delphine - Progeny of Paercebal
• -- Ibn Khaldun - Status: unknown. Last seen in {Cairo}.
• -- Krassimir - Progeny of Synesios. Status: unknown.
• -- Nunêz - Status: unknown.
• -- Jaroslav Pascek - Brujah Justiar to the Camarilla - Status: Inactive - Torpor. Location unknown.
• -- Oliver Zelenka - Childe of Albertus Magnus. Status: Dead. Fell to the Beast, and diablerized by his eldest childe - Countess Klara Wehunt.
• -- Countess Klara Wehunt - Eldest Childe of Oliver Zelenka & former Seneschal of Dresden. Status: imprisoned, being held in {Ancient Enoch}. Officially dead. Diablerized Oliver Zelenka. Embraced at 8th Generation.

8th Generation

• -- Vladan Kladivo - Prince of {Dresden}. Second Childe of Oliver Zelenka. Status: active.
• -- Dalibor Biskup - Seneschal of {Dresden}. Third Childe of Oliver Zelenka. Status: active.
• -- Vladislav Havelka - Fourth Childe of Oliver Zelenka. Status: torpor. Location: {Dresden}.
• -- Sara Zuraw - Exile from Dresden. Fifth Childe of Oliver Zelenka. Status: deceased. Location: unknown.
• -- Fortunato Torres -- Progeny of Countess Efigénia Medeiros -- status: active. {Porto, Portugal}
• -- Dietmar Vogel - Eldest surviving childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active. Location: unknown.
• -- Hiltrude Ott - Second childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active. Has returned to {Dresden}.
• -- Luitger Fürst - Third childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active. {Rio de Janeiro}
• -- Gottlieb Groos - Fourth childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active in {New Delhi}.
• -- Adeline Haase - Fifth childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active. Location: unknown.
• -- Benedikt Tresler - Sixth childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active in Sydney, Australia.
• -- Charlotte Dunkle - Seventh childe of the Countess Klara Wehunt. Status: active in {Paris}.

9th Generation

• -- Kája Vavra - Childe of Vladislav Havelka. Status: active. Location: unknown.
• -- Marek Vavra - Childe of Vladislav Havelka. Status: active. Location: unknown.

Those of Unknown Generation

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