The Archbishops: Archbishops officiate the nightly affairs of individual cities, often as the most powerful vampires in the locale. Appointed by the cardinal of a given region, archbishops bear the responsibility for all vampires underneath them, and they must see to the maintenance of the city in the Sabbat's best interests. Of course, the Sabbat's best interests are not always (and in fact, are rarely...) the best interests of the mortals of a given city. As mentioned before, Sabbat-held cities are urban wastelands or teeming dens of violence--which suits the Sabbat reasonably. Most archbishops support "nondisclosure" policies similar to the Masquerade. Less strict than the Masquerade, however, the Sabbat attitude toward mortals bears more disdain than secrecy. Such is the reason crime rates in Sabbat cities skyrocket; it's often easier to kill a mortal who has observed a vampire in action than it is to clean up afterward. Given the general feeling toward mortals tha most Sabbat vampires espouse, most archbishops are fine with this arrangement. The archbishop, as his title suggests, is the foremost spiritual authority of a given city. Most archbishop were pack priests before attaining their positions. (This fact reveals much about tht title, as few archbishops are over 200 years in age. Those who are, however, are often vastly more than 200 years old, and have become de facto archbishops as they are the oldest and most influential vampires in their cities, as is the case with Archbishop Moncada in Madrid and the former Archbishop of Milan, Giangaleazzo. Truly old Sabbat Cainites tend toward the ranks of the prisci and cardinals, or bear no titles at all, allowing their potency to speak for itself.) Archbishop take active roles in many of the auctorias ritae of their city's Cainites, and they may have a hand in determining local or regional ignoblis ritae as well. In the end, the archbishop balances temporal power with skilled administration: Cities in which the packs run wild become barren, and cities that become barren cannot support the race of vampires.