Werewolf: The Forsaken - Blank It

and images of a world like and unlike her own. Her body
begins to change, and she grows afraid. She hides herself,
passing through fear, acceptance and finally excitement
as her personality merges with that of her riding spirit.
At this point, she might abandon her old life. Certainly,
her friends might not recognize her. Even if they do,
they’re likely to be shocked by the changes in her appearance
an outlook. And why would she want to have
anything to do with them anyway? She has a whole new
view of Creation, now. She knows of the spirit world, the
struggle between spiritual factions deep in the Shadow
and the interplay of the two worlds. She has abilities
quite unlike anything she has experienced before. She is
one of the duguthim. She walks between the worlds.
FROM URGED TO CLAIMED
If the rider of one of the Spirit-Urged stays in place
for long enough, the spirit of the host molds to the form
of its rider. The Urged comes to believe that spirit-driven
actions are her own, and that the changes the spirit has
wrought on her body are a natural part of herself. She
might come to enjoy and look forward to the things that
the spirit urges her to do. This process, which can take
anything from a few weeks to years, allows one of the
Spirit-Urged to attempt to become one of the Spirit-
Claimed, fully merging the spirits of host and rider.
APPEARANCE
For the first few weeks of a Claimed’s new existence,
she can still pass as human. She retains her own
knowledge as well as gaining that of the spirit, and the
changes to her appearance take time. Indeed, if the
claiming spirit wasn’t particularly powerful, she might
always be able to pass as human. If she’s merged with a
powerful spirit, however, she eventually leaves humanity
behind. Once the transformation from human to
Claimed is complete, no one could mistake the Ridden
for an ordinary person. As the reshaped soul transforms
the body around it, the Claimed’s appearance takes on
a mix of its original human features and aspects of the
claiming spirit. A woman claimed by a fox-spirit would
take on distinctly vulpine features, while becoming
wiry and possibly thinner. She might grow a tail, but it’s
as likely to be covered in human skin as fox fur. A man
claimed by a tree spirit might grow taller and wider.
His skin might turn brown and gain a bark-like appearance.
His walk takes on a slow, stiff gait, and extra
limbs or leaves might sprout from his body in a subtle
way, concealable through clothes. Indeed, most of the
Claimed could just about pass for human, as long as
they’re thoroughly covered up with long coats, hats and
possibly sunglasses. A few possess Numina that allow
them to pass as humans for short periods of time.
The Claimed still retains the aesthetic sense it possessed
before its merging, so it might choose to dress in
ways that flaunt or enhance its physical changes, when on
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