Attitudes Toward

Attitudes Toward

The Militant faction is strongest within the Assamite antitribu and believes that the clan should step up its campaign against the other Kindred, eliminating clan leaders and other important munafiqun without any need for an assassination contract. To do otherwise, they maintain, is to betray the spirit of Haqim.

Moderates The Moderates oppose the Militants, advising caution at least until the Curse can be lifted and the hijra brought to an end. It would not serve Haqim's purpose, they maintain, if the clan got itself wiped out. The clan needs to rebuild its strength before open warfare has any chance of succeeding.

The Antitribu There are still very strong links between Alamut and the Assamite antitribu, though neither the Camarilla nor the Sabbat are aware of this. The antitribu tends to regard itself as superior since its members did not submit to the Treaty of Tyre and are not afflicted with the Curse; the members of the antitribu take great pride in their title of Unconquered.

Within the main body of the clan, attitudes to the antitribu vary. Some regard them as the clan's main hope for the future, and are trying to bring the antitribu leadership more into line with the clan's long-term goals. Others see them as prodigals, and worry that their activities within the Black Hand might lead to another period of persecution against the clan.

Most look forward to the day of umma, when the clan and antitribu can be reunited, though many of the antitribu brag that that day can never come until the Curse is lifted, for the Unconquered cannot be hampered in their task by weak brethren. For the meantime, though, the antitribu are useful agents and spies within the Sabbat, and their Black Hand war parties ensure that the Sabbat and Camarilla are continually weakening each other, to the eventual benefit of the children of Haqim.

The Warriors Outsiders often make the mistake of assuming that the clan is made up entirely of assassins. While Warriors are in the majority, the clan has always employed scholars and other specialists, and their numbers have grown at an increasing rate in the last century or so. The clan's Warriors regard themselves as truer to the clan's ideals than the others (the scribes, as they contemptuously call them), and tend to look down on their lack of martial prowess.

The Scholars This is a loose alliance at best, made up of those Assamites who are neither warriors nor magi: the historians and archivists who tend the library of Alamut, the scientists who are researching ways to lift thc Cursc, and the few artisans who have been Embraced into the clan so that their skills will not be lost to old age and death. They regard the Warriors as vain and boastful, and have a mixed attitude toward the Magi: The older Scholars look on them as natural allies, while those more recently Embraced - especially the scientists - find it difficult to acknowledge that their methods can be effective, and tend to sneer at what they were educated to regard as mere superstition.

The Magi The Magi have always been a class apart, and do not mix with other Assamites very much. They have a tendency to regard themselves as the only rafiq with any intelligence and understanding - an attitude which irritates the scientistsenormously, and whichsome other Scholars finddifficult to tolerate. Their operations are often shrouded in secrecy, and inquiries are usually met with a patronizing reply to the effect that a non-mage could never hope to understand the doings of the Magi. For all their arrogance, most Assamites are forced to admit that they have made the only significant advances in the tajdid so far - though the scientists claim that it is only a matter of time before the Rite of Creation will be replaced by a simple drug or radiation-based treatment.

Attitudes Toward Others The Camarilla The Assamites hold the clans of the Camarilla in widespread contempt. Beside the fact that Kindred of all persuasions are regarded as the enemy, the Camarilla inspires particular scorn for its constant internal strife and for the fact that it did not wipe out the Assarnites when it had the chance. The rafiq would not have been so merciful had positions been reversed.. ..

Brujah Their love offighting is their weakness, and has served us well in the past. They are fools, but useful fools. Take care, though, when you must end one of the Brujah, for they fight like lions.

Caitiff These are the lowest of the munafiqun: abandoned bastard children, mongrels of no lineage. They are often ignorant, and this can make them willing pawns.

Gangrel Their closeness to animals is an unclean thing - and they are dangerous for all their protestations of innocence. They are scattered across the Earth, apart from one another, and this