Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 developer diary introduces Seattle's Camarilla Court vampires

Developer The Chinese Room has released a new dev diary unveiling more about Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's Camarilla Court. The blog post also contained new artwork and character profiles for the characters, some of whom featured in previous reveals, like the Bloodlines 2 extended gameplay trailer from earlier in the year.

The Camarilla Court is group of powerful vampires representing the leadership of the Camarilla, the group of vampiric clans representing the vampiric establishment and upholding most of the tenets of vampire society as reflected in the Vampire setting. Three of the game's four playable vampire clans - the Ventrue, Tremere, and Banu Haqim - are part of the Camarilla, with the anarchic Brujah clan actually being a former Camarilla faction.

The Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 dev diary features profiles of eight members of Seattle's Camarilla Court:

J.J. Campbell

Ventrue, Prince

Campbell is power personified. As the last century grew, he consolidated the Kindred’s hold on the streets; as the city rose, so did Weaver Tower and the Court, with tendrils into politics, business, society, and the underworld. Once Lou’s protege, it is now Campbell – urbane, perceptive, commanding – who leads Seattle into the future as Prince of the city.

Lou Graham

Ventrue, Ex-Prince

In life, Lou Graham pulled all the strings of the elite in Seattle; she had the ears of politicians, criminals, blue bloods and commoners alike. In unlife she has spent more than a century deepening that hold. She looms over Seattle as a storm cloud, a constant factor in the choices of even the most powerful Kindred despite her absence from day-to-day politics. To badmouth Lou Graham is to badmouth the city, and this city has a habit of burying its foes down deep.

Ryong Choi

Ventrue, Seneschal

Ryong is of a new breed, a dealmaker, modern, efficient, and pragmatic. With a city under threat and with the Masquerade in tatters, Ryong is the calm centre of the chaos, negotiating, out-maneuvering, and doing everything that must be done to maintain stability. She is not afraid to cut away dead flesh if it will help save the whole.

Michael "Tolly" Tolliver

Nosferatu, Herald

Most Nosferatu will hide themselves away from the world, but Tolly knows how little attention today’s mortals really pay to anything. The gregarious and gleeful intelligencer will be found where he’s least expected, always spinning webs for the Court, nudging this, gathering compromising information on that. Tolly knows where the bodies are buried, and has probably dug them up, critiqued their dress sense, and had a long and very pointed conversation with them about their stupid indiscretions.

Benny Muldoon

Brujah, Sheriff

Benny is the attack-dog of the Court, the enforcer, the bruiser, the bone-breaker. You want him leashed up and snarling at your enemies, not biting at your heels, so get on his good side.  He despises those who he sees as lesser bloodlines, and prides himself on his ability to sniff out those who are working against Seattle’s best interests. If you’re lucky, you’ll find him standing at the Prince’s side. If you’re less lucky, you’ll encounter him elsewhere.

Safia Ulusoy

Tremere, Researcher

Safia is the eager enthusiast, her attention caught by theories, facts, and the fascination of learning from both the old and the new. If the Court has questions, she is the one to find answers; her skill with thaumaturgy and her dogged research techniques have proven her worth to Seattle, no matter the current standing of her clan. Recently, she’s been investigating the city’s growing thin-blood population, a particular concern to the Court. However, her focus does tend to distract her from the more mundane world. You’ll probably find her in her lab or lost in a pile of books at the Wake the Dead coffee-bar.

Ysabella Moore

Toreador, Primogen

Ysabella, queen of the nightlife, stalks her way through Seattle’s society as trend-setter, bon vivant, nightclub diva, and performance artist extraordinaire. Her legendary events at the Atrium nightclub thrill and shock – the mortals flock to be part of her world. There are some in the Court who believe she treads perilously close to the edge of the Masquerade. Ysabella wields her art like a weapon – to her, self-expression is much more important than any stricture.

Willem Axel

Nosferatu, Secret Keeper

Willem is the Prince’s archivist, keeping a century of secrets safe from the prying eyes of mortals and kindred alike. He’s long ago hidden himself away from Seattle’s society, unwilling to show his face on the streets, but maintains his contacts amongst the Kindred and the Court and the underworld of the city. Willem is never one to put himself forward or voice his opinion and this might lead others to overlook him or take him for granted, but he has the trades, transgressions, and debts are at his fingertips and such knowledge can be used as a knife.

In Bloodlines 2 players take the role of Phyre, an elder vampire that would, under normal circumstances, be one of the most powerful undead in the city. But after a long slumber and mysterious incident, Phyre awakes with gaps in their memory and their power seemingly surpressed. Left vulnerable but still influential, Phyre must get to know modern Seattle's night life, meeting vampires of the Court and beyond to progress the story and influence their fate and the fate of the city.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodline 2 will be released on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S sometime in 2025.