The center of vampire, and in some cases human, art and culture. Toreadors have Auspex to better experience the sensations of the world, Celerity to see its sights, and Presence to make new friends in new and higher places. They share two of their three Disciplines with Brujah; it is Auspex's insight into the heart that sets them apart.
The Vampiric Kiss of blood drinking and Toreadors fit like a hand and glove; romance and sex and vampiric seduction come to them naturally. "Most mortals love the delirium that comes from being a blood donor to a vampire. especially the way I do it" - Lily. Lily also romances Christof, but gets less far if anything than Serena, his devotion to Anezka having only become stronger. The legends of vampires who seduce and entice their prey with beauty, love and sensuality comes mostly from the Kiss, but this being equal for most Clans (not Giovanni), Toreadors wrote more of this myth with their romances.
Just as artists have the luxurious position of portraying their human nature for a living, Toreadors are the most in touch with their Humanity, in the sense that they are the most anchored to it. They revel in the human condition in all forms of its expression, no matter how dark.
Their strengths and their failings are those of the Jet Set: creativity and arrogance, bonhomie and cliquishness, excellence or pose.
The Toreador model in the Storyteller, and the Toreador in Leaves of Three are the same: Lily's sire, Alexandra.