Sabbat

"This means War.
War on the Antediluvians.  War against Gehenna.  War against the Camarilla, The Inconnu and the cagey independents.  War against the witch-hunters, the werewolves, the cowardly anarchs and the herds of humanity.  For some vampires, this means war on the very sect to which they belong.
Welcome to the Sabbat.  Please keep your arms inside the vehicle, otherwise someone might rip them off and hand them back to you."
                     -from Guide to the Sabbat Sourcebook
The Sabbat of Louisiana consist mostly of nomadic packs. They have lived a hand-to-mouth existence for centuries. Despite their constant struggle for survival, the Sabbat roams over most of the state, and few Camarilla are willing to leave the safety of New Orleans. At any given time, there are three to five packs in Louisiana, wandering about the state, surviving on the rural population. Until their destruction by the Camarilla, The Long Knives were the only pack to stay near New Orleans.  The Phoenix Claw has since taken over the territory once held by the Knives.
Given the danger of living in a nomadic Sabbat pack, there is little real permanence to most of the Sabbat in Louisiana. The average "lifespan" of a pack is 40 or 50 years. By that time, the pack has either met some unpleasant end, or has grown so large that it must split apart. The name of the pack may survive, but the members will change. Packs vary in size from 5 to 10 vampires. Smaller packs either create new members, or meld with another pack. Larger packs put too much of a strain on the mortals the vampires must feed on. Either they split into smaller packs, some of their members transfer elsewhere, or something catches up with them and culls their numbers.
All the Sabbat in the state answer to John Murral, the ArchBishop. John Murral is the driving force behind most of the Sabbat activity in the state. Murral is an aged Lasombra, toughened by centuries of fighting and several diableries. He has been fighting to take New Orleans from the Camarilla since the 1820's.  Since 2010, he has stepped up his efforts to end the seige, bringing more packs into the area and throwing them at the city.
Murral's latest campaign culminated in the Battle of Devereaux on March 11, 2011. The Camarilla descended in force on the small abandoned town in a surprise attack that took out most of the Sabbat gathered there. Only two packs walked away from the slaughter along with a couple of lone survivors from the other packs.  Murral's designs on New Orleans have been destroyed for the present, and the remaining Sabbat have retreated to Shriveport to lick their wounds in humiliation. 
==Packs==
*Phoenix Claw
*The Wake
*The Maenads
*Jayne Jonestown
*Asylum #9
==Bloodlines==
*The Ahrimanes
==Destroyed Packs==
*Dead Reckoning
*The Long Knives
*Dirty Deeds
*Skull Pigs
*Deuce
*Reign
*Warbirds
*Malvado
*The Orphans
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