A palpable aura of menace, a charnel odor, or the undeniable manner of a predator is just as compelling as a twisted body. The cause need not be a physical deformity. In Vampire: The Requiem First Edition, Nosferatu are repulsive or at the very least uncomfortable to be around. The Nosferatu experiences the foreign vitae burrowing into his body like worms gnawing on his dead flesh. The Nosferatu Kiss is pure, unadulterated fear, that shuts down the mind and floods it with adrenalin. The Nosferatu Beast is the rebellion of the flesh and mind in jerking stop-motion, a hissing horror show that drives them. Most Nosferatu received the curse out of revenge, spite, or because they reminded the haunt of someone who wronged him. The Embrace of the Nosferatu is rarely a pleasant thing. This symbiosis was broken when the Spaniards arrived. Together with the Gangrel, the Nosferatu shared food with the Chichimec in exchange for blood. In other places of the world, like Central America, the Nosferatu were associated with the Chichimec people. It seems that they might have populated both Britain and Thrace in antiquity. In ancient Rome, they were known as the Vermes by the Propinqui. So, Aristaichos and his children began to carry plague without regard to the will of the Olympians. They demanded a proof of his loyalty, or otherwise, they would punish him. The Nosophorus, however, awakened the ire of the Gods Below for accepting service to the Gods Above. Offered to act as the scourge of the gods to bring plague on mortals so that they would turn to the gods for aid, he accepted the name Aristaichos (the ultimate shame) and became the first nosophorus (plague-bringer). In time, the Brothers Worm came to Ancient Greece, where one of them was visited by Artemis and Apollo. This subterranean breed of vampire was transformed to fit better to the world below the earth than the world of the Kine. The blood transformed them into what is referred to as the ' Brothers Worm'. During archaic times, the Nosferatu were believed to be the result of a coterie of Damned (not yet Kindred or Nosferatu) that drank the blood of the offspring between mortals and the chthonic gods of below. Most Clans believe that the Nosferatu spontaneously arose from half-decayed corpses. The origin of the Nosferatu is, like with most vampire Clans, a matter of speculation and myth.

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