SERPENTS OF THE LIGHT ANTITRIBU

By Brian Connors (connorbd@bc.edu)

Nickname

Rattlers

Description

Not every Setite is loyal to Set; that is why the Serpents of the Light exist in the Sabbat. But in the past ten years, some of them have begun to turn on the Sabbat as well, feeling that they don't deal enough in the specific concerns of their clans. In Boston, the Serpents of the New York Sabbat saw their chance to remedy the situation. In 1993, a group of six of them jumped ship and declared themselves antitribu, a rather bizarre happening that garnered more than a few laughs. The reasoning was that they harbored no more love for Set and his followers than their Sabbat brethren, and therefore choosing to be called Setites would be an affront to them.

There are six of them right now; they have yet to create progeny. Unlike the Violators, they have dropped all Sabbat practices and have declared their support for the Camarilla's acknowledgement of the right of Praxis. Two currently live in Boston, while the other four have moved to Florida to help in the Camarilla reclamation of Miami. They are hated by both the Sabbat and the Setites, and the fact that they are so confrontational has most of the Camarilla convinced that they harbor a collective deathwish.

. It is to be noted that the Serpents antitribu claim to have very damaging information on the leadership of the Sabbat. However, no one seems to want to know what that info is. Those in the Sabbat who have found out are said to have had their loyalty badly shaken, and many Lasombra act as if they have a personal vendetta against them.

Appearance

As the Serpents of the Light.

Backgrounds

The Serpents antitribu tend to be more obsessed with the occult than even their parent clan. They are fond of practitioners of voodoo, santeria, wicca, and neopagan religions in general, and an interest in True Magick is a major part of their philosophy. Note that they have not yet begun to create progeny since leaving the Sabbat; they are still looking for the right people and feel they are on the verge now.

Character Creation

As the Serpents of the Light.

Clan Disciplines

As the Serpents, though they have the ambition to replace Serpentis with their own variants of Thaumaturgy.

Stereotypes

Serpents of the Light: You don't need to be Sabbat to fight a war against the monsters that created you. They need to grow up and make some serious effort to distance themselves from Set.

Setites: The Sabbat thinks the Camarilla are pawns? How much do you want to bet that Set has his own plans for these monsters?

Assamites: The real thing is wrapped up in the Sabbat, and the has-beens are still acting like mercenaries. They should just join the Camarilla and be done with it; they'd be right at home with the rest of the backstabbers.

Brujah: We left the Sabbat to get away from these. I think they lie about their traditions.

Gangrel: I wonder if Ennoia and Set knew each other before the Jyhad. They seem like flipsides of each other.

Giovanni: I ignore them, they ignore me. I'm happy that way.

Lasombra: Killed their elder, did they? I'll leave that one alone. They may be right, but they don't know the half of it.

Malkavians: I don't make it a rule to get to know them. I've seen what they can do, and given what a Malk with Vicissitude can pull off you're better off being tortured. It hurts less.

Nosferatu: Does anyone trust these guys? I'm willing to give it a shot...

Ravnos: There's a bunch of them in New Hampshire that no one is arguing with. I've heard rumors, and they definitely sound Ravnotic. Sick, but typically Ravnotic.

Salubri: Never met one.

Toreador: Lovely bunch. You think the Poseurs in the Camarilla are bad? Let's give them a consciencectomy and see what happens.

Tremere: Well, we want their art. We don't particularly want them.

Tzimisce: Let's put a team of them up against a team of Setites and see what comes out. Better yet, let's not. You could go mad just from imagining it.

Ventrue: Some people respect them. I can see why, but they're too damned picky.