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Yarsiockos! ‘That iumy, villainous puke seat.L A N B oO Oo K ZIMISCe CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: WINTER FIEND CHaprer One: A RABBLE oF FIenps Cuaprter Two: 8co ANp EVOLUTION Cnaprer Tiree: AMONG FieNpsN Vv Nivember 2anel, 1942 fe ca as cys rl tin fzon 3 sparse re earth fram fu choke st of fat Fusaestep. 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Ours 16 mare cen renmibring, Ths adn oe Rusia iin sotto since the rasta swage Rasyia, Unforurtey relict om your Hula fit fir ws al at‘ st opi ‘Hanae aad ha rs f thomas rr Ti amie. hey served ther purpose “ur iy are you bere, 0 i de waging my urs wien si agar, “the Generar poli for te hile to me fo Fs, stay warm a rain my strength Tis sty Fw ont mela oe ut feu male u irtar-Unvesfici” “willy, toy Malone wis 3 sored ih “Thar toni come oe, nt Vm offen you te Tare for purty you ew: Gwen Yous can be le. thsi sila oy fr perfctio eu Thar all ou raed now fr raw undone ay rl be soe i ere is Generatranr offre. “As far a ty hrs ler sng Bs fu as led wth aga tn, ey are és vl with Sbltenuiat Duro fame atctgy cant pu He slammed be Obenyfrte own a hs ba hard. Mt va rp ins ir con is leap tr the wound i.0 brainy ~ be Fecafically try — car Moly rowlel i, wa bur aes en fo ware rus of lt iver is sc The ler vty ie Rass tans a hes, eal he was shverny rev i iepsil cl ha grip ones — ewig, hats when the Gencalnton reve i (aps naire Pacis aul ape in ts mouth Drs Capladd m csreans ipspate you ft tiey area Buisiarcon poate Meru Feopie OE In) Inia grave tragedy to de young sp we pricy, “May we be sufficiently ripe before we are eaten up by death. — Boba lis Karade, Ou Fehies of Weare Taimisce Whata bucket of shit! We were united fora longs t we “Tebmeoe tn Eindnace hs fips. Afar as ure of You'll hear he clns sak abut Enoch ad mw we al existed “as one," ie sone Disney ent Cates, Chit, Bruch wes Caan pete fill wh mamas aul noir more Damme. You don't know shit Whar seme alway Inara ent lect. tu eomaction. Forget the ankle rabsing Carthaginians or the mpenial lary (of Rome; they ded fora thon good reason. Oui history ha lie to do with te madame wr aad everyting to do with tho ad Fionde for'a ged vam. Bes Byothers ae Sirs in Cate, dhar’s what are. He time you rwiderwen why. — The Eye priest of the Seven Hand pack ‘Tzimisce Lexicon Le thet these terns well, for many Fiends remember sage ever in the modern nights “Aah Dahka: Azhy Dakka ts Persia forthe three headed dragon ofthe demon Ahtiman. To the Tsimisce, stisthe Metamoxphosist's Holy Cini an enlighiened and li The Handhuok of Yoruba Religious Comcepes tulkimare ite of heing, possthly brought on by extensive vse of Vieisitude Dogatyr: “elder valiant champions,’ or arelerencets Teimisce’s quest-knights boyars: nobles ornability. Jeneais a leser landowsnet than « Trimisce wivode ea supped che min fighting fore cluerssiuringthe Anarch Kevol. inthe meddera nights, i isa title for any Trimisce who makeselim ro obility. Ay such, it im longer as respected as it once Wis Koldun: Teimisce spell:tafters whoemnlovelemental and spirit magic. mange: a Timisce arisocma's keep or pli from which he rules. ln modem peel simply’ be an opulent (er esnecially morhid) hivwen selachta: although the specific sem means "gentry," salachua are soldiers, spies, bodyguands and protectors if the Trimisve, Modified to vetve, these ghoul are tough, smart and deslly of power trsa: land or domain, veivedes typically, a Teimisce landholder or lod te term is strangely nebulous, Timisee of any significant Cea One A RowtorFines 9fover or rerrtotal holdings often ase this ite, ehough ‘young clan membersshy away fiom such epitapas, sodidi a fadiug, piactlve mung eorteimpociry ‘Taamisce, vahd are oboromized amalgamationsof many Jeserhouls. Through Vieissinude andlolduni tual the zhouls beerme one entity with the simple duty to sai fd les whunever sts tn ts way alga: joint family,” whereby all the relatives of the ruler live together under strict familial bonds, Also, focrevenane