Editing Ventrue (section)

== Vampire: the Requiem ==
The '''Ventrue''' are one of the five Kindred clans in [[Vampire: The Requiem]]. They have a simple boast: they ''[[Tzeentch|always]]'' win. Their plots and plans can take years, decades, or centuries to assemble or accomplish, and they have all the time they need to accommodate outside influences.

Known as ''the Lords'' for their habitual pursuit of power, many Kindred domains have Ventrue in high-ranking positions. Their preference in childer conforms to this goal: many Ventrue in life were old money, entrepreneurs, politicians, crime bosses, or other professionals with expertise, connections, and money. Of all the other clans, the Ventrue consider only the Daeva as a potential threat to their positions of power.

The thirst for power erodes the Ventrue's humanity, turning them paranoid or delusional and making them more prone to losing the Touchstones that remind them of what it meant to be human. This degeneration makes them more susceptible to insanity after confronting the horrible acts they commit. In fact, one of their core bloodlines is [[Malkavian|Malkovian]], who are all incurably insane in one form or another. Additionally, some are known to succumb to a condition dubbed Malkavia, a bizarre form of contagious mental illness that grants flashes of insight at the expense of insanity.

Their favored Discipline, Dominate, accounts for much of their success; when personal charm and diplomacy fail, just mind-control somebody into doing what you want. For Malkovians, using Dominate can set off their derangements, and Malkavians (I.E. vampires that have contracted Malkavia) gain the powers of Dementation.

In accordance with the rest of Requiem, the intricate clan structure used in Masquerade is abandoned for a more open-ended backstory. This has its benefits (allowing for the general archetype of the Ventrue as commanding, leader-like vampires to appear outside of their stereotypes in Masquerade) and its detriments (many Masquerade fans saw it as lacking in the fluff that they enjoyed in Masquerade).


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