Our Founding Father
To which of these Clans do we belong ? Only an outsider would ask such a rude question . All three Clans had a hand in making us what we are tonight . We belong to Samedi , in the same way that a Toreador belong to their namesake . Except in our case , the true name of our founder hasn ’ t been lost to time and replaced with a word created to not draw the attention of a sleeping undead god . We are still on good terms with our founder . The Baron is young enough to still walk alongside us in the shadows , yet his wisdom is ancient enough to walk with the loa in their power and understanding . We are His .
Our Founding Father
In order to understand us , you must understand the founder of the feast . The Baron is the loa of resurrection . He appears dressed for a Haitian funeral in top hat , tuxedo , and dark glasses . He ’ s known for his carousing and encourages those who wish his favor to leave gifts of cigars and rum when they pray . He is a contradictory figure that celebrates life while inextricably linked to death . He is the master of death , collecting souls to escort to the afterlife , but indulges in vices as if there is no tomorrow . Sounds very familiar , no ?
When you ask other Kindred about our history , they want to know if the Baron existed before we did . If he did , it suggests to them the loa are real , something we know to be true . If the Baron is a loa , then the others mentioned as his family , like Erzulie and Damballah , were also something else . Something not seen before and something not seen since . This way , Samedi is another challenge to the myth of Caine and all the vampires springing from him and his curse . It may not matter to many , but walk into a room full of Caine worshippers , and you might not walk out under your own power .
To keep things nice and easy , these Kindred ( and others ) suggest that the Baron was created by the makers of vodou . We stole his name and his face to make thing easier for ourselves . It wouldn ’ t be the first time Kindred played up to the myths that humanity creates , and it certainly won ’ t be the last . If this is true , all the things important to us — the dead , the loa , the respect for our founder — are all lies . It ’ s all card tricks and long cons to distract from some other purpose . To some , nothing is ever as simple as it seems , and they blind themselves to look for deeper meaning . But after the shock of learning about the secret world of the Kindred , I can hardly blame someone from looking beneath everything to seek a deeper , darker truth .
The story my sire told to me was that the Baron did exist before our bloodline as a being of power . He came across
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