In the Beginning

CAINE AND THE FIRST NIGHTS
According to Kindred myth, the first of their kind was Caine, the first murderer. For his crime, Caine was cursed by God and thereby transformed into a vampire. Exiled from his people, Caine was forced to stalk the fringes of civilisation, fearful of the sun and ravenous for blood.

In his loneliness, Caine came upon a mighty witch named Lilith, who had been Adam's first wife. Lilith taught him how to use his blood for mighty magic (indeed, a few heretics claim that Lilith, not Caine, was the first vampire). Lilith taught Caine many things, including how to use his blood to invoke mystical powers-and how to create others of his kind.

THE SECOND GENERATION AND THE FIRST CITIES
At first Caine refused to beget, believing it wrong to curse the world with others of his kind. But eventually he became lonely and beget 3 others into the vampiric fold. These in turn beget 13 more, and these voracious monsters went among the early peoples of the world, carelessly feeding and using mortals as puppets in their sibling rivalries. Caine, outraged by this behaviour, forbade the creation of any more progeny. Gathering his Childer and grandchilder to him, Caine build a great city-the first city of the world-and here vampires and mortals coexisted in peace.

THE ANTEDILUVIANS AND THE CLANS
It could not last long. Caines Childer squabbled for their sires affections, and once again the mortals were used as pawns in the feud. Finally the city was thrown down-some say it was a natural disaster, others that a spurned childe's vengeful sorcery was to blame. Caine vanished into the wastes, never to be heard from again.The three vampires of the 2nd generation likewise disappeared into the mists of legend. But Caine's 13 grandchilder, free from restraint, began breeding new vampires with abandon. These vampires became known as the Antediluvians, and their Childer, created in their images, inherited their gifts and curses. Thus the clans were formed.

PROBLEMS
Through the rest of time, their were many wars and clan feuds, ad they seemed unstoppable by anyone, mortal or vampire. This was until the time of the Inquisition. The Inquisition was a group of mortals sworn to hunt and destroy all vampires. The vampires decided that this should never be allowed to happen, and that they should group together. Thus was the Camarilla born.