Tremere

“Do you believe in magic in a young girl’s heart?”

The Tremere are always under a hint of suspicion from the other clans. Who knows what goes on in the Pyramid. What grotesqueries they will manufacture? What spells they will weave. But those damn spells are far to useful to ignore. Better they serve the Camarilla then the Sabbat.
They tend to embrace occultists, charlatans, and the like. Those interested in the higher mysteries.

Structure

Organized into a strict Pyramid structure, enforced through Blood Bonds with the vitae of the Council of Seven, until the Vienna Chantry was destroyed in 2008. With the leaders of the clan slain the clan fractured into three separate branches.

• House Tremere- Named for the progenitor of the clan. Led by Karl Shrekt who seeks to reestablish the Pyramid. 
• House Goratrix- Named for a student of Tremere who was blamed for the loss of the clans hermetic magiks. The followers of Goratrix later joined sides with the Sabbat until the late 90s.
• House Carna- Named for the female warlock who bristled under the structure of the Pyramid and leads the house to this night.

Culture

House Tremere- Loyal to the old ways and ideals of the clan. Very conservative.
House Goratrix- Less strict than House Tremere but still exclusive in who it chooses to embrace.
House Carna- The house that has rejected the ideology of the old clan the most. The times they are a changing so House Carna has opened their fangs for pagan’s and feminists.

Mythology & Lore

“We are not the sons of the ancients as our kin are. No mere happenstance of immortality. We descend from the greatest of all men and all mages, Tremere. Tremere was not one to let fate happen to him, he made fate his play thing. As he grew older he realized his knowledge and power would die with him. So Tremere found the progenitor of the Salubri and was embraced. Tremere would not be ruled by one lesser than him so he took Salubri’s power for himself and started his own clan. When he learned his magic had fled him Tremere did not wallow in despair he unlocked the magic of the blood. Sure the other clans may detest us as usurpers but they need us. So let them hate and fear us because we are far to useful as allies and far too powerful as foes.”

DISCIPLINES: Blood Sorcery, Auspex, Dominate

Type

Geopolitical, Clan

Alternative Names

The Witches, Usupers, Warlocks, The Broken Clan

Predecessor Organization

• Salubri

Related Species

• The Damned

BANE: Deficient Blood- The Warlocks have lost their ability to Blood Bound other Kindred as a result of the destruction of the Vienna Chantry. They can still be bound by other Kindred through. They also can still Blood Bound Ghouls and Mortals though the Thrall has to drink from the Regnant an extra number of times equal to Bane Severity to be fully bound.


CLAN COMPULSION: Perfectionism- The Tremere has gotta get it “just right” for the scene or until they score a critical success on a skill. 2 dice penalty to all rolls while compelled. If they attempt the same action the penalty decreases to 1 die for that action.