I am amazed at how many people dislike playing the Tytalus as a PC. For me the Tytalus are always my first choice in any story. I make it a point not to play the same type of character in back to back stories, but if I could I would never play anything but a Tytalus.
IMO they are the best written house, the most complicated house in that they dont function anything like a House unless someone else is trying to bully in on a Tytalus, and the characters that arise from the House are either the greatest villain, the greatest hero, the greatest jerk, the greatest idealist, ect and ect. but note the theme, they are the greatest at something.
They are not all simply scheming bullies or pointless chaos vectors of annoying plots, they each have a purpose and a view of the world around them, and then intend to shape, cut-away, burn, torture, explode, and devastatingly demolish, with a hint of prejudice the rest of the world to fit their scheme.
No other House can claim what the Tytalus can. When people describe the Tremere they often say, "and Tytalus are their opposite, focusing on the rule of one for the benefit of one." When people describe the Criamon, they often say, "and the Tytalus are the opposite focusing on the outside world." When...Flambeau, "Tytalus are opposite because they dont play with honor, or fair, they attack from the side."
On and on... the Tytalus seems to be contrarians of everything and everyone, and that makes them the anvil upon which the Order is shaped and preened and given its strength, its drive, and often its direction. One Tytalus magus is worth any five Flambeau, any four Bonisagus, any three Tremere, any two Criamon, and maybe, just maybe be on par with another Tytalus. But in the end the Order needs the Tytalus because at the end of the day, without them the Order would have given in to infighting and disagreement and strife. The Tytalus absorb and gives the entire order a focus for their internal bigotry and hatred... the Tytalus says to the Order, "Come on don't dislike your neighbor, look at how much of a asshole I am! Come on, give me your best shot, hate me!"
I have to say upon rereading that... it all sounds insane.