Sabbat History



"Roses have thorns and shining waters mud, and cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud
Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and sun, and hisory reeks of the wrongs we have done
After today, consider me gone
To search for perfection is all very well, but to look for heaven is to live here in hell
After today, consider me gone."
~Sting, "Consider Me Gone"


HISTORY OF THE SABBAT



Long ago in Europe, a great panic erupted among the vampires. After centuries of relative peace between kine and Kindred, the ignorant peasants were ignited by the fire of the Inquisition to destroy all that they deemed supernatural. The old vampires had grown complacent and proved to be no match for this new threat. Because most of the Methuselahs feared Final Death, they sacrificed their childer for their own survival. Due to the strength of the Blood Bond, there was little these young Kinded could do other than rush out and meet death head-on.

The Inquisition struck the Brujah of Spain especially hard. The elders of the clan went into hiding, leaving their young to fend for themselves. These young Brujah fought to survive and, with their elders gone, had no reason to stay in hiding. The Brujah went to war against the Inquisition. They traveled the land trying to rally support for their cause. This drew the attention of other elders, who sent their own young to drive these troublemakers out of their territory. They did not want the full force of the Inquisition coming down on their heads.

Around the same time, in the region of Eastern Europe that is today Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the Tzimisce clan was having trouble of its own. A group of conspirators within the clan learned that by repeatedly mixing and drinking a little blood from all their fellow conspirators mixed together, any previous Blood Bond was servered and replaced by strong loyalty to all those who participated in the new Blood Bond ritual. This practice grew and soon the conspiracy turned into a civil war of young versus old. The elders of the clan defeated the rebels; however, many of them escaped west.

The Tzimisce rebels eventually joined up with the Brujah, and together they began to free other Kindred from their Blood Bonds. The movement, which became known as the Anarch Revolt, grew and the Methuselahs began intensifying their attacks against them. The Lasombra and Ventrue clans were especially diligent against the anarchs. Still, anarch spies were able to draw a small number of young Lasombra to their side through the use of their ritual to break their Blood Bonds.

At the same time, there was another problem~ the Assamites. The Assamites had been travelling the countryside drinking the blood of anarchs and elders alike in their quest for spiritual fulfillment. In an attempt to protect themselves from these powerful Kindred warriors, the anarchs offered terms for peace with the ruthless and skllful Assamite clan.

The Assamites agreed not to destroy the anarchs; in return, the anarchs provided them with the opportunity to destroy the third generation Lasombra Antediluvian as well as other elders of the Lasombra clan. The Assamites agreed, and together with the Lasombra anarchs, they attacked the leaders of the Lasombra clan as they slept in their havens. The Lasombra clan fell like a house of cards after the founder and other major leaders were destroyed The surviving Lasombra switched their support to the anarch movement.

This was the peak of the Anarch Revolt. Other Kindred of various clans shifted their support to the anarchs, and the elders were destroyed one by one. Elders of the Ventrue called upon the other vampire clans to unify their efforts against the anarchs and Inquisition. Without concerted effort, they implored, each clan would fall. Seven clans agreed to support unification and the Camarilla was established. The efforts of the newly established Camarilla were far less subtle than they are today. They went to war against the young anarchs.

Even with the combined efforts of the seven clans, the anarchs still proved tough opposition for the Camarilla. However, many young Kindred maintained their support for their elders, either out of fear or as a chance for personal gain. The Tremere proved to be a powerful new force. Their hatred of the Tzimisce was enormous, due to past conflict.



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