Justicar

The Justicars are the most powerful visible component of the Camarilla's government, charged with adjudicating matters of the Traditions on a wide scale and acting as the eyes, ears, and hands of the Inner Circle. There is one justicar for each clan of the Camarilla, and each is served by several handpicked archons who act as their spies, enforcers, and representatives around the world.

Overview

In a world of hunters, leopards, and jackals, few try to control the undying appetite. When hunter turns on hunter, however, all are at risk. Those who dare to hunt cannibal Kindred are the Justicars. Justicars are usually of great age and power, and their ferocity is unparalleled. Few can stand against them and fewer still would dare to try.

There were seven Justicars (six with the departure of Xaviar) and they cannot be everywhere at once. True, the Justicars have many servants. However, many more vampires seek to violate the Masquerade – or worse, slay another vampire and drink her blood. The only way for the Justicars to stem the rising tide of diablerie is to stop these crimes before they happen. The way they achieve this is through fear.

The Justicars cultivate terror. They wield it as a weapon and few vampires are more adroit in its use. The coming of a Justicar is a great event. The prince must quickly patch up all of his quarrels with the elders and prepare. The elders must hide all of their little indiscretions. Before a Justicar arrives, all those mortals in the city who know of the Kindred are often slain, thus giving the Justicar no excuse to enforce the First Tradition. Even as the elders hide their minor crimes, the anarchs prepare for war. Few anarchs have not committed some crime against the Camarilla and few are willing to cower and beg forgiveness.

Frequently, the Justicar has come for but a single vampire or single coterie, and has no interest in any other crimes. The Justicar's servants, the Archons, are often enough to handle the breaking of a Tradition. The mere threat of a Justicar's personal intervention can make even a prince mend his ways. A Justicar cannot waste her time with every little infraction of the rules; only capital crimes are worthy of her attention.

Relationship with the Inner Circle

The first Justicars were the Founders of the Camarilla, who went on to form the Inner Circle in 1504 CE when they held the first meeting to appoint their successor Justicars. The Justicars are the voice of the Inner Circle and their actions can only be challenged by another Justicar, granting them nearly unlimited power to do as they see fit. A Justicar can seize whatever resources are required, rearrange offices with impunity, and even depose of princes if they so desire. And though most Justicars are prudent enough to consider their actions when dealing with other highly influential Kindred, such abuses of power earn them a great deal of resentment from vampires of all ages. More commonly they spend their time calling conclaves to judge disputes and crimes, or simply to encourage social gatherings within the Camarilla, and oversee the war against the Sabbat.

Justicars are chosen by the Inner Circle every 13 years during the Camarilla conclave in Venice. Appointments are an intense, drawn out process as each clan attempts to elevate its most talented members and likewise limit the power of the other clans. This politicking often results in compromise candidates and new rivalries, but in the end the Inner Circle decides on its own, and over the centuries several unexpected choices have been made. Justicars hold their position for 13 years, although a Justicar may be chosen for consecutive terms.

Justicars in the Modern Nights

The first full set of contemporary Justicars was described in Children of the Night. These Justicars were named at a Conclave in 1998. Those appointed there were:

• Jaroslav Pascek, Justicar of Clan Brujah
• Maris Streck, Justicar of Clan Malkavian
• Cock Robin, Justicar of Clan Nosferatu
• Madame Guil, Justicar of Clan Toreador
• Anastasz di Zagreb, Justicar of Clan Tremere
• Lucinde, Justicar of Clan Ventrue
• Xaviar, Justicar of Clan Gangrel

Xaviar was the last of the Gangrel to hold the office of Justicar before the clan's departure from the Camarilla under his leadership in 1999. V20 later implies that the the clan has retained or resumed its role in the Camarilla to the extent that another Gangrel Justicar would be appointed.

According to Clan Novel Trilogy Brujah 3: The Puppet Masters, in 2003 Maris Streck was executed by her fellow Justicars for her allegiance to a network of Kindred slave traders and diablerists.

V20 Justicars

Since V20 presents a metaplot-agnostic setting, the next Conclave on 2011 elected new Justicars. The Justicars appointed there include a Gangrel Justicar, the first since Xaviar. In the case that the events from Revised Edition are used, the Assamite Schismatics have the possibility to be the first Clan since the founding of the sect to be represented by a new Justicar.

