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Michaella Giovanniby ~gisaiagami

Digital Art / Photomanipulation / Dark

The Giovanni is a fictional clan of vampires, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. Unlike most vampires, the Giovanni are associated with neither the Camarilla nor the Sabbat. Much of the Giovanni symbology is Italian, and the organization was founded in Venice (c.1000 AD). Their symbol is the Giovanni seal.

The Giovanni Family is an enigma, standing outside Kindred politics, and is the only clan to have truly done so since its inception, The Giovanni have a reputation that causes most fellow Kindred to avoid them at all costs. The clan’s taste for the morbid is something that even the stuffy Ventrue and the wild Brujah can agree is not natural. They are the only clan that knows the joy of life, the dark twilight of unlife and the bitter ashes of true death.

Founded during the Dark Ages and coming to ascendance in the Renaissance, the Family of Giovanni has since grown to include several other families. They are now stronger than they have ever been, while all around them disintegrate into dust. Still, suspicion of this clan has continued to the present day. By staying neutral in quaint battles, the Giovanni have had free rein to build their merchant empire. The clan's wealth is quite sizeable, but no one knows the exact purpose for which it employs this wealth. Few outsiders have ever taken part in the clan's necromantic rituals, so the purpose of these is likewise a mystery. Instead, suspicions and innuendoes have taken the places of facts and truths. Clan Giovanni is one of the more rigidly controlled clans and contact is constantly maintained between members of the clan.

Inspired in Vampire The Masquerade.

For my son in dA

For

And my great friends around the world.

lost psd =/ but I adored the result

Stocks

Background and crow: sxc
Girl:

Skull:

love 2 2

joy 2 2

wow 1 1

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~CainD May 26, 2011

So dark and hoping, is beautiful.

~The-x-Black-x-Rose Jun 27, 2007

Gorgeous picture! (and thanks for putting that info in, that was very interesting to read and good to see how it relates to the pic)

~crisalves Jun 25, 2007

maravilhoso, adorei

~O---girlinred---O Feb 24, 2007

hey I know about white wolf... they, or group w/ a spin off of their idea are in my town. Thats really neat how you incorporated the story to the image- it suits it well. The image, btw, is beautiful. Very dark and sensual... I love it!