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

THE CLANS OF CAINE
Do you know why my master will emerge victorious? Because she has me.
In 1121, the Tremere created the first Gargoyles to serve
as foot soldiers in their war against the Tzimisce. Magically
spawned from the bodies of captured Tzimisce,
Nosferatu, and Gangrel, these original Gargoyles
were practically mindless and almost always
short-lived. They possessed no memory of
their former lives, while harboring an
instinctive hatred for what they once
were. They were the perfect shock
troops to field against armies of
vozhd and szlachta. On the eve
of the Gargoyles’ invention,
the Tremere were a dying
clan, young over-reaching
upstarts whose memory
was about to be wiped
clean from the annals
of vampiric history,
one footnote among
thousands in the long
history of Cainites. In
the next moment, the
war had turned and
the Usurpers’ place was
secure.
Now, in 1242, Clan
Tremere has begun to
lose control of their creations.
The vast majority
still serves the Usurpers,
guarding their chantries
and fighting their battles,
but of late more and
more have thrown
off the chains of servitude,
to the eternal
chagrin of their former
masters. At least
one chantry has been
destroyed from within by
rebellious Gargoyles, and though
they’d be hard-pressed to admit it, the
Trembling Ones have begun to question the
practice of keeping Gargoyles so close to
their sanctuaries. Some have chosen to
destroy their slaves rather than await
the day they are turned upon, while
others assume a gentler tack with
their servants to avoid their ire.
Those who have freed themselves
take a dim view of their
former masters and band
together in great flocks
known as Grotesqueries.
Together they roam the
skies over Tremere territory
on a mission equal
parts revolution and
vengeance. A few have
abandoned their old
homes entirely, seeking
the peacefulness
of remoter locations,
though those who
find themselves alone
are generally doomed
to a short, miserable
existence as they wither
in the absence of companionship.
Though the first Gargoyles
were unable to create
childer, some can now breed
true. No longer dependent
upon the Tremere to grow
their numbers, they are a proper
bloodline now. Free Gargoyles
in particular are proud and social,
and show little restraint in
creating new progeny. This new
generation of Gargoyles shares
less of the burden their sires bore;
never having lived under the Tremere
yoke, they don’t fear or hate the Usurpers
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