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Index
Introduction: Using The Book of Nod
03
Preface
03
A Brief Review of The Chronicle of Caine
06
A Parable of Genesis: Recognizing parable in Chronic
07
The Chronicle of Caine
08
A Brief Review of The Chronicle of Shadows
25
The Chronicle of Shadows
26
A Brief Review of The Chronicle of Secrets
44
The Chronicle of Secrets
45
Appendix: History of the First Known City
51
Afterword
53
3
Introduction:
those dark places where fragments of the ancient teachings of our Father's rest!
I got lost in the cruel brutality of New York, drank tea with the Governor of
Kingston, made enemies
for life in Johannesburg, I hired the best workers of all Cairo, I struggled to
finish in Casablanca,
learned about the old steel and ancient monuments in Toledo, dug in the white
cliffs of Dover, avoided a
deadly brawl in Dublin, I started to sneak his eyes open in Brest, and released
an ancient tomes
monastery in Cologne. I saved fourteen sacred scrolls of fire in Berlin, I sipped
the
best coffee and talked to more students Austrians in Vienna, I learned of an
ancient Sumerian Methuselah in
hidden tunnels under the University of Prague, and spent the winters colder than
Oslo offered.
The
And
4
And yet, I did this just for my wisdom.
Only a night goes by that I do not thank our founder to provide him giving me the
Secret ways to hide, how to see beyond the vision and the voice command that
seems to come so
easily to our line, and I blessed my friend warrior long Karsh who taught me the
secret
to see in the dark and sleeping on the ground.
And yet, I wonder what our other founder has provided. My sire and the sire of it
seem to have fallen
under a terrible curse. A crazy, dark and quiet at first but soon growing to a
terrible
loss of coherent thought and communication, which seemed to strike. I can be this
far? My
Tremere friend wrote to me and says that the burning need to drive my bloodline
that could be the
cause of madness. It must be true because I can not fight with the burning desire
for more knowledge.
It is hard to resist the need for sleep or the need for blood.
It is perhaps this madness that I fear that most compelled me to hasten this
translation. Know that I
want to break the fragile mask Raphael to print these words. It is my intention
to limit the printing
will this book in ten copies, and that none of the copies arrive in the hands of
the sons and daughters of Seth (as
our Father commands us in The Chronicle of Shadows).
I have to publish it now, anyway. It is the most complete collection of the
Chronicles of The Book
of Nod was never joined. No other translation, even Critias? Codex Cain, was
complete.
And still embarrasses me to say that this is not the full text. Far from it. I
saw the whole fragments
become smoke and flames of old buildings. I played a complete book on the tomb of
a
Antediluvian, and watched be crushed to powder.
I know that in the catacombs under the legendary Lost City of Gold, hidden in the
depths of
Amazon jungle, there are thirteen stone fragments containing specific words for
each of the 13
tribes of Kindred, but I only saw them briefly once before being forced to flee.
And so, I can only
I bear that part of the puzzle: most to be joined, but still only a part of the
whole.
I chose the English is my native language. It is, in my opinion, the language
competently dance
between the concepts of ancient Sumer, the noble language of ancient Rome and the
enchantments of ostentatious
Medieval Germany. I have to beg forgiveness for his flattering simplification in
some cases. By
in, I always defend my choice. The English serve real well, especially that most
of the texts
originals are unknown to me.
It is perhaps particularly perverse that I follow the lines of memory for each
fragment of the Book, and
I also know that out there who torment me at every step. I know Amelekia has had
a hand me
contrary once, and another Methuselah as well. It is hard to find, for example,
lists of names
and the Antediluvians Methuselahs, because they know that there is power in
names, and they fear that some
magician learn to control them with it, erased their names from stories, wherever
they were
found.
I managed to find some of them fortunately, but I suspect they are fake names
that were
created by Antediluvians to get me out of the trail, so I offer them here. This
may be the only way
in which we can identify certain antediluvian. Also, I went into the habit
(unfortunately) of
refer to the founder of a clan with the name of the clan. For example, "Malkav?
is? Malkavian?. Ie
admittedly, sloppy research, but I stayed no choice. As soon as I learned the
true name
the Brujah Antediluvian woke up with my name carved on my forearm the next night.
I
promptly swore never again seek the names of the founders.
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I'm pretty sure that even as I write words, there are agents of Jyhad that is me
following. I will not go to the room under the stairs tonight, because last night
I got drunk
blood filled with wine and saw a woman with silver-gray eyes at me. She was
wearing
Ventrue scepter in his cloak, I know who she was watching me, looking for me and
sent by Ventrue
to rob me. No matter. I write the truth and the rest be damned!
I tried to compile these textual fragments in some kind of coherent story, at
least within the
contexts of the various Chronicles. Where do you see an ellipse, know that there
are more words that fragment
particular, but it was somehow lost, erased or hidden from me.
I only hope now for a package from London to finish this letter and make this
book. This package
take one of the only copies of the Codex of Cain left in existence, and will be
the last piece in my
complex puzzle. I look forward to play it and secure it with great anticipation.
And if any
my brothers and sisters come near it, I'll ... I will send to death by fire!
Leave mark
the holy sword of Michael, for all I care. Nobody came to this end. I shall reign
triumphant
between my equal.
With triumph
Aristotle DeLaurentis
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A Brief Comment
The Chronicle of Caine
will be that this part of the Book of Nod does not correspond precisely with the
truth
biblical standard. What is important is that we have, perhaps for the first time,
a point of view
staff in the events surrounding the days after the Fall. Cain speaks with their
own
words were his reasons, and although it is quite possible that this story only
serves
to shape our idea of it, we can assume that there must be some element of truth
in his
tale. After all, is the only eyewitness account we have.
Ah, our dear Father In some myths Islamic translated the figure of Satan is not
released from Heaven
because he hates the human race, but because God loves you very much for bowing
to anyone other than the
God, and he will not serve the man. Maybe that's why Cain, for his love to his
brother, can not think
any other worthy sacrifice to Him Surely Cain had no other reason for
sacrifice his brother. He could not know death, having been born before the death
sought something that
humanity had experienced.
Other pictures from that time also have instrumental roles in the book. Surely
not transliteration
purely mythological Lilith question to appear on this story, because it is a
picture of the older
Hebrew Midrashim. The first had been expelled from Paradise, Cain recognize it as
one that had
state in light of the sky and was subsequently expelled. He was subsequently
expelled. There among my colleagues
those who believe that this verse should represent the idea that Lilith, mother
of magic and spiritualism, taught
the first Disciplines Cain. Others see her role as a midwife to our Father,
waking
the potential of its own magic.
What remains to be discovered are the legends? Cycles Lilith? which describes the
time that Cain rose
Lilith as his servant and lover supposedly. It was only a novel, or could have
been some kind
mystic learning, during which gradually took Lilith Cain's limitations that the
Divine had
placed on it, and slowly awakening to their own magical powers? The fact that it
shows
shake to drink his own blood from the cup of his Awakening could point to his
lack of understanding
over what, exactly, this could make the First Son of Adam.
We can not afford to speculate if the cup caused a hallucination or if Cain Cain
is transported
actually physically somewhere in the desert darkness. This is not understood, nor
is it explained
the translation of the original text. The original phrase essentially means?
Inspired? or "move?. Both
meanings of the word can have any explanation. And we can not win much in the
debate: no
Whether Cain was transported physically. Shamanic visions were recorded as a
result of consumption
hallucinogens ritual, the experience of Cain was a reality to him as any journey
could be you or me.
My son, Beckett, still redeclaring his opinion that the Chronicle of Cain is a
parable vampire.
I totally disagree, but Beckett is a beloved child. I will include here his
studies and findings below.
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7
A Parable of Genesis:
Recognizing the Parables
Chronicle Cain
or because of the distance between the literary translations present the text
(including the translation of Dr.
DeLaurentis) of The Book of Nod, the original intent of the book was lost. It is
my theory,
based on my own research, that the stories of Cain and Abel, the curse of
Cain and his subsequent meeting with Lilith are parables set to tell the story
Kindred of the first so that even the simplest of us can understand. By
my own scholarship, and using the work of leading scholars of Cain in
world (including some written in a worshiper of Cain of the Black Hand), I
created a story that
I look original to the parable of Cain.
