When order serves no purpose other and when he tells us, in his oh-so-reasonable voice, that the than the fatting of the rich, they say, then order should title, wealth or woman we covet is rightfully our own, we do be overturned. For a person whose greed or jealousy is In this age, women are especially fond of Infernal greater than her morals or her sense , the green-eyed monkey rebellion.
In the commit it. Why not earn something for your trouble? Some women happily accept that role. Revenge and Hatred Some people spend their lives trying to atone for their Some deeds are too horrible to go unpunished. Other folk, however, has seen a witch-burning knows, the ministers of God are simply enjoy temporal power and prepare for a hard time anything but forgiving. The common man has neither the Fatalism predates the Bible, too. To the Pagans, life is means nor the permission to exact vengeance personally, tenuous.
The best you can hope for, according to such faiths, and Church and Crown rarely do it for him. Few Revenge and rebellion go hand-in-hand, united by people can hope for that much — according to the tales of hatred and helplessness.
After a while, no damnation could Hades and Ganzir, the Underworld is full of hungry shades, be worse than the pain of doing nothing. To those who of people who could not rise to the level of their gods and have been wronged beyond forgiveness — to the mother so must wander around in darkness. Fuck that! Besides, the gods parents were burned for a witchcraft they never practiced themselves regularly indulge in murder, deceit, rape and even — retribution screams like a tempest in their veins.
When cowardice. Why should gods have all the fun? God will not help, the Devil may! Occasionally the thirst for vengeance goes beyond hu- the Left-Hand Path the forbidden lore and powers that man scope.
Some people literally want revenge on God. Is few people can comprehend, much less control. On that it unreasonable, in a world where monks throw away more Path, the travelers junk their old codes of morality and after one meal than the average peasant family eats in a fear. Lacerating their minds, bodies and souls, they learn week, to hate God Himself? To want to spit in His face to ride the pain to greater heights of awareness and power.
To a folk feel that God is corrupt as well. Why not follow it and Enlightenment, Self-Rule and see where it leads you? Power Laziness and Despair Gnostics go one step further. Book is essentially corrupt, a lying Demiurge whose decep- Life is hard enough already — why complicate things more?
To get beyond those To these folk, the Devil offers sweet simplicity. The Lord lies, these mystics sometimes violate His strictures out of has cursed His children with toil, but His enemy offers sheer defiance. And what them relief. Why, such people ask, was man born to suffer? These Gnostics would like to find out. You just secret that the path to wisdom leads through tribulation — have to be careful how far you push them Thus, by some Or maybe God is a tyrant.
Maybe life is just one long reasoning, the path to awareness literally winds through joke at our expense. Maybe the Creator sits in His Heaven Hell. So why bother the fetters of ignorance and fear and achieve their true being virtuous when life is just a long plod into damnation? What does it matter in the end? Such independence is sweet when you consider the alternative.
The God of the Book is a god of blindness. Luciferianism He demands that humanity closes its eyes and submits to his firm guiding hand. Perhaps, some reason, there is more in that Perhaps, some mystics think, the Devil has been handed a darkness than God is letting on.
According to certain scriptures, Satan is but an want us to see. Some people — the mercenary, the serf, Hmmmm A lot the scullery-maid — can understand how he feels.
Perhaps, of people would like to find out. To those who never accepted the Biblical god to begin with, Darkness is as legitimate as Light. Both exist Inheritance in a necessary dance; day must have night, life must have death. There is wisdom to be found in both, and some Or perhaps the Infernalist has been raised to sin. Born people prefer the night. Such situations cut to the very heart of morality: Is a she-wolf sinful for following her nature?
What if you Some people neither know about virtue nor care. In found the way to have your beloved, to makes her yours rural hills and hidden catacombs, children are born each eternally and without question? Many people have com- day to parents who would make the Devil cringe. Beatings mitted sins that would make a mercenary tremble, all in and rape are everyday affairs, and the strong always terrorize the name of love.
Is it so hard to believe that folk would their lessers. Some cities have tunnels underground where enter demonic service, master Black Arts, or even throw people live their whole lives in darkness.
