In many societies there are prophecies
foretelling the time of the last great battle of good against evil.
The Vampires have such a legend as well, here are a few of the
Prophecies which foretell a time of ending, which begins this, the
last war of good against evil, to take place in the modern-day world
of the viral vampire.
And now here are only a few of the prophecies that foretell
this time of ending and beginning. The words are taken from Paladin
as said to her by Azraeyel and also taken from other verbal Vampiric
Sources.
And there grows near the foretold
time.
A time when the truth breaks forth, like a chicken from its
shell, at the moment of birth, into the world. The truth is upon the
wind and the wind becomes a gale.
Once set free, the truth travels and releases the knowledge.
And there shall be those on both sides who do not wish the truth
known. And yet shall it become known to all.
On that day, shall human turn against human, vampire against
his own kind and brother shall slay brother and friend shall kill
his friend ... in the name of truth.
Then he shall have been the first, but his truth shall go
unheeded, and the children shall betray
him.
One of his own shall bring forth the
tempest.
And the child shall lead and so shall he become the first
and be the last.
In the end, there shall be only two kinds of humans: those
who believe and understand, and those who
fear.
The truth is upon the wind, and the wind becomes a gale, and
shall blow across the land to devastate all within its
path.
The wind shall blow ill. And so doth the time of ending
become a plague upon all the land.
The messenger rides forth alone.
The wall of stone is false and 'tis but made of clay which
shattered as the balance is shattered.
They who speak this truth are the first to
die.
The Messenger carries forth the divine truth unto the
masses.
The death is accomplished by the hand of evil which is
mistaken for the Sword of Right.
But though the lips are silent, the heart screams and the
words rise as the Phoenix to herald the end of the
beginning.
As the storm grows more ponderous, THEY shall hear the
windsong.
And what was fantastic will be reality, and reality shall be
proven.
He who is the first, he who is the last, shall know the
truth.
And as they do, so shall all, and the tempest subsides
leaving only the destruction, a memory ... the voices an echo, and
the truth evident.
And Brother kills his Brother, and Friend lies to Friend.
and loves are lost as friendships die and the wind blows
cold.
The Silent Battle rages, the Balance is no more, and yet
doth the end come slowly ... with promise of renewed
Light.
As with humans there is, and has been for
centuries, a foretelling of a Time Of Ending; a time of a great and
awful war which would put an end to things as we know them. A war
that would tear families apart, that would turn friend against
friend and bring destruction, devastation, and death in its wake.
This was/is not exactly religious in nature, but there are
parallels. And, as with the Second Coming and the Armageddon, this
Ending Time has its own legends and prophecies.
These legends are known mostly only to the vampires and
those close to them. But the rumors of such a time have endured for
centuries, told by word of mouth from one to the other.
There are several groups of vampires, and those who have an
interest in them, who have very similar prophecies. A word or two
different, a piece of information missing or added to the puzzle.
But they all agree the battle, as with humanity and
Christians, will be a battle of great good over great evil. A fight
on a planetary scale to include both humans and vampires.
No
more secret, no more underground; no longer limited to just the
vampire communities. But most public and encompassing all mankind
and all vampirekind.
The battle is to be for balance, protection and
survival.
In today's world, there are many different vampire groups
and communities; they all belong to a loosely associated
organization. An alliance of sorts, which basically keeps the peace.
The alliance members are world wide; they abide by an ancient
treaty, a treaty with many sections governing such things as
conduct, relationships with humans, territorial ties and disputes,
political and environmental issues. Laws and rules by which all are
governed.
This treaty is ratified and added to, ever so often in large
meetings held in Europe, Asia and the Orient, and yes, here in
America as well. Those who run the world and govern themselves and
others have their own political structure and substructure.
You could compare it to a senate made up of many different
councils, committees and other formations which unified the members.
All going their separate ways and breaking off into smaller groups.
To help understand the treaty concept, think of the alliance and
treaty as a whole country, such as the United States, and think of
the councils as the individual states, all unified for a common
good. Unified to form a uniform policing force and laws that govern
and benefit all.
Now think of each member state as an individual, different
in modes of conduct. Just as we all are. But in this case, the
German, French, American and Asian members all differ within their
own location as well ... that way being unified as a member of the
treaty, these organizations differ greatly in political beliefs and
what they consider to be lawful.
Then, as in America, there is a comparison of the old
beliefs, rules and laws, with the new and modern; the natural
separation of the very young, the middle aged and the old. But with
vampires, the age differences are greater. But young and old are not
restricted to age but the length of time one has been a vampire, and
which kind of vampire.
In this world, old could mean 800 years and young could mean
newly transformed only a day or a week. A Classical vampire may be a
week old, even though the 'actual' age of that newly transformed
Classical could be over 50 years old or barely 18 years old.
Membership in the treaty originally, and the councils and committees
which ran them, is what (in part) had kept the balance.
As
with vampires everywhere, many disagree.
Some feel that humans should be shunned and will have no
part in human affairs, others cherish human friendships. Some feel
humans are cattle and nothing more. Whereby, there are vampires who
feel humans are going to be the surviving animals and, as such, are
responsible for the safety of the planet.
Other vampires feel THEY are the highest life forms and
humans are not necessary and should be gotten rid of by any means
possible. Then there are the vampire rouges, the independents who
also adhere to the treaty.
