Path of Metamorphosis

The Path of Metamorphosis is a Path of Enlightenment that controls the Beast by studying its limits and the limits of vampirism in general. A practicioner is usually known as Metamorphosist.

The Path is the result of the earlier Road of Metamorphosis and practiced mostly by the Tzimisce.

Overview
The Path of Metamorphosis is one of the most inhumane paths. For its followers, the world is made up of evolutionary chains. Animals are below humans, who are below the Kindred. The metaphysical, arcane members of Clan Tzimisce follow this Path since their settling within the lands around the Carpatian mountains, which focuses on defining and attaining the state of being beyond the curse of vampirism. Citing their transformative use of Vicissitude, the Tzimisce believe they have the potential to transcend the constraints of the flesh. They believe that the next step is a state akin to apotheosis, which they call Azhi Dahaka, after the dragon of persian mythology and they will do anything — anything — to achieve it. It is a distant, lonely philosophy, removed from any needs other than the matter of sustenance. Followers should be heedless of others around them, existing only to satisfy their personal concerns, until they achieve Azhi Dahaka, which will completly separate them from rest of the world in a similar manner to an inverted Nirvana.

Metamorphosists are cold, utterly inhuman, and exactingly scientific. Their concerns are metaphysical rather than ethical, and it is precisely this frame of mind that leads many to believe that the Metamorphosists have literally begun their transformation into something else. Some take this a step further by altering their flesh in various means until they no longer have a recognizable gender or look even remotely human. For this sake, many adopt the Sabbat, but pay merely lip services to the sect in order to continue their studies.

Ethics

 * Learn the characteristics of all stages of life and death


 * One should not concern oneself overly with mortals, as they are inherently inferior to even the lowest kindred


 * Do not share knowledge with others, as its value lies in achieving it alone


 * Indulge the Beast and deny it; true comprehension requires a broad range of experience


 * Alter your body in every possible way to find a way to fundamentally alter the soul


 * Do not heed the needs or desires of others, as their lack of introspection may distract even the keenest intellect

Hierarchy of Sins
10 - Postponing feeding when hungry

9 - Indulging in pleasure

8 - Asking another for knowledge

7 - Sharing knowledge with another

6 - Refusing to kill when knowledge may be gained from 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