From Cam-Wiki

The curse of vampirism is but an obstacle, a hurdle before achieving true power. Granted, it’s a daunting hurdle, and one that most Kindred are ill equipped to even see as surmountable. For those with the necessary devotion, tenacity and intelligence, the Ordo Dracul, the Order of the Dragon, can provide the means. The vampires of the Ordo Dracul run the gamut from dogged fundamentalists with just as much zeal as any fanatic to coldly secular theosophists simply seeking the means to destroy an enemy. The covenant as a whole welcomes both mentalities, for both have much to teach.

This faction claims an infamous founder — Vlad Tepes, Dracula himself. Dracula is noteworthy because he acknowledges no sire. According to Dracula’s account of becoming a vampire, God turned His back on him, and in order to punish him for his wicked acts, God cursed him with undeath. The most widely accepted story of Dracula’s origin is that God punished Vlad Tepes for his abuse of faith in mortal life. According to certain historical records, Tepes was appointed as a “defender of Christianity,” a charge he then used as a means of advancing his own political agendas and as an excuse for atrocities. In addition to all his crimes against humanity, Dracula ultimately put his own desires before his holy oath, the act that Damned him.

The veracity of these statements remains unproven, of course, not the least obstacle to which is that Dracula himself hasn’t been seen in over a century. Legends of Dracula also ascribe to him strange circumstances. By knowledgeable members of Kindred society, he is suspected of siring a very few childer — but if Dracula wasn’t Embraced himself, what clan could he possibly be, and what does that make his get? By other accounts, he has never sired childer at all, or those he has sired are somehow “failed,” little more than hideous horrors doomed to slake their thirsts in a constant state of mindless rage. Indeed, the organization that has grown up surrounding Dracula’s teachings is easily as enigmatic as its founder.

The following information is provided as an Out Of Character Resource for players of the Ordo Dracul and those wanting to begin play within the covenant. Only those with Covenant Status or an applicible approval may assume to know this information. Abuse of this information will be classifed as cheating, and dealt with as such.

Contents 1 Tips for New Players 1.1 Getting Started 1.2 At Game 2 Messages from the AGST 3 Mentors and Proteges 3.1 Current Mentors and Proteges 3.2 Seeking Mentors or Available to Mentor 3.2.1 Available to Mentor 3.2.2 Seeking a Mentor 4 Dragons in Australia 4.1 The Fallen 5 The Grand Academy 5.1 Adelaide Chapterhouse 5.2 Armidale Chapterhouse 5.3 Brisbane Chapterhouse 5.4 Canberra Chapterhouse 5.5 Melbourne Chapterhouse 5.6 Newcastle Chapterhouse 5.7 Perth Chapterhouse 5.8 Sydney Chapterhouse 5.9 Toowoomba Chapterhouse

Tips for New Players

Getting Started

In order to get your title right, check out The US Wiki to get the titles used in the chronicle.

Figure out what your transcendant camp (ie what you think OD will end up like) and methodology (ie how you're going to transcend), both of which can be found in the OD Book.

If you can't find an Australian Mentor, consider an oversees one, which can be found here.

Subscribe to the Australian OD mailing list through the Camarilla Australia website.

Find a mentor. Its great for roleplaying, and gives you an immediate link.

If you have any trouble finding links, figuring out where you're character fits, or anything else, contact the AGST.

For more tips, from a US perspective, check this out.

At Game

Don't introduce yourself with your OD title to someone who isn't an OD.

Don't let on that different OD handle different issues (ala sworn), take the issue and discuss in private the matter with the other sworn if necessary, and then come back to the non-OD as if you made the decision.

If you can't remember what someone's titles mean, make the OOC sign and just ask.

Know where you stand in the hierarchy. If you have less coils, you usually have to obey. If you are dealing with a different sworn's responsibility, you generally have to obey. Oathsworn always outrank unsworn, no matter the coils.

Messages from the AGST

I want to encourage everyone to nominate their Transcendant Camp and Methodology as listed in the OD book. If you've got a different idea or a subset, try and figure out which one it fits in to and nomiate that one. This is going to become very important with the new national structure, and will grant benefits so make a decision. The options are...

• Transcendant Camps
  • Angelics
  • Devourer Worms
  • Arahats
  • Liches
  • Eleusians
  • Chthonians

• Methodologies
  • Alchemy
  • Modern and Pseudo Science
  • Mesmerism and Parapyschology
  • Theosophy and Pseudo Psychology
  • Ritual Invocation and Spiritualism

If you need help, contact me and we can sort it out.

