Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition loresheet
Week of Nightmares
Week of Nightmares is a loresheet in Vampire V5: You were present for the Week of Nightmares, when the Ravnos Antediluvian woke and burned.
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Overview
The Week of Nightmares loresheet ties your character to the days when the Ravnos Antediluvian rose in Bangladesh at the end of the twentieth century. Mortal militaries and supernatural powers threw everything they had at it, the sky was wrong for a week across half the world, and the Ravnos clan came out of it nearly extinct. This loresheet says you were close enough to it to be changed. Maybe you fought, maybe you evacuated survivors, maybe you watched from a rooftop while Kindred around you burned in their sleep. Either way you have firsthand knowledge that Antediluvians are real, which is a claim most elders would rather you did not make out loud in their city.
How it works
Benefits: Contacts among Ravnos survivors and other veterans, knowledge nobody can get from books, and credibility on the subject of Gehenna Dot Levels: Lower levels are a survivor's memories and contacts. Higher levels mean you were deep in it, with relics, documentation, or information other Kindred will trade heavily for Aftermath: Elders who deny Gehenna treat your account as either a lie or a threat, and neither reading is safe for you
Tips and playstyle
Best For: Ravnos characters, well-traveled elders and ancillae, chronicles where Gehenna is meant to be a present danger rather than theology Story Hooks: Another survivor arrives wanting corroboration you cannot safely give; a prince asks you to explain to the court why the clan almost vanished
Frequently asked questions
What happened during the Week of Nightmares?
The Ravnos Antediluvian woke in Bangladesh and was destroyed after days of catastrophic fighting. The dying Antediluvian's curse tore through its descendants and the clan has never recovered.
Do I have to be Ravnos?
No. Kindred of any clan were drawn to the region or caught in the fallout, and an outsider's account is often more useful politically than a survivor's.
What does this knowledge cost me?
Credibility with the wrong people. Sects that treat Gehenna as superstition have reasons for that position, and a witness who contradicts it becomes an inconvenience.