families still used tonight the ancient nan byelder Lzimisoe ‘ovo form: 9 Trimisce's monstrous form, brought on. tHrenighanadvaneedunderstandingot Vicksitude. TheFiends ‘employ dhisshape in bate or to intimielethetr enemies. d ‘THe DROGENTTOR § Lecacy Astnld by Tihs Vilicent, amsiduoit to the comsistory So you wish to know your past back to the Eldes's pat an this divine dance? fe began in Enoch, the eity of Cone's making and his arempe ut reparations to the Almighty. He hal alteady sited thnce ina fitof loneliness sod warches! i Blood scarter further into the nascent clans, Perhans he foresaw the snevitabiliry of hisacrions, bucat he din’, shen [imises)iself eerrainly noticed. Regardless of thei claims and pepulie oulider ac- counts the Ekdest andy thus is childer emerged from Frerwwen rhe horloe logs ef the Tigris and Baphintes and Ibe Carpathians. In Enoch's early nights, when akel- etensctlwikiersneelseredasthecttycerude bazlements and the Great Rood echoed in the disant millennium, Chine ha just Embraced Voenh the Lawgiver, the fist of Ihischiller. Yosh, alsoknwnas Enoch neaelyswallowed by thehowlingot his heart sougheoridhimeelfof chaotic: impurities tha be believed hound bin to the Bens. Weahout the tethers the Beat’ pip wiruld woah antd i would pensh, Through efiore and force of will, Yosh focused the thot protean nel primontial seeds oF his flesh and spi then into «mona vessel — [Taumusce), a magretan ard eto wonne repate. Yosh intended to kill ehe Eldest ag uvier of his accursed seeds, his most wild and fierce pects Instead, the Eldest emerged intact and not the feral Beast Ynosh feared. 1n a fi of compassion, the waiver spaned the Antediluvian, while reasoning ont ertoto his sumptions. Certainly, the Beast howled burt the Eldes: was not the monster least noe visibly Toinssite's surprise, the Eke sueredwo yeater avarice person than thar of its siblings. Already stzong, ft pines! fhid nature and perception ane conereied flesh ‘Yosh aneieypated Te vg clay —fallof nena withinchesculjorshandh More so the Ekle reed t eld no anchored phys iia. Uke quire, fo warecnert owed fea cee snark (0 the next, Yoon his tera b exche hi on weaknewe,tnnsmagifed the Bea's marks uren his bed ‘nds fe phys ferm, bt the Bes aso bu wits ‘ite nton, wid expesin, anon important, growth Teimisce, whetherone oral bor thew axcestl The Eldest counted itwlf among the first Anteiiuvians though remained partion them nis yes, the other Cainites stagnated in developmerit. They posesed no potential fo grow or hecome greater thin when their sires Embraced them. The Eldest,on theother hand, an oracle in its mortal days, expressed the gamut of evoluions whims with worltous flourish It becare the yesterday, now: and teinormaw of humadiry’s. prog becoming irutead of foretelling. Ir saw where iy intended them to go. Caines chides nd sranichilde however, possessed ni such promise, Morals grew stron. get, while weremained smagnant argrew weaker. Eventually, rromals would nile, forcing the Damned w de in ther dows. That wa inestabl Conversely, theEdestsense:he change in tela chee intes, one of minute metamorphosed y the Beast. At first, rhe Eldest's thins allowed ir te sip froen thy necks of mortal and beas alike. “Then, its thimt demanded nore. No lrg safc with cn vessel or ascore edhe the Eee lead forticer an riche lox thnewenly progeny would evennunthy saristy it, The Eldest malized the burden of drinking blood would only wersen with excl decade, Eventually, the thirst would preclaile the blood of animal vessels and that of mortals, Only the infanticide of (preyreny could sustain the Eldest, vind when that time ended, the Elbe itself would perch, Distraught over its tethered existence, the Eldest apenta mortal’s age in seclusien and meditation, shifting THEAVATAROF CHANGE Ashi Dehake, Deacon. Ilavarkeas, Dracula.and Leviathan; dragons. You wonder wh this bens in paricular factors so heavily fv our mythology, les simple really Since humanity'sinfancy,dragonshave plagned its legends. The kine finned these