History TabletopGame / VampireTheRequiem

*** Not entirely true with Dracula. He's not TheMessiah to the Ordo Dracul, he's just a really smart guy they all want to emulate. It's a bit more like modern physicists idolizing Einstein or Maxwell, or rock musicians looking up to the Beatles.

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Aside from the Clan and Covenant sourcebooks (even ghouls get one, called, simply, ''"Ghouls"'' -- much like how the Covenant sourcebooks are named after the Covenants), VampireTheRequiem has a fair amount of sourcebooks. The ''"Bloodlines"'' trilogy (''The Chosen'', ''The Hidden'', ''The Legendary'') covers yet more varieties of bloodline. The ''"Ancients"'' duology (''Ancient Mysteries'', ''Ancient Bloodlines'') covers the past of vampire society and the vampire "race", as well as what happens to a vampire as it ages. The ''Night Horrors'' books specifically written for the Vampire line cover strange new forms of vampire (''Wicked Dead'') and particularly infamous and/or ancient vampires (''Immortal Sinners''). ''City of the Damned: New Orleans'' covers the World of Darkness's version of The Big Easy, particularly how it looks through the eyes of the vampires who claim it for their own. It shouldn't be confused with ''"Damnation City"'', which is about designing cities in the World of Darkness and how vampires can rule them. ''"The Blood"'' is the Player's Guide to VampireTheRequiem. ''"Nomads"'' looks at Kindred who take up a nomadic lifestyle, while ''"Coteries"'' looks at how and why groups of vampires get together. The ''"Requiem Chronicler's Guide"'' is a toolbox for building various types of chronicle, and ''"The Danse Macabre"'' takes the toolbox to the next level, ranging from personal to global, and providing an array of new rules. Finally, ''"Mythologies"'' covers stories told amongst the undead about their possible origins, unique abilities and creatures that go bump in the night, while ''"Requiem for Rome"'' and ''"Fall of the Camarilla"'' are a duology describing the last major vampire organisation and how it all fell apart during the collapse of the Roman Empire.

And then there are the PDF supplements. ''"Ready-Made [=PCs=]"'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a set of ready-to-play characters, ''"Invite Only"'' covers how to build Kindred social interactions and gatherings, and ''"New Wave Requiem"'' is a historical supplement for the 1980s. ''"Blood Sorcery"'' delves into the secrets of Kindred blood magic, ''"Strange, Dead Love"'' is a guide to modifying the game for paranormal romance, and the ''"Vampire Translation Guide"'' is a quick and dirty guide to converting between ''Requiem'' and ''Masquerade''.

** In truth, Sam is [[spoiler:probably, in terms of physical and mystical might, the single most powerful vampire in the entire state of Louisiana. He was an elder when the current elders of the city were barely more than fledglings themselves, and faked his own Final Death, falling into torpor, where he slept until the late 20th or early 21st century. And he appears to have slept at the center of a network of LeyLines, which...''changed'' him somehow.]]

* TheBeautifulElite - Deconstructed by the Daeva

* DeadlyDecadentCourt - Any Elysium. Pick an Elysium.

* Badass: Lots of characters can become it, but a special mention goes to [[BoisterousBruiser Count]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Fucking]] [[NamesTheSame Dracula]], a seven-foot, bald, tattooed biker Gangrel who despite only having a Blood Potency of 3 (making him in theory 100 years of age, though he acts ''considerably'' younger) has hellish combat skills, excellent Disciplines that many listed Elders would be proud of, who despite how insanely violent he can be is still quite intelligent and learned.

* Badass: Lots of characters can become it, but a special mention goes to [[BoisterousBruiser Count]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Fucking]] [[NamesTheSame Dracula]]

** Dutch traders were among the few foreigners who had contact with Japan...and could have brought vampires with them?
*** Although that's true, this trope is about an Anglo outperforming a non-Anglo on their own terms, for dubious intentions. Ketsuekihime, the Dutch girl, was actually hunted down by the native Japanese Acolyte vampires for reasons unknown, and is then made a Cruac master as well as their leader by their own goddess, also for reasons unknown.

