VAMPIRE SUB-CASTES

The Assamites Warriors are silent masters of assassination, killing for hire and collecting blood for rituals to bring them closer to their progenitor.

Sorcerers They worked alongside the judges as interrogators, seekers of the truth and hunters of demons, and consorted with scholars in pursuit of knowledge for knowledge’s sake.

Assamite Viziers are the righteous chosen of their blood cult. They are also master assassins to the silent death and of traditional arcane wisdom.

The Priests of Set believe that through their magic, they show Set's power to the world and assert their own claim to divinity. Tempters and seducers, they can show you how evil is merely a point of view and denying oneself pleasure is not a virtue.

The Warrior Setites are masters of the Obfuscate Discipline as well as Serpentis – no slinking in the dark for these serpents. They are proud and brutal soldiers for Set, and are perfectly willing to go into battle to back up their subtler brethren. Their rolls can also include acting as enforcers, holy warriors, and even martyrs.

In centuries past, Traditional Gangrel lived in the forests, mountains and swamps usually occupied by werewolves and other denizens of mankind's midnight horrors. While there are those Traditional Gangrel who still frequent such places and make their havens, they can also be found skulking around the edges of small towns or large cities, preying on the weak, foolish or unfortunate.

The City Gangrel are a bloodline of the Gangrel that has adapted well to urban environments. While still adept at living in the wild, they share much with the coyotes they're associated with. Why hunt for scarce prey when it's so abundant and easy in the dark city streets?

Because the Tremere created their own Vampirism, they consider themselves naturally superior to all other Kindred. As the last of the true Sorcerers, the Elite are oftentimes looked upon as little more than a bigoted gang, confident in their own righteousness.

The Tremere Covenant claims an ancient lineage of Sorcerers. Coming to power in the European Dark Ages, they merged their Necromantic rituals with Christian rites and presented their Conjuring as miracles of God. Such dominance of the masses led to the Inquisitions and torture for any who would question their divine authority.

The Telyavelic are a subcaste of the Tremere out of Eastern Europe who learned occult magic from the Lithuanian pagans. This they combined with their own blood magic to develop the powerful ability of Seilanic Thaumaturgy. While still prevalent in Lithuania, they have established strongholds within the Tremere of the New World.

Claiming to be the first of the Tzimisce Vampires and the blood of Dracul, the Old Clan are rooted in ancient Eastern European traditions and must sleep in at least two handfuls of their native soil. Change for them is slow as they cling to the old ways of Animalism, Auspex and Dominate.

As practitioners of the flesh-crafting ability Vicissitude, the Tzimisce appear to be one of the more pleasant vampires. Polite, intelligent, and inquisitive, they are a stark contrast to the Brujah or Nosferatu. However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is merely a mask hiding something alien and monstrous.