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'''Background:''' The strange tale of the Ahrimanes begins with a Sabbat
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'''Background:''' The strange tale of the Ahrimanes begins with a Sabbat Gangrel antitribu named Muricia. Caught between two warring factions of Sabbat Gangrel, she watched
Gangrel antitribu named Muricia. Caught between
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as her pack-mates were pulled into the conflict and ultimately killed. She renounced the Sabbat and the Gangrel Clan entirely, now calling herself “an Ahrimane,” and called  
two warring factions of Sabbat Gangrel, she watched
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upon shamanic magic to alter herself. How exactly this was accomplished is still a mystery. One theory is that Muricia was an anomaly even before she attempted her magical working,
as her packmates were pulled into the conflict and
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and had access to powers that other vampires didn’t. Another (possibly more plausible) theory is that Muricia had help from mortal sorcerers who were hoping the effect would spread  
ultimately killed. She renounced the Sabbat and the
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throughout the Kindred of the world, sterilizing them and preventing any new vampires from being created.
Gangrel Clan entirely, now calling herself “an
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Ahrimane,” and called upon shamanic magic
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Regardless of the origin, Muricia found that she was not able to create childer or blood bonds. She did, however, retain the ability to turn other Kindred (at least other Gangrel)  
to alter herself. How exactly this was accomplished
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into whatever she had become. She kept the animalistic features that she had gained during her previous unlife, however, and it may have been her cat-like eyes that lent her bloodline  
is still a mystery. One theory
 
is that Muricia was an anomaly even
 
before she attempted her magical working,
 
and had access to powers
 
that other vampires didn’t. Another
 
(possibly more plausible)
 
theory is that Muricia had help
 
from mortal sorcerers who
 
were hoping the effect
 
would spread throughout
 
the Kindred of the world,
 
sterilizing them and preventing
 
any new vampires
 
from being created.
 
Regardless of the origin,
 
Muricia found that she
 
was not able to create
 
childer or blood bonds.
 
She did, however,
 
retain the ability to
 
turn other Kindred
 
(at least other
 
Gangrel)
 
i n t o
 
whate
 
v e r
 
s h e
 
had become. She kept the animalistic features that she
 
can gained during her previous unlife, however, and it
 
may have been her cat-like eyes that lent her bloodline
 
 
its nickname.
 
its nickname.
Muricia extended the offered of “becoming Ahrimane”
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to any female Gangrel who wished it. She
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Muricia extended the offered of “becoming Ahrimane” to any female Gangrel who wished it. She made it quite clear she was not interested in performing the process on male Kindred,
made it quite clear she was not interested in
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though the specific reasons for this remain unclear. A few Gangrel joined her, taking havens in the southern United States and avoiding contacting with other Sabbat.
performing the process on male Kindred,
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though the specific reasons for this remain
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The Ahrimanes were never numerous, and although they remained nominally allied with the Sabbat, Muricia made it quite clear that they were to be left alone. This isolation may have  
unclear. A few Gangrel joined her, taking
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doomed them, however. In the late 1990s, all contact with the Cats ceased. Investigators found, sometime later, that their havens were empty, and no one has heard from them since. Most  
havens in the southern United States and
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Sabbat believe that the Ahrimanes were destroyed, but concede that it is possible that Muricia might have led her bloodline on a spiritual pilgrimage somewhere out of the Kindred’s
avoid contacting with other Sabbat.
 
The Ahrimanes were never
 
numerous, and although
 
they remained nominally allied
 
with the Sabbat, Muricia
 
made it quite clear that they
 
were to be left alone. This isolation
 
may have doomed them,
 
however. In the late 1990s, all
 
contact with the Cats ceased.
 
Investigators found, sometime
 
later, that their havens were
 
empty, and no one has heard
 
from them since. Most Sabbat
 
believe that the Ahrimanes
 
were destroyed, but concede
 
that it is possible that Muricia
 
might have led her
 
line on a spiritual pilgrimage somewhere out of the Kindred’s
 
 
reach.
 
reach.
  

