#vtm ask game

[maria-ruta]

Im back!!

Here was the link!

https://www.tumblr.com/sadwrncupid/762924626225528832/vtm-oc-ask-game-hello-ive-decided-to-make-a?source=share

3,5,6 and 49!

Thank you very much for sharing(op changed username so the ask game is now here) and for your asks!

Let's all dive into some of the Veronica's backstory!

And thank you for your patience hahaha, here are my answers:

3. Are they more “traditional” or do they break barriers?

no she isnt much of either traditional vampire nor toreador...

she is very humane and she likes people and she goes along with the technology update and people's fashion/habbits changes

she kinda looks pretty much typical for toreador but she isnt as full of herself and high art/high society as you'd expect typical toreador to be...

here i made little chart that i found for her

she actually never was accepted kindly by most of toreador clan in the city, she was embrased in (Chicago), halfly bc her Sire waslone wolf among toreadors, halfly bc she herself didn't fit their standarts and she didn't like their mean attitude

and after that and so on she kind of didn't get to join any other toreador group from other cities too

she has lots of friends and allies from different clans though! lots of gangrels and brujas among them for some reason XD

she also has friends in camarilia and anarchs, been there and there too, kind of playing in both feilds i guess

5. Who is their sire?

William Moore (he/him lesbian) in the past, changed to nowdays Kellen Moore (they/them nonbinary)

they used to be harpy of Chicago, they were looking after masqarade maintenance and getting rid of witnesses etc

you can read more about them if you go through my older posts, tagged as "moore"

6. What was their relationship to their sire? Were they close in any way or mere strangers?

First Veronica didn't like him much bc he dragged her into hell of being vampire, but overtime she grown softer and softer to him

then they became a couple, you could say they were close yeah... 😏

Veronica's humanity went lower from becoming vampire and learning how to hunt and be vampire and such, but over time when she learned that she wants to still know and understand humans well, her humanity went back up

Veronica and William were together for few dacades, untill the incedent around 60s

the incedent was when Veronica charmed some dude to feed on him in his apartment (charming humans for food didn't count as cheating for Veronica and William, as long as it is not long term relationship), and she drank his blood but he didn't forget as much, and whats worse, he turned out to be conspiracy and monsters entusiast, and he realized she is a vampire and he was so excited and over his head about it and wanted to call his friends entusiasts, Veronica panicked and didn't know what else to do but bite him again and drank him out to death

scared and shocked from what she did she called William to come and help clean this mess (especially since its his feild of expertese). William and his two ghouls arrived(he has old gay couple as ghouls btw... well they look young-ish but in modern days they are pretty old...) ghouls were cleaning the evidance and getting rid of the body, while William was trying to calm Veronica down and support her, bc she was pretty psyched that she killed an inocent man

William tried to convince her that she did the right thing, that saving the masqarade was more important, Veronica was still hysterical and said something about that it is easy for him to say, considering how many people he killed after embracing her (more of that here). William never told her about it but she found out herself... He said "I did this for you" and she answered "no. you did it for yourself." anddd... that was a break point in their relationship, they broke up

Both were mad at each other for a while

Veronica couldnt find a porpose for herself and was drowning into apathy and depression and was just slouching about for some time, then she met a group of anarchs who were passing by and stayed in the city for couple of days. One of them flirted with her, they talked a bit and he jokingly offered her to join them, she said she needs to think about it, and next night she really decided to put everything behind and run away with anarchs bc she was sick of camarilia anyway, and so she did

her Sir sure did get in some trouble for the fact that his childie joined anarchs, he was partly upset but partly thinking that maybe it is for the better, and considering if it wasn't fair to hold her on the leesh

after some traveling and more life experience Veronica still was thinking about William and experience that she had, and at some point she decided to write him a letter, to ask how is he doing and confess that now, after time passed she understands that he was partly right on that horrible night, about saving masqarade and all that, tho she wishes she could find a better way to resolve the situation back then etc

and so they slowly started talking again, little by little fixing their relationship into friendly

later on in 80s William helps her rejoin camarilia, when she asked for shalter from sabat in New Orleans. William called toreodor premogen of New Orleans - Adzone, and asked him if he'd accept Veronica in the city. After looking at Veronica up and down Adzone smiled and confirmed to other heads of New Orleans that she's worthy of joining (who know what he saw, or what thought he read! he is an ancient ass vampire who diablored A LOT of vampires in his past c: )

in 90s after apocalipsis almost happened, Veronica felt especially need to go see people she loves, so she visited Moore in Chicago - at this point after almost the end of the world, he quit his harpy job and was having existential crisis. They caought up pretty well (but only as friends) and Veronica brought them a gift - a computer! she started teaching them how to use it and convinced them that using new technologies is a great thing, also introduced them to some new gender terms she learned from newer generations of people

nowdays they are still friends and chat online more or less frequently

Veronica still feels romantic longing for her Sire, but she thinks that it is her bloodbound, and she is always conflicted about her feelings towards them, bc she doesnt like the thought of blodbound dictating her emotions and feelings and she worries about it not being sincere

