Nahema's Spiral

Road of Lilith

Some legends speak of Malakai, the twin sister of Malkav, who shared his curse, but not his control. According to these legends, she was both his mortal sibling, and his partner in the Embrace. Where Malkav was able to utilize his madness, Malakai was not nearly so fortunate. When it became clear that Malakai was unable to control her abilities, Caine ordered her locked away where she could harm neither the children of Caine nor the children of Seth. While Malkav protested, he understood Caine’s decree and stood aside. Some scholars believe that this is the incident that ultimately compelled Malkav to join the other Antediluvians in slaying their sires. With Malakai’s abilities, it proved nearly impossible to hold her. Her madness would eventually erode any prison in which she was locked. But one among the 3rd Generation, Cappadocius, knew of a location deep within the Underworld where Malakai could be kept safely. With Caine’s blessing and the aid of Malkav, Cappadocius took Malakai into the Labyrinth, and in the center of the spiral he imprisoned her for eons to come.

Millenia later, when Cappadocius was diablerized by his childe, a portion of his soul escaped into the Underworld. Desperate for safety, Cappadocius ran to the Labyrinth and visited Malakai’s prison. He had hoped that millenia of solitude would have softened Malakai, and that isolation from the Jyhad would make her a potential ally. He was mistaken.

As soon as Cappadocius arrived, Malakai read his mind, prying forth the secret to her location and escape. She read the way out of the Spiral. Before he could even make his plea for aid, she broke free of her bonds and escaped into the Underworld. From there it was a simple matter to return to the land of the living where she intended to find her brother and seek revenge on Caine.

Malakai has since taught her unique Path to those she has recruited, and to a few she has broken. The Malakaites have found great common ground with the Black Spiral Dancers and the Nephandi.

Systems

Lilin Virtues: Conviction and Instinct

Aura: Intimidation. The Malakaites long association with self-torture infuses her aura and affects attempts to intimidate or convince others of her willingness to resort to pain.

Common Abilities: The ideals of this path demand creativity and an analytical mind. Malakaites also prize acuteness of the five senses: Alertness is favored. Other prized Abilities include Athletics, Empathy, Expression, Crafts, Performance, Academics, medicine, Occult and Science. Though they may claim otherwise, the Lilin tend to welcome converts who have a high Appearance rating.

Torture is an essential element of the path, so adherents are usually skilled in Intimidation and Melee (with specialties in instruments of pain), as well as in Medicine.

Linguistics is also favored, although followers are more interested in dead languages than extant ones.

The vampiric Disciplines are Lilith's gifts to the Children of Caine. These are the powers Caine and his grandchilder in turn used to destroy her garden and exile her. Lilin are expected to hone their powers so that her gifts can be used against Caine and his line for the torture of Malakai and punishment of her followers

Powers such as Animalism, Celerity, Fortitude and Obfuscate are prized, and these are said to be the "purest" of the Mother's Disciplines. There are rumors of a cult of Malakaite worshipers in Greece who are skilled at Necromancy, many have found paths of thaumaturgy.

Rating	Minimum Wrongdoing	Rationale
10	Not feeding when hungry, not indulging in pleasure or comfort	Hunger distracts from the spiral, leaves you off balance, feed to walk the Spiral.
9	Not becoming rich and powerful	Wealth and power are the gateways to controlling others and walking the spiral.
8	Not challenging the "false" scriptures of mortal religions or vampire Nodists	You must give others the opportunity to find the path. Those who know and spurn the Spiral must die.
7	Feeling remorse for the suffering or death you bring on others	Pain is a gift, death is transcendence, and pushing other out of the way opens the inner steps of the Spiral.
6	Not participating in a Malakai's ritual	Ritual gives direction to your quest for enlightenment, pulls you more to the center of the Spiral.
5	Showing fear of death or pain	Pain brings opportunity, the chance to spin faster into the Spiral.
4	Not killing when hungry or threatened	You cannot walk the Spiral if you are dead. Only the great may achieve Malakai's wisdom, all others can die.
3	Not learning the teachings of Lilith	The ultimate truth is within your grasp. Through the teachings of Lilith can you find the steps of the second Spiral
2	Not bringing pain and anguish to others, not killing when necessary	Do not deny others the gifts you have been given, do not hesitate to push others out of way to exit the first Spiral
1	Shunning Pain	Pain is Lilith's gift, and will make you strong. Malakai knew great pain, and her power grew exponentially.