In its fervor, arrogance and impatience, the Sabbat lost its foothold in New York City as a result of numerical successes in other cities along the East Coast of the United States. While the Camarilla has proven itself a wilier opponent than many among the Sword of caine would have thought, so has the Sabbat proved to be a more tenacious foe than the Camarilla may have first estimated.
Yes most Sabbat in New York City have been reduced to ash or chased elsewhere, but that only attests to the skill and prowess of those who remain. For the time, the Sabbat licks its wounds and looks balefully on as the Camarilla exults in its former domain. No Sabbat, however, wants to remain under the shadow of the Ivory Tower for long.

New York city, winter 2002, nearly two years after the war, the Camarilla is enjoying its the rebirth within the Big Apple.

In the meantime the Sabbat sect which has been defeated tries to catch its breath.

Franscisco Domingo de Polonia, archbishop then and after, works on keeping the sect together. Back in New York, he sets a new "Haven" in the darkest part of the Bronx, and as he's motivating the survivors with the Jyhad and Revenge, the Sect works hardly harshly and quickly to make new recruites.