History Quotes / IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten

->What is the real purpose of [[BestialityIsDepraved these kinds of bizarre rituals]] of the elite? I don’t really think that it’s so they all have dirt on each other, or even that the rituals themselves are particularly enjoyed. My guess is that our elite simply likes to check that it’s members have a broadminded approach to personal morality. Unlike the Mafia, our Establishment doesn’t have to worry about infiltration; both the police and media are supine. So these rituals evolve to filter out the only remaining threat to corruption: people who insist on playing by the rules. I suppose they reason that people who put their private parts into dead animals are just [[TheUnfettered ethically a bit more gung-ho, a bit less by the book]]. The last thing that you want in the upper echelons of society is some bore who’s going to insist that, say, someone being offered a senior cabinet post ought to pay tax.

->When the perfect opportunity lies before you, can you abandon your mercy...and seize it?

->The cost of [[DealWithTheDevil those pacts]] was staggering. A [[EvilSorcerer witch-priest]] forsook all humanity and plunged himself waist-deep in suffering. He [[WouldHurtAChild skinned babies]] and [[BestialityIsDepraved threw virgins to rutting bulls]]. He sketched his own flesh with hot bronze blades and [[BuriedAlive sealed his loved ones in oubliettes where they screamed their lives away underground]]. Sometimes, he took the Darkness into his soul, literally: in labyrinthine Cauls, the Eaters of the Weak turned themselves inside out, inverting every good passion into all-consuming evil. But for these pains (which soon became ecstasies), a witch-priest received [[TheDarkArts the Nine Secrets of Creation]], and learned to use them to his advantage. Like an apprentice, he gave himself to a spirit lord or lover; in exchange, he received blessings no "good" god would provide.
-->--''[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade]] - Infernalism''