The Children of Osiris are a fictional group of vampires in White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade.
The Children of Osiris are the closest the game has to a "good guy" vampire bloodline (possibly rivaled by interpretations of the now largely extinct Salubri). The Osirians are opposed to the Followers of Set because of eternal rivalry between their patriarch Osiris and patriarch of the Followers of Set, Set or Seth or Sutekh. They wish not to be killers, so they prefer to drink blood from animals rather than humans. Their bloodline-specific mystical discipline, "Bardo", allows them to retain a degree of humanity.
The Children are not a true bloodline, and are generally forbidden from granting the Embrace. In truth, they are a sect of vampires recruited from other clans and bloodlines. Those who join are tested rigorously to prove their purity and desire for redemption.
Some sources say that they were originally true Childer of Osiris, who may have been a Lasombra, but that Osiris and his progeny lost the ability to sire after he was dismembered by Set (a reference to Egyptian myth, where Isis was unable to locate his member when she reassembled his body).
Osiris granted his Children knowledge of Bardo, a difficult to master Discipline whose secrets are never shared with outsiders. Bardo allows its practitioners to retain a degree of humanity, redeem other vampires and ward off evil; it even has the power to resurrect a vampire from Final Death.
| Bloodline | Founder | Parent Clan | Faction | Disciplines | Nicknames | Weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children of Osiris | Osiris or Khetamon | Various, (Osiris possibly from Lasombra or Followers of Set) | Extinct, (Enemies of Followers of Set) | Bardo, (Default of parent clan) | Osirians | (Default of parent clan) |
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