Camarilla Edition Flavor Text Commons: Apportation The gun flew from my hands like God himself chose to intervene. Jacob Bragg, Brujah antitribu Army of Rats We could endure their constant obstructions for only so long. The rats were the last straw. Ventrue antitribu, Dublin 2002 storyline Bewitching Oration ...things have changed. I won't concur and won't betray my sorrow save I'll always dress in black and rave. Christine de Pisan, "Untitled" Bonding In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forged manacles I hear. William Blake, "London" Boxed In Nay, he is even more prisoner than the slave of the galley, than the madman in his cell. Bram Stoker, Dracula Brass Knuckles Somtimes, the traditional methods are the best. Jacob Bragg, Brujah antitribu Canine Horde Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act III, scene I Cats' Guidance Your cat, now, linked to learning and to love, Exhibits a taste for silences and gloom -- Would make a splendid messenger of doom If his fierce pride would condescend to serve. Baudelaire, "Cats" Confusion Confusion is a word we have invented to explain an order which is not understood. Henry Miller Enchant Kindred I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death pale were they all; They cried - "La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!" Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" Enhanced Senses Perhaps to our senses things offer only their reflections. Perfume is what the flowers throw away. Paul Valery Eyes of Chaos We live in a rainbow of chaos. Paul Cezanne Faceless Night You are eternity's hostage, a captive of time. Boris Pasternak, Night Haven Uncovered Come burrow through my ruins, shed not a tear. Baudelaire, "The Gladly Dead" Kindred Spirits Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. William Cowper, "The Timepiece" Legal Manipulations Believe me... if there's one thing I cannot abide, it's deceitfulness. Christopher Hampton, Dangerous Liasons, act I, scene 5 Lost in Crowds ...he knows a frightful fiend doth close behind him tread. Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Majesty All these will I give You, if You fall down and worship me. Matthew 4:9 (NASB) Mind Tricks The power of thought - the magic of the mind! Lord Byron, "The Corsair Night Moves Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part I, act I, scene I Read Intentions I may gain more knowledge out of the folly of this madman than I shall from the teaching of the most wise. Bram Stoker, Dracula Seduction Letting go is the secret; giving up to me is the greatest pleasure of all... Robbi Sommers, Lilith Skin of Rock Crushers of helpless misery, Crushing down Justice, honoring Wrong; If that be feeble, this be strong. Emily Bronte, "Last Lines" Skin of Steel ...no sword on earth, not the truest steel, could touch their assailant; for by a spell he had dispossessed all blades of their bite on him. 8th c. epic poem, Beowulf Social Charm Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm and behave just as outrageously as the world will let them. Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts Spirit's Touch We are eternal; and to us, the past Is, as the future, present. Lord Byron, Manfred, act I, scene I Surprise Influence Influence is neither good nor bad in an absolute manner, but only in relation to the one who experiences it. Andre Gide Theft of Vitae The blood is the life! The blood is the life! Bram Stoker, Dracula Threats As others might with tenderness Rule your life and your youngness I shall rule you with a fear. Baudelaire, "The Ghost" Thrown Gate Just be glade we aren't back in the days when most gates were made out of wood. Angela Decker, Pander Undead Strength Dead flesh isn't always subject to the mortal laws of physics. Dodd, Brujah antitribu Walk of Flame Now ye are flames, I'll tell you how to burn And purge the ether of our enemies. John Keats, "Hyperion" Uncommons: Aching Beauty From heaven or hell, O Beauty, come you hence? Out from your gaze, infernal and divine, Pours blended evil and beneficence... Baudelaire, "Hymn to Beauty" Amaranth Thou shalt not slay thy sire and drink his heart's blood. The Book of Nod Anarch Revolt The Ventrue are working with us on this? Those anarchs must be more annoying than I thought. Brujah, Rome 2002 Storyline Blood Hunt Only the eldest among thee shall call the blood hunt. Bounty 6 pool to anyone who destroys Amelia. Malkavians, Montreal 2002 Storyline Chantry In books that are as altars where we kneel To consecrate the flicker, not the flame. Edwin Arlington Robinson, "George Crabbe" Coma To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come... Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III, scene I Cryptic Rider I am Your slave, and You will reward me, for I shall be faithful. Bram Stoker, Dracula Drain Essence That thou would'st wish thy own heart dry of blood So in my veins red life might stream again... John Keats, "This Living Hand" Elder Kindred Network A prince is also respected when he is a true friend or an outright enemy. Machiavelli, The Prince Elder Library My library was dukedom large enough. Shakespeare, The Tempest, act III, scene 2 Elysium: The Arboretum Go to Elysium to rinse yourself of the filth of war. There, none shall lay the hand of violence upon you lest they wish to know the wrath of the prince. Sebastian Marley, Nosferatu Fifth Tradition: Hospitality When thou comest to a foreign city, thou shalt present thyself to the one who ruleth there. Fourth Tradition: The Accounting Those thou dost create are thine own children. Infernal Pursuit Hunt, Hunt again. If you do not find it, you will die. Robert Penn Warren, "Treasure Hunt" The Labyrinth But in some vague ways, I most insanely yearn To meet some lean, dwarfed, fetid, hariy thing With loathsome skin and bulging eyes of rheum... Francis Saltus, "A Courtesan's Whim" Loyal Street Gang These are the hired bravos who defend The tyrant's throne - the bullies of his fear. Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Queen Mab" Muddled Vampire Hunter And catching sight of us, he bit himself, Like one whom fury devastates within. Dante, The Inferno Of Noble Blood Noblesse oblige. Gaston Pierre, Maxims and Reflections Pulling Strings Pull the strings! Pull the strings! The Puppetmaster, Glen or Glenda? Raptor If you face more than a couple, you've got real trouble. Lambach and his flock held a pack of us at bay for months. Gangrel, Worcester 2002 Storyline Second Tradition: Domain None may challenge thy word while in thy domain. Skin of Night I ask of Thee, beloved Night - Swift be thine approaching flight. Percy Bysshe Shelley, "To Night" Society Hunting Ground The Toreador are imprisoned by their lust for the night life. Like a siren, it beckons them with promises of forbidden pleasures. Third Tradition: Progeny Thou shalt only sire another with the permission of thine elder. Ventrue Headquarters The Ventrue clan is organized much like a multinational corporation. Each major city has a meeting place where Ventrue may seek allegiance and obtain information. Voice of Madness It is everything singing in my head at once. Anatole, the Prophet of Gehenna, Malkavian Vulnerability Quentin fell into torpor after the encounter with Meshenka and has not been heard from since. A stronger power may have pulled him to Final Death. Tzimisce, Dublin 2002 Storyline Rares: Anarch Troublemaker I am the accuser and avenger of blood... William Blake, "The Ghost of Abel" Dominate Kine I'd personally never want a zoo for a hunting ground, but taking it from the Gangrel was a fair reprisal. Ventrue, Adelaide 2002 Storyline Entrancement Your perfume disconcerts me And in your opalescence I see the full heavens of yore As through an open door. Raoul Ponchon, "L'Absinthe" First Tradition: The Masquerade Thou shalt not reveal thy true nature to those not of the blood. Giant's Blood Ox is already difficult to manage. He would have been unstoppable after drinking the Giant's Blood. We couldn't allow it! Ventrue, Trondheim 2002 Storyline Murder of Crows In cold and gray and mournful weather Scatter, hover, dive together! Rimbaud, "Crows" Patagia: Flaps Allowing Limited Flight Demon or bird! (said the boy's soul) Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Psychic Veil ...didst enter, wildly dancing, through The doorways of my sense unlatched To make my spirit thy domain... Baudelaire, "The Vampire" Resplendent Protector Graunt that no Hobgoblins fright me, No hungrie devils rise up and bite me. John Day, 17th c. prayer Sixth Tradition: Destruction Thou art forbidden to destroy another of thy kind. Storm Sewers Lakes that endlessly outspread Their lone waters, lone and dead, Their still waters, still and chilly With the snows of the