Praesidium


“ “Through the mastery of the Blood, we, though dead, have conquered death.” ”
  — from the correspondence of Meerlinda

The Praesidium is a militant sect of Clan Tremere, formed as a reaction to the destruction of the Vienna Chantry in 2008.

Overview

They view the Clan Tremere of the 20th century and prior as an ideal state, and aspire to emulate the clan prior to its joining the Camarilla, where they could experiment freely, make temporary pacts to organize defenses for themselves, and spend time building up their own forces of Blood Sorcery-forged bodyguards and shock troops.

In Camarilla courts, the Praesidium works to present themselves as an expert security detail. They accept blood contracts, monetary resources, boons, or other exchanges for protective work, occult consultation, or general thaumaturgical violence. At the same time, they also work to protect the clan, boasting that no Chantry defended by their cult has ever fallen. Secretly however, they work to undermine the Houses of Ipsissimus and Carna, and anyone else who stands in the way of rebuilding the Pyramid to an image other than that laid out by Tremere when the House and clan was first founded.

Goals

The cult has sent agents to inspect and catalogue the ruins of the Prime Chantry and locate any survivors. They hope to find out the fates of the members of the Council of Seven. Their current theory is that only one council member needed to die to create such a thaumaturgical backlash within the Warlocks’ blood. Out of all council members, they are most interested in Meerlinda, as she’s their preferred choice to lead the clan despite their devotion to the historic clan structure.

Aside from their goals of restoring the clan, they also conduct exploratory missions into former Sabbat territory to try to liberate any lost or stolen occult knowledge from House Goratrix before they flipped to the Camarilla. They have already made a handful of expeditions into Atlanta and discovered the abandoned Ponce de Leon Avenue Chantry.

Ranks

  1. Praesitor
  2. Praetorian
  3. Prefect
  4. Initiate

Known Members

References

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