The Sweeper is the Kindred charged with scouring an Anarch domain to find new arrivals and inform the leadership of their presence. They are often ill-regarded.
Overview[]
Anarchs tend to rankle when the idea of someone else keeping track of them comes to the fore. As such, the Sweeper of an Anarch domain tends to be an un-popular Kindred. It’s the Sweeper’s responsibility to know — to one degree or another — who’s in the domain. For most Barons, the Sweeper simply provides enough information to prevent any unpleasant surprises. If the Baron thinks the domain is home to only a dozen rugged individual Cainites, but in reality, forty hungry vampires are out there prowling the Rack, that’s a Baron who’s going to find himself spending a lot of time and effort cleaning far more messes than he thought he had on his hands. The more tyrannical Barons use the Sweeper to not only keep track of how many Kindred are in the domain, but who they are and what they’re up to — and that’s the sort of abuse of power that incites the Anarchs to slaughter the Sweeper and stake the Baron.
Thus, the role of the Sweeper is one that lends itself to being received with suspicion, even if the Anarchs reluctantly acknowledge its necessity.
References[]
- VTM: Anarchs Unbound, p. 9
- VTM: V20 Companion, p. 27
