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;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Introduction to Quietus'''
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:''In the corner of a bedroom on the South Side
<span style="color:#800000;"> Quietus is the province of the ''Banu Haqim'', the vampires whom European Cainites call Assamites or Saracens, and they guard its secrets jealously. Within the clan, it is the warrior caste that is most closely associated with Quietus, and its current applications largely revolve around the use of blood poisoning to kill. The vizier and sorcerer castes have equal claim to the Discipline in the clan's legendary, however, and they make use of it in subtly different ways to aid their tasks of mystic exploration and subtle governance.
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:''There's a large,
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:''Circular brown stain on the shag floor
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:''That the landlord can't scrub away.
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:''Possible renters skirt around
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:''What they hope is wine.
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:''The thing is,
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:''Dead people don't drink.
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::- ''"Blood" by M.M. Jones
  
<span style="color:#800000;"> The scholars of Alamut recount that Haqim himself developed Quietus after a long period of self-exploration.  By examining his own blood, he unlatched the secrets of affecting others' vitae.  He used these secrets to impose Caine's law on the Second City and to punish those who contravened itWhen the revolt of the third generation began and Haqim's siblings expelled him from their usurper kingdom, his mastery of the Blood allowed him to escape and found a tripartite clan of his ownEver since then, his children have seen themselves as separate from Caine's other get, purer and stronger judges of the righteous use of blood.  Quietus is the premier expression of that belief.
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;Introduction to Quietus
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Quietus is the province of the ''Banu Haqim'', the vampires whom European Cainites call Assamites or Saracens, and they guard its secrets jealouslyWithin the clan, it is the warrior caste that is most closely associated with Quietus, and its current applications largely revolve around the use of blood poisoning to killThe vizier and sorcerer castes have equal claim to the Discipline in the clan's legendary, however, and they make use of it in subtly different ways to aid their tasks of mystic exploration and subtle governance.
  
<span style="color:#800000;"> Ironically, the very strength of the blood-poisoning arts can also be a vulnerability.  The details are secrets of the elders, but it seems that - just as a master Charlatan must momentarily fool himself in order to deceive others with Chimerstry and madness is a prerequisite for the use of Dementation - the use of Quietus creates a subtle taint in the blood of those who use it.  This taint manifests itself as the caste weaknesses of the various lines of ''Banu Haqim' and in an overall susceptibility to blood curses on the clan. Assamite individuals are no more vulnerable, the sorcerers say, but blood curses tend to infect clanmates at a prodigious rateThe most glaring example of this, of course, is the curse set upon the Assamite warrior caste by the dark bloodline known as the Baali.
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The scholars of Alamut recount that Haqim himself developed Quietus after a long period of self-exploration.  By examining his own blood, he unlatched the secrets of affecting others' vitae.  He used these secrets to impose Caine's law on the Second City and to punish those who contravened it.  When the revolt of the third generation began and Haqim's siblings expelled him from their usurper kingdom, his mastery of the Blood allowed him to escape and found a tripartite clan of his own. Ever since then, his children have seen themselves as separate from Caine's other get, purer and stronger judges of the righteous use of blood.  Quietus is the premier expression of that belief.
  
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Ironically, the very strength of the blood-poisoning arts can also be a vulnerability.  The details are secrets of the elders, but it seems that - just as a master Charlatan must momentarily fool himself in order to deceive others with Chimerstry and madness is a prerequisite for the use of Dementation - the use of Quietus creates a subtle taint in the blood of those who use it.  This taint manifests itself as the caste weaknesses of the various lines of ''Banu Haqim' and in an overall susceptibility to blood curses on the clan. Assamite individuals are no more vulnerable, the sorcerers say, but blood curses tend to infect clanmates at a prodigious rate.  The most glaring example of this, of course, is the curse set upon the Assamite warrior caste by the dark bloodline known as the Baali.
  
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Main Sequence'''
 
:1 - [[Silence of Fiery Blood]]
 
:2 - [[Scorpion's Touch]]
 
:3 - [[Dagon's Call]]
 
:4 - [[Baal's Caress]]
 
:5 - [[Blood Essence]]
 
  
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Alternate Powers (1-5)'''
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;Main Sequence
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1 - [[Silence of Fiery Blood]]<br>
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2 - [[Scorpion's Touch]]<br>
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3 - [[Dagon's Call]]<br>
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4 - [[Baal's Caress]]<br>
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5 - [[Blood Essence]]
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;Alternate Powers (1-5)
 
:5 - [[Taste of Death]]
 
:5 - [[Taste of Death]]
  
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Advanced Quietus'''
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;Advanced Quietus'''
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Level 6'''
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'''Level 6'''<br>
 
:[[Blood Sweat]] (CA3 66)
 
:[[Blood Sweat]] (CA3 66)
 
