Illuminati

The Illuminati is a fictional group of benevolent vampires whose goal is to secure the survival of the human species. Their social aims were personal development, religious liberty, political freedom, separation of church and state, and an end to aristocratic privilege.

They search for Universal Truth as a uniting factor of all nations and civilizations. Their purpose also is in protecting the secret of the Vampiri existence. Sometimes when other vampires break the law, vampires from the Illuminati are sent to dispose of those murderous vampires.

The Illuminati has always been co-ed, not like the Freemasons created by them. The Masons are comprised of humans that unknowing imitate vampiric rituals. They are unaware of the existence of the Vampire Illuminati except those few Masons who are also vampires.

Where the freemason’s ritual initiation is designed to build character, (It’s important for freemasons to have good character) the Illuminati ritual initiations are designed to bring Illumination. Those are some of the differences other than freemasons are humans and Illuminati are Vampiri.

Concerns about the Crimson Hand of Death
When it comes to the Crimson Hand of Death, the Illuminati do not approve of their methods of conduct. Because they are not a threat at the moment of exposing the existence of the Vampiri, the Illuminati leaves them alone while pursuing criminal vampires that are a danger of exposing the existence of vampires.

Illuminati Members
Here are some members mentioned in the five novels Blood Ties, Summer of Blood, Empire of Blood, Vampire Blood Moon and The Dark Lover are Cagliostro, Ben Franklin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rudolph Hess, Toru Yamamoto, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Rashīd ad-Dīn Sinān, Leroy Johnson, James Forten, Amir Habibullah Khan, Alexandria Anderson, Seth Kissel, Tony Perillo, June Mathis, Natacha Rambova, Rudolph Valentino, Leonardo da Vinci (not sure if he is still missing), Angelo Roncalli, Giuseppe Balducci, Christina Griffith (status unknown) and Lady Gaga (uncertain if she is a vampire and member).