Post by Tami on Aug 5, 2006 18:53:57 GMT -5
PATH OF NIGHT
Nickname: Nihilists
Hierarchy of Sins
Rating Moral Guidelines
10………...Killing a mortal for food
9………….Acting in the interest of another
8………….Failing to be innovative in your depredations
7………….asking aid of another
6………….Accidental killing
5………….Bowing to another Kindred’s will
4………….Intentional or impassioned killing
3………….Aiding another
2……...…. Accepting the superiority of another
1………….Repenting you behavior
Ethics of the Path
• Leave no being untouched by one’s taint. All beings must experience the touch of evil. The weak must be destroyed or corrupted. Those too strong or peripheral to be destroyed or corrupted must be scarred in passing.
• Tempt and horrify those around one’s self. The weak will fall, while the strong will be tempered by the test. Vampires, as creatures of life and death, have been sent as emissaries from the other side. It is their duty to break down the physical and spiritual resolve of all whom they come in contact. Nihilists, however. Recognize that some beings are fated to serve other powers than those of evil. If it is clear that a being is as spiritually pure (or simply different.) as the vampire is corrupt, it is part of the natural order to allow that being to be what it is. Nihilists are also soldiers of darkness. Just because a foe is respected doesn’t mean it can’t be destroyed.
• Inspire pothers to accept their inner darkness. As emissaries, nihilists are “PR agents” of evil. Every being turned to its own darkness is another soldier in the great cosmic struggle between light and shadow.
• Experience every sensation possible, and then some. Just as a master craftsperson must be familiar with all his tool, so must a master of evil understand the medium in which he can work. Even “good” or “pure” sensations must be experienced. It is easier to work against a noble victim when one has knowledge of nobility, a pure victim when one understands purity, a loving victim when one understands love.
• Death is a means, not and end. A vampire has died, true, but has not only experienced the entirety of what lies beyond death. It is not one’s place to meddle with planes beyond. If it were, a vampire would not have been sent back tot eh living world. Since it is one’s lot to scourge this world, not the next, victims must be kept in a vampire’s sphere of influence as long as possible. A dead victim is beyond one’s reach. A living victim may experience in all manifestations.
• Vampires, as souls damned by God, fulfill their purpose by preying on mortals. Few things are more horrifying than the idea of being eaten. For this reason alone, vampires must prey on mortal. Thought the undead must spread as much evil as possible in the living world, it is sometimes their duty to act as shepherds, sending a soul to its final reward (or preferably perdition.)
Virtues: Followers of the Path of Night practice Conviction and Instinct.
Nickname: Nihilists
Hierarchy of Sins
Rating Moral Guidelines
10………...Killing a mortal for food
9………….Acting in the interest of another
8………….Failing to be innovative in your depredations
7………….asking aid of another
6………….Accidental killing
5………….Bowing to another Kindred’s will
4………….Intentional or impassioned killing
3………….Aiding another
2……...…. Accepting the superiority of another
1………….Repenting you behavior
Ethics of the Path
• Leave no being untouched by one’s taint. All beings must experience the touch of evil. The weak must be destroyed or corrupted. Those too strong or peripheral to be destroyed or corrupted must be scarred in passing.
• Tempt and horrify those around one’s self. The weak will fall, while the strong will be tempered by the test. Vampires, as creatures of life and death, have been sent as emissaries from the other side. It is their duty to break down the physical and spiritual resolve of all whom they come in contact. Nihilists, however. Recognize that some beings are fated to serve other powers than those of evil. If it is clear that a being is as spiritually pure (or simply different.) as the vampire is corrupt, it is part of the natural order to allow that being to be what it is. Nihilists are also soldiers of darkness. Just because a foe is respected doesn’t mean it can’t be destroyed.
• Inspire pothers to accept their inner darkness. As emissaries, nihilists are “PR agents” of evil. Every being turned to its own darkness is another soldier in the great cosmic struggle between light and shadow.
• Experience every sensation possible, and then some. Just as a master craftsperson must be familiar with all his tool, so must a master of evil understand the medium in which he can work. Even “good” or “pure” sensations must be experienced. It is easier to work against a noble victim when one has knowledge of nobility, a pure victim when one understands purity, a loving victim when one understands love.
• Death is a means, not and end. A vampire has died, true, but has not only experienced the entirety of what lies beyond death. It is not one’s place to meddle with planes beyond. If it were, a vampire would not have been sent back tot eh living world. Since it is one’s lot to scourge this world, not the next, victims must be kept in a vampire’s sphere of influence as long as possible. A dead victim is beyond one’s reach. A living victim may experience in all manifestations.
• Vampires, as souls damned by God, fulfill their purpose by preying on mortals. Few things are more horrifying than the idea of being eaten. For this reason alone, vampires must prey on mortal. Thought the undead must spread as much evil as possible in the living world, it is sometimes their duty to act as shepherds, sending a soul to its final reward (or preferably perdition.)
Virtues: Followers of the Path of Night practice Conviction and Instinct.