grear sons pnts, hit to the Tsimise, rhey represented grand henge. Dragons are harbingess of transfration it theedge of chaasand forever inmotiiin with spiraling sand sinuous forms. Tt is not their appearance that apreaiso us, but the potential fer chiysilis—and beyond. They are living embodiments ofa charge we fave yer ta tly realize. Conk: Taser )and flying threugh shapes of mortal and legend alike, aura fom freeofthe accursed thiest. tt studied the ciner ited keswith apeflciafe, hoping to Rai answers within its fading merral gifts. Ie marrered little, however, for the thist exme of the Beast, and it drowned all considerations. The Ekles could not escape, for while iy ctuangedd forsnoy i coukl net stuns ua ewence. Crsel fie deprived itof that one saving grace momtals possessed -xlapration asa tool of survival, Leavinc Enocu Unlike ts growing flack of cousins the Eldest hea no inerest in guiding the mortal masesor gloriying Caine’s name: More 50, t dl not aspire t prorect the king, nor wher: chey were both foo! and canvas toi The ochers frowned when the Eldest demonstrated how easly it ployed, wove snd lace! thetefleshand sinew like yam on aksom. Theybemozned itsyifisafterirewisted [Nosferau’s] flesh mus the hideous mockery oF beauty now shared by the entire clin. They secretly conuorted with itas [Trea dir] had done: to eam her uncanny elegance. The Eldest existed amongthe unimaginative, whileitssblings[Barsjah] Ll Miekhet played shadow ames with mortals, delight ing in their own cunning and agents, The Eldest knew of the kine’s potential and grew angry that the others stubbornly defined themselves in rnvtal terms without understancling humanicy’s greatest suengih, mutability. Only it appreciated kine as boch ‘neal and inspiration, and thus, only i deserved humanity fo itself. The Eldest wished to delimit itself according to its destiny, as opposed co whor it might be now, and mortals were key to thar expression, The Eldest shifted through physical forms easily, bur it lacked dc firsal adaptation i save it from its thirst, its Beast. Totharend, the Eldest abandoned Enoch, knowing its answers ly in the primordial world, where Caine posessed noinfluence in wheremortalswere not protected like loversorherded lke sheep. Ir needed ro wirnese humanity's sre fe survival and even beresponsible ferhuumaney'sharcships Only then,the Eldest believes, would it understand what iclncked to escape is fate Thee Elles jaserye sh anal ales emnsey named! them, following where its utrophying gifs as seer roucged it, [efit ventured east, to the irhphice ef the sun, where it cursed Kamarinya with unbife. It Embraced sot fren Lonelinese (im itell, fe had all the ecompery I ‘wahsal), bur because ie needed vessels through which t ‘explore the infinite possilites and forms of adapeation. With Karsarnya, the Eldest discovered its cbility to hare it pregeny’s serach, Thus, in each of it offpring, the Ehest hestowed a» multiqude of curses beyond damning them with uni. te divested iy them a portion of tx rnutable spire in theform ofasacrament, its own flesh Its ARagt This is bushi. Ave Sou telling me wave actuals Jeclonsof mortals? ine, we'resill logan fon haere seed of creativity that allows far trae gronuth, buat cs defeatiss aticude ts totally Camanitla, Dov we even dena d this "seed actually exists, cr thie cma ‘Antediuvien ploy ta keep our wheels spanning? We're ‘Dawined Brathers and Sitrs... hy the hall are we swesting time with “evolu?” Wie don't row! We sco! Wales fucking doa The Spine, ahbo of the Seven Hands pack vitae hid its essence, which granted the powers uf flesh shaping and bestowed the Antediluvian’schilder with the abilcy tomake what they would of thei physical farms. tum, this bond allowed the Eldest expeession thou eachof its most-gited chide. The Eldestsecretly became Jegion-foi allowing itro tie hast in chenen descendents and ceap the knowledge of their exploration, On the Fldest’s return journey through the Fertil Cresent, ic took w second progeny im, Grllod, a tebal chieftain, to monitor