* PowerBornOfMadness: The [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Malkavians of the oWoD]] became a ''Ventrue'' bloodline called the ''Malkovians'' in the new [=WoD=]. The basic concept is mostly the same, though they don't have Dementation anymore, but a form of Domination that is known to induce madness in its victims.
** Actually the madness is induced in the instigator, not the victim--the bloodline's weakness is that any time their mind control fails, or works too well, they themselves have a relapse of the crazy.

** The trope is taken '''''UpToEleven''''' with [[MeaningfulName the Honeymoon Hijackers]] Charles and Charlene Greengrass. They were kidnapped and turned into vampires on their respective wedding nights by cruel sires, with their spouses killed. Charles and Charlene meet one another ten years after their abductions, instantly recognize the predicament of the other, and fall in love. They [[YourSoulIsMine diablerize]] their sires, escape vampire society, get into a scary codependent relationship, [[LoveMakesYouEvil then perform cuckolding scenarios and serial killings on any recently married couple they can find.]][[hottip:*:Diablerie causes vampires to sometimes pickup traits of the soul they ate. It's implied that's why the couple do what they do, despite their actions mirroring their own tragic histories.]]

* NetorareGenre: [[CrapsackWorld It's]] [[VampiresAreSexGods not]] [[PersonalHorror surprising]] that this occurs. Netorare is usually just implied with [[FridgeHorror the art and a few throwaway lines]], but there are some large, [[TearJerker heart-breaking]] plots that emphasize it.
** ''Ancient Bloodlines'' speaks of a vampiric Babylonian priestess' [[LesbianVampire lesbian lover]] being taken from her forcibly by the [[TheEmperor En emperor]]. Turns out the lover eventually fell for her abductor in typical NTR fashion. Unlike other netorare stories, the priestess got her revenge on them by creating the [[ThePowerOfHate Iltani]] and [[EldritchAbomination edimmu]].
** The trope is taken '''''UpToEleven''''' with [[MeaningfulName the Honeymoon Hijackers]] Charles and Charlene Greengrass. They were kidnapped and turned into vampires on their respective wedding nights by cruel sires, with their spouses killed. Charles and Charlene meet one another ten years after their abductions, instantly recognize the predicament of the other, and fall in love. They [[YourSoulIsMine diablerize]] their sires, escape vampire society, get into a scary codependent relationship, [[LoveMakesYouEvil then perform netorare scenarios and serial killings on any recently married couple they can find.]][[note]]Diablerie causes vampires to sometimes pickup traits of the soul they ate. It's implied that's why the couple do what they do, despite their actions mirroring their own tragic histories.[[/note]]
--->Mess with their heads. Get it so the victims love their keepers, will do anything for them (even better if they can work one of the couple against the other--[[LampshadeHanging so sweet, that betrayal]]).
---->'''Night Horrors: Immortal Sinners, pg. 74'''
*** Coming full circle, Charlene cheats on Charles. [[DestructiveRomance He doesn't know, but she wants him to.]] TheAristocrats!

** ''Ventrue'' has a running narrative about a [[MysteriousWaif dead girl]] who's trying to protect herself from the [[OwlBeDamned strix]] by performing a lot of really creepy ritual killings around places full of negative feelings. She claims the rituals are from the only ones that can fight the strix, the equally mysterious "Perfecti." [[FridgeBrilliance That's basically Belial's Brood.]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The Strix's GlamourFailure when they're doing the DemonicPossession gig. They're [[OwlBeDamned owls]], owl eyes flash in light...etc. Unfortunately, they're DangerouslyGenreSavvy enough to know this, and more social members of the race can make non-possessed people do that, too.

* OwlBeDamned: The basic form of the Strix is an owl made of shadow and ash.

In Requiem nobody knows exactly how the vampirism curse started. Some believe that they were cursed ThePowersThatBe for a specific purpose, others believe that vampires are a concealed part of natural world and there are those who think it's no important at all. But one thing is for sure, vampires have stalked and preyed on humanity for a very long time.

* FiveRaces - The five vampire clans. Complicated by the fact that there was a sixth clan, the Julii, in ancient Rome, who replaced the Ventrue, and that the Mekhet have an alternative clan weakness in the form of the Hollow, introduced in their clanbook.

