Road of the Serpent



Via Serpentis, commonly called the Road of the Serpent, is one of the minor Roads that kindred may choose to follow in Vampire: The Dark Ages and Dark Ages: Vampire. It is mainly followed by the Followers of Set, and its followers are called Tempters.

Perhaps no road is as clan-centered as Via Serpentis, as the Road of the Serpent holds one purpose: to honor Set and his works. At the same time, the Tempters work to free themselves from the reign of Osiris. The Tempters view him as abusive of his power and repressive, and so seek to undermine his laws at any oppertunity. Amassing wealth and power in order to continue the fight is also asked by the followers of Via Serpentis, as is embracing those who might serve Set well.

Like Via Peccati, the Road of the Serpent urges its followers to act on desire, but the Tempters take things one step further and attempt to spread this idea to their follwers, Cainite and mortal alike. Several roads, Via Caeli and Via Regalis in particular, view the Tempters to be as debased as the Sinners.