“I was quite certain the Inner Circle would never make such a request of me without reason.”“You mean you say I needed a favor and jumped at the chance to hold a debt over me.”“That might play into it somewhat as well, yes..."
In 1999, the Herald awoke and returned to Alamut. In doing so, with one fell swoop the Assamite clan was broken in half. Ur-Shulgi demanded complete obedience and devotion to Haqim above all else. Jamal, the eldest was the first to say the words “Haqim may have given me unlife, but Allah gave me life” and was slain for it, but he was not the last. As Ur-Shulgi began his purge of the clan of all those who would not submit to Haqim, his Childe Al- Ashrad planned to save his clan from decimation.
In secrecy Al-Ashrad with the aid of the powerful elder Tegyrius planned the exodus of the Assamite Clan from Alamut. Leaving the only home, they ever knew, the newly born Schism ventured into the unknown arms of the Western World.
In 2000, the Exiled from Alamut came into the arms of the Camarilla for protection and support. Many of the Camarilla, with tales of vampiric diablerie addicted murders in their minds, rejected the induction of the Assamites into the Camarilla. It was only with the political power of Tegyrius where the Assamites given the chance to prove themselves.
Since then the Camarilla has learned much of the Assamite clan. Far more then killers, the Schism was primarily made up of great scholars and sorcerers. Though some warriors were with them, they by far were the minority. For years, the Assamites fought for full acceptance into the Camarilla. Treated as second class citizens of the camarilla for eight long years, their break finally came.
Tonight, the Schism stands in full support of the Camarilla that accepts them as full members. Many among the clan have risen to prominence through politics and intrigue, and in doing so have risen the
entire status of the clan. The Schism even earned the rare Extremis boon over clan Toreador. A move they used to petition for a Justicar for their clan. Time will see if the neonates of the clan can rise up to claim their rightful place as a full clan in the Camarilla. For it is the young that hold the future of the Schism in their hands, not the Elders. For their part Al-Ashrad and Tegyrius continue to push the agenda of the Schism and politics of the Camarilla.
After over a decade of involvement with the Camarilla; those who chose exile from Alamut see a new phenomenon occurring within their clan. Members of the Assamite clan are being embraced who have never known Alamut but only known the Camarilla. A divide continues to grow between the two groups. Those that long for a home they were forced to leave and those whose home is the Camarilla. Some Elders of the schism fear the history and traditions of their clan will be lost in the coming years as the more and more are newly embraced in the clan. The Schism stands on the edge of finally gaining the acceptance they longed for, but perhaps at the price of their very identity. Only time will tell which direction the Schism takes.
In late 2016 Rumors quickly began to spread among the Schismatics that Haqim had returned to Alamut and had called the clan to return. Many of the schismatics claimed this rumor to be another lie from Ur-Shulgi created to lure them all to return to destroy them in one fell swoop. Still some spoke of members of even the Council of Scrolls who had returned to Alamut and been spared, claiming the rumors true. In public, the Schism denies these claims of a returned Haqim violently. When they are alone with those they trust closest among the clan they wonder…what if it’s true…
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