And the Sword of Cain?

War.

War against the Antediluvians. War against Gehenna. War against the Camarilla, the Inconnu, and the wretched Independents. War against witch-hunters, werewolves, cowardly Anarchs, and the herds of humanity.

This is the Sabbat.

Forged in the aftermath of the Anarch Revolt as the Camarilla's eternal nemesis, the Sabbat is feared by Kindred everywhere. It is a monstrous, violent sect that has discarded any lingering trace of human philosophy or morality. Its members exult in their vampiric unlives.
The sect recruits wherever it gains a foothold, spreading like a poisonous vine and tearing down the institutions already in place. Unlike the Camarilla, the Sabbat openly acknowledges the existence of the Antediluvians, though only to oppose them with rabid fury. By its own doctrine, the Antediluvians pull the strings of the entire world, and resisting that malign dominion is the sect's sacred cause. The Sabbat sees the Camarilla as pawns of the Elders and, therefore, of the Antediluvians, and fights it on both political and physical fronts. Many Sabbat vampires speak of the Camarilla with bilious contempt, dismissing its members as cowards too weak to embrace their own predatory nature.
Though it may be difficult to tell from the outside, the Sabbat does in fact possess a codified hierarchy. The sect has leaders and followers, commanders and soldiers, as any other army does.
To the ignorant, Camarilla cities and Sabbat cities do not look all that different, except for a greater number of crimes and disappearances, and greater human suffering with less hope of salvation.
The Sabbat is not governed so much as directed: even the Regent and the Cardinals perform their duties out of devotion to the cause. Even so, leadership within the sect remains precarious.

As the home of the Camarilla's elders and the cradle of the Sabbat, Europe is a priority battlefield in the subtle war. Here the sect continues to struggle to overthrow the decrepit Cainites of the Final Nights. Unfortunately, the presence of so many enemies, as powerful as they are paranoid, makes even besieging a city difficult, and the Camarilla moves swiftly to avenge any attack. As a result, the Sabbat's influence in the region is limited, reaching mainly into Spain and Italy, where Clan Lasombra still retains much of its power.

In general, and bearing in mind that many of Europe's vampires come from the Middle Ages or even earlier, the Sabbat is forced to move slowly and cautiously if it wishes to achieve any success. At the same time, with both feet planted in the modern world, thanks to the induction of many young Cainites, the sect makes use of technology and modern institutions that lie beyond the understanding of some anachronistic ancients. The result is a long cold war in which the sect sacrifices its weaker pawns in an effort to undermine the centuries-old pillars supporting its enemy in Europe. Since even the oldest Sabbat would struggle to compete openly with the Camarilla's luminaries, they must content themselves with waiting for the inevitable shift or the fatal mistake that will allow them to strike at a city and conquer it in a single blow.

As already mentioned, many Sabbat of the Old World are extremely old. Some vampires who claim to have fought in the Anarch Revolt still advise the sect's various nations. As a result, advancement within the sect is painfully limited. For all its rhetoric of equality and freedom, young Cainites in the region rarely rise far, because older and subtler monsters still keep a firm grip on power. Only the boldest and most lethal schemes give a young vampire any real chance of advancing. Thus the local packs are usually old, entrenched brotherhoods, while the youngest often leave after a brief apprenticeship with their sires in search of more promising hunting grounds. In the remote mountains and rural reaches of Eastern Europe, small villages endure under Sabbat domination, miniature versions of the sect's ideal.

Even among the Sabbat, European vampires often view Americans with contempt, considering them rude and unworthy.
As I once heard a Ductus say:

"How important can freedom be to a Cainite whose greatest moral dilemma is deciding whether to catch prey at Burger King or at McDonald's?".

About the Sabbat

The Code of Milan

By the solemn word of Regent Gorchist, this is the one true Code of Milan, revised from the original manuscript on this night of December 21, 1933. Born from the ashes of our great war, may it allow peace to reign forever.

An oath of submission has been pronounced by the Regent and the Prisci, in the presence of the leaders of every faction and fifty other witnesses, to obey faithfully all regulations concerning the leadership of the Sabbat. This revised Code of Milan satisfies all Sabbat factions, including those of the Cardinals Huroff, Bruce de Guy, Agnes, and Carlos VI; and the Archbishops Beatrice, Una, Tecumseh, Thoth, Aeron, Marsilio, Rebecca, Julian, and Salluccio. Any remaining factions must declare their support for this revised Code of Milan or separate themselves from the Sabbat.

Forms of Address by Rank

The Law of the Sword

The Sabbat is preparing for a great war and cannot tolerate failure in its ranks, much less betrayal. As any army would, it protects its secrets with a ruthless code of justice. Most punishments are imposed by the packs themselves, but crimes truly serious against the Sabbat are punished by the Bishop or the Archbishop.

This is our Law: