Clans and Bloodlines of the Kindred (Modern & Dark Ages) v2

Addiction, debasement, corruption, and desperation
strike fear into many Kindred who worry that theirs
will become an unlife of ruin, but to the Followers of
Set, these and more are the tools of
the trade. Pimps, pushers, and
priests, the Setites cater to
the needs of the desperate,
and convert them to a nihilistic
cause in doing
so. Whether one needs
flesh, money, drugs, or
dark secrets, the Followers
of Set can provide
it, and when
they do so,
they all but guarantee themselves a return visit from
those who seek them.
The Followers of Set are as much a chthonic religion
as they are a Clan, though the faith includes the
Clan. Its mythology is complex and convoluted, an impenetrable
pantheon of god-monsters. At the apex of
this worship stands a syncretism of the Egyptian Lord
of the Underworld Set and the Greek hydra Typhon,
as much spiritual guardians of secret places as they are
the “liberators” of other’s souls. To outsiders, this is all
blasphemous religious affectation, but to devout Setites,
the cult and cause are real, and their dark lord
works his will through them.
Needless to say, the politics of desperation and the
placation of evil gods place the Serpents on the outside
of Kindred society. The Setites are fine with this. The
Kindred can often find themselves in need of what
the Followers of Set purvey, and the extra “service”
of secrecy is one the Setites are happy to provide —
at a premium. The Setites offer a devil’s deal, but
on their own terms. That way, when they collect
their due and feed blood and souls into the maw of
the Typhonic beast, all of its sacrifices have been
given willingly.
Nickname: Setites, Serpents
Sect: Externally, none of the Sects will have
the Followers of Set. Internally, the Setites
sometimes describe themselves in terms of
both Sect and Clan. They have no real impetus
to join either the Camarilla or Sabbat,
and their goals are different from those of the
Anarchs.
Appearance: Many older Setites hail from the
North African and Mediterranean ethnicities native to
the Serpents’ historical territory, but they freely Embrace
from among the mortals of their adopted homes.
Some long-standing Setite temples are tied to locations
where “Egyptian” Serpents might seem out of
place, but where some aspect of serpent mythology is
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