The Convention of Waterloo and Edict of Succession

In 1946, it was determined by Conclave that members of the Anarch Movement were in
violation of the Convention of Thorns after the decimation of the court of Los Angeles, and the
subsequent formation of the LA Free State. The determination of this Conclave serves only to
demean the hard-won peace during the First Anarch Revolt; the ashes of the hundreds lost in the
Anarch Revolt do not, and cannot, compare to the acts committed in Los Angeles. Further still, these
actions were taken in defense of a legitimate threat to those Kindred of Los Angeles who would call
themselves Anarch.

Upon his ascension to Praxis, Prince Don Sebastian Juan Dominguez had already conspired
with the Elders of the city to war upon the Anarchs. By terms of the Convention of Thorns, Anarchs
who are made the target of war are free to retaliate, for “open jyhad invalidates their responsibility to
maintain peace with their attacker.”

Yet, still, the Justicars are judges of us all—Camarilla and Anarch—for as writ in the
Convention of Thorns, the Tower is one and the same, and the Princes of the Camarilla were released
from its terms. In the wake of this uncertainty, many who would further the aims of the Movement
did so within the boundaries of the Six Traditions. Yet many more, stripped of their independence,
waged open war upon the Camarilla. Many years have passed since the start of this conflict called the
Second Anarch Revolt and, once more, the time for self-destruction is over.

This Edict, bound in the Conclave of Waterloo by sacred vow, represents a continuation of
the unyielding vigilant truce between the Kindred known unto themselves as Anarchs and the free-
standing Kindred bound under the title of Camarilla. Each of the parties agrees to renew its
commitment to the responsibility of maintaining peace in the interest of the continued strength of the
Tower.

The Camarilla has laid bare the treacheries of those Kindred who would call themselves
Sabbat, and proved the bastions of the Tower indefatigable against those who would wage war with
terror and violence. In staunch defense of the Masquerade, the movement has systematically
infiltrated the Inquisition; its hands guide the eyes of mortal hunters away from the Blood. Yet in
these triumphant times, the burden of population continues to endanger us all. Though the Anarchs
do not espouse the language of polite society, even they will admit that in the Modern Nights, the
continuation of Progeny presents a clear and present danger to the Masquerade.

The Second Tradition clearly states: “Thy domain is thine own concern. All others owe thee
respect while in it. None my challenge thy word while in thy domain.” While Anarchs do not refer to
themselves as Princes, they clearly hold praxis over domains; as Anarchs are Camarilla citizens, de
facto, their domains are Camarilla.

Be it known that the Anarchs agree to return to the continuation of peace, understanding their
obligation to pursue their own ends without further acts against the Tower, and to do so in
accordance with the terms of the Convention of Thorns.

Know also that the Camarilla agrees to extend the protection of the Second Tradition to
Anarch domains, so long as those territories do not jeopardize the survival of us all. Any Anarch
domain at peace with the Justicars, and not in open rebellion nor engaging in defiance against them,
shall be respected so long as its citizens restrict the occasion of Embrace to be no more than three
within the years between each Conclave. Those territories which defy this edict shall no longer have
the protection of the Second, and the Camarilla shall support a return of those domains to a more
responsible praxis.

It is rendered that all parties involved and all showing allegiance to any of these parties shall
be held responsible for all aspects of this Edict brought forth here, in the United States of America,
outside the city of San Marcos, near the Domain of Waterloo.

OOC Considerations:
Many of the inherent promises of the Edict of Succession require that they be built upon the
Convention of Thorns. The promise of an Anarch to limit Embracing means little if they were
already bound by the Third Tradition. To that end, the Convention of Waterloo works to bring back
the Convention of Thorns and bring a formal end to the Second Anarch Revolt (which never
officially ended). Then the workings of the Edict of Succession are worked in as a compromise
between the disparity of the Camarilla and the Anarchs.