Masquerade Society - The Ashirra

The Ashirra

The Ashirra are a Muslim sect of vampires who have embraced the tenets of Islam. The Ashirra, which means 'Brethren' in Arabic, still maintain their Humanity and are loosely affiliated with the Camarilla. The sect was founded by Suleiman ibn Abdullah, a Lasombra Methuselah who had heard the Prophet Muhammad speak, and was much more important to the setting in Vampire: The Dark Ages (in part because of the Crusades and Moors). Some rare few Ashirra still practiced older Roads, such as Tariq al-Sama' (the Road of Heaven), even into the modern era. Although they were comparatively rare in the western world, the Ashirra were still powerful in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran and Afghanistan, where neither the Camarilla nor Sabbat held much influence. The Ashirra includes members of all Clans, but the most numerous are the Banu Haqim (Assamite), Qabilat al-Khayal (Lasombra) and Hajj (Nosferatu who had undergone the Pilgrimage to Mecca). Rumors claim that the Ashirra were in contact with a Muslim sect of Mages known as the Ahl-i-Batin.

Ashirra Buyut

• al-Amin
• Banu Haqim
• Bay't Majnoon
• Bay't Mujrim
• Bay't Mushakis
• El Hijazi
• Hajj
• Qabilat al-Khayal
• Qabilat al-Mawt
• Ray'een al-Fen
• Gangrel