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Tzimisce History

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The Tzimisce clan is renowed for its evil. Among the renowed of this clan is Vlad Tepes, the Impaler, who split from the clan and the sect. Tepes is especially famous for his cruelty, but this trait is common among the members of the clan.

The Tzimisce clan stretched across the Baltic regions of eastern Europe for many centuries. It established a great power base until the Tremere, then a house of mortal wizards, established covenants in what today is northern Bulgaria. The two coexisted for a time, not intruding upon one another. Eventually, the power mad Tremere captured some Tzimisces and used them in perverse rituals aimed at extracting their essence of their immortality. Some Tzimisce believe that this was the begining of the Tremere as a clan.

The Tzimisce had also suffered at the hands of the Tremere by the time of the war between the wizards.. Seeking revenge against the Tremere, the clan offered aid to House Tytalus, who in exchange, promised to ensure that no mages encrouched any further into the clans territory. The two groups began working together against the Tremere.

The uneasy alliance lasted for many years. Even after the need for it passed, the two groups continued to aid each other as contacts and occasional supporters. It was kept quiet, but it lasted. Today the Tzimisce still has connections with certain wizards, which the clan keeps secret to avoid censure by leaders of other clans.

The Tzimisce anarchs went a long way in destroying the elders of the clan, but gave up all major efforts to destroy the remaining few.. The remaining elders live as Inconnu in Bulgaria, Romania. Austria and Hungry, sitting alone in their mansion and castle havens. They have accumulated so much magical and political power that thay have no fear of their former clan, and fear the Camarilla even less.

Tzimisces have a strong appreciation for learning. They are some of the most educated beings on the earth. They seek to understand magic as well as science, but not have reached the level of the Tremere in this understanding. While they are inhuman, they show it to a lesser extent than do the Toreador antitribu, for instance. Most Tzimisces are grim and serious, noted for their lack of a sense of humor. They are also known for a high value they place on privacy.

The Tzimisce are the second most powerful and numerous clan of the Sabbat. The Lasombra hold the top position in both categories. However the Tzimisce is a driving force behind Sabbat ideology, goals, and planning. The Tzimisce clan appear to be happy to let the Lasombra to take the lead in carrying out sect plans.

Tzimisces maintain luxurious mansions away from the eyes of mortals.They will stay in communal havens for short periods, but generally dislike them. They are very peculair about their havens. To be invited in is a great honor bestowed only on the closest comrades.

Most Tzimisce choose recruits who are intelligent and well educated. Most come from backgrounds such as medicine, science, academia, and theology. However a few have been chosen from the ranks of lunatics. In peace, the Tzimisce get to know their targets by becoming friends with the mortals, making sure the targets will be interesting companions for centuries, especially since sires maintain close relationships with neonates.

Due to the effects of the vicissitude discipline,Tzimisces are in a continous state of physical flux. Thus the Tzimisce craves stability and permanence. As a result, each time the Tzimisce sleep, they must surround themselves with at least two handfuls of soil from a land important to them as mortals.

"Those who possess true power seldom need to use it. There is much about us you do not know, nor ever will."

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