Blade of Enoch

Blade of Enoch is an artifact made during the First City named after.

Overview

Believed by those Cainite scholars who know of such things to have been a weapon forged in the First City by the sire of the First Diablerist, the founder of the Brujah line, the Sword of Enoch is, according to legend, a simple, even crude-looking, bronze blade. Most say that its length falls somewhere between that of a short sword and a long sword and that it is very slightly leaf-bladed, though this is mostly speculation. It is unclear if Troile the Elder gave the weapon to Enoch as a gift, or if the weapon simply bears his name as the first of its kind crafted there (and, indeed, anywhere in the world),

Whatever the case, the Blade of Enoch is believed to retain some fragment of its creator's spirit; specifically, his cold logic and power to yoke the Beast according to his reason and will, rather than being ridden by its destructive passions. What exactly that means, how. ever, is a matter for some debate. Most maintain that the Blade, when carried, cows the Beast into submission, making it virtually impossible for the thing to rear its head and assert control over the Cainite, matter his Circumstances.

Some believe that the weapon can, with a single blow, deliver unto the Final Death any that descend from Troile the Younger, shattering the particularly wrathful Beast of such a Cainite and reaping upon him a bloody vengeance as the price for the unchecked rage of his forefather. Others say that those struck by the weapon are reduced to heartlessly rational monsters completely devoid of anger and envy, but also emptied of compassion, hope, mercy or love.

Still others believe that, by driving the weapon into oneself, a Cainite can slay her own Beast, annihilating all the dark emotions that drove her to sin against the world, while maintaining the passions that allow her to enjoy her existence; becoming human in spirit while retaining the immortality of the flesh (though this last is seen as more of a parable or even a fairy-tale among serious prodigal scholars than it is as a legitimate possibility).

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