For purposes of spamming this board, I now present to you ladies and gentlemen the Road of Kings sub-path of Chivalry…
Although the age of chivalry has only begun in the mortal world, some Cainites have seized upon its ideals and taken them to heart. These Paladins see chivalry as the salvation of their kind. One of the more recent paths of the Road of Kings, chivalry has spread rapidly throughout the Cainite courts of Europe and its principles are largely the same everywhere.
The philosophy of the path is the code of chivalry. A Paladin strives to act with honor in all things. Oaths are sacred, and one’s duty comes before all other considerations, even personal safety and ambition. Paladins are deferent to rheir betters and kind and courteous to their inferiors. Naturally, some vampires have seized on this devotion to conscience as a way to manipulate Paladins, but they have found that such insults are repaid harshly and in full measure.
The path is unusual in that it emphasizes service and duty more than personal power. Cainites arc superior, yes, but that means their responsibilities are that much greater than those of ordinary mortals. The princes of Europe encourage the path because they support its ideals or they appreciate how it channels and leashes the ambitions of hot-blooded neonates, binding them more strongly to the service of their prince. Some princes have even sponsored orders of knighthood to encourage the path among their vassals (see Knightly Orders, page 48).
Additional Ethics of Chivalry
• The blood of Caine makes you superior to mortals. Therefore you have a duty to protect and aid your inferiors.
• Duty comes before all else.
• Honor is everything. Without your honor, you are no more than a beast.
Practices: The Path of Chivalry is probably the most organized branch of the Road of Kings. Initiates nearly always petition to become squires of one of the knightly orders, where they learn the principles of the path along with the skills to become a knight. Cainites who were knights before the Embrace are usually inducted into an order without the need to spend much time in service to a senior knight, although it is still required to learn the essentials of the path. Initiates who cannot serve are clearly not suited for the demands of the path and may be expelled.
Paladins carry out their duties with as much pomp as possible. They are fond of tournaments and contests where they can win glory for themselves and their patrons, and their rites are carried out with great ceremony. Naturally, the path appeals to many Toreador and Ventrue, who are also the most common patrons of the chivalrous orders.
Virtues: Conscience, Self-Control
22
Aug
The purpose of this post is to spam the hell out of the main page, thereby forcing it to use more of the image files associated with it, and then I can hopefully determine whether or not I can actually use this horrid macabre circus-freak themed background image with the diamonds in red and off-white. Unfortunately, it has been incredibly uncooperative thusfar.
What do you guys think? We have nobody really looking at the site as-yet, but hey – I could have some random passerby leave a comment, couldn’t I? In fact, toward that end, do you know what a MU* is? It’s sort of like a chat room, but with multiple rooms and ways of communicating. Each room can also have a description, basically detailing the appearance of that area as if it were, in fact, a room. MU*s are great for online community – as the acronym would indicate: Muliple User (Domain, as many MU*s are called MUDs, or SH – which I have no idea what that’s supposed to stand for in the case of MUSHes).
Yep. Spammity spammy spam-spam. How’s that background looking so far?
-goes to check…-
21
Aug
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