Naturally, those away salvation, if they could claim love as their prize for people worship Of course not! And in vast wilderness or subterranean Not everyone is so high-minded, either. When life Pendragon cast aside his kingdom for a night of passion, so is one long, bloody hunt, you either eat or you are eaten.
Goodness is boring! Naturally, a single night is fleeting. To them, devil-worship is just one more game. Their snares foreseen shores, one truth overshadows all others: are deadly and those who fall into them are too stupid to The old tales lied.
An Infernalist who follows their example kills the There is no Olympus. There are no pearly gates. There weak and keeps the strong on guard. To him, sin is destiny are a thousand lands and scriptures that no one had con- and virtue is something he was born to conquer. If he can ceived of, and the sun suddenly seems very far away. Are we just pawns of if men do not. Worse, are we alone? In the 20th century, those questions will still drive people to desperation; in Love of Beauty the Dark Fantastic era, when life literally revolves around The God of the Book is a dour deity.
Aside from illu- churches and gods, doubt makes men frantic. The pious minated bibles and vaulted cathedrals, His Church exalts erect their bonfires; philosophers look for new answers to poverty and denial over sensual indulgence.
Some people replace the old. And sometimes those answers are more cannot tolerate a world without beauty, and look to Satan disturbing than anyone would care to admit. In the void of Heaven, there are worse things than In a similar vein, there are folk who yearn for beauty Hell. And some of them would drive the Devil mad. Or at least capitulate soul for comeliness , cannot capture it like the would-be to their demands? In his mind, then, the Infernalist devils take seductive forms — and more reasons why those is a hero, literally opposing everything he has been taught beguilements are so effective!
One need not be an Infer- to respect and embracing everything he was taught to fear. Before such riches, a Bible yell at the edge of the abyss. Most people mill around like seems pale indeed.
But the Infernalist refuses to be dinner for the wolf. He becomes Love and Lust the wolf, and in that becoming he leaves the flock behind Have you ever loved someone so deeply, so passion- and seeks wisdom in the dark. What For such reasons, angels fall. The The Path of Screams cavern seems lightless and eternal, but in the end a Fallen magus hopes to find the dark treasure that will make the say unto you: one must still have chaos journey worthwhile.
I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves. Like any other magus, the Fallen One evening, I sat Beauty on my knees. I found her bitter, One undergoes many changes in his life and temperament. No matter where he comes from or what he believes, the I have taken up arms against justice.
Each one of them marks him in some way, and Every Infernalist, whether he learns the Black Arts or leaves its imprint across his soul. A popular grimoire, the Codex Licentia, describes the For whatever reason see previous section , he feels the Path and its elements in metaphorical yet accurate lan- hunger of the inner abyss, sees the eyes that surround him guage. Every human being, at some point, hears the infers that the author was a woman or hermaphrodite , Darkness call his name.
Heedless of brambles, beasts and nearby cliffs, Solomon and see where his instincts take him. Groping through The Bellyful of Thorns endless caverns, he eventually learns to see where no other The journey always starts with hunger.
Like a dog man could. Aided by several mystic guides and portents, whose chain has been kept tight too long, the would-be Solomon wanders through several chambers, some contain- Infernalist is wild with frustration and suppressed rage. In the course of his No matter what the cost, he must be free; if that means journey, the initiate realizes he can remake the world at damnation, then so be it!
Eventually he curses the Demiurge for the blindness Every person is born with a desire to sin. Everyone placed by that god upon mankind. By the end of the Codex, does so from time to time.
But the initiate-to-be wants Solomon has become an ideal: Everyman Exalted by his more than just vague naughtiness. He craves indulgences own desires, a new rival to the Demiurge. Like Solomon, he distinct stages — four stages that seem remarkably like the stirs, gets up from the fire, abandons his loved ones, and four elements of the universal Mystick Path. But where embraces the night.
The Path of Screams begins with a decision. Even the diabolists who never A person may be dragged away from it in the end, but he become magi know at least the earliest steps of the Path. Most newcomers begin with small, simple Infernalist is forever changed.
