Giovanni
 | Described as one of the usurper clans, the Giovanni are the latest clan to appear in the world of Darkness. Created after Cappadocius, the antediluvian of clan Cappadocian, was diablerized by his own childe, Augustus Giovanni, the Giovanni led a great hunt against their brethren in blood the Cappadocians, wiping them completely off the face of the earth in order to establish themselves as the new clan of Death. Now using new rituals of necromancy, the Giovanni are one of the independent clans of the World of Darkness, and desire only power and money. Disciplines: Dominate, Potence, Mortis (the Mortis discipline of the Giovanni is different from that of their ancestors, the Cappadocians, and has been named Necromancy). Nickname: Necromancers
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Dark Ages
N/A The Giovanni did not exist during the Dark Ages.
Modern Days
Having
spent centuries staying away from the Jihad while supplying weapons to
both the Camarilla and the Sabbat, the Giovanni are probably the most
successful clan in the Modern Nights. Recently however a new enemy has
appeared among the Sabbat, who employ all of the Sabbat’s resources
into hunting the Giovanni. However, the Giovanni currently ignore this
threat, and prefer to keep to their dark business to gain more money
and power. Why dirty your own hands when you have a host of ghouls to
take the blows for you?
Embraces
The
Giovanni exclusively embrace from their own numbers, whether this be
close family, friends of this family or ghouls who’ve done their share.
Prior to the embrace, a target is ghouled by the Giovanni. As ghouls
they work as assistants in research, an addition to the financially
supporting department of the Giovanni or simply as a hitman. Once the
ghoul has done his job, the embrace is generally considered the ghouls
reward. Generally, a embrace done by a lower generation Giovanni is
considered a reward for a job done extraordinary well.
Havens
Mansions,
suites and other havens befitting the wealthy status of the Giovanni
are the most common havens. However, Giovanni almost always keep a
secondary haven at hand, perhaps one in a sewer of graveyard when one
needs to hide away from prying eyes.
As a clan
The
Giovanni are loyal to the Giovanni first and foremost. If there weren’t
so, they would never have been embraced in the first place. The
Giovanni are a tightly knit organisation, dealing in drugs, bloodmoney,
blackmail, smuggling and all the profitable crimes under the night sky.
On top of this, they ever seek to expand their knowledge over the dead,
so that they gain greater power and status among the Giovanni. In many
cases, Giovanni will pay corrupt hospital officials for the “material”
needed to perform their dark art in private without drawing attention.
Strengths
Their
dark art, Necromancy, allows the Giovanni to raise the dead in their
service, as well as summon souls from the nether realm to do their
bidding.
Weakness
The
bite of the Giovanni is incredibly painful on it’s victim. Most mortals
who are bitten by a Giovanni will die from sheer shock rather then
bloodloss. Thusly it is nearly impossible for the Giovanni to feed from
the living, and as such prefer to buy their blood from hospitals or
feed from fresh corpses.
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