#vtm Ahrimane

[spell-fox]

Hunnydd

Ahrimane, mother of the travelling troupe, Hunnydd has some pretty hefty allegations of cainite murder against her. But hey, what's an avenging mother to all disenfranchised women to do.

Hunnydd is also ma to one rambunctious Ravnos, Owain, she somehow ended up adopting.

[kruk-art]

January Day 1 - Ahrimane

Ok, so I have this idea to take part in 365 day art challenge. I probably won't be able to draw every single day. So I will start by doing month challenge. First part of January will by vampires clan card, wich I started some time ago ^^

Ahrimane was post earlier, but I do some tweaks, so let's say it will be foo the January 1.

[cotrieu]

Testing out my new tablet and experimenting more with brushes with my muse currently known as "Anastasia the Ventrue" amongst the polite society of kindred ;-) (outfit totally not taken from this piece)

[crownedinmarigolds]

Mawde the Ahrimane for @vividdl-6 They told me about the character and showed me their Pinterest board and I had such a vision pop in and I hope I've done her justice! I really like it!! She got a ickle sickle!

[malicious-metal]

Another couple of NPCs coming soon (tm) to a Chronicle near you (take a wild guess which one). First off a trio of Anarchs swooping into town to serve as a rogue element to the current Anarch Movement's status quo (if one could even call it that). - Teàrlag Murray (she/her) - Chile of a local, infamous Gangrel Anarch legend, trying to use her late old man's rep to try and make a claim to Baron. - Louve Silver (she/they) - Ex Sabbat Gangrel, turned Ahrimane, trying to start shit with the local Camarilla since the Anarchs are playing *too* nice with 'em in her opinion. - Amaris (they/them/any) - Malkavian soothsayer who's seeing some mighty storm brewin' over the city in the near future.

Meanwhile, in the Sword of Caine, another trio makes its way into town, pursuing some nefarious Infernalists and trying to keep tabs on the local Sabbat's shenanigans. Surely there's no demon-worshipping going on here, no sir. - Invidia Fel (she/her) - Harbinger of Skulls Priscus with a mighty bone to pick with some rival necromancers. Judge Inquisitor to the Sabbat. - Aurelio Aristide Grimaldi (he/him) - Invidia's Templar and Knight Inquisitor to her Judge. Prim and proper Ventrue Crusader-type. - Kore Tartarus (she/they/it) - Black Hand Lasombra who's going to be beefing with her Bishop Sire and his most recent batch of childer. Elder sis going to be bullying her baby brothers.

[cynical-tuba]

Owain - Ravnos, low gen, Neonate, taken in by Huynndd and her traveling troupe. He's the sunshine in the dark, king of theatre, enjoys a good natured prank.

Efa - A playful Changling. Very outgoing, Loves a prank, such as offering her bloods to Cainites to make them high.

Hunnydd - Ahrimane, mother to all of her troupe. Adopts lost children, enjoys killing misogynistic men from town to town on her travels (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

✧ Part 1 ✧ Part 2 ✧ Part 3 ✧ Part 4 ✧

[doomface]

Commission for one of the players on my pbp server of their Ahrimane, Nahiri, and her different forms!!

[subtitlesbynight]

YouTube subtitles have trouble with vampire vocabulary

Armand -> Ahriman

[clanlasombrasp]

US...

the children of darkness

[marrowcrunch]

What are your top 3 favorite vtm clans (or bloodlines)?

Bonus: which clan do you think you'd fit in with? :3c

Oh boy, this is going to be long lol

Favorite: Tzimisce 

Gosh, what a surprise :O

But yeah. I mean, firstly, the cool factor is undeniable. It's always such a joy designing Tzimisce characters because even toeing the strictest borderlines of canon they're allowed to get real weird with it in a way that most other clans aren't. I don't mean this as hate at all so I hope it doesn't come across like that, all clans are beautiful <3 but if you're playing Ventrue, Brujah, Tremere etc to some degree you'll always just be playing as Some Guy. With a Tzim it’s like…Do you want some sick-ass bone blades on your arms? No problem! Another pair of arms to put more bone blades on? Sounds good! Do you want to be bioluminescent like a squid? Great! Go crazy! 

