The Sabbat (Suh-baht) is a loose organization of
Cainites who reject the Traditions. Unlike the Camarilla, the Sabbat
believe in the Antediluvians and Caine. Also known as the Sword of
Caine, as they believe they will be the army Caine will use to
destroy the Antediluvians once Gehenna (the end of the world)
arrives.
The Sabbat was founded in 1493, largely
in reaction to the Convention of Thorns which founded the Camarilla.
They are the remnants of the Anarch Revolt of the time. Leaders of
the endeavour were the Tzimisce and the Lasombra, two Clans that had
ostensibly destroyed their Antediluvian founders and had accepted
that there was no turning back for them. Delegations of both Clans
met at the island of Mallorca and began their own negotiations, aided
by several malcontents among the Anarchs, who refused to surrender to
the Elders or did not share the view of their main Clan. Others
joined to escape the practice of the Blood Bond. These groups existed
as small packs in the wilderness that harassed the holdings of the
Elders and those who had submitted to the Camarilla, called "Sabbats"
by the superstitious mortal population for their rapacious behavior
and proud display of their inhumanity. Slowly, these disparate packs
were brought to heel by the spreading of the Vaulderie, uniting the
remnants of the Anarch Revolt as the Sabbat, a sect devoted to
warfare against the Antediluvians and the tyranny of the elders.
The Sabbat sees itself as the army of
Caine and consequently is tightly organized, far more than the
relatively anarchic Camarilla. The Sabbat consists mainly of Clans
Tzimisce and Lasombra and numerous antitribu from Clans normally
independent or associated with the Camarilla. The cornerstone of
Sabbat organization is the pack; Sabbat packs are organizations of
3-10 vampires mutually bound through the standard blood-sharing rites
of the cult. Packs have a ductus, who is the pack's warleader, and a
pack priest who reminds the pack of its responsibilities to Caine. In
addition, pack members are mutually bound in a vinculum — a sort of
communal blood bond — created by the blood-sharing ceremonies.
Packs generally occupy communal havens; given the Sabbat's rejection
of human mores and its use of artificial loyalties enforced by the
vinculum, there is less need for privacy.
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