WALKERS OF THE SHATTERED SIGHT

By Amanda Spikol (zephrin2@hotmail.com)

Background

This offspring of the Malkavian clan represents the total loss of humanity by abandoning oneself to complete madness. No one is quite sure when they were created, but reports of them first surfaced during the first world war, and increased in the years after.

The first Walker of the Shattered Sight was created when two severely demented Malkavians decided to create a childer. They took turns draining the mortal, then fed him both of their vitae. The resulting Kindred suffered the compounded insanity of his two sires, but frenzied shortly after being embraced, and spent the next week in Torpor. Not realizing that something was seriously wrong with their childer, the Malkavians repeated the procedure.

The second Walker didn't frenzy, but was so mentally demented that his sires were taking steps to destroy him, knowing that such an undead could prove very dangerous. The first Walker woke up that night, and he and his brother attacked and diablerized their sires.

After some twisted experimentation, they discovered that it took two Walkers to create another, and such being was of purer insanity than one created by two Malkavians. Ever since, the line has always propagated itself instead of relying on their Malk cousins. Rumors vary on the specific number and loyalties of the Walkers, but needless to say, a Walker antitribu would be a horrifyingly powerful and psychotic vampire.

The Walker of the Shattered Sight are divided into two camps, the Twisted's and the Innocents, the former being the evil, malicious ones, and the latter being the child-like, kind ones. Twisted's always travel in groups of two so they may Embrace, but Innocents rarely see another of their Bloodline, and prefer not to Embrace. When a mortal is given the Kiss, they have a half/half chance of being Twisted (System: a coin is tossed).

Role-Playing

Any Walker of the Shattered Sight character receives three permanent Derangements and two Beast Traits at character creation. They should avoid telling others their clan, and allow themselves to be assumed Malkavians, knowing that their "parent' clan would try to destroy them.

Clan Advantage

Like Malkavians, Walkers of the Shattered Sight may ignore the use of status traits. However, they are also immune to the Discipline of Dominate; any attempt automatically fails.

Clan Weakness

Walkers, because of the skewed state of their minds, are down two traits on any Social Challenge, and because of the conditions of their creation, require twice as many blood points to heal each level of damage.

Disciplines

Auspex, Obfuscate, Insanitus