Asnâm



A bloodline of Daeva founded by Atiqua Azad who believe themselves blood gods and organize themselves into a pantheon.

The founder of Asnam was Atiqua Azad. He was a know for his indifference to human suffering. He was also a slave trader for over 300 years. After a close call with a storm that almost destroyed him, he swore off the Americas and was initiated into the Circle of the crone. Azad found his way to Tibet where he encounters a Goddess. At this point there are several myths on how the meeting took place.

Parent Clan: Daeva

Nickname: Idols

Bloodline Disciplines: Celerity, Majesty, Ralab, Vigor

Covenant: The Circle of the Crone holds about 60% of the Asnâm, since they explicitly believe themselves to be gods and the Circle is the covenant in which that belief fits most smoothly. Another 10% are Invictus, typically because the Asnâm are in domains where the Invictus is dominant and where the usual Invictus/Lancea Sanctum bond is weak. (The Lancea Sanctum despises the Asnâm on principle.) The Carthians have about as many as the Invictus, since the Movement is often religiously tolerant and provides easy access to mortals for the Asnâm to enslave. Twenty percent or so are unbound, for those Asnâm who cannot abide any authority beyond their own. The Ordo Dracul has yet to recruit a Sanam for two reasons. First, few Asnâm see any need to escape or improve upon their situation. Second, no Asnâm can tolerate being anyone’s slave.

Background: Asnâm almost always Embrace a worshipper who has a complete Vinculum. Childer are chosen for discretion, beauty, cunning and their ability to lure mortals. Where older Asnâm were Embraced as traveling merchants, confidence tricksters, sailors or explorers, the modern Sanam is likelier to leave a life as a performer, a journalist or an insurance investigator.

Weakness:

Character Generation: Smuggler, traveling revivalist preacher, blues musician, fortune-teller, itinerant beauty-parlor scissors sharpener, consulting psychic, self-esteem coach, New Age feel-good psychobabble merchant, skip chaser, plastic surgeon

Reference

 * Bloodlines: the Legendary pages 38-50