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===[[Lamia]]===
*'''Antediluvian - Cappadocius''' (through Lamia)
*'''Signature Discipline - Necromancy'''
*'''Sect - Independent''' (though beholden to the Cappadocians)
*'''Clan Weakness:''' Their Kiss inflicts a Black Plague-like disease that is deadlier to men than women (easier to resist) that kills in days. Vampires who drink from a vessel infected with the disease become carriers until all of the Lamia-infected Vitae is purged from their bodies.
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[[Lamia|No, not like that.]]. They are vampires dedicated to the service and protection of the Cappadocians. Their sire and namesake was a priestess to Lilith, the Dark Mother. Lamia claimed to be a daughter of Lilith (making her the stepdaughter of Caine!) who was Embraced by a Cappadocian called Lazarus. When she died Lamia was given a vision by the Dark Mother and given a purpose. She and her line would serve and protect the members of Clan Cappadocius, with their unlives if need be. 

They never were a big bloodline, part because of the service and part because their bite carried a potent version of the Black Plague. The Lamia were almost exclusively women trained in the ways of combat. This makes them ideal bodyguards, especially with their Fortitude and Potence Disciplines. They in turn were treated as royal retainers by their masters, creating a sort of vampiric master/maid dynamic. Their loyalty proved their downfall however, with Lamia being diablerized by Augustus Giovanni himself and the last Lamia meeting Final Death in 1718 as part of a Camarilla blood hunt. 

(However, a small bloodline of suspiciously-similar kindred called the ''Lilin'' show up in Cario during the Final Nights, implying that there might just be a few Lamia who slipped the net and went underground to rebuild.)