The appointed Justicars are:

• Juliet Parr, Justicar of Clan Malkavian
• Manuela Cardoso Pinto, Justicar of Clan Brujah
• Geoffrey Leigh, Justicar of Clan Gangrel
• Molly MacDonald, Justicar of Clan Nosferatu
• Diana Iadanza, Justicar of Clan Toreador
• Ian Carfax, Justicar of Clan Tremere
• Lucinde, Justicar of Clan Ventrue

And in addition:

• Kasim Bayar, Justicar of the Assamite Schismatics

V5 Justicars

As of 5th edition, the same Justicars are active that were appointed in the V20 timeline, except that the Brujah and Gangrel clans no longer have their Justicar representatives. With only five Justicars, each takes on more responsibility and more power.

The V5 Camarilla book also mentions a number of rumors:

• Carmelita Neillson, Archeologist and Archivist of Clan Toreador claims: "Rumors abound of a neutral Kindred soon to be appointed as Justicar of Outsiders, representing antitribu and officially unafliated clans."
• Ivy Reo, Oracle and Counsel to the Justicars, Clan Malkavian predicts: "The number of Justicars will again number seven...If we can't make pillars we must import them. From where? Egypt, perhaps? I know of at least one pillar in the dark. I know of a pillar drenched in blood. I know of a pillar once drawn by an architect, but it snapped in two in the builder's ropes."
   

Mind's Eye Theater Justicars

Mind's Eye Theatre version of VTM written by By Night Studios also presents another list of Justicars elected at the 2011 Conclave. In this timeline, the Gangrel have lost their right for a Justicar.

The appointed Justicars are:

• Doña Manuela Bolívar, "La Llorona", Justicar of clan Malkavian
• Theo Bell , Justicar of clan Brujah
• Stanford Warwick, Justicar of clan Nosferatu
• Madame Guil, Justicar of clan Toreador
• Anastasz di Zagreb, Justicar of clan Tremere
• Lucinde, Justicar of clan Ventrue
• Tegyrius, Justicar of the Assamite Schismatics

