Harbingers of Skulls

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The Harbingers of Skulls are a clan of fictional vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade.

Harbingers of Skulls, also known as the Lazerenes, appear as semi-deccomposed corpses with the skin covering their skull, stretched tight over it. Harbingers wear elaborate masks to hide their disfigurement. The leader of the Harbingers, a vampires known only as Unre, takes this fetish to an extreme, wearing a bull's skull, with shrunken human heads mounted on top.

The Harbingers have only appeared recently, joining the Sabbat under mysterious circumstances. These vampires are extremely old and powerful , the reason they have chosen to support the Sabbat cause remain unknown. No Harbinger is known to have sired, further adding to their enigma.

What is known is that they are master necromancers, with skills unknown to even the Giovanni. They have managed to parlay their strength and powers into positions of influence in the Sabbat. Along with their necromatic skills, they have powers of auspex (insight) & fortitude (supernatural endurance).

The Harbingers appear to share some mysterious link with the Samedi bloodline, with speculation linking them to the now extinct Cappadocians.

References

• Justin Achilli et al. Guide To The Sabbat (White Wolf Game Studio, 1999, ISBN 1-56504-263-8)
• White Wolf Publishing Children of the Night (White Wolf Game Studio, 1999, ISBN 1-56504-244-1)
• Justin Achilli, Clanbook: Cappadocian (White Wolf Game Studio, 1997, ISBN 1-56504-280-8)

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Assamite · Baali · Brujah · Caitiff · Cappadocian (V:DA) · Daughters of Cacophony (V:TM) · Followers of Set · Gangrel · Giovanni (V:TM) · Harbingers of Skulls (V:TM) · Kiasyd · Lasombra · Malkavian · Nosferatu · Ravnos · Salubri · Samedi (V:TM) · Toreador · Tremere · Tzimisce · Ventrue