I've set up a gmail account for the AGST role, and its ausod.agst@gmail.com

Mentors and Proteges

Current Mentors and Proteges

• Aranos Blackblood
  • Charles Blake
  • Jonathon Smithson

• James Masterfield
  • Honey

• Alex Victor Bradford
  • Ivan Vadik
  • Sven Vadik
    • Ishan burak
  • Paul Costa

• Vrael Doreae
  • Evan

• Davidoff Glade
  • Elizabetta Sacra

• Caleb
  • Dr Ophelia Livingstone

Seeking Mentors or Available to Mentor

Available to Mentor

• Taepan - Canberra - Email
  • Coils
    • Banes 2
    • Soul 1
  • Geomancy, Eastern and Western
  • Mesmerism and Parapyschology
  • Minor levels of disciplines

Seeking a Mentor

• Taepan - Canberra - Email
  • Coils
    • Blood 1
  • Mesmerism and Parapyschology

• Alex Victor Bradford
  • Banes 2
  • Blood 2

Dragons in Australia

Kindred	Location	Rank	Sworn	OD Status	Transcendant Camp	Methodology
Vrael Doreae	Adelaide	Scribe	Axe	2
Saint	Adelaide			1
The Professor	Adelaide	scribe		1
Will the Wrench	Adelaide	Scholar	unsworn	2
Carclew	Adelaide	Supplicant	Axe	1	Liches	Modern and Pseudo-Science
Luce Opatis	Armidale	Supplicant	Dyling Light	1
Cassius	Armidale	Supplicant	Mysteries	1	Liches	Ritual Invocation and Spiritualism
Joy Lassiter	Armidale			1
Caleb	Brisbane	Scribe	Axe	1	Angelics
Raphel Lucio	Brisbane	Initiate		1		Ritual Invocation
Honey	Canberra	Supplicant		1
Jakub Bartos	Canberra	Supplicant	Dying Light	2	Angelics	Ritual Invocation and Spiritualism
Dr James Cannon	Canberra	Scribe	Dying Light	2	Angelics	Modern and Pseudo Science
James Masterfield	Canberra	Scholar	Mysteries	2	Liches	Pseudo-Psychology (Theosophy and Pseudo-Psychology)
Taepan	Canberra	Scholar	Mysteries	2	Liches	Mesmerism and Parapsychology
Carston Angustri	Newcastle			3
Brett Fonterra	Newcastle
Regimental Colour Sergeant Simon "DoW" Fyrsmythe	Perth	Scholar	Axe	2	Chthonians	Modern and Pseudo Science
Trafalgar	Perth	Supplicant	Mysteries	3
Jonathon Smithson	Perth	Initiate		2
Balthazar	Perth
Charles Blake	Perth	Supplicant	Axe	2	Angelics	Modern and Pseudo Science
Aranos Blackblood (CPC)	Perth	Initiate		2
Carline Nikita	Perth	Scribe		2	Eleusians	Ritual Invocation and Spiritualism
Samuel Blakely	Sydney
Jeremy Phillis	Sydney	Slave		0
Ivan Vadik	Toowoomba	Supplicant	Axe	2	Devourer Worms	Modern and Pseudo Science
Sven Vadik	Toowoomba	Supplicant	Dying Light	2	Chthonians	Ritual Invocation and Spiritualism
Alex Victor Bradford	Brisbane	Scribe	Dying Light	3	Devourer Worms	Ritual Invocation and Spiritualism
Xiao York	The Shadow	Supplicant		2	Chthonians	Ritual Invocation and Spritiualism
Evan	Adelaide	Slave
Davidoff Glade	Brisbane	Scribe	Unsworn	1	None	Alchemy

The Fallen

Avelynn Sutter
Cordelia Cook
Dominic Maestre
Josef Dimitri
Daisuke Tokugawa
Peter Edmondson
Rebecca Madison
Union Jack
Dr. Claudia Butler

The Grand Academy

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Adelaide Chapterhouse

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Armidale Chapterhouse

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Brisbane Chapterhouse

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Canberra Chapterhouse

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Melbourne Chapterhouse

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Newcastle Chapterhouse

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Perth Chapterhouse

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Sydney Chapterhouse

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Toowoomba Chapterhouse

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