Kiasyd. Wierdlings. Darklings. Shades. Pick your moniker for the line of vampires that is no longer fully Kindred. At the best of times reclusive, at the worst of times chillingly wrathful. the Kiasyd bloodline is known for being made up of dangerously quiet scholars, passionate yet slow to enrage. The Kiasyd resemble the Fae of old. Every one of the Wierdlings undergoes a change upon the Embrace. They elongate, becoming gaunt and tall, even by Kindred standards. Their skin becomes a chalky white, and their eyes cloud over with a shadowy blackness that hides whatever color they may have been previously. They are amazingly rare, and even more confusing in their mannerisms, contrasting heavily with their Sabbat brethren. The Kiasyd hold a very peculiar niche in the World of Darkness.

The Kiasyd’s past is lost to the centuries. Those who seek knowledge of the Darkling’s past are better suited to seek out sources outside the bloodline, as the Kiasyd rarely speak of themselves, and direct questioning of a Wierdling could be seen as prying. The few that have heard of the Kiasyd point towards the Keepers, and whisper of deals with Demons, the Shadow Court of the fae, and Teutonic Magi. Whatever the source, every last Wierdling shares their Lasombra parents' ability to manipulate the shadows of the earth with Obtenebration. As the Lasombra rarely, if ever, share this clan trademark, most Cainites see this as concrete evidence of the Kiasyd’s Lasombra parentage. Unlike their parents however, Kiasyd are usually passive scholars, with a vicously territorial streak. They rarely participate in Sabbat matters, and almost never join war packs.

There are, of course, always exceptions, as with all things. These are most often the very "young" Darklings...those ranging in age from the newly-embraced to Ancillae of 250-300 years of age. During this time frame, many Kiasyd still prefer a very "hands on" approach to their research, and can even be concidered "wild". And not just by their own clan's standards. Though, with the passing of the years, these too begin to settle into their more staid rolls, having carved their niche in Kiasyd society by their early pursuits.

Unlike the Lasombra , these vampires do not often revel in politics, or in their vampiric natures. In a world of violence and pain, the Kiasyd have drawn into their massive libraries, and the thirst for knowledge that seems to plague those of the line. Where Setites deal, and the Malkavians tease, the Kiasyd horde, sharing only with fellow Shades, in a massive clan meeting every 50 years. Due to their reclusive nature, and their even odder habit of ordinarilly only allowing two of the line to live in any one city, little is known of the line, and in fact, few vampires of recent creation even know that the Kiasyd exist. Add in the fact that the Kiasyd rarely leave their havens, and you have a line of vampires whose obscurity could rival that of the Baali. The Kiasyd themselves are very loosely organized. Each to their own studies, how ever morbid or righteous they may be. The clan seems to have no organized goal to their research, but this does not stop the Kiasyd from accumulating information and, at times, artifacts that most Elders would give their hearts to possess. The clan does come together once every 50 years, in Strasbourg, Germany. Sometimes outsiders are invited, but they are expected to act according to the Wierdling’s odd codes of conduct. Punishments for breaking the codes (which are all but unknown outside the bloodline) range from snubbing to unbreakable curses.

The Kiasyd, all in all, are hard to find, and even harder to contact. If you see two together, it's more then likely the event of an Elder training his childe, who may stay with the sire for up to 50 years, and always remains close emotionally. Due to their reclusive natures, meeting one should never be considered a coincidence. If you come to converse with one of the Kiasyd, it's because something is needed from you, or because the Kiasyd desires the meeting to be.

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