In the time after humanity through group hunting / nomads to the cultivation of
agriculture and development
farm with animals, there were two tribes, named by their bosses. They were called
the people of Cain and Abel of the people. The people of Abel were shepherds and
livestock farmers, and were more
primitives that the people of Cain. They worshiped a great sun god who was a
warrior who lived in
sky. The people of Cain was agricultural, and was more civilized than the people
of Abel. Because it is so important
timing the harvest, the people of Cain worshiped the Moon Goddess, the Dark
Mother who was both the
fertility of the earth and the mystery of the moon
Still, not everyone was happy. Chief Abel attacked the people of Cain, telling
them
they were inferior and cursed because they hunted as their sun god hunter. The
people of Cain
did not know much about fighting, but Cain has taught them how to use sharp tools
that they grew
the earth to kill. When the people of Abel returned to torment them again, the
people of Cain fought.
All men, women and children were killed Abel.
The Sun God of the people of Abel called them and then cursed the people, and put
a curse of blood
all of them, they wandered without a home in the desert. He burned their villages
and salted their fields, and
sent all turn their backs on the people of Cain.
The people of Cain was unable to recover. They have become the bane for many
weeks, until they had no food to eat and had many difficulties. Then
priestess of the Dark Mother who lives beyond the moon came from. The priestess
offered the people of Cain home,
aid and comfort. She taught them magic, taught them how to hunt, and taught them
to drink blood.
The Sun God has met the chief Cain in dreams and said to him and his people to
return and
obey the will of the people of Seth. Chief Cain refused. So the Sun God told him
that all
people of his tribe would be cursed forever, and it was so. But the dark Mother
always said
would be a way to overcome this curse: if the people of Caine came to her, for
her mystery, that she would
free from the curse of the Sun God
In this parable, the people of Cain (and Cain) represents our need for
civilization, humanity
we constantly seek. The people of Abel (and Abel) represents our animal natures,
our
wild egos, the beast that dwells within us. The Dark Mother is the mystery that
guides our
existence: the magic of our blood, the power of the Disciplines. We must find the
mystery of the Mother
Dark slick dealing with the legacy left behind by the curse of God Sun Logo, "an
Beast I am, a beast that I did not make?. The Golconda is offered as a final
goal, balances
all these things and perhaps shows the transcendence of the beast within.
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The
Chronicles
of
Cain
the First Time
I dream of the early 1
memory longer than I talk about the early days 2
the oldest Father I sing the first time
and the dawn of the Dark
In Nod 3, where the light of Paradise lit the night sky
and tears of our parents wet the soil
Each of us, somehow, live sets and take our food from the land
And I, Cain the first born, I, with 4 sharp things,
planted the seeds watered the dark 5 holes in their land,
watched them grow
And Abel, the second-born Abel cared for the animals
helped by his heirs blood 6 fed them,
witnessed the growing
I love you, my brother, he was the brightest, the sweetest. The strongest.
He was the first bold all my joy. 7
Then one day that our father told us 8, Cain, Abel,
About Me 9 you have to make a sacrifice --
this one of the first part of everything that you have
9
And I, Cain the first born, I joined the tender shoots,
brighter fruit, the sweeter grass
And Abel, the second-born, Abel sacrificed the younger
the strongest, the sweetest of their animals
The altar of our Father we put our sacrifices
and lit a fire under them
and watch the smoke take them to the One Above
The sacrifice of Abel, the second-born, smelled sweet to the One Above
and Abel was sanctified.
And, I, Cain the first born, I was struck by 10 from beyond a severe word
and a curse, for my sacrifice be undeserved.
I looked at the sacrifice of Abel, still steaming, the flesh, the blood.
I cried, I shut my eyes I prayed night and day
And when the Father said 11 per sacrifice time has come again
And Abel led his younger, its sweeter, his most beloved
for the sacrificial fire,
I did not bring my youngest, my sweetest, because I knew
Above the One I would not.
My brother loved Abel said to me? Cain, you did not bring a sacrifice,
this one of the first part of his joy,
to burn on the altar of the One Above?.
I cried tears of love for me, with sharp tools,
was sacrificed to the first part of my joy, my brother.
And the blood of Abel 12 covered the altar and smelled sweet when burned
But my father said? Cursed you, Cain killed his brother.
I got kicked out and should be? 13
And He exiled me to wander in the darkness, the land of Nod. 14
I flew in the darkness I did not see the light source and I was afraid. And 15
only.
10
The Coming of Lilith
I was alone in the darkness and I was hungry. I was alone in the Dark
And I was cold. I was alone in the darkness and I cried. 16
Then came to me a sweet voice, a voice of honey,
Words of aid. Words of comfort. 17
A woman, dark and lovely
with eyes that pierced the darkness, came to mim.18
I know your story, "Cain of Nod?. She said, smiling.
You got hungry. Come! I have food.
You have cold. Come! I have clothes.
You're sad. Come! I have comfort?.
? Who comforts a cursed like me? Who I dress? Who would feed me?
"I am the first wife of his Father, who disagreed with the One Above
Freedom and won the Darkness.
I am Lilith. 19
Once, I had cold, and there was no heat for me.
Once, I was hungry, and there was no food for me.
Once I was sad, and there was no comfort to me.?
She lodged, she fed me. She dressed me. In her arms, I found comfort.
I cried until blood trickled from my eyes and she kissed him. 20
The Magic of Lilith
And I lived for a time in the House of Lilith 21 and asked? Out of the Darkness,
how you built this place?
How did you clothes?
As you grow food?
And Lilith smiled and said, "Unlike you, I am Agreed.
I see the lines that revolve around you.
I do what I need to power?. 22
11
? Wake me, then, Lilith? I said. "I have need of power.
So I can make my own clothes,
make my own food,
make my own house.?
The Concern doubled the brow of Lilith.
"I do not know what to do to wake you,
because you truly are cursed by his Father
You could die. You could change forever?.
Cain said, "still a life without power will not be paid living.
I would die without their gifts. I will not live as your Thrall?
Lilith loved me, and I knew it.
Lilith would do what I asked, though she did not wish it.
And so, Lilith, the bright eyes of Lilith, I awoke.
It is cut with a knife bled to me in a bowl.
I drank deeply. It was sweet. 23
And then I went into the Abyss. 24 I fell forever,
falling into the deepest darkness.
The Temptation of Caine
And Darkness came to light a fire shining bright at night.
And the archangel Michael was revealed to me 25.
I was fearless. I asked what he wanted.
Michael, General of Heaven, bearing the holy Flame, said to me,
? Son of Adam, son of Eva, his crime is great
and also my Father's mercy is great.
You will not regret the evil you have done,
and let your mercy wash it to make it clean?
And I said to Michael, "not by grace [the One Above]
but by my own will I live with pride?. 26
Michael cursed me saying
? So for you to walk this earth,
you and your children will fear my flame,
that bite deep and savor your flesh.? 27
12
And in the morning, Raphael came 28 lambent wings,
lighting the horizon, the guide of the sun, watch the East.
Raphael said? Cain Adam, son of Eve,
Abel his brother has forgiven your sin you repent,
and accept the mercy of the Almighty?
And I said to Raphael? Not the forgiveness of Abel, but for my own forgiveness?.
Raphael cursed me, saying? So for you to walk this earth,
you and your children will fear the dawn,
and the sun will burn you like fire wherever you hide.
Hide up to the sunrise to take their anger to you?.
But I found a secret place on earth and hid the burning light of the Sun
Deep in the earth,
I slept through the Light of the World be hidden behind the mountain of the
Night. 29
When I awoke from my day of sleep, I heard the sound of gently moving wings 30
and I saw the black wings of Uriel extended around me --
Uriel, reaper, angel of death, Uriel Dark who lives in darkness.
Uriel said to me quietly, saying? Son of Adam, Son of Eve
the Almighty God forgave his sin.
You accept his mercy and let me take you back, no longer cursed? 31
And I said to Uriel dark winged
? Not for mercy from God, but my own will I live.
