Kindred: The Embraced was a 1996 Fox television series/vampire soap opera, produced by Mike Trozzo. It was loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, and ran for one eight-episode season; plans for a second season were abandoned following the death of one of the leads.
The main plot arc revolves around San Francisco police detective, Frank Kohanek (played by C. Thomas Howell), who becomes deeply embroiled in the Masquerade when investigating a "mobster", Julian Luna (played by Mark Frankel), who is actually the Ventrue Prince of the Kindred within the city.
The whole series was released on a two-DVD Region 1 set on August 17, 2004. On August 2, 2006, the SCI FI Channel acquired broadcast rights to this series; the pilot was aired on July 6, 2007, and the entire series aired on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 from 8 AM to 4 PM ET/PT and then again in that same time slot on December 17, 2007.
Julian Luna, prince of several disparate vampire, or kindred, clans in San Francisco, has his job cut out for him as he must try to keep a tenuous peace among them while not being afraid to apply ruthless justice against those who would break kindred rules. Infractions that merit "final death" include the taking of human life and changing humans into vampires who have not volunteered for the transformation. Written by Doug Sederberg
