The Ordo Dracul (Vampire: The Requiem) (OCC)

For a very secretive conspiracy of vampires, the Ordo Dracul became very out and very open very quickly, and as a direct result has adjusted to life in these modern nights better than nearly any other covenant.  But why?

   For perhaps the only time in the history of the covenant, a decision rested solely in the hands of the Onyx Sworn and it was fairly obvious that an answer was needed right damn now. A hastily assembled meeting of onyx sworn sat down and in the span of 2 nights decided to throw open their vast stores of knowledge to the general public. The main thing they asked for in exchange was access to scientific equipment and a general pressing of the flesh with the scientific community.

The Ordo Dracul have known for a long time, a basic truth about the world. Science works and Magic works. The two paradigms are not mutually exclusive to one another. As such, they've wanted to participate in high-level scientific exploration but have been barred from it by dint of its security. Now you've got Vampires teaching at major universities and attending TED. Unprecedented opportunities have sprung up for vampires in the Ordo in all manner of walks of life.   The Onyx sworn have opportunities to pursue diplomacy and public relations and in many cases, are on the forefront of such initiatives.  The Azure Sworn have whole FIELDS of new data and new directions for study, and the judiciary end of the Azure sworn find themselves being courted by many cities vampires as arbiters for the swelling vampire population.  Many of the Crimson sworn have opted to join vampire police initiative as they certain advantages over others of their kind. They don't rattle easily and control their hunger better, and in many cases, have extensive experience in vampire on vampire violence. Most vampire police you meet and nearly all vampire SWAT are Ordo Dracul Crimson Sworn.

Things might not have gone so well for the Ordo Dracul if it had become known that they had advanced warning of the shit-storm to come. The Carthian Inner Circle prepared a document for it's most important member to put into the hands of ranking Ordo Dracul Members as they were to ask them for sanctuary from other kindred.  It has long been known that the Carthian Movement and the Ordo Dracul have enjoyed a similar attitude towards the idea of change. While the Ordo tend to want that change to be careful and purposeful, and are therefore a bit more conservative than their carthian fellows, There is still a certain amount of understanding between the two covenants that the Invictus and Sanctified stand in the way of a number of new possibilities.

It was this basic understanding that the Carthians traded on and they were largely successful in doing so.  Granted there were a number of local situations that went south, ending in betrayals, mistakes, and in some extreme cases, the extermination of both Covenants. But for a number of years, the Ordo hid the Carthians from their enraged kindred communities.