Revision as of 02:58, 10 January 2015

Bloodlines

Background: The strange tale of the Ahrimanes begins with a Sabbat Gangrel antitribu named Muricia. Caught between two warring factions of Sabbat Gangrel, she watched as her pack-mates were pulled into the conflict and ultimately killed. She renounced the Sabbat and the Gangrel Clan entirely, now calling herself “an Ahrimane,” and called upon shamanic magic to alter herself. How exactly this was accomplished is still a mystery. One theory is that Muricia was an anomaly even before she attempted her magical working, and had access to powers that other vampires didn’t. Another (possibly more plausible) theory is that Muricia had help from mortal sorcerers who were hoping the effect would spread throughout the Kindred of the world, sterilizing them and preventing any new vampires from being created.

Regardless of the origin, Muricia found that she was not able to create childer or blood bonds. She did, however, retain the ability to turn other Kindred (at least other Gangrel) into whatever she had become. She kept the animalistic features that she had gained during her previous unlife, however, and it may have been her cat-like eyes that lent her bloodline its nickname.

Muricia extended the offered of “becoming Ahrimane” to any female Gangrel who wished it. She made it quite clear she was not interested in performing the process on male Kindred, though the specific reasons for this remain unclear. A few Gangrel joined her, taking havens in the southern United States and avoiding contacting with other Sabbat.

The Ahrimanes were never numerous, and although they remained nominally allied with the Sabbat, Muricia made it quite clear that they were to be left alone. This isolation may have doomed them, however. In the late 1990s, all contact with the Cats ceased. Investigators found, sometime later, that their havens were empty, and no one has heard from them since. Most Sabbat believe that the Ahrimanes were destroyed, but concede that it is possible that Muricia might have led her bloodline on a spiritual pilgrimage somewhere out of the Kindred’s reach.

Nickname: Cats

Sect: The Ahrimanes were an independent Sect, or more accurately, a group of independent individuals. They identified more with the Sabbat than the Camarilla, if only because they did not wish to answer to any elder (expect perhaps Muricia).

Appearance: All Ahrimanes were female, and most were either of African American or Native American descent (Muricia, apparently, was not partial to Caucasian vampires). Most Ahrimanes never went anywhere unarmed, and dressed to fight. Many Ahrimanes had animal features left over from their time as Gangrel. Haven: Muricia was a vampire of some means, and she purchased houses on the outskirts of several cities in the American South (in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia especially). New Ahrimanes could make their own arrangements or stay in one of these homes.

Background: All Ahrimanes were Gangrel before their magical transformation. As such, their Backgrounds varied just as much as the Beasts’. The sort of Gangrel who became an Ahrimane was female, usually non-white, and frustrated by the situation in her Sect or city.

Character Creation: All Ahrimanes had at least three dots in Mentor, to represent Muricia’s guidance. Combat Abilities and Physical Attributes were common, but this was as much from the Ahrimanes’ Gangrel background as anything else. Likewise, a dot or two of Protean or Fortitude was common, since Ahrimanes began unlife as Gangrel.

Clan Disciplines: Animalism, Presence, Spiritus Weakness: An Ahrimanes’ blood was inert. They were unable to create childer or blood bonds, and a person consuming Ahrimane blood did not become a ghoul.

Organization: Since all Ahrimanes effectively had the same “sire,” they were all beholden to Muricia. She did not attempt to control or rule her creations, but did keep tabs on them and help them develop their powers of Spiritus. The bloodline was fairly tight-knit, as vampire “families” go, and threatening one Ahrimane generally meant battling several.

Stereotypes
Camarilla: I would suffocate under their rule.
Sabbat: Let them think they run us. They fear us, and they are not wrong to do so.
Gangrel: The only vampires that understand true freedom.

The View From Without

Camarilla: I do wonder, sometimes, if I was wrong in rejecting her offer. Would I see the things she claims to have seen? Would others think I was as crazy as I thought her?
Sabbat: You know you can’t train a fucking cat.
Assamites: Changing the blood is possible. I don’t like the change they made, but still, their ambition is admirable.

Quote: We are an evolution of your disease, an awakening from the nightmare of Caine. Come, sister. Awaken.