I am what I am, I did what I did, and that will never change?. 32
And then, by the terrible Uriel Almighty God cursed me, saying 33
? So for you to walk this earth,
you and your children will grasp the Darkness. .
You only drink blood. You will eat only ashes. 34
You will always be as you were in death,
Never die, keeping alive.
You will forever in the darkness, everything you touch will turn into nothing,
until the last days?.
13
I gave a cry of anguish at this terrible curse, and tore my flesh.
I cried blood. I got tears in a cup and drank. 35
When I noticed my drink heavily, the archangel Gabriel, Gabriel gentle
Mr. Gabriel's Mercy, appeared to me.
The archangel Gabriel said to me, "Son of Adam, son of Eva, See,
mercy of the Father is greater than you ever knew, now there is an open path,
a road of Mercy that you will call the [Golconda]. 36
and tell your children that,
that following this road to live in the Light again?.
And with that, the darkness was lifted like a veil
and the only light was the bright eyes of Lilith.
Looking around me, I knew I had awoke.
When my first energy came through me
I figured out how to move like lightning [Celerity]
how to get the strength of the earth [power]
to be like stone [Fortitude].
Seemed like they were breathing was to me.
Lilith then showed me, as she hides from hunters [obfuscation]
as it commands obedience [Domination]
and how it demands respect [presence].
Then, waking me before, I found the way to change ways [Metamorphosis]
how to have dominion over animals [feed]
how to see eye vision ago [Ausp�cius]. 37
So Lilith told me to stop, saying I had reached my limits
I had gone too far. I threatened my essence.
She used her powers and commanded me to stop. Because of its power,
I attended, but deep within me a seed was planted,
a seed of rebellion and when she turned her face to me,
I open up once again for the night, and saw the endless possibilities in the
stars
and knew that one way to power, a path of blood I took,
and thus awakened in me this Way Final
which all other paths grow.
With this newest power,
I broke the ties that the Lady of the Night I wore.
I left the Queen Maldita that night,
hiding in the shadows, I fled the land of Nod
and came to a place where the demons it could not find me.
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The Tale of Zillah
Let me tell the tale of Zillah, 38
Cain's first love, first wife of Cain
the sweetest blood, skin smoother, clearer eyes.
Alone with his youngest daughter, Cain wanted to, 39
and she was not prepared to his desire to stay out of it.
Neither these, nor sacrifices, nor perfumes, nor dove, nor beautiful dancers,
or singers, nor ox, nor sculptures, or beautiful clothes,
nothing would make the heart of stone Zillah in sweet fruit.
So Cain pulled his beard and 40 cut their hair
and wandered through the desert at night thinking about her, burning it,
Cain one night and found an old singing to the moon
Cain said the Old, "Why do you sing well? And the old replied,
Because I desire so I can not ..? 41
Cain said to the old, "I also longing. What can you do?
The old man smiled and said,
? Drink my blood tonight, Cain, Father of the Kindred, and return tomorrow night.
So go I'll tell you the wisdom of the moon?. 42
Cain drank from the neck of naked old and passed.
The next night, Cain found the old sleeping in a stone.
? Wake, Old?, Cain said. "I returned?. The old man opened one eye and said,
? I dream of the solution for you tonight.
Drink again me, and then return tomorrow night.
Bring a bowl of mud. Bring a sharp knife. I'll have your answer then?.
Once again, Cain took the blood of Old
immediately retreated into a deep sleep.
When Cain returned the next night, the Old looked and smiled,
? Greetings, Lord of the Beast?, Vella said. 43
? I have the wisdom you seek?.
"Take some of my blood in the bowl that you have,
and these berries and mix these herbs, and drink deep of the elixir?.
� You will be irresistible. You will be powerful. You will be skilled. You will
be burning.
You will be burning. Zillah's heart melt like snow in the spring?.
15
And so, Cain drank the elixir of old, because he was so in love with Zillah,
and he so wanted her love in return.
And the Old laughed. The Old laughed aloud. She had the wrong! She had caught!
Cain was quite angry. Cain reached with its powers
tore the Old separately with his strength,
The Old cackled and said, "Do not?. And Cain can not do anything against it.
The Old laughed and said, "Love me?.
And Cain can not do nothing but stare in her eyes old,
desiring his tough skin.
The Old laughed and said, "Make me immortal?.
And Cain embraced. She cackled again, laughed at the sheer ecstasy of the
Embrace,
because it did not hurt.
"I made it powerful, Cain, Enoch, Cain of Nod, but you will always be connected
to me.
I made him master of everything, but you never forget!
His blood, powerful as it is now, Bow Will those who drink it,
as you did, once a night for three nights.
You will be the master. They will be yours, as you are mine.
In the meantime Zillah will love like you wanted, you'll love me forever.
Go now and claim your lovely bride.
I'll wait for you in dark places,
while I make more potions for your health?.
And so, with a heavy heart, Cain returned to Enoch.
And every night for three nights, Zillah drank his sire,
But she did not know it. And the third night,
Cain announced that she would marry 44 with Zillah, her sweetest Child,
and she agreed
The Tale of Old
For a year and a day 45 Cain labored in service to the Old
with the wisdom of the blood, like any prisoner held.
She visited him at night, forcing him to leave his blood to secret elixirs
Her powerful and formulas,
She would the son of his son, and they would never be heard from again.
but Cain was wise. He did not drink it again.
And she asked him what he thought of his Thrall.
16
One night, Cain went to the Old in the forest,
and told her terrible dreams he had during his sleep.
"I fear for my life, Old, I fear the prophecy of Auriel,
and the lust of my children for my blood.
Tell me the secret knowledge,
How could I be powerful against my own?.
And the old man went to a tree made of gopher wood, and 46 off a branch.
She took a sharp knife and edged the branch.
"Take this piece of living wood, sharp, strong,
pierce the heart of his wayward son.
He will surrender to it, and will be at your command.
Instead of celebrating in the blood of his heart, he will feel the weight of his
justice?.
Cain said, "Thank you, Mother?, And with it, moving quickly
Cain took a stake of gopher wood,
grabbed and sent to the bottom of the heart of Old Town.
Because Cain, Cain scholar had not fed her for a year and a day
and because he forced his will by his hands,
he broke the loop that she held down, and turned his luck.
She laughed again, as blood spurted up and dumped it in her mouth.
Her eyes turned to hatred. Cain once kissed her withered lips,
and left there for the gentle smile of Raphael, the sun rises.
The Tale of the First City
In the beginning there was only Caine. Cain that [sacrifice] his brother by
[love] .47
Caine who was expelled.
Caine who was cursed forever with immortality.
Caine who was cursed with the lust for blood.
This Cain whom we all came, the Sire of Sires.
For the passing of an age he lived in [the land of Nod].
In loneliness and suffering.
During an era he stood alone.
But the passing of memory drowned if their suffering.
And so he returned to the mortal world.
For the world to sue brother [Seth, the third born of Eve]
and the [children Seth] had created.
17
He returned and was welcomed. [No counter it,
due to the mark that was put into it].
People have seen their power and loved it, [He grew powerful,
and His power was strong, their ways of intimidating and command were large]
[And the Children of Seth made] him king of his great city, The First City.
But Cain grew lonely in his power.
Deep within it the seed of loneliness flourished,
and grew a dark flower that he saw within your blood the power of fertility
calling demons and listening to the wisdom
whispered.
He learned how to bring a child himself.
He came to know his power, and, thus, decided to embrace one of the closest to
him.
And, lo, Uriel, Uriel Terrible, Cain proved that very night and told him.
? Cain, although you are powerful, and marked of God,
know this: that any son that you do will bear your curse
any of its progeny will forever in the Land of Nod
and fear of the flame and the sun, only drink blood and eat only ashes.
And as they take the seed of jealousy of their father,
they always conspire and fight each other.
Do not condemn these grandchildren of Adam who seek the path honored.
Cain! Get your Abra�o dead!?
Still, Cain knew what he had to do, and a young man named Enosh,
that was the most beloved family of Seth, begged to be made Son of the Father
gloomy.
And Cain, however attentive to the words of Uriel, held Enosh,
and wrapped in dark Abra�o.
