SANATAN



   By Jenny Parr (j.l.parr@bradford.uk.ac)

   The Sanatan are by far the least understood and the least trusted of
   the Hibakusha clans because of their weakness - probably the greatest
   restriction ever placed on a Kindred - because they cannot drink the
   blood of kine. The blood of humans is both repulsive and unnourishing
   to them, the blood of other kindred, however, gave them the life they
   needed to survive. The Sanatan were therefore one of the weakest but
   one of the most feared clans on the face of the earth. The Sanatan
   were also feared because all of the Hibakushas' `magic' came from
   blood and the other Hibakusha clans thought that as the Sanatan fed
   off their kin they were tainted by the Sanatan `magic'.

   However the Sanatan grew to find the blood of animals unnourishing and
   the blood of Kindred hard to find and difficult to obtain so they
   desperately sought a solution to their ordeal. Help came from the one
   place they never expected to find it. The Salubri Saulot, who's childe
   had be diablerised by the first Sanatan took pity upon the killers of
   his son and took under his wing a Hindu priest who had been embraced
   by a Seventh generation Sanatan. As the priest journeyed along the
   road to Golconda (called Narayana in Sanskrit) he had visions of a
   future where Kindred no longer preyed on Kine to satisfy their need
   for blood. Out of that dream the discipline of Ahinsa was formed, the
   ability to survive without violence it's goal.

   The Elders of the Sanatan did not like the next turn of events. The
   "Patient One" who had developed Ahinsa travelled around India teaching
   it to the later generations so the Elders decided to wage war on their
   own childer. Seeing a chance to be rid of the Sanatan once and for all
   the other Hibakusha clans entered the war on the side of the younger
   Kindred and proceeded to wipe out all Sanatan above seventh
   generation. Seeing the younger Sanatan as no threat they thought that
   without Kine blood the disciples of the "Patient One" would die out.
   Eight hundred years later they are still around and mainly living in
   the crowded streets of Delhi and Calcutta.

   Stereotypes:

   Camarilla: "An oppressor that seeks to restrict its members by forcing
   them to hide their true natures."

   Sabbat: "Although they acknowledge their true nature they have no
   other goal than to harm the mortals that the Kindred were placed upon
   this plane to protect. Are they really Vampires or are they something
   more sinister?"

   Salubri: "The great Saulot taught us to throw off our constraints and
   live without fear again. We owe them more than our lives and are ready
   to help them fight against their enemies without hesitation"

   Hibakusha: "Our brothers and sisters in arms who helped us fight
   against the oppression of our Elders, although with alterior motives

   Giovanni "Should not the dead be left to lie in peace? I believe that
   some day these dabblers will come across something they cannot
   control, then who will they run to for help?"



  SANATAN



   Nickname: Brahmanrm

   Origins: India

   Appearance: As all the Sanatan were Hindu before their embrace they
   are most likely to be Indian in origin but recently there have been a
   few Europeans joining.

   Haven: The Sanatan usually band together in small flats in slum areas.

   Clan Disciplines: Auspex, Ahinsa, Obeah.

   Weaknesses: The Sanatanas are not able to drink mortal blood, instead
   gaining nourishment from meat (which sustains them due to Ahinsa level
   1). Sanatan can drink both animal and Kindred blood.

   Backgrounds: Sanatanas are usually caregivers in nature but can be
   from all walks of life. They all speak Sanskrit and Hindi.

   View Ahinsa discipline.