The act of consuming another Kindred's blood (q.v. Diablerie).
Ancilla
A "proven" vampire, between the elders and the neonates.
Antediluvian
A member of the dreaded Third Generation, one of the eldest Kindred
in existence.
Archon
A vampire in the retinue of a justicar. Archons are generally nomadic
in nature, frequently pursuing Kindred who have fled to avoid persecution at the
hands of the Camarilla.
Autarkis
A Kindred who remains outside the larger vampire society of a given
city and often refuses to acknowledge the claim of a prince.
One who feeds from derelicts and other chaff of society. Footpads are
frequently debased and may not maintain permanent havens.
Gentry
A Kindred who preys at nightclubs, bars, and other establishments of
the "red-light district", where mortals engage in reverie.
Golconda
A fabled state of vampiric transcendence; the true mastery of the
Beast and balance of opposing urges and principles. Rumored to be similar to
mortal Nirvana, Golconda is greatly touted but rarely achieved.
Humanitas
The extent to which a Kindred still maintains his humanity.
Kine
A term for mortals, largely contemptuous. The phrase Kindred and
kine refers to the world at large; everything.
Leech
A human who drinks vampire blood, yet acknowledges no master.
Lextalionis
The code of the Kindred and the system for punishing transgression.
It suggests Hammurabian or Biblical justice-an eye for an eye, and punishment
in keeping with the grievance.
Lineage
A vampire's bloodline; the Kindred's sire, sire's sire, etc.
A vampire who has existed for a millennium or more; and elder who
no longer exists among the greater whole of Kindred society. Methuselahs are
rumored to hail from the Fourth and Fifth Generations.
Neonate
A young Kindred, recently Embraced.
Osiris
A vampire who builds a mortal cult around himself, in the interests
of gaining sustenance. As the millennium approaches and passes, Osiris cults
become increasingly common.
Papillon
The red-light district; the area of town punctuated by drinking
establishments, brothels, gambling houses, and other locales of ill repute.
The prime hunting grounds of a city, where the disappearance of mortals goes
hand in hand with the area's general seediness.
Progeny
All of a given vampire's childer, collectively. Less formal, and
less flattering, is Get.
Praxis
The right of princes to govern; the prince's claim to domain.
This term also refers to the prince's matters of policy and individual edicts
and motions.
Primogen
The leaders in a given city; its ruling body of elders, typically
composed of one member from each clan present in a city.
A human who serves a vampiric master. This term is almost archaic,
referring to a time when vampires kept vast entourages of mortal servants as
part of their estates.
Siren
A vampire who seduces mortals in order to drink from them, and then
only takes a small quantity of blood, so as to avoid killing them.
Suspire
The rumored epiphany experienced just prior to the attainment of
Golconda.
Third Mortal
Caine, who was cast out and became the First Vampire.
