Codex of Vampiric Lineage

This page maps out the lineages of vampires within the world of Red Nights.

Oshtek (4) [7,754 BC]
Oshtek is the eldest childe of the Amaros Antediluvian, one of the first members of the Fourth Generation to be created. Originally from a fishing village located at the same site where Constantinople would be built millennia later, Oshtek was initially gifted to the Vetala Antediluvian by his sire, and was forced to serve as her lover for half a millennium, before finally being released after he threatened to end his own unlife. He then spent many hundreds of years wandering the world, siring progeny as he went. In the centuries before the rise of Sumeria, he ruled a city within the Fertile Crescent by the name of Durok, creating a religion that worshipped him as a deity, where he ruled the city as its God-King. Due to his extensive travels, a huge percentage of the Amaros clan are his descendants.

Rati (4) [4311 BC]
India

Ishtar (4) [3852 BC]
Ishtar was Embraced by Amaros within the regions of Sumeria. She came to be worshiped as a goddess by the mortals there, and after many centuries of existence, she became enamored with the mortal, Gilgamesh.

Refias (4) [1409 BC]
Refias, later known as Rafael, was one of the three Methuselahs who comprised the Roman Triumvirate. In life an Iberian warrior, he was said to have been Embraced by his sire both for his own perfect body and the beautiful way he fought.

Francesca De Riero (6) [938 AD]
Francesca De Rierio is one of the founding members of the Camarilla.

-Giovanni Morena (8) [1600 AD]
Giovanni Morena presently is the Prince of Sicily.

-Jean-Gaspard Laffitte (8) [1690 AD]
Jean-Gaspard Laffitte is a member of the High Delegation of the American Vampire Confederation.

Nehrasi (4) [7,462 BC]
Egypt, 7462(Dead)

Itsu (4) [7,000 BC]
Dead

Suthak (4) [6,000 BC]
Dead

Faraji (4) [5,700 BC]
West African Sahel

Julric (4) [5,001 BC]
Julric, also known as Enlil, is a Methuselah from Northern Italy, and is said by Kindred scholars to be the most favored childe of the Iriel Antediluvian. He is one of the eldest members of Clan Iriel still alive, and the vast majority of European Iriel are members of his bloodline.

Ba'al (5) [804 BC) {173 BC}
A childe of Julric, sired in Ancient Phoenicia, who used his mastery of Presence to ensure he was worshipped as a god by Phoenician mortals.

Moloch (6/5/4) [777 BC]
Moloch was the eldest childe of Ba'al, Embraced only a few decades into the existence of his sire. Moloch spent many of his early years travelling throughout the Mediterranean and the Middle East, delving deep into the Al-Shavar teachings of Blood Sorcery, learning much of the power of vampiric blood. Moloch, with what he had learned from the Al-Shavar, managed to contact a demon of the Abyss, a being by the name of Astaroth, and with its help, somehow devised a way to sever his blood connection to his ancestors, freeing himself from the burdens of his clan. Furthermore, Moloch also developed his own unique unique Discipline of Daimonion, which allowed him to utilize powers granted to him by his infernal allies. Moloch then went on to diablerize Ba'al, his sire, and later on a recently Embraced childe of the Al-Shavar Antediluvian. Moloch would later found his own bloodline, the Molochites, a group of infernalist demon worshipers gifted with his personal Discipline of Daimonion, who made pacts with Abyssal entities to further their own power.

Hannibal (6) [200 BC]
Hannibal was the younger childe of Ba'al. Initially, he served as a ghoul for the elder vampire, who employed him as a daytime general, keeping in contact with him mainly through Auspex psychic projections. Eventually, after decades of loyal service against the vampires of Rome, Ba'al rewarded Hannibal with the Embrace, with the general being made to fake his "self exile" and eventual death. As his broodmate Moloch steadily overtook control of Hannibal's native city of Carthage, subverting their sire Ba'al, Hannibal began gathering what few allies he could find to him. When Moloch diablerized their sire, Hannibal did not linger long, as Carthage steadily began to degenerate into demon worship and child sacrifice. Hannibal and his allies fled north to modern day Spain, where he encountered his grandsire Julric, and informed him of what had occurred, the Methuselah managed to rouse the might of Rome against the newly dubbed Infernal City.

