The Tremere created the much-maligned Gargoyles during the course of the sorcerous clan’s darkest experiments. Created from the blood and flesh of kidnapped Tzimisce, Nosferatu, and Gangrel vampires, a Gargoyle is an amalgam of parts fused into a single creature with no memory of its conjoined past. In the beginning, they were slaves to the Tremere, acting without sentience, intelligence, or will. Only after a revolt did Gargoyles find freedom; they were forcibly freed by members of other clans.

The monstrous Gargoyles are a constant reminder of a darker age. They revile Clan Tremere utterly and with furnacelike hatred, always looking for ways to exact vengeance upon their creators. Modern Gargoyles are Embraced, not created, but the process still eradicates all traces of the vampire’s memory, rendering each new Gargoyle a blank slate. Still, older Gargoyles teach their childer the story of the bloodline’s enslavement, ensuring that each generation knows the atrocities suffered at the hands of the Tremere.

With their hideous appearance, Gargoyles are a threat to the Masquerade. They must always keep themselves hidden from mortal eyes. This bloodline often befriends Nosferatu, Gangrel, or Tzimisce, feeling drawn to these clans as if by some primitive memory of blood.