Lygos

The Lygos are a Nosferatu bloodline.

Overview

The Lygos have a debilitating weakness against bright lights, which they perceive as a piercing noise or unpleasant crawling on their skin. Thus, they stay in the darkness, where they thrive.

History

The exact origin of the bloodline is uncertain, but according to one story, the first Lygos were trapped in a desecrated church in Ethiopia and buried in torpor. Centuries later, the church was unearthed by Asenath, a Mekhet sorceress and possibly a childe of Longinus himself. When she awoke the Nosferatu from torpor, they fell on her in a ravenous swarm and collectively diablerized her, internalizing a form of the Mekhet clan curse.

Culture

They worship the darkness itself as a divine figure that can literally swallow both enemies and offerings. This drives the Lygos even further to the fringes of vampiric society than most Nosferatu, though in areas where they are particularly common they may elect one of their number to serve as a contact with the local court.

Weakness

Lygos are not merely comfortable in the darkness: light is physically disorienting to them. Their perception of light is synesthetic, so a bright light may also be experienced as a piercing noise or unpleasant crawling of the skin.

Devotions

• I See You: By combining the powers of both Obfuscate and Auspex, this allows the Lygos to fight in the dark and disorient enemies.

References

• VTR: The Beast That Haunts the Blood: Nosferatu, p. 107-108