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DAUGHTERS OF CACOPHONY
BLOODLINES

Sirens,
Hexen,
Banshees

Daughters
of
Cacophony

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"I am paralyzed by the

blood of Christ
Though it clouds my eyes
I can never stop

When the sunsets glow

drifts away from you
You'll no longer know
If any of this was really
true at all"

The Cure - The Blood

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Who the Daughters of
Cacophony are
Indeed, the Daughters of Cacophony base their
unlives on song. They wander through eternity with
music always in their ears, and that makes them seem
unfocused or flighty to other Kindred. This is one of
the reasons, along with their rarity, that neither major
Sect of vampires considers them a threat or much more
than a diversion. Individual Kindred, however, might
have occasion to meet a Siren and wonder why it is
that those who spend too much time listening to their
songs always seemed changed by the experience.
Where did they come from? This is one of the
mysteries of the modern age, the Sirens seem to not
know the answer themselves, of if they do they are not
telling. All we know are the stories and rumours.
Perhaps they are actually all just Toreador or
Malkavian with a special skill. There are even stories
of them being a Bloodline of the Baali. Perhaps we will
never know the truth.
Where ever they came from, they are here now.
While many consider them a limited form of bastard
Toreador or Malkavian, They prefer to think of
themselves as a specialist. However, anything that
ensures they remain in the shadows suits them well. Let
the others fight for power and glory; they have what
they want already. hey have music, and that is all any of
them could really ask for.
The Fugue
Unlike other Clans and bloodlines, the Daughters do
not suffer a particular curse. However, the gift they
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refer to as “The Fugue” might still be
considered a weakness. Put simply, they
constantly hear music. The tune is different for
each Daughter. Some of them hear violins,
some an orchestra, some pounding drums, and
a few a chorus of screams. Each Fugue is unique
to the Daughter who hears it, and while it has
driven some of them mad, it is always beautiful
in its own way.
No one knows with any certainty why eyth hear
this music. But the most popular theory is that
they are connected in a way to the heartbeat of
humanity. They are the children of blood and
rhythm, and so it makes sense that they might
hear the pulse of blood through the veins of the
kine. This music is not easily translated into a
single beat. There are billions of people in the
world, each with their own cadence. Each is
their own instrument in a vast orchestra that
each Siren hears only a small refrain from. Each
Daughter’s Fugue shows something of her
connection to the kine, her feel for their blood
and the song it sings in their veins.
Maybe it’s our alleged Malkavian heritage or
maybe hearing music all the time is enough, but
sometimes they lose it. Now, plenty of them
have problems. You don’t live forever and not
gather a few issues. But every now and again,
some of them fall apart in the worst way. They
are not talking a few days of counseling; they
are talking lost on the moors bat shit crazy.
They call these Daughters “Banshees,” and it is
easy to see why. They have become slaves to the
Fugue. The music inside them has taken control
to such a degree that there is nothing left of
who they were. They become lost souls,
constantly singing the only song they know.
Unfortunately, that song is not only a danger to
them. Banshees use all their power to kill
anything that crosses their path. They are
raving maniacs, and the only way to stop them
is to put them down permanently.
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The Embrace
The name Daughters suggests that only female's are
embraced into the bloodline. They have been accused
of all kinds of conspiracies to keep men from there
secrets. Many believe their powers can only be
commanded by women, or that they slaughter the men
who learn their techniques. Some even suggest they
secretly plot the ascendance of women among all the
Clans, and that their very name is proof of this. As
usual, the truth is far simpler.
They don’t hate men, or even refuse to Embrace them.
Every now and then, a girl needs a little bit of bass,
after all. However, they began as a sisterhood, and most
of them just like it that way. In their opinion, too many
men try to dominate and control whatever they are
part of. Those of them born before the modern nights
just weren’t willing to hand over what we had so easily.
There are also practical reasons they tend not to take
on male childer. Most of our power comes from their
voices, and it’s easier to train someone with the same
vocal range. Men and women often require different
vocal techniques to make the best of their voice. What
works well for a soprano might not be so good for a
tenor or bass. So where men are Embraced, they tend to
have a range similar to their sire. A soulful jazz
songstress might find a man’s vocal range closer to her
own, where another sire might pick a young boy
soprano or castrato as her apprentice. But times change,
and these days, a few men who get past their privilege
and play fair are allowed to join them. So they do allow
men to be Embraced, although it happens rarely.
However, they have no plans to change their name or
make a point of inviting more men to even the balance.
Just as so many women have had to be better to get
ahead in a man’s world, they hold the men they
Embrace to a higher standard. Some like to call
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themselves the “Sons of Discord” just to assuage
their vanity. However, there is no sub-bloodline
or secret sect of men. If any of their childer have
a problem being known as Daughters of
Cacophony, they usually do not last that long.
Daughters in Kindred
Society
They may not be especially numerous, but
there are still groups and factions of their
bloodline in the world. However, they often
tend to avoid the company of other Sirens too
much. Part of the reason they have managed to
remain neutral is that they are not perceived as
a threat. When they assemble in groups, they
tend to make the other Kindred nervous. So in
many cases they tend to spread out, leaving to
find another city if one of their kind is already
in residence.
However, there are some places they have
clustered a little. The cities most associated with
music draw them. Salzburg and Vienna
(despite the Second Inquisition) maintain their
legacy of Mozart and the classics. But the jazz of
New Orleans and the soulfulness of Paris also
claim their hearts. New York and London with
their cauldron of styles and art are like a home
to them. But almost every major city has at least
one of the Daughters in residence, and many of
them stay in touch. It provides them with a very
wide net to catch news, gossip, and politics. If
the other Clans don’t decide to count their
numbers one day, as their ubiquity (albeit a
diluted one) might give them pause.
Generally, the factions among them are small,
but some maintain contact from city to city.
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Some of their factions tend to gather together. So where

