Camarilla

The Camarilla

Nicknames

The Ivory Tower

Type

Vampire sect

Founder

The Founders

Founded

1435 CE

Allies

Anarchs (1435-2012)

Ashirra (2013-)

Clans

Membership

Present: Ventrue, Toreador, Tremere, Nosferatu, Malkavian, Banu Haqim (2013-), Lasombra (2019-)

Past: Gangrel (1435-1999), Brujah (1435-2012)

Leader

The Inner Circle

The Camarilla is the most organized of the vampiric sects, an elite club that favours tradition and control of the mortal populace from behind the scenes. Across their domains, they enforce six major Traditions, chief among them being the Masquerade. All clans have an individual presence in the Ivory Tower, though a select group of pillar clans make up the core of its membership. Once the Camarilla welcomed all Kindred who obeyed its laws, but recent events have caused the leadership to adopt more exclusive membership rules. No Anarchs, Caitiff, or thin-blooded vampires are allowed to exist within the sect.

In addition to preventing the growing mortals masses from discovering the existence of vampires, the Camarilla aims to maintain the status quo of Kindred society; as such, much of its structure and traditions mirror that of Cainite society in feudal Europe in the Dark Ages, and places it at odds with the agenda of the Sabbat and Anarchs, both of whom seek to overthrow archaic Kindred society.