The History Of The Cainites

In the beginning there was only Caine.

Caine who sacrificed his brother out of love.
Caine who was cast out.
Caine who was cursed forever with immortality.
Caine who was cursed with the lust for blood.
It is Caine from whom we all come,
Our sire's sire.
For the passing of an age he lived in the land of od,
In loneliness and suffering.
For an eon he remained alone.
!ut the passing of memory drowned his sorrow.
"nd so he returned to the world of mortals,
To the world of mortals,
To the world his brother and his brother's children had created.
The #econd "nd Third $eneration
Though he became ruler of a mighty nation, he was still alone,
For none was as he. His sorrow grew once again.
Then he committed another great sin, for he begat progeny,
%Of whom there were only three.&
!ut from them came more progeny, Caine's grandchilder,
"nd then Caine said, '"n end to this crime. There shall be no more.'
"nd as Caine's word was the law, his brood obeyed him.
The city stood for many ages,
"nd became the center of a mighty empire.
The $reat Flood
!ut then came the (eluge, a $reat Flood that washed over the world.
The city was destroyed,
"nd its people along with it.
"gain Caine fell into a great sorrow and went into solitude,
!ecoming as a dog amidst the wastes,
"nd leaving his progeny to their own ends.
They came to him and begged him to return,
To help them rebuild the city.
!ut he would not come with them,
#aying the Flood had been sent as punishment
For his having returned to the world of life
"nd subverting the true law.
The First Fall
#o they returned alone to what mortals were left
"nd announced that they were the new rulers.
)ach created a brood,
In order to claim the glory of Caine,
*et they did not have his wisdom or restraint.
" great war was waged, the elders against their children,
"nd the children slew their parents.
The #econd City
The rebels then built a new city
"nd brought to it %+,& tribes.
It was a beautiful city and its people worshipped them as gods.
They created new progeny of their own,
The Fourth $eneration of Cainites.
!ut they feared the -yhad,
"nd it was forbidden for those childer
To create others of their .ind.
This power the elders .ept for themselves.
/hen a childe was created, it was hunted down and .illed,
"nd its sire with it.
The #econd Fall
"lthough this city was as great as Caine's, eventually it grew old.
"s do all living things, it slowly began to die.
The gods at first did not see the truth,
"nd when they last loo.ed about them it was too late.
Their city was destroyed and their power e0tinguished,
"nd they were forced to flee, their progeny along with them.
!ut many were .illed in the flight, for they had grown wea..
/ith their authority gone, all were free to create their own broods,
"nd soon there were many new Cainites,
/ho ruled across the face of the )arth.
!ut this could not last.
The -yhad
Over time, there came to be too many of the Cainites,
"nd then there was war once again.
The elders were already deep in hiding,
For they had learned caution.
!ut their childer had founded their own cities and broods,
"nd it is they who were .illed in the great wave of war.
There was war so total, that there are none of that generation
To spea. of themselves any longer.
/aves of mortal flesh were sent across continents
In order to crush and burn the cities of the Cainites.
1ortals thought they were fighting their own wars,
!ut it is for us they spilt their blood.
Once this war was over,
"ll of the Cainites hid from one another
"nd from the humans who surrounded them.
In hiding we remain tonight,
For the -yhad continues still.
The #igns Of $ehenna
2uiet3 Hear the raven's cry3 The stillness of the wind rising hot on the street. The towers hide the
dar.ness of the day.
/hen 4asombra's dreams come true on the day when the moon runs as blood and the sun rises
blac. in the s.y. That is the day of the (amned when Caine's children will rise again.
"nd the world will turn cold and unclean things will boil up from the ground and great storms will
roll, lightening will light fires, animals will fester and their bodies, twisted, will fall.
#o, too, our grandsires will rise from the ground. They will brea. their fast on the first part of us.
They will consume us whole.
On the second day, Caine will return and call his children to the meeting place on the site of the
First City. He will bec.on them, sitting on his basalt throne.
"nd Caine will call aloud the names of those to be destroyed for their crimes are too great and all
those who have consumed the heart's blood of their sire will be brought before the !lac. Throne
and made to drin. Caine's blood and Caine's blood will eat their blood.
"nd the (ar. 1other herself will be brought forth and there, in the valley of )noch, will there be a
battle. " duel of (ar. Father and (ar. 1other. The demon 5ueen will bite deep. The damned .ing
will bite deeper. /e will not .now the thing which will happen, but the s.y will tear apart, and the
earth below. "nd the forces of Hell will pour up out of the ground
On the third day, there will be silence. The crows will feed on the carrion. 6lague will dance
amongst the ruins. The last of the /ild Ones will leave this place. The last of the 1oon7!easts will
fight and fall and the "ntediluvians will ma.e for themselves an empire of blood.
They will rule with iron talons. They will wrench the hearts of all still alive and the full sum of the
earth's living will come and live in the 4ast City, called $ehenna.
