The Clan Curse of the Lasombra is their lacking reflection. The Erciyes Fragments state: "Behold my darkest childe, who/killed with shadow./Let the shadows veil his soul, so/that all may know his crime."

 

Bahari myths tell that [Lasombra] was cursed by Lilith along [Ventrue] and [Malkav], when they ignited the trees of her garden and defiled her rivers.  During the Middle Ages and Lasombra influence in the Church, rumors circulated about the Devil as source behind their curse, who punished all of the Clan of Night for their vanity in daring to call on a power darker than his own, and hence stole all of their reflections or claimed that their true curse was to exist as eternal conduits to the Abyss, that they might perpetually confronted by the inner darkness of the undead form. The Followers of Set tell that the Clan is the creation of Amon, tied to the zodiac sign of Aries, who impressed their lust of power into their blood, and that [Lasombra] cast his own shadow out so that no one could see him approaching from behind. Most Lasombra, however, do not concern themselves with the origin of their curse, instead wearing it as a badge of pride that separates them from other Clans and the Kine.

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The lack of a reflection, however, has real psychological consequences most Lasombra rarely speak about. An obsession with one's appearance, using ghouls to keep it unchanging, as well as regularly posing for portraits as the only way to see if they have changed, are regular results and some Lasombra are reported to sit in mirrored rooms for hours, contemplating their apparent non-existence before storming again into the world to prove that they, in fact, exist and that their existence has an impact, regardless what the mirrors tell them. There are, however, some Lasombra who manage to cast a blurry and shadowy reflection, although they appear like Spirit photographies.