#VAMPIRE BLOODHUNT CODE#

The Wild Hunt is much like the Blood Hunt, but ends with the eradication of the offending Sabbat sect member, as well as anyone - Kindred or kine - who may have knowledge of the betrayal. If a Sabbat leaks information of a vital nature, a priest may call for a Wild Hunt.

If a member reveals a sect secret to the enemy, she is punished severely. One of the greatest crimes a Sabbat can commit is to turn traitor, and the sect protects its secrets. When the Sword of Caine invokes the Lextalionis, it instead calls for a Wild Hunt on the unfortunate target the early Anarchs who preceded the Sabbat used the Wild Hunt in a similar fashion.

#VAMPIRE BLOODHUNT CODE#

The Sabbat does not exactly practice the Blood Hunt, per se, as the sect disregards the Traditions in favor of the Code of Milan. Since the advent of the sects, Kindred are often subject to the Blood Hunt for aiding and abetting the Sabbat, or for subverting the Camarilla's hegemony in some other fashion. The Sixth Tradition, the Tradition of Destruction, is used as the legal pretext for enacting the Lextalionis. Since the Anathema, as these vampires are called, are often vastly more powerful than the typical vampire or even a coterie of vampires, the Alastors are the ones who are charged by the Inner Circle with the task of hunting down and destroying these vampires. Princes also have been known to use the Blood Hunt as a means to eliminate political or personal opposition as well, although this is, strictly speaking, forbidden, and the misuse of the Blood Hunt can have severe consequences on the prince in the long term.Ī vampire who is placed on the Red List by the Inner Circle of the Camarilla is considered to have committed crimes so heinous that the entire sect wants the vampire's Final Death, and thus is considered to have a Blood Hunt on them in every domain of the Camarilla. Some vampires use the Blood Hunt as a time to settle scores and get rid of rivals and enemies, and no few vampires have indulged in the chance to commit diablerie on their target or on other vampires who had the misfortune to get caught in the crossfire.

Any Kindred who provides assistance to the target of a Blood Hunt will often become the next to be hunted. If they do not, then they are open to retribution by their fellow Kindred. Typically, the damned have until midnight to escape the city. Such an order is usually given whenever a Kindred has committed a serious offense, such as kinslaying, diablerie, breaching the Masquerade, invasion of domain that has resulted in any of the above offenses, repeated defiance of authority of the Prince, or any other behavior that a Prince deems to be a sufficient threat to the safety of the Masquerade and the Kindred of the city as a whole.Īny Kindred who hears the order for a Blood Hunt is expected to participate, although she is not required unless the Kindred in question has committed truly serious offenses (such as deliberately or repeatedly violating the Masquerade). The traditional legal institution behind the Blood Hunt is the Lextalionis (or Lex Talionis), a legal principle that can be summarized as 'an eye for an eye'. When such order is given by a Sabbat official, the procedure is called a ' Wild Hunt' instead. For the Battle Royale game, see Vampire: The Masquerade - BloodhuntĪ Blood Hunt is an order given by a Camarilla official, calling for the destruction of another vampire.

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