The Velvets

Look and Feel: Archetypal gothic clothing and make up, blacks, blood reds and deep purples with velvet obviously favoured. Velvets are usually exceptionally pale skinned except when they have successfully fed. Velvets often hunt in Britain above and so are not averse to incorporating fashionable items into their outfits; however they are creatures of tradition so they will generally favour clothing from when they were converted.

Group Set up: Whilst there are individual Velvets, they often remain within the coven groups from when they were converted.

Religious/Magic: The Velvets have access to blood and mind magic alone.

Customs: Rumour has it that Velvets have a joint blood and mind spell that is used to induct individuals of this clan. This spell does not create immortality, it just seems to allow for a complex transfer of a soul from one body to another. This spell comes with many complex side effects; the main being that a Velvet’s life essence fades regularly and they have to harvest more from other living beings. Velvets therefore use a version of a curse which allows them to take blood from other beings into themselves (thus bolstering their bead selection) to balance the gradual decline. This process can be done willingly or unwillingly, and the velvet has the option to drain as much life essence as they wish (between 1 to 5 beads) but each level has a differing impact on the victim.