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The Camarilla and Sabbat cities of the world

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Gimli Posted: 6 Nov 2009 11:26 AM
Has anyone ever compiled a list or created a world map of which cities are held by which sects according to the most recent canon sources? Or do you know of something like that to be in existence?
All the sourcebooks and VTES cards combined certainly give enough info to compile something like that.
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Camarilla cities (real or claimed) include much of Europe and the Americas,  as well as precious few outpost elsewhere (like Australia) though the further from the centers of power you get the more independent they are. MOST of the major population and cultural centers are going to be the focus of their attention obviously. Still they do hold some smaller portions of the Midwest against the Anarchs and New England against the Sabbat, as well as most of Canada outside of Toronto and Montreal.

The Sabbat is known to control Mexico City (and much of the country in fact), as well as portions of Central America, as well as Montreal and Toronto in Canada. In the US they have cities like Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit and the like. They fought a long bitter war for control of New York and Atlanta, and IIRC have some influence in the SW too. In Europe they control parts of Scandinavia, much of Spain (thanks to the Lasombra), and even nominally parts of the Balkans (due to the Tzimisce; though they don't like sharing). They recently lost Milan when the Archbishop defected to the Camarilla.

The Anarchs, who are nominally Camarilla, once held much of Cali but it has been taken over by encroaching KJ.

South America is mostly neutral. You have alot of Brujah, Lasombra and Toreador running around, but they largely ignore sects, so cities like Rio, Bogota, Lima, Buenos Aires, etc are de facto independent. Ditto for much of the Caribbean, though Haiti is very much under the sway of the Followers of Set.

Asia is Kuei-jin territory. Despite some of the largest population centers in the world, Kindred control is limited at best and cities like Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok, Manila, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, Calcutta and the like are pretty much independent as a result. India is a special case because again you do have Kindred (Ravnos plus some Ventrue, Malkavians, Setites and Tzimisce running around) so you may have a western vampire ruling Lahore or Mumbai but they aren't Camarilla (or Sabbat).

The Muslim countries are largely under the sway of the Ashirra, along with some Assamites and Followers of Set. The Ashirra are sort of part of the Camarilla but retain a seperate identity. So cities in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia are also de facto independent. This means places like Istanbul, Tehran, Casablanca, Marrakech, Timbuktu, Damascus, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Samarqand, Lahore, Jakarta and Kosovo are going to be outside the system too.

And black Africa is mostly Laibon territory with a few more renegade Ventrue, Lasombra, Gangrel and Giovanni running around the dark continent. Cities like Kinshasa, Cape Town, Mombassa and Jo'burg will be mostly outside of the system as well.
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Australia:
Sydney: Controlled by a Settite and is a "Free state"
Brisbane: Sabbat (only 3 or so packs)
Melbourne: Camarilla

Don't know  about the others.  
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Ouside of Mexico and the US, the Sabbat seems to be controlling nicer places than the Camarilla. :p
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Jackob:
Ouside of Mexico and the US, the Sabbat seems to be controlling nicer places than the Camarilla. :p

Excuse me? Melbourne is so much better then Brisbane. :-) 
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Zakariya Bey:
The Muslim countries are largely under the sway of the Ashirra,



Who are they? I'm intrigued...
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Sydney: Controlled by a Settite and is a "Free state"


Correction: Controlled by a self professed  Toreador who has managed to convince his closest allies he's a caitiff pretending to be a Toreador (My players just might be reading these forums!)
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Hellweaver:
Zakariya Bey:
The Muslim countries are largely under the sway of the Ashirra,



Who are they? I'm intrigued...


They are basically a Muslim sect nominally affiliated with the Camarilla, and strongest in Muslim countries like Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan. They were created by an elder Lasombra who actually met (and attempted to Dominate) the Prophet Muhammad and wound up being impressed by his teachings. The sect includes many Middle Eastern Lasombra, Nosferatu, Brujah, Toreador, Assamites, and even Gangrel and Ventrue. They have their own form of blood sorcery called Sihr based on Islamic mysticism, and prefer to follow Sharia al-Sama' (the Road of Heaven) or Tariq al-Umma (Humanity). Details can be found in the Arabia chapter of World of Darkness 2nd edition, Chaining the Beast, Cairo by Night and Veil of Night (for Dark Ages).

Known Ashirra cities include (or inclunded):

