Malkavian Only

The persistence of free will has always been a heated debate among mortals, but, among vampires, the sweet addiction of drinking vampiric blood seems to change their mind. Famously, there have been two vampires who always spoke out against the slavery of the Blood Bond: Vasantasena and her sire, Unmada, from Clan Malkavian. They rejected any loss of free will, whether due to the powers of the Blood or even to traditionally oppressive Kindred hierarchies. They spoke out against the vicious conflict between the Antediluvians and refused to join the Camarilla, siding with the Sabbat doctrine against the ancestral vampires. When the Sabbat rejected Vasantasena's ideologies and created their own hierarchies, she rejected them in turn, taking a faction of Malkavians with her. Descendants of Vasantasena are as diverse as the night sky, all possessing the zeal and charm of their founder, fighting for some cause no matter which sect they call home.

• Scent the Bond: Vasantasena hated Blood Bonds; this led her to target the Antediluvians for enslaving their offspring. She was skilled at smelling the Bond on individual vampires and those who had enslaved them. Once per month, you may target a vampire and make a Resolve + Awareness test at difficulty 4. If you succeed, you can smell if they have been Blood Bound and learn the identity of the character they are most strongly Blood Bound to, so long as they reside in your city.

•• Agent of Chaos: Vasantasena's dedication to principles of free will was as legendary as her ability to resist those who would bind her. You have inherited a small amount of this power. Once per game session, when you are called upon to resist a Mental or Social challenge that would inhibit your free will, you may gain one Hunger to automatically win the challenge.

••• Destroy the Bond: Vasantasena mastered a method of destroying the Blood Bond, which you have learned from your ancestors. Once every three months, you may carry out a ritual that requires you to drink a mouthful of the thrall's Blood (this does not cause you to become partially Bound to them). You must then ride out an immediate Frenzy of a type selected by your Storyteller. Once the ritual is complete, the Blood Bond suffered by the thrall is destroyed.