Like Solomon, he can never crimes — petty larceny, blasphemy, simple assaults upon. At this stage or the next , the initiate usually Infernal Daemons meets some like-minded friends: his future mentors or partners in crime. In most cases, the Infernalist will be the only one who can see her Mystick Self. Marauds, of course, carry god could not tolerate. Most times, the initiate literally their visions with them all the time, and act erratically invokes the Devil, or celebrates a ritual to gods his culture under the best of circumstances.
Since an Infernalist has forbidden. Thus, the Void is opened and acknowledged. By violat- ing both the laws and the religion by which he was bound, Like many other details, the guise of the Infernal Dae- mon depends a great deal on what the Infernalist expects the initiate invokes the Abyss and sets himself apart. Many to see. A budding anti-Christian would probably get her initiates never make it past this point; consumed by doubt, instructions from a black cat or a winged devil, while a terror or shame, they fall back to the fire.
Sometimes the follower of Kali would see the Dark Mother in her most authorities take over and imprison or kill the would-be frightening aspect. Whatever face or form it assumes, an Infernalist.
But occasionally something answers the call. Always, however, a Daemon is uncanny. In the course of his challenges or perhaps even his Normally, Daemons only appear to Infernalists who early life , the initiate learns the Law of Predation: Some have Awakened or who soon will ; sometimes, though, a eat, most are eaten. Since the laws of god and man forbid diabolist who flirts with awareness but never really attains a person from injuring or killing his own kind other people it might see flashes of her Daemon just the same.
Normally, have always been a different story Robbery, rape and murder or possibly more-refined toward future Awakening, or away from it. He might feel some compassion for A faceless, weeping angel. A shadow that seems too frightening to recall. Thus, the demon tests its would-be pawn and the initi- A savage god or demon-spirit see Appendix.
More often than not, A flock of black birds or a swarm of insects. A half-human thing with bestial features and The Nightmare Dance uncanny powers. Cracks in a wall from which disturbing voices Ah, yes. The Daemon: the blazing kiss of mystery that emerge. When and if the initiate An animal-spirit that has some dark significance to gets a mystick summons, his Daemon begins its none-too- the Infernalist like an owl, raven, coyote, jackal, etc.
Seducing, mocking, cajoling or dragging the A cold wind that seems to sing. Taking the role of predator, the guiding spirit Some image too bizarre and terrifying to see clearly forces the initiate to show his spine. A manifestation of the inner Adversary, this soul-tutor sweeps the aspirant along on harrowing journeys where everything he has ever feared about himself burns into his heart like a brand. Thus, the would-be magus either faces his own soul head-on, or settles into the role of a lesser wizard Renunication of the Light Sooner or later, the would-be Infernalist decides to curse the Light.
With a formal oath often taken at a Sab- bat, or a Black Mass if he was once Christian , he declares his hate for his former gods and tramples symbols of their power.
Again, he does this of his own will; others might entice or threaten him to do it, but the oath must be made in a clear state of mind. He chooses his Word, and that Word is NO. But if a diabolist craves instruction and fellowship in sin, he has to renounce all goodness in his heart to enter. But for an initiate with some semblance of normalcy, this ritual marks the point of no return.
In the hedonistic, irreverent climate of Renaissance Europe, some people join dark covens sim- ply for the thrill of it. The urban centers of Tuscany and France are ablaze with sacrilegious cults; some mercenary companies and merchant houses demand a satanic ritual as part of their initiatory rites Fun or not, the renunciation is deadly serious to the demons that are inevitably paying attention. Anyone who seems like a worthy candidate for full-blown corruption is noted, approached, and very possibly enlisted among the armies of the damned.
Thus, the Adversary receives his new ally with open arms Most oaths require a kiss of loyalty and probably a ritual fuck and other sordid acts. The initiatory rite is usually as disgusting and painful as the officiants can make it; after all, an Infernalist with scruples is of no use to the Fallen Hosts. Generally, this amounts to a binge of debauch- rape of the soul.