Known Justicars

Name	Clan	Generation	Time Active	Source(s)
Adana de Sforza	Brujah	5th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 66, 89 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders)
Anachriss	Nosferatu	?	appointed in 1504	Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Anastasz di Zagreb	Tremere	9th	1998-2011(?)	Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Children of the Night, p. 48-49 Nights of Prophecy, p. 15 Clanbook: Toreador Revised, p. 59-60 Clan Novel: Malkavian, p. 272-281 Clan Novel: Giovanni, p. 173-182 Archons & Templars, p. 7, 9, 16, 22 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 63, 99, 149, 178 Clan Novel Saga Volume 3: Bloody September, p. 55-58 Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Anna Magdalena	Nosferatu	?	?	Elysium, p. 25
Baylor	Ventrue	6th	circa 1860 to early 20th century	Necropolis: Atlanta, p. 108-111, 115-116 Trilogy of the Blood Curse Book 1: The Devil's Advocate, p. 261 Trilogy of the Blood Curse Book 2: The Winnowing, p. 9 Trilogy of the Blood Curse Book 3: Dark Prophecy, p. 35
Camilla Banes	Malkavian	6th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 89 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders) Dread Names, Red List, p. 74
Carlak	Brujah	8th	1972-1998	The Anarch Cookbook, p. 17 Children of the Night, p. 42, 62
Castillo	possibly Nosferatu	?	19th century	The Anarch Cookbook, p. 85
Cock Robin	Nosferatu	7th	1998-2011(?)	Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Children of the Night, p. 45-46, 54 Clan Novel: Nosferatu, p. 198-200, et al. Clan Novel Anthology, p. 237 Nights of Prophecy, p. 16-17 New York by Night, p. 31, 99 Archons & Templars, p. 7 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 53, 99, 132 Caine's Chosen: The Black Hand, p. 30 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 3: The Puppet-Masters, p. 126, 214 Gehenna: The Final Night, p. 37, 118, 120 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 310-311, 371, 375 Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Democritus	Ventrue	6th	appointed in 1504; active through at least the 16th century	Laws of Elysium, p. 19 Clanbook: Ventrue Revised, p. 24 Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Diana Iadanza	Toreador	?	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Dmitra Ilyanova	Brujah	7th	circa 1800s-1972	Children of the Night, p. 62
Don Udolfo Cerro de Leon	Brujah	8th	appointed in 1959	Children of the Night, p. 52 Clan Novel: Brujah, p. 171 New York by Night, p. 64, 77 London by Night, p. 120 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 2: The Overseer, p. 211-213 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 3: The Puppet-Masters, p. 119-120 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 280
Elijah	Gangrel	?	until ~1704	Children of the Night, p. 92 Clanbook: Gangrel Revised, p. 94 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 194
Gabrielle di Righetti	Tremere	?	circa 1987	Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition, p.237 Dread Names, Red List, p. 13
Geoffrey Leigh (optionally)	Gangrel	6th	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Godefroy	Ventrue	?	circa 1739 (until 1998?)	VTM: Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 14 , 83
Griga	Gangrel	?	appointed in 1504	Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Hardestadt	Ventrue	5th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 61-62, 89 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders)
Holtz	Tremere	?	appointed in 1504	Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Hoteph	Ventrue	6th	circa 1959-1972	A World of Darkness, p. 9 Chicago by Night, p.22
Ian Carfax (a.k.a. Cartwright)	Tremere	8th	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17, 21-22
Jaroslav Pascek	Brujah	7th	1998-2011(?)	Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Trilogy of the Blood Curse Book 3: Dark Prophecy, p. 305 Children of the Night, p. 41-43, 49 Nights of Prophecy, p. 16 Clanbook: Brujah Revised, p. 40 Clan Novel: Toreador, p. 93, 212 Clan Novel Tzimisce, p. 118 Clan Novel: Brujah, p. 36, et al. Clan Novel: Nosferatu, p. 123, et al. Clan Novel Anthology, p. 236-237 New York by Night, p. 35, 64 Archons & Templars, p. 7, 9, 27 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 99, 125-126 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 1: Slave Ring, p. 30, et al. Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 2: The Overseer, p. 79, et al. Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 3: The Puppet-Masters, p. 75, et al. Clan Novel Saga Volume 1: The Fall of Atlanta, p. 224, 464, 581 Clan Novel Saga Volume 2: The Eye of Gehenna, p. 577 Gehenna: The Final Night, p. 86 Clan Novel Saga Volume 3: Bloody September, p. 127-129, et al. Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 146, et al.
Jean-Paul Pierre LaMont	Toreador	?	until 1595	Archons & Templars, p. 34-35 Dread Names, Red List, p. 16
Juliet Parr	Malkavian	9th	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Josef von Bauren	Nosferatu	6th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 65, 89, 94 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders)
Karl Schrekt (also spelled "Karl Schreckt")	Tremere	5th	before 1575 -1998	Berlin by Night, p. 106-108 Trilogy of the Blood Curse Book 1: The Devil's Advocate, p. 254 Trilogy of the Blood Curse Book 2: The Winnowing, p. 135, 285 Archons & Templars, p. 21 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 30, 63, 148-149, 178, 186 Dread Names, Red List, p. 18