a group of them are to be found in one place, they will
almost certainly be part of the same faction.

CHORISTERS
While most of us prefer to remain solitary, a few of us
like to keep their sisters close in their solitude. The
voice is more powerful in a choir, and so it has often
proved the case with our powers. It seems the Fugue is
often of great benefit to us when working together.
While we all hear a different melody, the underlying
tune is the same, and it can be of great help in
coordinating together. The Choristers have several
reasons for gathering together, but in many cases, it is
simply for mutual support. Being outside most Kindred
politics might sound safer, but it actually leaves you
with few allies. benefit to us when working together.
While we all hear a different melody, the underlying
tune is the same, and it can be of great help in
coordinating together. The Choristers have several
reasons for gathering together, but in many cases, it is
simply for mutual support. Being outside most Kindred
politics might sound safer, but it actually leaves you
with few allies. Choristers usually have great control
over Melpominee, and seek out ways to become more
than the sum of their parts when working together.
They form very intimate groups made only of fellow
Daughters. When they exert their power, they are truly
formidable, but it is unclear whether this is because
they are Daughters or because they have learned how to
work together for the best effect, like any other group
Whatever the case, many other Daughters are highly
concerned about the growth of Choristers. For a start,
gathering together makes other people nervous, and the
last thing our tiny bloodline needs is too much
attention. That they prove even more dangerous when
together only makes things worse. The secretiveness of
such groups and extremely insular nature also makes a
lot of powerful people wonder what they are hiding. A
few Daughters wonder if they are hiding something
from the rest of us too! However, a recent concern has
been raised that perhaps this flocking together is
actually part of the original Tal’Mahe’Ra plan. Perhaps
the experiment isn’t actually over, and something will
drive us all to gather together and join a great song that
will tear everything apart.

