Appendix

Appendix:
The Known History of the First City

What we know of the First City comes from a tiny selection of the tablet fragments,vase shards,and carved monuments uncovered after two thousand years or burial.The First City was unique in its vampiric nature.There,the two generations of Caine's Children,the second and third generation,created for themselves a society which adapted to thier particular vampiric customs,needs,and powers.
     From what has been unearthed,we know that the Kindred of the First City were the upper rung of the heirarchy,with Caine,or course,being at the top.Although the three Children of Caine (Enoch,Zillar,and Jrad) were supposidly the next 'rung' down,several of the Third Generation,Caine's Grandchilder,enjoyed special status (notably Saulot,who was always at Caine's side,especially in the later days) equal to the Second Generation.
     Below all Kindred were the Children of Seth,that is to say the humans,except for one.That one was the Master of Servants,the original one-who-serves,called Jabal in some Myths.Jabal was equal to one of Caine's Grandchilder because he was so close to Caine.There was very little of Jabal's own blood in his body,it was all mostly the Blood of Caine.
    Those-who-serve,the latter-day ghouls,were the next lowest rung,followed by all mortal servents who attended the Kindred.The rest----those who farmed,labored,ect.---were the least.
    Do not,however,misjudge the Kindred of this time.They were doing what their Father,Caine,told them to do.Caine truely felt as an uncle to these orphaned children of Seth's,and he saw it as his duty to protect them and guide them.He took his duty seriously.A few of the legends show Caine the Lawgiver as a tiger,and a wolf,and a hawk,attacking the enemies of the people.They show him also sitting in judgement on an Ivory Throne in the midst of a great Court---apparently the powers of Auspex at that time were conciderable enough to allow Caine or the residing Kindred) to look into the heart of a man and discern whether they had done right or wrong.
    Caine was also able to see when one of his children's Powers had worked on a human.He was also able to cancel the effect of any Discipline used in his vicinity.It was this total mastery of all Disciplines that kept Caine in power,truely,for although he was a decent king,and an honest law-giver,his Disciplines ensured that the rest of the powerful Kindred stayed in line.
    Caine had the ability to create new Disciplines on the spot if he wised.It is thought that his power to do this was the forerunner of the Thaumaturgy Discipline and the various Thamaturgical Paths.