Vinculum (VTM)

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vinculum: Latin, "bond, fetter, tie"

A vinculum is a low level community blood bond that is created during the vaulderie. Vincula supercede traditional blood bonds (participating in a vaulderie automatically destroys most of them), replacing the emotional attachments of the bond with a general positive feeling towards other participants. Sabbat vampires will have vincula of varying strength with other vampires, a general function of how often they engage in the vaulderie with those other vampires and their initial feelings towards them.

Given that vampires are paranoid backstabbers by nature, the synthetic good feelings enforced by the vaulderie are critical to the Sabbat's survival. Loyalty enhanced by the vaulderie ensures a level of coherence within the Sabbat that cannot be matched by the Camarilla.