Titus Viridius Curio (7) [90 AD]
Titus Viridius Curio was a Roman plebian in life, and was Embraced by Hannibal for his keen intellect and Charisma.

Antonio De Mariano (7) [1262 AD]
Prince of Naples.

Caius (5) [508 AD]
One of Julric's progeny, sired in the waning days of the Roman Empire. Currently Prince of Venice, though his childe rules in his place while he lies in torpor.

Indra (4) [3649 BC]
India

Wen Zong (4) [2905 BC]
China

Lei Wu (4) [2400]
Mongolia, (Dead)

Vodan (4) [2000 BC]
Russia

Great Eagle (4) [1700 BC]
Oregon

Tahaki (4) [1400 BC]
Pennsylvania

Kukulkan (4) [1100 BC]
Mexico City

Olmechutli (4) [700 BC]
lake titicaca(peru)

Paladinogui (4) [300 BC] {100 BC}
The entity known as Paladinogui was said to be a man Iriel became enamored with as she traveled along the Brazilian coast. However, after being Embraced, Paladinogui's pride and hubris steadily began to grow, and after some two centuries of tolerating his scathing arrogance and watching him spawning a bloodline composed purely of women to serve in his harem, Iriel devoured the blood of both him and all his meager group of descendants.

Hulda (4) [1009 BC]
Founder of the Huldan bloodline within Scandinavia, who have Fortitude in place of Auspex.

Morgana Le Fey (5) [104 BC] {1178 AD}
The vampire known as Morgana Le Fey was a Riganite Methuselah who was active during the Great Reformation of the Riganite clan, when the young members of the clan rose up against their elders. In order to procure herself a protector from the revolutionaries, Morgana Embraced a human knight named William Marshal, who, horrified at what he had become, turned Morgana into the revolutionaries after staking her. Morgana was subsequently diablerized.

William Marshal (6) [1188 AD]
William Marshal was once a mortal knight. He was Embraced by the Riganite Methuselah Morgana Le Fey in order to defend her against the proponents of the Great Reformation. However, Marshal was horrified at his transformation, and saught revenge against his sire, staking her and handing her over to the revolutionaries, where she was subsequently diablerized. Marshal then went on to become one of the most valued enforcers of the Pyramid, whose strict hierarchy appealed greatly to his honorific sensibilities.

Artemis Orthia (4) [2179 BC]
Founder of Sparta.

Latinus (4) [1804 BC]
Latinus was one of three Methuselahs who formed the Triumvirate of Rome. Originally a king of a people who would one day become known as the Latins (after himself), Latinus's brilliant capacity for leadership caught the attention of the Torvic Antediluvian, and he was Embraced. Eventually, after spending centuries in Torvic ruled Sparta, he took control of a burgeoning hamlet, and help form its armies into a force that would allow it to conquer the known world, and create one of the most influential empires the world had ever seen: Rome. Latinus initially ruled Roman vampires as their king, but eventually, he cleverly created a supposedly democratic body known as the Senate, which he controlled utterly, giving the other Torvic within the city the illusion of power. Eventually, he opened Rome to other clans, and found allies in two fellow members of the Fourth Generation; Alaric of the Veismar, and Refias of the Amaros, forming the Triumvirate which ruled the Roman vampires for centuries. He is the ancestor to nearly all Italian Torvic within modern nights, though his brood have spread to all lands where his glorious empire held sway.

Unknown (5) [1589 BC]

The eldest childe of Latinus, sired during the sixteenth century BC, was once one of his most trusted attendants, so trusted that he was put in charge of running the Eternal Senate whenever Latinus was away or in torpor. However, during the so called Bitter Hour in 472 BC, this childe betrayed his sire, plotting with other members of the Red Senate to depose and diablerize him. Why he did this is unknown, but when the attempt failed, Latinus erased all traces of this progeny's history, and forbid all those who witnessed the Bitter Hour from discussing it or speaking the traitor's name.