:[[Deed the Heart's Desire]] (CCBH 75)
 
:[[Deed the Heart's Desire]] (CCBH 75)
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:[[Selective Silence]] (CA3 66-67)
 
:[[Selective Silence]] (CA3 66-67)
  
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Level 7'''
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'''Level 7'''<br>
 
:[[Dam the Heart's River]] / [[Hinder the Cainite Vitae]] (PGLC 155)
 
:[[Dam the Heart's River]] / [[Hinder the Cainite Vitae]] (PGLC 155)
 
:[[Poison the Well of Life]] (CA3 69)
 
:[[Poison the Well of Life]] (CA3 69)
  
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Level 8'''
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'''Level 8'''<br>
 
:[[Blood Awakening]] (DAC 90-91)
 
:[[Blood Awakening]] (DAC 90-91)
 
:[[Blood of Destruction]] / [[Baal's Bloody Talons]] (PGLC 155-156)
 
:[[Blood of Destruction]] / [[Baal's Bloody Talons]] (PGLC 155-156)
 
:[[Songs of Distant Vitae]] (CA3 69-70)
 
:[[Songs of Distant Vitae]] (CA3 69-70)
  
;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Level 9'''
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'''Level 9'''<br>
 
:[[Condemn the Sins of the Father]] (CA3 71)
 
:[[Condemn the Sins of the Father]] (CA3 71)
 
:[[Weaken the Blood of the Ancients]] (PGLC 156
 
:[[Weaken the Blood of the Ancients]] (PGLC 156
  
 
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;<span style="color:#800000;"> '''Proposed Quietus Powers'''
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;Proposed Quietus Powers
  
  
 
[[Bibliography]]
 
[[Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 19:44, 6 March 2014

Disciplines / Discipline Techniques
In the corner of a bedroom on the South Side
There's a large,
Circular brown stain on the shag floor
That the landlord can't scrub away.
Possible renters skirt around
What they hope is wine.
The thing is,
Dead people don't drink.
- "Blood" by M.M. Jones
Introduction to Quietus

Quietus is the province of the Banu Haqim, the vampires whom European Cainites call Assamites or Saracens, and they guard its secrets jealously. Within the clan, it is the warrior caste that is most closely associated with Quietus, and its current applications largely revolve around the use of blood poisoning to kill. The vizier and sorcerer castes have equal claim to the Discipline in the clan's legendary, however, and they make use of it in subtly different ways to aid their tasks of mystic exploration and subtle governance.

The scholars of Alamut recount that Haqim himself developed Quietus after a long period of self-exploration. By examining his own blood, he unlatched the secrets of affecting others' vitae. He used these secrets to impose Caine's law on the Second City and to punish those who contravened it. When the revolt of the third generation began and Haqim's siblings expelled him from their usurper kingdom, his mastery of the Blood allowed him to escape and found a tripartite clan of his own. Ever since then, his children have seen themselves as separate from Caine's other get, purer and stronger judges of the righteous use of blood. Quietus is the premier expression of that belief.

Ironically, the very strength of the blood-poisoning arts can also be a vulnerability. The details are secrets of the elders, but it seems that - just as a master Charlatan must momentarily fool himself in order to deceive others with Chimerstry and madness is a prerequisite for the use of Dementation - the use of Quietus creates a subtle taint in the blood of those who use it. This taint manifests itself as the caste weaknesses of the various lines of Banu Haqim' and in an overall susceptibility to blood curses on the clan. Assamite individuals are no more vulnerable, the sorcerers say, but blood curses tend to infect clanmates at a prodigious rate. The most glaring example of this, of course, is the curse set upon the Assamite warrior caste by the dark bloodline known as the Baali.


Main Sequence

1 - Silence of Fiery Blood
2 - Scorpion's Touch
3 - Dagon's Call
4 - Baal's Caress
5 - Blood Essence

Alternate Powers (1-5)
5 - Taste of Death
Advanced Quietus

Level 6

Blood Sweat (CA3 66)
Deed the Heart's Desire (CCBH 75)
Purification / Cleansed in Blood (CA3 67-68)
Quicken the Mortal's Blood (DAC 90)
Rapturous Touch (PGLC 154-155)
Ripples of the Heart (DA2 209)
Selective Silence (CA3 66-67)

Level 7

Dam the Heart's River / Hinder the Cainite Vitae (PGLC 155)
Poison the Well of Life (CA3 69)

Level 8

Blood Awakening (DAC 90-91)
Blood of Destruction / Baal's Bloody Talons (PGLC 155-156)
Songs of Distant Vitae (CA3 69-70)

Level 9

Condemn the Sins of the Father (CA3 71)
Weaken the Blood of the Ancients (PGLC 156

Proposed Quietus Powers


Bibliography