She doesn't know that her bloodbound is gone long ago. she just still has aching heart for them, and probably alwyas will, but oh well 🤷‍♀️

49. Detail your OC’s backstory!

like... like ALL OF IT???? oh for fucks sake thats A LOT X'D

ok maybe someday I will do some major Veronica's backstory post, will put all the previous posts together or something, and add drawings idk...

but that day is not today ahahah.....

maybe if i do it in drafts slowly, little part each day, ill be able to, maybe... wait for the updates, i guess X)

[odoroshi-rider]

For the VTM ask game how about 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 48?

(art by @ollieanderr)

1. What clan is your OC? Tremere! He's not happy about it!

4. What generation are they? 9th!

5. Who is their sire? A Tremere infernalist that went by the pseudonym "Mahaziel." He never learned the guy's actual name.

7. How did their sire treat them? REALLY REALLY POORLY. Nathaniel was subject to all sorts of infernal fuckery, and came out of the experience with a mastery of the Path of Pain and a supernatural addiction to self-mutilation that will never go away.

9. Do they have a childer? Yes! His name is Dorian, and they hate each other. Rightfully so. Dorian was one of the aforementioned "Hermetics Embraced to inflict shared misery," and you can imagine what that means about how they feel about one another.

48. Detail things about your OC you spent a lot of time on! OH BOY. Lots. I went digging through a lot of oooooold books in order to fully flesh out Nathaniel's kit (His big secret that was revealed dramatically in the game he NPCed in was that he is a master of the dark Thaumaturgical Path of Pain, with mechanics pulled from the Sins of the Blood book from 1st ed. The scan of that thang is TERRIBLE). I also spent a lot of time using him as a rumination on what it means for a Mage to be embraced, and the depths of desperation and self-loathing that can drive someone to--as well as what it would take for someone like that to either redeem themselves, or burn the fuck out in a nihilistic blaze of glory. He ended up going the former route, which is funny because from the BEGINNING he was slated to die terribly (and possibly be a boss fight), but my players were determined to help him out.

(art by @ollieanderr)

1. What clan is your OC? Tzimisce and loving it

4. What generation are they? 9th! I think I have a bias...

5. Who is their sire? Ars Versum, a Tzimisce elder that went the controversial route of mastering Koldunic Sorcery, and then pursuing mastery of Vicissitude. He had a love of music and a strong desire for a family to call his own.

7. How did their sire treat them? Like more than a Childe, but as his actual child. Ars Versum was very much like a father to Ars Caelum, and despite knowing now that Ars Versum did many terrible things, they will never be able to hate him.

9. Do they have a childer? Nope!

48. Detail things about your OC you spent a lot of time on! Caelum was also an NPC that got elevated to blorbo status, via a completely unexpected turn of events in the VtM game I ran that saw them being rescued by the coterie and rehabilitated. I spent a lot of time ruminating on Caelum's themes of need for familial love and struggle with grief and forgiveness, and essentially where they would go forward from a point where I honestly expected them to die. Their beloved sire was a boss fight for the coterie, after all! And the end of a very long and bloody story arc that gave the coterie little other choice. They're a deeply human person shaped first by the love of a very inhuman sire, and then by the love of an unlikely partner and friends--and a lot of their side-story dealt with how they processed their grief and moved on to learn to love their new family. Shoutout to @ollieanderr and his determination to hook up with that freaky fish enby and accidentally create one of the most beautiful NPC side-stories I've ever STed for. Asa/Caelum will reign eternal.

[crownedinmarigolds]

If Noa could break out into a cold sweat, she would have, looking over the blank template Nythanel had provided to her. They were each others' soulmates, the greatest of friends, but they weren't each others' lovers. That role would have to be filled by someone else, but who? Noa didn't think her standards were so ridiculously unachievable... but considering her extremely lacking record, perhaps they were. Her pen scribbled on the card stock as she thought about her answers. Nyth was going to distribute it amongst the local populace - a meme? A bingo game? - and they would see which fish would take the bite. If no one bit, that would be fine. It's not such a large collection of Kindred in the area, but it was fun to cast the line... she guessed. ~

Hee hee feel free to kind of RP your responses if you wanted to join me! This is all in good fun! Using the template remade by pocketmemes, but original template is by d3vilbabi3 on Twitter! (Warning, VERY NSFW Twitter)

[lordturkish-robomallcop]

Hi! Imma go for it.

