***“You’re on the wrong side of the tracks, servants of the Kin-jin.”
If there is a group of vampires so mysterious and secretive that the Kindred know less about them than about the bloodlines, or the Laibon, it’s the Wan Kuei; they are known with the name of Eastern Clans amongst the Western Kindred.
Their organization, titles, internal politics are considered byzantine even by Camarilla standards, while their aloofness and resoluteness in being “outside the Jyhad” at all costs puts them at odds with the Sabbat. Furthermore, the ages of isolation have made contact between the Kindred and Wan Kuei difficult, if not impossible, except for a handful of brave, foolish, or foolishly brave adventurers.
The Kangxi symbol of the Wan Kuei, or the most organized polity among the Eastern Clans
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Note: many powers, Disciplines and secrets of the East are yet to be added.
For the moment, this is an useful primer for those who wish to roleplay as, or are interested in knowing more about the Wan Kuei, and the Gaki…
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The following information only apply in the general sense, and are not binding for all of the East. While the influence of the Mandarinate is rather wide, with it being able to influence the Kindred of mainland Southeast Asia, Korea, Mongolia and Tibet, with India, the Malay Archipelago and Central Asia being its borders and areas of conflict (with the Ravnos, Ashirra and Assamites, respectively). There are rebellious Wan Kuei in the Myanmar, and Thai lands, who wish to have nothing to do with the Mandarinate, but are instead closer to the akuma...
The lands of Japan have the Uji, who consider themselves unbound to the Mandarinate’s laws, and they do indeed conduct diplomacy as their own entity.
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Q: Wait! Where’s the Origin and Story section?!
A: Nowhere. The Gaki do not have a strong, singular foundational myth, like in the West, or in the Mandarinate. Some believe they have been raised from the dead to be monsters, like the yokai and oni. Others believe their origin to be supernatural, with them being demigods and offspring of the kami. Some simply don’t care: the past is not as important as the dangers of the present and the uncertain future of the Uji, in the face of greater, foreign Sects…
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