Ventrue
Clan Ventrue has long been the leaders of the Camarilla, holding more positions of power than any other clan, and they are loath to give that up. Even after losing their most prominent representative to a Brujah assassination, the Ventrue continue to maintain that they are destined to rule all Kindred, no matter the sacrifices involved.
The Ventrue believe in the strength of tradition and lineage. The Embrace is one of the their most important rituals, and the choice of childe affects the way other members of the clan treat the sire. Ventrue
therefore aim to Embrace overachievers, politically or financially powerful kine, or those with a talent that sets them apart from the masses.
These nights, the Ventrue are cautious. The talentless fall by the wayside, while the best blend in with
humanity as bankers, shadow directors, reclusive moguls, and chiefs of staff. No longer can a Ventrue openly lead a board or take a prominent position in a mortal community. They resent having to influence their surroundings from the shadows, but know that the risk of a fatal Masquerade breach is too high to risk anything else.
The Ventrue are the establishment. They set and maintain the rules, punishing those who break
them, and occasionally rewarding those who follow. Their critics consider them tyrants or the jailers of other Kindred. The uncomfortable truth is that without them, the Masquerade, and the Camarilla with it, would have fallen long ago.
The Ventrue are more loyal to their cause these nights than ever before, adversity only making them more determined to succeed and more certain that they have the right to do whatever it takes.
Ventrue in Baltimore
The Venture were once a proud Clan in Baltimore, controlling much of Downtown, and the Inner Harbor. Their former Primogen Juan Gonzalez, ran afoul of the Lasombra Primogen Vincent Phillips, and the Ventrue was left ashes in the light of the sun. The Ventrue of Baltimore have drifted mostly leaderless after that, integrating as best as they can into the Domains of other Clans.
