Primogen
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Primogen is derived from "primogenitor", a word meaning the first or earliest ancestor
. It may also be related to the word "primogeniture
". The word primogen is used in fiction
in various ways:
Ancestor
An ancestor is a parent or the parent of an ancestor ....
. It may also be related to the word "primogeniture
Primogeniture
Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings . Historically, the term implied male primogeniture, to the exclusion of females...
". The word primogen is used in fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
in various ways:
- In Turok 2: Seeds of EvilTurok 2: Seeds of EvilTurok 2: Seeds of Evil is a first-person shooter video game originally released for the Nintendo 64 in late 1998. A port was released for Windows OS shortly afterwards, in 1999. It is the sequel to the successful Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and was followed by the 2000 entry in the series, Turok 3:...
, the Primagen (spelled slightly different, with an "a" rather than an "o") is the chief villain, an alien monster who traveled to the beginning of time and the universe, hence his name - In Vampire: The MasqueradeVampire: The MasqueradeVampire: The Masquerade is a role-playing game. Created by Mark Rein·Hagen, it was the first of White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness role-playing games, based on the Storyteller System and centered around vampires in a modern gothic-punk world....
and Vampire: The RequiemVampire: The RequiemVampire: The Requiem is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the World of Darkness, and the successor to the Vampire: The Masquerade line. It was first released in August 2004, together with a new core rule book for the World of Darkness...
, a Primogen is the chief, and usually most powerful and eldest, representative of a vampire clanClan (World of Darkness)In White Wolf Game Studio's role-playing games about vampires, a clan is a group of vampires joined by blood relations...
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