The Tremere had not become a clan

 

The classic World of Darkness (Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, etc.) has a well developed history that is their canon. There are many events throughout its history that help define the entire story, but what if something changed.

For this, I explain my version of what I think would happen had the Tremere not ascended to clanhood. For those who are well versed with the lore of the Tremere know that they used magick in order to become Kindred, but that Tremere himself committed the unthinkable act of diablerie against the antediluvian Saulot in order to cement his bloodline into a fully fledged clan in the eyes of other kindred.

What if something happened to stop Tremere from taking the life and soul of Saulot? This is actually something that my playgroup has put into the canon of our personal World of Darkness history. In our version, character that we were playing in the modern era used some time magick in order to go back to before Tremere was able to finalize his plans of clanhood. While they were successful in stopping him, the consequences of their actions change our version of the World of Darkness history.

Since Tremere never became a full clan, they were never able to gain the full support of other clans to create the Camarilla. As an odd turn of events, this inadvertently had a similar effect when the concept of the Sabbat was proposed. Since there was no Yin of the Camarilla, there wasn't the feeling of creating the Yang of the Sabbat.

With neither of the 2 sects of Kindred being developed, a new concept emerged. A group that was lead by 3 representatives of every clan that were voted upon by there clan. This concept was eventually named The Nephtali.

Praefectus:

An individual elected by his or her clan with a two-thirds vote in favor for sovereignty of seat.  Who is no less than Ancilla in status.  Whose duty is to observe complaints brought to the council, deliberate on resolve of the matter, and judgment.   The Praefectus is entitled to serve his or her clan with unfailing loyalty, uphold the Laws of Caine, and protect the children of Seth.  Each Praefectus holds a one-third share of each vote (Three Praefectus per clan).  Each member will run for a three century term with a limit of three consecutive terms of service.  Once every three hundred years a conclave will be held to nominate, elect and swear in the new Praefectus of each clan.  Praefectus may gather to change the needs of the edicts of Caine as times see fit.  Once these laws have passed with again a two-thirds vote in favor by all clans the Magistrates maybe employed to notify the local government of changes.  Each Praefectus may employ a limit of 5 Magistrates to investigate matters that relate to the council.

Magistrates:

Magistrates are employed by their Praefectus as he or she sees fit.  The primary task of each member is determined by said Praefectus and granted powers of estate as needed to complete council business. Magistrates maybe asked to present evidence to the council to conclude an investigation and hearing of the party in questions or inform local governments of changes made to Cainite Law.

Council:

The council will hear out concerns of magnitude, investigate claims and if needed said council with convene to find a verdict.  The Verdict must be found with at least a two-thirds vote with each clan.  Sentence must be reached by the same two-thirds vote.  The council will also amend Cainite Law if needed.

This started as a Kindred only organization, but eventually the idea included werewolves and then the rest of the Fera. The Fera Council was a separate entity that had similar rules, but did not have the same feel of the Nephtali because the Fera didn't live nearly as long. Also, lack of greater forms of communication for the time made it more difficult for the Fera.

While this concept ended up working for several centuries, just as in all forms of politics, corruption came to the forefront and eventually brought down this form of leadership for the Kindred. This developed into a large scale coup or more of an insurgence against the corruption that led to the downfall of the first iteration of the Nephtali.

After the initial fall of the Nephtali, they were reformed with a similar design except that both Kindred and Fera would work together as opposed to being separate entities. So far, this has continued to work well.