* Granda, Spain - Ruled by the Lasombra Sultan Badr during the Dark Ages, but lost in the Christian Reconquista (Veil of Night, Iberia by Night)
* Cordoba, Spain - Ruled by the Assamite Sultan Hilel al-Masaari during the Dark Ages, but lost in the Christian Reconquista (Veil of Night, Iberia by Night)
* Seville, Spain - Ruled by the Brujah Sultan Gerushah bint Yoav during the Dark Ages, but lost in the Christian Reconquista (Veil of Night, Iberia by Night)
* Fes, Morocco - Ruled by the Brujah Sultan Usama ibn Jabar (Veil of Night)
* Marrakech, Morocco (Veil of Night)
* Tunis, Tunisia - Ruled by the Toreador Sultan Sophoniba (Veil of Night)
* Kairouan, Tunisia - Largely abandoned except by a group of Assamite Sorcerers (Veil of Night)
* Cairo, Egypt - Ruled by the Ventrue Sultan Antonius during the Dark Ages,  but now held by the Caitiff Prince Mukhtar Bey and de facto Independent. Ashirra struggle for influence with Camarilla, Sabbat, Followers of Set and others (Veil of Night, Cairo by Night, World of Darkness 2nd Edition, Victorian Age: Vampire)
* Jerusalem, Palestine - The Ashirra fought for dominance here with the Crusaders during the Dark Ages. Presumably the Ashirra took control after the Crusaders were expelled. (Veil of Night, Jerusalem by Night, Victorian Ages: Vampire, Dark Ages: Europe)
* Damascus, Syria - Major center of Toreador influence in the Middle East and secretly corrupted by the Baali. (Veil of Night)
* Aleppo, Syria - Contested between Greek Gangrel and Assyrian Nosferatu, with members of both broods converting to Islam during the Dark Ages. (Veil of Night)
* Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Veil of Night)
* al-Ta'if, Saudi Arabia (Veil of Night)
* Aden, Yemen - Held by the Brujah Sultan ibn Yasir. (Veil of Night)
* Sana'a, Yemen - Ruled by the Toreador Sultan Abd al-Haqq. (Veil of Night)
* Suhar, Oman - Ruled by a Gangrel Sultan of Ibadi background. (Veil of Night)
* al-Basra, Iraq - No formal Sultan during the Dark Ages. (Veil of Night)
* Baghdad, Iraq - Disrupted by Turkish and Mongol invasions (Veil of Night, Wind from the East)
* Nishapur, Iran - Ruled by the Assamite Vizier Sultan Karim (Veil of Night, Wind from the East)
* Bukhara, Uzbekistan (Veil of Night, Wind from the East)
* Samarqand, Uzbekistan - Suffered under Mongol invasion (Veil of Night, Wind from the East)
* Ghazni, Afghanistan (Veil of Night)
* Peshawar, Afghanistan (Sunset Empires)
* Lahore, Pakistan - One of the major centers of power for the Ashirra in South Asia (Sunset Empires)
* Agra, India (Sunset Empires)
* Bombay, India - One of the last major cities in India held by the Ashirra (Sunset Empires)
* Bandar Melaka, Malaysia - Held by a Muslim Assamite Sultan. Apparently a useful puppet for the Kuei-jin (Victorian Age Companion, Sunset Empires)

The Ashirra arrived in India following the conquests of Mahmoud of Ghazni (10th century) and established themselves for two centuries until the Kuei-jin challenged them. Ashirra continued to follow Muslim expansion from the West, eventually confining the Indian Kuei-jin to the Himalayan mountains, Sri Lanka and the lands south of the Deccan. It was not until the arrival of the Tremere in the 19th century that the European and Indian Kindred worked to overthrew the Ashirra. The Ashirra lost much territory but held onto some Muslim cities in the north (including what would become Pakistan and Bangladesh) as well as the Deccan. Both sides were later decimated by a resurgence of Indian Kuei-jin (Sunset Empires).

The Ashirra followed Muslim traders into Southeast Asia but mostly stayed along the coastal cities. The Penanggalan allowed some Ashirra 'Sultans' to act as vassals on their behalf, especially when interacting with westerners. Luzon (Philippines) and Melaka (Malaysia) are known to fall into this category. Jakarta (Indonesia) is apparently Kuei-jin territory. A few Ashirra and Indian vampires 'go native' and join the Kuei-jin. (Sunset Empires, Victorian Age Companion, Kindred of the East)

Other cities of note:
* Tangier, Morocco - Held by the Followers of Set and Toreador until the Mummies wiped them out (World of Darkness 2nd Edition, Mummy: the Resurrection)
* Kano, Nigeria - Held by the mysterious Laibon (Guide to the Anarchs)
* Mombassa, Kenya - Laibon territory and de facto independent (World of Darkness 2nd Edition).
* Petra, Jordan - Formerly held by Tariq the Immortal and his Nabatean tribesmen, taken out by an unknown force and overrun by the Taftani wizards (World of Darkness 1st Edition, CB: Assamites 2nd edition, Mummy: the Resurrection, Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin/Taftani)
* Istanbul, Turkey - Ruled by Ventrue Prince Mustafa but secretly held by the Toreador, also major center of Assamite influence. Status of the Ashirra is unknown (World of Darkness 2nd Edition, Victorian Age: Vampire, Guide to the Anarchs).
* Jakarta, Indonesia - Ruled by the Penanggalan of the Golden Courts (Kindred of the East).
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LesleyM:
Correction: Controlled by a self professed  Toreador who has managed to convince his closest allies he's a caitiff pretending to be a Toreador (My players just might be reading these forums!)
The fact that he claims to be a Toreador does not change the fact that he is a Settite. 
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DICE:
The fact that he claims to be a Toreador does not change the fact that he is a Settite. 
Still it is vital information, that this person, to the public, is not a Setite.


The Black Forest of Germany is said to be in Sabbat hands. This was later kind of revised, when the territory was made the location of the Get of Fenris signature sept in "Caerns: Placed of Power". Actually the area is much more suited fore Lupines, than it is for Sabbat.
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