|
Sabbat culture revolves heavily around the twin principles of loyalty and freedom. Vampires, as superior beings, are free to do as they please, but they must also remain rrue to the Sabbat, lest their freedom be jeopardized by the machinations of the elders. Above all, the Sabbat refuses to be placed under the yoke of the Antediluvians; many of the sect's schemes involve means of frustrating, or at least surviving, Gehenna. The sect's two founding clans, the Lasombra and Tzimisce, are said to have diablerized and desrroyed their progenitors, and the other Sabbat vampires follow their lead, hoping that they may one night do the same.
Internal rivalries, power plays and ancient vendettas rend the sect from within, however, and the Sabbat often takes two steps back for every three it takes forward. The sect has no true, all-encompassing guidance; it is a hydra, doubling back to bite itself and its foes even as it gains in membership and influence.
Sabbat vampires themselves, with the exception of the Lasombra and Tzimisce shepherds of the sect, mockingly claim to be "anti-clans," or antitribu, of their parent clans. Some Sabbat vampires openly involve themselves in Satanism, paganism or other deviant faiths to spite the propriety of those who stand against them. Perversion and brutality are the Sabbat's tools, and the sect uses them with merciless cunning. The nucleus of the Sabbat's organization is the "pack," a close confederation of vampires nominally united toward a single goal. Sabbat packs may be nomadic, traveling from city to city leaving death and fire in their wakes, or they may settle in one location on a permanent basis. Because vampires are primarily solitary predators, forcing themselves into each other's company for prolonged periods of time certainly takes its tollon the individual Kindred who make up the packs.
|
Sabbat Ranks
|
| Title |
Similar Titles |
Form Of Address
|
| Regent |
None |
Our Most Distinguished Excellency
|
| Cardinal (always associated with a specific region) |
High Lord (Lady) |
His (Her) Eminence
|
| Priscus |
Grandmaster (Mistress), Monsignor |
Very Reverend Sir (Madam)
|
| Archbishop (always associated with a specific region) |
Archdeacon, Father (Mother) Superior |
His (Her) Excellency
|
| Bishop (always associated with a specific city) |
Deacon, High Father (Mother) |
His (Her) Excellency
|
| Templar/Paladin |
Lord (Lady) |
Sir (Lady)
|
| Ductus |
Lord (Lady), Sergeant, Chief |
By title
|
| Priest |
Father (Mother), Master (Mistress), Minister |
Reverend Sir (Madam)
|
| Pack Member |
None |
None, though sometimes Brother (Sister)
|
|
Setting
|
- - The Argent Institute
- - Sabbat NPCs
- - Rumors
- - Sabbat/Language
- - Sabbat/Code
Archbishop
Name: Vasile Oprescu
Sex: Male
Nature: Architect
Demeanor: Bravo
Clan: Tzimisce
Bishop
Name: Francisco Manuel Castelar y Alonso
Sex: Male
Nature: Director
Demeanor: Predator
Clan: Lasombra
Templar
Name: Slim Jim
Sex: Male?
Nature: Conniver
Demeanor: Rogue
Clan: Nosferatu Antitribu
|
Current Plots
|
|
|
Events
|
|
Feel free to add your name here if you're interested in running one-shot PrP events.
- Vegard - For weekly Camarilla court, @mail or otherwise communicate desired agenda items, especially if you can't make it in person. Other plots on request.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vaulderie
|
|
What the levels mean as seen on page ??
Vinculum Ratings
10 You will readily give your life – or
take the life of another – for the
individual.
9 You will do practically anything for
the individual, including putting
yourself in great danger.
8 You will gladly offer resources or
influential assistance to the
individual.
7 You may put yourself at moderate
risk of harm for the individual and,
depending on your code of ethics,
may kill for him.
6 You feel strongly for the individual
and help him even if it inconveniences
you. You will gladly fight
for the individual.
5 You respect the individual and help
him out as long as it’s no huge risk
or bother.
4 You will aid the individual as long as
it doesn’t involve risk or anything
out of your way.
3 You are loyal to the individual as
long as that loyalty doesn’t interfere
with your own designs.
2 You have a minor sense of kinship
toward the individual, but you’re
not going to go out of your way to
help him unless something’s in it
for you.
1 Fuck ‘em. This isn’t necessarily
hostility, but you don’t care about
this person on a Vinculum level,
though you may on a personal level.
Note: It bears mention that, like the emotions engendered
by blood bonds, these feelings are artificial, as
they are created through ingestion of blood. It is quite
possible for a character to utterly hate someone for
whom she would risk her unlife, just as it is possible to
have immense love for someone who has little in the
way of Vinculum and everything in between. Players
are encouraged to explore the full range of these complexities
in their packs through roleplaying.
rankings?
|
|
