Prince LaCroix

"Your Sire - tragic, my apologies. But you see, there is a strict code of conduct that all of us must... adhere to, if we wish to survive. When someone - anyone - breaks these laws, they undermine the well-worn fabric of our centuries-old society. Understand my predicament: allowing you to live makes me directly responsible for your subsequent behavior. So, what I'm offering is not generosity, but an opportunity to transcend the fate woven by your Sire. This is your trial: you will be brought to Santa Monica; there, you will meet an agent by the name of Mercurio. He will provide the details of your labor. I've shown you great clemency: prove it was more than a wasted gesture, Fledgling. Don't come back until you do. Good evening."

- LaCroix's first mission briefing

Prince Sebastian LaCroix is the vampire ruler of Los Angeles and one of the main antagonists of the 2004 videogame ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. ''A member of the Ventrue clan and an elder with two centuries of experience, LaCroix commands the Camarilla faction within the city, ensuring that the Kindred of the city abide by their laws and that the Masquerade hiding vampires from humanity remains intact. However, as the newly-instated Prince of a city that has only recently fallen under Camarilla rule, LaCroix receives little respect from the city's vampire inhabitants: the Anarchs defy him at every turn, the Kuei-jin barely respect the truce they have arranged, and even fellow members of the Camarilla regard him as a joke. As such, Lacroix is anxious to establish his authority over his subjects by any means available to him.

As such, when the player character is Embraced without his permission, he naturally has the player's sire executed for breaching Camarilla law, only declining to extend the same punishment to the player as a result of political outcry from the city's Anarchs. For much of the game, the player serves as one of his operatives, serving him in exchange for clemency; however, it gradually becomes apparent that Prince LaCroix is trying to get the player killed through a series of increasingly dangerous missions - and more to the point, he may have ambitions that the rest of the Camarilla would forbid.

He is voiced by Andy Milder.