Baali
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| Name: | Baali |
| Plural: | Baali |
| Pronounciation: | bah'-lee |
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| Founders: | Shaitan, Nergal, Moloch, Third Unknown (called The Crone by most) |
| Faction: | Independent |
| Disciplines: | Obfuscate, Presence, Daimoinon |
The Baali are a bloodline of vampires associated with demon worship. Some versions present the true purpose of the Baali as keeping demons sleeping by feeding them with carnage and destruction. Most presentations show them as Infernalists, using demon worship to gain additional power.
They have a somewhat complex heritage, appearing at times as a bloodline and at times as a clan. There is some indication that they may be a bloodline of the Salubri, but their exact origin is as descendants of the Gangrel line. They also recruit vampires from other clans to become Baali, further confusing the issue.
Historically the Assamites, Followers of Set, and Salubri have fought wars against the Baali. The Salubri and Assamites in particular have a deep seated hatred for the Baali. The Assamite warriors current blood addiction can be traced to a curse leveled by the Baali.
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[edit] Dark Ages
The Baali were prominent in the Islamic world at this time. Although their numbers were diminished by the Al-Amin, and many kindred were strengthened by Islam and the Ashirra, they managed to keep a corrupt hold in the area.
- VTDA: Veil of Night, p. 112
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[edit] Final Nights
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[edit] Culture
[edit] Embraces
[edit] Version Differences
In 1st and 2nd editions of Vampire: The Masquerade, the Ba'ali bloodline were descended from the Methuselah Shaitan who was embraced in the Second City sometime around 4500 BC by Ashur. Ashur is generally considered to be Cappadocius, but 'the Chaos Factor' suggests it was the Gangrel antedeluvian. This history claims that of all of Ashur's childer, only the one named Gangrel could not be counted among the Ba'ali and thus the bloodline was originally the majority of the Elder's Clan. However, many elements of 'The Chaos Factor' were retconned in later editions of the game, since it was considered by fans to be an unpopular sourcebook that promoted crossovers and munchkinism, like 'Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand'.
The early Vampire: the Dark Ages books presented a more complex history, where the Baali were allegedly descended either from the Salubri or Cappadocians, and acted to keep The Children (either demons, Earthbound or the Yozi) asleep by appeasing them with sacrifices and chaos.
Later Vampire: The Masquerade supplements, such as 'The Storyteller's Handbook', shy away from firm details and present an enigmatic story of 'dalliance with a low-born singing slaveboy'. 'Gehenna' treats Saulot's creation of the Baali as fact in at least one scenario.
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