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SOLOISTS
Most of us prefer to keep to ourselves and avoid each
other’s company. The opposite of the Choristers is
practically the default for our bloodline. The problem of
us coming together is this; few of us are good at sharing
the spotlight. Sure, the odd duet is fine, but more than
that you become a group and then no one gets to shine
the brightest. None of us want to be anyone else’s back-
up singer either. So the best thing to do is meet up for
the occasional jam and otherwise leave each other alone.
By the way, if you think I was just talking about singing,
you haven’t been paying attention. While some of us are
happy to just stay out of each other’s way, a few take it a
lot further. They have been known to even leave the
cities and seek a more rural life. A lot of tales of
mysterious voices on the moors or the like can be
attributed to our less sociable sisters. While few of these
extreme Soloists make many friends, I’m told the
Gangrel hold them in high esteem, and many have even
joined some quite wild gangs of traveling Kindred, even
though they rarely stay in even such small company for
long.
SISTERS OF THE FUGUE
We all hear the Fugue, the music that we carry with
us. Many of us find it a distraction and try to tune it
out, while most of us find a way to live with it and
follow its flow. But some of us actually work to listen to
it very closely. If it is truly the tune of humanity’s heart,
they believe that understanding it might lead to
incredible insight and power. Where it will lead them is
hard to tell, as the sisters rarely share their secrets.
Actually, it is rare for you to be able to even get their
attention. Every spare moment they have is spent in
meditation, listening to the melody in their mind and
trying to commune with it. It’s hard to know if they
have learnt much, but several new abilities are rumored
to have been developed amongst them. Some say they
can hear voices under the music, and these voices offer
hints of the future or the past. Some tell secrets, and
others warn of danger. It may be true, but I’ve always
been told that hearing voices is the first sign of madness.
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the second sign is listening for them. It’s no
coincidence that more than a few Banshees have
come from the ranks of the Sisters.
THE QUIET CELEBRITIES
We all want to sing, but not all of us want to be
famous. Fame is a double-edged sword for the
kine, but it can be downright dangerous for
Kindred. Our lack of aging is also a problem if
we finally hit the big time. Sure, Cliff Richard
and Madonna might have an uncanny ability to
their youth, but sooner or later your eternal
beauty gives the game away. So you might think
you have eternity to work your way towards
singing at Carnegie Hall or Wembley Stadium,
but once you do, it is quickly time to retire. For
most of us that seems like a waste of talent,
especially when (even if I’m being modest) only
the most incredibly talented singers are ever
Embraced by us.
So, some of us have formed a society to help deal
with this problem. They control recording
labels, venues, and production companies so
they might employ any of us “for one night only.”
They also specialize in media manipulation and
have the contacts to create whole new identities.
So when you get too famous, they can create a
new persona for you and make sure you don’t
have to start your career from the bottom again.
The Quiet Celebrities often don’t have time to
do much singing themselves, but they are
extremely well connected across several
industries. They also form a very useful bridge
between the Toreador and the Ventrue, able to
converse about both music and finance in equal
measure. Given their control over multiple
major performance spaces, more than a few
Toreador owe them favours as well.
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Archetypes
NIGHTCLUBE OWNER
You haven’t retired; you just stepped out of the
limelight. Some say you are past your prime, but you
always prove them wrong on the few nights you have
time to take the stage yourself. Your regulars wait for
those nights like no other. Those who hear you sing
wonder why you do it so rarely. But you prefer to . make
those few nights special, and leave the stage for others to
claim in between.
As a manager, you are constantly on the lookout for
new talent, and perhaps one might be trained in more
ways than just how to use her voice. You have also made
contacts among the Ventrue as a businesswoman, and
within the Toreador, who occasionally come to visit in
the hopes of hearing you once more.
you can make a crowd do anything.
CONFIDENCE TRCKSTER They are the sheep and you are the
You have an amazing voice, but singing isn’t really your shepherd.
thing. You have a different melody and use it to sway Your services are for hire. It doesn’t
those around you with honeyed words. There is always matter what you convince the crowd
music when you speak, sweet and strong, enough to to do, just that they are yours to
make people do you favours. You are always looking to command. You’ve made a lot of
play the angle, always have some action going on. With a friends among the Brujah, who like to
voice like yours, people just seem to trust you, and that’s use you to bring their labor force back
all you need. in line once more. Who knows, maybe
Disciplines aren’t as much your thing as people skills the Prince will ask you to help bring
and quick thinking. The other Daughters look down on some of the other Kindred back in
you for using your skills like this, but screw those stuck line too one day.
up bitches. You’ve made plenty of friends among the
Ravnos, and even taught them a trick or two.

