Path of Pleasure

Via Voluptarius, commonly called the Path of Pleasure, is a Path of Via Peccati found in Dark Ages: Vampire. Those who follow the Path of Pleasure bring the more pleasent and hedonistic aspects of the Road of Sin to the forefront. High living in the form of vintage vitae, fine clothing, beautiful concubines, and sexual indulgence are all common for those who choose to follow Via Voluptarius. To indulge the vulgar, crass, and ordinary is to go against the ethics of this path.

Sinners who travel along the Path of Pleasure actually use these sensual things to control their Beast by giving the it what it wants, and using the finest things in life to do so as a way to secure this sacrament. Feelings such as shame, modesty, moderation, or morality are surefire ways to rouse the Beast to anger, and thus those who follow the Path of Pleasure tend to seclude themselves from the real world as much as possible. In spite of their reclusive natures, most Via Voluptarius followers have a role in Cainite society as procurers of the rare, taboo, and pleasureable.


 * Dark Ages: Vampire: Road of Sin, p. 66