Clans and Bloodlines of the Kindred (Modern & Dark Ages) v2

The story of the Ahrimanes begins with Ádísa, a
Valkyrje and daughter of Freyja. Traveling far
and wide, Ádísa drew the attention of a Persian
king named Ahriman. The king commanded
Ádísa to fight for him in his army,
but she refused to be tied so. Furious,
Ahriman sent his forces to subdue
Ádísa and, whilst she was
exceedingly powerful, even
the Valkyrje couldn’t stand
against such overwhelming
forces. Unwilling to submit
under any circumstances,
Ádísa remained standing
until a warrior slew her on
the third day.
When Freyja came to
take her daughter to Fólkvangr,
Ádísa refused. She
did not begrudge the warrior,
since he had fairly bested her,
but she loathed the king for his
presumption and waging war against
a single woman. Seeing her daughter’s
distress, Freyja consented to hide Ádísa
from the other gods for three
nights, though not days,
so she might seek
her revenge.
The first
night, Ahriman
and his court fled from Ádísa in great carriages
and ships. However, Ádísa’s mother
had taught her daughter to speak with the
animals of the earth when she was young,
and they told Ádísa where the king had
gone. The second night, even more fearful
of Ádísa, Ahriman slew all animals around
him so they could not betray him. But Ádísa
wasn’t her mother’s little girl anymore; she
was dead now and could speak to the spirits
of animals. The third night, Ádísa arrived
THE CLANS OF CAINE
I have sky, earth, and sea. You can keep your city.
at Ahriman’s castle where the king had bricked
up all doors and windows. Enraged by his
cowardice, Ádísa tore the castle apart
with her bare hands until she found
the king. As she killed him, she
took his name from him as
punishment so he would
wander forever lost in the
afterlife.
When Freyja returned
to take Ádísa
with her, the Vakyrje
still refused. Ádísa’s own
vengeance was done, but
other women had been
wronged too, and she
would support them. She
gathered them under the
name Ahrimanes, which
was hers by right of conquest,
as a reminder of her
purpose. Ádísa has walked
the night as their leader
ever since.
Ádísa’s lineage has
spread predominantly
along the coasts of
Scandinavia, Scotland,
Ireland and, to a lesser
extent, England and Normandy.
An Ahrimane
usually shares Ádísa’s
willful independence,
and while she acknowledges
Freyja as her divine
mother, she bows to
neither god nor king.
This attitude does not
endear her with Europe’s
Princes, but she rarely
feels the need to be part
of anyone’s territory any-
3