Werewolf: The Forsaken - Blank It

It had happened again, and this time he couldn’t go back.
Not after what he’d let himself do. He’d thought he could control
it, but the feelings, the urges, were just too strong to resist.
The only thing left to do now was run and try to figure out
what brought this curse upon him. The others, the ones he’d
done his best to get away from, called him Thihirtha Numea,
or a Ghost Wolf, but he didn’t get that. All he knew was that
he was a man with the worst problem in the world.
The Ghost Wolves are not a tribe. Rather, “Ghost
Wolf” is a label given to any werewolf who spurns the
Tribes of Luna and the Pure Tribes both, and refuses to
join any of them. This happens in any number of ways.
Some few Ghost Wolves were once members of a tribe
who left because of a fundamental clash at the very heart
of the group’s philosophy.
Such
a misgiving
is not one
that a werewolf
enters a
tribe with
(since he
wouldn’t
join in the
first place
if that
were the
case), but
sometimes
cataclysmic
stress or violent
falling out can
break down a werewolf’s convictions. Others leave tribes
due to sheer shellshock. That feeling comes from the
relentless violence a werewolf inevitably sees, or from the
pervasive numbness that comes from knowing that an
ancient sin will not be wiped away in a lifetime, regardless
of how righteous that life is. Unable to continue, they
simply drop out of all werewolf societies and subsist in the
wilderness or city.
Most Ghost Wolves were never members of tribes.
Desperate to cling to their human nature, some do their
best to remain outside the tribal structure. They eventually
come to grips (to an extent) with what they are, but
they don’t relish being reminded of it by the constant
presence of others afflicted the same way. These Ghost
Wolves don’t usually seek out redemption or even self-destructive
“adventure,” but instead try to live out a normal
life, seeking simple sanctuary and peace. They never find
it. Try though they might to deny it, Ghost Wolves are
THIHIRTHA NUMEA
still werewolves. No matter how they ignore the truth,
something forces them to confront it.
Some Ghost Wolves aren’t quite so overcome by the
weight of it all, though. They find a weary sort of equilibrium
in their dual nature and mark out what small,
insignificant territory they feel they can safely manage on
their own. Ghost Wolves of this sort don’t mind working
with or otherwise spending time with werewolves of the
Tribes of Luna. But in the long run, their goals are neither
so divinely inspired nor so broad in scope. They’d just
as soon spend their time and effort getting comfortable
control over themselves and attending to their personal
business, thank you very much.
Appearance: Young, reluctant
Ghost Wolves
tend to dress and
act much like
they did
before
their First
Change,
in an
attempt to
will their
lives back
toward normalcy.
Their
discomfort
and desperation
builds into a palpable
awkwardness that repels
the very souls with whom they
try to fit in. As a result, they quickly develop a somewhat
shabbier, more harried look further toward the fringes of
society to which they are driven.
Older, more experienced Ghost Wolves who’ve
reached an uneasy détente with what they’ve become lose
the look of desperation but retain a vestige of awkwardness.
They tend not to look people in the eye or take
meticulous care of how they look. The clothes they wear
are old, tough leather, wool and denim — ones made
to withstand a lot of punishment and last a long while
between replacements. Their Gauru and lupine forms tend
to take on a hungry and weather-beaten look, with matted
and dirty fur that bespeaks long, hard travels.
Totem: Thihirtha Numea have no totem patron.
Background: Ghost Wolves come from as wide a variety
of different backgrounds as do werewolves of all the
tribes put together. Nothing specific in the way a werewolf
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