The Path of Honorable Accord
We are not knights or samurai. We are simply supporters of order. Those who do not favor our ways are a threat to the Sabbat.
-Vincent Day, Sabbat Paladin
History
During the great Camarilla-Sabbat Jyhads of the early years, a civil war split the Sabbat. An agreement was made in the city of Milan to settle the internecine fighting and hold the sect together. The Code expanded greatly during the years of peace. A whole philosophy developed based upon the idea of vampiric honor as a means of inner discipline and a replacement for human conscience. There was another civil war within the Sabbat in the 1800s and early 1900s. After the conflict ended and peace was restored to the Sabbat, the Code of Milan was modified.
The Ethics of the Path
- Serve your leader faithfully as long as she acts in the interest of the Sabbat.
- Observe all Auctoritas Ritae of the Sabbat.
- Keep your word of honor. Breaking your word makes you small and weak, and you will never be trusted or respected by those with honor.
- Respect your peers and treat them fairly.
- Never betray another's trust in you.
- Be brave. Cowards have no honor. Defend the Sabbat with your unlife.
- Be generous to your brothers and sisters and they will be generous to you.
- Always repay debts.
- Do your best to serve the interests of the Sabbat.
- Final Death before dishonor.
- Treat the dishonorable harshly.
- Keep the traditions of our people.
- Obey all other rules under the Code of Milan.
Following the Path
- You dislike those who have no honor.
- You never break your word.
- You live unlife with complete vampiric honor.
- You are very Spartan in your outlook.
- You bend the rules if it suits your personality, though your Path will suffer.
- You always support your comrades.
- You protect any in your charge from harm.
- You are hospitable.
- You are stern and you can be extremely harsh.
- You are loyal to the Sabbat over everything else, including your own safety.
Current Practices
The followers of this Path participate in all Sabbat rituals and are responsible for the development and continued practice of many of them. The Path members in each city hold their own formal meetings, complete with special rituals. The followers of this Path monitor others in the Sabbat and make sure they stay in line. They do not hold Sabbat of other Paths responsible for all aspects of the Code of Milan, but they do hold them to the accepted practices of the sect as a whole.
