By Andrew Fowler (vlfowler@netins.net)
The year was 1327, and a Gargoyle had fled his Tremere creators in Yorkshire. He flew for hours, and then rested in what is now the Brittany region of France. He came upon a coterie of Giovanni that had developed a Thaumaturgic power that allowed any Gargoyle or Caitiff to be able to embrace others into a new clan. The only problem was, this power required massive amounts of blood, and it could only be used once. Ever. They decided to give it a try on the Gargoyle, for a price of 3 stones of Nutmeg. The Gargoyle agreed, but the experiment failed. The Gargoyle was able to embrace others, but into a new bloodline, one that was forced into hiding by the Tremere. The bloodline's members numbered 26 as of 1997, when a new Garguillean was embraced. Many others (including the founder, and the coterie of Giovanni) were Blood Hunted and killed.