Kasim Bayar (optionally)	Assamite	?	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Kemintiri (while masquerading as the Ventrue Justicar Michaelis)	Followers of Set	4th	1932-1937	The Kindred Most Wanted, p. 5-6, 89-91 Clanbook: Ventrue, p. 62 Children of the Night, p. 49 Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised, p. 96 Dread Names, Red List, p. 17, 80
Lenore Braundice	Toreador	?	appointed in 1504	Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Lethe	Malkavian	?	appointed in 1504	Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Luchenko	Gangrel	?	circa 1963-1968	Clanbook: Gangrel Revised, p. 36-37
Lucinde	Ventrue	6th	1998-present	Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Children of the Night, p. 49-50 Clan Novel: Brujah, p. 124-131, et al. Clan Novel: Nosferatu, p. 123, et al. Clan Novel Anthology, p. 236-237 Nights of Prophecy, p. 16 Clanbook: Ravnos Revised, p. 94 New York by Night, p. 31 Archons & Templars, p. 7, 27 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 83, 99, 108 Clan Novel Saga Volume 2: The Eye of Gehenna, p. 58, 168 Gehenna: The Final Night, p. 271 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 220-221, et al. Dread Names, Red List, p. 17-18, 21-22, 24, 37, 80, 100
Madame Guil	Toreador	6th	circa 1993-2011(?)	Bloody Hearts: Diablerie Britain, p. 7, 10-16 Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Children of the Night, p. 46-47, 55-56, 97 Nights of Prophecy, p. 80-82 Clanbook: Brujah Revised, p. 30 Clanbook: Toreador Revised, p. 59-60 The Beast Within Revised Edition, p. 269-277 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 84, 99, 188 Gehenna: The Final Night, p. 218-222 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Games, p. 421-424 Dread Names, Red List, p. 17, 118
Manuela Cardoso Pinto	Brujah	?	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17, 53-55
Maris Streck	Malkavian	8th	1998-2003	Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Children of the Night, p. 43-44 Archons & Templars, p. 81 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 99, 133, 154-155 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 3: The Puppet-Masters, p. 214
Mary Anne Blaire	Ventrue	?	until 1724	Archons & Templars, p. 37
Matthew Dresden	Malkavian	?	circa 1958	Archons & Templars, p. 93
Michaelis	Ventrue	?	until 1932	Clanbook: Ventrue, p. 62 Children of the Night, p. 49 Clanbook: Followers of Set Revised, p. 96 Dread Names, Red List, p. 17, 80
Milov Petrenkov	Gangrel	6th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 80-82, 89 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders)
Mistress Fanchon	Tremere	5th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 82, 89 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders)
Molly MacDonald	Nosferatu	?	2011-present (V20)	Dread Names, Red List, p. 17
Montecalme	Toreador	?	Until late 20th century	Children of the Night, p. 56
Nastasio the Galician	Ventrue	7th	early in the sect, until the 1930s	Iberia by Night, p. 128 Dread Names, Red List, p. 16
Petrodon	Nosferatu	6th (or 5th?)	until 1997	The Anarch Cookbook, p. 17, 75, 85-86 The Chaos Factor, p. 70 Los Angeles by Night, p. 10, 69, 101 Vampire: The Masquerade Revised Edition, p. 57 Guide to the Camarilla, p. 28 Children of the Night, p. 5, 45, 55, 62 Nights of Prophecy, p. 59 Clanbook: Gangrel Revised, p. 37 Clanbook: Ravnos Revised, p. 94 Clan Novel: Nosferatu, p. 37-38, 224-225, 251 Archons & Templars, p. 9 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 19, 53, 132 Clan Novel Saga Volume 1: The Fall of Atlanta, p. 99, 581 Clan Novel Saga Volume 2: The Eye of Gehenna, p. 577-578 Clan Novel Saga Volume 3: Bloody September, p. 579-580 Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 380-381, et al. Dread Names, Red List, p. 50, 119
Rafael de Corazon	Toreador	5th	Founder-Justicar until 1504	Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, p. 71, 89 Archons & Templars, p. 32-34 (not named here, but is one of the Founders)
Severus	Ventrue	5th	circa 1656	Children of the Night, p. 49-50 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 108
Sterling Hayden	Ventrue	?	circa 1725	Dread Names, Red List, p. 15-16
Targin	Brujah	?	appointed in 1504	Archons & Templars, p. 34 Dread Names, Red List, p. 15
Ulisyan Thracs	?	?	until 1992	Milwaukee by Night Clanbook: Gangrel Revised, p. 99
Violetta	Toreador	6th	circa 1666-1897	VTM: Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire, p. 80 VTM: Giovanni Chronicles III: The Sun Has Set, p. 16 , 26 VTM: Giovanni Chronicles IV: Nuova Mallatia, p. 6 VTM: London by Night, p. 108 , 119-120
Xaviar	Gangrel	7th	circa 1711-1999	VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook, p. 181 VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade Second Edition, p. 42 VTM: Guide to the Camarilla, p. 27 Children of the Night, p. 91-92 WOD: World of Darkness: Blood-Dimmed Tides, p. 38 Clanbook: Gangrel Revised, p. 34, et al. Clan Novel: Lasombra, p. 87 Clan Novel: Ravnos, p. 136 Clan Novel: Brujah, p. 42 Clan Novel: Tremere, p. 140, 165-169 Clan Novel: Nosferatu, p. 166 Clan Lasombra Trilogy Book 1: Shards, p. 184-186 Archons & Templars, p. 16, 39 Encyclopaedia Vampirica, p. 77, 94, 194 Chaining the Beast, p. 117 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 2: The Overseer, p. 123 Clan Brujah Trilogy Book 3: The Puppet-Masters, p. 155, et al. Clan Novel Saga Volume 2: The Eye of Gehenna, p. 172-173, 279, 580 Clan Novel Saga Volume 3: Bloody September, p. 124-130, et al. Clan Novel Saga Volume 4: End Game, p. 156, et al.

References

• VTM: Bloody Hearts: Diablerie Britain
• V20: Vampire: the Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
• V5: Camarilla, p. 14-15