| In the begining there was only Caine.Caine who [sacrificed] his brother out of [love].Caine who was cast out.Caine who was cursed forever with immortality. Caine who was cursed with the lust for blood.It is Caine from whom we all come,Our Sire's Sire.For the passing of an age he lived in [the land of Nod],In loneliness and suffering.For an eon he remained alone.But the passing of memory drowned his sorrow.And so he returned to the world of mortals,To the world his brother [Seth,third born of Eve] and [Seth's children] had created.He returned and was welcome.[For none would turn against him,due to the Mark that was laid upon him].The people saw his power and worshipped him,[He grew powerful,and his power was strong,his ways of awe and command were great]. [And the Children of Seth made] him King of their great city,The First City.But Caine grew lonely in his power.Deep within him,the seed of lonliness blossomed,and grew a dark flower.He saw within his blood the potence of fertility.By calling up demons and listening to wispered wisdom he learned to make a child for his own.He came to know its power,and,doing so,decided to Embrace one of those near him.And,lo,Uriel,Dread Uriel,revealed himself to Caine that very night and said to him, "Caine,though powerful you are,and marked of God,know you this: that any childe you make will bear your curse,that any of your Progeny will forever waslk in the land of Nod,and fear flame and sun,drinking blood only and eating ashes only.And since they will carry their father's jeleous seed,they will forever plot and fight amongst themselves.Doom not those of Adam's grandchildren who seek to walk in the righteous.Caine!Stay your dread Embrace!" Still,Caine knew what he must do,and a young man named Enosh,who was the most beloved of Seth's kin,begged to be made Son to the dark Father.And Caine,mindful though he was of Uriel's words,seized Enosh,and wrapped him in the dark Embrace.And so,it came to pass that Caine beget Enochand,so doing,named the First City Enoch.And,so doing,did Enoch beg for a brother,a sister,and Caine,indulgent Father,gave these to him,and thier names were Zillah,whose blood was most-favored of Caine,and Irad,whose strength served Caine's arm.And these Kindred of Caine learned the ways of making Progeny of their own,and they Embraced more of Seth's kin,unthinking. And then wise Caine said "An end to this crime.There shall be no more." And as Caine's word was law,his Brood obeyed him.The city stood for many ages,and became the center of a mighty Empire.Caine grew close to those not like him.The [children of Seth] knew him and he,in turn,knew them.But the world grew dark with sin.Caine's children wandered here and there,indulging their dark ways.Caine felt anger when his children fought.He discovered deceit when he saw them make word-war.he knew sadness when he saw them abuse [the children of Seth[.Caine read the signs in the darkening sky,but said nothing.Then came the great Deluge,a great flood that washed over the world.The City was destroyed,and the children of Seth with it.Again,Caine fell into great sorrow and went into solitude.And he left us,his progeny,to our own ends. |
