Canaille: The bovine masses of humanity, especially the uncultured and unsavory. The Canaille are viewed primarily as a source of sustenance.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary: 1.) rabble, riffraff or 2.) proletarian.
Etymonline.com: the french canaille means ‘rabble’, in turn coming of the italian ‘canaglia’ meaning ‘a pack of dogs’.
In the roleplaying game Pulse of the Canaille is a level 10 Auspex power, a power only usable by Caine and vampires of the second and third generations. Not really something for player characters. From “The Player's Guide 2nd edition” (WW 2206):
Pulse of the Canaille
This is a more powerful variation of the earlier Precognition power. Pulse of the Canaille not only allows the character to sense what will happen in a certain place and time, but enables the character to sense the current moods, trends, attitudes and directions in which entire groups of mortals are heading. This power also enables the character to sense who influences or controls the affected mortals, and to identify these secret masters.
System: The character must make a Humanity roll; the difficulty depends on the size of the group being studied.
Difficulty 6.................Organization
Difficulty 7.................City
Difficulty 8.................Region
Difficulty 9.................Country
Difficulty 10...............Entire world
The number of successes obtained indicates how much is known, and may also show how tightly and in what ways the humans are controlled. If they are influenced by more than one supernatural creature, the character discerns all appropriate puppeteers.
1 success.................You sense the mood and attitudes of the mortals.
2 successes..............You also sense the mortars' future and potential.
3 successes..............You know the extent to which the mortals are controlled.
4 successes..............You sense the aura of the being(s) that controls them.
5 successes..............You know who controls them, and why.
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