GAROU NATION TRIBES

The matriarchs of the Garou, the Black Furies only accept women as members (save a few male Metis), and are known for their honor, wisdom, pride, and fierce skills in battle. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Rangers.

Smart, shrewd and wise to the ways of the cities, these scavengers and survivors are viewed by most other Garou as mongrels sifting through the waste of mankind. However, they see themselves as underdogs, ready to triumph against overconfident foes. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as the Unseen.

Looked upon as the peacekeepers and healers of the Garou, the Children work for understanding between the tribes and hope to eventually form all tribes into a unified front against the Wyrm. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Rapha Healers.

Strongly based on Celtic and European traditions, they are known among the Garou for their passions, their pleasure of life, their skills and ferocity in battle, and as keepers of the music, stories, and lore of the Garou. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Charismatics.

Fierce warriors with little room for mercy and compassion, the Get of Fenris tribe is proud of its Scandinavian heritage. They are unapologetically blood-thirsty and savage, and carry a wide survivalist streak. Fenris himself is their tribal totem. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Wayland blacksmiths.

Steeped in technology, human religion, and the ebb and flow of the city, the Glass Walkers live and die by a creed of progress. They believe that every new invention may be appropriated for their cause, and that every new philosophy might strengthen their resolve. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Oneiro Techno Projectors.

The politicians and manipulators of the Garou, the Shadow Lords work through their strict hierarchies and secretive ways to wrest as much power as they can. They are ruthless — even Machiavellian — in their efforts to direct the Garou Nation. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Domini.

The Silent Striders were exiled from their homelands in Egypt, and now claim no homeland. They run from place to place, serving as messengers and scouts for the Garou. But the children of Owl never forget that they were gods in ancient Egypt, nor do they forget their hatred for Sutekh, the vampire that banished them. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Jacks-Of-All-Trades.

The revered leaders of the Garou Nation — at least to hear them tell it — the Silver Fangs follow Falcon as their totem. The tribe is Russian by ancestry, and has a long history of pure breeding, nobility, and courage. Their modern image, however, also includes accusations of inbreeding and insanity. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Princeps.

The Stargazers are a tribe originally hailing from the lands around the Himalayas, and claim membership in both the Western Concordiat and the Hengeyokai Beast Courts of the Far East. Strange and troubled portents seem to indicate to the contemplative and serene children of Chimera that it may be time to leave the ranks of Western Garou entirely. Their Apex Kinfolk are known as Wanderers.

One of the two remaining tribes hailing from the Native peoples of the Americas, the Uktena dare to open the doorways that other Garou won’t touch. In doing so, they open themselves up for corruption, but they are also suited to bind and destroy spirits that other tribes would never recognize. Their tribal totem is the Uktena, a horned water-serpent of great wisdom.

The second surviving Pure Tribe is the Wendigo, the proud and warlike children of the cannibal spirit of the north. They consider themselves to be the purest of the Garou and seek to destroy the influence of Wyrm while preserving their old traditions. The Wendigo see the with rage over what has been done — is still being done — to the Native Americans, but they grudgingly agree to work with other Garou.