There is no drama without conflict.

  Every vampire has a Beast that drives them to become inhuman monsters. The Hunger for living blood and existence as a predator drives characters to become decreasingly human. Vampires who fall entirely to their Beasts are put down ruthlessly to protect the Masquerade of vampire society.  Can you preserve your humanity?  Do you even want to preserve your humanity?

 Vampire society is harsh and young vampires often become pawns in the petty feuds of their elders. Existence as a secret apex predator is often a zero-sum game. Every position of power is worth killing for. One of the themes of vampire society is channeling bestial impulses into more acceptable games of politics: you might prefer to rip your rivals’ throats out, but humiliating them is fun, too. 

 Mortal governments have joined with old groups within the Catholic Church to actively hunt vampires. It is believed that this faction has destroyed the most public members of the dread Sabbat, some of the most arrogant vampire Princes of Europe, and perhaps the eldest vampires of the Tremere Clan.  The Sabbat, Anarchs, and Lupines, are just some of the other things that go bump in the night.