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the Masquerade pretty clearly sets the general rule of thumb
for creating a vampire demographic. The book states that
vampires number about 1 per 100,000 people. That yields
about 54,230 total kindred in the world as of the 1993
World Almanac's population figures. This is assuming
that vampires of some sort exist in every culture. The rules
book gives no real idea how one might devise a system whereby
one could figure what portion of kindred belonged to various
generations from Cain, however.
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Whilst wrestling with this issue,
which is of course merely a matter of the individual's storyteller's taste
to answer, I decided upon my own answer. While it is not always an indicator
of age, the generation of a vampire does often give one great insight into
his probable venerability. The greatest attribute one can have in order
to continue to exist for ages is the will to live. This is a fact that
has been proven in studies of mortals who have lived over one hundred years.
Thus I decided to use the Willpower chart as a model for breaking down
the demographics of my kindred.
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I am referring, of course, to
the Willpower chart, used for the Fog in Wraith, or Delirium in Werewolf,
which establishes the normal percentages of population with various Willpower
attribute totals. I am in no way proclaiming that kindred have the normal
willpower found in the normal mortal populace; I am only seeking
to use the chart as a model for determining how likely various kindred
are to continue to exist. To finalize the procedure, I simply matched a
generation up to each willpower level and used the relevant percentage
as a demographic.
This renders the following
chart:
| 13th gen or worse |
10% |
| 12th generation |
20% |
| 11th generation |
18% |
| 10th generation |
15% |
| 9th generation |
13% |
| 8th generation |
10% |
| 7th generation |
7% |
| 6th generation |
5% |
| 5th generation |
1.5% |
| 4th gen or better |
0.5% |
Werewolves
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are no clear guidelines for the population of werewolves such as
those given in Vampire the Masquerade. However, it is often
noted, and made clearly evident, that the Garou are a dying breed.
As such it is only fitting that they be outnumbered by the supposedly
overpopulated kindred. With this fact in mind, I chose the
arbitrary rule of thumb of 1 per 500,000 people. This yields
about 10,906 Garou worldwide, again based upon 1993 World
Almanac figures.
Further consideration must
now be given to the actual breakdown by tribe and breed. The only
information we are given by the official source books is as follows: the
Black Spirals are 10% of all garou, lupus are 13% of all garou, and the
Stargazers are the smallest tribe thought to be less than 500 in number.
It is stated that the Black Spirals are by vast majority metis and as metis
are seen automatically as some sort of mark of the Wyrm, this seemed like
a logical sort of mirror in nature. Thus I have arrived at the following
suggested demographics:
Homid
Metis
Lupus |
77%
10%
13% |
8397
1091
1418 |
All Material is © 1997 Conrad
Hubbard.
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