Also referred to as Helsings (by Kindred and the Coalition), capital-H Hunters (by themselves) and Lone Wolves, amateurs are solo operators, or at least remain constrained to small, like-minded cells. In some ways, they’re the classic hunters: they saw something that scarred them, lost somebody they cared about, or they were raised to believe in monsters and know one when they see one. Amateur hunters aren’t especially dangerous, but they are tenacious. They don’t present a physical threat so much as an external conscience: they’re people who’ve been hurt, sometimes even by the very vampire they’re now hunting. Yes, it would be easy to kill them but is it justified? What kind of a monster responds to a parent seeking vengeance for the death of their child with another bloody murder?