And so it came to pass that Cain creates Enoch and
doing so, appointed as the first city Enoch.
And by doing so, Enoch did beg a brother, a sister, and Cain,
Indulgent father, gave them to him, and their names were
Zillah whose blood was much favored of Cain
Irad and whose strength served as the arm of Cain.
And these Kindred of Caine learned the ways of creating their own progeny,
and they embraced more of the family of Seth, unthinkingly.
And then Cain scholar said, "An end to this crime. No more?.
And as Caine's word was law, his offspring obeyed.
The city accounted for many ages, and became the center of a mighty empire.
Cain grew close to him different.
The [children of Seth] knew him, and he in turn knew them.
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But the world grew dark with sin.
Children of Cain wandered here and there, indulge your dark moods.
Cain was angry when his children fought.
He met with disappointment when he saw them make war of words.
He met with sadness when he saw them abusing [the children of Seth]
Cain read the signs in the darkness of the sky, but said nothing.
Then came the great flood, a great flood that washed the world.
The city was destroyed, the children of Seth with her.
Again, Cain went into great sorrow and went into solitude.
And he left us, their progeny, for our own end.
We found him, after much searching, deep in the earth,
and he comes to us saying that the flood was a punishment for him
to be home to the world of life And subverting the true law.
He asked us, so that he could sleep.
So we returned alone to find the children of Noah,
He announced that we had new rules.
Each one has descendants to claim the glory of Cain.
However we did not have his wisdom or restraint.
A great war was waged, the Elders against their children,
just as Uriel had said, And Children killed his parents.
They stood Used fire,
Wooden swords and claws to destroy those who had created the
The rebels built a new city then. Outside the Empire fell,
they joined the Thirteen clans who fled the Great War, and met.
They brought the Clan of the Monarchy [Ventrue], the Clan of the Beast [Gangrel]
Moon Clan [Malkavian], the Clan of the Hidden [Nosferatu]
the Clan of the Ba [Ravnos], the Clan of the Rose [Toreador]
Clan Night [Lasombra], the Clan Transformation [Tzimisce]
the Clan of the Snake [Setites], the Clan of Death [Cappadocian]
Healer's Clan [Saulot], the Clan of the Hunt [Assamite]
and the Learned Clan [Brujah].
They did a beautiful city, and people worshiped them as gods.
They created their own new progenies, the Fourth Generation of Cainites.
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But they feared the Jyhad, the Prophecy of Uriel, and was forbidden for those
children
create others like them. This power the elders kept for them.
When a child was created, was hunted down and killed, and his Sire with it.
Although Cain was far from us, we felt his careful eye watching,
and we knew that it marked our movements and our moods.
He cursed [Malkav], while that has defamed his image
and sentenced him to madness, forever.
When [Nosferatu] was found indulge their taste nasty ways
with their own children, Cain put his hand on [Nosferatu]
and told him that he would always have his evil and rodeos in his face.
He cursed us all, for killing the first of his children,
the Second Generation, as we were the hunted one by one,
Zillah the Beautiful, Irad the Strong, and the Enoch First Sovereign.
And we regret it, as we were all of one type
and all relatives of the children of Cain.
Although this city was as great as Cain eventually became old.
Like all living things, began to die slowly.
The gods did not see the truth in the beginning
And when they looked after it was too late.
As Uriel had said,
the seed of evil planted blossomed as a rose red blood
and [Troile] Child Child Child it arose
and killed his father, Brujah. And ate the meat of it.
Then the war destroyed the city and nothing else could be as it was.
The Thirteen saw their city destroyed and their power extinguished.
And they were forced to flee, the Progeny of them along with them.
But many were killed in the escape, because they grew weak.
Without authority, everyone was free to create their own offspring.
And then there were new Kindreds, who ruled the earth. But this did not last.
Over time, came to be many Kindred And then there was war again.
The Elders were already hidden away, because they had learned caution.
But their children founded their own cities and Descendants,
And it is they who were killed in the great wave of war.
There was war so total that there is none of that generation.
To talk more about them.
Fatalities were sent across continents.
In order to crush and burn the cities of Kindreds.
Mortals thought they were fighting their own wars.
But for us that they divided their blood.
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Since that war ended, All Kindred hid from the others,
And the humans that surrounded them. We stayed hidden until now,
For the Jyhad continues.
And nobody knows when Cain will appear again, sleep in the land,
and call for the city Gehenna,
the Last City, the City of trial. The Jyhad continues.
Notes for? Chronicle of Cain?
1. The? Early? discussed in this stanza was investigated only for me and my
fellow Kindred.
The original text speaks of a time? Before?. The older part of the Book of Nod
was dated before the
time of Sumer, around 4500 A.C.
2. I believe that the first stanza is the original story, perhaps the first
translation of the story
Cain.
3. ? Nod? in this case, means the? unknown lands? - Supposedly the land of Eden
was not
had a name until now.
4. The translation of the Latin reads "With a plowshare?. The translation is from
the original Sumerian, and implies a
something sharp. This could be a prehistoric tool? Shaped harpsichord, used to
plant seeds.
It's definitely like a tooth, possibly made of a canine mammal - or at least
is described as the fragment Coonan-Debrie and. Tapestry of St Clair.
5. That Cain originally a farmer would come in his existence in myth as a figure
Sun King /
Mortal God, as the character of Dumuzi / Tammuz myth Inanna / Ishtar.
6. Blood of birth in this case, of course, perhaps as a result of the recent
fall. Note that
This is the first occurrence of the word "blood? the narrative. The translation
feels that the word is something
rather than along the lines that we consider instead of blood? vitae? which would
result in or
extra power.
7. The "first part? is a phrase repeated throughout the Book of Nod. It
essentially means, "the best
?, A? Cream?.
8. ? Father? In this particular case, it was probably Adam.
9. I'm translating it as accurately as possible. Because of its mythological
nature, can
easily assume that is the God of the Hebrews and more recently Christianity.
However, because this
is not specifically stated in the text, I do not want to put in the narrative
complexities interreligious possible.
10. ? Struck from beyond? could have been lightning. In some translations from
Latin, are you? Radius beyond?.
11. ? Father?, Again, is probably Adam.
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12. In this case, "blood? is written as cognate for? vitae?.
13. This verse puzzled many scholars and including me. I chose to represent this
as my
particular translation, which is Adam who is the "Father? this verse, and Adam,
who is expelled Cain. Is reasonably
clear that the One Above never speaks directly to Cain only through a single
agent that communicates
His will to Cain, as we shall see. Moreover, the word "Father? the previous
verses mean
always Adam. This contrasts heavily with the story of Genesis, but is internally
consistent, and
as it is said that Caine himself originated this particular narrative, we can
consider him an authority
better than Noah, who wrote the Genesis. There are other interpretations, of
course. In New York, Beckett
met a member of the Sabbat who claimed that a section referring to our time?
true? father
- Satan. He watched my son around when he said this, and then something that
Beckett can only describe
appeared as a kid on his shoulder. We had great difficulties to not to deal again
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A Brief Review of
Chronicle of Secrets
his is perhaps the smallest of the three Chronicles, but contains prophecies and
visions, and generally
are not given to superstition and proclamations. It seems that the Antediluvians
only Saulot
had the gift of prophecy. It is possible that Zillah, the wife of Cain, also had
this gift.
I often commented that the things that affected the thoughts of Antediluvians
also continue
affecting our thoughts today. Surely the prophecies of Gehenna, weak blood,
Lupines, and
what appears to be the beginning? achievement?, these prophecies. Because their
concerns are passed on
Generation to Generation, a wave of paranoia and fear is still reverberating by
Cainites, and for them,
Canaille.
And
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A
Chronic
of
Secrets
Signs of Gehenna 1
Freeze! Hear the cry of the crow!
The stillness of the hot wind that rises in the street,
towers hide the darkness of the day
When dreams become reality Lasombra on
when the moon runs like blood 2
and the sun rises in the black sky, this is the day the Accursed,
when the children of Cain will rise again.
And the world will turn cold and dark things shall rise from the ground
and great storms will roll, lightning will light,
animals and burned their bodies, twisted fall.
