The most embellished characters, however, do require a fuller understanding of the backdrop of White Wolf's World of Darkness. Reading related material helps all participants flesh out their characters, making them more than a simple description but a full multidimensional figure existing in this culture. Back to the top. The fictional world of our games Imagine a world very much like our own, with one small exception. The supernatural is real.
Most people go about their daily lives, free of the superstitions of the past.
But, in the shadows and sewers, behind the closed doors of creepy old mansions, and in the dimly light corners of society, all manner of supernatural beings struggle for control of the mortal world. This is White Wolf's World of Darkness, the background for the popular Storyteller line of role-playing games and the setting for the live action games run by the Camarilla. The Camarilla allows you to create almost any type of character from within the World of Darkness, although most characters in Camarilla are kindred -vampires. They are descended from Caine. Cursed by God for killing Able, Caine was the first vampire.