Bestiary

Justicars

Unless a Justicar is also an Alastor, like Lucinde, they tend to avoid favoring an individual Alastor, because they’re over-seeing the Red List on a grander scale. Usually, the Justicars don’t concern themselves with the specifics of one Alastor’s actions unless a disciplinary matter is brought to their attention. Justicars often think about the bigger picture, and sometimes look past smaller transgressions provided the Alastor is still dedicated to the hunt. The Justicars, as a whole, tend to take their roles very seriously and don’t tolerate major missteps from their nominations like using resources for personal gain, violating the Traditions without just cause, and forgoing the hunt.

To the Justicars, the Alastors are a highly-specialized weapon they can wield to defend the Kindred’s way of life. Archons can and do, to some degree, hunt the Anathema, but the Alastors spend their entire unlives trying to bring them down, just like the Josians are uniquely outfitted to hunt infernalists. In this way, the three roles act in tandem with one another, whether they realize it or not.

In addition to requiring focused agents to deal with the severity of the threats the Anathema present, they also realize that the Alastors are a symbol of duty and loyalty for all Kindred. What they ask of the Alastors is to carry out the execution or capture of the Anathema without question, to have faith that the names on the List deserve their sentence. The reality, however, is that Alastors aren’t mindless drones — they’re selfish vampires who think and act for their own benefit. The Justicars don’t care what moral quandaries the Alastors might find themselves in. In fact, they’re hoping the Alastors will be so busy hunting the Anathema they won’t bother to stop and think about the hard decisions they’re often forced to make to bring those enemies down.