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Appendix I: The Spirit World
EXAMPLES
Choirs Descants
Animals Mice, Dogs, Horses
Fish Salmon, Mako, Stickleback
Birds Falcons, Wrens, Seagulls
Trees Oaks, Pines, Silver Birches
Plants Roses, Ivy, Heather
Fungi Molds, Toadstools, Yeasts
Insects Flies, Ants, Cockroaches
ARTIFICIAL SPIRIT S
If the pack has an urban territory, it’s likely to spend
much of its time dealing with artificial spirits, the reflections
of the creations of man. Opinion among Ithaeur is
divided over whether such spirits are brand new, created
with the object, or the amalgamation of the spirits of the
ingredients. In truth, though, they’re accepted as a spirit
court in their own right, and they engage in the same
political games as the other choirs.
EXAMPLES
Choirs Descants
Vehicles Cars, Bicycles, Trains, Boats
Structures Houses, Offices, Walls, Garages, Sheds
Tools Knives, Blenders, Shovels, Drills, Hammers
Weapons Pistols, Knives, Swords, Clubs, Rifles, Missiles
Information Books, Records, CDs, Computers, Radios,
Televisions
Objects Lanterns, Windows, Statues, Clothes, Toys
ELEMENTALS
Elementals hold themselves aloof from the struggles
of lesser, newer spirits. The spirits of the air, the water, fire
and the earth hold themselves to be the oldest choir of
spirits, formed in the earliest days and the body on which
all other choirs are nothing but parasites and transitory
beings. Some Ithaeur claim that the very oldest and most
powerful of these spirits remember a time before humanity,
before the world was as it is now. Such spirits are dismissive
of visitors, claiming, “You will all be gone when the
world wakes once more.”
EXAMPLES
Choirs Descants
Air Wind, Pressure, Oxygen, Cold
Fire Sparks, Flames, Conflagrations, Explosions
Earth Basalt, Granite, Limestone, Lava
Water Rain, Lakes, Rivers, Clouds
LUNES
The servants of Mother Luna are among the Forsaken’s
greatest allies, yet they’re also some of the least knowable.
For one thing, the five principal choirs constantly
change status based on the face that their mother is showing
the world. When her face is full and her light fills the
spirit world, they’re at their most aggressive, demanding
and dangerous. When she hides her face, they’re sneaky
and subtle. Legends tell that this is the true form of the
gift of auspices she gave to her prodigal werewolf children,
one they’re only partially able to use in the form of
auspices. Perhaps this is for the best. If the Forsaken were
as tied to her cycles as their Lune cousins, their territories
would be truly frightening places to live. The Lune choirs
are well known to the Tribes of the Moon. The descants,
should there be any, remain a mystery.
EXAMPLES
Choirs: Glimmerings (lesser Lunes, who act as her
representative to other spirit courts, and to the Uratha),
Secrets (lesser Lunes who gather information, and hear everything
that is whispered under the moon), Ralunim (the
Full Moon Choir), Cahalunim (the Gibbous Moon Choir),
Elunim (the Half Moon Choir), Ithalunim (the Crescent
Moon Choir), Irralunim (the New Moon Choir).
HELIONS
The servants of Helios aren’t often seen in the skies of
the Shadow Realm. Those not familiar with Helions often
mistake them for fire-spirits, though unusually powerful
ones. It could be that that mistake isn’t as far from the
truth as it seems. Great Helios’ brood might be spirits of
fire, but ones born in the nuclear inferno of the sun, rather
than in the lesser fires of the Earth.
Whatever, their origins, the spirits of Helios are rarely
friendly to the Uratha. It’s said that the incandescent Celestine
of the sun has never forgiven them for the murder
of his sister’s lover, and that is why his spirits regard werewolves
with disdain. Father Wolf is rumored to have left
some of his greatest Gifts in the care of Helios, and they’ll
remain forever outside the grip of the werewolves unless
the Uratha can redeem themselves in his unforgiving eyes.
Like the Lunes, it’s almost impossible to understand
Helions well enough to identify their descants. A few of
Helios’ choirs are known, however.
EXAMPLES
Choirs: Warmlings (spirits of heat and nurturing),
Firelings (very similar to fire spirits), Searings (aggressive
shafts of sunlight, often found in conflict with conceptual
spirits of darkness and night), Illuminators (spirits that appear
to clarify vision and dispel darkness from areas; very
hostile to banes)
CONCEPT UAL SPIRIT S
The conceptual spirits are some of the most dangerous
and difficult spirits werewolves encounter. They’re
born not from a particular thing within the material
world, but from a reaction or an act, something that has
no physical presence, but which is very real to those who
experience it, like love, pain, joy and fear. Most of these
spirits are very short-lived, existing for as long as the
concept is held in the mind of its originator, and then
gone. Humans, however, have a way of holding onto such