* MrFanservice: [[ScaryBlackMan Solomon Birch]] is Chicago's resident [[SexyPriest LS leader]] with a DarkAndTroubledPast who insists on not [[ShirtlessScene wearing shirts.]] He has a lot of [[GoodScarsEvilScars scars]] due to self-flagellation and is portrayed as TheWoobie.

'''The Clans:''' A Clan is basically a blood family which is determined by the Sire. Instead of the previous game's thirteen (and then some) clans, clans being the most distinctive ([[YourMileageMayVary and easily litigated]]) feature of White Wolf's system, it was whittled down to [[FiveBadBand five "archetype" Clans]], but each one of them has tons of [[PrestigeClass Bloodlines]] that adds a few more [[OurVampiresAreDifferent variations]].

'''The Clans:''' A Clan is basically a blood family which is determined by the Sire. Instead of the previous game's thirteen (and then some) clans, clans being the most distinctive (and easily litigated) feature of White Wolf's system, it was whittled down to [[FiveBadBand five "archetype" Clans]], but each one of them has tons of [[PrestigeClass Bloodlines]] that adds a few more [[OurVampiresAreDifferent variations]].

* '''Mekhet:''' The Shadows are naturally discreet, mysterious and somewhat strange. They are associated with darkness, but that darkness has many interpretations which allows them to exercise any role they want, anything from social butterflies to assassins. Due to their shadowy nature [[KillItWithFire the effects of the sun and fire are much harsher on them]]. Their Disciplines are: ''[[PsychicPowers Auspex]]'', [[SuperSpeed Celerity]] and ''[[{{Invisibility}} Obfuscation]]''.

* '''The Circle of the Crone:''' An anthology of faiths and pagan cults that worships a variety of feminine deities incorporated in one entity, [[MonsterProgenitor creatrix of vampires]], [[WickedWitch the Crone]] (a.k.a. [[MotherOfAThousandYoung the Mother of all Monsters]]) and promote the idea that vampires are perfectly natural (in the way that leeches are natural). They practice the [[BloodMagic blood sorcery of]]''[[BloodMagic Crúac]]'' that, as a downside, distances them from humanity.

* '''Gangrel:''' Vampires capable of great ferocity and insight. The Savages may be [[BookDumb simple minded]], but their special bond with the Beast give them a sagacity matched by no other Clan, and, in fact, some of the wisest vampires out there are Gangrel. On the other hand, while other vampires tend towards more... human evil, the Gangrel do boast some [[CompleteMonster atrocious monsters]]. Their Disciplines are: [[TheBeastmaster Animalism]], ''[[ShapeShifting Protean]]'' and [[MadeOfIron Resilience]]

A tabletop roleplaying game in the TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness line. Players take the roles of vampires, people [[CursedWithAwesome Cursed]] with eternal (un)life, supernatural power, and -- oh, yeah -- [[BlessedWithSuck bloodlust and a fatal sunlight allergy.]]

''Vampire: The Requiem'' began in 2004. Instead of the [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade previous game's]] thirteen (and then some) clans, clans being the most distinctive feature of White Wolf's system, it was whittled down to five "archetype" clans, though they have tons of bloodlines that were created from those five. ''Masquerade'''s two sects, the Sabbat and the Camarilla, were replaced with five "covenants", effectively setting up an X/Y axis with far more options numerically than Masquerade. Then there's the fact that each covenant has tons of factions (see below).

[[AC:Since ''Vampire: The Requiem'' unlives on and doesn't breathe tropes, it's not unfitting that each clan and covenant is a trope unto themselves, though some supplements add a few more...[[OurVampiresAreDifferent variations]]. Here's a quick cheat sheet in case you feel like diving in. Includes the names of the clan {{splat}}books; covenant splats are just called the same as the covenant.]]

