~CAMARILLA GROUNDS~
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~THE CAMARILLA~
The largest sect of vampires in existence, the Camarilla concerns itself with the Masquerade, thereby hoping to maintain a place for Kindred in the modern nights. The Camarilla is an open society; it claims all vampires as members (whether they want to belong or not), and any vampire may claim memebership, regardless of lineage.
According to the often-contradictory history of the Kindred, the Camarilla came to be at the end of the Anarch Revolt, sometime in the 15th century. The Kindred of Clan Ventrue loudly claim to have been instrumental in the sect's formation, to which many Kindred owe their unlives. With the enforcement of the Masquerade, Kindred had a means of foiling the Inquisition, a Church office sworn to the destruction of supernatural creatures.
Though the Camarilla is the largest sect, just over half of the 13 known vampire clans actively participate in its affairs. The sect holds meetings attended by active clans' representatives; these gatherings are known as convocations. It also calls periodic conclaves, which are open to any and all members of the sect, to discuss matters of imminent sect importance. Only justicars, officers elected by the Inner Circle to attend to matters of the Traditions, may call conclaves. Justicars are always of great age, and rightly feared; as such, their interpretations of the Traditions are headed out of self-preservation. Coteries of vampires known as archons attend the justicars; meeting an archon is usually a portentous event.
Officially, the Camarilla does not recognize the existence of the Antediluvians or Caine. It resons that these vampires, if they ever existed at all, have long since suffered the Final Death, and those who allude to them are publicly derided.
~THE CLANS OF THE CAMARILLA~
The Camarilla claims that all vampires are under its purview, whether they wish to be so included or not. The Camarilla realistically comprises six clans, though any Kindred may be recognized as a member if she so declares.
~BRUJAH~
The Rabble are rebels and insurgents, fighting passionately for their disparate causes. The Brujah dream of a perfect society - for vampires.
~MALKAVIAN~
Dangerously deranged and psychotic to a member, the Lunatics nonetheless possess uncanny insight.
~NOSFERATU~
Deifigured and skulksome, the hideous Sewer Rats are forever barred from human society, but gather secrets from the darkness that hides them.
~TOREADOR~
Lovers of art and the aesthetic, the Degenerates are trapped in the stagnancy of undeath. The Toreador are passionate and decadent, surrounding themselves in excess to stave off their encroaching malaise.
~TREMERE~
A clan of sorcerous blood magicians, the Warlocks are widely distrusted...and just as widely feared.
~VENTRUE~
The reluctant aristocracy of the Kindred, the Blue Bloods atone for their damnation by enforcing the Traditions and the Masquerade.
