Order of Vampires · Bloodline II of VI

The Shadow Strategist

You saw this result coming.

Every move you make is planned three centuries ahead. You don't hold grudges, you file them, and half the courts of Europe still owe you a favour.

Cunning
Calm
Patient

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The Shadow Strategist personality card: a hooded vampire with red eyes raising a golden chess rook above a checkerboard floor — The Shadow Strategist, bloodline II of The Mortvane Order of Vampires.

The Shadow Strategist at a glance

Traits: Cunning, Calm, Patient
Feeds on: Secrets and well-kept promises
Weakness: Surprise parties
Turned: 1789–1815

The Shadow Strategist in folklore and fiction

Stoker's Count is a planner. Before he sails for England he reads English books on history, politics and law, studies the railway timetables and buys houses in and around London through a firm of solicitors. The Shadow Strategist shares that patience: for a vampire, a century is just a longer game.

The Mortvane Registry and its bloodlines are fiction. The folklore, history and books behind them are real.

Are you The Shadow Strategist? Signs from the quiz

Seven personality questions decide your bloodline. These answers lean towards The Shadow Strategist:

What do you keep in your coffin, just in case?A chessboard with one piece missingStrong pull
Someone insults you at a dinner party. You:Smile, and remember it for three hundred yearsStrong pull
A mortal discovers your secret. You:Offer them a jobStrong pull
What is your true weakness?A better plan than mineStrong pull

Your rank is decided separately, by a lore trial: from Fledgling up to Ancient.

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Shadow Strategist vampire names

Every Shadow Strategist name ends with one of three epithets: of the Long Game, of the Quiet Hand and of the Black Rook. Your rank and your first name come first, for example:

Countess Anna of the Long Game
Baron Lukas of the Quiet Hand
Elder Mia of the Black Rook
Ancient Noah of the Long Game
Nightwalker Sofia of the Quiet Hand
Count Elias of the Black Rook

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Closest to The Shadow Strategist

These bloodlines share answers with The Shadow Strategist in the quiz, so they are the likeliest result if you are not one.

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Who matches The Shadow Strategist?

The best matches for The Shadow Strategist among all 18 creature types, from the creature compatibility test. You both keep a cool head, so your quarrels are short and your truces are long.

The Raven Witch84%A legendary alliance · Vampire and Witch Compatibility
The Night Scholar83%A legendary alliance · Two Vampires: Bloodline Compatibility
The Ancient Grey82%A legendary alliance · Vampire and Werewolf Compatibility

The most dramatic match is The Wild Heart: 51%, a dangerous attraction. One of you feels everything and the other thinks everything through: you balance each other or drive each other mad.

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The Shadow Strategist FAQ

What is The Shadow Strategist?

The Shadow Strategist is one of the six bloodlines in the Mortvane vampire quiz. Every move you make is planned three centuries ahead. You don't hold grudges, you file them, and half the courts of Europe still owe you a favour.

What are The Shadow Strategist's traits and weakness?

The Shadow Strategist is cunning, calm and patient. It feeds on secrets and well-kept promises, and its weakness is surprise parties.

How do I find out if I am The Shadow Strategist?

Take the free vampire quiz. Seven personality questions decide your bloodline, and answers such as "A chessboard with one piece missing" or "Smile, and remember it for three hundred years" lean towards The Shadow Strategist. Then a lore trial decides your rank and your name.

Which names does The Shadow Strategist get?

Every Shadow Strategist name ends with one of three epithets: of the Long Game, of the Quiet Hand and of the Black Rook. Your rank and first name come first, for example Countess Anna of the Long Game.