Werewolf: The Forsaken - Blank It

As for Denver itself, most of the old territories in the
city are open again to anyone who cares to claim them,
and there are far more territories available than there
are packs to claim them. The disproportion is such, in
fact, that some werewolves worry that Pure Tribes packs
or bands of Beshilu or Azlu might move into unclaimed
territories before their allies can. If that happens, those
territories could then be used as a springboard for launching
attacks against Forsaken territories (much as the Pure
Tribes have begun to do already in Fort Collins).
CONFLICT IN THE ROCKIES
The challenges that face the local and incoming
Forsaken in the Rockies setting come in three main forms.
The first is that of internal conflict, which includes issues
dealing with the wolf-blooded, as well as struggles over
newly available territory with like-minded werewolves.
It also includes a burgeoning factional dynamic between
werewolves who think like Max Roman and those who
think like Rachel Snow — a dynamic that’s polarizing local
Forsaken into two diametrically opposed camps.
The second main form of conflict is the same sort of
external conflict a werewolf is likely to encounter anywhere.
It includes struggling against the Pure, curtailing
the pestilential madness of the Beshilu, breaking up the
spiritual ossification spread by the Azlu, tracking down
inimical Ridden and harrying fugitive
spirits back across the Gauntlet
where they belong. The
Forsaken must also be
vigilant for signs that
any of Gurdilag’s
brood survived
their purge.
Corollary,
perhaps, to
that second
conflict is that
of policing and
tending the
spirit world
that mirrors
their
earthly
territory.
Gurdilag’susurpation
wrought grave
harm upon the
spirit world in and
around Denver,
and the Forsaken
still have
yet to
uncover
the full
extent of it. What’s more, their flight from that city and
its surrounding territories left many spirit allies to be
either destroyed or captured, which has seriously offended
the werewolves’ erstwhile allies in the Shadow. The infighting
and the pitched battles with the Pure Tribes didn’t
make matters any better either. Add to that the fact that
the denizens of the Shadow have never been especially
friendly toward the Uratha in the first place, and it’s easy
to see that despite the opportunities it offers the brave,
territory in the Rockies is far from safe or easy to come by.
INTERNAL CONFLICT
One of the most prevalent personal concerns the
Uratha have as a race is that of dealing with their families.
Gurdilag’s usurpation broke ties between many werewolves
and the bloodlines they were born to, as werewolves who
knew the full extent of family trees died and new children
were born without any werewolves watching over them.
These days, Uratha of every tribe have made it a top priority
to try to locate more wolf-blooded as potential mates
— a task often easier said than done, unfortunately. Additionally,
competition between rival packs over territory
in which certain wolf-blooded live puts the unaware in the
middle of disputes they don’t understand.
To some werewolves — particularly opportunistic ones
who’ve arrived since Gurdilag’s
defeat — establishing
families to carry
on their legacies
into the future is
more important
than finding
potential
wolf-blooded
relatives in
Denver with
whom they’ve
lost touch. Doing
so doesn’t normally
lead to conflict between
Forsaken outright,
but it certainly
can if a presumptuous
werewolf tries to breed
into an established
family line that’s firmly
connected by blood to
a fierce rival. Storms of
murderous fury break
out between dire
enemies as well if one
decides to take
out his antipa-
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