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Virstania Protects Her Children
After sharing the ritual with her Clanmates, she was
appalled at the cruelty shown to us by our new masters.
She viewed us as her Childer, yet the Tremere used us
as beasts of burden, cannon fodder, or hardier subjects
for thaumaturgical experiments forbidden to this day.
The incident that drove her to decide to free us from our
servitude is lost to history, but I’ve heard stories that say
that after witnessing a scene of such brutality she locked
her study door for anywhere from months to years before
emerging with the resolve to set us free.
She gathered her forces to strike an unlikely target: Ceoris
in Transylvania. It was rumored to be the location where
the original transformation of the Council of Seven took
place, going from wizards to vampires. The Tremere likely
thought it was another attack by the Tzimisce war ghouls.
All were surprised when the Gargoyles serving on the inside
of the building did nothing to stop the attack. In fact, they
opened the doors to their brothers and sisters, who soon
outnumbered the Tremere inside. Virstania leveraged the
situation to create our status as a bloodline. Soon after,
thanks to this event and the aftershocks of the Anarch
Revolt, the Council of Seven relocated to a more secure
location in Vienna. They remain there today because of us.
The bulk of hostilities ended in 1489. The Tremere signed
the Montmartre Pact and formally joined the Camarilla.
As part of the deal, they swore to stop creating Gargoyles
and cease hunting down vampires for use in the ritual. The
Clan was also supposed to destroy all copies of that ritual.
Of course, copies still exist today, but the Gangrel and
Nosferatu have long memories. Any chantries discovered
creating Gargoy les these days must not only deal with
those Clans seeking a little payback, but internal Tremere
inquisitors looking to make an example of anyone working
against the pacts made by the Council of Seven.
Unlike most things about our creation, the origin of our
unique gifts is still something of a mystery. Some claim
that the discipline was Virstania’s final gift to us before she
slipped into a torpor from which she would only awaken in
a time of need. Others believe the independent development
of the discipline was what caused her to stand up for us
as Kindred and push back against our horrible treatment.
Now, nearly all Gargoyles possess it, passing it through
blood for hundreds of years. It brings together all the little
pieces of our bloodline into one place. A non-Gargoyle
who possesses the discipline was usually taught the ability
because of a great service they provided to the bloodline.
Whatever Gargoyle taught the outsider the discipline holds
that Kindred in the same regard as they do our mother.
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