Ghemal (Patreon)

In the Vampire the Masquerade book Twists of Obscenity - Esoterica of the Baali tells about a hybrid bloodline of Brujah and Baali called Ghemal. That near the end of the third Punic War, when the destruction of Carthage was nigh, that Troile presented to his blood-lover thirteen newly-Embraced young Cainites – and bade mighty Moloch to do with them as he pleased. In the end, only one survived. She – death-dealing Ghemal, Last Daughter of Troile, a girl transformed from innocent chambermaid to the most lethal of predators, a survivor unmatched in all the history of Carthage and its holdings – impressed Moloch. He granted her the Second Embrace: that highest gift, which is the blood-privilege of the Baali alone.In the last days of Carthage, she wanted to fight to the end alongside her sirs, but Moloch told her to hide and continue to do his will. That's how the hybrid bloodline Ghemal originated from her. The Ghemal are terrifying, haughty warriorpoets. Members of the Ghemal may replace the Obfuscate Discipline of the Baali with either Potence or Celerity; most gain the other as an Additional Discipline. Although the Ghemal are – stereotypically – known as furious, near-mindless engines of pure devastation, they do not suffer the famous Weakness of Clan Brujah: the clever scion of the Ghemal can be eerily patient, when it suits her. In addition to the weakness of their parent-clan regarding sacred symbols and True Faith, Ghemal cause the area round them – the room they occupy, for instance, or the city block they stand upon – to grow dark and quiet, as if a shadow had passed over the moon, whenever they use any Discipline or spend blood for any reason.