* ''[[DarkChick Daeva]]'': The {{Spiritual Successor}}s of the [[AristocratsAreEvil Toreador]] clan from ''Masquerade'' (indeed, they have a bloodline ''called'' the Toreador) mixed to some extent with the passionate Brujah (coming to Requiem as a Gangrel bloodline), the second most evil clan (right behind the Ventrue), and nicknamed Succubi (aka HornyDevils) by the other Clans...which pretty much [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin summarizes their whole concept]]. In their Clan Book it is stated that they're "[[SuperStrength stronger]], [[SuperSpeed faster]] and [[EvilIsSexy sexier]] than you". Even before the embrace, they are already attractive humans; after it, they become an InhumanlyBeautifulRace, partly because of their discipline, Majesty, that allows them to bedazzle people with their presence. The clan book does make a point of the fact that anyone who knows enough about the Daeva (including the Daeva themselves) tends to find something off about them, because their beauty is artificial and they are incapable of love. One of the illustrators noted that the Daeva are essentially sex objects rather than people. Sourcebook: ''"Kiss of the Succubus"''.
* ''[[TheBrute Gangrel]]'': All but unchanged from the Clan of ''Masquerade'', but unlike their previous incarnation, they have no ties at all to the [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken Werewolves]] (except for the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Bruja]]) and little to no [[InHarmonyWithNature harmony with nature]]. However, their bond with the Beast remains the same, if not stronger: while other clans tend towards more...''human'' evil, the Gangrel do boast some savage monsters, including one of the "iconic" (to borrow a term from [[DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]) characters, The Unholy. Sourcebook: ''"Savage and Macabre"''.
* ''[[EvilGenius Mekhet]]'': A clan of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot psychic vampire ninja]]. They have a huge fan base because they [[SpiritualSuccessor vaguely resemble]] several ''Masquerade'' clans that weren't carried over [[note]]such as the [[PsychoForHire Assamites]], the [[ReligionOfEvil Followers]] of [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Set]], the [[DarkIsEdgy Lassombra]], the [[EvilSorcerer Tremere]], the...[[/note]] and are a [[MasterOfNone blank slate]] deliberately. Sourcebook: ''"Shadows in the Dark"''.
* ''[[TheDragon Nosferatu]]'': The original Nosferatu from ''Masquerade'' were [[TheGrotesque physically repulsive]]. The recreation of the clan can be visually "normal" (in the loose sense of the word), but very [[UncannyValley disturbing]] in one way or another. At least one non-player character of middling importance in New Orleans is in fact beautiful...[[SoBeautifulItsACurse perhaps too much so]]... Sourcebook: ''"The Beast That Haunts The Blood"''.
* ''[[BigBad Ventrue]]'': They are [[AristocratsAreEvil the aristocracy]] of the vampire society. They are always at the top and their motto is, essentially, "[[MagnificentBastard We Always Win]]", although that is normally followed by some [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech semantic wrangling]] [[DidYouActuallyBelieve about how they won in the long run]]. Unlike their ''Masquerade'' incarnation they are not {{picky eater}}s, but the responsibility of ruling over the Damned has put a [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil great toll on their ever weakening minds]] [[note]]which, curiously, makes them resemble the [[TheMadHatter Malkavians]], albeit in a [[TheCaligula Caligula]] way, to the point where they have a bloodline of madmen called Malkovians[[/note]]. Sourcebook: ''"Lords of the Damned"''.
* ''Julii'': They're [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Ventrue (or is it the other way around?). Created by the Strix, servants of the god Mars, in return for sweet, bloody glory. The clan was wiped out when the Julii started to humanize as a whole. There's a few ideas about how both the Ventrue and Gangrel may have descended from them, among other theories.
* ''The Wicked Dead'': Vampires who aren't Kindred, brought-up in the book of the same name. Their Blood Potency is 0, so each time they meet a "true" vampire, they cower in fear. Notable examples:
** Ghûls: Arabian mages who have gained immortality, as well as alchemy and a few other powers, at the expense of cannibalism. They're also...not undead. In fact, they probably have it better than Kindred.
** Jiang Shi: Chinese hopping corpses, formerly human mages as well. They only have access to Celerity, Resilience, and Vigor, but in return they're not destroyed by anything other than fire (upon "death," they teleport to their graves, torpid, at full health). They are like ghosts in that they cannot stray too far from their anchors, otherwise they'd teleport back. Of course, they can use living beings as anchors...
** Fomorsae: {{Emotion eater}}s who feed on self-loathing and body issues. Getting fed on by them causes a person to look more and more beautiful... at the cost of their life force, leading as many times as not to a beautifully preserved corpse. Ironically, the Vitae so gained is stored in fatty deposits, meaning that the Fomorsae are, to the last vamp, horrendously obese and ugly themselves. They're also the exception that proves the rule of Blood Potency 0, since they ''do'' have one or higher points in it...and they know [[CharmPerson Dominate]].
** Strix: [[OwlBeDamned Owl-like specters]] with the ability to [[DemonicPossession possess]] corpses, the living, and vampires-though they prefer the last, seeing as how the others quickly degenerate into uselessness. They claim to be metaphysical embodiments of [[EnemyWithin the Beast]], although they are [[RedOniBlueOni pragmatic and amoral rather than instinctual and savage]]. They have personalities to match, being utterly self-centered [[TheHedonist libertines]] who use, abuse, and defile both their stolen bodies and those around them [[ForTheEvulz mainly to see what it's like]]. They initially appeared in ''Requiem for Rome'' to avenge the broken promise of the Julii to be the best monsters they could be, but in ''Wicked Dead'', they've made their return. [[TheUnfettered Now unburdened by purpose]], the Strix now do whatever they please, with their former mission now a favorite game of theirs-[[TheCorrupter "See How Inhuman We Can Make The Kindred]] [[AnarchyIsChaos While Disrupting Their Society."]]

