Chapter 3 THE POWERS OF DOG

When men began to multiply on earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of the Creator saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and chose for themselves those that pleased them. In those days, after the descent of the sons of the Creator into our midst and also later, when the sons of God possessed the daughters of men and they bore them children, the Nephilim began to spread across the earth. These Nephilim were the heroes of the past: men and women of great power, stature, and prowess. However, the Nephilim corrupted men, making them wicked, greedy, and totally sinful, corrupting good men, to the point of making them sin and die in sin, not to mention that the offspring of Cain spread throughout the world like a plague of evil. mice. Then sadly said the Lord: "Because of man's wickedness, my Spirit will not contend with him forever: he will only live a hundred and twenty years". The Lord saw that the wickedness of man had increased in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was always and only to evil. Then the Lord regretted having made man on the earth, and it broke his heart. Said the Lord: "I will make the man I created disappear from the face of the earth, men and also animals, large and small, and the birds of the air. I regret making them". To Noah, however, the Lord showed kindness and wanted to save not only him, but also his descendants. And this is the story of Noah's family: Noah was a righteous man, upright among the people of his day. He always walked with the Creator and was grateful to him for everything. The Creator blessed him with fertility and Noah begat three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Now the Creation was corrupt in the eyes of the Creator and full of violence on account of evil men and the Nephilim. Seeing how the earth had become corrupted, for all mankind had corrupted their conduct, the Creator said to Noah: "I will put an end to all human beings, because the earth was filled with violence because of them. I will destroy them with the earth. But you will make an ark of cypress wood: divide it into compartments and coat it with pitch inside and out. Make it one hundred and thirty-five meters long, eighty-five meters wide, and thirty-five meters high. Make it a roof with a gap of forty-five centimeters between the roof and the body of the ark. Place a side door on the chest and make an upper, middle and lower floors". Behold, I will bring waters upon the earth, the Flood, to destroy every creature under heaven that has the breath of life. Everything on earth will perish. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives. Bring into the ark a couple of each of the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Of every species of bird, of every species of large animal, and of every species of small animal that moves along the ground, a pair will come to you to be kept alive. And store all kinds of food, so that you and they have food. Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him. Then the Lord said to Noah: "Enter the ark, you and all your family, because you are the only righteous one I have found in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, male and female, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, male and female, and also take seven pairs of birds of every kind, male and female, to preserve them. them across the land. In seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will make every living thing that I have made disappear from the face of the earth. And Noah did everything as the Lord had commanded him. Noah was six hundred years old when the waters of the Flood came upon the earth. Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives entered the ark because of the waters of the Flood. Couples of large animals, clean and unclean, of birds and of all the small animals that move along the ground came to Noah and entered the ark, as the Creator had commanded Noah". And after the seven days, the waters of the Flood came upon the earth. On the day that Noah was six hundred years old, a month and seventeen days, on that same day all the fountains of the great depths gushed forth, and the floodgates of heaven were opened. And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. That same day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth, with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. With them came all the animals according to their kinds: all the wild animals, all the livestock, all the other living creatures that move along the ground and all the creatures that have wings: all the birds and all the other animals. that fly. Couples of all creatures that had the breath of life came to Noah and entered the ark. The animals that entered were a male and a female of each living thing, as the Creator had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door. Forty days the Flood lasted, and the waters increased and lifted the ark above the earth. The waters prevailed, increasing greatly over the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters. The waters dominated the land more and more, and all the high mountains under the sky were covered. The waters rose to nearly seven meters above the mountains. All living beings that move on the earth perished: birds, livestock, wild animals, all the little creatures that populate the earth and all of humanity. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. All living beings were wiped out from the face of the earth; both men and large animals, small animals that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped out from the earth. Only Noah and those with him were left in the ark. And the waters prevailed over the earth a hundred and fifty days. However, the Flood that occurred to destroy humanity did not affect the vampire caste. They survived the catastrophe engineered by the Creator to wipe out humanity. After the Lands dried up, Caine believed it was yet another act of the Creator to punish him for creating vampires. In this way he ordered everyone to stop treating humans like herd and he himself disappeared into the world, leaving a law for his “children”, ordering that it was only allowed to consume animal blood: never human blood. Order his sons blindly obeyed. But the grandchildren, tired of consuming animal blood for many, many years, got