Archived-Vampire: The Requiem

Overview

The Daeva evoke the image of vampires as seductive, decadent, sexually transgressive predators who blur lust and hunger together, equating the act of feeding with sensual pleasure.
The Gangrel embody the idea of vampires as predatory feral demons.
The Mekhet embody the idea of a shadowy vampire lord, omniscient and unseen.
Nosferatu vampires are the repulsive, yet fascinating, alien monsters of legend
Ventrue are regal vampires who value power and dominion to the point of obsession, self-styled "lords of the night"

Over the course of vampire history, five major political factions known as Covenants have emerged.

The Carthian Movement works towards finding the best form of government for the Kindred, basing its experiments on mortal systems like Democracy, Fascism and the like. It is by far the youngest Covenant, and many of its members are young by vampiric standards.
The Circle of the Crone is a collection of many faiths, pagan cults of every stripe who worship a goddess that can be equated with the eponymous Crone. They practice the dark magic of Crúac, and call their largest meetings during major pagan holidays.
The Invictus believe themselves heirs to the Camarilla, an ancient organization of vampires thought to be the greatest union in their long history. They are the most influential of the Covenants, and hold a large percentage of Kindred power positions.
The Lancea Sanctum believe they have been put on the earth by God deliberately as a curse, to prey upon the sinful and test the faith of the pious. Their sorcerous practice, Theban Sorcery, is the invocation of dark miracles upon the world.
The Ordo Dracul claim to be Dracula's descendants, and study what it means to be a vampire, with the aim to transcend its limitations. Following in the footsteps of Dracula himself, they have developed Coils of the Dragon that remove certain weaknesses of their state.

There are those that claim no membership in any Covenant, they are reffered to as the Unaligned.

Smaller splinter Covenants are said to exist, though their presence is rarely felt.