Atrasanctum
Chapter 1 - The Ventrue
The Ventrue are the movers and shakers of the Camarilla, sometimes known as the Patrician Clan or the Kingship Clan. In Ancient Rome, they were generals and warlords of the Empire, and in the Dark Ages, they were knights and barons, leading crusades and conquests. Nowadays Ventrue still have great ambition and see themselves as conquerors, but their ways have changed, using courts and companies instead of jousts and mighty armies. Targets for Embrace by the Ventrue have always been people in positions of power, whether these people were aristocracy or company CEOs. The Ventrue perceive themselves as the most powerful of the vampiric clans thanks to their wealth, social influence, and commanding powers. The clan as a whole is quite conservative, be it in actions or customs. The Ventrue have their own nigh inviolable code of etiquette. The clan's elders have been known to punish violations of these unwritten rules with greater ferocity and resolve than the Traditions of the Camarilla.
The Ventrue claim that ruling vampires is their duty, their burden, a task in which lies their fate, a task they were maybe given by Caine if he ever existed. In truth, excessive pride and ambition seems a more convenient explanation on why they strive to expand their already vast influence. They tend to be politicians, businessmen, military officers, crime lords, important members of important religions, etc.
In response to what they perceive as a degeneration of the clan from its noble roots, a smaller segment of the clan has forsworn their ties to the Camarilla to join the Sabbat as antitribu. They believe that greed has led the body of the clan astray from its previous glory, seeking after corporate wealth in lieu of any higher purpose. To this, the Camarilla Ventrue merely sigh and give a moment's pause to mourn their cousins' pragmatism. Both segments refer to themselves as the "true" Ventrue.
In comparison to the other vampiric clans, the Ventrue are considered to be especially particular about whose blood they drink. In fact, any given Ventrue can only drink blood from a specific kind of mortal, or from mortals under a specific sort of circumstance. Some may only prey upon a given ethnicity, while others can only feed from humans of a certain occupation or even religion. Some Ventrue can only find nourishment from blood that carries a more rarified quality such as anger, fear or innocence. Regardless of the sort of blood the Ventrue requires, other blood is regurgitated or simply cannot be swallowed. They may feed from other Kindred with no such restriction. Ventrue prefer to view this flaw as a matter of refined tastes. Of course, with the power (both supernatural and temporal) they possess, few Ventrue go hungry.
Talents: Presence, Dominate, Fortitude
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