The Vienna Chantry, also called the Prime Chantry, was the main stronghold of Clan Tremere from the fifteenth century until its destruction by the Second Inquisition in 2008.
When the Second Inquisition raided the Vienna Chantry in 2008, with presumably the destruction of the Inner Council of Seven, Blood Bonds were shattered. Tremere fell from gray eminences to personae non gratae in many regions. Without the strict internal hierarchy, individual Tremere compete heavily for the lore, artifacts, and secrets that the united Clan once possessed, fearing their clanmates as much as their enemies. To this end, they often sell their services as mercenaries to third parties. Their former monolithic structure has splintered into several rival groups, with the Camarilla-loyalists under Karl Schrekt at the head on the one side, a resurgent House Goratrix on the other, and the upstarts of House Carna who are at least for the time being still aligned with the Camarilla. A fourth house, Ipsissimus, can be found among the Anarchs.