the events in the Enoch. Paring ts subsequent journeys, however, the Eldest discovered the tribes of humanity thinned in the western forests, thus depriving it of sustenance. [tft of hungered freney, the Eldest revealed the last its malignant curses when, from leagues alr, it consumes! Gallod inside our. The sacra ‘nent that bestowed unlsfeand sllowed the Elles eo tne root in its progeny also allowed it to devour is childer. scouring them out like ar undead consumption. This i the clan's greatest cure, for should the Ekles fall the Beasts thirs, then it will devour is chlider from afar hice ‘an unseen desnon, Hupara Having learned its leson from Galles, the Eldest tatheredrihecafimartalechringitstrivel.sothat weal neverwantforvitae again. Alongitsjournys it Emiaced those wh best ftits own questing sprit. Irmade achilde of Yorak inthe forested foothills of the Carpaehians and Byalehingtntenortheressemtenf Eso: Alor canis, i rook a warricr named Demdemeh, who sube: quently vanished into theprimersial African hearlanuly pursue hisfate; whilst in Cypriotislthe Flies wekomed the creature known only the Dracan inte dhe old The work! may have been open to te Bidest, bur eventually favored the lands of York, deep seithin the Carpathians’ bosem. Ir did not know why the chain proved o alluring, hut this dominia entranced he Eldest with its siren call it even returned ro stxiying mortal magics again after cencury of disuse; even thengh its gifts remained a pale shadow of Cainite potential. Tor ‘Guar One A Rae cr Fens "Pantine re Seen AA warning te you Sahat Tsimises Within in usallis the Blond of the geent sine itelf tigress most mutable essence coupled sith the greatest responsibility: Weare Trojan Horses for our mastet, anid if you ever areata ate undortnaiding of cut intence, the Angediluvian thay rise within you ind take form, This isnot loss, but blessing, for You ate returning to the gestale existence of One Flesh that enbtealbafins the Else una youth ay af us, You are blessed to reuum intothe whole. The other cline breed like a disease, but we all come from [Timisce]. That is why we clam no real fealty e Caine, whodidno morethan doom mortals wily Kis. That sGodseutse and not Calne’s gift! The Eldest willingly created us of its own flesh. and carclows each of uswith is essence. Where do you hink the flesheeaiting, it comes from? It is (Tsimisce] sburing its wisdem with. you. Perhaps is why some of ourmeneancient members have sharsdoned the mutable way. They kno theart but ate fearful of it lest they stir the slumbering Ante- diluvian within their breast. thie est, Enoch stil ourishe, and i host chiderre- mained clos cnough to touch Caines shadow, Europe wasarena to the Tsimisce alone. Hence, the ean knew these domains its own before enburs dH spread across the Great Huropean Plain that stretched from Easter .erass the Urals and the Velgs Basin to finally touch the virgin shores of the Adlaaiic, The Tatmice chose their landh well, foc the tribes spreading west ised the European Pigin and Danube Basin to sisperee-actons the continent In porticulsr, the plains south of the tnvialable Pripec Marshes snd those north of the Pindus Range became the twin arteries for kine tribes moving Myon the region. The tst cf the Carpathians provide aachokehold on the tatfie withthe Pinus Mourtains in nul the icy shores ofthe Baltic The Tsimisce “ithe” the morral aed fwinarsse them. Allwasnot blest, however for the Fiendsdid not clatty ole kingship overthe lands. Lupines, still powent from the chaste wiklerness, fought the clin for every ad mounvain peak. As powerful as rhe ete, they still suffered greatly. The Lupines every harried the great Antediluvian ieelf and threat- cned ro rour the entire clan back to Caine’s feet. The Lupines eculd nor deter the Eldest; however. The sce progenitor ‘ele rvaffiniey with the Carpathians, omething withis them touched upon is atrophied ay miorcal seer, empowering ies dreams once agai. Greece The Eldest refused to abandon whatever whispered tit while it slumbered, and