Also, as our Great sires rise of soil
and break the fast of them in the first part of us,
They consume us whole.
On the second day, Cain will return and call his children to the meeting place
the site of the first city he will wave and sit on his throne of basalt.
And Cain will call the names of all the broken aloud
because their crimes are too big
and all those who consumed the blood from the heart of sire
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them will be brought before the Throne Black
to drink the blood of Cain, and the blood of Cain eat their blood
And the dark Mother 3 will appear, and there in the valley of Enoch, there will
be a battle
a duel to the Father and Mother Dark Dark. The Queen of Demons bite deeply
Cursed King bite more deeply. We will not know what will happen,
but the sky will be separately, and the earth below
And the forces of Hell will turn out above the ground.
In the Third Day, there will be silence, the ravens will feed the carrion
pestilence dance among the ruins
the last Wild Ones leave this place
the last of the beasts of the moon will fight and fall
And Antediluvians bring an Empire of Blood, which they will govern with claws
railways
They twist the hearts of all who stay alive
And the sun will rise from the earth and dwell in the Last City, called Gehenna.
And there will be a thousand-year reign,
and there will be no love, or life, or pity,
the powerful will be like the virtuous slave will be dirty all good gift,
and every perfect gift is tainted by the Father of Darkness,
whose power will come from the realms inferiores.4
When the snow consumes the earth and the sun channels like candles in the wind
then and only be born a woman, the last Daughter of Eve
and in it there will decide the fate of all.
And you do not know this woman, except for the mark of the moon in it,
and she will face treachery, hatred, and pain, but it is the last hope. 5
And you know in recent times,
the time of Blood Poor mark for vampires can not procreate,
you know them by No Clan, governing 6,
you know them by the Wild Ones, which will hunt us down even the strongest city 7
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50 50 5. 5. Who is this mortal woman? No one can tell. Many Tremere, say, search
the world for mortal women with birthmarks crescent moon. 6. 6. A Prince-Caitiff
who would have thought it? This is one of the signs of Gehenna. 7. 7. This is a
common theme in the days of Gehenna. The Lupines are in the rural one, but I saw a
few here and there, living in the darkest parts of the city. We dare to share a
city with the Race variable, we fight all the time? 8. 8. This could be the
Chronicle of Cain? Maybe she did not die in the sun like Cain thought. Or perhaps
this is another old: there are certainly many vampires Methuselahs that fit the
description. 9. 9. The various Toreador I showed the manuscript to claim that this
is a direct allusion to the Sabbat, the Black Hand, and that surely Gehenna is
upon us. 10. 10. Surely this is already happening! 11. 11. Count Vlad Tepes,
Dracula, was called "The Dragon" before. Can this be bespeak him? 12. 12.
Strangers Caitiff still bothering me. Where they come from, nobody knows, although
I spotted behind by Malkavian sires and Brujahs simply abandoned them. Still, some
seem to be made by shadowy figures who may or may not be in the guild. These
verses explain the Antediluvian obvious bias against the landless clan, and this
prejudice was born by Kindreds for ages. 13. 13. I put it here because it is pure
speculation and is attributed to the prophetic powers of Cain. One-mind Love is a
powerful force, I am not familiar, but I heard stories of newly Embraced that are
saved by those they loved, and was subsequently reborn as mortals. 14. 14. This,
in my opinion, is the foundation of protecting Antediluvian Lupines. It is one
reason why all the order Kindred are against Lupines, and because the Gangrel have
a license to have sex with them. they. Remember that the thoughts of Antediluvians
become the customs of Methuselahs that becomes the law of the elders. 15. 15. This
was written on a stone cross in Norway, in old Norse runes, and was little
translatable when I saw decades ago. I include full here: I'm not sure if it was
intentional part of the Book of Nod, or if it was a separate creation. Seems quite
old. 16. 16. I put these prophecies together in a group that I call "The Awakening
of the Dark Father." Ie This is because I found it in an airtight vault in the
Smithsonian Institute of Art History. I do not believe that the trustees have been
pleased to learn that a friend of mine had Ventrue dominated the guards and pay
them to allow me to explore there. The translation of the boards I found there
took seven nights, and I believe are the most hidden and prophetic of the entire
collection of secrets that I have. I have ways of knowing if these prophecies are
connected or not. My childe, Bekett, believes it may be a collection of different
views together in a loose literary crossroads. I can see where many of these
visions may be the root of several plots Antediluvians (certainly the Dark Father
must be some Cain Antediluvian not particularly pleased with - perhaps founded on
pain of Brujah).
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51 51 Appendix: The Story of the First Known City know that the First City has a
selection of tiny fragments of tablets, fragments of vases and carved monuments
uncovered after being buried for two thousand years. The First City was unique in
his vampiric nature. There, generations of chil-dren of Cain, the second and third
generation, was created by a company that has adapted to the habits, needs, and
special powers of vampires. What was revealed, we know that the Kindreds City were
the top rung of the hierarchy, with Cain, of course, being the top. Although the
three children of Cain (Enoch, Zillah and Irad) was supposedly the next step down,
some of the third generation, some grandchildren of Cain, enjoyed a special status
(notably Saulot who was always on the side of Cain, especially in the last days)
equal to the Second Generation. Underneath all the Kindreds were the Children of
Seth, that humans, with the exception of one. That was the Master of Servants, the
original one-who-serve, called Jabal in many myths. Jabal was equal to one of the
grandchildren of Cain because he was close to Cain. There was very little of their
blood Jabal in his body, was mainly Blood of Cain. Those-who-serve, the ghouls of
the following day, are the lowest, followed by all the servants who attended the
fatal kindreds. The rest - farmers, workers, etc.. - Was the last. But do not
judge the evil Kindreds this time. They were doing what their father, Cain, told
them to do. Cain was truly like an uncle to the orphaned children of Seth, and he
saw it as their duty to protect them and guide them. He took his duty seriously.
Some legends say that Cain legislators as a tiger and a wolf and a hawk, attacking
the enemies of the people. They also show sitting in a trial in the Ivory Throne
in the midst of a great court - apparently the powers of Auspex at that time were
considerable enough to allow Cain (or Kindred resident) look at a man's heart and
discern whether they were right or wrong. Cain could also see when the Powers of
his children were used in a human. He could also cancel the effects of any
discipline used around him. It was the mastery of all disciplines that Cain
remained in power, truly, though he was a king, a decent and honorable legislator,
the disciplines it ensured that the rest of Kindreds powerful would be in line.
Cain had the ability to create new disciplines where he wanted. Its power to do
this was the forerunner of the discipline and the various Thaumaturgy Thaumaturgy
Trails. Slave is considered that the slaves were captured in Enoch's native nation
of Seth, the tribe of the heirs who may have descended from Noah and his. This
would add to the biblical idea that the land was corrupted by The The
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52 52 ill in the days of Noah, Cain was certainly encouraging you and his
children during this period. Most slaves worked the fields to produce food for
human created Cain and his children. Were captured mainly bandits and barbarians,
and were probably Domi-nated submission. There is only one name for the slaves
that we know that they are the slaves all the pictograms depicting the slaves in
Enoch as they show off the leash and free. Food Supply I was shocked to learn that
the custom of the Feast of Blood of the Sabbat is said to be done as was done
previously by Cain and his court. At a banquet, Cain would have some convicted
criminals tied by the ankles to the beams on the table. The present Kindreds would
feed these prisoners of ros until they died. Drawing describes Cain and some of
his childer drinking a pool of blood of three fatal bleeding upside down. We know
very well that at that time was known about the taste of blood and how to improve
it. Some of the "cooks" at the time of Enoch learned to use various herbs tasty
foods and drinks that, when ingested by the slave power, would have the right
balance of sweet and salt, abundance, cia and thinness of the blood supply of
slaves. Slave unable to work in the field if we became slaves invariably supply.
These slaves were probably very lovely to look at (a glyph shows a slave power
dress with veil and jewelry) and highly conditioned to respond to the kiss.
Calendar Calendar Enoch observed stations for planting, like all farming
communities. There is evidence that there was a big celebration in Casa Grande
Cain whole new moon, and a great night of Thanksgiving the day after an eclipse.
