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World of Darkness
Vampire series The World of Darkness is the name given to two distinct fictional universes developed by White Wolf Game Studio. ... Vampire A vampire is a fictional creature in the role-playing games and books based on the World of Darkness setting by White Wolf Game Studio. ...

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Requiem Vampire: The Dark Ages is a role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1996. ... Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) cover. ... This articles content is specific to the fictional setting known as the World of Darkness. ...

Antitribu · Book of Nod · Blood bond · Blood hunt · Blood point · Bloodline · Caine · Cainite Heresy · Caitiff · Camarilla · Childe · Clan · Diablerie · Embrace · Frenzy · Masquerade · Rötschreck · Sabbat · Vitae The fictional vampire clans of Vampire: the Masquerade all belong to clans, and the clans all belong to either the Camarilla or Sabbat or are independent of the two. ... The Book of Nod tells the creation story of the vampires in White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. ... In White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games, a blood bond is a supernatural link of fidelity and dependency of one vampire (the serf) on another one (the regent), created and maintained by the repeated consumption of blood. ... In White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games, a blood hunt is the persecution of a vampire by the rest of the vampiric society in order to kill him. ... A blood point, in White Wolf Studios Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game and books, is a unit of blood (approximately half a liter). ... For the computer game, see Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines A bloodline is a fictional category of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Requiem. ... The Cainite Heresy is a fictional heretical cult, practised by some vampires and their human subjects in the setting of Vampire: The Dark Ages, a role-playing game by White Wolf Game Studio. ... The Caitiff are a group of vampires in Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game. ... The Camarilla is a fictional society of vampires in the World of Darkness, the setting of White Wolf Game Studios role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. ... In White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games, a childe ( childer) is the vampiric offspring of another vampire, referred to as the sire. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games about vampires, a clan (often in uppercase) is a group of vampires joined by blood relations (i. ... In the context of White Wolf Game Studios vampire books and role-playing games from the World of Darkness, diablerie takes place when a vampire drinks not only all the blood of another vampire but also his soul, generally in order to increase his/her own powers. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games about vampires, the Embrace is the act of passing on the curse of vampirism to a mortal human being. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games set in the World of Darkness, a frenzy is a temporary state of rage and lack of self-control that a vampire character enters as a response to certain stimuli. ... The Masquerade is a fictional term found in White Wolf Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games set in the World of Darkness, the Rötschreck (also known as Red Fear) is a temporary state of uncontrollable fear that a vampire character suffers when threatened by fire or sunlight (as well as any other potentially lethal elements). ... The Sabbat are a fictional alliance of vampires, composed of two clans, from White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games about vampires, vitae is a synonym of blood, especially as the symbol of life (cf Latin vita, life, whence English vital). Vitae is the blood of living creatures from which vampires feed, and also the blood that circulates within the undead...

Requiem Clans · Carthian Movement · Circle of the Crone · Invictus · Lancea Sanctum · Ordo Dracul · Essentially the Carthian Movement is a democratic covenant of vampires. ... The Lancea Sanctum is a group of vampires in the Vampire: the Requiem roleplaying game. ... The Ordo Dracul is one of the five covenants in the World of Darkness role-playing game Vampire: the Requiem published by White Wolf. ...

Caine is a fictional character, the father of all vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games set in the World of Darkness. His story is based on the biblical story of Cain, and is recounted in the Book of Nod. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Vampire A vampire is a fictional creature in the role-playing games and books based on the World of Darkness setting by White Wolf Game Studio. ... White Wolf, Inc. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of fictional characters via role-playing. ... The World of Darkness is the name given to two distinct fictional universes developed by White Wolf Game Studio. ... The holy Jewish scripture: The Torah. ... In stories common to the Abrahamic religions, Cain or Káyin (קַיִן / קָיִן spear Standard Hebrew Qáyin, Tiberian Hebrew Qáyin / Qāyin; Arabic قايين Qāyīn in the Arabic Bible; قابيل Qābīl in Islam) is the eldest son of Adam and Eve, and the first man born in creation... The Book of Nod tells the creation story of the vampires in White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. ...


