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===[[Cappadocian]]===
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*'''Antediluvian: Cappadocius''' (a.k.a. Ashur?) (Diablerized by Giovanni, but his soul survived)
*'''Signature Discipline:''' [[Necromancy]] (the OG necromancers), Mortis (Thanatosis' strong and useful father)
*'''Sect:''' Independent (their destruction predates the Camarilla and the Sabbat)
*'''Clan Weakness:''' Corpselike appearance, or painful bite
Necromancers, scholars and all-round bros with genuine concern for humanity and God, Clan Cappadocian preferred to stay away from the other Clans and focus on expanding their knowledge and power. Vampires of the "I wake from torpor and read for the next hundred years" variety. 

They expanded their ranks by Embracing known scholars or promising noblemen and -women. This entrenched them firmly into monasteries, universities and courts of Europe. The main research focus was death, making them expert necromancers. They didn't care for petty squabbles and politics, in which other clans were delved into, mostly aiding [[Ventrue]] in return for needed stability and resources to further their research. Their antediluvian was a little schizoid, though, who [[wat|initially interpreted his visions as a sign that he should've eaten God]]. (Seriously, what the hell...?)

The clan was/is Christian and very zealous while at it. As in, not only the clan members, but Cappadocius himself embraced Christianity. Which interestingly makes him the only religious Antediluvian. Due to this, large amounts of priests and monks were present in the clan. This is, probably, also one of the reasons for why Giovanni takes the whole "excommunicate all non-Christians from the clan" thing very seriously, despite them being inbred degenerates. Speaking of [[Giovanni]], Cappadocians made a fatal mistake when they embraced them, initially a family of merchants and ghost summoners from Venice, and it all went downhill from there, ending with Cappadocius being diablerized by Augustus Giovanni. [[DOOM: Repercussions of Evil|And then Cappadocius was a Wraith...]]. 

No openly-admitted Cappadocians survive to this night except ONE incredibly powerful 4th Generation Golconda-seeking lord of Istanbul named Mahatma, mainly because of intense Giovanni effort to make sure this is the case, and probably because in the [[grimdark|World of Darkness, being a decent, friendly and harmless vampire scholar gets you killed horribly]]. Fucking merchants... 

Still, it's a foolish kindred indeed that counts out ancient necromancers. See the [[Samedi]] and the [[Harbingers]] of Skulls for proof. Because, obviously exterminating a clan that are experts at death and its workings is kind of improbable. 

In ''V:tM'' v5 [[White Wolf]] decided to reintegrate all of the Cappadocian bloodlines back into a single clan, but instead of calling the clan by its original name they renamed it as '''[[Hecata|Clan Hecata]]''', only it is more of a sect than a clan as it also sloppily includes the [[Nagaraja]] necromancers who are not a Cappadocian bloodline.