Clan Manes

Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

— LeCrae

Organization

Due to their very nature the Manes are not a strictly organized clan, often preferring solitude over the company of their peers or of kindred of any kind by that matter, also due to the nature of these kindred the manes are often either too indifferent or too intolerant of authority to be ordered around, because of this there is no true hierarchy inside the ghastly clan, what does exist is a loose system of reverence that unites in necessity and unspoken agreement local manes to one another.

The Spiriti Magni

The mysterious high council of the Manes, these figures are said to reside in a secret location named the Nobile Castello, and to guide the many elders of the manes through "wise advise" and "friendly suggestion" No one knows who these figures are or where the Nobile Castello is supposed to be, many even question if they exist at all. According to a popular theory the Nobile Castello is not meant to be intended as a physical place but, feeding in the Jinxes' love for metaphors and literary references, as a metaphorical One, symbolising the shared condition of limbo of its noble inhabitants. In this reading the Magni themselves would not be an official ruling council governing from some secret high sanctum but a way to refer to the most old and prominent elders of the clan that, continuing the Manes custom of informal rule, from time to time anonymously take upon themselves to steer the proverbial ship of state.

Benefactors

Benefactors are not necessarily the most preminent local Manes but are those that choose to bother themselves with dealing with the younglings for this reason they often take up the role of clan rapresentative in a princedom

The Gran Convivio

The Gran Convivio, or Symposium, is an occasion during which all Manes convene in a chosen location to discuss new lores they have unearthed and new mysteries they have unraveled.

Factions

Ethereals
Ethereals are ancient Manes that have long distanced themselves from the worldly matters and are abandoning more and more the material plane in favour of the one of spirits, they have the appearence of ghosts or similarly ethereal beings, hence their namesake, no one knows what keeps them from surrendering themselves to the calling, maybe deep down they still fear what might be beyond or maybe they think to still have a part to play in this side of the coil.
Existentials
Leopardians
Wayfarers
Mysericordians
Misanthopists
Banshees
Knights of the Shroud
Zealots

Nicknames:
ENG Orphics, ghasts, wights, lazars, betweenfolk, Jinxs, sobbers
ITA Orfei, spettri, pallidi, grami, melodrammatici
Disciplines:
Auspex
Necromancy
Katabasis
Factions: independent
Bane: the Calling
Bloodlines:
Camerlinghi
Banshees
Stereotypes
Ashar: the clan of ashar is dark and malevolent entity, mired beyond any possibility of salvation into this deadly game of chairs that is our society, they know not of the futility of their struggle but they are nonetheless powerful allies and even more dangerous enemies.
Athinganoi: We shan't speak of the False Church
Camerlinghi: They are... Necessary...
Wanax: The kings of the Wild Hunt are irreconcilably alien to us but still praiseworthily fascinating...

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Vampire