Revenant (oWOD)
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Revenants are ghouls whose bodies naturally produce Vitae. Revenants are born, not created by drinking Kindred blood; the four known revenant families are the result of centuries of breeding and experimentation by the Tzimisce clan of vampires.
[edit] What is a Revenant?
A Revenant is a creature like and unlike mortals Ghouls and Kindred. Some would say a Revenant is halfway between a Mortal and a Vampire, others would call it a corruption of God's Creatures with the curse of Caine, mingling the two until they become inseperable. None the less, a Revenant has many qualities of both vampires and mortals.
Revenants are living creatures. Like a mortal, they need to eat, sleep, and breathe. They are capable of sexual reproduction. Unlike a mortal they are tougher and have access to Supernatural powers from the Mark of Caine allong with the curses the mark brings.
Like Ghouls, Revenants store vitae in their body to be used for healing, disciplines and increasing physical attributes. Like a Ghoul their flesh is preternaturally tough and they can soak lethal damage. They can drink the Blood of a Vampire, but unlike a Ghoul they do not need to do so, as they can produce their own Vitae, which also retards their aging. They are not born with Superhuman strength.
Like Vampires they suffer much of the Mark of Caine, including the ability to Frenzy and Rotschreck as a result of having their own Beast. They can use and learn disciplines, and have unique disciplines and weaknesses related to their specific bloodline. Unlike Vampires they are not affected by sunlight, and can sleep in, or stay awake, whenever they choose to. They also have a heartbeat, salivate and need to use human lavatories.
[edit] Ghoul Family?
Ghoul Families are called so because that is exactly what they are; Tzimisce are well known for breeding their ghouls, and over hundreds of generations produced the first Revenants, today they are still the clan with the highest number of such beings, although the Tremere house a Ghoul Family (which defected from the Tzimisce) and have made their own and if rumours are to believed, so have the Baali.
Each Family has been made by interbreeding a special type of ghoul, generally each with a similar set of features, outlooks and even disciplines until generations later something more stable and defined emerged from the Mixture. At this stage a Ghoul Family has developed it's own characteristic (although it retains many of the Vampiric clan that spawned and sustained it) including a set of 'clan' disciplines that are easier to learn as well as an often unique manifestation of the Curse of Caine.
