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Chapter II: Character
Dealing with spirits is a dangerous business by any
standard. The Ithaeur is equipped to face the challenge,
but is also burdened with the duty to do so. The Ithaeur
must continue farther down the shaman’s path than any
other werewolf. She cannot walk away from the frightening
aspects of spirit interaction or ignore places where the
spirit world is bleeding and diseased. Any of the People
can interact with relatively friendly spirits, but the Ithaeur
is the one who must wrestle the most malicious and poisonous
spirits into submission.
The Ithaeur is the final authority on all things dealing
with the spirit world. She guides any trips into the
Shadow and uses her powers to dominate spirits when
Elodoth’s negotiations fail. She is also a crafter of fetishes,
and probably knows more rites than her packmates. A
pack without an Ithaeur is at an immediate disadvantage
when dealing with spirits, particularly aggressive ones.
Although all werewolves can deal with spirits to some
degree, the world they inhabit is sufficiently hostile that a
pack needs any edge it can get.
Primary Renown: Wisdom
Specialty Skills: Animal Ken, Medicine, Occult
Gift Lists: Crescent Moon, Elemental, Shaping
Auspice Ability: Ritual Master. Ithaeur purchase
the Rituals trait and rites at reduced experience cost.
When buying Rituals, an Ithaeur pays the new dots x 4 in
experience (instead of new dots x 5). An Ithaeur who buys
rites with experience points need only spend a number of
experience equal to the rite dots (instead of rite dots x 2).
The Change: For an Ithaeur, the First Change is
a revelation, as she becomes vividly aware of the spirit
world around her. Spirits trapped in the physical world
might be drawn to her, or she might see across the
Gauntlet to witness the Shadow Realm firsthand. It
can be a terrifying and sometimes lethal experience. A
powerful spirit might take notice and choose not to let
this potential Ithaeur grow up to eventually threaten it.
The things a new Ithaeur sees during her First Change
might haunt her, but they also give her motivation to
follow her auspice.
Quote: You can’t smell it, can you? The street bleeds
here, and its wound is diseased. We must move quickly. Break
the glass of those street lamps. We must blind the thing before
I begin.
IRRAKA: NEW MOON, STALKER
Those who change under the new moon are strange
and unpredictable — moonless Forsaken with no guiding
star. Luna’s blessing to the Irraka is the ability to walk
unseen, the gift of deception.