<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"The pyramid thus promotes collaboration, subtly culls those who refuse who refuse to work within the structure of the clan and provide clear lines of authority for those who latch onto it fanatically."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>That's directly from the Clan Book:  Tremere page 25, paragraph 3.<br/><br/>The Tremere Elders would have had him killed him as soon as he started showing signs of not going along with the system.