Thin-Bloods

The term thin-blooded is primarily used to refer to those vampires belonging to the most recent generations, or someone who has the Thin Blood Flaw (also known as Thin Blood Syndrome.)

Other terms include duskborn.

Thin-blooded vampires are synonymous with vampires of the 14th, 15th, and 16th generations. While only about half of 14th generation vampires have Thin Blood Syndrome, all 15th generation vampires do. Until recently, they were thought to be the final Generation, but evidently vampiric blood gradually thickens over the centuries, and so some vampires of the 16th Generation have begun to manifest.

For centuries the thin-blooded have been persecuted by Elder Vampires, Gehenna cults, and other Noddists that fear their existence because Gehenna prophecies seem to indicate thin-blooded vampires are a sign of the End Times. While in previous centuries the Caitiff bore the brunt of this hatred, the upsurge of 14th and 15th generation Kindred has become a matter of great debate and concern, and has notably resulted in the return of the office of the Scourge in Camarilla cities.

15th generation vampires feel some aspects of the curse less acutely than other Kindred. They are less affected by sunlight, both physically and psychologically; they find it easier to wake during the day, and may survive exposure to dim sunlight unharmed. They can hold down food for longer periods of time and even digest it as sustenance with a great deal of effort. Their bodies display some signs of true life; sometimes their hair or nails will grow, or they will feel the beat of their heart. A very small number have even fathered or, more rarely, given birth to children. Such offspring are known as dhampirs, and their nature is not well understood.