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Originally Posted by GravenWraith Dear Pennypincher. I have no truly mentionable background knowledge concerning the world of darkness, save 4 bloodlines, the game. I loved it so much that i downloaded the book of nod, but would like to find out all i can about the histories of the clans, origin and 'contents' of the sabbat, etc. Could you, since you are obviously well informed, tell me where i can find information on this beautiful world? |
Ah, yes, well... Thats kinda tough that one. You see...
In first edition Vampire, the Sabbat was more of a mentioned thing, rather then a solid, well written and scripted thing... IE: The horror of the group known only as The Sabbat.. Wooo.. Wet yourself in fear! It wasn't really untill third edition they were fully scripted out and flushed out and made to be something we could look at with the naked eye and say "Ah HA! I knew there was nudity invovled somehow!"
If you wanted the fully nitty gritty details, you could pick yourself up a copy of "The Guide To The Sabbat"... Which if you're willing to fork out some extra bucks comes in a delightful leather bound copy with "The Guide To The Cammerilla" both in a hard back holder... Really pretty! You might also want "The Dirty Secrets Of The Black Hand." just to flesh things out a little, thou it's pretty safe to ignore 90% of that, as I think White Wolf took it off the shelf latter with blushing faces, applogising for things like "Antedeluvians in the basement" and "Entier ghost cities". Fair enough too, for shame white wolf! For shame!
However, the short, dirty, hard, rough, sexy version of the sabbat goes kinda like this:
Way back when the Inquisition was wandering around burning anything with two legs, the Vampire comunity got together and shook hands on the idea of no longer running around with neon signs above their heads reading "Dark Blood Drinking Demon." However, a small group of clans looked at what was being said and paused in thought for a moment, quickly comming to the realisation that a formal structure such as the Cammerilla would mean only one thing. The elders would be at the top For All Eternity and the young would be at the bottom for all time... The only way the young vampires could ever get anywhere would be to make younger vampires and rule over them... And this was brutaly in the face of all the teachings of Caine that had survived time.
That being said, they decided not to join the Cammerilla... In fact, the Tzimisce rep was so peeve he/she/it plucked off it's own genitals and lobbed them angrily across the table to the Ventrue rep, who kept them as a token of affection... Or something... That last part was a lie. Tzimisce, along with Lasbomra, made a break for it and became the first real Anarchs. They took a few members of the other clans with them, but most of the other Elders agreed to stick with the new idea. Those who went against the wishes of their clan became known as "Anti Clans"... Which translates roughly to "Antitribue" or "Against the tribe."
So the Lasombra and Tzmisce formed a few crazy ideas... Seeing as the elders of the clans wanted to be on top, who would be on top of them? Older vampires. That meant the oldest vampires in the world would always be on top... And who was the oldest vampires? The Antedeluvians. It was obvious these acient beings were powerful and cunning and evil, and it seemed obvious to the Sabbat that all they wanted was their acient war to conitue under the guise of peace in the Cammerilla... So the Sabbat was formed, and their doctrine was simple.
"Wolves feed from sheep. Wolves don't DRESS like sheep, they don't ACT like sheep and they don't mingle with the Sheep, they just kill, and feed. Your a wolf, put away that lamb skin coat and lets look at the big picture. The only way you'll ever truly be free is if you can kill and consume those who opress you."
Now, this idea worked GREAT in theory, but in practise it was just a little flawed. You see, Tzimisce and Lasombra claimed victory over their Antedeluvian founders, finding their hidden crypts and feasting on their acient blood, draining their mighty souls and declaring themselves free... However, it's bordering on madness to think a creature with Auspex 10 wouldn't know that you were planning to diablerise it... They happily let themselves be destoryed and quietly took up resiedence in the bodies of their new hosts...
Tzimisce took this to the extreme. He gathered more and more flesh to himself untill he became a giant, fleshy temple of bone and blood and muscle under the sewers of New York... Extreme? Yes... But where the hell do you stake something like that??
Any other member of the great clans who wished to join the Sabbat (or was drafted in their brutal and bloody crusades) kept most of the same powers... A few opting for more martial or more cunning powers over their old ones... And became Antitribue.
Theres more too it, but thats the quick version. Suffice to say, yum yum Vaulderie. All praise caine, lets eat all other vampires who aren't us.. Wait, you mean we were right? Damm, squit. The end.