Every fear, every doubt, every screaming ery, a careless gallop through the fields of experience. At this moment, he stands at the edge of Hell the warlock goes berserk.
Whoring, carousing and brutal- and gets a taste of it. After the Infernalist has sworn in their archives for weeks on end. In the wilderness, where his loyalty, the other officiants beat, rape and otherwise whores and books are hard to come by, the new-Fallen one torment him until he either snaps into Awakening, becomes joins the beasts; tossing humanity aside, he strips bare, eats a gibbering wreck or falls unconsciousness.
Through this purgation, the good. The Nephandi go one step further than most sects Infernalist celebrates his freedom.
This almost always brings on Awakening, but is Some diabolists stop here, pissing their lives away in end- almost always irrevocable, too.
But for most, the spree passes quickly. It may be a prelude to a wondrous career, but the Cold The marvels revealed by the Cold Thrust and Nightmare Thrust is always torturous. It literally scars the soul, tears it Dance make mere perversions pale. No matter what the diabolist does, ers removed, the Infernalist sees how far he can go if he this moment will haunt him like no other. Some initiates wants to. Having exercised his new vitality, he moves on snap forever at this point and become demented Marauds.
Some even die from the shock. Those who endure with their wits intact become the most dangerous kind of magi: Weaving Dark Threads Those who have gone to Hell and returned. In most lands, dark Arts and the eyes open at last are the province of dark powers.
Sadly, some people believe that the only way to master them is to join the Evil One. And so, in their ignorance, they do. Deeper in the darkness, of false or misleading lore, delve into esoteric practices, his groping hands fall upon new wonders and his searching or join some fellowship or other in hopes of learning the eyes alight on new and cunning guides. Many cultists fall become lost in the next leg of the journey. Each weave, for a touch of magick that may never come, or that comes every lesson, contains deceptions that only time will in limited fashion.
These misled men and women become reveal. A wise warlock learns to separate the truths from the servants to greater, darker masters. Dark Thaumaturgy , or demon-born Investments. Through favors or hard practice, the Infernalist can gain a few Purgation odd powers; a lesser magician studies esoterica for years, When the new Infernalist recovers from his initiation, even decades, before managing to master even a sliver he often embarks on a wild purge.
Now that the worst has of the Black Arts. For their trouble, these Infernalists pile up debts like any other. An older magus takes a less-experienced that can only be satisfied by soul-servitude. Thus, ironi- one as a student, the student performs some degree of cally, the rebel who wanted to free himself from God sells service, and the elder passes on her secrets.
Or most of that freedom to a devil. But some Infernalists are smart enough to search for Sooner or later, the Infernalist wants more. Perhaps more. When mortal teachers fail, or when there are none to be In most common versions of the myth of Innana and found, the Infernalist calls upon a demonic tutor and offers her veils, there are seven gates to the Underworld, seven him some favors in exchange for knowledge or power.
Those nine veils often depicted as nine layers of patron during his renunciation ceremony. The demon skin, especially in the Babylonian tradition represent the has, more often than not, been watching since the begin- nine elements of the Art: what the Council of Traditions ning, but only reveals itself at the initiation. At some calls the Nine Spheres. Most warlocks are too proud, desperate learn.
Spells regrow the lost skin but the pain lingers as the or impatient to wait until then, however; some die or go warlock studies his new Art. Some Fallen Ones keep the insane the first time they summon a demon to their aid. A warlock with nine of Admittedly, the raw fury of a demonic manifestation his own skins on display is a dangerous man indeed!
Since a diabolist is, by appalling ceremony and make the appropriate sacrifices definition, someone who chooses malice over virtue, usually live, almost always messy; see Chapter III. The his magick becomes maleficium — a deliberate injury to demon makes an impressive entrance, throwing minor Creation. Black magick bubbles up from the worst part tempests in all directions and often indulging in some of the soul and eats away at the both the magus and his hideous display for sheer shock value.
