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| Caitiff / Panders Disciplines: AnyWeaknesses: Social OstracizingDescription: Some Kindred do not have a clan at all, but are of bastard blood. This is sometimes because they were abandoned by their sire, or were Embraced an outcast vampire. A combination of thinness of blood and a lack of social training has made them Clan less. This is a fairly recent phenomenon, and thus they are disdained by many of the other Kindred. Though not many Caitiff are considered to be pariahs or anarchs, not all of them are outcasts. Some are accepted among the Damned, although few have yet reached an age where they have achieved any real power.Lurf RP: Independent / Sabbat |
| The Sects Camarilla The Camarilla is the largest single sect of vampires as well as the most open; theoretically any vampire may claim membership, regardless of lineage. The Camarillas' primary concern is the maintenance and preservation of the Masquerade (as will the other five traditions,) Every 13 years there is a meeting of the elders of each clan (called a Conclave) This is the hub of the Camarilla. Each bloodline is allowed one representative to sit on the Inner circle. Only these individuals may vote, though all those attending may speak. The eldest member of each clan present places the vote for that clan. It is a majority of age. This is the primary reason the anarchs are so frustrated. The primary function of the Inner Circle is to appoint the Justicars, the judges of the sect. The seven clans that make up the Camarilla are as follows: Brujah, Gangrel, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, Tremere, and the Ventrue. {Founded in the later part of the 14th century.} |
| SabbatThe Sabbat is an organization composed solely of vampires. It is similar to the Camarilla in many respects, but has a number of special distinctions. The Sabbat is smaller than the Camarilla. Its doctrines are overwhelmingly more political and militaristic, and it is actively involved in constant warfare with the Camarilla. All members of the Sabbat are free from Blood Bounds to a particular vampire master, instead they are bound to an entire pack and the pack to an Archbishop as is the Archbishop's are bound to their own packs. In addition, the sect is steeped in tradition, millenarian doctrine and mysticism. It is completely secretive, so much so that most of what is known about the Sabbat outside the Sect is speculation. The Sabbat are known to heavily practice Diablerie, and readily break the Camarilla's traditions when they can get away with it. One does no go around declaring they are of the Sabbat, any gloating kindred stupid enough to brag about their position or especially give away sect secrets no matter how small will promptly be slain by the Sect if the offender survives their stupid actions. |
| Inconnu "Inconnu" is mostly thought of as a classification for kindred whom have distanced themselves from the others of their kind. This is the eldest sect, the Inconnu is made up of ancients refuse to participate in the Kindred's' great Jyhad. As a whole, the Inconnu punish all of their order that continue to take part in the Jyhad or meddle in the affairs of lesser Kindred. The all also seek Golconda; most members of the Inconnu are of the forth and fifth generation and none are higher than the sixth. |
| Black Hand (Tal'mahe'Ra)For most vampires, the Black Hand exists as an unseen bogeyman, a horrid monster used to terrify chider as they lay down in their coffins (well not really in the coffins.) Most vampires believe they will never encounter one of the mad shadow warriors, assuming that if they do not upset the Sabbat, the Black Hand will have no interest in them. The Black Hand is part of the Sabbat, which is composed of the most vicious and loyal vampires in existence. The "Hand� brands its members' right palm with a black crescent moon, to forever remind them of their responsibilities. Created during the first hundred years of the Sabbat (about 1650) Sabbat leaders do not trust the hand, and many of the sects fear their power. Of the thousands of Sabbat in the world only around 300 are members of the hand, and even low-level members know only what is necessary to get the job done. The top levels of the hand consist of four powerful warrior - politicians - generals collectively called the seraphim. All lower leaders are referred to as dominions. (The dirtiest secret of the Black Hand is that the Hand is not just part of the Sabbat. Indeed, it is a separate sect entirely. Shortly after the creation of the Sabbat, vampires secretly belonging to an ancient sect called the Tal'mahe'Ra allied with the Sabbat. The Sabbat or False, Hand continues to serve as a front for the True Hand. It also claims a mummy, an Abomination, and a small number of mages of the Verbena tradition; and wraiths (ghosts) as members. |
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| Old Clan Tzimisce They is so ancient that even the oldest legends speak only of their chider. They are the True Tzimisce, and all the Tzimisce of the Sabbat (and even the few within the Inconnu and the Camarilla) are their betrayers. Unlike the Lasombra some of their elders still proceed, including the clans original founder�possibly the most powerful of other kindred rivaling even Caine in power. Most of the old ones are unaffected by Vicissitude the discipline�plague that affects the younger Tzimisce clan of the Sabbat. Like all other Tzimisce, something deep inside them craves stability and permanence. They share a special connection to the land they claimed as their own in life. They must surround themselves with at least two handfuls of dirt from a land important to them in life. If they fail to do this, they cannot rest in peace and lose half their dice pools from all actions every 24 hours until down to one die. {Animalism, Auspex, Dominate} |