Second: Full disclosure, I am the “My fursona is my TWOO SELF” flavor of furry. And the idea of having near total freedom of form— to be able to give myself a tail, claws, fangs, horns, [long censor beep], whatever I want, to abandon my human shape, fills me with Yearning. 

In the complete opposite direction, I also find personal meaning in the clan as someone who suffers from chronic pain. Shamelessly copy-pasting a reply to another post: 

The flavoring of Vicissitude as a creeping infection, as the actual body of the Eldest spread from generation to generation, able to rise up and consume its bearers at any moment, resonates with me very deeply as someone whose pain is caused by congenital tissue defects and which will inevitably get worse over time.

The idea that…there’s something horrible lurking inside your body. It can’t be cured. It can’t be removed. It is part of the very fabric of your being. And it is going to eat you alive, it is going to eat and eat until there’s nothing left. That no matter how you struggle, eventually it’s going to win. But you struggle anyways, because what the hell else is there to do?

The clan also has its revenant families, who are all collectively my most Specialist Little Guy in the world. I am a huge sucker for ye old trope of Special Family Bloodline Technique, and they scratch that itch for me in a really fun and interesting way. 

Second favorite: Giovanni. I actually don't have any deep reasons for this one, I just think that “fucked up necromancer vampire crime family” is such a fun concept lol. I like organized crime stories. It's also another one for the “bloodline technique” category— in v20, they even have their own associated revenant family, the Rossellinis! 

Third favorite: Salubri. The vibe I get is that they’re deeply underappreciated because people feel like their designation in both fluff and crunch as “the nice ones” means that they’re boring and clash with Masquerade’s overall tone. But I STRONGLY disagree— I think that's exactly what gives them so much potential for the sort of personal, existential horror that is supposed to be at the heart of Masquerade. I actually want to write a much longer post sometime that really gets into why, but part of it is this— being a magical pacifist unicorn prancing in a sunny flower field isn't “horrifying,” but being a magical pacifist unicorn in a dark forest where the only other animals are wolves that want to eat your face sure is. I also think the contrast between mainline (healer) Salubri and Salubri antitribu is a really rich thematic vein— again, I want to write more on this later. 

Bloodline lightning round:

Ahrimanes: Cat-themed woman power. I like the concept of Gangrel in tune with the spiritual elements of nature. Spirits in World of Darkness are fun because they can be anything. 

Ventrue antitribu: Knights in modern settings are cool.

However, if the question was “Which clan are you most like?” instead of “What's your favorite”, the answer is far and away Toreador. I love making art, and while I mostly just write now because my body has kind of fallen apart, I used to dabble in a bunch of different mediums and loved them all. That and I already do the “oh that flower/painting/ random pattern of light on the wall is really pretty *zones out and stares at it*” thing in real life lol so that would just be business as usual. If I couldn't be a Meat Criminal this is actually the clan I'd choose to be embraced into. 

Thanks for giving me a chance to talk :)

[versatilemess]

Decided to sketch profiles of all my VtM OCs to have them in the same place. Below is some deets and vibes (clockwise from top left):

🔎 Hollis (They/Them): Malkavian (11th Gen, 1 y/o)

- “Listen to the night breaking” (Under Milk Woods, Dylan Thomas)

- Auld Reekie: Modern Nights

🎬 Heru (She/Her): The Ministry (8th Gen, 100y/o)

- “I’m nothing like you, I’m a fucking star!” (X, Ti West)

- Auld Reekie: Modern Nights

🔭 Azrael (He/Him): Salubri (6th Gen, 450 y/o)

- “I admit, I desire, occasionally, some backtalk from the mute sky” (Black Rook in Rainy Weather, Sylvia Plath)

- Oops! All Salubri: Dark Ages

🌼 Fainche (She/They): Ahrimane (7th Gen, 300+ y/o??? — they lost count)

- “The dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees — to learn something by being nothing.” (Entering the Kingdom, Mary Oliver)

- The Last of the Hyperboreans: Dark Ages

[spell-fox]

Hunnydd ! Travelling Ahrimane currently stranded in Oxford

Ahrimane tired mum, potential sire to Leo (?? •⁠ᴗ⁠•), adopter of strays into the travelling troupe and therefore wrangler of chaotic kine, one (1) rambunctious cainite and one (1) changeling. Girlbossing her way around the isles freeing folk from terrible situations and terribler men

[kruk-art]

Another one of my mini projects. I decided to draw cards for vtm clans. Not all of course, but almost? I plan 20 in total. Here is first one.

