| Quietus |
| Quietus, the Discipline of silent death,is practiced by the assassins of Clan Assamite. Using the principles of poison, vitae control and pestilence, this blood based Discipline focuses on the destruction of its target through varying means. Quietus does not always cause a 'quick' death; the Assamites rely upon its secret lethality to hide their involvement with their victims. |
| Levels Of Power |
| Level 1 Silence of Death: Many Assamites claim never to have heard their targets' death screams.Silence of Death imbues the Assamite with a mystcal silence that radiates from her body, muting all noise within a certain vicinity.No sound occurs inside this zone, though sounds originating outside the area of effect may be heard by anyone in it.Rumors abound of certain skilled Assamite viziers who have the ability to silence a 'location' rather than a circumference that follows them, but no proof of this has been forthcoming. |
| Level 2 Scopion's Touch: By changing the properties of her blood, an Assamite may create powerful venom that strips her prey of his resilience.This power is greatly feared by other Kindred, and all manner of hideous tales concerning methods of delivery circulate among trembling coteries.Assamites are known to deliver the poison by coating their weapons with it, blighting their opponents with a touch,or spitting it like a cobra.An apocryphal account speaks of a proud prince who discovered an Asasamite plotting herexsanguination and began to diablerize her would-be assassin.Halfway through the act, she learned that she had ingested a dire quantity of tainted blood and was then unable to resest the weakened 'hashashiyyin's' renewed attack. |
| Level 3 Dagon's Call: This terrible and recently rediscovered power allows an Assamite to drown her target in his own blood.By concentrating, the Assamite bursts her targets blood vessels and fills his lungs with vitae that proceeds to strangle him from within.The blood actually constricts the target's body from the inside as it floods through his system;thus, it works even on unbreathing Kindred.Until the target collapses in agony or death throes,this power has no visible effects,and many Assamites prefer it because it leaves no traces of their presence. |
| Level 4 Baal's Caress: The penultimate use of blood as a weapon (short of diablerie itself), Baal's Caress allows the Assamite to transmute her blood into a virulent ichor that destroys any living or undead flesh it touches.In nights of yore,when Assamites led the charges of Saracen legions,the Assassins were often seen licking their blades,slicing open their tongues and lubricating their weapons with this foul secretion.Baal's Caress may be used to augment any bladed weapon;everything from poisoned knives and swords to tainted fingernails and claws has been reported. |
| Level 5 Taste of Death: A refinement of Baal's Caress, Taste of Death allows the Assamite to spit caustic blood at her target.The blood coughed forth with this power burns flesh and corrodes bone; some Assamites have been reported to vomit voluminous streams of vitae that reduces their targets to heaps of sludge. |