Clan Salta

Clan Salta is one of the most famous and even stereotypical vampire clans. When one uses the words "vampire" and "beautiful woman" or "handsome nobleman" in the same sentence, one can reliable assume that the person is talking about Clan Salta. Other clans might develop their physical strength or magic, Clan Salta is a clan that relies mostly on charisma, seduction, subterfuge and other charms. They are a clan of socialites who appreciate art and the fine life, even more so than other vampires.

Being a clan that is obsessed with beauty and nobility, they recruit exclusively from Elves and Humans, especially from High Elves. Clan Salta is also unique in their distaste for necromancy, preferring to surround themselves with either mortals or fellow vampires than with stinking zombies and skeletal slaves.

Clan Salta holds a disproportiante amount of influence over vampire politics in both Keldorn (having a de facto monopoly on the position of Vampire Prince) and abroad, largely stemming from their good negotiation abilities and the connections they maintain (with both other vampire clans, and covertly various mortal organizations). In truth, they would command little respect amongst the various vampire clans if it wasn't for their ability to effortlessly manipulate mortals and vampires alike, or the necessity of power belonging to a clan that can put a more civilized face on vampire society - and that clan being Salta.

Sentiment
Clan Salta is known as perhaps the most humane clan of all. While every other clan - with the notable exception of the Children of Tséntach - clings to their mortal morals to a certain degree, Clan Salta is the clan whose members are best known for clinging onto their humanity and being in touch with their former mortal selves. Yet at the same time, they are also one of the haughtiest clans: unlike other clans that view themselves as liberators of talented mortals from the shackles of mortality, offering a chance to a greater existence, Clan Salta harbors no such delusions, making it clear that they recruit only from the finest specimen of mortals: aristocrats, rich merchants, high clergy, and occassionally sexually attractive lowborn (but only if they are truly beautiful). It is a clan that puts a high amount of value and emphasis on beauty, and is perhaps the clan that flaunts their sexual prowess the most. Male members are known for their virility, female members are known for their masterful seduction skills.

Additionally, Clan Salta is perhaps the clan that recruits amongst mortals the least these days, preferring to rely on sexual reproduction instead, which is understandable, given the steep requirements of being recruited into the clan (having to be of noble birth or having to possess great beauty, preferably both).

Goétia
An active ability and in many ways the more powerful and active counterpart to the passive abilities Omorphia and Charisma, Goétia is the signature power of Clan Salta.

As the signature power of Clan Salta, the power "Goétia" allows them to charm and sway magic-free mortals and weak-willed vampires alike with much ease, having unexplainable influence over the target in question, managing to impose thier will upon the unwilling target with ease - tha target is compelled to obey the vampire to the best of their abilities. It is important to note, that this ability is unreliable against mortals who happen to be magic-users, more powerful vampires, as well as against mortals with true faith. Even regular mortals may try to struggle and resist the spell, usually to no avail.

Omorphia
A passive ability, it is in many ways a nerfed and passive counterpart to the more powerful and consciously activated Goétia - the vampire from the clan is perceived to be more (sexually) attractive than they truly are, even by vampires and magic-using mortals. The effect is a mixture of illusion and real bodily deformation - it is often said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but beauty to a certain extent is objective: actual bodily deformation contorts the body of the vampire to what he or she may consider beautiful, while a passive illusion shows a version that the mortal in question may consider more attractive.

Charisma
A passive ability, it is in many ways a nerfed and passive counterpart to the more powerful and consciously activated Goétia, this power enhances the charisma of vampires from the Salta clan. Vampires from the clan Salta naturally have a strong charisma, with this power giving them a silver tongue, a voice that is either strong and intimidating, or soft and seductive, depending on the occasion and individual. It also comes with an inner instinct that makes them more "sociable", in the ways of knowing what to say, knowing what others may want to hear, knowing what sways others, and knowing how to avoid awkwardness or suspicion.