21/46/47/48 For Ana and Mihal (I have a weakness for codependent Tzim child/sire duos, what can I say). 

And 14/26 for Eliza but about her being a ghoul. 

hELL YEAH BUDDY.

Apologies ahead of time this is gonna be a Lot Of Text because I ramble hard. I tried to keep it brief but... it is clearly impossible for me to keep things brief. Also spoilers for future Limits of an Invitation/Project Cadmus stuff-ahoy! Nothing earth-shattering, but if that's a concern I wanted to flag that right off the bat in case there's anyone who wants to go into the fic blind. But with all that being said, let's dive under the fold and chat some tzims and their very "fortunate" ghouls!

21 Mihal/Ana - Predator Type This has changed/evolved for both of them over time based on what was available. Words from ST Roan on Mihal: “Word of god says predator type is a game term that is great for creating newer vamps but not narratively necessary or universally applicable to elder npcs… That said, since coming to America Mihal’s go to types are Osiris and Siren. Especially Osiris in Hollywood era. Before was often, but not always Montero, when utilizing ghouls since that’s common for old school tzims.” Valeriy would've been Mihal's main guy for netting dinner-- he's been doing it his entire life as a Grimaldi, he (was) a turbo-pro, 10/10 would doordash again. The NY->Hollywood scene was a constant churn of cult creation/destruction around whatever vanity project the two were making/beefing over at the given moment. Now in Fairhaven, he's a lot more lowkey so def more of a Siren than Osiris these days. Ana is a Blood Leech through and through. While he can settle for human blood, it has never slaked him unless it's a Rev or another kindred. His early days he remained bound to Mihal and supplemented his diet by tapping the schlacta/ghouls on the estate, as well as whatever poor sucker he could rip into traveling through their domain.

When Helena arrived and the pack was formed/as it grew, Ana would cleave more and more from his packmates. Also, obviously, if there was a Cammie lick that needed dusting he always had first dibs.

Now that he has been separated from the pack and Hermia is def not as down to be tapped on a whim as Mihal... Ana may have had to cut some deals with the Fairhaven branch of the Circulatory System to keep his meal plan buttoned-up and to his standards.

46 - Mihal/Ana, What are their Ambitions? 47 - Mihal/Ana, What are their Desires? Popping these two together bc they go hand in hand. Mihal and Ana were both 'freed' from their sires/sabbat expectations in the space of a couple of months. So weirdly, they're at almost identical turning points. Always mirrors, these two! Mihal: FIRSTLIGHT knocked down their doors and dusted their Ductus, as well as gave him a window to torpor their Bishop/his sire Vratislav. For the first time in centuries, he's beholden to no one. 900 years in counting and he's finally earned this 'moment' and he isn't going spend it rashly. Right now he has what remains of the pack, a precarious position hugging the Tower, and an prodigal childe who isn't coming home as quickly as he would like.

He desires stability, but as method of securing his own agency and control. He never wants to be subject to another's whims again after being bound to Vrat--to the point of faking partaking in the vaulderie unbeknownst to the rest of his pack. His ambition is securing a legacy that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder if not entirely surpass the true Elders of his bloodline. Which is a tall order when your Grandsire is Vykos, but Mihal isn't known for his humility. So, why not get his childe that city he always dreamed of? Ana: Mihal saw fit to 'cut him off' for a few reasons. First is political-- the FIRSTLIGHT operation left every kindred faction in Fairhaven scrambling. True-Cam heads pissed that the Cam is now mostly made up by ex-sabbat opportunists/anarch dregs. Anarch heads pissed that their leaders sold them out to the Cam when they were so close to taking it down. The two Sabbat packs that rolled over and renounced the Sword of Caine for protection are regarded to only slightly better than the few thinbloods that managed to make themselves useful enough not to get purged-it's a shit time for everyone in Fairhaven rn. Ana was the only one in the pack that Mihal trusted could make it out the other side of a bond while still being in his pocket. Cynically assumes if the remorse doesn't pull him back, the addiction will. Simultaneously, this is also to continue their escalating game of spite. Shortly before the raid, the two had a more-major-than-usual falling out over Mihal's treatment of Roman-- yeah surprise Roman is still alive and kicking as Ana's husbandish ghoul to this day. Yes it's a full can of worms but long story short Ana sticking up for Roman/at times putting Roman *above* Mihal has been the Issue Of The Past Century. Playing second fiddle to a Chisel? Kindly fuck off with that, Darling. Ana shares Mihal's desire for stability, but inverted. Bonds, Pleasure, Love, All Which Keeps The Beast At Bay-- its rooting the self deep into those you serve and who serve you. It's dedication, it's till death do you fucking part. Part of woodworking as a vampire is accepting that you are incredibly vulnerable to the thing you are shaping, that it could destroy you in a blink. He carries that attitude into not just his fleshcrafting but his day-to-day. Sure giving himself over, allowing that vulnerability, is a kind of oblivion, but it's an oblivion he can navigate, that he knows intimately and can maybe even thrive in/manipulate to his own ends.

