The Anarchs of Paris
As surprising as it can appear, the french Anarchs are considered Camarilla, as per the Convention of Thorn:
... Be it known that the Anarchs will enjoin with the Camarilla as an accepted part, making it whole. Anarchs are expected to work peacefully to achieve their own ends. They must become defenders of all, and they shall receive full entitlement to all rights and privilege belonging to all Camarilla Kindred...
Villon made profit of this part to enter the Camarilla after the Convention of Thorn, even if some Ventrue suspected him to have destroyed Alexandre and Saviarre. But his ends changed from Anarch Ideals to the Toreador Dream.
... Know also that if the Anarchs are further warred upon, this open Jyhad invalidates their responsibility to maintain peace with their attacker. They may act freely without fear of reprisal from nonactive members of the Camarilla. Anarchs are guaranteed the freedom to act as they please, short of breaching the Masquerade imposed for the protection of all Kindred from the Kine...
This part was overlooked by the Anarchs, and after they were Blood Hunted in 1871, they rediscovered it. The Anarchs are guaranteed the freedom to act as they please sentence was commented. While some believed it was always true, the new Anarch Idealists (See the Authentiques) decided it was only appliable if the Anarchs are further warred upon. This is a very powerful part because it gives them the right to retaliate even by killing their adversaries, without fearing the Sixth Tradition.
... No Kindred may be sent knowingly to his death by an Elder or Sire, unless the security of Clan of Camarilla outweight the possible loss of unlife...
This sentence (and the last) convinced the parisian Anarchs that they could create their own Anarchy (some would prefer Democracy) without fearing the Camarilla as a whole. They gathered in a large domain where they pooled their influence to keep the control from the Elders. There they remained, far from the Cour and far, they think from the Clan's intrigues: Parisian Anarchs believe (officially) in no Clan ties, and, unless exception, a Kindred cannot win Anarch Prestige and Clan Prestige.
This isolationist position, coupled with the fact that some Anarchs attended Clan gatherings, or even Soirées or Salon, using Esprit and intrigues to increase unease among the Elders, is seen as dangerous by the Elders of the Camarilla.
They would like nothing more than destroy the Anarchy they believe Villon is building within them. At the very least, they would like a general consensus making the Anarchs personna non grata, and so, not even aknowledging one.
It is more difficult than most thought, because even if an Elder feel contempt for an Anarch, she will use any sensible Anarch-given information that could weaken her Elder enemy. At this game, Anarchs rarely wins Status, even if for some, Esprit becomes an addictive pleasure, but they succeed at least in enhancing the natural turmoil of the intrigue-loving Elders.