together and killed the “children” of Cain, as they did not want to follow the rules dictated by him, as human blood was too tasty for their lips. And after this rebellion that took place in Enode, vampires began to spread across the world, and each of the seven grandchildren, descended from the first vampires, created their own clans, each with their own characteristics and powers. For many years they fought each other against each other, each wanting power for themselves, but then they saw that by uniting in a society hidden in the shadows, they would be extremely powerful. This made the angels see potential enemies in the war that was to come, as these vampires were already condemned by the curse, Sheol was already a certain destination for these creatures and Lucifer was already waiting for them, not knowing whether to punish them or ally. up to him. The power of vampires was becoming extremely strong and dangerous for the world of men, the powers and principalities of heaven. One of the leaders of this new race of grandsons of Caine, while drinking the blood of a beautiful young woman who had been captured in a caravan passing near Nod, along with the rest of his tribe, spoke up and said: "Any human being fearing the God who sealed Cain, who truly believes that angelic beings have granted our race authority over the goals of their existence and the world, is still in the phase of being our best food. There is no other revelation than the ideas disseminated to confuse the wise and convince the ignorant. And those who begin to question our authority are liable to be cattle for our nourishment, as is the lot of all who have not been made one of us!" Even though he was marked by God and faced humanity, avoiding at all costs to turn them into a vampire and even though he couldn't contain himself, Cain was a great man in Node, one of Lilith's best apprentices, a person who even though he wasn't an inspiration to anyone , spent and spends his time trying not to spread his curse, killing and burying his descendants forever. And even though he is not perfect, his rude way with humanity itself caused him great problems where he was marked by God, because of an evil that he himself created. And while he spends eternity running and hiding, Caine never ceased to create, learn and amaze the vampires he himself created, killing them forever, just as a great hunter should do.

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Shortly after the Flood and when they were already on dry land, Noah, full of the authority of the Creator, cursed his son Ham, for seeing him naked, after having been drunk with the first wine made from the grapes harvested in his first vineyard. Embarrassed, Dog left his father's presence. Inflicted and quite saddened by the curse given by his patriarch, the young man uttered several lamentations: "I did what I shouldn't, that's why I suffer with regret, the remorse of not having done differently and having avoided being cursed! I just wish I had another chance and do it differently, making sure I had given my life a different direction! How I wish I could go back in time and not have seen my father naked. Making that decision cost me dearly. She cost me this emptiness of her absence! I did what I had to without the awareness that I had put my whole life at risk and didn't even ask my father's permission to do so. But I was wrong and today I can only ask for your forgiveness even if my father Noah is not here to forgive me. Guilt, remorse and regret are the feelings that make my heart ache and dry. And it hurts even more for not being able to go back and change what was done. I'm going to have to live with this curse, in the hope that it will ease with time and that, wherever my father is, he can forgive me for my mistake. Today, after being cursed for so long, I look back and see that everything could have been different. I was irresponsible and inconsequential, I didn't listen to my common sense, my conscience and today I can only regret finding myself in this difficult situation. Oh, from me! Now all is darkness!" Fleeing from his father's presence, going to hide in the shadows so that no one would see the mark of shame on his face, Dog was sought out by a strange individual, who wore extremely white robes. This individual had promised him eternal rewards if Dog agreed to help him on a great mission. And Noah's youngest, already hopeless and depressed, accepted the pact and, with that, sealed his fate, saying: "A great opportunity to be with my family today was lost and today I think that everything could be different. However, the arrogance of thinking that anything can be done, related to youth, led me to think that my freedom would never cease and that actions without consequences would always be at my disposal. But today, with this offer, I see that life presents us with some great opportunities and it is up to us to know how to identify them and not let them pass. If my burden is to be lessened with actions, I accept the offer to help, giving my life new meaning!" The individual in question was the angel Metatron, who as he had not been able to eliminate Caine's grandchildren in the great flood, wanted to control the proliferation of vampires on Earth, so that the curse would not touch good men in the eyes of God. Metatron, having been permitted by God to act in secrecy, empowered Hound and his offspring as well, to hunt down and kill vampires. And while transforming Dog into the one who would, if not stop, control the spread of vampires, the angel spoke in these terms: "Young Dog, you don't worry anymore, because it's only worthy of life, the one who doesn't fear to make mistakes and believes in the strength that emerges from within his being, risking everything, even in his worst moment, without fear of achieving happiness, satisfaction and self-assessment in search of improvements, conquering what you always wanted, including the world. Not believing in the destructive potential of the children of Cain is worse than accepting the end of the divine work, at the hands of humanity. Like my father, The Creator, I have always believed in man, in his potential and in his goodness, even for my brothers of light this is nothing more than naivety. This is because for me, it's more than that: it's faith! That is why nothing is created and nothing is destroyed before the Creator: everything