The Midnight Confederacy

The Midnight Confederacy also known as the Committee are a strigoic faction within the novel Dark Blaze. They are led by their president, Thomas Kramer, and their committee.

Although not the powerhouse they used to be, the Midnight Confederacy are still one of the most powerful strigoic factions in the United States. Due to their blue-blooded rhetoric, they are firm allies with the Thule.

Background:
The Midnight Confederacy were originally a variety of different white strigoii who had emigrated to America. They came to prominence during the led up to the American Civil War, after which they became a powerful faction.

After the civil war, the Confederacy were severely weakened, however, they have remained and even prospered under the Southern State's sectarian laws on race.

In accordance with the American way of life, the Midnight Confederacy is ruled, not by a grandmaster, but a president. A committee votes on the laws and decisions that are made within the Confederacy.

Society:
The Midnight Confederacy hold the values of the Confederate States to heart and are deeply racist. Their deep roots in the Southern American States makes them very difficult to defeat, especially on home soil. They still live during the Plantation Era of Southern America, and hold traditional American, Dutch, French and English standards with high esteem.

Within the bylaws of the Committee, only those of Anglo-Saxon blood can be sired into strigoii, and any whites can be druggans. Those who are not white can become ghouls, if a black strigoi is mistakenly made, the Committee member will be reprimanded and the black strigoi killed. Multiple offences would lead to expulsion from the Midnight Confederacy or execution.

Structure:
Within the Midnight Confederacy, the higher ups are committee members, then there are the officers and below them are the druggans and ghouls.

Territory:
Below is a list of countries which the Midnight Confederacy hold territory:
 * United States Of America.
 * Mexico.
 * Puerto Rico.
 * Cuba.

Minor:
As of yet, there are no known minor strigoii within the Midnight Confederacy.

Affiliates:
As of yet, there are no known affiliates to the Midnight Confederacy.

Equipment:
Below is a list of weaponry that has been seen used by the Midnight Confederacy:
 * Various silver bladed weaponry.
 * Smith & Wesson - pistol.
 * Winchester 1886 - pump-action shotgun.

Sub-Factions:
As of yet, there are no known sub-factions within the Midnight Confederacy.

Appearances:
The Midnight Confederacy appear in Hadrian Voivode's 1915-1916 Marele Consiliu chapters. During the Marele Consiliu, Mircea Voivode promised Thomas Kramer a second American Civil War.

Trivia:

 * The Midnight Confederacy were created by Darryl M. Finch-Ellis, who desired to make a vampiric faction based around the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
 * Thomas Kramer was based physically on actor Walter Williamson.