Nature of the Vampires

[AtlanteanAscendant]

how many Vampy types actually consider the whole Caine mythos to be THE word when it comes to where the kindred originate from? just curious as it came up during my groups' Gehenna discussions.

Gehenna was pretty heavy handed but still brought up some interesting questions...

how accurate is the book of nod? who wrote it and when? as no vampires exist and are active that are any older than a what a thousand, MAYBE 1500 years at best? i think of all the vamps introduced, there is one or two vampires from the BC period and they are so unstable or unrecognizable you cant get any real info out of them.

so, my question becomes, who originated the Caine myth among the kindred? Was it a ploy of the elders to maintain control? or did some religious vampire who held the books of genesis as gospel (heh heh) decide these were how things HAD to be?

just tossing some thoughts out for discussion

[LittleBano]

Intersting question. I guess, I would say that all of my characters believed the Caine "Myths" partially because there really isn't any other explaination. Could it be a story cooked up by some elders to keep the young bloods in line? Sure. See, the Cainite "religion" has the same problem that all religions have. Most of the history was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. All who have played the telephone game in school know that as information is passed on the stories get altered slightly so what the "truth" is may only be a small part of the reality.

[GIR]

good questions, as for the answer from what i get from the gehenna book, is that its up to the ST. WhiteWolf seems bent on letting us finish the stroy and do things our way. i dont mind that so much, but i still want to know what the "true" story is.

But for my games, Caine is walking the earth but is so "out of it" from his citys being destroyed, and his kid fighting amongst themselfs. but when the eldars show there faces and the thin bloods are being killed but the dozen. Caine will be "poping" soon. .; ) but thats my strory, (i dont want to give to much away)