His ambition? He'd love to know, he's taking suggestions. In the past he'd say cutting his own skyline-- something that he had begun to do when they first migrated to Fairhaven. Two downtown residential towers were drafted by his hand, but he's nowhere near amassing the resources to get another project off the ground in the current political climate. So he's taken in some goddamn pupils to keep the drafting hand limber. Maybe that'll be something. 48 - Something that I spent a lot of time on! Damn! Well, easy answer is the fic. But I think if I wanted to dig in, it'd be the bloodline/character arc timeline that I made that starts with the eldest and ends with Eliza. I spent a weekend reading clanbooks/supplements across editions as well as marinating in the vtm wiki to nail down what themes/trends I liked and wanted to play with as well as general history skimming because I, Mr. Podunk Midwestern Man, got most of my education about 1800's Russia from Chekov plays. Then I just went hog wild on a google doc and peppered my ST with too many questions so I could build out some of my own loresheets. Now I can not only tell you what Ana and Eliza were up to at any given point but also what their parents and grandparents were generally up to. Generational Narratives! I like em! I like the big sprawling tangled up casts even if the majority of them only exist offscreen/in the lore notes.

A fun fact which arose from this: Ana has a cousin who is his age, still breathing, leading an Obertus research initiative on the East Coast. She's wheeling and dealing with multiple Farm teams, funding Renditions in exchange of getting first dibs on any ghouls or suspected tzim that get bagged.

14 - Eliza, How did they initially feel after being ghould? Did they like being reborn into something new or did it take them a while to cope with their new reality? Eliza's first reaction was to compartmentalize the shit out of the situation and move on. It took a day or two for it to start to fully sink in, but overall she adapted well at first. This is mostly thanks to Ana taking a more hands-off approach, so outside of the basics (the blood bond situation and the masquerade of the living dead situation) what she learned and when was in her hands. It's a luxury of having a robust collection of kindred writing a keycard away at the University. Though the first time seeing Ana's 'Garden' definitely had a negative impact on her, throwing the whole arrangement back into question. Especially after learning that the 'Poppy' was Ana's last protégé, as well as the source of her current arm-- it launches her into an existential spiral.

Thankfully Roman turns out to be solid support, he steps into paternal role and helps guide her through it. He tells her that he's spent his time in the garden, that it was terrible and unforgivable, and yet he's sitting here with her today. The situation isn't ideal but it isn't unsalvageable, is his belief. He's seen the full scope of degeneration and growth, and he's convinced that the scales are tipped toward growth. Eliza isn't but also understands that, right now, this is what she has to work with. 26 - Eliza, Do they want to become human again or are they fine as a ghoul?

Eliza goes back and forth. In her darker moments she sometimes wishes Ana hadn't saved her. It's easy to see her life as an unnatural extension when her ghouling was that traumatic, and she is aware that she's complicit to some nasty shit. At the same time, the more she works with Ana and Roman the more desensitized she becomes.

Another major factor is her mother, Alana. She leads a Farm team in eastern Iowa, seasoned to the point where most FIRSTLIGHT hawks know of/have worked with her in the past.

Needless to say Alana Locks In the second she discovers Eliza's been ghoul'd. Full blown Rendition/Conversion team. It's ugly, and almost identical to the Garden/Circulatory System operations she was pissed at Ana about.

She gets out the other side with the general notion of "Its Complicated And I Don't Fucking Know, Dude." But she isn't one to romanticize humanity, not anymore. ... Whew. I think I need a nap.

Thank you @hlozt for the ask! As you can see I was chomping at the bit to ramble about these terrible lads. Hopefully it made some amount of sense!!

To everyone else-- if you made it this far/read all that, damn! Thanks! Have a draft Ana Zulo drawn by Roan for your efforts!

