Vampiric Lineages
Vampires are a kind of Blooded. Uniquely, vampires are sentient and have their own civilization hidden behind the veil of mundane civilization. Their lineages are one such result of that culture.
The von Sabots
Before they were von Sabots, they were known as Gregorii after their Ascendant: Gregor. Originally they were the public face of the Black Court in Westfal, before the rising power of The Heiress forced them to switch sides and join the Red Court in Nostrum.
Trusted by neither side and caught between these two factions, the von Sabots are considered a meagre, regional power in the world of vampiric courts.
Thralls
Lingering Obedience | Once someone has been made a thrall to the von Sabots, even after the connection fades it never truly ends. Even if they hate their former master, they are psychologically unable to bring themselves to kill them.
Boon
von Sabots ignore the effects of Vampiric Visage.
Bane
The Ghost of Gregor | All von Sabots look related, even if they bear no actual familial ties. They all resemble in some way their Ascendant, Gregor. Every now and then, especially in times of heightened emotion, they are overwhelmed with fits of anger or cruelty, like their Ascendant was said to be.
Generations
7th
6th
5th
4th
Refined Taste. Their hunger is no longer satisfied with peasant blood. They must feed on nobility for their powers to have any effect.
3rd
2nd
The White Ones
Formed from members of an Empyrean political party, The White Ones are almost universally members of the Black Court. They are one of the original founders of that court, and retain high places therein.
Thralls
Their thralls are completely ignored by feral Blooded who are not being controlled by some outside force.
Boon
They no longer need to eat, drink, or breathe.
Bane
They cannot help but appear closer to the dead than the living. Skin loses its colour, eyes and cheeks become sunken, forms becoming more lithe and skeletal.
Generations
8th
They can sense feral Blooded. They know how many there are nearby and what direction they are in, out to a range of one hundred meters per Erudition.
7th
Their sense for feral Blooded extends to all undead, be that ghouls, ferals, other vampires, or more exotic entities. Anything whose biological life has been extended unnaturally or who exists in a state of suspended animation.
6th
They can control a number of feral Blooded equal to their Erudition. They are able to follow simple and complex commands, but will only accept orders from their direct master.
5th
They can create Fodder and Mimics from corpses of the dead. In the case of Mimics, they are able to shapeshift into others but the shapeshifting is uncanny and incomplete. Same with their ability to imitate their voices and personalities.
4th
They are able to directly take control over Feral Blooded, as well as create Ogres from three or more corpses of the dead. For every corpse above three, the ogre weighs one hundred more pounds, is half a foot taller, and has one additional point of Prowess.
3rd
They are able to simultaneously exist across as many Blooded as they have Erudition to control. This is not splitting their awareness between them as normal, each host is linked to all others and if one dies then the vampire is able to continue existing across all others without interruption.
2nd
They kill a number of their own Blooded creations, drawing their power into themselves. For each one killed in this way, necromantic power courses through them, changing their appearance in a thematically appropriate way. They gain a temporary boost to their Prowess equal to the Prowess of all the slain Blooded put together, though it cannot be higher than their total Glimmer. This form can be sustained for a number of rounds equal to their Erudition, and after the form is dismissed they are so exhausted they are incapacitated until they have rested one entire day.
The Descendants
It began as a cult in Suzer dominated by elven exiles. They worshipped a figure they knew as The Mother, and one day they received her. A Vampire Ascendant named Heceana, the only Maker to ever be infected by the Blooded curse. Things spiralled out of control from there.
Thralls
Their thralls look like identical versions of the vampire who enthralled them, even their voice changing to match their master's.
Boon
They have an unnatural beauty and grace about them, their face will take on some elven features, and their voice changes to match their new appearance.
Bane
They have a second half that lives only in mirrors, a violent and monstrous alternative self. Sometimes it can be seen just in the mirrors of places they frequent, more often it is near any mirrors that they frequent.
Generations
9th
The Mirrored Self. They have an alter ego who lives only in mirrors. Talk with a DM about one to three interests their alter ego has. The character can perform these acts in front of their mirrored self in order to please it, and if so, they will find their mirrored self a reliable ally. If they ignore or try to suppress their mirrored self, they may find their alter ego directly trying to sabotage them or ignoring their wants. The mirrored self can only act on things reflected on their mirror’s surface, and while it can communicate with the vampire telepathically, it can only communicate with others through nonverbal means. The mirrored self is invulnerable, but can easily be defeated by covering or destroying the mirror so they have no potential targets reflected in the mirror.
8th
The Mother's Blessing. All other vampires are infertile. Descendants are able to reproduce with others, though their children are born as Descendants of one generation higher than their own.
7th
The mirrored self can interact with objects reflected in the mirror, manipulating them in the real world. Their motions are too light and ethereal to be able to harm others directly.
6th
The mirrored self can interact with people directly. Their actions are half as impactful as the true vampire’s, meaning they only deal half damage and are only half as strong as the vampire would be.
5th
The mirrored self becomes as strong as the vampire, able to fully fight the reflections of others as if they are the vampire.
4th
The vampire is able to step into and travel between mirrors. While in the mirror, their true self and the mirrored self are one. They can only travel to mirrors that they have spilled a drop of blood into (even if the blood has been cleaned off), and the mirror must be large enough that they can fit through it.
3rd
The mirrored self is able to cast spells through the mirror. If the mirror conjures something, it is conjured on the surface of the mirror.
2nd
The mirrored self can possess people it sees reflected in the mirror’s surface, if the vampire’s Erudition is higher than theirs. The vampire can control as many people in this way as it has Erudition.