Greetings, my dark Lovelies!
Please allow me to introduce myself, since you have made the effort to seek me out and discover my existence, despite the cloak of the Masquerade. I am DarkAngel Heylo. I am a childe of Vilona Dark...so one might say, if they understood the eternity in which we exist, that I am truly a Childe of the Dark. I am of the House of Noble and I have been granted the position of House Historian, so my library is extensive. I am Ventrue, if you have perceived enough to know the bloodlines. I am Kindred. I co-exist and walk among the mortals, but I am Immortal. I am Vampire.
There are three major sects and thirteen clans within the Kindred. Just as mortal society has political powers and maneuverings, so, too, does kindred society. Over the centuries, two main powers have developed...the Camarilla and the Sabbat.
The Camarilla is a large sect of vampires that formed in the 1500's to protect vampires from the purges of the Inquisition and to enforce the great Masquerade. Camarilla vampires reject the idea of vampires as monstrous predators, instead they live among mortals and feed cautiously. It comprises seven clans of vampires, each with its own culture and agenda.
The Brujah are inheritors of a majestic and ancient legacy, but they seem less like a clan and more like a mob. Punks, terrorists, revolutionaries, criminals, gangbangers and the like make up the Brujah. MORE
Of all vampires, the Gangrel are perhaps closest to their inner nature. These nomadic loners spurn the constraints of society, preferring the comfort of the wilderness. They are shapeshifters and fierce warriors. MORE
Malkavians bear one disturbing commonality: They are all quite mad. Whether from the clans choice of victims or some property in Malkavian blood itself, all Malkavians go insane shortly after the transformation. MORE
The wretches of Clan Nosferatu become twisted and deformed when embraced. They are transformed into hideous monsters and, in order to survive, they dwell in subterranean sewers and catacombs. MORE
Toreador are alternately elegant and flamboyant, brilliant and ludicrous, visionary and dissipated. Perhaps the only truism that can be applied to the clan is their aesthetic zeal. They do everything with passion! MORE
Even among vampires, Clan Tremere bears a well earned reputation for treachery. They were formerly a cabal of human wizards who, hungering for immortal life, wrested the secrets of vampirism from unwilling Kindred. MORE
Old fashioned and tradition-bound, the Ventrue are sophisticated and genteel. They believe in good taste above all else and work hard to make their lives comforatable. They are most frequently the leaders in the Camarilla, and are cautious, honorable, social, and elegant kindred. MORE
The Camarilla’s bitter rival is the dread sect called the Sabbat. They have evolved, or devolved, into something very deadly. The Sabbat would “liberate†all vampires from the chains of the Camarilla and their sires. They hold, that because vampires are highest on the food chain, they should not hide from mortals, but instead dominate them outright.
Elegant and predatory, openly aggressive and competitive, the Lasombra are the leaders of the Sabbat. They long ago earned their respect when they joined with a band of Assamites and destroyed their own Antediluvian. MORE
Clan Tzimisce is renown for its twisted practices and endless cruelty. They are scholars and warriors who prefer to hold themselves aloof from their Lasombra leaders. MORE
The Independent Sect is made up of four very individual clans who basically disdain authority and choose to remain neutral. They do not wish to be a part of the Camarilla or the Sabbat. Instead, they barter their services and fulfill mercenary contracts to both the Camarilla and Sabbat, alike. These clans are great manipulators, so caution is advised.
Vampires are all killers in the night, and none more so than the Assamite, slayers of both kine and kindred. Called in regularly by the world's justicars as archons and by princes as assassins, no clan is more feared. MORE
Giovanni vampires are rich merchant, speculators and investors . They spend much of their time manipulating their vast assets from skyscraper offices, and the rest in crypts and mausoleums performing necromantic rites. MORE
The nomadic Ravnos Clan has a hatred of authority. With a Gypsy heritage, theft and con games are a prominent part of the Ravnos lifestyle and they find no greater pleasure than taking advantage of kindred and/or kine. MORE
The Setites are one of the most widely loathed clans in the world. Drugs, sex, power and money are the tools of their trade and they take great pleasure in using them against kindred and kine alike. MORE
