A sect, in the most simplistic of senses, is a socio-political body formed up of like-minded groups of Vampires. In most cases, they have a distinct ideology that they, and all their members, adhere to. These organisations carry their own hierarchies, internal political positions and structures: with their own interests, and approaches to tackling the events of the world in which they inhabit. They are a means of communal survival. They are warring bodies, vying for control of the Vampire world - each espousing a worldview they hold to be true. No one survives alone, and every Lick is forced to choose a side eventually.