Children of the Night is a most helpful volume. It provides fine characters to include in any kind of story. Whether you wish to write your own novels, novellas, or short stories about the Camarilla, the Sabbat, the Independents or the Inconnu, this book will supply the kind of personalities that will make compelling works of literature for Vampire the Masquerade. Of all the supplementary source books created by White Wolf, this is one of the deepest. Each character is given his or her own very distinct and well written backgrounds, histories and life experiences. Even Dracula himself is featured, giving reader's of Bram Stoker's groundbreaking title a chance to include him in their chronicles. Buy this book if you want to know more about the soul of the vampire in all its diverse forms.