Road of Metamorphosis

Via Mutantionis (Road of Metamorphosis)

Nickname: Shapers or Seekers

This esoteric road is the realm of the Tzimisce and their flesh-shaping arts. It preaches a transcendence of all things, from human compassion to weaknesses of the flesh. The body is only clay to be shaped for the perfection of the soul. It is a secretive road, open only to practitioners of Vicissitude.

Ethics

• Learn the characteristics of all stages of life and death.
• One should not overly concern oneself with mortals. They are step beneath Cainites, not above.
• Do not share knowledge with others, as all creatures are ultimately objects of study. To impart knowledge is to corrupt the experiment.
• Indulge the Beast, but deny it. True comprehension of unlife requires a broad range of experience.
• One should alter and augment one’s body. Changing the flesh might pave the way toward changing the soul.
• Do not heed the needs or desires of others. To remain ever aware on one’s evolution, one must be continuously self-centered.

Hierarchy of Sins

(1 is the most fundamental and 10 is the most minor)

Rating - Minimum Wrongdoing

10. Postponing feeding when hungry.

9. Indulging in pleasure.

8. Imploring another for knowledge.

7. Sharing knowledge with another.

6. Refusing to kill when knowledge may be gained for it.

5. Failing to ride out a frenzy.

4. Considering the needs of others.

3. Failure to experiment, even at risk to oneself.

2. Neglecting to alter one’s own body.

1. Exhibiting compassion for others.