The Camarilla

 

 

The Camarilla is the larget vampire sect in the world. It officially maintains six of the thirteen [or so] clans, though anyone is allowed to join the Camarilla, as the Camarilla "claims" responisibility for all kindred. The organization is over 500 years old, and was created as a survival mechanism. Once upon a time, monsters and supernatural creatures roamed the world freely. They used and abused human beings as they saw fit, and the Inquistion changed all of that. Kindred societywas devastated by the Inquistion, and the Camarilla was formed in order to hide the existence of vampires from the world. The Camarilla believes in maintaining The Masqerade, a strict code that allows kindred to live amongst humanity disguised as humans.

The structure of the Camarilla is as follows: The Inner Circle rules the Camarilla and is made up of one member of each clan. Their identities are for the most part kept secret. Below them on the food chain are the Justicars. Justicars are elected every seven years at a secret conclave; one respresentative is allocated for each [Camarilla] clan.. They answer to absolutely no one except for the Inner Circle. Working for the Justicars are the Archons. Archons are a group of elite emissaries that carry out the will of the Justicars. Next in power are Princes, who usually rule a city, but it is not unheard of for a Prince to rule an entire region. Under the Prince is the Primogen, one representative leading each clan in a given city. As one can imagine, the Camarilla is very organized and very powerful. The following clans are officially represented within the Camarilla...

 

 

Clan Brujah are a race of iconoclastic kindred and tend to resent authority. They are well known for their fighting abililty, and even more so for their quick tempers. In ancient times, they were consummate warrior poets, but they have suffered a major decline over the milennia beginning with the fall of their fabled city Carthage.

Clan Malkavian are a unique race of kindred. Unique in that every last one of them are iredeemably insane. Not looney toon insane, more like Charles Manson insane. The scary thing about them is that as enigmatic and flawed as they are, some believe that there is a definite method to their madness. For all of their disorganization, they tend to have gatherings and inexplicably work together from time to time with an alarming frequency that no one can explain.

Clan Nosferatu are arguably the most damned of the damned. The Embrace inflicts all of them with an unbearable hideousness and deformities. As such, they often hide on the outskirts of society or in sewers and other inhospitable places. Nosferatu have a reputation for being the best spies and information brokers without peer. this is because of their ability to hide themselves, even in plain view, and their alleged affinity with vermin that can spy for them.

Clan Toreador are the most artistic and talented (or autistic and degenerate depending on who you ask) kindred around. These are the kindred most imitated in Hollywood movies and romance novels. At first glance, they appear to be flighty, arrogant, and unaproachable, but they are the clan that can best relate to humanity and can therefore deal with and thrive in mortal society better than anyone.

Clan Tremere are most mysterious kindred of all, and some claim that they are not really vampires. Some kindred claim that the tremere were actually mages that damned themselves while trying to discover the secret of immortality. it is true that they are the masters of blood magic, and they tend to be very masonic in their dealings and lifestyle. They also appear to have a fanatical loyalty to one another, so to cross one of them is to cross them all.

Clan Ventrue are the leaders of the Camarilla, and they rule more cities than any other clan in the world. The clan is highly organized and effective, and they maintain the most power and influence of all the clans and bloodlines, but for various reasons this could be subject to change in the near future.