The  Words of Ventrue to his Childer32

We ruled in Enoch! We ruled in [the Second City]

Dumuzi! Gilgamesh! Zeus! Jupiter!

We are every great man, every perfect man.

We rule, not by strength, but by right.

Be the law-giver, the tool-maker,

Carry the sacred [Me] to the people,

Keep the covenant,

Bind those that rebel,

Glory in those who fight and win,

Keep strong swords about you always,

and sharp eyes at your back.

Cower not in fear of the Sun!

Shrink not from Fire!

Though cursed we may be

We are the Lords of the Earth,

and all things fall under our dominion.