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The Carthian Movement
Undeniably the youngest of the major Kindred covenants, the Carthians are fi re-eyed
reformists, eager to bring the establishment to its knees if that’s what it takes to facilitate
positive political change. If the unbound are the irritable loners and individualists, then
the Carthians are the Young Turks who seek to shake up the status quo with the honesty of
their passion and the ingenuity of their ideas. Due to the prevalence of young Kindred in the
modern age, the Carthian Movement sees quite a bit of support worldwide.
Overview
Carthians are full of ideas. They see brave new possibilities and models for Kindred
self-rule that they believe were unimagined before they arrived on the scene, and they long
to share those ideas with others. Few stop to wonder whether the existing status quo has
endured for a reason. Most are content to challenge it for the sake of trying to accomplish
something positive in a world as bleak as the Kindred’s.
If the Carthians have a single enemy among the Damned, it is calcifi cation. Change is
vital to all social systems. Therefore, many Carthians fear the elders of their kind. They
don’t think elders pose a direct threat, but that elders are the most stagnant members of
their race, the least capable of hearing or accepting new ideas. For this reason, many submovements
of the Carthian cause have some strict policies about who can join, as they fear
their dreams might become the target of some elder’s crusade.
For the most part, they’re right. Most elder vampires have little interest in seeing a bunch
of neonates summarily rearrange the power structure that’s been in place for centuries.
Vampires are nasty, predatory creatures who only grow nastier and more predatory with age,
and few elders appreciate this latest “fad” among neonates. As a result, the Carthian Movement
has become the scapegoat of choice for powerful elders. Were it not for the presence
of some great minds within the Movement (as well as a few elders of other covenants), the
faction might well collapse under the weight of tradition. All the same, the Movement has
met with limited success in some areas, and much like a persistent union, the Carthians have
begun to show some marked gains simply by remaining patient and playing the game as it
must be played. Their democratic notions don’t appeal to everyone, but what the Carthians
lack in wisdom and support, they tend to make up for in passion and unity.
Members
The Carthians embody the youngest generation of Kindred, even more so than the unaligned.
The vast majority of self-proclaimed Carthians are neonates, with a smattering of wily
ancillae who have either achieved some measure of power or satisfaction from their efforts
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