Many strings of fate come together   The hunters have existed in some form as long as the vampires. The current state of the order is a reflection of the current state of the vampire’s we face. A grim reflection brought about by needs. This land is as it always is in crisis When men have to be more monstrous than the beasts who is the true monster.   When the kingdoms could no longer afford a standing army and the guilds started to encroach on the nobility's power the free mercenary companies began who is better a man who fights for coin or a monster that fights for blood.   The mages submitted to the authority of the king and accepted his royal charter-ship with all that it entailed and so the inquisition passed them over for now.