The Path I follow is about getting it done. If I have a task then I have a certain amount of time to get it sorted. The ends will always justify the means so long as at the end your position is one of advantage and not of liability.

Power is what keeps those at the top in charge. Might is the arm that will crush those that are not strong enough to defend against it. If you cannot be unpredictable then you cannot win for any real length of time.

I seek those that will advance my position, and court those that will sustain it. I laugh, I cry, I bleed, but my enemies shall not know which one in truth is my state of being at the time.

I might protect myself and others that I cherish with pre-emptive attacks. I might disguise my movements and slide behind another who will then take the brunt of an enemies attacks for me.

I understand that sometimes gains cannot come before a loss. I also understand that sometimes gains might end up meaning a decline before the end hits. Life is a gamble, you play the cards as luck is most often made by those with greatness rather than greatness coming from luck.

I use what works be it spellcraft, be it direct energy manipulation, or even rites of invocation. Limiting yourself on any level especially in terms of energy most often means an inability to act when a new situation appears.

I am both a fist and a treaty, yet each one acting as a sword which slices through my opposition. I am of the Dark and it is that alone in which I follow.