SPEECHMAKER
You might not sing but you love to perform. Even
before you realized you were a woman, your voice
carried, be it in a debate chamber or on the streets in
front of a union meeting. Now that you’ve been
accepted as a true Daughter of Cacophony, you love to
gather a crowd, and when you have one, they belong to
you. There are very few causes you really care about
yourself. The cause doesn’t matter as much as the fact

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I hear you calling Marian

Across the water, across the wave
I hear you calling Marian
Can you hear me calling you to
Save me, save me, save me from the
Grave
Marian

Marian - The Sisters of Mercy

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Bane
The Daughters of Cacophony constantly hear music.
The tune is different for each Daughter. Some of them
hear violins, some an orchestra, some pounding drums,
and a few a chorus of screams. Each Fugue is unique to
the Daughter who hears it, and while it has driven some
of them mad, it is always beautiful to them in its own
way. You can often hear a Daughter humming along to
the tune in their head.
This might be a form of synaesthesia, or it might be a
hallucination. This constant song distracts the
Daughters as much as it guides them, some say the songs
contains words of insight. Because of this constant tune
the difficulties of all their Awareness rolls increase by 1
for every level of their Bane and no Daughter of
Cacophony may have Awareness above 3 dots.
Clan Compulsion
DIN OF DELUSION
The song in the Daughters head becomes so intense it
can make them mad. For one scene the Siren hears the
Fugue so load they must concentrate to hear anything
else. They also see colours and flickering images from
their peripheral vision. They receive a two-dice penalty
to rolls involving Manipulation, Composure, and Wits as
well as on rolls to resist terror frenzy.
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Disciplines
Fortitude: Who needs a bodyguard or bouncers,
crowds can get rowdy but the Daughters can handle
them. Fortitude can give them ability to put on a
powerful show.
Melpominee: Some Daughters use Melpominee to
lift the spirit, others to cause fear. With this
Discipline the Sirens can flavour the blood to their
particular liking.
Presence: Presence can guarantee an captive
audience. The Daughters of Cacophony us Presence
to build stage presence to their whim.
Melpominee
Named for Melpomene, the Greek Muse of tragedy,
the unique Discipline of the Daughters of
Cacophony is one of speech and song. The powers
of this Discipline explore the various uses of the
voice for both benefit and harm. As is the case with
mortal art, it is not always clear which of those
directions these powers take.
Nicknames: Nightingale
Characteristics
Named for Melpomene, the Greek Muse of
tragedy, the unique Discipline of the Daughters of
Cacophony is one of speech and song. The powers
of this Discipline explore the various uses of the
voice for both benefit and harm. As is the case with
mortal art, it is not always clear which of those
directions these powers take.
• Type: Mental
• Masquerade threat: LLow-Medium.
Melpominee doesn’t manifests visible or
causes effects that can’t be rationalized
and the people seldom don’t even realize
that they have been affected at all.
• Blood Resonance: Phlegmatic.
• Artists (especially singers), and people
with a passion for music. Club kids,
Dancers, Rock Stars.
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Level 1
THE MISSING VOICE
The character can “throw” her voice anywhere
within her line of sight. This enables the Daughter to
carry on surreptitious conversations, sing duets with
herself, or cause any number of distractions. This
power can also be combined with other Melpominee
powers to disguise their source (and some Daughters
use it to conceal the fact that Melpominee powers do
not function through recorded media).
• Cost: Free
• Dice Pool: N/A
• System: This power functions automatically as
long as the character wills it. However, using
The Missing Voice while performing any
action other than speech or singing incurs a
penalty of two dice on that action due to the
disruption of the character’s concentration.
• Duration: As long as the character wills it.
Level 2
PHANTOM SPEAKER
The Daughter can project her voice to any
individual she has personally met. Distance is no
object, but it must be night wherever the target
presently is. The vampire can sing, talk, or otherwise
project her voice in any way she sees fit (including
other uses of Melpominee), but she cannot hear what
she is saying, and therefore suffers a +1 difficulty to
any rolls accompanying her utterance. For instance,
the vampire could project her voice to an enemy in
an attempt to intimidate him, but would suffer a +1
to the difficulty of the Charisma + Intimidation roll.
• Cost: One Rouse Check
• Dice Pool: Wits + Performance
• System: The player rolls Wits + Performance
