Modern Subfactions

## Europe

### Strigoi

* **Dracul [Eastern Europe]**- These egomaniac lords occupy most of eastern europe with their ancient strongholds located in the karparthian mountains. They are masters of Blood Sorcery and Mutation; experimenting and mutating their own blood and that of their Stryga servants to perfection.
* **Grimvitch [Walachia]-** This ancient sisterhood of witches is directly linked to the Dracul; but where they focus on mutating the blood the Grimvitch wish to aquire its secrets. They are lorekeepers and watchers over ancient tombs; and as such respected by all Strigoi.
* **Cousombre [Western Europe]-** Once the most powerful Bloodline of all, the cataclysm that followed the fall of the Covenant greatly weakened them and caused most of their royal Houses to go extinct. As time progressed the House of Aragon managed to constitute their old power and spread across europe; although they are a mere shadow of their former selfes. Their mastery in the manipulation of mortal minds stands unmatched nontheless.
* **Vuldonen** **[British Ilses, Scandinavia]-** They hail from ancient paganistic covens worshipping the seasons and its spirits; while they deal in frost, curses and plagues. In many aspects the Vuldonen are closer to Revenants than Strigoi, and they are generally considered hybrids. Although they where never members of the Covenant its fall still greatly weakened them; driving many of them into cities where they form small but well connected covens that practice sorcery for survival.
* **Custodes [Southern Europe]-** Once a powerful Bloodline of zealous knights and paladins; the Custodes that survived the Covenants Fall desperatly wish to uphold order among Strigoi as mercenaries, inquisitors and agents. Their orders have two powerful strongholds in switzerland and the vatican from which they stage their operations; but they have lost most of their political capital.

## Asia

* **Tzari Drakonov [Russia]-** The eastern cousins of the Dracul are known as hardened and sadistic lords; their flesh as iron as their will. While they where almost entirely whiped out during the russian revolution the Tzari Drakonov resurfaced after the fall of the UDSSR; and now they are bound to retake power in russia, only made stronger by their time in the shadows.
* **Zalim [Turkey]-** As cousins of the Custodes the middleeastern Strigoi are strong in blood and faith. What makes them unique is their sorcerous knowledge and their insight into the human mind; being able to tell a persons motives by a mere look. The fall of the Covenant and the Ottoman Empire greatly reduced their numbers, but they managed to hold on to their power much better than their western cousins.
* **Oraldi [Kazakhstan]-** Once they where proud rider-lords of the central asian steppes; using their Blood Sorcery to link their soul to their creations and move in unison, acting as warriors and rulers alike. The rise and fall of the UDSSR transformed them into battlehardened sorcerers, practicing their ancient rituals and traditions in the shadow.

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* **Ghouls-** The most despised group of Afflicted, specialised on Curses and the transformation of unliving flesh. They are harmed by sea water, weakened by silver and sustain themselves through rotting flesh.
	+ **Aedifex**- Masters of unliving servants and constructs which are the center of their grim enterprising
	+ **Mayong** [Investigation]- Arcane seers that seek to connect themselves to their lost gods, hailing from the indian subcontinent
	+ **Nereids** [Specialisation]- Drowned Dead that rule the seven seas through resurrected Shipwrecks
	+ **Sphingians** [Sorcery]- Egyptian Ghouls that practice regenerative magic in service of their Lich-Masters
	+ **Vargr** [Combat]- Bestial Shapeshifters that fight as partisans and rebells to reclaim their norse heritage
* **Revenants-** The most ancient of Afflicted, devoted to the otherworldy and the controll of spirits. They are harmed by wood, weakened by mirror glass and sustain themselves through the consumption of souls.
	+ **Aloka** [Support]- Yoruban sorcerers that call upon two-faced dieties to practice folk-magic
	+ **Krasue** [Assassination]- Souleaters that have mastered the taking of names to satisfy their thrist for vengeance
	+ **Orcus** [Sorcery]- Masters of the macabre art that conform most closely to classic necromancers
	+ **Senshi** [Combat]- Masterful duellists and spirit hunters from ancient japan
	+ **Yunsong** [Minions]- Masters of the Land and creators of haunted statues that serve their divine houses