Nosferatu (World of Darkness)
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The Nosferatu are a fictional clan of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade, Vampire: The Dark Ages and Vampire: The Requiem books and role-playing games. They are uniformly hideous as a result of the flaw in their vampiric bloodline, though each individual's physical monstrosity is unique. Nosferatu frequently reside in catacombs, cemeteries, and sewers. The Nosferatu, also referred to as 'Nossies' or 'Sewer Rats,' are highly regarded as information-brokers.
Frustrated over their monstrous appearance, many Nosferatu will Embrace the very vain and/or very beautiful out of spite. Vampires Embraced in this way are often referred to as Cleopatras, named after the character from Freaks.
In Vampire: The Masquerade, the Nosferatu are associated with the Camarilla. Their symbol is a drama mask.
The clan of Nosferatu has several inspirations, most notably the film of the same name, wherein a very ugly vampire named Count Orlock plays out the role of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The word itself is often used to refer to demons and the undead in general.
Disciplines:
• Animalism
• Obfuscate
• Potence
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[edit] Nosferatu in Vampire: The Requiem
After Vampire: The Masquerade's demise in 2004 in the "Time of Judgment" storyline, White Wolf Game Studio launched a new World of Darkness, with a new vampire game as its launch title, Vampire: The Requiem. In this new game, the Nosferatu were revamped as one of the 5 major clans. See Clans in Vampire: The Requiem.
[edit] Nosferatu of Note
- Cock Robin, current Nosferatu Justicar.
- Petrodon, former Gangrel Justicar, deceased.
- Slava Sergeovic, one of the first Nosferatu Archons, secretely a Sabbat spy.
- Gwendolyn Schumacher, curer of the blood plague, former Prince of Wilmington.
- Wrath, Nosferatu enforcer par excelance, childer of Gwendolyn
[edit] References
- Brian Campbell Clanbook: Nosferatu Revised Edition (White Wolf Game Studio, 2000, ISBN 1-56504-266-2)
- Justin Achilli Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition (White Wolf Game Studio, 1998, ISBN 1-56504-249-2)
[edit] Links
- Vampire NPC gallery NPC (non-player character) gallery with examples of Nosferatu characters
Vampire: The Dark Ages and Vampire: The Masquerade · Clans and Bloodlines |
Assamite · Brujah · Caitiff · Daughters of Cacophony (V:TM) · Followers of Set · Gangrel · Giovanni (V:TM) · Kiasyd · Lasombra · Malkavian · Nosferatu · Ravnos · Salubri · Samedi (V:TM) · Toreador · Tremere · Tzimisce · Ventrue |