Traditores

The Traditores were a clan of vampires who existed in the early days of Rome. Due to their insistence on holding true to the compact with the Striges set by Remus, they were destroyed by the other clans.

Roman Era
At the time, the other clans had a deal going on with the the Striges, wherein they would sacrifice blood and would constantly excavate new tunnels in the earth. According to Aulus Julius, the Striges were also now demanding a tithe of mortal relatives of the Propinqui. This was a horror beyond imagining, as not only were they not allowed to see their descendants rest and perform horrific acts, but also remain unburned.

After debate and discussion, Julius declared that no Kindred would have to follow the ancient compact, given the cost.

One clan held firm and said they had made a compact which must be observed, no matter how dear the price.

Julius remarked that accepting indignity was un-Roman and weak. Claiming this clan were slaves of the Striges and practitioners of witchcraft, the other Propinqui fell upon them and destroyed them. Julius ordered their name struck from all records. In time, with the Fog of Eternity, bad memory, torpor, and the ban on mentioning their name, all memory of the clan's true name faded.

They are simply referred to as the Traditores, the Traitors.

Background Information

 * Will Hindmarch included the Traditores intentionally as a nod to VII (given the Roman numeral). Counting the main five clans of the period, plus the Ventrue, the Traditores make seven clans. As such, they may be the Akhud.