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7 Jan, 8 tweets, 2 min read
#WorldOfDarknessTrivia

Which of these Kindred clans does NOT claim that Grigori Rasputin belongs (or belonged) to their clan?

🧿 Tremere
🌹 Toreador
👑 Ventrue
🎭 Nosferatu
🤪 Malkavian
🐍 Followers of Set
HINT: the answer is only one of these.
ANSWER: Tremere

You'd think the mysterious, bookish mage-type vampires would claim Rasputin, but no. Don't know how the Followers of Set justified it.

I'm not even sure if this was deliberate, or just if multiple authors writing the clanbooks had the same idea.
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Which one of these Werewolf tribes claims Grigori Rasputin was one of their members?

Uktena
Silent Striders
Wendigo
Shadow Lords
ANSWER: Shadow Lords
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He was a Mage, too! Which one of these Mage Traditions claims Grigori Rasputin was one of their members?

🔯 Solificati
🌷 Cult of Ecstasy
📐 Sons of Ether
⛎ Order of Hermes
ANSWER: Cult of Ecstasy.

The Puppeteer Guild of Wraiths ALSO claim Rasputin, but admit that before becoming a Wraith, he *was* a Vampire.

Actually, they say that Rasputin was 2 or 3 dozen Vampires, three Mages, four Ghouls, and upwards of about 100 mortals. At the same time.
And this'll blow your mind...

**peels off his skin mask...**

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