| The Traditions |
| "Upon these rules we live, and upon them we die" |
The First Tradition: The Masquerade Thou shalt not reveal thy true nature to those not of the blood. Doing so shall renounce thy claims of blood. The Second Tradition : The Domain Thy Domain is thine own concern. All others owe thee respect while in it. None may challenge thy word while in thy domain. The Third Tradition : Progeny Thou shall only Sire another with the permission of thine elder. If thou creates another without thine elder's leave, both thou and thy progeny shall be slain. The Fourth Tradition : The Accounting Those thou create are thine own children. Until thy Progeny shall be Released, thou shall command them in all things. Their sins are thine to endure. The Fifth Tradition : Hospitality Honour one another's domain. When thou comes to a foreign city, thou shall present thyself to the one who ruleth there.With out the word of acceptance, thou are nothing. The Sixth Tradition : Destruction Thou are forbidden to destroy another of thy kind. The right of destruction belongeth only to thine elder. Only the eldest among thee shall call the Blood Hunt. |