Melissidae
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As per the Camarilla Addendum - 2.7.1 Bloodlines: the Legendary Approvals, the Melissidae require High Approval for PCs and NPCs, with devotions being Low Approval for members of the bloodline and unavailable to non-bloodline PCs.
See Bloodlines: the Legendary pages 103-115
[edit] Melissidae
A handful of Kindred still exist tonight who, during the late 19th Century, participated in the destruction of the Melissidae.
Those who witnessed the pogrom still talk about the Melissidae, even tonight, and the stories grow in the telling. The Melissidae, they say, could vomit swarms of wasps. They say that Melissidae had a sting, imparted wih no more than a brush of the lips, which could send you into an ecstasy of pain. They swear that the Melissidae behaved like the "Queen Bees" of ersatz hives that were populated by mortals who had been twisted into near-mindless drones and forced to submit to a hive mind by a unique power of the blood. The one thing that these elders agree on, however, is that the Queen Bees' blood was sweeter than anything any of them will ever taste again. It tasted like honey.
[edit] Information
Parent Clan: Ventrue
Nickname: Queen Bees
Concepts: Abbess, cult leader, dominatrix, faithful wife of a philandering politician, female executive trapped by the glass ceiling, lady of the manor, most popular girl in school, New Age hippie guru, socialist demagogue, sorority leader, the perfect housewife, unrequited lover.
[edit] Rumoured Powers
There are several unpleasant rumours regarding the Melissidae, that led to the pogrom that nearly destroyed them. Even tonight frightening rumours will occasionally surface of vampires with blood like honey, of mortals acting like insects and of vampires vomiting bees.
(See pages 111-115 of Bloodlines: the Legendary)
One of you.
A score of me.
A score of us.
You will belong, blood and soul.
You will be mine and ours.
~ Melissid Matriarch