[born-to-eat-rats]

okay linda time :3

2. What faction is your OC? Do they conform to a group or are they independent?

5. Who is their sire?

6. What was their relationship to their sire? Were they close in any way or mere strangers?

24. Do they easily dispose of bodies?

28. Where do they live now as a kindred?

Yayeeeee

What faction is your OC? Do they conform to a group or are they independent?

She's an Anarch and because of that, is not close with most of her clan.

Who is their sire?

She doesn't know their real name but they're someone her mother absolutely praised. They were like a god, a deity of some sort to her. Someone with knowledge and wisdom out of this mortal world.

Now that Linda has matured she's aware that her mother was in a cult with a kindred leader but at the time she didn't exactly know better.

What was their relationship to their sire? Were they close in any way or mere strangers?

They were a leader of a cult her mother was in, so yeah, Linda knew them pretty well. She didn't exactly have a personal relationship, until she got embraced. Only after being embraced she realized that this wasn't some divine blessing like her mother told her but instead her sire had some fantasy about making Linda into their kindred wife, which is why she left and changed her name.

Do they easily dispose of bodies?

She rarely kills her pray and has a pretty good sense of self-control. In rare times it does end in death, she has to call her ghoul Ray so that he could help.

Where do they live now as a kindred?

She moved to Los Angeles. Her apartment is like right downtown. Despite her "boos lady" looks her apartment is an absolute mess, my girl wakes up in other's beds most of the time anyways so she doesn't exactly care about her place and she has it mostly just so she doesn't sleep on the street.

[shebennyonmygecko]

5 & in you want to 6 for Elara 💕

I've never actually explored her Sire in detail, perhaps I should draw him one of these days :3c

5. Who is their sire?

Elara's sire is actually an enigma to most, she herself doesn't know his name, or even his face clearly.

He was a man named Rudolff Weidemann, he resented his vampiric life and yearned for his human life back.

In a way he was almost suicidal, always teetering on a frenzy before he satiated his need for blood, always feasting on the ladies of the night, adorning them as if they were porcelain. He'd never had the urge to kill anyone despite the voices telling him otherwise.

6. What was their relationship to their sire? Were they close in any way or mere strangers?

There is no relationship between the two at all, whether Elara's sire is still well 'alive' (undead?) is unbeknownst to her, having only truly met the night of her embrace and never again.

Though a part of her, even centuries later yearns to know the man who arguably saved her life, it shall remain a mystery lost to the night.

[kavalyera]

🎭 VTM OC ASK GAME🩸

Hello I’ve decided to make a VTM OC ask game! Feel free to reblog and put your OCs name in the tags hehe

1. What clan is your OC?

2. What faction is your OC? Do they conform to a group or are they independent?

3. Are they more “traditional” or do they break barriers?

4. What generation are they?

5. Who is their sire?

6. What was their relationship to their sire? Were they close in any way or mere strangers?

7. How did their sire treat them?

8. Was their sire with them after their embrace?

9. Do they have a childer?

10. What is their relationship to that childe if they do have one?

11. When was their embrace?

12. What happened that lead up to their embrace?

13. Was their embrace painful? (Either emotionally or physically)

14. How did they initially feel after being embraced? Did they like being reborn into something knew or did it take them a while to cope with their new reality?

15. Are they presumed to be dead or are they still acting as though they are alive to the general public?

16. How good are they at acting “alive”?

17. What are their thoughts on the Camarilla?

18. What are their thoughts on thinbloods?

19. What are their thoughts on the Sabbat?

20. What are their thoughts on the Anarchs?

21. What is their predator type?

22. What are their thoughts on other predator types?

23. How often do they kill those they drain blood of?

24. Do they easily dispose of bodies?

25. How often do they cause a masquerade breach?

26. Do they want to become human again or are they fine as a kindred?

27. Do they have a clan they don’t particularly like?

28. Where do they live now as a kindred?

29. Do they frequently change locations or do they have a fixed location where they live?

30. Do they have a clan that they do particularly like?

31. Do they have a ghoul?

32. Do they like their ghoul if they do have one?

33. Would they like to have a ghoul if they don’t have one?

34. What are their thoughts on blood dolls?

35. How old is your OC up until their death?

36. How old are they now, continuing through their embrace?

37. What age are they? (Childer, Neonate, Ancilla, etc.)

38. Do they care about the taste of blood?

39. Could they easily decipher what a Malkavian is saying?

40. Would they ever commit diablerie if given the chance?

41. Would your OC switch their clan if given the chance? Why or why not?

42. Suppose they weren’t embraced by their clan, which other clan would they thrive in?

43. What are their best attributes?

44. What are their best skills?

45. What are their disciplines?

46. What are their ambition(s) if any?

47. What are their desire(s) if any?

48. Detail things about your OC you spent a lot of time on!

49. Detail your OC’s backstory!

50. Wild card! Sender asks a specific question in regards to your OC

I hope you guys have fun :3

cr; divider by @.anitalenia / divider by @.cold--carnage

tagging some of my mutuals who might be interested (u guys are now gonna get bothered by me no take backs) (unless you ask to stop which i will dont worry dont worry im just being silly): @thewhumpcaretaker @babayagaiscomingforya @informaltorching @casperatu @styxnbones @porcelainseashore @childofmalkavians @knownsome @findingtarshish

