Not every victim of the vampire's Kiss rises to become Kindred themselves--- making a new vampire requires a concious effort,and often permission.The Embrace is the term for the act of turning a mortal into a vampire.When a vampire wishes to sire progeny,their hunts take on a new characteristic.No longer does the Kindred simply search for sustenance;instead, they become more aware and cunning,looking for the perfect combination of personal behaviors that warrent immortality.
The reason for Embracing new Kindred vary from vampire to vampire.Some sires feel great remorse over their undying curse of vampirism,and select mortals who might "give something back" to the depraved race of Kindred.A few vampires look for great artists,thinkers,creators,or just compassionate souls whose talents should be preserved forever.These Kindred often suffer greatly when they see what their selfishness wreaks upon those brought into the fold,for the Embrace often destroys the spark of creativity.Kindred lack the ability to truly innovate---they ride human trends rather than set them,and even their most inspired works are nothing more than pale imitations of mortal work that has gone before.It is an irony that those Kindred who would preserve a childe's gift forever actually do more damage to their progeny's talent than simply allowing it to age naturally ever would.
Other Kindred are vindictive and spiteful with the Embrace,choosing mortals whom they wish to see suffer.Some particularly cruel Malkavians delight in bringing the truely and pitiably insane into their ranks,hoping to glean some new insight from a fledgling's madness as they sink deeper into dispair.The hideous Nosferatu also delight in Embracing the vain or beautiful into their clan,enjoying the anquished shrieks of the childe as they become a malformed horror.Even the Toreador,in their degeneracy,sometimes select childer fro the purpose of asserting their supiority over those who had been spoiled in life.
Most Kindred,however,Enbrace out of loneliness or desire.These vampires are invariably the worst off as,after the culmination of their lust or anquish, they are left with no soulmates,but with monsters every bit as callous and preditory as they are.
Kindred rarely Embrace capriciously---the right to create a childe is seldom granted,and those who observe the Traditions are loath to squander an opportunity that they may not recieve again for a thousand years.Some vampires,though,are flighty,negligent or simply heedless of a prince's right to destroy them and their progeny.The ranks of the Caitiff swell with Kindred who do not know their lineage, accidently rose after being left for dead by careless vampires,or otherwise left sires who cared little for them.
The physical act of creating a Kindred is not complex,though many sires refuse to instruct their childer in the process.The vampire first drains its victims blood to the point of death---which is not difficult,for once the Kiss is administered,the victim is usually too lost in the agonizing rapture to resist their attacker.After removing all of their prospective childe's mortal blood,the sire places a quantity of their own blood in the childe's mouth.This amount varies,as some vampires literally suckle their childer at their own wrists while other Kindred place the tiniest drop on their childer's lips and watch as the Beast takes over thereafter.Vampires of the Sabbat reputedly Embrace their childer and then bury them,forcing progeny to literally dig themselves out of their own graves. |