Considering how world. In time, the Scourge and Resonance will reflect jaded most Infernalists are by this point, that kind of these injuries. Howling threats will become a literal cancer of Creation.
He might not think in such terms at bargaining begins Eventually, the Infernalist learns this, and Ravens, a thinly disguised version of Hecate. She offers either repents, becomes a willing servant of Oblivion, or him five garments of silk, cobwebs, feathers, gold and is destroyed by his own magick. In a symbolic some kind. Aside from the bolic offers are exchanged until both parties get what they details — which vary from teacher to teacher, but tend to want.
The magus inevitably has to commit some sinful,. Most demons snare their quarries here; many mortals, unsure of what they want or how to Freedom Conflict ask for it, give away their souls for very little profit.
Some I study pain, measure it and invent — Infernalists sprout hideous Investments and become virtual devils themselves, but rarely realize how much they could I and my compeers; for I hold again have had.
A warlock who masters the steps before this That every passionate Materialist, dance begins often gains an impressive Patronus Of vulgar tenderness in diligent Many magi, confronted with a soul-seller, wonder Tormentry of bird and beast how on earth someone could barter away both soul and — John Davidson, The Testament of a Vivisector freedom.
But the Infernalist sees things differently. To Infernalists are a decadent lot. If he sees through the helps him keep it, in exchange for a few choice favors. This Tapestry of Lies, our warlock becomes a very powerful and illusion — and it is an illusion!
Which is not to say that life becomes Infernalist from seeing the abyss at his feet. In the Codex, Solomon dived into a black pool and And this is usually the biggest lie of all.
Like that chapter does not detail specifics about demon-summoning and Infernal hero, the warlock seeks to become a Fallen Angel pacts. For the game systems involved, see Chapter III. Once he has learned the secrets of the Arts, he. This usually requires a bit Everyone has desires he cannot name. Like Satan, she offers her prey promise of forthcoming wealth without ever having to all the kingdoms of the world Illusion spells, Mind-bending charms, she cares to fulfill.
This is what makes her kind anath- even a convincing lie, can turn a sack of dung into a ema, even among vampires and other night-folk. The bag of gold, and the laugh is so much heartier if the diabolist is dangerous not because of what she can do, dupe has given something for nothing! Not all riches can be measured by gold alone. Not every Infernalist is a tempter; these folk are Some people want castles, servants, and other luxuries a special breed, and they challenge themselves and before they part with virtue.
Although a skillful magus each other to games of epic corruption that not just can provide such things with a bit of effort, a really anyone can play. After all, the satanic rondeau of lure, skillful one can arrange a short-term windfall using capture and betrayal requires a certain amount of grace little of no magick at all.
In this case, a few favors and wit. Any idiot can eat babies. Turning a king into often provided by the Allies, Influence, Resources a coprophiliac, on the other hand, takes vision. A skilled she has suddenly gained a fortune. As your debt is worth more than a sobbing beggar with a Storyteller, it helps to know a few common gambits vague memories of wealth. After all, a subtle betrayer is far Ah, yes, debt. Nothing is free, especially not more threatening than a fire-slinging weirdo.
With stage, the Infernalist makes certain that his mark a combination of Mind Arts and social seductions, owes him a colossal favor. Sooner or later usually the tempter finds a mark, discerns her most forbidden sooner , he calls in the debt. That payment usually desires, and offers them to her. For an especially vicious example of this Although most Fallen Ones reshape themselves idea, see the Usurer template later in this chapter.
The game begins with a promise duels, dishonor, pregnancies out of wedlock, and all of status or a social edge secrets, patronage, and so manner of heartbreak.
Since everyone has desires, on. The tempter grooms her congress, this game is easy to play. With a minimum protegee, guides him into a position where he can of magick and copious self-indulgence, a diabolist can help her or harm others , and carves him a place bring anyone — cleric, king, even courtesan — to in the social woodwork; all the while, she compiles scandal and misery.
A quick word in the right all evil. Alchemists ears, and the dirt spills out. Lives are ruined, trust is and devils are renowned for their access to easy riches, sapped, and the tempter goes off, laughing.
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