[tangledinink]

day five of repostober is old art! this is a ttrpg character from my vampire the masquerade game-- his name is candle and he's very sassy, very flirty, loves to perform, and lives in a van with his rabbit, brooklyn. he used to live in nyc with his husband back in the 80's when he was still mortal, but, well, you know. shit happens.

he's a stripper by trade (and is extremely good at it.)

[y-rhywbeth2]

'Tieflings reach adulthood at about the same age as humans but are longer-lived, with the eldest members of the race living to be 150 years old.' - Planar Handbook

Technically, on Toril tieflings explicitly have human lifespans, but hey, you're not obligated to use that. Give your planetouched half-elf lifespans. (If you want).

...

'Tieflings look human (and are roughly the same height and weight as members of that race), except for one or two distinguishing features related to their unusual ancestry. Some examples of these features include small horns, pointed teeth, red eyes, a whiff of brimstone about them, cloven feet, or red skin. No two tieflings look alike. [also feathered shoulders, scales, no reflection, no shadow, skin is hot to the touch, red or blue skin, skin being freezing to the touch, white hair and deer antlers, glowing eyes, iridescent hair, weird magic powers, wings, control over specific animals, cat eyes, more or less than five fingers, and and and...]'

*insert the regularly scheduled bitching about the standardised portrayal of tiefling appearances in recent editions (and frankly, video games; I blame you, David Gaider) here*

[osatokun]

For VTM ask game - 16, 23, 44, 45

16. How good are they at acting “alive”? He's doing his best. Being physically and emotionally dead for the most of his existence, He's trying to at least act alive as hard as he can. I mean, he eat food and cook dinners, he's having simple human job most of the time ( he's officially jobless rn). He is married to a mortal woman, he's having kids and mortal friends. He's having sex in the end ( which is ew for most of the vampires). He is acting to keep on what he already lost - his life. 23. How often do they kill those they drain blood of? Only once.He drank blood from people he killed, but only once he killed by draining blood. It was his ghoul and his ex BF.A person who shouldn't be living, who he saved by making him a ghoul. And then he took his life back TT

44. What are their best skills? Medicine, I think. He is a good surgeon, he put 150 years or even more in polishing his skills. He's also having a big brain ._. and very attentive! And he's good with theoretical occultism! 45. What are their disciplines? I hope my teammates doesn't read that. Please don't read it!

Obfuscate (** ) Auspex ( ****) Dementation (***) Protean (****) Domination (**) Obtenebration (*) Animalism (**)

Ask game is here if you want to ask more!

[maria-ruta]

45 for the VTM oc ask game!

45. What are their disciplines?

Veronica's disciplines are:

standart toreadors - Auspex ( * * * ), Celerity ( * * * * ), Presence ( * * )

one she got from her gangrel anarch friend Jack - Protean ( * * * )

one she very unexpectedly got from drinking chimera's blood, during fairy duel with it (chimera had dragon form btw... how many vampires can brag they drank dragon's blood? X'D ) - Chimeristry ( * )

(never finished this illustration but,,, hopefully someday,,,)

and since Veronica kind of let fairish powers into her (and probably she will continue to expand her chimeristry discipline in the future) she now has unexpected side effect - when she uses her Auspex to read auras, she sees world the way fairies see it... kind of wonky, kind of crazy and magical, with metaphorical senses becoming the appearance - some of which are based on some hidden trues, some on Veronica's own expectations/opinions

It can be helpful but also can be distracting and stand in a way (like if she starts seeing abandoned house as a medieval prison, and some edges/windows/stares have different form in her vision than in real world, she could missstep, or slip and etc)

but thats just the prise for some of the fairy powers - some of the craziness of it all

here is link to the VTM ask game, in case you wanna ask something more about Veronica! or if you wanna use it yourself :3

[odoroshi-rider]

Relating to the VtM OC ask game. Nathanial & Ars Questions 1, 5 & 13!

