The Kindred of clan Ventrue have a reputation for being honourable, genteel and of impeccable taste. From time out of mind, Ventrue has been the clan of leadership, enforcing the ancient traditions and seeking to shape the destiny of the Kindred. In nights of old, Ventrue were chosen from nobles, merchant princes or other wielders of power. In modern times the clan recruits from wealthy "old money" families, ruthless corporate climbers, and politicians. Whatever their origin, Ventrue vampires preserve stability and maintain order for the Camarilla. Other Kindred often mistake this for arrogance or avarice, but to the Ventrue, their shepherd's role is more burden than honour.
Ventrue support the Masquerade wholeheartedly, feeling that under its auspices the best existence for all vampires may be obtained. To the Ventrue mind, other clans are brash and impetuous. Too concerned with their short-term comfort, other vampires gladly up an eternity tomorrow for a bit of vitae tonight. Without the Ventrue, there would be no Masquerade, without the Masquerade; there would be no Vampires. Thus, the Ventrue have the weight of Atlas on their shoulders. They bear their burden with a stiff upper lip and just a hint of noblesse oblige. No other clan could lead the Children of Caine in the nights of imminent Gehenna..or so the Ventrue are apt to say. After all, their reputation rests on it.
Ventrue see themselves as nobles in the classical sense of the word, fighting to uphold the station of those below them. they are the kings, knights and barons of the modern night. Although the struggle has moved them from battlefields to boardrooms and from jousting lists to voting districts, clan Ventrue continues the duel. Young Ventrue rally and lead the troops with their cellular phones and limousines, while the clan elders watch the horizons for threats that loom like storm clouds. Ventrue oversees many holdings under Camarilla control, and the Blue Bloods are loath to relax their grip over endeavours they so desperately struggle to maintain. Reputation and achievement take a Kindred far in the Ventrue clan, but none of that counts if the vampire cannot maintain his influence.
Other vampires cast aspersions on the Ventrue, vilifying them as sanctimonious, pompous or even tyrannical..and yet it is the Blue Bloods to whom those vampires turn when something goes wrong. Ventrue cultivate, influence and..when they can..control the kine's media, police, politics, health and medicine, organised crime, industry, finance, transportation and even the church. When another vampire requires aid, the Ventrue can often provide it..for a price.
Naturally, Ventrue gravitate to the upper crust of kine' society, where their sophistication serves them in good stead. Although Ventrue move in the same social circles as the Toreador, they do not fritter away their existence in frivolity and idle chatter. The Ventrue proudly wear the privileges of leadership, and stoically bear its burdens. Thus has it always been; thus shall it be.