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Antediluvians is a term used by White Wolf Game Studio in their fiction

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al role-playing game

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, the World of Darkness

World of Darkness

"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...

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According to in-game legends, antediluvian

Antediluvian

The antediluvian period meaning "before the deluge" is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge . The narrative takes up chapters 1-6 of Genesis...

s are the vampires of the Third Generation. Supposedly they were created by Caine's first childer, Enoch, Irad & 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 of Vampire: the Masquerade: Assamites, Brujah

Brujah

The Brujah are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness books and role-playing settings. Their name is derived from Bruja, the Spanish word for witch....

, Cappadocian

Cappadocian (World of Darkness)

The Cappadocians are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games Vampire: The Dark Ages and Vampire: The Masquerade....

, Followers of Set

Followers of Set

The Followers of Set or Setites are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's books and role-playing games set in the Old World of Darkness .The mythic-historical origins of the Followers of Set are in ancient Egypt, as they claim to be descended from the dark god...

, Gangrel

Gangrel

Gangrel may refer to:*Gangrel , a fictional clan of vampires in the role-playing game Vampire: the Masquerade*David Heath , an American professional wrestler better known as "Gangrel" in World Wrestling Entertainment...

, Lasombra

Lasombra

The Lasombra are a clan of vampires, associated with the Sabbat, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games.The Lasombra are in many ways the Sabbat's answer to the Ventrue Clan...

, Malkavian

Malkavian

The Malkavians are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's books, role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and, Vampire: The Dark Ages. In modern times, they are associated with the Camarilla. Their symbol is a broken mirror...

, Nosferatu

Nosferatu (World of Darkness)

The Nosferatu are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages books and role-playing games....

, Ravnos

Ravnos

The Ravnos are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages role-playing games....

, Salubri, Toreador

Toreador (World of Darkness)

The Toreador are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages books and role-playing games. Their symbol is the thorned rose.The Toreador are some of the most beautiful and glamorous of the Kindred...

, Tzimisce

Tzimisce

The Tzimisce are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's books and role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages....

& Ventrue

Ventrue

The Ventrue are a clan of vampires, associated with the Camarilla, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and books and role-playing games. Their symbol is a scepter....

. The game's lore mentions that each clan's weaknesses comes from a curse Caine set upon the Antediluvian Founders of the clan. Apocrypha texts of the Book of Nod imply that there may be other unknown antediluvians, who never sired.

Absimilliard

Nictuku: The nosferatu clanbook has it that Absimilliard blood-bound all of his childer except for one woman, embraced in a moment of passion, who managed to run away. All Nosferatu are said to be descended from her. Absimilliard's other descendants are the Nictuku: massively powerful and vastly hideous monsters who seek to destroy the Nosferatu by their founder's will. It is their existence that drives the Nosferatu to gather information.
Nosferatu
Nosferatu (World of Darkness)
The Nosferatu are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages books and role-playing games....
- Nosferatu antitribu
- Hajj: Amongst Arabian Kindred (Ashirra), the Hajj are the Nosferatu defenders of Islam and wardens of the Keening, a mystical cry heard only by Ashirra that permeates the Arabian peninsula. Led by the fifth-generation Tarique, their philosophical outlook is sufficiently different to have separated them from their clan as a distinct bloodline, and they have very different disciplines including thaumaturgical powers that emulate True Faith.
- Guruhi: Laibon legacy

Arikel (Ishtar)
The in-game founder of the Toreador clan.

Toreador
Toreador (World of Darkness)
The Toreador are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages books and role-playing games. Their symbol is the thorned rose.The Toreador are some of the most beautiful and glamorous of the Kindred...
- Toreador antitribu
- Daughters of Cacophony
  Daughters of Cacophony
  The Daughters of Cacophony are a fictional bloodline of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games....
  
  : Experimented on by Malkavian Dr. Reiner Stotschka
- Ishtarri: Laibon legacy

Ashur /Pisanob / Sargon / Laodice (Cappadocius)

Cappadocian
Cappadocian (World of Darkness)
The Cappadocians are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games Vampire: The Dark Ages and Vampire: The Masquerade....

s: Extinct, in-game founder of the Capadocians
- Lamia
  Lamia (mythology)
  In ancient Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon. Aristophanes claimed her name derived from the Greek word for gullet , referring to her habit of devouring children....
  
  : Extinct, Lamia herself was a descendant and high priestess of Lilith and started the game-bloodline "Children of lilith"
- Giovanni
  Giovanni (World of Darkness)
  The Giovanni are a clan of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. In the newest version of White Wolf's Vampire: The Requiem role-playing game they are a bloodline of the Mekhet Clan called the San Giovanni .The usurpers of clan Cappadocian and...
  
  : in-game founder of clan Giovanni Diablerized Cappadocius
  - Families
    - Ghiberti
    - Rosselini
    - Milliners
    - della Passaglia
    - Dunsirn
    - Putanesca
    - St. John
    - Beryn
    - Rothstein
    - Li Weng
    - Hidalgo
  - Premascine: Sired by the Giovanni family before the diablerie of Cappadocius
    - Pisanob
- Harbingers of Skulls
- Mla Watu: Laibon legacy

Churka / Dracian / Ravanna (Zapathasura)

Ravnos
Ravnos
The Ravnos are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages role-playing games....

in-game founder of the Ravnos clan.
- Ravnos antitribu
- Jati
  
  Brahman
  
  Kshatriyas
  
  Vaisyas
  
  Chandalas
  
  Sudras
- Kinyonyi: Laibon legacy

Ennoia

Gangrel
Gangrel (World of Darkness)
The Gangrel are a clan of vampires, often associated with the Camarilla, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and books and role-playing games....

: Gangrel characters are closest to their inner beasts, often acting very animalistic in nature. These characters typically live in the wilderness and have a close affinity to animals, with the ability to change shape. Although one of the original Camarilla clans, these loners became disaffected and ultimately left the sect. Their historical ties to protecting Gypsies brings them into in-game conflicts with the Ravnos.
- Country Gangrel antitribu
  - Ahrimanes: Founded in-game by a Gangrel antitribu called Muricia, this Sabbat bloodline was formed by her use of a thaumaturgical ritual that mutates a Gangrel's appearance and abilities. In particular these characters have a discipline that deals with spirits of nature, rather than being able to change shape. They are an artificial bloodline as they must be created through this ritual. All members are chosen to be female.
- Greek Gangrel
  - City Gangrel antitribu
- Lhiannan: Extinct, resulted from "The Crone" infusing a woodland spirit into a vampire
- Anda: Extinct, Mongolian in-game bloodline that practiced the Ma discipline

Haqim (Assam)

Assamite
Assamite
The Assamites are a clan of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games.In the original version of this clan the Assamites are a group of skilled, select assassins who often commit contract killings in exchange for the blood of other vampires...

s clan in-game
- Castes
  Warrior Caste
  
  Vizier Caste
  
  Sorcerer Caste
- Assamite antitribu:
- Shango: Laibon legacy

[Lasombra] (Possibly Named: Laza Omri Bara)

Lasombra
Lasombra
The Lasombra are a clan of vampires, associated with the Sabbat, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games.The Lasombra are in many ways the Sabbat's answer to the Ventrue Clan...
- Kiasyd: This bloodline was originally created in-game over a thousand years before the Sabbat existed, through an experiment run by the Lasombra using the blood of faeries. The fifth-generation Lasombra, Marconius, was radically changed physically, growing very tall and thin with angular features and black eyeballs. These characters have the ability to use a form of faerie magic.
- Lasombra antitribu
- Xi Dundu: Laibon legacy

Malkav

Malkavian
Malkavian
The Malkavians are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's books, role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and, Vampire: The Dark Ages. In modern times, they are associated with the Camarilla. Their symbol is a broken mirror...

s: All members of this World of Darkness clan are blessed and cursed with madness of a variety of forms. Other characters feel that on one hand this affords them some enlightenment that others cannot see, and on the other hand makes them unpredictable and potentially dangerous. Although these characters are generally members of the Camarilla, their goals are understandably obscure. Malkavian characters may also be Anarchs or Sabbat antitribue. Individual Malkavians are often ignored by other Kindred, thinking them to be harmless.
- Malkavian antitribu: Created when the ability Dementation was added to the game and spread in 1997.

Saulot

Salubri: A group of healer and warrior characters.

Salubri antitribu

Wu Zao

Nkulu Zao: Laibon legacy
Baali
Baali (World of Darkness)
The Baali are a bloodline of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games.The Baali were a bloodline of vampires associated with demon worship. Much of the Baali in-game symbolism is inspired by real-world Mesopotamian and Phoenician sources. The very...

: a character line with demonic ties and theme. However, as Gehenna offers many conflicting end-game scenarios (including a few where the Baali have their own 3rd generation founder) Saulot's creation of the Baali is not strict canon.
- Azaneali: Sterile; sired in conjunction with Lasombra. Only twelve sired.

