The Peregrine Collegia (Wing of Strangers)

Submitted by Crimson on Sun, 13/09/2009 - 09:29

Not everyone can be part of lawful society. Not everyone can speak eloquently, the Legion or speak to the gods. not everyone wants to. The Peregrine Collegia is assembly of low-caste Roman Kindred: foreigners, criminals, Embraced slaves, cripples and prostitutes representing the bottom strata of the Camarilla, banded together in the interest of survival. They operate at the fringes of Camarilla Society, engaging in and providing illegal services that the classes rely upon, but cannot to tolerate.

Members

Every vampire who dwells in the rule of the Camarilla but doesn’t serve as an official member of one of the upper Wings is, by law, relegated to the Peregrine Collegia. A motley assortment of Embraced foreigners and conquered barbarian Kindred, criminals, artists, prostitutes, slaves, cripples and crazies make up the majority of the “catch-all” Wing of Strangers, brought together to form the lowest stratum of the Camarilla. Those who don’t find a band of like-minded individuals to join with inside the Wing are lumped together by professional or physical similarities.

Titles and Duties

Tribune

Every band of the Collegia must elect a legal representative, called a Tribune, who is responsible for liaising with the Magistrates of the Senex and accountable for
the activities of his band. If a member of the band commits a crime against the Camarilla, the Tribune must answer to the Senex and aid the Legio in pursuit and punishment of the vampire in question. Every Tribune is expected to know the names of all members in his band, and should be able to locate or communicate with each member if necessary.

Governor

The Governor of a domain is a single vampire, chosen by the assembly of Tribunes, who speaks for the whole of the Collegia in matters that affect the Wing. Most of the
members of the Wing of Strangers consider the position of Governor to be a sucker’s game — making its holder into a target for the accusations of the Legio Mortuum
and providing little in the way of actual material power. The Governor of the Peregrine Collegia is usually also a Magistrate of the Senex.

The Collegia in Rome

  • Acroama Collegium: Entertainers, actors and musicians.
  • Autis et Oculus: Band of ears and eyes, the traders in secrets
  • Aventine Collegium: Traders in luxuries, operating in the western mediterranean.
  • Caerulea Falcis: ShadyAssassins.
  • Esquilinus Lupus: Bandits and whore-merchants.
  • Graeechus Collegium: Traders, merchants and patrons of literary arts.
  • Necropolis Fossor: The band of Diggers, masons and explorers of the past Necropolis.
  • Penuarius Band: Largest trading band, with contacts in all the empire.
  • Peregrinator Magni: racers and gladiators.
  • Band of the Pugnator : Mercenaries to take up any dirty work.