Vampire:Mood

Atlanta Kindred Mood
Vampires are very reclusive when compared to other supernaturals. And this is only heightened with the events of the Day of Ashes and the blizzard that wiped out the vampires of Atlanta. There is a dark tension that runs through the Kindred Society of Atlanta as they search out an answer for why and how the Day of Ashes occurred.

Typically Vampires do not trust anyone, including their own kind. So to trust an outsider takes a lot, especially in the face of the slaughter of their kind in the past here in Atlanta. The Hunters suffered the same fate, but it might have still been a band of them for some reason. Paranoia has set into the court and the Kindred of the area. Those coming to Atlanta will be thrust into a Kindred Society of dark thoughts, paranoid tension, and heightened xenophobia until something can be answered about the day of Ashes.

The First Tradition: Masquerade
Do not reveal your true nature to those not of the Blood. Doing so forfeits you your claim to the Blood.

Vampires instinctively know not to reveal their existence to humanity, and a particular facet of the Curse uniquely facilitates this: reflections of the Kindred, including photographs and digital recording, appear in a blurry occlusion, unless the vampire makes a conscious effort(spends a Willpower point) to make his reflection appear.


 * Due to the nature of the events of the blizzard and the Day of Ashes, this is being strictly enforced, to include the other supernaturals. Finding out about a vampire is one thing, a vampire telling someone what they are is another.

The second Tradition: Progeny
Sire another at the peril of both yourself and your progeny. If you create a childe, the weight is your own to bear.

The cost of creating progeny is steep(spending a whole Willpower dot). In addition, the actions of the childe reflect on the sire; even in domains where the vampire is not required permission from the Prince to Embrace, crimes committed by the childe may result in the punishment of both childe...and sire.


 * In Atlanta, the creation of Progeny must be sanctioned by the Prince.

The Third Tradition: Amaranth
You are forbidden from devouring the heartsblood of another of your kind. If you violate this commandment, the Beast calls to your own Blood.

Although destruction of another Kindred tends to be frowned upon in most domains, Diablerie is crime far beyond simple slaughter: the utter annihilation and consumption of another vampire's very soul. Almost universally, discovery of this crime is fatal to the offending vampire, beyond the moral implications of such a vile act.


 * Holds true in Atlanta, especially considering how few vampires are currently there.

Other Traditions

 * Domain: Respect and deference is to be given within the domain of another vampire.
 * Tutelage: The education of a Childe in the ways of Kindred society is the responsibility of the Sire.
 * Deference: Presentation to the Prince should occur for all new Kindred within a Domain, whether freshly created or new arrivals.
 * Elysium: The Prince may declare areas as Elysium; these are meant to be free of hostility as well as the gross misuse of Disciplines, neutral ground as it were. Actual combat in such areas tends to be met with severe reprisal.