Suikast
The secret origins of this legendary and fearsome Discipline have been lost, but its purpose is well known: Suikast was devised to destroy Dracula. The Turkish bloodline known as “the Dragonslayers” has been described more than once as little more than a delivery system for this dreaded power.
How was Suikast created? How did the Turkish enemies of the Impaler manage to transform their fateful plans into a manifestation of vampire blood? Rarely has such an immediate goal been made manifest so quickly in the vampiric form. Many Kindred scholars speculate that the mystic qualities of the blood take many generations to coagulate into cogent and repeatable powers, but history suggests the Azerkatil manifested and refined the power of their blood in less than 20 years. In the modern Ordo Dracul — where the Dragonslayers are held up as magnificent examples of a vampire’s ability to change her fate — a simpler, if less satisfying, theory is often offered: theAzerkatil simply wanted it bad enough.
Many of the rumored powers of Suikast are mythical. Whereas tales of the Dragonslayers — in those few domains where the bloodline is known — suggest they can turn a vampire to fire or grow swords from their bones, the majority of this Discipline’s powers do not eliminate enemies, but aid the Azerkatil. Most of the original Turkish vampire-hunters who became the Azerkatil were already masterful combatants when they were Embraced; Suikast was only a tool for them to use in their quest to destroy the Impaler.
How was Suikast created? How did the Turkish enemies of the Impaler manage to transform their fateful plans into a manifestation of vampire blood? Rarely has such an immediate goal been made manifest so quickly in the vampiric form. Many Kindred scholars speculate that the mystic qualities of the blood take many generations to coagulate into cogent and repeatable powers, but history suggests the Azerkatil manifested and refined the power of their blood in less than 20 years. In the modern Ordo Dracul — where the Dragonslayers are held up as magnificent examples of a vampire’s ability to change her fate — a simpler, if less satisfying, theory is often offered: theAzerkatil simply wanted it bad enough.
Many of the rumored powers of Suikast are mythical. Whereas tales of the Dragonslayers — in those few domains where the bloodline is known — suggest they can turn a vampire to fire or grow swords from their bones, the majority of this Discipline’s powers do not eliminate enemies, but aid the Azerkatil. Most of the original Turkish vampire-hunters who became the Azerkatil were already masterful combatants when they were Embraced; Suikast was only a tool for them to use in their quest to destroy the Impaler.
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