This may have been when the werewolves were more likely to attack if they really
were werewolves who were around during this time, and not demons as some have
suggested. Cain provided a major breakthrough during his time. In a year, on the
Eve of Midsummer's Eve, Cain painted a red line of his own blood on the wall of
their house move Alta. The line moved magically every day and slowly circled the
house until he returned to the origin back to the Solstice. By By completing this
I wish Cain provided the citizens of the First City with a calendar. Many breeding
was instructed on the breeding of humans with other humans and the kindred or kine
devel-oped birth control. Humans were created for specific purposes, such as being
strong for food, being a good warrior, or be a good worker. If you were successful
in their tasks, you often could be selected to advance in their line. This would
be done in a building called the Temple of Lilith, who was not the Temple and
probably was not dedicated to Lilith. Two human would sex ritual here and then
never would see again, especially if they serve two months, three separate.
Kindred with Auspex apparently could see immediately if a woman had obtained with
children of a marriage. Religion Unlike most of the cultures of ancient times,
there was no religion in Enoch. Cain Cain banned the worship of the One Above,
when he turned his face to him, and refused to travel to the temple to be scrubbed
of sin. Actually, Cain often exhibit an open court saying they were all sentenced
to rot in hell about their condition would fall on deaf ears when the time of
Armageddon came and how the real evil is like a race Kindreds.
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Afterword Afterword 53 53 good old Aristotle. You can always trust him to turn a
yarm good, even if he should have known better that to believe this crap. He also
should have known not to give it to Beckett. Thanks, Beckett, we know the right
people see it. Sure, only 200 copies. Sorry, Aristotle, it is time to give
everyone a look at what's to come. Also, thanks for the art. Aristotle met a hell
of a collection, did not he? Beckett said it was the sire to the ends of the earth
to bring all work of art known about the Book of Nod. You may believe that he only
wanted "a rare selection" to see it? We (meaning the __ not dead, the Damned, the
Kindreds, leeches suck the blood of the infer-) files more in this world in one
night that an army of Colombian drug dealers it, could do in their entire lives.
Murder, corruption and destruction follow us wherever we go. Just to give readers
an idea of the kind of games that we play with our lives, consider a nasty little
incident that happened in Boston about 20 years ago. On 12 September 1974, as the
prince of the city took a convenient vacation in Europe, an old school saw its
chance to remove a newborn who had been a thorn in his side. He ordered his ghouls
to take advantage of racial unrest in the city to attack some of the allies of the
newborn remains that were mostly black. Ghouls followed the orders of them __ and
carried out for all to see. The allies of the newborn had gone to help in recent
school desegregation plans when they were arrested. The ghouls attacked them and
hope that everyone would blame the racial tension in Boston for the attack. Well,
the mortals have done more to blame the tension, they jumped right on them. Once
the ghouls come-Cassia attack them, whites who were protesting the school bus
joined them. Perhaps the protests have ended in violence without the ghouls, maybe
they would not. In any case, orders the old man caused a storm that he should have
anticipated, but did not. Racial violence ran excessively in Boston for more than
a month before things start to calm down again. This is an example. We have played
these games for centuries - millennia, if this book has some truth. truth. Of
course, you mortals are not the only victims. We do worse things to others. Elders
soldiers of tyranny (the ones in a beautiful circle) is what we call elders. These
are children who have acquired their share of the pie and now are mortal game
against anyone buying any other thing. For example, a group of elder Kindred in
Chicago are upset about a group of Scouts in Gary. Now, you would not think that
some Scouts from Indiana could threaten the great and you can cedures of Chicago,
but that's not how the ancients felt. Instead, they split the city and drive their
industry hidden, terrorizing its inhabitants, blocking their trade and doing
anything else they could think of to make Gary a living hell. They keep these
games that night. They make very effort to make life difficult not to side for
some vampires. Of course, there are other theories about it. I heard that both
groups are pawns of vampires more powerful (as I'll describe later) and that the
fight in Gary is a display additional secondary to major fights. My favorite
theory is that a Methuselah is forcing the elders to Chicago to worry about Gary
so that he will be unimpeded to make their business in Chicago. This seems to be a
common in our eternal Jyhad. Vampires older manipulate younger vampires to oppress
them until youngest. Thus, the real old vampires avoid any blame, and the people
who could counter the power of them are released into fights, one against the
other.
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54 54 A Cainite old once told me how these games were like in ancient Rome.
Apparently Apparently that part of Italy had long been home to several Ventrue. As
the city grew, however, more Kindred came to town. Logo Malkavian, Lasombra,
Setites, Nosferatu and other strange beings gathered in limited confines. Things
began to come to mind, a few centuries ago, the destruction of Carthage (the
result of another fight insignificant Brujah / Ventrue). In the early days of
Rome, the vampire factions battled for control several senators. When an emperor
assumed (do not know who or what was responsible for it), the whole game changed.
A figure holding the most power, and everyone wanted a piece of it. Within a few
hundred years, several dozens of vampires, wizards, demons and other creatures
were struggling to control the emperor. For example, the vampire demon Tiamat
always tried to encourage any wars that she could. A group of wizards called the
Order of Mercury claimed to be the defenders of the empire, but was really being
manipulated by demons who tried to knock them down. A One Setite that went by the
name "Dahshur" took great pleasure in instilling intense fear emperors and members
of their homes. Of course, there were also vampires (especially Ventrue) trying to
keep the empire strong. Their efforts, while self-motivated children, kept people
happy and secure. However, the sum of them, was the unintended result of things
even more confusing and chaotic. No emperor could rule effectively while dragged
in so many different directions. Some ruled well, or cau-sa strong will or a
powerful patron, but most failed. According to the old Cainite, the intrigues of
Rome's loss compares the old. He said that nearly a thousand vampires join the
Persian Empire during its heyday, was the highest concentration of vampires that
the world had ever seen. Of course, they were scattered throughout Asia Minor, but
they were all alike in power, and the intrigues of them were without comparison.
The old Cainite not tell me any of the names I mention here, they are only with
whom I met since he told me about the situation. These three are not around
either. Others, like the Toreador Caius Petronius that influenced Nero, may still
be around. The rest still influences events under names, known as Dametisce,
Maggie Flury, McGrath, Tenga, Type, or others. Most elders are not old. Cainites
believe that the elders in Rome became the Methuselahs today. Other elders did not
survive the collapse of the empire, and most who survived knew so during the
Middle Ages, falling to the Inquisition or the Sabbat. The elders of our age
follow a similar pattern undoubtedly, and we can expect that everyone will soon
destroy everything. The elders are a great annoyance with their inflated egos and
insistent in its refusal to recognize that they are being controlled by others.
They can make the act crazier, he has no good reason for them to act as they did,
and still insist that they act on their own. For example, a powerful Malkavian
traveled the world, challenging elders for games of chess. If he won, he would
commit Diablerie in the elderly. If the elder won, the old man could commit the
Diablerie Malkavian. The Malkavian invariably won. Why the elders continued
playing? Because their masters commanded it, trying to make parts of them more
powerful. Of course, commands are not always necessary. The elders are calculating
and diverted, but their passions govern often more intensely than they govern any
newborn. Build an intense hatred inside of an old man and she will do everything
in his power to destroy the object of that anger. Conventional �a a old man that
he loves another, and nothing will stand between him and the object of his desire.
