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Chapter II: Character
an auspice moon is a form of blessing. It grants your character
a measure of supernatural aptitude for certain tasks,
which gives her a greater sense of place in her pack. A
packmate from each auspice is all the stronger for having
allies who are each strong at a certain task vital to Uratha
existence. While one’s auspice is a responsibility, it’s also a
great advantage — the blessing of Luna.
Although auspice isn’t predestined, it sometimes
seems that way. A werewolf whose Change occurs under
the full moon might have been angry and violent growing
up, while one whose occurs under the crescent moon
might have been introspective before. Werewolves often
introduce themselves by auspice when they meet, establishing
their relative roles among the People.
Auspice determines some of your character’s initial
allocation of Renown (defined on p. 77) and Gifts (p.
102). A werewolf character also gains a bonus Specialty for
one of the Skills that his auspice influences. For example,
the player of an Ithaeur may choose a free Specialty for
Animal Ken, Medicine or Occult, in addition to the three
Specialties that all starting characters get. If your character
doesn’t have one of the Skills for which his auspice
offers a free Specialty, that benefit is lost. You may return
to Step Three, though, and reallocate dots in order to
have one of those Skills.
Beginning Renown, Specialties and Gifts by auspice
are listed on pp. 80-82.
TRIBE
Werewolves gather in tribes out of common cause,
bound by oath and ritual. A tribe is something like a political
faction and something like a religious community. The
ties of repentance and responsibility bind the Tribes of the
Moon, but every werewolf wants to be part of a social group.
Since they cannot truly be part of human society, werewolves
gather in tribes to find new purpose and meaning.
Werewolves join tribes for a number of reasons. Some
human bloodlines with a trace of wolf blood are traditionally
associated with a given tribe. (The MacHealeys of
Jefferson County have a family line blessed by thunder
and lightning, for example, and werewolves who inherit
the power of that bloodline usually swear allegiance to the
Storm Lords as their ancestors did.) Some werewolves are
marked by the spirits early and are said to be predestined
to join a particular tribe. (Josh Coltraine, for example,
constantly dreamed of rivers of blood growing up, and had
a vicious temper that could be harnessed only through
the practice of martial arts. Upon Josh’s First Change,
the werewolves who took him in claimed to see the mark
of Fenris on his brow.) And, of course, some werewolves
join tribes out of a common ideology or outlook. (Allegra
Winston, for example, has always considered herself
environmentally minded, and even before her Change
had more empathy for animals than for her fellow human
beings. Once she’d mostly recovered from the Change
and learned about the state of the tribes, she asked to be
taken in by the Hunters in Darkness, who value the same
things she always has.) Then again, some werewolves have
no particular reason to join a given tribe, or they reject
the idea of swearing allegiance to a tribal totem. These
“Ghost Wolves” walk the dangerous yet somewhat freer
path of the tribeless.
Look over the tribe descriptions (pp.
84-101) and choose whether your character
belongs to one of the five tribes presented,
or if she’s a tribeless Ghost Wolf. Your
Storyteller might have
some advice