lolling lily. Poe, "Dream-Land" Temptation of Greater Power The Toreador's loyalty was easily won with cheap trinkets and even cheaper promises. Gangrel, Newark 2002 Storyline Tension in the Ranks Even the war ghouls look nervous. Assamites, Seekonk 2002 Storyline Starters: Aid from Bats Hanging upside down like rows of disgusting old rags And grinning in their sleep. Bats! D.H. Lawrence, "Bat" Arcanum Chapterhouse, Alexandria The learned ones are the heirs of the prophets - they leave knowledge as their inheritance; he who inherits it inherits a great fortune. Hadith of al-Bikhari Arson Felix couldn't deny the connection between the latest violence and the recent troubles at Pier 13. Fortunately, he knew just how to fix the problem. Giovanni, Kosice 2002 Storyline Ascendance It is our destiny, our birthright, to rule. Gratiano, Lasombra Awe We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word "admire" then means "marvel at". -B.F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom and Dignity Blur In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Prudence" Bribes If you cannot raise yourself to victory, help a strong ally secure victory so that you can seal a position of honor. Lasombra, Minneapolis 2002 Storyline Bureaucratic Overload Create constancy of purpose toward improvements of products and services, with the aim to become competitive... Dr. Deming, "Fourteen Points for the Transformation of Management" Burning Wrath Wrath kills a foolish man... Job 5:2 (NKJV) Catatonic Fear His fear did not seek to become a god. Jean Cocteau Cauldron of Blood I like the look of agony Because I know it's true. Emily Dickinson, "Untitled" Cloak the Gathering The shadow cloak'd from head to foot... Lord Tennyson, "In Memoriam" Computer Hacking Look, dood, those "D3mons33d 3lit3" hackers aren't kewl. They just can't spell. Synner-G, City Gangrel antitribu hacker Consanguineous Boon When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. Hesiod, Works and Days Corpse Minion You who all things spurn And wound, when death shall come, Even the wolves will scorn Your cadaver, starved and numb. Paul Verlaine, "Grotesques" Disarming Presence Nothing makes a prince so much esteemed as great enterprises and setting a fine example. Machiavelli, The Prince Dread Gaze And close your eyes with holy dread. Coleridge, "Kubla Khan" Flamethrower Donal was overconfident, not realizing I had brought along this little portable campfire. Malkavian, Portland 2002 Storyline Forgotten Labyrinth I fled Him down the nights and down the days I fled Him down the arches of the years, I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways... Francis Thompson, "The Hound of Heaven" Intimidation They are weak and easily cowed. Show your fangs and they will run. Gerard, Ventrue Antitribu IR Goggles To see as a God sees, and take the depth Of things as nimbly as the outward eye. John Keats, "The Fall of Hyperion" Mob Connections Collective crimes incriminate no one. Napoleon I, Maxims Peace Treaty Is there peace between us or is this just a pause to reload? Brujah, Los Angeles 2002 Storyline Precognition "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards," remarked the Queen. Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass Psychic Projection Darkness and glory rejoicingly blending, Earth rising to heaven and heaven descending... Emily Bronte, "High-Waving Heather" Pursuit What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" Pushing the Limit These are out realms, no limit to their sway... Lord Byron, "The Corsair" Restoration Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind" Reversal of Fortunes O Fortune, you are like the moon: ever waxing and waning. Carl Orff, Carmina Burana The Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours. Mark Twain Sacrament of Carnage The spiritual value of a sacrament is like light - although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. Saint Augustine, Works, vol. 3 Scouting Mission It's amazing how trusting these Camarilla bastards can be. Jimmy Dunn, Pander Stutter-Step It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. General Ben Chidlaw Swallowed by the Night To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night? Milton, Paradise Lost Unnatural Disaster I'm terribly sorry about the gas leak in the sewers. At least, it's not combustible, right? Right? Basil, Pander