ELVII

By William Travis (thewall@twave.net)

Clan Overview

In the History of the Camarilla, no other sub-clan has managed to find its identity nearly as fast as Clan Elvii. Although members of Elvii are often mistaken for the more common Malkavians, members of Clan Elvii have already shown distinct differences from "normal" Malkavians. The first and oddest difference is that they all share a common derangement, each Elvii believes that he is Elvis Presley. Second, they all seem to share the same "mind set" and so work extremely well together (Clan Elvii is unity), there is absolutely no dissension or infighting amongst this clan; turning Elvii against each other is an impossible task. The final and most convincing difference is their clan disciplines are not the same as those of other Malkavians.

Clan History

(This information was garnered by an Idealist Brujah named Johann, who spent more than six months searching out some of the original Elvii. Once he finally found two of them he spent several nights and supplied many, many cheeseburgers and sodas to the Elvii he managed to track down. After several nights of questioning, a general story of the Elvii origins emerged.)

Clan Elvii is unique in two ways: the first is that of having four founding vampires instead of the usual one. The second is that they tend to ignore/forget the fact that they are vampires; they act human and treat other vampires as if they were human. This does not mean they will not feed (they will) or that they will walk around in the day (they won't) but that they rationalize what they do (or just forget it happened).

Apparently the original four Elvii were each Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas in 1987 for a convention. It seems that these four unfortunate impersonators crossed paths with a powerful Malkavian (at least we presume he was a Malkie) who decided to have some fun with them. The Malkavian used his formidable mental powers to alter the minds of the four luckless imitators. Once the Malkavian was finished, each of them possessed the firm belief that he was Elvis Presley. It has been theorized that they were mentally linked to each other and shared a "hive-mind" of some type. It is unknown how long they stayed like this (there were several articles about a group of expert Elvis impersonators making the rounds at the casinos at the time), but shortly after their reprogramming, the 4 proto-elvii were Embraced.

At this point the information becomes fuzzy; it seems that the Malkavian drained the hapless proto-elvii but the Elvii deny that he fed them his own blood. It seems that the Malkavian fed them vitae from a cup instead of from his arm. Johann postulated that the Malkavian may have mixed his own vitae with that of a Ventrue or even a Toreador.

Regardless of how this clan's branching occurred, the Elvii are, without a doubt, a truly distinct clan which has become forever separated from the Malkavian who spawned it. An interesting note to all this is that the Elvii seem to have no difficulty accepting the paradox that each of them is Elvis and yet all other members of the clan are also Elvis. When asked about this impossibility the standard reply seems to be "The King is everywhere baby!"

Nickname

None

Appearance

Because of their absolute belief that each of them is Elvis, all clan members look like Elvis Presley (either young or old). Any Elvii who has the Mask Of A Thousand Faces discipline has an Elvis default disguise. Furthermore any Elvii who has multiple personalities will probably switch between young and old Elvis visages (and maybe the Colonel too).

Haven

Elvii who have a base of operations as such tend to buy a mansion and name it Graceland. Elvii on the road tend to use large tour buses as their mobile havens (sunproofed of course).

Background

Elvii rarely sire childer, since they only embrace Elvis impersonators who are competent martial artists. Even then, they don't call it embracing, they call it "Becoming One with the King."

Character Creation

All Elvii choose their Nature and Demeanor from Hedonist, Jester, Gallant, or Fanatic types. Social or Physical traits tend to be primary, Mental traits are least important to an Elvii. All Elvii must start with at least 1 Brawl and 1 Performance ability, and at least 1 Finance influence.

Clan Disciplines

Obfuscate, Presence, Fortitude

Clan Advantages

Clan Elvii's only true advantage is the so-called "Elvis-Sense" each of them possesses. This ability allows the Elvii to sense the presence of other Elvii within 500 feet and sense the exact location of any Elvii within 15 feet; this is often used to ferret out "false" Elvii. It has been hypothesized that this "Elvis-Sense" is what causes their single mindset and allows them to act as one. Beware a group of angry Elvii.

Clan Disadvantages

The major clan disadvantage of being an Elvii is their over-indulgence. Elvii do everything BIG. Elvii don't just buy cars, they buy pink caddies with silver hubcaps, leather interior, turbo-charging, and fuzzy dice. They don't barbecue steaks, they barbecue a side of beef. It is for this reason that all Elvii need Finance influences to keep up their lifestyles.

Weaknesses

Elvii have a tendency to be distracted by new and interesting items (very short attention span), and are often easily bribed with food. All Elvii need the Eat Food merit and should take the Mistaken Identity flaw to counterbalance the merit (Elvii can often be easily convinced to accept the credit and blame for the actions of any other Elvii).

Clan Organization

There is really no organization in Clan Elvii. Technically they are an autocratic-democracy, they are all in charge since Elvis is their leader and they all think that they are Elvis. When faced with a difficult decision they often huddle for a few seconds before making a choice.

Elvii have an odd tendency to travel in groups of 2-6 members and usually make little attempt to hide themselves, wearing sunglasses is usually the limit of their disguise skills. ("Hey aren't you...", "No way baby, I-I-I died years ago. I gotta run. Whoooa Momma.")

Quote

"MERCY!"