The treaty keeps the balance ... as well as the balance of
nature, between man and nature; between man and vampire, and most
important, the balance of good and evil in both the worlds of humans
and vampires.
There is a series of people who govern this
treaty ... although the title seems religious, it is not so, not in
the same sense as in Judeo-Christian systems ... included in this
maze of interlocking different issues is also that of magick ... the
old and the ancient, things you have no idea exist ... things of
physical and psychic natures ... also dependent on the balance of
the cosmos and the universe.
Just as good and evil and life and death are all balance and
discipline, so is the treaty dependent on balance ...
For centuries there have been rumor's of this Ending Time. A
time when the treaty would be no more ... when the old proven ways
would no longer be followed. A time when the balance was disturbed
and this would begin before the Christian Armageddon.
It would at first begin with only vampires but would soon
spread to their human associates, then to all mankind. A war unlike
any other which would prove the existence of vampires to the world.
There are many truths involved here and a few more important than
all the rest.
Vampires have always been safe because of the myths. As long
as the myths were believed, the actual vampire remains safe and able
to function freely amid the disbelief of mankind. They are safe
because they are uniformly not believed in by the masses. But the
truth about vampires, by its very definition, will change the
balance of nature.
Will humans want the benefits?
The longer life span, the
more years of health and strength and beautiful appearance?
Would they feel the real
vampire was a threat due to his strength, psychic abilities, longer
work history which permits him to gain greater education and wealth?
Would that be considered a
threat?
So many issues, so many
reasons for the truth to be hidden?
But a few major reasons for
the truth to be told.
The major reason ... Death to humans on a massive
scale from ... err ... lets call it natural causes.
If one can consider AIDS a natural cause, that is. Deaths of
millions of humans over the next 75 to 100 years. That death would
also disturb the balance of nature.
What happens to the planet and the vampires, if the humans
die? Some vampires feel it is natural selection ... just let it
happen. But others feel, 'No, humans must survive. It is necessary
to the survival of the planet.'
Now, just suppose that the vampires
could insure the humans' survival, but in so doing perhaps end their
own existence.
This would cause a rift in the vampire
communities with some saying, 'Let them die. They caused it
themselves. We can and will survive and so will the planet ... do
nothing. Do not endanger us for them.' But others feel humans can be
saved but in so doing they would learn a new truth: that vampires
exist. And once this is proven to them, the vampires will be at risk
as they lose the safety of pure myth.
Humans have always feared what they do not know or
understand, and they tend to destroy what they fear. The hatred for
vampires is ingrained due to the myths and lies of religion. So, the
struggle between the two factions begins; those who wish to keep the
treaty, the balance, intact, those who wish to help humanity survive
against those who do not.
Those who feel the time is for change, the new ideas over
the old, the young and new over the old ways. A change. Let the
stronger vampires prevail.
What could happen if this actually occurred? If the treaty
was disbanded? If the alliance fell apart?
The Civil War that would begin the 'Ending
Time.'
Some vampires feel they could and should control the world
governments by themselves instead of in the partnerships they now
find themselves with humans counterparts. They do not wish any truth
known ... especially that they exist. These factions would be pitted
against those who disagree.
At first this war is confined to words, then actions only
within the vampire communities. Later it would spill over into the
human friendships, then fully into the human communities.
He,
who is venerated for maintaining the Old Ways, is called the Pope
of Balance.
But he is only one
of many. He is an ancient; sort of a figurehead, one of the symbols
of the treaty and what it stands for: peace, right, balance,
life.
He is a man of
ancient honor who had taken vows to uphold this balance and
more.
He is, and has
always been, a target and so too become any who ally with him. His
family, his friends, his associates ... just in knowing him they are
a part of a struggle not many even realize
begins.
In the end it is
believed he will die sometime near the end of the war. He accepts
this and is resigned to it.
Some of us know
our fate and know a truth ... it cannot be altered.
Just as the Christian time was foretold,
accomplished and not able to be changed by any of its counterparts,
so to is this Civil War predestined. Due to happenings during the
past few years, such as the disturbances in California where several
vampire groups began to openly argue about general policy and some
even got into public fights ... in late 1997 there was a hectic
meeting in Germany where several members of the Inheritor hierarchy
walked out of the meeting on ratifying the additions to the treaty.
This was followed by a general walkout by the younger Classicals.
A while later, in Paris, a high ranking Inheritor was
attacked and badly injured by a young Classical. Also during 1997 a
Night-Timer who is responsible for a good quantity of the truth
reaching the public was stalked, threatened and had property
destroyed by vandals. This act of terrorism and destruction was seen
as an attempt to prevent information, such as found in the Vampiric
Studies Course on the web site and such as is taught in this class,
from being given to the general public.
Due to these and other happenings within the vampire
communities it is believed that the time line toward the Ending Time
has begun and forces are now in play leading to the inevitable.
It is important to note that this Ending Time which is the
beginning of the Civil War will, in its earliest stages, appear to
the human community as human 'gang fights' but in actuality will be
severe, ideological and territorial disputes which at first will be
confined to the vampire communities. These disputes, however, will
not be secret and will, in these early stages, be played out within
a public background.
The War of Balance
which is the beginning of the Ending
Time.
Update: Battles fought within the past several
years, since 1998, have left Classicals in control to a minor
degree. As to the balance of Classicals to Inheritors, there was
never really one, now there is even less.
As
ever, Catherene NightPoe
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