1 & 5 were answered previously, but i'll do 13 hehe

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13. Was their embrace painful? (Either emotionally or physically) Yes and yes, very much so. It was the complete loss of his Avatar, which left him uh. Understandably not doing so hot! His Embrace after came after a long period of torment meant to break his will, so all in all just a real bad time.

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13. Was their embrace painful? (Either emotionally or physically) Not at all, actually! Despite being Embraced by a Tzimisce, the Embrace was actually pretty gentle and loving, and Caelum will never see the experience as dying, but rather to them it was the point where their life was saved.

[crownedinmarigolds]

Also for the venerable Parvati & Harrakhty:

The Week of Nightmares - how potent were its effects upon you and your flock? Is it a (relatively) distant memory now? Something that weighs upon the mind?

Harrakhty probably would not say it out loud to anyone but Parvati, but the Week of Nightmares truly was exactly that and yes these events still haunt him to this day. That week changed the course of the rest of his existence, for he saw that his earthly gifts - a partner who was his equal and his adoring temple - can be snatched from him in an instant completely without any influence on his part. He had to fight a powerful and crazed Parvati in his Sobek form, and he realized he could not kill her at all when he had her in torpor. Thankfully Parvati snapped out of the influence of her grandsire within a few more days, but the damage to the temple and to Harri was done. This night is what made him desire a true lineage - something tangible to share with Parvati and to carry on their legacy and teachings if something were to happen. Funny enough - Nyth's near fatal gunshot wound and Noa's desperation to revive him fell "fortuitously" within the same year as the Week of Nightmares, which meant the Setite Elder was willing to give a young necromancer a chance on her promises... which ended up giving Harri and Parvati their daughter Kahanni, born January 1st 2000. AN AMAZING QUESTION - I'm sorry it took so long to answer and I wish I could've drawn more for it. I skipped a couple of panels so I'm sorry if it's a bit quick!! <3

(Harrakhty belongs to @thesixthplaneteer)

[fvaleraye]

"I beg for the mercy of The Second Kindred."

DON QUIXOTE FANS, RISE

(reblogs appreciated, all that jazz)

[born-to-eat-rats]

HAII BESTIEEEE doing this for both ruby and linda but separated ueueue

ruby first🫶

2. What faction is your OC? Do they conform to a group or are they independent?

11. When was their embrace?

12. What happened that lead up to their embrace?

14. How did they initially feel after being embraced? Did they like being reborn into something knew or did it take them a while to cope with their new reality?

49. Detail your OC’s backstory!

Hiii bestie sorry for a late reply I just kinda rebloged it and went to sleep lmao

Ruby time!

What faction is your OC? Do they conform to a group or are they independent?

She's basically independent and just hangs out with however will approach her. She doesn't seem to be aware of the faction system as a whole and every kindred is the same for her. Because of her personality she tends to hang out with Sabbat the most though.

When was their embrace?

Somewhere around 2004, so basically the same as the vtmb protagonist.

What happened that lead up to their embrace?

TW: overdose, drugging

It happened in the abandoned building that her friend group turned into a hang-out spot. It was supposedly abandoned, but Ruby would often hear weird sounds and have the feeling of someone watching her. Others, of course, didn't take her words seriously as she was always known as the "psychotic" one.

They would often have parties at this place and this night didn't start that differently but then Ruby's drink suddenly started to taste different and the next thing she knows, she's loosing her grip on reality.

After her laying on the floor for a while, her group, believing that she's dead, absolutely freaked out. They didn't want to be suspected of a murder so they locked her body in the bathroom. The stalking shadow that was occupying the building for a while, saw the thin, pale body laying on the cold, cracked marble floor. Such an embodiment of chaos couldn't leave so soon, so she woke up. It was a massacre, that nobody will ever care about or remember.

How did they initially feel after being embraced?

She was confused because my girl has one braincell but started to absolutely love it in the end. She loves stalking in the night, being an unapologetic little freak and eating rats :3

Detail your OC’s backstory!

You already know most of it, because I didn't make any changes from her canon backstory. But I'll write it here for those who aren't aware!