and rolls a Rouse Check, on a success their
voice can be heard by the chosen target.
• Duration: Each success rolled allows one turn
of speech; three or more successes
allow speech for an entire scene.
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Level 3
MADRIGAL
Music has the power to sway the listener,
engendering specific emotions through artful lyrics,
pounding crescendo, or haunting melody. The
Daughters of Cacophony can tap into music’s
power, forcing listeners to feel whatever they wish.
The emotion becomes so powerful that the listener
must act, though what a listener does isn’t
something the Siren can directly control.
• Cost: One Rouse Check
• Dice Pool: Charisma + Performance vs
Resolve + Awareness
• System: The player rolls Charisma +
Performance. Each success instills the chosen
emotion in a fifth of the Kindred’s audience.
The Storyteller decides precisely which
members of the audience are affected.
Characters may resist this power for the
duration of the scene with the expenditure of
a Willpower point, but only if they have
reason to believe that they are being
controlled by outside individuals. The song
the vampire sings must also reflect the
emotion she wishes to engender — no one’s
going to mob the concert security no matter
how well she sings “High Hopes,” but they
might if she performs “I Predict a Riot.”
Affected individuals should act in accordance
with their natures — enraged Conformists
would join a riot but not start one, aroused
Bravos may force their attentions on the
object of their desire, and jealous Directors
may send cronies after their rivals. Multiple
Daughters may use this Discipline in concert.
• Duration: One scene
Level 4
SIREN’S BECKONING
The Daughters of Cacophony don’t spread
madness as surely (or as visibly) as the Malkavians,
but their songs are definitely detrimental to one’s
sanity. With this power, the Daughter can drive
any listener to madness. Most of the time,
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, the victim is too fascinated to realize that he should
leave the area and block out the music from his mind.
• Cost: One Rouse Check
• Dice Pool: Manipulation + Performance vs
Resolve + Awareness
• System: Siren’s Beckoning requires an extended,
resisted roll. The player rolls Manipulation +
Performance vs the victims Resolve +
Awareness. If the singer accumulates five more
successes than the victim at any point, the
hapless soul acquires a new derangement or
Psychological Flaw of the Storyteller’s choice.
Multiple Daughters may use this Discipline in
concert.
• Duration: This derangement normally lasts for
one night, with an additional night per success
over five. With a total of 20 net successes (this
typically requires a choir or Daughters), the
Daughter can make it permanent.
Level 5
VIRTUOSA
Most of the low-level Melpominee powers can only
be used on one target at a time. When the Daughter
reaches this level of mastery in her Discipline, she can
“entertain” a wider audience. Each member of the
audience hears the same message.
• Cost: One or more Rouse Checks
• Dice Pool: N/A
• System: The Daughter may use Phantom
Speaker or Siren’s Beckoning on a number of
targets equal to her Stamina + Performance.
The player must roll a Rouse Check for every
five targets beyond the first.
• Duration: : N/A
I'm waiting for consummation
I'm waiting for contemplation
I'm waiting for confrontation
Waiting for a place to
Lay my body down
Resurrection - Sixth Communion -
Christian Death
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MOSH PIT
This rather dangerous power can be used to inspire
frenzy in any supernatural creature prone to such a
thing (such as vampires and werewolves). The
Daughter sings of her primal anger, and her target
finds it hard not to lose themselves to their most
violent urges.
• Cost: One Rouse Check
• Dice Pool: Manipulation + Performance vs
Willpower
• System: The Daughter roll a Rouse Check
and makes a Manipulation + Performance roll
at a difficulty of her choosing. If she is
successful, her target must make a roll to
resist frenzy at the same difficulty. If a frenzy
is inspired, it plays out as normal. The
Daughter has no control over the target
beyond triggering the frenzy. Other
Melpominee powers might allow the
Daughter to effect multiple targets.
• Duration: N/A
PRIMAL SCREAM
With Primal Scream the Daughter’s song is one of
terror, not rage. It is awe inspiring and makes her
appear frightening in the extreme. Her target
becomes terrified beyond belief.
• Cost: One Rouse Check
• Dice Pool: Manipulation + Performance vs
Willpower
• System: This power works in exactly the same
ways as Mosh Pit, except that instead of
frenzy, it inspires Rötschreck.
• Duration: N/A
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The sound of the drum is calling
The sound of the drum has called
Flash of youth shoot out of darkness
Factory town

Oh to be the cream

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