Sutekh

Followers of Set
Followers of Set
The Followers of Set or Setites are a clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's books and role-playing games set in the Old World of Darkness .The mythic-historical origins of the Followers of Set are in ancient Egypt, as they claim to be descended from the dark god...

: an Egyptian-themed character clan.
- Serpents of the Light
- Tlacique
- Children of Osiris
  Children of Osiris
  The Children of Osiris are a fictional group of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade.The Children of Osiris are the closest the game has to a "good guy" vampire bloodline...
  
  : Extinct, Osiris himself was possibly of clan Lasombra, however as the sect did not embrace as a rule new members were drawn from all clans
- Daitya

Ilyes / Brujah

True Brujah: In ancient times the founding character, Ilyes, was diablerised by his childe Troile, from whom all Brujah descend. The so-called True Brujah characters are the remaining hidden descendants of Ilyes, not Troile. They have a vast grasp of power of the movement of time. The massively long term planning of these characters within the Tal'mahe'Ra make them seem ineffectual in the short term though.
Brujah
Brujah
The Brujah are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness books and role-playing settings. Their name is derived from Bruja, the Spanish word for witch....

: Often highly politically motivated and philosophical, these characters are typically outspoken and rebellious. They are passionate and prone to short tempers, descending into frenzy more easily. Brujah characters are both skilled at rhetoric and fighting, both of which finds them a useful place within the Camarilla. Their slightly chaotic nature is tolerated by the sect.
- Brujah antitribu
- Osebo
  Osebo
  Osebo is the common name for the leopard character of Ashanti folk tales. According to one tale, Anansi the spider captures him along with Onini the serpent and Mmoboro the hornet to give to the sky god Nyame in exchange for his stories.. Anansi captures Osebo by digging a pit in his favorite path...
  
  : Laibon legacy

[Tzimisce] True name: Ynosh (Possibly Named: Mekhet)

Old Clan Tzimisce: These descendants of the Tzimisce clan's in-character founder predate the formation of the Sabbat, and even the appearance of Vicissitude (the Old Clan instead have Dominate). They are key members of the Tal'mahe'Ra, and lead the Shadow Crusade, a war on everyone infected with Vicissitude. This war was later retconned. They are few in number, fiercely independent and remain very traditional.

Tzimisce
Tzimisce
The Tzimisce are a clan of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's books and role-playing games Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Dark Ages....
- Blood Brothers: A character class that was artificially created via Thaumaturgy and Vicissitude by Tzimisce and Tremere antitribu
- Tremere
  Tremere
  The Tremere are a clan of vampires in the Classic World of Darkness setting.The Tremere backstory is heavily based on Ars Magica, and the original House Tremere appeared as a Hermetic house in that game system. As the World of Darkness progressively diverged from Ars Magica's medieval Europe,...
  
  : Blood stolen from Clan Tzimisce and diablerized Saulot
  
  Tremere antitribu: Extinct
  
  Telaveyic Tremere: Extinct
  
  Gargoyles: Artificially created via Thaumaturgy

Other bloodlines

Caitiff / Pander
Caitiff (World of Darkness)
Caitiff are a group of clanless vampires in Vampire: The Masquerade, a role-playing game by White Wolf, Inc.Lacking patrons or allies, holding no real power as a group, Caitiff are held in contempt by the Camarilla...

: Clanless vampires
Nagaraja
Nagaraja (World of Darkness)
The Nagaraja are a fictional bloodline of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games.Mages of the Euthanatos Tradition that experimented with the blood of the Kindred, the Nagaraja are among the most feared of bloodlines...

: A group of Euthanatos mages turned themselves into vampires without being embraced, creating this bloodline artificially. These characters wield necromantic powers, but are also cannibalistic and must consume raw human flesh rather than just blood to survive. They are secretive members of the Tal'mahe'Ra and often reside in the Underworld (the land of the Wraiths).
- Samedi: Possibly created by the Cappadocians, these characters look like rotting corpses.

Note

Vampire: Gehenna, released to end the Old World of Darkness scenarios, reveals that many of those vampires may still be active, and some have evolved into entities far beyond mortal or vampiric conditions.
The name of the Tzimisce Antediluvian was never revealed in-game, but was hinted to be Mehket.
The Lasombra Antediluvian's name was revealed in Shadows, the second book in the Clan Lasombra Trilogy, by Bruce Baugh.

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