House Carna

House Carna
Founder	Carna
Allegiance	Mostly Camarilla, partially Anarch
Leader	Carna

House Carna is a modern faction and a feminist group of the Tremere Kindred, established after the destruction of the Prime Chantry in Vienna and Carna's Rebellion. Members of House Carna are referred to as Carnines or as Blood Witches by more flowery Kindred.

Overview

Members of House Carna eager to distance themselves from the old top-down Tremere (and play footsie with the Anarchs) cultivate a reputation as open-faced progressives, but there’s only so far night-stalking murderous vampires can carry off love, peace, and simultaneous release. Their kink-forward version of the Blood Bond makes Carna herself the solid core of a personality cult, and what she seems to want to do with that is broaden research to make a superior Blood Sorcery alternative by fusing in Thin-Blood Alchemy. Influential Carnines often sponsor impressive local kettle battles, or provide prizes for radical reinterpretations of old rituals. If the result further alienates old-school Tremere, so much the better.

It’s not solely Duskborn cookers getting in on on this vibe—the organization throws a wide net. Her followers love mortal Wiccans, not only as kine, but as long-shot bets on new avenues of occult investigation. (The only thing better than a Blood Doll who thinks he can see auras is one who truly can.) Eager to turn the page on the past, many Carnines reach out beyond blood magic towards some unified theory of magic. Which, as often as not, means they’re in more danger from other supernaturals than they are from the hated Goratricines.

But the vanishingly rare times that they find some kind of synergy makes up for dozens of failed attempts. Kindred who want to research outside vampirism for answers about their undead condition find House Carna extremely welcome. So do practical, tough, and capable Kindred who protect those wide-eyed intellectuals as they negotiate, investigate, and travel the globe pursuing mysteries.

Some very influential Carnines host the annual Conventicle Alchemie in Trenčín, attracting many blood alchemists to share their recipes for blood sorcery.

Members

• Carna
• Amelia Turpin
• Ayse Dhanial
• Sri Sansa (possibly)

Gallery

References

• VTM: Camarilla, p. 143
• VTM: Fall of London
• VTM: Blood Sigils
• VTM: Beckett's Jyhad Diary