Kindred: The Embraced
Kindred: The Embraced was a 1996 Fox television series/vampire soap opera, produced by Aaron Spelling. Comprising eight episodes, it was (very) loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. The whole series was released on a two-DVD Region 1 set on August 17, 2004.
Template:Spoiler The main plot arc involves a San Francisco police detective, Frank Kohanek (played by C. Thomas Howell), who becomes increasingly deeply embroiled in the Masquerade when investigating a "mobster", Julian Luna (played by Mark Frankel), who is actually the Ventrue Prince of the city.
Not all the Vampire: The Masquerade clans are featured in the series; the only clans represented in the "Conclave" (effectively, the Camarilla, though there is no mention of the Sabbat or any war, other than inter-clan) are:
- Brujah (primogen: Eddie Fiori, played by Brian Thompson)
- Gangrel (primogen: Cash, played by Channon Roe)
- Nosferatu (primogen: Dædalus, played by Jeff Kober)
- Toreador (primogen: Lillie Langtry, played by Stacy Haiduk)
- Ventrue (primogen: Archon Raine, played by Patrick Bauchau)
We also meet one character who is an Assamite but no other clans are evident and no Kindred appear to be Caitiff.
Trivia
- Series co-star Mark Frankel died in an motorcycle accident, at the age of 34, soon after the final episode of the series was aired. The motorcycle accident occurred in London on September 24, 1996.