====== The Chronicle of Caine ======

// This information is known by [[Alastar Mac Caoileann]] and [[Tomáš Fiser]].//

This text was found by Alastar in a [[Sabbat]] dungeon. It was originally written on old paper in a clean hand, either with an old fountain pen or even a quill.

  I dream of the first times
  the longest memory
  I speak of the first times
  the oldest Father
  I sing of the first times
  and the dawn of Darkness
  In Nod,
  where the light of Paradise
  lit up the night sky
  and the tears of our parents wet the ground.
  
  Each of us, in our way,
  set about to live
  and take our sustenance from the land.
  
  And I, first-born Caine, I,
  with sharp things
  planted the dark seeds
  wet them in earth
  tended them, watched them grow
  And Abel, second-born Abel
  tended the animals
  aided their bloody births
  fed them, watched them grow.
  I loved him, my Brother
  He was the brightest,
  The sweetest,
  The strongest.
  He was the first part of all my joy.
  
  Then one day our Father said to us.
  Caine, Abel to Him Above
  you must make a sacrifice -
  a gift of the first part
  of all that you have
  And I, first-born Caine, I
  gathered the tender shoots
  the brightest fruits
  the sweetest grass
  And Abel, second-born, Abel
  slaughtered the youngest,
  the strongest,
  the sweetest of his animals
  
  
  On the altar of our Father
  we laid our sacrifices
  and lit fire under them
  and watched the smoke carry them
  up to the One Above.
  
  The sacrifice of Abel, second-born,
  smelled sweet to the One Above
  and Abel was blessed.
  And, I, first-born Caine, I
  was struck from beyond by
  a harsh word and a curse,
  for my sacrifice was unworthy.
  
  I looked at Abel's sacrifice,
  still smoking, the flesh, the blood.
  I cried, I held my eyes
  I prayed in night and day.
  
  And when Father said
  the time for Sacrifice has come again
  And Abel led his youngest,
  his sweetest,
  his most beloved
  to the sacrificial fire
  I did not bring my youngest,
  my sweetest,
  for I knew the One Above would not want them.
  
  And my brother, beloved Abel said to me
  "Caine, you did not bring a sacrifice,
  a gift of the first part of your joy,
  to burn on the altar of the One Above."
  
  I cried tears of love as I, with sharp things,
  sacrificed that which was the first part of my joy,
  my brother.
  
  And the Blood of Abel covered the altar
  and smelled sweet as it burned.
  
  But my Father said
  "Cursed are you, Caine, who killed your brother.
  As I was cast out
  so shall you be."
  
  And He exiled me to wander in Darkness,
  the land of Nod.
  
  I flew into the Darkness
  I saw no source of light
  and I was afraid.
  And alone.