eventually, learned how to peak t6 the known as Kopala. Kupala and the Lupine were enemies from the must ancient of times. The Luines eventually entrapped ic vid the Carpathians vertant forest grew up ann if Now Kupata wished far release and spoke to the Eldest through is dreams The spint ofthe land offers es hand inallegiance aginst their common enemies in exchange Gr dhe Teampce releasnyg Nupall from ts prison deep within the Carpathian’ spine. The Anredilusian agreed and spent the next year exploring the mountain's orgs cencrays while Kupalataugac the Eldest magic ie though lost ollowingits Embrace, The Eiest, fn, passed the Jessons on tr ts most powerful childer and us cher in the great congress chat freed Kuga ise The Lupines fought hard and would not allow Kupola ensy escape. In the twisted cavern where the demon lay, championsof the Lupine clans ell upon the Antediluvian and its fleshly brood. Eventvally, how ever, the Trimisce triumphed when Kuoal broke free and fled. The demon spirit did not escape completely, however, for it had heen interred in the mountains for so long thar irremained bound to the soil, Kupalacould not fete to the courtsof the spits er cowhichever hell itonceclaimeslashome. Instead, irtook the Carpathians 3 its new domain and shared its existence with the Trimisce, The region's Lupines, while sell formudabie in the centuries to come, never recovered from this devastating blow. They lest the lands chey sought 10 protect and watched Kupala’s black blood twist the soil and foress rastasss dhe great bet ‘TueLecespor Kupara Youwishroknow of Kupala? Very well butyou will discover a price in the telling, Such i alvays the case with legends. ‘The. whispering spirits rel ‘me thot Kupala numbered among them, hue iv nosseasedd the power te blight alls rnreged Ire doys when Cainestll suckledat Eve's teat, t fought the Lopines repeatedly unt finally, dheir most pownt shamanstrapped it. They surrounded it irom, the north and svuth, and iripped the worth swieh theirtecrible claws. Theypeeled the kinds hack like ‘ononskin, forming two greae walls, then clapped them togetherinonemighty heave. Theirherculean effort formed the Curpathians and che Alps and trapped Kupala deep wichiny their heat like two ‘chopedhandehaldinga fy. Thus t remained, until [Tamisce] found Kupala cenares lar. Ceowoos Tan 2FLoop, Curst ann Exopus While the Tzimisce prospered aid continued w tale ill aboot beneath theit-nicnantntn pes, all wis not well in Enoch, Caine's childer re- helled against him, just as he had done agtins: the Almighty, and redilened the streets with their blood swatch eae n cts, Then in thie Aluighiy's dindin ant ofretmbutionagainse mortals, che Grest Flood engulfed the world. In Europe, it was ne different; the mighty rivers that faccured the land invited the Deluge across suck low-lying pitas ae tke Danube Basia, the Po Valley and the Rhineland. Those who survived the swift rise mm waters fled co the highlands. Mortal and Conites alike sousht refuge on higher and higher uous, taraing the Carpatiians in particular inco an dan wrk rule by the sovereign Teimisee lords, The condsextended hespitality:o theirnew arrivals, taking inpayment asscrifice of one chill from each farn show thelr compasion, they rarely took the first-born san. Instead, chey elaimed the youngest forfeast, experi- ment or servitude. In some cases, Teimisce wivodes chimed entire families from the larger tribes. Thus fame the crufencuted servitude that would eventually tive rte to the reverant families Fallen rhe flood, the Fens note the passage of mortal tribes under the influence of solitary Gangrel ard NonfemanfromEnoch. The new tibesrefused topiyealry tothe Fiendsanaldnfted hough the Teimasce's mountain pistes without offering amends, The Tsimisce claimed inenee Over the region — rt unrensanuble consid: fut chey ruled the land in the centuries befane the fall of Enoch, They alone freed Kupala from its prison and kept the Lupines at bay, The intruding Cainites, in their suregance, hell that dhe