Ancilla - A "proven" vampire, between the elsers and the neonates.

Antediluvian - A member of the dreaded Third Generation, one of the eldest Kindred in existence.

Archon - A vampire in the retinue of a justicar. Archons are generally nomadic in nature, frequently pursuing Kindred who have fled to avoid persection at the hands of the Camarilla.

Autarkis - A Kindred who remains outside the larger vampire society of a given city and often refuses to acknowledge the clain of a Prince.

Becoming, the - The Embrace.

Blood - Not vitae, but rather a Kindred's lineage and heritage. Many Kindred refer to themselves as being "of the Blood" of a prticularly notable ancestor. For example, some of the most prominent Ventrue proudly declare themselves to be "of the Blood of Hardestadt".

Blood Oath - A blood bond.

Cainite - A vampire; a member of the race of Caine.

Canaille - The bovine masses of humanity, especially the uncultured and unsavory. The Canaille are viewed primarily as the source of sustenance.

Carthagos - Archaic form of Carthage. Any city that a vampire considers to be exalted or special place.

Cauchemar - A vampire who feeds exclusively on sleeping victims.

Consanguineous - Literally, "of the same blood". especially with reference to lineage. Usage: That vampire is consanguineous of Hardestadt the Elder, his childer.

Cunctator - A vampire who avoids killing when delivering the Kiss; one who takes so little blood as to avoid bringing about the prey's final death.

Diaspora - The dispersal of elders from their lands in Europe, rememebred bitterly by many American elders. Also used to describe the exile of vampires from the Second City.

Domitor - A ghoul's master; one who feeds her blood and issues their commands.

Fall, The - The Anrach Revolt, considerd by many elders to be the first step on the road to Golconda.

Fealty - Another name for the blood bond.

Footpad - One who feeds from derlicts and other chaff of society. Foot pads are frequently debased and may not maintain permanent havens.

Gentry - A Kindred who preys at nightclubs, bars and other establishements of the "red light district", where mortals engage in reverie.

Humanitas - The extent to which a Kindred still maintains their humanity.

Jus Noctis - Literally, "the law of the night". In practice, the authority a Kindred has over her childer until he or she grants them their freedom as responsible members of the Camarilla. Under the Jus Noctis, a sire is totally responsible for their childer's actions until she releases them.

Jyhad - The great game played by the Antediluvians amongst themselves, in which all younger Kindred fear they are merely pawns to be moved about a board.

Kine - A term for mortals, largely contemptous. The phrase Kindred and Kine refers to the world at large; everything.

Kiss, The - The act of taking blood from a mortal. In some cases the term has also grown to mean the Embrace.

Labyrinth - A particularly well-fortified or ancient haven.

Leech - A human who drinks vampire blood, yet acknowledges no master.

Lextalionis - The code of the Kindred an the system for punishing transgression. It suggests Hammurabian or Biblical justice - an eye for an eye, and punishement in keeping with a grievance.

Lineage - A vampire's bloodline; the Kindred's sire, sire's sire, etc.

Methuselah - A vampire who has existed for a millennium or more; an elder who no longer exists among the grreater whol of Kindred society. Methuselahs are rumored to hail from the Fourth and Fifth Generations.

Nemisis - The Sabbat. More generically, a vampire with whom another Kindred has had a rivalry extending across centuries.

Neonate - A young Kindred, recently embraced.

Noddist - Of or referring to vampire legend. Also, a vampire who studies lore.

Osiris - A vampire who builds a mortal cult around himself, in the interests of gaining sustenance. As the millennium appraches and passes, Osiris cults become increasingly common.

Papillon - The red-light district; the area of town punctuated by drinking establishments, brothels, gambling houses and other locales of ill reput. The prime hunting grounds of a city, where the disappearance of mortals goes hand in hand with the area's general seediness.

Pax - A formal truce between two elders or clans. Often the name of the Kindred who brokered the peace is attached to the term.

Praxis - The right of Princes to gevern; the Prince's claim to a domain. This term also refers to the Prince's matters of policy and indiviual edicts and motions.

Progeny - All of a given vampire's cilder, collectively. Less formal and less flattering is Get.

Primogen - The leaders in a given city; its ruling body of elders, typically composed of one member from each clan present in the city.

Promethean - A theif or other undesirable. Often used to refer to elders of the Sabbat, as opposed to the street-level rabble.

Pueri - A derisive term for childer.

Regnant - A Kindred who holds a blood bond over another.

Retainer - A human who serves a vampire master. This term is archaic, referring to a time when vampires kept vast entourages of mortal servants as part of their estates.

Siren - A vampire who seduces mortals in order to drink from them, and then only takes a small quantity of blood, so as to avoid killing them.

Somnus - Antediluvian. More generally, any ancient and powerful Kindred rumored to be asleep beneath a city.

Suspire - The rumored epiphany experienced just prior to the attainement of Golconda.

Third Mortal - Caine, who was cast out and became the First Vampire.

Thrall - A vampire under the efects of a blood bond, having drunk another Kindred's blood thrice.

Vessel - A mortal, often one intended for feeding.

Vitae - Blood.

Whelp - (1). A derogatory term for a young Kindred, originally used with exclusive reference to one's own progeny. (2). A noenate or young vampire. In practice, any Kindred younger than the speaker.

Wight - Human; man; a mortal.

Witch-Hunter - A mortal who searches out and destroys vampires.

Whig - A contemptuous term for a vampire who possess an interst in mortal trends and fashions.