Book Of Le’Morte 1
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Title: Book of Le'Morte 1
Author: Lucian Le'Morte
The Book of Le'Morte Vampires (2nd Edition)
PROLOGUE:
This book contains the history of the Le'Morte Family Clan, the history of how the Vampiric Order V|O came to be. It is a tale from the accounts of Lucian Le'Morte, Shai Le'Morte, and Zillah Le'Morte. It is from them, a great tale was born, from the undead ashes from the Earth. This is their tale
THE BEGINNING: Adam and Eve
The Lord was Pleased, for Adam had told him by the river that morning that Eve, was with child.
The Lord had blessed them both and told them they would be strong sons to tend to the lands in which he gave them in Eden. They would both love the lord, and his parents loved him, and he gave his blessing upon them. As they grew older, Abel became a Sheppard, and strong Cain was a tiller of the land. Cain would work very hard days to harvest the crop which the lord blessed, to feed his family, and Abel had much quieter days tending to the sheep, and speaking much with the lord on occasion.
One Morning, The Lord asked both brothers to bring forth a offering of sacrifice. Cain had brought the lord the harvest of his labor of the land, yet Abel brought forth only a young sheep in which he had cut it's throat and placed it on a rock as an alter of sacrifice.
The Lord was very pleased with Abel and his sacrifice. The Lord Sencing Cain's anger, he asked him "Why are you angered my child?" and Cain replied "Because my Lord, I have sweat, tolled, and labored on the land to provide food for us all, yet you do not like my gift." The Lord replied: "I did not say I did not like your offering but your brother gave the ultimate sacrifice, the wheat you have cut down shall regrow once more, and be a field of gold, but this sheep here will never be on this earth again." Weeks had passed, but Cain's heart grew bitter, as hatred filled his soul of his brothers offering to the Lord. One morning Cain enacted his revenge, and followed his brother into the hills. He had grabbed a stone, and hit his brother in the head killing him instantly.
Knowing what he had done, Cain rushed back to his fields as if to forget the deed was ever done. The Lord had come and talked with Cain by his field, and he asked him: "Cain where is your brother?" Cain replied: "I do not know my lord, am I my brother's keeper?" The Lord replied: "Cain, your brother's blood weeps into Sosaria. What have you done Cain!" Lowering his head knowing fully what he had done, the Lord then said: "For what you have done Cain, I banish you from Eden, the lands you plant will forever be turned to dust. The People will know you by the mark on your head and you will be hunted the rest of your life. I will punish any and all who try to kill you; for you are cursed from this day forth. Blood you have spilled and blood you shall know, for without it in your veins, you will thirst like never before."
Then the Lord pointed to Cain and told him to leave Eden and walk the lonely wilderness of Sosaria, never knowing truly what the curse the lord inflicted him with would do.
THE MARK OF CAIN
"Taken of Cain's Journal"
What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And the LORD said unto him, "Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him seven fold." And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him shall kill him.
Caine finally settled in a city, once known as Ubar. It was inhabited by the "Children of Seth" and ruled by King Enoch. The people of Ubar were aware of Cain's mark and both marveled and feared his power and thus came to worship him. Upon arrival to the city, Enoch relinquished his kingship, so that Cain may rule instead.
According to a Toreador legend, being amongst the mortals, Cain noticed a couple who were very much in love. Seeing their love amplified his own loneliness and sin. After having dwelt on his sin for an eon, Cain thought that maybe he could reconcile something in his nature by embracing them with the gift of immortality, so that their love would live for all eternity. However, when the lovers discovered that they could not have children together, after having been embraced, in an act of despair, they both walked into the sunlight to their Final Death. Cain was so heartbroken over the event that he forbade anyone to speak their names. Thus, their names were lost to history. The former king, Enoch, desired Cain's power and requested it as such. However, Cain showed some reluctance because of the loss of the lovers he had embraced decades ago and Uriel's warning.
Yet the raging of the beast within, the yearning to be with others like him, and Enoch ultimately begging for the embrace, Cain turned the young man. In honor of his new found vampiric son, Cain declared that Ubar now be known as, the City of Enoch. After some time, Enoch desired Kindred brethren. With Enoch's insistence, Cain embraced his second childe, Irad, imparting to him a strength unlike any other.
Irad thus became Cain's arm, a commander of armies. Soon to follow, was Zillah.
The city's economy thrived on the technology and the agricultural "know-how" that Cain brought to the First City. One, having wandered throughout the Cradle of Civilization, he was able to bring Sumerian technology, namely "the wheel". Two, being a farmer most of his life, Cain had cultivated wondrous and perfect groves.
So for generations, under Cain's rule, the economy prospered, and the city became a mighty Empire. The Third Generation Antediluvians even built statues, shrines, temples, a grand library, and pools all surrounding a large five level palace, that Cain ruled from, upon his lofty ivory throne.
The Deluge changed everything. It destroyed the City of Enoch and all of the "Children of Seth". Cain was so upset, that he disappeared. His surviving childer and grand-childer sought him out, and when they found him, Cain told them to go away. Left to fend for themselves, the Antediluvians ended up "killing" Cain's second generation childer. When Caine discovered what happened, he sought out the Antediluvians who had rebuilt a new city, known as the Second City.
Unbeknownst to them, the Dark Father Cain cursed his descendants with the characteristic weaknesses of each clan.
THE TALE OF MARIUS:
The Tale of Marius is a strong but yet sad story, this is a part from the journal of Marius himself. "I remember when I was Human, I was a miner in Minoc and a damn good one to boot. I could smelt the ore so fast, the wind in my face blowing down from the mountain side, my god, there was nothing better, it was my home, my blood, and the ore was in my veins. I recalled a man who needed to buy a quite large order from me of ingots. He was a wealthy man, very dark completed, and very pale.
I mined for weeks for this man, day and night it seemed, But the order was complete and I knew this was going to make my bank book quite, and I was going to buy a drink to all who came into the tavern that night. I received a message from the man, and he wanted to meet me inside the cave, inside the Minoc Mountain side near the Forge. A strange request, but it was quite a bit of gold, so I didn't mind for it was close to the town, maybe he didn't like people to see what he was buying, I mean common, they are only ingots. I walked inside the Cave. Cold, Dark, Dreary. No one was inside, but I felt as thou someone or something was watching me, pacing me, but I moved further inside.
Before I could react or understand what was to happen to me, I was clinched into its arms, and a piercing pain ran down my whole body, I was a strong man, I am a Miner, but what ever gripped me had the strength of the mountain in his veins. Something was dripping onto my lips, I thought it was water, but it was sweet, very sweet.