Marcus Aurelius Cotta (5) [45 BC]
Marcus Aurelius Cotta was the son of a wealthy plebian in Rome, who fought in the legion under Gaius Julius Caesar before catching the attention of Latinus, who Embraced him. Despite his youth, Marcus rapidly proved himself a valuable asset to his sire, serving him faithfully, often being entrusted to supervise the Emperor's of Rome and influence them to Latinus's will.

Cacitorix (4) [872 BC]
Cacitorix was a Gaulish Methuselah, and a childe of the Torvic Antediluvian. He formed an alliance with his younger broodmate, Erik Steinfaust, to control the Gaulish tribes, waging wars against the Roman forces of their brother, Latinus. Eventually, he was defeated, and he knelt before Latinus and swore fealty to him, allowing Gaul to become a Roman province. He is the ancestor to many modern Torvic within France (though Latinus's brood also make up a large group of the population), as well as the surrounding nations.

Erik Steinfaust (4) [604 BC]
Erik Steinfaust, or Erik Stonefist to English speakers, is the last known child of the Torvic Antediluvian. Originally from modern day Germany, he journeyed to Gaul, where he allied with his broodmate, Cacitorix, to control the tribes Gaulish tribes. They waged many battles against their elder brother Latinus, and his Roman minions, until eventually, they were defeated. Whilst Cacitorix knelt before Latinus, Erik fled back home to Germania, where he used the mortal tribes there to successfully repel any further Roman invaders. He is the ancestor to most modern Torvic within the Germanic regions.

Alaric (4) [1356 BC]
Alaric was one of the three Methuselahs who formed the Triumvirate of Rome.

Emmerich (5) [51 BC]
Emmerich was a childe of Alaric, who the Methuselah found whilst travelling alongside the army of Gaius Julius Caesar during his Gallic Wars. Emmerich was a teenage boy, whose father had been killed by Roman soldiers, leaving him grief stricken. Alaric took him in, and became a new father to him.

Belobog (5) [704 BC]
Belobog is the legendary childe of Svarog, one of the only vampires to have achieved the state of Golconda.

Original Vetala Antediluvian (3)
The original Vetala Antediluvian was said to be a sorceress of unparalleled power and beauty. Such great gifts inspired her massive vanity, and as such, she was cursed with a monstrous appearance inherited by all her clan.

Rakshasa (4) [6529 BC]
Rakshasha was the elder of the only two childer sired by the first Vetala Antediluvian. His bloodline still persists in India, and they still possess the Discipline of Obtenebration rather than Potence.

Second Vetala Antediluvian (4/3) [4900 BC]
The Second Vetala Antediluvian, also known as Echidna, was from somewhere along the Mediterranean. She is said to have diablerized her sire with the assistance of the Amaros Methuselah, Oshtek.

Typhon (4) [4805 BC]
Known as the Storm Demon, the monstrous Methuselah known as Typhon was the eldest childe of Echida, and the ancestor of most Vetala around the coast of the Mediterranean. He is one of the few Vetala to utilize the traditionally Iriel Discipline of Climarex, which he is said to have been trained in by his close ally, the Iriel Methuselah, Julric.

Baba Yaga (4) [4023 BC]
The fearsomely powerful creature featured across the folk tales and legends of Eastern Europe, the Baba Yaga, also known as the Matriarch or the Little Grandmother, is the mother of the vast majority of the Vetala in modern nights. Having slumbered beneath the soil of Russia for countless centuries, her brood has spread out across all the low places of the world. A master of blood magic, Baba Yaga is allied with many powerful and dark beings, many of whom also rise alongside her whenever she deigns to walk the earth.

Tiberius (5) [597 BC]
Tiberius, originally named Drugov, was once an Eastern Slav who lived in modern day Russia. He was Embraced by the Baba Yaga, he served as his sire's spy for his first few centuries of life, before being sent to ply his trade in Rome in the third century BC, communicating with his sire through her powerful Auspex. Known as the King of the Sewers, it was he who truly began the process of integrating his clan into the low places of the world, starting the long tradition of the Vetela dwelling beneath great cities, serving as information gatherers and spymasters to those in power, and playing on the prejudices of other clans to their benefit.