Caitiff

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Name:	Caitiff
Plural:	Caitiff
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Faction:	Camarilla (nominally)
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caitiff: Originally meaning a captive, by extension a wretched miserable person. It often expresses contempt and means a despicable wretch or villain.

Caitiff, also called Clanless, are vampires who do not belong to any clan. The term is traditionally used by the Camarilla.

While Caitiff are Embraced normally by existing clans and bloodlines across the gamut of Kindred existence, something seems to happen between sire and childe. Either certain defining traits are not passed along in the Embrace, or some manner of imprinting is missing. As a result, the childe inherits none of their sire's clan's Disciplines or weaknesses. They often only inherit the more common Disciplines. The lack of clan weakness is something which particularly galls the Nosferatu.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early History 1.2 Dark Ages 1.3 Victorian Age 1.4 Final Nights 2 Organization 3 Culture 4 Embraces 5 Version Differences

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The Sabbat have their own society of "clanless," but for political reasons gave the group official recognition as their own clan/bloodline, called the Panders.

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Caitiff are stereotypically young, thin-blooded (generally 8th or higher generation) and considered persona non grata. Staunch traditionalists are known to send the Scourge after them.

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