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Chapter I: The World of the Forsaken
• Games, tests or taunts at the newly Changed’s
expense, usually instigated by Cahalith who recognize the
importance of forging the new pack into a single entity.
Elder Uratha push the freshly Changed into relying on
one another by driving them through difficult tasks that
they cannot perform alone, though not necessarily hardcore
crisis activity every time. An established pack might,
for instance, challenge the newcomers to a brutal game of
rugby.
Beyond the addition of new werewolves to the local
territory, a pack might call a meeting to declare its ownership
of a particular piece of territory. If that chunk of territory
is still under dispute, there might be open challenges
at the gathering. Otherwise, that contested area is now
considered uncontested and treated as being out-of-bounds
for other packs. Packs also use meets to introduce new
members and issue pro forma challenges against anyone
who dares trifle with their new packmates.
POLITICS
Even though most gatherings take place under a
covenant of peace, and no serious violence is permitted
beyond ritual challenge combat, they are far from serene
occasions. Tempers still explode, of course, and things
can get dangerous — and that’s the way it goes. Incidental
injuries are inevitable when several packs come together.
Werewolves largely ignore the minor wounds, as wounds
left by teeth and claw heal easily enough. Serious, tothe-throat
combat is what starts blood feuds. Werewolves
who engage in that kind of activity must be thrown out
at once, and usually their packs with them, or else the
in-fighting could seriously weaken the Forsaken and place
them at their rivals’ mercy.
This ban on real violence makes these gatherings
places of very tense politicking. Everyone has a competing
agenda or a territorial dispute simmering in the
background but cannot let a disagreement come to blows.
Particularly dangerous conversation might take place
via intermediaries with less emotional investment in the
subject being discussed.
THE OATH OF THE MOON
The Uratha are not beholden to the laws of humanity,
nor does the spirit world have any code of laws that
binds them. Yet creatures of such overpowering fury cannot
simply do as they please without repercussion. Every
sin against their own nature weakens them, drives them
farther down a deepening spiral. Denying their nature