Often, if an old man act without rhyme or argues, one can be sure that the
suppressed emotions it took. Other actions can not be explained so easily. When
one member of which were upheld always supported the prince, becomes a contender
for the throne, there may be any number of reasons. Perhaps the master of it is in
conflict with the master of the prince. Perhaps his master always opposed the
master of the prince, but used it as a double agent, waiting for a time to grow
his surprise. Perhaps a new master is in control of it. The answer could be even
more diabolical. Perhaps the master of that also is the master of the prince, and
he hopes to force his enemies to reveal themselves by giving them this
opportunity. Perhaps a master control
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55 55 both, but want a more capable ruler. Perhaps the master of them want to use
the prince elsewhere, but does not want anyone to believe that the prince has some
utility. Ah, yes, you can almost feel sorry for the elders when you realize how
they are being manipulated. Almost. Almost. The Methuselahs If the elders make up
degrees listed in Jyhad, then the Methuselahs are lieutenants. These guys are
scary. They have powers with which I can only dream, and they use them without
hesitation. Until Until these same numbness in - and several of them - have
immense influence in the world. Marikasha, a Toreador active at least since the
ancient Crete, now sleeps under a mountain in Tanzania. From there, it uses a
small cult called the Blood Ties. They love it, because he has uncreated-able
powers of mind and can bend others to its will. If one of his followers
establishes eye contact with anyone outside the cult, he can dominate that strange
by his servant. He can then give commands to the victim telepathic and can force
him to do his bidding. His interests range across the globe, and nobody knows when
he might want to take control. Still, these skills are just fabulous part of the
reason why the Methuselahs are a threat. Indeed, if their powers were the only
reason for fear, we would not worry. Instead, the big problem of them, and the
main reason they are dangerous, is that many of them deny that they are being
manipulated from above. For example, Brunhilde, a powerful Gangrel in north-west
Europe, fight the Ventrue in the entire continent, blaming them for the ecological
destruction that the land has suffered. She works with the werewolves, but uses
the formidable power of it in many ways, and destroying factories that pollute the
earth. Moreover, it never rose a hand to stop the environmental disaster wrought
by the old Soviet Union or Russia today. Actually, I have on very good authority
that she helped the children to beat Brujah Garous who tried to stop the
destruction of the environment. Also, when Chernobyl exploded and spread their
poison in Scandinavia, it was remarkably quiet. Other Gangris screamed and yelled
and threatened the Brujah, but not her. Now we have two conclusions. The first is
that the ecological concern it is just a front, a lie, but who know her feel the
fervor of her beliefs. The second conclusion is that she was manipulated by forces
in Russia, an idea that she undoubtedly would deny - but it seems the only
acceptable assumption. Brunhilde is just the tip of the iceberg and certainly does
not count as one of the most powerful Methuselahs. Each clan has its own talk of
elders incredibly powerful whose power would make your hair curl and whose actions
could only be understood as being under the control of another person. Nosferatu
speak in whispers dark monstrous ancestors that inhabit the deepest caves of the
earth. Brujah elders fear the childer of the founder of the clan, which disregards
the Brujah today as the progeny of a traitor. Ventrue young teachers fear that
they would control every aspect on the existence of them. The Methuselahs deserve
the fear we feel them. They are the heart of the plots within plots, with which we
have to negotiate. My own meeting earlier with a Methuselah, is particularly
instructive. I had made my home in Peru and had established relations with a group
anarch site. Those who are self proclaimed freedom fighters, spent most of their
time fighting the Sabbat and seemed to have a small conflict with the prince of
the area. (The prince that I refer to here is not Carmalita St. Marie, Prince de
Lima, but the Kindred who was then the Prince of Arequipa). It took a little time
for me to realize that it Cainite I had noticed manipulating the prince was
meeting secretly with some of Anarchs, about once a month. Aha I thought, this old
man supports the Camarilla in its war against the Sabbat. Then I realized that the
prince had sent him several of the ghouls to support the Path Sleek, a terrorist
group with links-tions defined on the Black Hand. This usually means people who
managed the prince oppose the enemies of the Way Sleek: the government, army and
church.
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56 56 Digging deeper, I discovered Giovanni links with the local church and some
government leaders, Setite influence in much of the rest of the government, and
Ventrue who control the army and bureaucracy. bureaucracy. However, Giovanni had
used their influence to keep the Inquisition of Arequipa on the outside, the
Setites have given the path Sleek much of their money, and the prince was a
Ventrue, with links to other Blue Bloods. At this point, I decided my only hope of
discovering what really happened, was to keep his eyes on the old man - easy to
do. That task was made easier when I met him in a conclave of the Camarilla in
Colombia. The old man, called by the name Nunez, presented himself as an old
friend of Justice had called the conclave. He spoke vigorously to suppress Anarchs
and Sabbat. Nunez and Justicar spent much time in secret conferences, and at the
end of the conclave, Nunez had established himself as a strong supporter of the
Camarilla. But next year, I spotted his movements in Central America and South
America where he met with Sabbat, werewolves, voodoo priests, corporate executives
and even strange creatures. During these trips, I began slowly to realize how
powerful it was Nunez. In a single night, it appeared, seemingly without effort,
in different cities a thousand miles away. Once he traveled to the deepest parts
of the Amazon, the heartland Lupino, and returned several nights later, nothing
worse happened in his journey. Over the course of his travels, his pawns in
Arequipa and elsewhere continued doing the bidding of him as if he gave them
orders. When I found myself forced to leave Lima, Nunez lost track of for some
time. Indeed, Indeed, our paths did not cross again until last year. I had been
looking for an old Gargoyle by Swiss mountains and had stopped in Geneva to
introduce myself to the Prince Guillaume. As I waited for a window for me to
announce a ghoul, I noticed two vampires who were away in the courtyard below. I
focused, I realized that it was Nunez. I did not recognize the other - a vampire
high, slender, with a noble - but I listened carefully to them. What I heard I
froze the rest of my soul. The two were discussing Two recent events in Russia,
and Nunez listened as the other described, in German made even more threatening by
a sharp Romanian, Russian again. As this unknown vampire stroked his mustache, he
told a tale of destruction and devastation unparalleled in human history. The
Antediluvians had awakened one of the greatest figures of them, would release
their fury over the world. They had aroused some of the terrors of the most
powerful times of elders and now preparing to launch nightmares in a world that
distrusts. Then he and Nunez turned their eyes to the silver moon which is in
heaven and laughed. The Antediluvians I pray to God that the Antediluvians are the
generals of our petty wars, because if there is someone above them, I do not want
to know about it. I have little doubt that many Cainites very powerful form the
basis of this maddening Jyhad. If there are 13 of them, if they had the same sire
and if they survived an ancient flood, I do not know. While I heard many stories
of what these beings were, stories that concern the activity-des them since the
days of the Roman Empire are exceedingly rare. It seems that many of these beings
or went into torpor or met Final Death during this time (the former is more
likely). The leaders of clan Tremere, Giovanni, Lasombra and Tzimisce are obvious
exceptions to this. In each of these cases, the legend says that during the Middle
Ages, occurred in Diablerie Antediluvians who ran these clans. I always thought
these stories hard to believe, after all, the older Kindreds I know has powers
beyond belief. If a vampire 4,000 years had the power to destroy a building with a
thought, what kind of terror can cause an Antediluvian 10,000 years (or more),
generating less? It would take an army to overthrow Methuselahs such a creature?