TW: drug use, organ trade

Ruby was growing up in a poor neighborhood with a single mother, who was often either gone or high, so Ruby ended up being raised by the neighbors and store clerks.  When she was 5, she got kidnapped when her mom left her unattended in a mall. She ended up in an organ trade but the buyer opted out and the group was forced to move with this child still in their possession, as letting go of her would be a waste of effort and money, also a slight possibility that she might snitch. The hope was that they would find another buyer, but they started raising her involuntarily as she was constantly with the gang and they had to keep Ruby alive at least.  Having hopes and dreams became more and more painful…so she stopped. That’s where her dissociation began. As she saw bodies being pulled apart and discarded she started having less and less regard for the human body, not only others but her own. Physical pain stopped having any meaning. Ruby was just a spectator at first but as she got older, she started to take part in the actual surgical procedures and looking after the victims that were waiting for their turn. There was no world outside of this bubble for her, she never went outside. She would only briefly see the sunlight from the van window as they moved. The need for connection would actively try to fight the situation she’s in, having her befriend the victims that she would have to see cut open the next day, despite which she still considered them genuine friends. When she turned 16, she was rescued by a police raid and was put into the foster system as her mother was deemed unequipped to care for her. Ruby jumped from one family to another for a while, as she was hard to manage, but found a constant home after all. The new parents weren't able to control a kid that has spent her most formative years in an organ trade and she stopped going to school pretty early on. Ruby got involved in a gang…although, calling it a gang would be giving them too much credit. In reality, this was just a group of rowdy teenagers without supervision, mostly doing drug trade and theft. They all skipped graduation, prom, they just disappeared one day and began to live their own life.

[shebennyonmygecko]

11, 12, 14, 30, and/or 40 for Elara? c:

>0< hiiii

I actually already love this ask game because it's making me think of pieces of lore I never would've thought of before !

I feel like these answers make sense but if not schwoopsie

11. When was their embrace?

January 22nd 1784, ironically enough it was a new moon

12. What happened that lead up to their embrace?

Elara was actually on a visit to her suitor! The two were set to be married the following spring. But unfortunately during the visit, Elara grew ill rather quickly having been a rather sickly child. Travelling must've made her more susceptable.

Her own family couldn't care less about Elara's well being, too enamoured with her soon-to-be husband and their riches.

Despite being a Count and Countess themselves, they had to show themselves off to higher nobility.

Though being quite the spoiled brat, Elara wanted a chance of a life, she was only 19 after all. She wanted to marry and have children, continue the line of succession.. But if no one except a few worrisome servants cared about her wellbeing why should she stay here? She's better off dying in the filthy city.

So that was her plan, to flee.

The moon was nowhere to be seen that night as she escaped the manor. She was too weak and frail, collapsing to her knees just by the garden gates.

Until a man approached her. Though her eyes were fuzzy, Elara could recognise those striking eyes. The two had made eye contact multiple times since she was a child.

A stalker? Who only she seemed to notice? Or was it a mere coincidence.

Tattered clothes, hair with bald patches presumably from being ripped out, skittish, muttering to himself.

Oh great a loony commoner.

But then five words would leave his lips —stuttered and hushed— but would change Elara's life.

"Do you want to live?"

14. How did they initially feel after being embraced? Did they like being reborn into something knew or did it take them a while to cope with their new reality?

After her embrace she didn't really know what she was. She woke up in the evening the next day, all tucked into her bed.

Perhaps the mysterious stranger was all a dream? But she did feel better, her health was almost at an all time high, but there were these nagging voices in the back of her head, all whispering at once.

Maybe she was the insane one and not the stranger in her dreams.

Snippets of sunlight hurt her, she couldn't even stomach looking at food, let alone eating it. When she did, she'd end up puking it right back up.

Now she was completely convinced she was dying.

A seamstress accidentally pricked her finger and the scent of the blood was speaking her name. She quickly left to get some air.

Her first feed was accidental, her own betrothed accidently cut himself one night as the two were fooling around in the gardens.

Well, needless to say her hunger overtook all of her senses and before she knew it, he was completely drained.

Appalled at her own behaviour and monstrosity she fled for good this time, no matter how badly the voices yearned for more.

She had always heard rumours of vampires growing up, creatures of the night who fed on blood..

In that moment she finally knew her fate, and could no longer stomach being around ones she once loved.

30. Do they have a clan that they do particularly like?

She's obsessed with the ventrue and how they're leagues above the other clans, she acts almost like a lapdog for them. A servant.

A stark contrast to the life she once led.

On the other hand, she adores the Nosferatu. Most of them don't make her feel insane, they are a safe space for her.

40. Would they ever commit diablerie if given the chance?

I feel as though a Sire leaves pieces of themselves within their child and Rudolff's inability to kill purposefully is one of those things.

She seems too insignificant to even do such a thing anyways no matter how young the childe is or how disgraced the clan is. Though others may want her dead, and she shares the mutual feelings, absorbing another's soul seems too corrupt. She's already malkavian, she's not herself and it feels like hundreds are already possessing her but to truly have another person's being within them (in the sense of the word), it's something she could never do