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Shimulo Shilmulo (derogatory, rare)
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The Shattered (derogatory)
|description=Misunderstood as tricksters and charlatans by other Cainites, the history and background of the Ravnos is something mcuh different. Once divided into western and eastern Ravnos, an event called the 'Week of Nightmares' led to the destruction of many western Ravnos, leaving few of the heavily caste-based eastern Ravnos. In this, though, the Ravnos have found organization and unity not seen in millennia; and in Modern Nights, the Ravnos prepare for the coming of the ''asuratziyya'' and the grand 'war' against one of their wayward ancients. Though small, the Ravnos have once again begun speading in the world, observing the new Cainite socities of the world for their own ends.
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|who=FlarpPrior to the Week of Nightmares, Clan Ravnos were a much-derided and much-maligned clan due to the perception of their most visible members. Known for being wandering vagabonds and hucksters, the most prolific and public Ravnos were charlatans who pervaded deception and theft. Misunderstood as the clan of gypsies and tricksters by Cainite society as a whole, the truth of the Ravnos has come to light after the disaster of the Week of Nightmares befell them. In 1999, as the Red Star appeared large in the sky, an ancient awoke, and the Clan went mad worldwide, engaging in acts of diablerie and destruction; Ravnos in domains turned on each other, their illusion powers out of control. Theorized now to be the 'death throes' of a true Ancient (and many believe, an Antediluvian), the Ravnos Clan tore itself apart, and those known to the majority of Cainite society were all but wiped out. But the Western Ravnos were not all of the Ravnos. In the east, in India and surrounding areas, the Ravnos continued to exist. Believing themselves to be put on the earth as divine avengers, destined to exterminate demons -- the ''asuratziyya''. Divided into a caste (''jati'') system, the Ravnos of India have lived separate existences from the Western Ravnos, living as tempters of the unrightous and pilgrims seeking their divine purpose against the ''asuratziyya''. These Ravnos were just as effected by the Week of Nightmares as their cousins, and the destruction wrought within the Western Ravnos also afflicted the Eastern Ravnos. Unlike their Western cousins, however, the ''jati'' had support systems in place, as the Kindred rulers of the region. And while many died, many more were subdued and kept in torpor until the madness had passed. Afterwards, some were dispatched into the World, beginning to reintegrate slowly into Cainite society, learning of what had happened and all the changes that came after. And events have brought two of their eldest together, in search of a third, their sister, in order to combat the coming ''asuratziyya' and the fallen ancient, Ravanna. In the past decade, the Eastern Ravnos have begun to organize in a manner unprecedented because of this, and are slowly becoming a more common sight in Cainite society, as their pilgrims and warriors venture out into the world looking for the Lost Sister.
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