VII (World of Darkness)

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VII is an unknown entity among the fictional vampires of the Vampire: The Requiem role-playing game, set in the World of Darkness. They are a Covenant in the loosest possible sense of the word, and might not even be a Covenant in the sense of a Political/Spiritual organisation. It is unknown if VII is a true Covenant, a particularly insular Clan, or merely a strange cult among the Kindred.

The name Seven, by which Kindred recognise the sect, originated due to the use of a symbol left behind at the scenes of many attacks upon the Kindred - the Roman Numeral seven - VII. Members of VII are fanatics on a mission to exterminate all Kindred who are not a part of themselves. It believes itself to be the lost legacy of an ancient king, and that it exists purely to destroy the betrayers who brought about the ruin of their ancient line.

Details on this history differ, as with all memories of the past. Some members of VII believe that their Kingdom is hidden by a mystic curse, while others believe that their kingdom is a metaphor. However, all members of VII are united by the idea that only by removing the Kindred, or the spawn of the Betrayer, that they will achieve their "Sabbath", which is seen to be the return of the lost kingdom.

By any account, there are very few members of VII, and most cities are free from their genocidal members. What is lacking in numbers, sadly, is made up for drive and hatred. Members of VII apparently do not suffer the pangs of Frenzy upon meeting other members of the Kindred for the first time. They claim to be able to identify Kindred on sight, with some concept of each Kindred carrying a "Mark of the Betrayer". Attempts to mentally probe the minds of captured members reveal only mental images of the Roman Numeral "VII" or characters from alphabets unknown even to the probed.

The inclusion of the concept VII may have been a joke played by Justin Achilli on the creator of Strigoi Vii (http://www.strigoivii.org/), Father Sebastian, who created his vampiric cult around the same time.

[edit] References

Justin Achilli et al (2004). Vampire: The Requiem. White Wolf Publishing. ISBN 1-58846-247-1.