Cannibalism Superpower: Prior to the formation of the Camarilla, the Banu Haqim saw diablerie as a perfectly acceptable means of bringing themselves closer to their founder - though they rarely used it on other members of the clan.Bloody Murder: Quietus, their signature discipline, possessed by all three castes, can not only create supernatural zones of silence but turn the user's blood into a deadly weapon in its own right.Berserk Button: They hate being called Assamites.Badass Bookworm: The sorcerer and vizier castes.Aura Vision: The viziers in the modern nights have Auspex in the Dark Ages, the sorcerers had it as a caste discipline as well.While based in the Middle East, the clan claims members from both genders and every ethnicity.
They are unusual among the clans in that they are comprised of three castes: warriors, viziers and sorcerers.
As the Assamites see it, however, they are protectors of mortals and judges of the Kindred, a duty they believe to have inherited from their Antediluvian founder, Haqim the Hunter. To other Kindred, the Banu Haqim, often known by the derogative name of 'Assamites', are assassins supreme, unholy terrors hungry for the blood of other vampires.