4.12.2 Vampiric Bloodlines
The blood of the Vampires has been changed, and the following is an attempt to gather together the best knowledge of the effects of the Rajamala Datlotl's experiments and Progenitor Abhorash's Gift, and the changes wrought by the dissolution of the Houses and the transition of the Dominion into a guild. Primus ------ The Primus is selected by an election within the Dominion guild. Once elected, the Primus is the font from which the power of the Blood flows, and powers at this level affect the entire Blood. Emperors ------------ There are four Emperors or Empresses. They are selected by the Primus to oversee portions of the Dominion. They may each have two childer. The strength of Blood is still strong at this level and may affect their entire bloodline. Princesses and Below ------------------- All other vampires descend from Prince or Princess, starting at Generation 3. Their powers only affect the blood of those directly below them, and all may dilute their Blood into three childer. Princess/Prince Grand Duke/Duchess Arch Duke/Duchess Duke/Duchess Count/Contess Marquis/Marquess Earl/Earless Viscount/Viscountess Baron/Baroness Baronet/Baronette Plebeian Sires/Embracers --------------- Your Sire may be any with an available slot, or you may ask the Dominion to speak to Caretaker Vinessa to be held at the rank of Baronette for eternity. This holds no prestige, of course. This may be changed via ritual. Embracing is the process of bringing you into the blood formally. Vinessa may again help you, but better that another of the Blood does so. The one who Embraced you may restore Sire lines without ritual, needing only to RECONNECT BLOOD. Falling and Sireless -------------------- Those without Sire will find the following effects: Regular loss of blood pools They will fall a generation every month Blood pools will shrink with each generation Everyone in their line will fall with them Upon reaching generation 13 any vampire will lose their sire and be completely disconnected. They will not be able to take any childer until they find their way back into the bloodline proper. Dormancy -------- Dormant vampires fall out of the bloodline entirely and force a reshuffling. Complicated Reshuffling ----------------------- No one wants this to happen, it is complicated. If a sire is disconnected, their childe with the largest bloodline beneath them will take over their generational position. Their previous sire's childer will become theirs, and the generation below them will undergo a similar shuffle. Each rank will have the member with the largest line below them ascend to the empty slot above, taking over childer for the one who held the position previously. The long and short of it is that a broad base of childer makes for a more powerful vampire. While the Primus is the Source, the breadth and depth of the Bloodline holds the true power.
