# Private Submarines
Private Submarines
of Note
Yes, they really exist. Most of them operate as the submersible equivalent of glass-bottomed boats in the Bahamas, South Pacific and other tourist destinations. They seat anywhere from half a dozen to a couple of dozen passengers and cruise along at a few knots. Some very wealthy individuals arrange for private subs built by businesses like US Subs when yet another yacht seems so typical.
In the World of Darkness, a vampire with connections to a maritime engineering firm might well be able to arrange for custom modifications to a Navy or scientific submarine which then gets “lost” in interagency record-keeping errors. (The Kings and Queens of Shadow may prove useful in this regard, if the corsair can make a suitable offer.) Such a venture requires extensive resources and influences, and could get exposed if security slips.
But then that’s what makes it a challenge. love to have a few of the Abyss’s Children around in moments of crisis, and are then glad to see them go away. The dedicated scholars of the Abyss are strange even by Sabbat standards.
No city has more than a few of the Abyss’s Children, but secret enclaves of Abyss mystics supposedly locate themselves far from known Sabbat strongholds.
Their inhabitants either don’t mingle with the rest of the clan or do so under disguises no one has pierced.
Skeptics figure that this is one more rumor used to keep vampires looking away from real targets in search of fake ones.
The Kings and Queens of Shadow Yes, I believe in ruling from the shadows. But I want to be the shadow that stretches ahead of mortals marching away from the light, intimately bound to them and defining them in ways they do not recognize. My kingdom is their souls.
— Gloria Yee, ductus, Manila Some Lasombra take the vampiric condition as a mandate to rule directly over humanity. They serve a very important function in the Sabbat, doing much of the work performed by ghouls in the Camarilla. They take part in mortal institutions, exerting influence, gathering resources and in general keeping the mortal world soft and susceptible to Sabbat control.
Despite their grandiose name, the Kings and Queens of Shadow are nearly outcasts within their clan. They must retain Humanity rather than adopting