Path of Awakening

The Roads

A Path on the Road of Lilith

Sobrequiet: Nahemites

Adherents on this heretical (to Bahari) path hold that the founder of Clan Malkavian was not human. he was a Lilin, descended from Lilith herself. In the days before the Great Flood, three Lilin, barely out of childhood, came to the city of Enoch as treaty hostages - the twins Arikel and Malkav, and one other. They were given the Embrace, but it did not curse them. Indeed, it blessed them and made them powerful. They defied their elders, defied Caine and led the other vampires of the third generation in rebellion.

The third hostage is named Nahema in certain texts. Some worshipers call her the Anti-Muse or Dark Muse, the Demon Queen of Madness. She is said to be the patron of serial killers and torturers. The Nahemites, the followers of the Path of Awakening, claim that Nahema was the younger sister of Arikel and Malkav. Legends say she descended into Hell, but never lost contact with her siblings. her spirit is forever bound to her siblings and their childer. Supposedly, it is her spirit that whispers along the cobwebs of the Malkavian "madness network." It is her spirit that burns in the hearts of the Toreador. Other vampires dismiss these stories as fancy. Perhaps they are. But these tales have some credence among the Lilin. Some Bahari have dedicated themselves to that spirit, hoping that by knowing Nahema's way they can come to understand Lilith's teachings.

These cultists seek knowledge by peeling back the skin of accepted reality. Through blood-magic rites and hallucinogen-enriched blood, they turn the violent rituals of the Bahari into attempts to see past the world. what they perceive is terrifying and soul destroying. They recognize the world as the lie it is, and hope to unravel it to set Nahema's spirit free. They hope to present the devastated wreckage, free of God's interference, as a gift to the Dark Mother when she awakens.

Other Bahari believe the nahemites to be dangerous extremists.

Systems

Nahemite Virtues: Conviction and Instinct

Additional Ethics of Awakening

• Nahema is the spirit of madness, passion and murder. Her fire burns in the eyes of Malkavians and the works of the Toreador.
• Unleash the enemies of God to Awaken Nahema. Awakening Nahema will peel back God's great lie.

Hierarchy of Sins against Awakening

Rating	Minimum Wrongdoing	Rationale
10	Indulging in instant gratification; feeding immediately when hungry	Comfort denies the possibility of enlightenment
9	Seeking wealth or temporal power	These are the tools of Lilith's enemies.
8	Not challenging the "false" scriptures of mortal religions or vampire Nodists	You must give others the opportunity to find the path.
7	Feeling remorse for the suffering you bring on others	Pain is a gift.
6	Not participating in a Bahari ritual	Ritual gives direction to your quest for enlightenment.
5	Showing fear of death or pain	Pain brings opportunity.
4	Murdering a mortal or vampire	The dead cannot be enlightened.
3	Not learning the teachings of Lilith	The ultimate truth is within your grasp. Why spurn it?
2	Not bringing pain and anguish to others	Do not deny others the gifts you have been given.
1	Shunning Pain	Pain is Lilith's gift, and will make you strong.