Caitiff

Not truly a clan or bloodline, a Caitiff is anyone who does belong to a clan. Their lineage is often times unknown, and clanlessness can stem from many circumstances - the sire rejected the individual, the embrace went wrong, their blood is too thin to develop the peculiar characteristics of the sire's clan, or the sire was also a Caitiff.
Lacking patrons or allies, and holding no real power as a group, Caitiff are held in contempt by the Camarilla. The Sabbat's Caitiff are treated as a Clan; known as' Pander's, a title whose namesake is a politically powerful and clanless vampire Joseph Pander, they find direction through the Sabbat.
Since they are clanless, they do not specialize in any particular discipline, but have the freedom to learn any discipline easier than other Kindred, but not as easily as clan disciplines.
==Orphans==
Many who are branded "caitiff" by other kindred are actually just Orphaned neonates. Abandoned by their sires and left to wander the night. They still have clan disciplines and weaknesses, they just have little knowledge of how they work, or how kindred society fuctions.
==True Caitiff==
True Caitiff have been around quite a while, though they grow more common in the modern nights. Although many in the camarilla will say that all Caitiff must be of particularly high generation and likely all "Thin-Blooded" its untrue. All "Thin-Bloods" are high generation and are all caitiff, but not all Caitiff are thin-bloods.
Caitiffs could theoretically be of any generation above above 4th, and of any age. Though reports of Caitiff grow more rare the farther back one looks through vampire history.
Caitiffs have no clan weakness, and no clan disciplines. But their favored atribute is "any" and they have a tendancy to have knowledge of unique or rare disciplines inherent within their blood. Some have even manifested completely one of a kind kindred powers.
==Caitiff in Portland==
In the Portland/Vancouver area there are very few Caitiff as far as anyone knows. Those that do exist, however, are afford protections since the Carthian Revolution. Prince Delilah has made it clear that official persecution based upon lineage will not be tolerated, at least in the case of Caitiff.
The Brujah Primogen Derrick Trudeaux has a known soft spot for Caitiff, and has made it clear his sympathies will be lent towards anyone finding themself in this peculiar situation. Any Caitiff seeking help, would be wise to find him.
Category:Clans/Bloodlines