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  Within the get of Caine there is a
  hunger stirring.
  Once, twice, thrice the call to
  power and death
  Will rend the souls of the Thir-
  teen.
  This is the death without blood-
  shed,
  This is the grave that has no
  ghosts.
  Behold, one dies in silence, cries
  unheard.
  Children will bear his name but
  not his blood.
  Blissful in ignorance, savoring
  blindness,
  His get live out the minutes one
  by one,
  A reference to diablerie? The devour-
  ing of the soul allows for no spiritual
  fragments to pass beyond death.
  The Thirteen would seem to refer to the
  Antediluvians. Although there were undoubtedly
  more of them originally, thirteen is the number of clan
  founders cited in earlier sections.
  A curious turn of phrase. Is it meant
  to imply that they might have lived
  out time according to some other
  pattern, had this not occurred?
  Another reference to time.
  Could these be the seers?
  
  110
  While those who savor secret
  knowledge tremble,
  Scouring the world for each last
  drop of truth.
  There is no salvation in killing.
  Nor do the damned ever forget.
  It is rumored that Brujah was killed by his
  own childe.
  That is a lie spread by the
  Ventrue.
  But if not, it would imply that a
  portion of this prophecy might refer
  to the past, not the future.
  Prophecies of things which time
  will reveal, perhaps?
  Or else an indication of how long
  ago these words were written.
  What is past to us might well have
  been the future then.
  The second shall be bound by
  magics
  Claimed by magics, raped by
  magics.
  A reference to the Usurpers,
  perhaps? They are the only clan
  with magic.
  Degenerate, thieving worms!
  The reference might be to human
  sorcerers
  Not if these prophecies deal with
  diablerie. That demands a Cainite
  offender.
  
  111
  His children shall be made into demons,
  Literally, or merely by reputation?
  Both possibilities are intriguing grounds for speculation.
  Hunted for evils that are not their own.
  Beware the anger of the banished.
  Beware the fury of the abandoned.
  Ten times ten times ten they wait,
  Secret in shadows, savoring hatred.
  If the above is a reference to 1,000 years, then during that time they will
  rarely be seen, if ever.
  Or perhaps they gain the Lasombra as allies; that blood has power
  over shadows.
  Could ten times ten times ten reference their numbers? That would make
  a mighty host indeed.
  Preposterous!
  
  112
  Until the night Sheol’s army will
  find them
  That would seem to be a perilous tactic
  for both mortals and Cainites, and a
  weakness that might yet be exploited.
  An army from Hell, literally? Or only in spirit?
  Bringing them into the crimson
  light,
  Perhaps a reference to the red star
  which figures in other prophecies?
  Then shall those who strayed from
  their House
  Be strangled in the darkness
  While others huddle within its
  walls,
  Singing songs of magic and
  impotence.
  Interesting. It is said the Tremere still
  maintain links to their mortal House.
  Where is your pride now, you
  ancient thieves?
  What good are lies against cold
  steel?
  These are the soldiers who know
  no silence,
  These are the ones who dance with
  the Beast.
  Possibly one of the clans whose skills
  include wakening the Beast within
  Or those who have made their peace with the Beast.
  It is said a few lineages have managed that.
  Or simply those who revel in their
  Cainite nature?
  
  113
  And in that time when
  princes fall
  And high priests rise up
  among the damned
  The Setites have a priesthood,
  yes? Perhaps this refers to
  their coming ascendancy
  among our kind.
  Or at least their coming out
  into the open. The “soldiers
  who know no silence?”
  Then shall ancient crimes be
  answered,
  Then shall the theft of souls
  be avenged.
  The third shall be betrayed by
  his own,
  Treasured childe, knowledge-
  seeker,
  Drunk on dreams of death
  and shadows.
  Several clans might fit
  this description. The
  Cappadocians and the
  Assamites come to mind.
  That would be a fitting
  end for the Assassins,
  devoured themselves as
  they devour others.
  One can only hope
  
  114
  Where is your victory, drinker of
  souls?
  Your name will be cursed to the
  end of time
  And in the land where ghosts
  gather
  The dead shall devour hatred for
  strength
  And put on flesh to walk the earth
  again.
  It is said that some lost
  souls actually feed on
  hatred, fear and the
  like.
  If so, our kind
  brews them enough
  to sustain an army.
  
  115
  Then shall your infamy have its
  answer.
  Then shall your victims scour the
  world,
  Hungering for the taste of ven-
  geance.
  Then shall the souls whom you
  have abused
  Gather about them bloody dark-
  ness
  And strangle all invaders.
  A territorial dispute
  among the dead, or
  reference to the original
  crime?
  It would seem the latter. Woe
  betide those who raise the ire
  of the unquiet dead, for their
  hatred is undying.
  What is sown shall be
  reaped. The whirlwind
  shall devour them.
  
  116
  Fear the dead, for their
  vengeance shall be manifest.
  Fear the spirit without a body,
  for he shall find a voice.
  Fear the armies too long
  forgotten, for they do not
  forget.
  
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