Toreador



'''“You actually expected me to buy this modernismo trash that Alphonse Mucha inflicted on the world? I'd rather see you cleaning windshields on a street corner with it. In fact, go do that right now.”

the Toreador are a Daeva suffering from the same weakness as every other Daeva, but more so in presence of a certain style of art. When confronted with it, they can't resist their compulsion and become totally obsessed with it.

Their founder was a Spanish noble's second son, Garcilaso de Castillejo.

Parent Clan: Daeva

Nickname: Patrons or Mecenes

Bloodline Disciplines: Celerity, Majesty, Dominate, Vigor

Covenant:

Background: The Toreador aren't quite-quite-as picky about selecting physically beautiful people for the Embrace as the Daeva are. Charm, wit and grace are far more important than simplistic concerns about symmetry or bone structure. They also look for artistic talent that inspires them or at least a consummate love and learned understanding of the fine arts. The Toreador are just as prone to Embrace out of guilt or passion as the Daeva, but they don't make a habit of welcoming those illegitimate childer into the bloodline afterward. As for adopting other Daeva into their august ranks, it simply isn't done. It takes at least two Toreador in good standing to propose and second a Novillo (a neonate Daeva of Toreador lineage) for inclusion within the bloodline, and a Toreador elder (known as a diestro) must give his blessing in a ceremony called the alternativa. If the novillo doesn't have a traceable pedigree of respected Toreador ancestors leading directly back to the founder, it would take a miracle for him to get a Toreador to even acknowledge him, much less support his dreams of adoption.

Weakness:

Character Generation: Bullfighter, buyer for a museum, character assassin, gallery owner, Harpy, Master of Elysium, promising young artist, reclusive retired maestro, sycophantic courtier, vicious critic.

Reference

 * Vampire: the Requiem 246