"nd there will be a reign of one thousand years and there will be no love, or life, or pity. The
mighty will be as slaves. The virtuous will be made foul. )very good gift and every perfect gift will
be tainted by the Father of (ar.ness, whose power will come from the nether realms.
/hen the snows consume the earth and the sun gutters li.e a candle in the wind, then and only then,
will there be born a woman, the last daughter of )ve, and in her there will be decided the fate of all.
"nd you will not .now this woman, e0cept by the mar. of the moon on her. "nd she will face
treachery, hatred, and pain. !ut in her is the last hope.
"nd you will .now these last times by the time of thin blood which will mar. vampires that cannot
!eget. *ou will .now them by the Clanless who will come to rule. *ou will .now them by the /ild
Ones who will hunt us even in the strongest city. *ou will .now them by the awa.ening of some of
the eldest. The Crone will awa.en and consume all.
*ou will .now these times, for a blac. hand will rise up and cho.e all those who oppose it. "nd
those who eat heart's blood will flourish. "nd the 8indred will crowd each to his own, and vitae
will be as rare as diamonds
1ar. these signs, they are coming3 $ehenna will be on earth.
1ar. the shadow which flies. 1ar. the dragon which rises. 1ar. the dar.ness which moves. 1ar.
the shadow of the moon. 1ar. the angel that dies. 1ar. the maiden who weeps. 1ar. the children
)mbraced. 1ar. the Clanless who run.
"nd there will be a time when sire will drive out childer, when sire will abandon childer to the sun's
mercy and there will be no mercy for the Clanless. There will be no mercy for the Clanless, mongrel
though they be. 9pon their forgotten sires shall be the curse of "uriel. 9pon their hateful sires shall
be the curse that comes of crossing Caine. 9pon their la:y sires shall be the curse of the hunters
hunted.
Those among the Clanless will have no path to follow. o family to name. o generation to hold.
o traditions to .eep. o customs to give. o hospitality to give.
/hy do you ma.e these orphans; /hy do you leave them in the street; They are the dar. seed of
our undoing. They will follow !ru<ah's childer. They will ma.e the blood run red. They are going to
.ill the dead. They are going to eat our .in. They will scream and bash our doors. They will cry
aloud for <ustice.
Clanless, all, they will .now secret ways. Clanless, all, they are 4ilith's foul get. Clanless, all, they
are newly awa.e. Clanless, all3 o family, no sign, no loyalty, no elder.
!eware those who wal. without a clan for they will be our undoing. 6ity them3 "dopt the orphans
where you can but watch them. In them is the bad seed of their sire.
The #hroud Of 8ayma.li
=ecently a fragment of the !oo. Of od was found within the depths of an old cave where legends
say Cappadocius trapped thousands of his descendants and cursed the entrance where no mortal
may enter yet no Cainites could leave. It was recently discovered by O.ulos, a osferatu, who is
partnered with !ec.ett the $angrel, searching for artifacts about $ehenna and the !oo. Of od.
!ec.ett is trying to .eep O.ulos 'alive' until he can find a way to free O.ulos. The fragment itself
has been freed of its prison and has caused 5uite a ruc.us as word about it spread....
The /ords Of Caine "fter The (eluge
The time has come,
1y Children,
For me to bid the night goodbye.
!ut .now that I do not leave you.
"wait the time when I <oin you again
"fter you have learned the wages
Of your vanity, sin and pride.
"nd mar. well the heralds of my return
For I do not leave the affairs of my house
To be tended by the Children of #eth.
Caine's Confession "t 4ilith's !osom
"nd I traveled for a hundred years before I found
1y father's first wife
/hose blood I dran.
"nd yet she was "wa.e still.
'I must tal. to the One "bove,' I said
"nd she smiled.
'Tal. to Him,' she said,
'!ut .now that he has turned his bac. on you
For your sin.'
"t this I cried thirteen tears of blood
"nd named them as each fell
/hen 4ilith said>
'/hy do you call our children's names;
They cannot
"nd will not
Help you.
They are nothing but other sins
Committed to ma.e sweet "bel's death
4ess sharp in your cold heart.'
"nd to her I said,
'1other, lover,
I cannot feel.
/e made them to buoy me
"nd yet they drag me into %Hell&.'
The /ords Of Caine !efore )ntering The )arth
"nd I grew tired,
1y dead heart heavy with all that I had done.
#o I pledged to sleep until my wrongs
Had righted themselves.
/ith 4ilith's .nife, I cut myself and sang>
'From these open wounds
4ife shall come from death,
"s the last daughter
!earing the mar. of the moon,
#ends %4asombra's& bane to the ashes,
#ends %$angrel's& brood to the cold stone,
Infests %osferatu's& den with %sna.es& and stri.es down his wife,
"nd pierces the rest of my grandchilder
/ith the fires of the wise.'
"t these words, I san.
)mbraced by the cold arms of
4ilith's garden.
6lease %$od&,
)rase my folly
"nd end this.