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Date Posted: 16:54:18 01/25/02 Fri
I think I have it. Most have been determined or touched upon, but based on some latest breakthroughs in the cathedral, I think I know which window means which.
The key finally came out last night when we realized that 12 of the thirteen clans ( excepting the Malks ) could be considered "the same, yet opposite.
The man with the beast-mask and the beast with the man-mask are most certainly the Gangrel and the Tzimisce. I don't know why I didn't see it before.
The figure stepping into the grave and the figure stepping into the sky confuse me. The Salubri-Cappadocian representation seems very reasonable, though these windows were definitely created long after the death of these two clans, and I have to wonder if they would be represented. I will be working under the assumption that the windows represent the modern incarnations of the clans, based on evidence which I will mention later. I am inclined to say that the figure stepping into the sky represents the Assamites, somehow reflecting their "higher purpose" be it to ascend to the side of Allah, Caine, or what have you. It all depends on how janky the Assamites are in Jess and Chris's WoD... The figure stepping into the grave most certainly can be associated with the Giovanni (or more specifically, with Augustus Giovanni...), the closest thing to a modern incarnation of the Cappadocians that exists...
The figure contemplating the globe is the Tremere. Why they have a window I cannot imagine, as the Amici refer to them as the anathema. But just the same, they have a member of the 3rd generation associated with their clan, and if the windows do literally represent "Antideluvian-like figures" then that is the only prerequisite for a
clan getting a window, really...but the evidence I'm working on is the fact that psychometric examination of the candelabra revealed that it was associated with Ari...the Tremere. Moreover, these clans very uniquely fit the "opposite yet the same" concept. The Tremere are the most strictly organized and goal-oriented of the clans, and the Ravnos are the most loosely organized and chaotic of clans. Despite their apparent differences, however, both clans are powerfully bound in blood -- the Tremere through their clanwide blood bond, and the Ravnos through their largely similar mortal heritage. What's more, both clans take reality "into their own hands" as the windows depict, the Tremere figure cradling the globe posessively and pondering it, in the manner of the Tremere's manipulation, domination, and scholarly inquiry. The raggedly dressed figure juggling the globes is reminiscent of the playful manner in which the Ravnos have the world at their disposal, giving reality the royal screwing with their powers in much the same way the Tremere do.
The next two windows are possibly my favorite. The scholar warriors, and the feudal lords, side by side. On the right we have the Brujah, powerful fighters and avengers shrouded in their endless pursuit of wisdom -- eternally opposed to the Ventrue, who wear the marks of their kingship openly. The armor actualy has multiple symbolic purposes, describing the Ventrue penchant for warmaking, as well as wealth, as the lordly classes were the only ones who had armor of their own. The same yet opposites? Certainly. The Ventrue prize order and control, and the Brujah yearn for freedom and autonomy. Polar opposites...but anyone who's ever had a Ventrue and a Brujah as enemies can tell you that no two clans will push their own envelope harder, farther, or with less concern for anyone else's side of the story. No two clans are more intent on leading the other kindred to glory. No two clans are more blinded by the light of their own dreams.
The person watching the town with the book on their lap likely represents the Setites, more removed from humanity than the other clans, but their dependence on human vice for the survival of their clan's philosophy eternally bind them within arm's reach of their mortal herds. They sit opposed to the Lasombra, whose reflections reveal only their inner darkness, as the reflection of the figure shows his skeleton. Both windows have a book listed as the main symbol, and both clans are tightly linked to human religions in similar ways. The Setites history is based in and around the legends and worship of the Egyptian gods (as well as quite a few kindred oriented blood cults, no less) and Lasombra power has always traditionally resided within their manipulation of the Catholic Church. Two clans who use gods to bind mortals. How are they opposite? Well, one's religious predilections are pagan, while the other is monotheistic, and one is concerned with corruption while the other is geared towards control. This is the best I can do here.
The Nosferatu and the Toreador are unquestionably represented in the last two windows. The Toreador are bound by their own beauty and their love for it, and the Nosferatu are eternally sequestered for their ugliness, but the window would imply that the Nosferatu's true beauty (and thus their deep similarity to the Toreador) lies within their unfathomable minds.
Gotta love it. The Malks don't have a window because they, in being shattered, require no refelction. They have plenty of perspectives on the universe in their own head.
Let me know what you think, and if Parker can come up with this stuff IC, I'd love to be able to. Just let me know.
-A
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