Diablerie



= I.  Diablerie: This is a very powerful Tradition. There are certainly canonical instances of it being broken, but it is by far the most sacred Tradition, and being exposed as a Diablerist means death in almost all Domains. A Prince can approve Diablerie, but that approval does not extend to other cities- where visiting Diablerists are almost always killed without question- or to subsequent Princes, who may outlaw a prior Diablerie and order a citizen killed for a Diablerie that a prior Prince sanctioned. Few kindred take the risk, even if approved to do so, and those few who are so power-hungry as to diablerize are watched warily by even their closest allies thereafter. After all, if a kindred will break the most sacred Tradition, then what would they refuse to do? Killing an ally is a very minor thing compared to diablerie. PC’s should never trust a known diablerist, and constantly seek ways to gain some measure of control over the diablerist (Blood bond, Conditioning, etc.). If the diablerist can’t be controlled, then the diablerist will inevitably be killed within a year or two at most. = There is one exception: Diablerie widely agreed to be necessary. On rare occasions, a kindred is deemed to be so dangerous that diablerie is approved as a reward for the one who kills the threat. This approval is only granted by a majority vote among all the Princes of a Region. This allows a physically unimpressive, but well connected, Prince to deal with a physically powerful threat if the situation is truly beyond their control. However, the implication that something is so far out of control that support from a majority of the other Princes in the Region is required is embarrassing, and therefore no Prince admits that inability unless absolutely necessary. Any Prince may call for a vote supporting sanctioned diablerie against any dangerous kindred that has been present within the requesting Prince's city within the past three months. The requesting Prince may vote, but the vote must reach 50%+1 of all the Region's Princes; no smaller quorum can approve an exception to this deep-seated Tradition.