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She called to you at night. She took your life. She gave you her blood. Your Requiem
has begun. There, there, childe. You knew the night had
its secret, didn't you? You didn't think it was all fairy tales? You do believe in monsters,
I hope. Because you are one. Yes, that's it. Drink your fill. The blood will tell you:
you're one of us now. Kindred. Damned. A vampire. Their blood runs in five cursed lines, damnation
passed from sire to childe. Sultry Daeva, feeding on desire.
Savage Gangrel, more Beast than Man. Subtle Mekhet, who know all secrets.
Monstrous Nosferatu, turning courage to fear. Masterful Ventrue, enslaving all others.
Look at these streets. The alleys, the clubs, the homes. They're yours now. You are a predator
and this is your hunting ground. Every night you'll rise with a new hunger, and seek out
the prey that can slake it. You'll discover ways to lure the living, to take from them
with ease. Their blood will make you fast, and it will make you strong. It will give
you power over the minds of men and beasts. And soon, the blood in your veins will grow
stronger, more potent, and your powers will defy imagination.
For two millennia, they have gathered in covenants and coteries, forging a deathless society,
and holding back the madness of the Beast. The brash Carthian revolutionaries.
The pagan witches of the Circle of the Crone. The haughty nobles of the Invictus.
The unholy priests of the Lancea Sanctum. The secretive and ruthless Ordo Dracul.
You've died, and there's no going back from death, I'm afraid. You can't hide from the
hunger inside you; from the blurred image in the mirror; from the dead, cold silence
of an unbeating heart. Hide from other things: from the sun, from the sight of the living,
but never from yourself. Seek out others who share this curse. Play our games of status
and power. Enrich and refine your blood until it's your greatest weapon. Curse God as He
has cursed you. But remember the things you've lost: where you had love, you'll find only
***. Where you had friends, you'll find only rivals. Where you had peace, you'll find only
strife. Remember what it was to have a soul, because that's all that will keep the Beast
at bay for one more night. Let the rest of eternity be your Requiem.
Join the Danse Macabre of the undead in Vampire: The Requiem, an all-new game of gothic Storytelling
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August 21st.