Scourge (VTM)

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scourge: Italian "scoriada," ultimately from the Latin "excoriare" [to flay] and "corium" [skin], comprises a whip or lash, especially one used for the infliction of punishment. The typical scourge (in Latin: flagellum or flagrum) has several thongs or lashes attached to a single handle, as in the cat o' nine tails.

The scourge originated as a position within vampiric courts in the dark ages, where a Cainite would act as the Prince's personal executioner, hunting enemies of the city (primarily hunting Caitiff and Autarkis) and acting when the sheriff could not because of political circumstances . It was reinstituted in Camarilla cities in the modern nights to eliminate illegal or weak vampires; Thin-Blooded, Caitiff, and rogue Embraces. Unlike the sheriff position, the scourge doesn't have a pretense of investigation, as they are searching out vampires who are guilty by their very nature.