is transformed. And that is why not only do I grant you powers, but also a profound transformation in your life, to redeem yourself not only with the offspring of your father Noah, but also to generate your own offspring. It is not something generated by the human mind, or by me, because I do nothing if it is not conceived by my father: it is all the result of the Creator's magnificent work, obeying, among others, the laws of relativism and universal balance. Receive now these gifts and these powers so that you may fight against the offspring of Cain. Kneel down, Dog, and when you rise again, you will be a new creature from now on!" From that day forward, Hound lived up to his name and transformed into a mighty beast, half man, half wolf, with enormous claws and fangs, with enough strength, courage, and fury to hate and kill a vampire. Like Cain, Dog was also powerful enough to exterminate dozens of vampires at once and over time, Dog's descendants became natural enemies of vampires and that's how werewolves came about. In the eyes of the Creator, whose omniscience already knew the result of his son Metatron's attitude, now and forevermore, this offspring of Dog gained a prominent mission here on Earth, which was to maintain order in this emerging underworld. . This is because both they and the vampires could infiltrate the midst of men and live with them without their being noticed. These new beings, in their original form, were similar to gigantic wolves that walked on two legs. But because they were inserted in societies as common people, they took the form of men, but they were not easy to be contaminated by political-socio-religious rules, causing many to become quite reserved and discreet people. Cain in his exile, knowing this new species had arisen, still holds the title of being the first vampire, even though his bloodlust had spawned other vampires. These vampires, who throughout their history carry his mark, walking in the shadow of humanity, drinking the blood of animals and men, avoiding revealing themselves so as not to be hunted and killed. And when the Son of the Creator came into the world, still remaining among us, Churches, religious symbols and everything that makes reference to the Lord is avoided by vampires to this day. The Creator then left all these creatures to his will and in time, cursed humans emerged who consumed human flesh and were prevented from enjoying death. These beings became the zombies we know today. Humans who sought to control vampires, zombies and even the demons of hell using magic became witches and wizards. The angel, seeing the proliferation of this new humanity that preferred darkness to Light, went to Dog and spoke in these terms: "There is a reason for all this to come into being. And the presence of the Creator completely fills this reason. But this new humanity is not justified by our limited knowledge. We can deduce, then, that you, I and your descendants will have a lot to learn, because through the Creator we were given this grace". The Creator, seeing this proliferation of cursed men, also entrusted the werewolves with the mission of hunting and eliminating these beings, as the maintainers of order, as it was impossible to hand this mission over to men, at this point in the evolution of humanity, because the same they had no weapons, much less the strength to do so. So it would be impossible for men at that moment to destroy a vampire or even a witch, for the last hero who tried to destroy a vampire died before the age of fourteen. And he had a name that no one remembers these days. Then the Creator, taking the floor, spoke in these terms: "Evil has poisoned the souls of men, raising in the world that I created with my infinite love, walls of hate. And this has made good men stride forward into misery and slaughter. Men don't get better and kill each other as if they were squashing insects. The evil in their hearts dies and is reborn every day. The world I created is increasingly inhabited by men and women with hard and blackened hearts, becoming uninhabitable. And because my eyes have learned to cry, my tears will fall on them with such pain, that it will seem to them a deluge". Metatron was worried by those words of his father, because that just showed that The Creator was fed up. He, who had created everything, that nothing happens without his approval, was fed up with humanity and all its generations thirsty for evil. But Metatron even understands, because, being the human being a rational animal with free will, one of his most common irrational instincts is selfishness. That's why he and all the heavenly powers can expect nothing more than an incessant war between human beings fighting among themselves for the maintenance of their egos, their struggle to be noticed in the world and for their stony path towards a supposed idea of happiness. . The Creator was fed up with humanity, considering it a stain on His creation. But the angel who was called by all his brothers as “the voice of God”, so intimate that he had with his father, he even understood. That's because he was also tired of seeing men kill other men and offering the dead bodies in sacrifice to gods fruits of his imagination that took shape through clay, writing or inks. Metatron was quite concerned to see all the evil that man adds to the world, as if the world as it was created and given to men was not enough, because the world is already evil by nature and each human being away from the Creator only makes it worse. . Metatron is afraid that the fact that the Creator is fed up with men, makes Him also fed up with goals, fed up with time and space itself, because the human mind is full of emptiness, making them cling to gods and demons. The angel, through the light of his own reason, came to these bitter and sad conclusions: If the Creator gets fed up with humanity, he will soon get fed up with the Universe, the world and the Earth itself, until he gets fed up with being fed up. When that happens, he will exist again in the darkness of emptiness, just coherence and incoherence; consciousness and unconsciousness; what the Creator is and what He is not; what He was, what He will be, and what He should be. And Metatron hopes that The Creator will find something to rejoice with humanity again, so that life, death, existence and the Universe, do not go back to being the existence of nothing.