[[AC:Oh, and there's the covenants, too.]]

* ''The Invictus'': DeadlyDecadentCourt. If we're dead, they reason, we might as well rule the world while we're at it. Or at least the city. Sheer force of meritocracy (Invictus screw-ups do ''not'' last long) generally makes them competent administrators, but since the faction code of ethics can be summed up as "Ain't got one" and their attitude towards political maneuvering is "Machiavelli might have been good at this if he'd ever been Embraced", Invictus-ruled territories are classic examples of ''At least TheTrainsRunOnTime."
* ''Lancea Sanctum'': CorruptChurch. Vampires are vampires because God needs monsters to tempt people and punish them if they succumb. The name [[CanisLatinicus doesn't make sense]] in Latin, hence the {{Retcon}} that it was originally "Lancea et Sanctum". They can range anything from Catholic (most common) to Jewish and Muslim in pomp and circumstance. Strangely, there's a faction out there that have merged with the Circle of the Crone in venerating a mother goddess of Jesus figure. The result? [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Knight templars with vampire, cleric, AND witch abilities.]] Get a second PDF sourcebook with ''The Testament of Longinus'', their holy book.
* ''Ordo Dracul'': OurVampiresAreDifferent with more than a hint of EvilutionaryBiologist. Vampires may be vampires, but frankly you're just not trying if you intend to stay like that. We can use the [[MadScientist scientific method]] [[{{Magitek}} blended with]] [[HermeticMagic occultism]] to get rid of all the annoyances...such as that little sunlight allergy. They make heavy use of a student-mentor program. Have a second sourcebook, ''Rites of the Dragon'', supposed to be Dracula's account of his Requiem and the founding of the Ordo.
* ''The Carthian Movement'': Suffers from RussianFashion. If we're dead, they reason, there's no reason to just give up on mortal society. We can use their innovations to make our unlives better. Typically the goal of taking over the city and ruling it by their chosen method (which can be anything from strict Representative Republicanism to clan-based tyranny) follows shortly. Ironically, while Invictus-ruled cities generally tend to have the Carthian dissidents be the least amoral vampires in town, the ''Carthian''-ruled cities detailed in the setting so far have all set new world records for going downhill ''fast''. Apparently they make far better gadflies than administrators.
* ''The Circle of the Crone'': WickedWitch. A pagan Goddess-worshipping [[IncrediblyLamePun coven-ant]] that espouses vampires are vampires because they're perfectly natural (in the way that leeches are natural) and that's cool. And suffering and persecution makes us stronger. That's just as well, as they've been persecuted a lot (especially by the Lancea Sanctum) throughout history. On the other hand, they're a bunch of monsters who revel in their monstrosity and just learning their [[BloodyMurder blood sorcery]] [[TheDarkSide distances you from humanity]], so they did sort of deserve it. This covenant has the most factions, with everything from [[StrawFeminist man-hating lesbian feminista Wiccans]] to [[HollywoodVoodoo Lousiana voudunists]].

[[AC:There are also two NPC ([[SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome in theory]]) only groups. In most games, they'll just be trying to kill you. Yes, they've got sourcebooks too, just like the Covenants.]]

