[also known as, “why I think the sires from the start decided to embrace the main character.”]
[also also, kinda nuts that I now have to specify between two games. Never thought that would actually happen. I have the second VTMB, but haven’t played it yet. Wanted to have another good play of the original before I do.]
Brujah- The reason that the Brujah decided to sire the main character was an effort to make more people to fight against the Camarilla. They were working on their own, which is the reason there wasn’t too much of an ordeal from the others about them dying. There would be no way that Nines would let one of his own get taken out by LaCroix that easily (as seen through the end of VTMB where the fledgling has sided with the Last Round Anarchs where the only thing keeping him from helping is the fact that he just got mauled by a werewolf). Seeing the vampire getting executed was like, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes,” in his mind. As for LaCroix calling the sire an, “upstanding member of the community,”: he knows that a Brujah is almost certainly an Anarch, and he needed to downplay that as much as possible for political reasons. Nothing says boundary breaking as much as publicly executing someone from the other side.
Gangrel- Honestly, they just didn’t care. In fact, them getting caught wasn’t even something that they thought was a possibility. Most Gangrel leave their childer soon after embrace, so they thought they were just going to be on their way out of the town, maybe even before the night was over. They were just drifting through town, and aside from doing some odd jobs here and there, they kept to themselves. Turns out the guy they did the jobs for happened to be a rather controlling prince that didn’t take kindly to being disregarded.
Malkavian- They saw that the main character and knew that they would be important to the kindred of the area. While they didn’t know anything exact, their premonitions about them are too strong to ignore. They acted quickly to be sure that main character was turned, and that they were in a position to let them know what they needed to. Unfortunately, acting this quickly also kept them from going through the proper channels, leading to their capture and execution. While they certainly weren’t trying to get themselves killed, they were able to find some peace in knowing that they had set something remarkable into motion.
Nosferatu- Pure hubris, honestly. They knew that there was a law against unapproved embracing, but seeing as they were able to get you to agree to a date, they had to see how far they could go. They were also aware that if they were caught then there was no way the other Nos were going to do anything. While there is a strong sense of community between the Nosferatu clan, they’re also very no nonsense when it comes to not risking many unlives over a single one. Still, they knew that they had something of bragging rights with the others for the short time that they still had their head.
Toreador- They simply got carried away. They started out trying to impress Abrams by showing their prowess of the Toreador’s power; they weren’t supposed to actually embrace the main character, at least not until a long time later. But, as we see in the start of the game, there was something sexual going on between the two; one of the reasons that many kindred don’t think they should partake in sexual activity is they don’t want to do anything they think might make them lose control. After they had almost drained the main character, they had a, “when in Rome,” moment and decided to go ahead with the embrace. Unlucky for them, their antics had also gained the attention of other kindred, who all agreed that the Masquerade would benefit from no longer having someone so brazen poking at its seems.
Tremere- They were told to. All Tremere are important to The Pyramid; sometimes that importance is strengthening the base by lying down their life, allowing their ashes to be made into the bricks to solidify the beloved structure. In this case, there needed to be a unique type of new blood for specific purposes. They were calmed by the knowledge that Regent Strauss would take the childe they would never know, and treat them as though they were his own.
Ventrue- They just hated LaCroix. They knew the risk they were taking, but they were feeling too petty to care. There was something cathartic knowing that they could set every last one of the prince’s nerves on fire by having a betrayal so close to home. They had the satisfaction of knowing that even though they were going to have a very public final death, he would never feel fully safe anywhere, not even his tower, ever again.