The Fool
					by Erehwon

	In medieval times, the wisest man was the court fool.  The king's 
advisors were often sycophants, who would agree with anything the king 
said, and tell him whatever they thought he wanted to hear.  But whenever 
a group of people does the same thing, it's almost impossible to tell 
whether it's a good thing or not.  Therefore, it was the fool's job to 
parody any proposal under discussion.  The fool's jokes forced the king 
to re-examine the situation, and often brought up new issues that were 
previously unseen.  In this way, the king protected himself from the 
truly bad ideas brought before him, and could better determine what 
course of action to take.

	It is from this hallowed basis that the tradition of Malkavian 
pranking arises.  We are the court fools, who must ridicule the ideas and 
suppositions put before us.  By our pranks, we force people to challenge 
their assumptions, and look at things in another way.  By our pranks, 
we reopen the minds of others to another view of reality.  By our 
pranks, we make people think.

	Without us, the sect would stagnate and die.  So prank well, and 
prank often.