Caine and Abel were asked by God to present a sacrifice of that which they most cared for. Caine chose to kill Abel, his beloved brother, as the offering requested by God. For this he was exiled to the Land of Nod. He was taken in by Lilith, Adam's first wife, and taught to be self-sufficient. The term God is capitalized in the English language as a proper noun when used to refer to a specific monotheistic concept of a Supreme Being. ... The Land of Nod is a place in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located to the east of Eden, to which Cain was banished after murdering his brother Abel. ... Lilitu is a female Mesopotamian night demon with a penchant for killing male children. ... This article is about the biblical Adam and Eve. ...


He then became arrogant and three times refused salvation and forgiveness, offered by archangels speaking on behalf of God, saying that by his own grace, and not God's, he would receive salvation. The archangels cursed him three separate times for his pride, giving him the powers and weaknesses of a vampire. Specifically, he received fear of flame from the archangel Michael, vulnerability to sunlight from the archangel Raphael, and immortality, along with the inability for him or his children to sustain themselves on anything but vitae (blood), from the archangel Uriel. This entry deals with the supernatural beings known as archangels. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Flame can refer to: Fire A flame is a self-sustaining oxidizing chemical reaction producing energy and ionized gas (plasma). ... Guido Renis archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of Sta. ... Sunlight is also the trade name of the worlds first packaged, branded laundry soap producted by Lever Brothers. ... The Archangel Raphael Raphael (Heb. ... Immortality is the concept of existing for a potentially infinite or indeterminate length of time. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games about vampires, vitae is a synonym of blood, especially as the symbol of life (cf Latin vita, life, whence English vital). Vitae is the blood of living creatures from which vampires feed, and also the blood that circulates within the undead... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... Uriel (אוּרִיאֵל Fire of God, Standard Hebrew Uriʾel, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÛrîʾēl) is one of the archangels of post-Exilic Rabbinic tradition, and also of certain Christian traditions. ...


Caine had three childer, which in turn produced thirteen of their own (the Antediluvian founders of the major vampiric clans). In White Wolf Game Studios Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games, a childe ( childer) is the vampiric offspring of another vampire, referred to as the sire. ... According to the Bible, the only survivors from the antediluvian period were Noah and his family. ... In White Wolf Game Studios role-playing games about vampires, a clan (often in uppercase) is a group of vampires joined by blood relations (i. ...


In Vampire: The Dark Ages, the followers of the Cainite Heresy believed that Caine would return as a vampiric messiah. Vampire: The Dark Ages is a role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1996. ... The Cainite Heresy is a fictional heretical cult, practised by some vampires and their human subjects in the setting of Vampire: The Dark Ages, a role-playing game by White Wolf Game Studio. ... In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ Anointed one, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew ) initially meant any person who was anointed by God. ...


In Vampire: The Masquerade, the rules for fighting Caine are simple. All the book states is: "You lose". Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) cover. ...


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Cain is a military leader who attained the status of a living war hero during the latter part of the Thousand Yahren War.
Cain oversees the continual "knocking down" of the Cylon forces on Gamoray, stealing fuel as the Cylons unwisely replenished and rebuilt.
Cain, in the instance of the Bible, is the oldest son of Adam who slew his brother Abel.
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Cain, the eldest son of Adam and Eve, was born after they were banished from the Garden of Eden.
Angered by this rejection, Cain killed his brother, for which he was subjected to a double curse: The ground would no longer yield to him its wealth, and he was condemned to be a fugitive and a vagabond for the rest of his life.
In the New Testament, Cain is seen as the opponent of his righteous brother Abel (Hebrews 11:4), as a symbol for an evil way of living (Jude, verse 11), and as someone whose works were wicked (1 John 3:12).
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