Tzimisce

-----The Tzimisce clan is renowned for its evil. Among the most renowned of this line is Vlad Tepes, the Impaler, who split from the clan and the sect. Tepes is especially infamous 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 is today northern Bulgaria. The two coexisted for a time, not intruding upon one an other. Eventually, the power-mad Tremere captured some Tzimisces and used them in perverse rituals aimed at extracting the essence of their immortality. Some Tzimisces believe this was the beginning of the Tremere as a clan.

-----A group of mages known as House Tytalus uncovered the Tremere activities and began maneuvering against the order with the aid of other occultists. The Tremere had seen this coming and were prepared, gathering additional magical support from an unrevealed source. House Tytalus met with defeat, and early efforts of the Inquisition further limited its activities.

-----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. The Tzimisce offered support and, in exchange, House Tytalus promised to ensure that no mages encroached any further into the clan's 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 one another as contacts and occasional supporters. It was kept very quiet, but it lasted. In fact, the Tzimisce still has connections with certain wizards, which the clan keeps very secret to avoid censure by the leaders of other clans.

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

-Clan Disciplines: Obtenebratoin, Dominate, Potence

-Clan Leader: none as of yet

-Clan second: none