Antediluvians is a term used by White Wolf Publishing in their fictional role-playing game set in the World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade, which is now owned and published by Onyx Path Publishing.
Contents
- Absimilliard
- Arikel Ishtar
- Ashur Pisanob Sargon Laodice Cappadocius
- Churka Dracian Ravanna Zapathasura
- Ennoia
- Haqim Assam
- Lasombra Possibly Named Laza Omri Bara
- Malkav
- Saulot
- Sutekh
- Ilyes Brujah
- Tzimisce True name Ynosh Possibly Named Mekhet
- Veddhartha
- Other bloodlines
- Note
- References
According to in-game legends, antediluvians are the vampires of the Third Generation. Supposedly, they were created by Cain's firstborn childer, Enoch, Irad, and Zillah. Game lore holds there to be thirteen of them, and their sins are to blame for God causing the Great Deluge.
From each of these vampires come the thirteen original clans: Assamites, Brujah, Cappadocians, Followers of Set, Gangrel, Lasombra, Malkavians, Nosferatu, Ravnos, Salubri, Toreador, Tzimisce, and Ventrue. The game's lore mentions that each clan's weaknesses comes from a curse Caine set upon the Antediluvian founders of the clan. Apocrypha of the Book of Nod implies that there may be other unknown antediluvians who never sired. There is one clan not mentioned: Clan Tremere. This clan, from in-game lore, was created by a magic user from the House of Hermès called Tremere. After fighting an antediluvian and draining him, he became Kindred (the name other Vampires call their kind, instead of the vulgar name of Vampire) and sired 5 others, who reside in Vienna. It is said that those who are chosen to be "Embraced" are given a chalice with the blood of all 7 Kindred Lords, so as to be loyal to Clan without reservation. There is a rumour that if one of Clan Tremere has failed or has done anything to threaten the Clan or any Kindred in the Clan, that they are "Summoned" to Vienna and a sentence is passed upon them. No one that has been Summoned has ever been heard from again, thus this rumour can not be denied nor confirmed.
Absimilliard
Arikel (Ishtar)
The in-game founder of the Toreador clan.