Paranoia begins again. The Antediluvians pretended to their own ends? There are
other powers that destroyed them and then blamed the destruction on vampires? The
Antediluvians were willing to destroy them? If so, why? They knew something we do
not know? Still, that became extinct antediluvian not worry me very much like
those still exist. Must
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57 57 having a purpose to this Jyhad. These powerful beings can not be creating
such havoc without a reason. What could make this old man, mighty and (presumably)
brilliant beings to engage in such games seemingly insignificant? The most obvious
motivation is power. Among the kine, the ones that have the most power often
appears to be the most that tries to accumulate more. The same is true for the
Kindreds (with some exceptions), so it would make sense that the Cainites more
powerful would be the more lust for more power. So they ordered their forces,
controlling powerful vampire with Blood Ties, Domina-tion, rituals and other
methods. They make contacts with powerful (not vampire) entities and use these to
control others. Then they send these powerful forces to bring the other
Antediluvians built. Piece by piece, they become more powerful. A Gangrel Elder
told me that they were trying to be truly divine power in them and the werewolves
fear as long as powerful vampires to become power incarnate. There's only one
problem with this theory: at some point, one of the Antediluvians would be more
powerful than others and would take out of the loop. This has not happened in
10,000 years (well, maybe, but you could not tell) and it looks that this will
happen soon, at any time. Perhaps the plots of them to take a longer time to come
to fruition, or perhaps the weakest group to rise on the strongest, and on, but I
do not think power is the main reason of them. Vampires cynical blame the Jyhad of
boring. The Antediluvians has had over time, experienced so much that they got
tired of it, so only constant war gives them any excitement tion. dog. The only
thing that can stir the brains tired of them is constant conflict with their
peers. If this is true, they do not want to end the game, and will continue while
the Jyhad Antediluvians exist. This hypothesis also has its weaknesses, certainly
such powerful minds could find something to excite them. Mysteries of all kinds
exist in this world, a brain Antediluvian was to discover the secrets of magic,
science, art or philosophy, and could stay busy for ages. Surely it would be more
satisfying than endless rounds of manipulation and subterfuge. Perhaps there are
higher goals at stake here. It could be a matter of good versus evil. For example,
a group of antediluvian, including well-known as Set, Tzimisce, Tremere and Assam
(whose real name, I hear, or is Hashshan al-Safa or Hashshan ibn Canan), who
strive to transform our lives into a hell for their nefarious purposes. Only the
opposition continues to Brujah (Troile), Gangrel, Ravnos Toreador and to stop
them. In this scenario, the other Antediluvians become the other players, trading
away whatever the other five, to determine the fate of the world. Of course, I
have no evidence that something exists and the basis of this hypothesis is
imagination, not fact. Still, something can be too. Towards-res that some of them
(especially Set) deal with demons regularly. considering the disparity between the
clans, it is possible that each Antediluvian strives to create what he considers
the best of all possible worlds. For example, Ventrue wants to create a world
where everything is in perfect order, while Toreador want a world of artistic
vision and beauty. They see others as obstacles to their goals and send their
followers to destroy these obstacles. Again, I have no direct evidence to believe
this idea, but this view could well motivate some of the more antediluvian. If we
accept this hypothesis, we also have to believe that they have our best interest
in mind - although in a way changed. They use us as pawns for our own good. Then
again, maybe all believe that they are doing the bidding of Cain (or God, Odin,
Gaia or whatever). We could be negotiating with the equivalent of 13 different
religious fanatic that each of his belief is the only one who knows that Cain
really want. However, these religions have the power to support their claims, and
we may be dealing with a real religious Jyhad. A final conjecture about why the
Antediluvians carry out their games on the basic question of survival. The only
being powerful enough to threaten one another is Antediluvian Antediluvian. So no
one can be sure until the other 12 are destroyed, they can not trust others enough
to stop fighting them, and so the war continues. The only time they work together
is when another Antediluvian was very powerful and they have to combine forces to
knock them down.
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58 58 This would explain such events surely as the pillage of Carthage, when
other clans have joined the Ventrue in the battle against the Brujah, or in World
War II, when several clans have joined forces against the Tremere and Ventrue. It
would mean that things will be worse, because if the Antediluvians caused much
carnage with weapons they had limited access, think about what they might be able
to do in the coming centuries. Of course, there is no evidence established that
there are 13 Antediluvians. There could be more, could be less. Malkavian called a
Dionysian told a group of Kindreds, only one was to be behind the Jyhad. As
someone later told me that Dionysian was speaking metaphorically, that being that
he was referring, was actually each individual vampire, this is also interesting
when considered as a fact. All this is the work of a powerful Antediluvian acting
in ways that we can not even fathom? What if he manipulated the world, it was
manipulated for his own nefarious scheme? Are you prepared for the result? Cain
Cain Cain rumors involving appear regularly. Anyone who takes them seriously is a
fool or a Malkavian. If Cain returned, we can all close our coffins and turn off
the lights, because that would be the end of the game. Still, vampires have their
own different reasons, to cry for Cain. For example, when a pair of Nosferatu in
South Africa wanted to force the Camarilla prince to take an abusive, they feigned
a vision of Cain. Using Obfuscation, and aided by the presence of a Toreador,
really shook the Kindreds local - and also very deadly. Sure, it drew the
attention of Justicar. The Justicar and his Archons have a storm in Johannesburg,
questioned around the world and found a group of Cainites that nobody knew they
were in town. The Justicar forced the prince to go down, right. He also destroyed
the newborns who started the thing, but also number of other Kindreds. A threat to
the Mask was the official reason. The annoyance of Justicar was probably the real
reason. A Sabbat Noddist once gave me some insight acute in stories about Cain. he
noted that a common denominator among almost all heard of Cain, was the call of
false followers of Cain. Cain. Rarely a vampire says, "I saw Cain and he wants to
stay alone." An event more indicative hap-woven in Madagascar, where a powerful
figure, bright, appeared near the capital. He said it was Cain called his
followers and then disappeared with almost a third of the vampire of the island.
No one offered an explanation for how or why this happened. The fight Noddist
these stories recall particular circumstances of our Abra�o. They They claim that
the current event differs little from our original birth as mortals, but as a baby
has two parents, an inexperienced girl is lucky to have a single sire even for the
present to the world again. Cain becomes a father figure mystic, able to correct
all the evils and invalidate the tragedies of our existence. Crave Crave Cain is a
departure from the concerns and responsibilities, and special recital a golden
world of childhood. The Noddist said that this was but one of several explanations
for Cain. A more heretical see Cain as a projection created by vampires who crave
perfection. By this theory, we see ourselves as defective, and contemplating our
own inner beings, imagining an image of perfection. Recital that we are not
without fault, we designed this outside, and this projection becomes Cain. By For
this reason, even the first vampire (Cain, if it is) had the same feelings of
being incomplete, we have and imagine himself "Cain."
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59 59 Care, Kindreds, Care So who am I and why am I releasing all this
information? Well, as my own sire, Sennacherib, always, "You have to shake the
shake up before the low." I'm tired of these old games. Knowing what I know, I'd
rather see them finish. You see, I know a lot more Jyhad that most vampires of my
age. My experience with it predates the century I was a vampire, or thirty years
I've been alive before. I am one of Jocastatians, and as Aristotle's brother
Laurent, I know of false knowledge in the center of our non-life. As Aristotle
seeks knowledge from their ancestors, however, that we devour our memories. Inside
me lives Sennacherib, the sire his Ismene and others. Eyes, not my own, witnessed
the Jyhad in many ways, and now these images remain with me. The ones that I
destroy, after drinking them "blood from the heart," I always keep with me. Their
power becomes my own, and every soul that I take the sum of my own power. This
also increases my confusion. Every time I do it, I learn things I never expected
and see events from new perspectives. The old adage that there are two sides to
any issue is not true. there are many sides to an issue, as the people involved. I
have seen this as Jyhad experience of the elders and Anarchs, Sabbat and Archons,
independent and willing pawns. The only conclusion I can do all of this is that
the war is wrong. I saw nothing that can justify the horrors we have wrought, and
I have to say all vampire - the Camarilla, Sabbat, Inconnu, or anything else - is
guilty. We do little or nothing to stop this travesty, and it continues decade
after decade. So we make these documents available to everyone. I have no control
over whether you believe in this book or not, but will open your eyes. Kinship and
kine similar need to know where to go. Mortals and immortals both need to see how
horrible the actions of some powerful beings corrupting the world. Finally, these
handlers need to learn the ancient fear, that their games will not continue
forever. The question you have to do is, how much you can trust me. After all,
different factions in the Jyhad mastered the art of deception and disinformation.
For all you know, I could be an Elder giving you the exact history, I want you to
hear, so you will not go and seek the real. Now that I planted that seed of doubt
in your mind, I could be a member of the Black Hand trying to incite discord
between young and old members of the Camarilla. I planned what I wrote about the
sect to give my words more credibility and cover my own involvement in all this. I
reveal how Giovanni an attempt to increase tensions between the two groups so that
my clan against the Camarilla and Sabbat, may have more power. So, how can you
doubt that all the major powers vampire, you can come to find out who I really am
a Setite dedicated to putting all the vampires in the throat of others. In fact,
I'm not really a vampire. I am a hunter, and fostering deep suspicion, I assure
you that the vampires will continue destroying each other and make my job easier.
Putting this much doubt in your mind, I can say now what I really am an Elder, and
I wrote these four paragraphs to make sure you do not rely on those statements.
What will you believe? With triumph, With triumph Ayisha Jocastian