Path of Screams

The Roads

A Path on the Road of Sin

Sobrequiet: Screamers

All of the Paths of Sin accept one important fact as the basis of their philosophy: that their followers are no longer human. Darkly transfigured by the dread Embrace of Caine, some part of their essential self - their soul, their mind, their flesh - has been awakened by the experience and transformed into the Beast. Some philosophies preach that the only way to retain control of the self is to reject the Beast utterly. The followers of the Road of Sin take another view, seeking to understand the Beast and propriate it, to explore and comprehend all facets of themselves, no matter how dark, and to achieve control of their entire being, self and Beast combined.

This is no easy task, and more than one Sinner has fallen from that ideal to a much darker path than any that their fellow Sinenrs choose to walk.

The followers of the Path of Screams are Sinners, indeed. Hidden within a road that considers each of the deadly sins a sacrament to the self, that worships rebellion against arbitrary authority and the freedom to exercise one's own will without the restraint of lesser moralities, the demon-ridden are a bloody perversion, infernalists who have embraced spiritual debasement and foul slavery in order to satisfy their hell-driven desires. Where the Adversaries reject the concept of damnation, the Screamers revel in it - hell is where their masters are, after all, and from whence comes the power they use to break, defile and deliver the souls of others. Where the Voluptuaries flinch away from the painful and the grotesque, the Screamers offer their bodies and souls to the sensualism of the demonic, the pain that arouses, the pleasure that burns. Where the followers of the Path of Cruelty chill their hearts but for their hate, the hearts and souls of Screamers are pillars of flame, a fire of hatred with which they will burn the world and everything in it to ash.

Practices: The Path of Screams is a way of madness and degradation, both for those who follow it and their victims. Screamers have, through the horrors of the Embrace, come to the conclusion that they are the true instruments of Hell in the world. More truthful to themselves than even the pathetically deluded followers of the rest of their road, they barter their souls for power and pleasure and repay their demonic patrons in the coin of others' defiled souls. They can be found everywhere, pursuing agendas gross and sublime, derive from every road and are among the most pathetic and horrifying beings to walk the night, hunted, hounded and despised even by other Sinners.

Damned Virtues: Conviction and Instinct.

Additional Ethics of Damnation:

• You are Damned, and you serve Hell on Earth.
• Virtue is a lie; defile and devour those who claim to possess it.
• Freedom of will and soul is an illusion; listen to the demands of your true masters in the voice of the Beast, and do their will.

Hierarchy of Sins Against Damnation

Score	Minimum Wrongdoing	Rationale
10	Acknowledging the laws of God or man	Divine and human dictates have no meaning for a creature of Hell.
9	Failing to indulge your desires	Pleasure is the gift you give to yourself and your masters.
8	Failing to ride the wave of a frenzy	It is in the voice of the Beast that your masters make themselves heard.
7	Refusing to kill when it is in your best interest	No human or Cainite is more important than your mission.
6	Avoiding injury to others for any reason	You exist to wreak harm and havoc upon the world.
5	Any display of pity or mercy	There is no mercy in Hell.
4	Failing to act on behalf of your patrons	You serve Hell on Earth, even when it inconveniences you.
3	Any display of altruistic behavior	You owe others no aid or assistance.
2	Acting against the minions of Hell	All minions of Hell are in service together.
1	Encouraging virtue or the agents of virtue	You are the enemy of everything pure, even the virtues of Sin.