Hibakusha

By Jenny Parr (J.L.Parr@bradford.ac.uk)

     The Hibakusha were a clan of vampires originating in South East Asia 
and migrating to India and Japan. They were unique in that they gained their
powers from those they fed upon, gaining skills from their mortal herds.
However when the kindred of the second city discovered them the Hibakusha were
overcome by the strength of their blood. The powers they gained were so potent
that they were forever changed and unable to use the powers of others they fed
upon. Desperately the Western vampires cursed the Hibakusha but the Easterners
only became unable to drink from whatever clan they had inherited their powers
from. This caused great enmity between the Western and Eastern kindred as the
Westerners attempted to diabolise their Eastern counterparts.
     The clans the Hibakusha dissolved into are

Brujah----------------> Kasa (Japanese)
Followers of Set------> Drukpa (Bhutan)
Gangrel---------------> Kuei (China)
Lasombra--------------> Kyuketsuki (Japan)
Malkavian-------------> Mora (Siberia) now destroyed
Nosferatu-------------> Mamono (Korea) now destroyed
Salubri---------------> Sanatan (India)
Toreador--------------> Hantu (Malaysia)
Tremere---------------> Ju (China)
Ventrue---------------> Onyudu (Japan)