Welcome to Toreador, prodigals of the Kindred, Clan Toreador indulges in excess and degeneracy, all while claiming to maintain patronage of the arts. To a great degree, this patronage is true, as the clan claims many talented artists, musicians, writers, poets and other gifted creators. On the other hand, the clan possesses just as many poseurs, those who fancy themselves great aesthetes but lack the ability to create at all. Legend has it, this clan's support of the arts dates back to the clan founder's Embrace of a pair of twins. The twins pursued unlives of beauty and indolence while their sire, Arikel (if the tale is to be believed) doted on them, protecting them from the ravages of plague, famine and parricide that swallowed the First City. Further, darker rumors circulate that one of the twins eventually grew depraved in her immortality and slew her brother and sire. Of course they deny this and don't like to speak of it. Toreador's sensitivity to be preternaturally attuned to the aesthetic and beautiful can prove dangerous to them. When a Toreador views, hears or even smells something that is truly beautiful - a person, painting, song , a particularly lovely sunrise can become entranced by the sensation. Enraptured Toreador may not even defend themselves if attacked, though being wounded allows them to potentially break the spell.
