Black Hand (World of Darkness)

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World of Darkness Vampire series

Settings Dark Ages Victorian Age Masquerade Eternal Struggle Requiem

Vampirism Blood bond · Blood point · Bloodline · Clan · Childe · Dhampir · Diablerie · Discipline · Embrace · Frenzy · Ghoul · Revenant · Rötschreck · Vitae · Wassail

Masquerade society Anarchs · Antitribu · Autarkis · Black Hand · Blood hunt · Bloodline · Caitiff · Camarilla · Clan · Inconnu · Laibon · Kuej-jin · Masquerade · Sabbat · Tal'mahe'Ra

Masquerade Mythology Caine · Lilith · Antediluvians · Book of Nod · Revelations of the Dark Mother · The Erciyes Fragments ·

Masquerade History Cainite Heresy · Time of Thin Blood · Gehenna

Requiem Requiem Clans · Requiem Bloodlines · Carthian Movement · Circle of the Crone · Invictus · Lancea Sanctum · Ordo Dracul This box: view • talk • edit

The Black Hand are a fictional sect of vampires, composed of several clans and bloodlines, from White Wolf Game Studio's Vampire: The Masquerade books and role-playing games. The name comes from their symbol, an inverted black hand print. The sect is often confused with the Sabbat itself and another mysterious sect, the Tal'mahe'Ra.

In essence, the Black Hand is a sect with in a sect, made up of the most dedicated and capable Sabbat members. Part paramilitary, part religion, part survivalist militia, these vampires wholeheartedly believe that Gehenna is coming. They do all they can to prepare for the rise of the Antediluvians .

[edit] References

• Sarah Roark, C.A. Suleiman & Janet Trautvetter, Caine's Chosen: The Black Hand, (White Wolf Game Studio, 2003, ISBN 1-58846-236-6)
• Justin Achilli et al., Guide to the Sabbat (White Wolf Game Studio, 1999, ISBN 1-56504-263-8)
• Justin Achilliet al., Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised Edition) (White Wolf Game Studio, 1998, ISBN 1-56504-249-2)
• Steven C. Brown & Ken Meyer, The Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat(White Wolf Game Studio, 1995, ISBN 1-56504-042-2)
• Steven C. Brown, Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand, (White Wolf Game Studio, 1994, ISBN 1-56504-210-7)
• Steven C. Brown & Jeff Starling, A Players Guide to the Sabbat (White Wolf Game Studio, 1995, ISBN 1-56504-042-2)