world saad al aortas eaine of Enoch and were, thus, by nght, theirs. They could go where they wished, and thac included the damnains af the Teimisce, whom they'd surely ercouncered. Wher the flocduraers'recded, the Teimisce los vast domains to new mortal tribes who rushed inta the void and wok cerritory onee held by Fiend-indentured faanilies. The Gangtel were of little consequence, since they arandidead spol eercby aimed vais lneetier en tenugh tw threaten the local blood-stock. le was the Nosferatu and the occasional Malkavian paizeins why proved difficult. The Flendsdeale with these nterlapers, and their servants billy, wlicther theosigh eorenl ‘nal skirmishes or torture. They littered their borders ‘with stll-living forests of bodies impated on bone trees or flesherafted mesengers to the backs of their horses Frfoce seradiny them ding buck to th ‘The Teimisce eventually realized they couldn’: slaughter everyone joumneying through thei: domains lest the: morals ante against them, Theyallewed their cousins passse through to the westem lands thick with tribes 4 lorgas nobody browched theitrerriery. Other Cainites recognized the Tsimisce claims to domain. hut only for the while it cook the warring clans wf the Second City to call Caine's anger upon them: Caine’s curse took the Teimisce by surprise. Theit dealinewith thesoil-bennd Kopala; aveell thoi tre torial nature, became the clan’y anathema when the cune forced them tosleep upem thelr nativesoil for true rest. Even the Eldest nearly perished in the journey back hheime to claits indigons “ond wees” froin ibs bins place. Ins return to the Caupiathians, however, heralded agreaterflood of mortal herds snd Cainites whe had lott the Fertile Cr it in shame following; Caine's edict Knowing they faced a threat t their tersitories, the ‘Trimisce fortified cheir domains and fell inte isolation- ism, As aunied fron, they might have suryived both mortal and Cainite clamants to theie territory, Di wided, however, theyallowed thelr esebvere ain sates to fall while protecting their own havens throws harsher measures, The Eldest was the sole tie rhe clan's members had to any others of their blogdline. Self svshslony ks ce quest fox sats proved wolicary put formany. The usce ruled from theirisolated manses ikeryrantsover the mortal communities blossoming at The Antediluvian, hh knew at vould sone when stoclia wold dee spar hike ots, Already, its-chille Byelobog had retented ito the Pripet Marshes while Yorak meditated deep within the Carpathians, taking counsel directly from Kupala itslt THe BL pest VANISHES ‘An auldendien ry the Prince of Papers, Bloasjuet pack completed my intecogation of Silay Salube aetimiby bebeved fallen with the remumnilet of the Sacrifice Covenant pack of New York. As we've sus pected, che Salubri cntinhu ure privy to tharwe ve only suspected unthinow Oure their f ist of the ormmationt nines Hornuntc Sorcery. ‘We speakof Kupalaandtaun our alaunuc rites stave off it infestation, We say it quiets our sleep when we rest initssoil, Hal Our sorcery isofKupala, surely, for chat spite is sovetelgn aver all others in ‘our cursed homelmnd. I hounds those who know not itscraft,hopingto drives eo 1; And driven we ‘re. We learn its spells and tts way with spies to cam tranquility, Ourknowledge of koldinic rituals isnot a bulwark against Kupaly our rey is not 8 vietory achieved. Itis the demon's gift ro-us for being good and blind liele sheep. Chree One A Rast oF 3always claimed that [Tsimisce] iself went into torpor shortly after Caine's curse against us, but we lacked a treason giver that Yorak’shistorical reatisewasstrangely incomplete. We now know why. Through Silas, one of the Silubei antiribn’s premier histonans, E've uncov- red the following. Althoughsome claims lacksa degree of srecibility. include them for the sake of the bishop an their superiors. It snot my place to judge The Sulubti, once healers, saw the formation of Taunched a crusade against “the forces of black magic” and Cainite ‘by the seed of heresy, From what | gather, someone betrayed us to th bri. Samiel Tesened o ‘bargain with Kupala and deemed the exchange 4 ” the Salabei spoke of way not aiguinst the mythical "Baali” (if they red ar all), bu (Carpathians, remaining hid: umongthe massof mortal trib imungintothe ng tine kind, motakenly dentitying our sclachta for demonic familiars and using that as irrefutable proof of our concourse with H vaintelye mises legend with feet hber- ally, making truth all the more difficule to uncover. Accu 4s, Sarmiel ani hisknighesarracked the Eldest ip his haven, After fighting past his"lewons of fiends anal devils,” Samiel brovghe 3 blazing sword ro hand and slaughtered the Eldest with “righteous fre.” The Eldest, in v fil ote Samiel by reoriny his skull from within his head, leaving but one night to recount che tale afterward, The Salubet later (ized these mistake, ifthey made a mistake at all, and ‘quierly claimed Samiel died fighting the ckim's etemal v during their great war. Obyiously, while he legend ring true, especially Silas’ de- of che Eklest's haven and the servitors that ought, we know the Progenitor survived long tw Lugo fans, While it js possible rhat f Bivest and sured eth to umuel did not destroy the grand Fiend jrelf DRIFTWOOD Tzimisce by Bashan Kowal of Trp Lamback Ruthven is fairy righteous, but part of me thinks he's heen smoking exack out of babies’ asses. | got Ger: Taser “4THe EL pest’y FATE AND { THE CHIL DREN OFDRACON: Rise;Child of Draco apa one roger | ‘The Ldestdidindeed pri during Sates but swhar is destiction to a: Gate of fs power” The Progenitor survived througheachieed thatit imelanted | ‘within progeny upem the Ennbrace and within the: | ‘progeny of its progeny, Ino longer needed ies own fern, | foritcouldtakeshape within cachafusfitso wished. On| Cyprus the Dravon fel the Elis maken and ero.) ‘within his belly. The Draccn took eare te nurture the new rien Progenitor After birthing ie the Draco, | sougdedthe eral Anredlinyan tack theCarpithians any placed icandks the Methuselah Yous care, dep within the Lowel of the tnoastains While the tepid embryo sleptiind grew in the befealed soil like a seed, the demon: Kupala whis- ted tans che Bldeavs sem pa ibid Gone ith York, To whar availy Henéw noe, but few can ‘withstand centuries of dicoutse with demone and away untoached. Suffice it to siy that our cular fled wap came oF greaner, As the soil and flora rotted further, ourfomifianty with thedemon'spaths grew effortless, That iswhy | the Children of Deaton donot tap the fetilenagics ff Kupala. That was not a gi (1 sumisee seh and came only through a malignant demon whose touch never left the Romanian sail, Iook at his cin journal when he wasn't arcaaul, and there's sume sod sie iy thewe. He claims he sow Lugo} Blood-breaker commit Amaranth on the Eldest itself tefore the Antedilwian went ahead and pulled « fast one on hon That rieans thet Lugo, who's tn torpor somewhere in the Carpathians, is actually Tzimisce now. All right, cool whatever, Later, Lambach els me the Eldest's a maaced forking tc of suayf-antoleunmabislving lesraihNew York and spreading righ the seseers hike aweed. [know to-youtis sous like mist and rummy shi, yor gor to reipect the fact that we can do some seary-ass stuff anbueh' seats mero oneuf cu things: Ons, he coe Pg hicopf thar baby butt, or two, te legends our sre told uswere irae... Wrat!? You kncw which one. I'm talking cbout suhere Trimisce can manifest n ary of us ancl turn ws into ie If that’s tw, then there's at least wo Teimisce Antedihwions running arotndvight now, and axe doubly serewed. What! What d'ya mean "Be a good lal"? What the fuck are yon tallang.... Hoy sk— — Kaleo! Beatovitch, Taimisoekernel master, decensed With the Eldest under the sicep of ages, its chiller Withhew ftom the world. The Carpadhians arw the east ward Volga Basin remained Fiend ternory, hur the clan sell pursued balationist agendas and private verdetts, The Antedilivian’s fear that itsprogeny wenld sunenlor towhollyesoteric pursuits proved comect.Even York und Byelobog