A brief word...
Of Progeny

Of progeny

 

These are the words that Caine said,

regarding our Progeny

as he ruled in Enoch, as King.

Hear the words of Caine Law-Giver:

 

"Thou shall not make Progeny against My will

and if you are given leave,

then choose of those Children of Adam well,

think of them as your future Brother or Sister.1

 

Look to the everlasting night ahead,

and know Auriel's Prophecy:

that forever shall Childe rise up to slay Sire.

 

Know thou that. as in all things, the Father

overcomes the Childe, the Mother her Daughter:

Only through Me will you come to Truth,

Only through Me will you come to Peace,

Only through Me will you come Awake to your Power.2

 

Know thou that the right of life or death,

as it was in My times,

will ever be the Sire's over the Childe's,

for it has been set in Heaven

as well as in this world,

the way of things.

My Father, Adam, over me,

I, over you,

You, my Children, over all Progeny you get.

 

Thou shalt not suffer your Childe to live

If it is found that he has killed

one of your Brothers and has drunk his hearts blood.

This is the Serpent's Way, and I will not abide it.3

 

Thou shalt not Embrace those who are unworthy,

Thou shalt not use the Embrace as punishment,

Neither shall you Embrace the youngest, who

should live long before being brought into

My family, so that the wisdom of our line will grow.

 

Thou shalt not Embrace those who are diseased,

insane, or full of ill humors, for they will taint the Blood.4

 

Never shall there be more Kindred of Caine

than Kindred of Seth in a place,

neither should there be one of Caine

for every three of Seth.5

 

All Childer should learn from their Sire

The Law and the Traditions

The Rites and the Customs,

as I have given them to you

 

Thou shalt not Embrace the Moon-Beasts,

for these should be outcast and called Abomination.

Neither should you taste of their blood,

for they are forbidden,

they bring Death to our door.6

 

Embrace not the blood of the Enlightened,

rather listen to their words, watch their actions,

and move swiftly against them should they strike:

a useful sword, but often too sharp.7

 

Taste not the blood of the Wild Ones,

for in it is Madness, neither should you

Embrace them: for you will not survive it.8

 

Embrace not Love, for Love in My Embrace

will grow cold, wither, and die.9