(hAPCER ONE: CROWNS CAST IN SHADOWS ‘our blood whe Would rule the e: Shall cower in the dust by day, fearing th Thus shall your kingdom be, your prideful empire, Its throne made of cast in shadows. — Book Ill of The Erclyes Fragments The follow setters tothe Lordsof the Night, by Cainite scholar Ac On the Origin of {thet Ht of Kin aekingdom inexile. I And we surely it is better to ru myself falsely in Soitwas that Caine first declared the right ofhe and his childer to rule over the sons of Man in this world. So itwas that the right of kingship first can of Caine the Dark Father ill le over Seth's b in the darkness. Than to themes. humble e into the hands nd those who came afterhim, igh Caine’s act of willful defiance Did Caine defy the will of God in this?Indeedso, but Caine, like all men, was giv by God, to saw fit. So, too, were Adam and Eve, an. all their sons and daughters, ven free will. Caine chose the exercise of his will rather than unthinking obedi- choice that hasmarked hischildrenandthe Road from that time onward, For whatever claims by mortal or Cainite — to the divine rig kingship tuly flows from the power of ind the conviction to exercise that will in the face of all nhstacles. In truth, the divine right of kings is the unshakable will to achieve power, no matter what may stand in the way. This seven more true of ourkind, since noCainite iskingby birth (or Embrace) without the will to take power and hold it. Thus the right of kings is a matter of individual choice and will, the will to pawer. We shall consider this further, buriccan be seen clearly in the rise ofthe children of Caine to power in the world throughout out bi Fr m the commentaries of Fiové jemous in his Acindynus és blag J rence that the willof God has notfiing to do with the right of king ‘mortal or Cainite. 4m fact God's will has everythin dowith our right tor icover the mortal cattle, and for favor to the Dark F dared to kill Caine would suffer greatly. Through Caines blood, the Lord gave er'to rule, a therefore the right. To Suggest otherwise is to court a terrible puntsiinent. sell: teindynus’point regarding te importance of thewilltopower isvalid. The Ford has ordained that th children of Caine will hold the night and rule over th children of Seth, but one must still hav the will and the cunning necessary to seize that divine right and wield it and to de The First City Caine took hold of his destiny and wandered the land until he came upon Enosh, the an slates it against one’s enemies. favored first-born th, who went into the wilderness of God. He found Caine instead and took Enos! h for bis own, calling him Enoch. urned to the lands of men, where been offered ecame king of the First City Tog Enoch granted his sie the crown that first to him, and Caine Caine says And because they bow will, The Lord fibie heposreat ioe the Road of Kings: that freedom cannot be taken, only relinquished by chose who have it. Caine, like every king and prince who followed him, ruled at the suffer ance of his subjects. Had they risen up against him and Enoch then and there, the Fest City would have heen ro more, and the history of our kind would have been quite different down to me oftheir own free the frst lesson on Even if Caine’s power had been enough to sla his rebellious subjects to the last 1 child, their freedom would still be si Heaven, with Caine left alone once for such was thy people ofthe First City feared Caine’s power, and the mark of God upon his brow, so they di nto them in. rth, curse of the Lord. Instead, the not choose to defy him, Iris from such fear and respect that the power of kings flows. Thus the right of kings is a matter of fear and A monarch who is feared and respected earns the fealty of his subjects. A monarch who does not maintain his vassals’ fear and respect soon loses theit fealty as well respect Inbistule of the Furst City, Caine became Laweiver, proclaiming bis commands to his ch ancient code of the Canaille is the basis for all Cainite law and the foundation upon which the Road of Kings is built Caine said! We are given Dom Seth, thi of Adam, as he is oter youngest Brother, we will w his Children as if they were our ow them the id in return, they will serve us all of They will serve the Sun rides the sky nur houses, with quenching water, Michaels fre They will fe They will They will lo The Th days us whil and watch over provide us with clothes, with us us with comfort will worship us, and we must not allow their worship This last point is a vital one, Above all, Caine admonished his childer not to accept the worship of the Children of Seth destined to be kings and ralers, yes, but not gods. To challenge the place of God wwasto court His anger, as Caine well knew, and the Lord has commanded, “Thou shalt have no other gods befor. Me forbade his childer the worship of They were So Caine wiIne Above, 2 Caine forev. Know thow that the Children of Seth will vise up andl conquer w Gods t0 them Cain power flows from the ind of God is useful, because those who believe power flows from the Almighty are less nal Sods blithely Acindynus ignoves ane mandates from the Canaille, where he decl abvise us, and me mill listen to theie advice.” In this Caine tells is childee ofthe value ofmankind, not only as subjects, but also as comeades, advisors, and allies in the truest sense the mord. Caine and the Second sek not only the company, but also the wisdom and dulce of mortals, something that Scions in the modern are they of their mneration were rise 19 nights seem less promt to de, 50 et supeviorty to the mortal het. Ifapeince ot lord wishes to rule wisely, he Does not ignore the value of the mortals in his Somain. Co 90 50 sm amay from humanity, and such rulers will be own in time. Te follow the wisdom of the Canaille, then one must consider allofit, and not only ye words that support the rights of kings, The Second City Fal and resumed his wandering uunded the Second City, follow er the world wing the Groat Flood, Caine site and ruling 0 as well vw in the and they made war words thar granced them dominion, but for re's command to guide the Children of Seth “as a