The Ahrimanes are a rare, all-female bloodline of Kindred that originally existed during the Dark Ages, headed by a woman called Ádísa. Sometime during the Long Night, Ádísa and her bloodline were lost and subsumed into Clan Gangrel. Centuries later, the bloodline was unknowingly resurrected by a woman called Muricia. Since then, the Ahrimanes roam the night again, albeit under a different guise and leader.

-WhiteWolf Wiki 

For the curious one, I post sketches on my Patreon. The final art will be post on Patreon 2-3 days earlier as well.

[panshiartista]

Arms of Ahriman - Commission for @thatnerdguy on TikTok . Don’t forget to Like, Comment and Share . . . . . . #art #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #brazilianartist #procreate #procreateart #digitalartist #doodle #doodlestyle #ipadpro #sketch #ilustração #illustration #rpg #vampire #stpetebynight #vampirethemasquerade #vtm https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGEjE_OuMz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wodbrew]

The Bloodlines: Should you Diablerize Them?

Part I: The Clans

Baali: No! Hell no! Just kill them- having the ability to throw fireballs is not worth having that in your head.

Blood Brothers: Bet you can’t eat just one. Blood Brothers: for when you and all of your friends REALLY want to smoosh together into a giant limb ball. I’m sure a Tzimisce would love to help you with that.

Daughters of Cacophony: Absolutely. Especially for Nosferatu. Go full Little Mermaid on this. Do not let them justify why you shouldn’t with a musical number, they’ll probably end it by eating you.

Gargoyles: How you diablerize a Gargoyle is a better question. You’re going to be spitting out gravel for weeks.

Harbingers: Take Clan Giovanni, and multiply that by corpse. Bleh.

Kiasyd: It might be the closest anyone can get to eating the soul of a changeling, so go for it!

Nagaraja: If you are Camarilla, your boss will likely appreciate the initiative. Though, there’s a rumor that some Kindred catch the weaknesses of those they consume. In this bloodline’s case, that’s basically the worst case scenario.

Samedi: Take Giovanni, multiply that by corpse, then multiply that by Nosferatu, then multiply that by HELL NO!

True Brujah: Please diablerize a Trujah. Serves them right for think they’re better than everyone else.

Ahrimanes: This is not a clan you wanna get caught diablerizing. And you thought the Giovanni were unreasonable! Just eat a regular Gangrel.

Anda: Stop making up Gangrel. They’re LITERALLY just Mongolian Gangrel.  Although...their weakness means most of them travel all the time. So maybe you won’t get caught?

Cappadocians: On one hand, gross, on the other- oh, too late, a Giovanni just beat you to it.

Lamia: I can’t believe we’re all unliving through a pandemic and ANY of you think this is a good idea.

Lhiannan: That’s a good way to wake up one night with eldritch powers breathing down your neck.

Noiad: Didn’t I just tell you to stop making up Gangrel!?

[cynical-tuba]

Happy pride month! Featuring VTM: Dark Ages characters.

Leo in the middle is sporting the Gender-Fluid, Pansexual and Polyamory pride flags and his fiancées, Hengist and Godwin, are sporting the ally flag.

Leo's pronouns are He/him/she/her

Hengist and Godwin are He/Him

Not really sure how he managed this. It was a time period of self discovery and lots of communication... And the help of a certain Malkavian Priest (Emir) being lead couples therapist.

If you're new here there's character information below the cut!

Leo is a Ghoul. He has changed hands so many times but he's currently a Ventrue ghoul to the Childer of prince Horsa. His current Domitor is named Edmund.

Godwin was Horsa's ghoul but thanks to a ritual the bond has been severed. In that same ritual he accidentally ingested blood from a Malkavian, Tzimisce a Ahrimane and a Gangrel. He's currently obsessed with the idea of becoming a dragon. (Tzimisce)

Hengist is the Nosferatu Sheriff, twin to Horsa. He was embraced into one of the lowest clans as punishment for misdeeds. He is a diablerist but to us the players, we are still not sure if his victim truly was a Toreador as he says.