* ''Belial's Brood'': [[TheCorruption Infernalists]], self-titled the Forsworn, that believe that they should lose all traces of humanity and give themselves over to the Beast/the Biblical Satan, the monster that lives in them. Tend to have rather short life expectancies; to quote Shadows of the UK, "Members of Belial's Brood often labour under the delusion that they can go toe-to-toe with an enraged [[TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken Uratha]]." The ''smart'' ones, on the other hand, usually tend to be just as subtle, if not more so, then VII. Their splatbook elaborates and contains many interesting [[HornyDevils squicky demon]] powers with the UnfortunateImplication that they're the covenant closest to what vampires are truly supposed to be, and adds a [[NietzscheWannabe philosophical side]]. Their splatbook also retcons the whole infernalist thing to just two factions, and gives us these groupings:
** The Nameless - An apocalyptic cult that believes Belial is the greatest MORTAL man to have ever lived (i.e., a JerkAss), and treat him as a Buddha-like figure. Their mission: find Belial's descendants, and help them destroy the world in whatever way they can.
** The Mercy Seat - Expy of various Gnostic groups, they believe there are three worlds, and the World of Darkness is the worst one, filled with hate and anger. Belial is the evil ruler of the [=WoD=], referred to as the demiurge. He cannot be worshipped so much as appeased, and they all hate him. They truly believe they deserve to go to Heaven (the next world), but Heaven has limited seats. The solution? Damn others to Hell so only they can move on!
** The Roaring Serpent - They believe Belial was a man Embraced by the Biblical Satan, and so go out into the world doing things that would make it collapse under its own weight, just as Satan would want. This usually involves the spreading of dangerous ideologies (some claim they're responsible for the phenomenon we call racism).
** The Pandaemonium - You know the description of Belial's Brood as infernalists? These are them. They think he's a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils demon lord]] who patrons vampires in the name of the Adversary, [[GodOfEvil the anti-Creator]].
** The Throne of Smokeless Fire - A group founded by a group of Sikh Muslims and an (surprise!) angel of fire named Asa'el. They walk the "path of flame:" rage, dominance, and power, all in the name of their combination of God (not a devil) and [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]]. They have the most elders (that's not saying much) and are obsessed with becoming the best in absolutely everything. They're known to [[EvilVersusEvil hunt even other Belial's Brood members]].
** The Scarlet Rite - They're basically a pleasure cult focusing on sex and drugs. They somehow get Investments despite not really caring much about Belial, and it is this reason that the other members of the covenant don't respect them.
* ''VII'': They engage in terrorist acts against other vampires, and their minds can't be read beyond getting the image of the roman numeral 7. Beyond that, there is no canonical explanation for who VII are. Well; there are several, but they all contradict each other. They could be [[ManchurianAgent normal vampires infected with a mind-control meme]], the members of the Seventh Clan (the now-Dead Julii being the Sixth), or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a bunch of Vampires annoyed that a party in Camarillan Rome was cancelled]]. Various suggestions for what they could be have been seeded through the books; the VII book gives 3 contradictory possibilities.
* ''The Ancient Covenants '': FantasyCounterpartCulture. Referenced as early as the Bloodlines: the Hidden book, but now only recently detailed in the Ancient series, these are the covenants that don't have the influence of the others, but are still very strong. Most are not based in English-speaking areas. Examples:
** The Indian Covenants - Basically a vampiric version of India's Hindu caste system. Your clan and maybe bloodline determine your varna (caste), which in turn determines your role in the Requiem. It is possible that Indian Kindred can actually strip you of your bloodline, and therefore change your caste. For example, if you're a Ventrue of the Canda Bhanu bloodline, you're a brahmin instead of a vaisya, or a kshatriya if you're a Daeva of Amara Havana stock. You can also be a kshatriya if you're a Rakshasha Nosferatu.
** It seems [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Baron Cimeterie's]] dream of a vodoun-based covenant have come true, because one is mentioned in this series.
** There's an East Asian covenant in ''Ancient Mysteries'' that has what seems to be...the Coil of the Beast?!
** And there's a Daeva bloodline, the Carnival, which also functions as a Covenant for its members, though it's still a bit too small to truly be considered as such.