Road of Carna
Description: A Road that worships the Goddess of Masks and Exchange.
Sobriquet: Masquers
Contents
Ethics of Carna
- - First is the use of the mask and paint to hide our true self. It is not possible to teach hard truths if all know where it comes from.
- - At the basis of our work to improve the world. The best improvements are from our engaging in trade. A person bargaining for what they think is a good deal will not always understand the binding contract.
- - The Children of Man are symbiotic to the building of an ordered world. It is necessary for the Cult of Carna to protect them at every turn, so they multiply and bring peace.
- - The Ways of Carna are a twisting dance. Never is the best path the straightest path, the direct path. One's motives should be hidden, so others don't see the implications of our deals.
- - Debt is the burden placed on us to enforce our acceptance. A Follower of Carna should be striving to be debt free, so as to remain a free agent in the Night.
- - A dead person can not be guided to take up the Mask. Even Namrael understood that the taking of life ends our ability to create a better future.
- - The foolish and wicked are like sand in the shoes of life. Painful and destructive, leaving our communities at risk from the depredations of the Night. Carnites should plot to bind the foolish and wicked to deals they can never escape, freeing the community to a better future.
- - Through trade to we bind the foolish and the wicked. Gifts taken put us in debt, gifts given provide no ties. Only gifts given as bait are acceptable, sometimes a big fish needs a little taste.
- - The Children of Man are the wonders of the Gods and should be protected from the Night. Men are the basis of order in the Universe, protect them where you can.
- - The Foolish and the Wicked are meant to be bound into the Circle of Carna. Allowing them to escape her grasp is a sin, as only through her can our communities remain strong.
Statement
“Ladies and gentlemen, attention, please!
Come in close where everyone can see!
I got a tale to tell, it isn’t gonna cost a dime!
(And if you believe that,
we’re gonna get along just fine.)”
― Stephen King, Needful Things
Initiation
Organization
Aura
Virtues: Conscience & Self-Control
Hierarchy of Sins against Carna
| 10 - . | (Permitting the foolish and the wicked to escape.) | {The Foolish and the Wicked damage the progress of the Universe, Their weight should be shifted from the wheel of time.} |
| 9 - . | (Failing to protect the Children of Man.) | {The Children of Man are the Guid-posts to Ascendancy. Allowing them to be killed slows the Progress of the Universe} |
| 8 - . | (Accepting or offering gifts.) | {Accepting gifts binds the Receiver in the Trade. Failing to get good trade is a missed opportunity to snare the Foolish and The Evil} |
| 7 - . | (Failure to plot against the foolish and the wicked.) | {The Foolish and the Wicked drag down the Children of the Gods, keeping them in darkness} |
| 6 - . | (Taking human life.) | {The dead can not progress the works of the Gods, but are only mud gumming the wheels of the future} |
| 5 - . | (Failure to balance one's debt.) | {Those who owe do the work of others and not the work of Carna} |
| 4 - . | (Failure to conceal your true motives.) | {Those who know your true motives can stop your good works} |
| 3 - . | (Not offering aid to the Children of Man.) | {The Children of Man are Sacred to Carna, and must be aided.} |
| 2 - . | (Failure to engage in exchange or trade.) | {Through our deals we bind the evil and the foolish from the world} |
| 1 - . | (Revealing your True Nature.) | {You can only protect the innocent if your nature is unknown.} |