retreated into their respective realms and had lttketo do with one another. With safer passage availale arewinl the Campathianshy way te Mediternes Se Greece and Rome flourisied into expansive eanpites influenced by the other clans. Rome witnessed some Tsimisce patronage under the Dascoa, while otherFiens rmichled et fom the black dopo tho Bacon fore Thefactremained howeves, that theCarpathianCainites isolated themelves fem the world, Thiste why they lor territory to their nvals First Mycennean, then Hellenistic Greece ruled over portions of Europe, but they never advanced 0 ward the Carpathians. The Romans, m tury, expanded their empire further, prostring themnelyes ut the tes feb tnctntsainislinds Even they supped fromtonceind ingher slopes, however, From the Celts to thie Shavssand Goths, the Carpathians remained uncenable. This isnt to sy the Taimisce stayed darmanr or ile ducing this period. le sruch, chey ruled che lind oe near gous and cam: to influence the surrounding tribes with growing proficiency. Asindividuals, the Tzimisce nccomplished rmmch, thanks to the Dracon, Shaagra nad Radu, but as a clery chey rarely worked together tant fea conc sion. Yoruk’s disinterest in leading the Fiend a regional Vowsode arnong Voawoales didn’t help eit Theeldest ofthe wgion’s Tsitisce, Yorak assumed the Voivodate following the Progenice'tall m¢o torpor. He stayed in the eaves where Kupala whispered loudest and concentrated on other matter, such is enslaving tribes of Slavs, Celts und the occasional Thracian clan for his experiments. He fully believed in Azhi Duhalat, the ecstatic state that the Eldest itself sought eo un cover. He spent his lifetimes within the labyrinthine Carpathians, exploring che world through his mental Disciplines, even though he'd long’ ayo’ abandoned interest in the outs realms Over the centuries, Yorak constructed his Cathe dralof Flesh. Rivalingrhe Haninue( frdomsid Ral ln and the Christian monuments to came later, this ray ‘num opus to pain and sulfering becute the cen Meramorphesist thought and worship. Yor bu overthe conse of coneuries, thr and with thousands of victims. Fora while, the pursued their agendasand paid litle heed tothe world growing on the horizon’s edge. When York und the others learned that Rome awed ite glory in part to Cainites, however, they realized they could no longer lurk in the shadows lke the Lasoribrs Certainly, the Roman Empire did not expand hevond the Danube (Guat Oe: A Ramones 5Basin, bit empires would contest che might of the Fiends, In uur, these new sovereignties would bring with them Cainit an's domain. Ag it vas, the Romans were uncomforubly clase because few Teinnisce dul anythy walt their incursions. alewisely cealized that policies and kingly mat: i his expertise or skill. Boch rhe atfairsund stermmin, teal he-chose t ofthe repional the nor incerest him, ubrace the influer SHAAGRA: THE New DIRECTION Yorak'sdex rows domains i the reyion came ata fortuitous time. Change gnpped the known wotld. To the farthese East, dhe Hununite Empire fell eo the Chinese ut the starr of the Christian calendur, = he Huns into norma eile. They swf aprons si that, by AD 375, they arrival in the Ukraine whete they displaced the Osmogoths and Visigoths with theit litkting-fast mids. The Ostrogutis petitioned Ei: ror Valen for setrlenent in Mow bu Jcinunded they surrender their wives and children, the inevitable clash resulted iy asturssiny Ronan loss, The che Viel story later vepestes itself wit Tue Catienga.or Fregn s mograficent. Thickarabigrites and ned che pills wth bone tsses Over limestone grew and formed aa ussoous mix of liquid architecture, Either skulls — with their eyes and surrounding musculacure still intacr — or cartilage — ‘thin enough to behold the sea Of viscen and floaring: onguns comprised the walls sears Bf ghouls moist ened the eyesso they could blink popeay. Evermore reverants conducted the ritul tattooing by daoving charcoal -chsted threads through their victim's kin with boue neeles Later Yorai and hischildee would