Unfortunately, as soon as you begin questioning the Masquerade, you have to question the whole of the White Wolf universe, so this never gets properly explored and the Camarilla and Ventrue get a free pass. The Masquerade is the predominant premise for their existence and the dominance of the Camarilla. It would be no exaggeration to say that the majority of the conflict in the tabletop and LARP games revolved around this simple fact. Ventrue in White Wolf's fiction are not any more plausible as an evil that is necessary any more than in real life. Anyone who believes otherwise is just dreaming of an impractical utopia. All the things we do, which some people say are not doing anything at all that could not be replaced with a simple computer program, are not only necessary, but irreplaceable.

Obviously this means that they are not actually unpleasant at all they are actually a good thing.

Not only that, but the fact that everything is wonderful is the reason why we can do all those things that weak people find unpleasant. Clearly everything is wonderful, and we are the reason why. To Ventrue, the real world people whose fault it is, and those who follow both of them, the opposite is true. And these someones seem to be much the same people. Someone is always stopping that from happening. The answers seem obvious, and yet are never implemented. This must be attributable as someone's fault. Quite clearly, the world is in a mess, and always has been.

We survived, but Carthage did not.'- Ecaterina the Wise, Prague, 12th Century The Patrician Clan betrayed us, and tried to destroy us. We tire of thee 'The Ventrue against the Tzimisce, and us against both' - Cosmas, on the Jyhad 'The hated Ventrue grew jealous of our power.

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