Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 23:32:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Marizhavashti Kali <margali@netcom.com>
Subject: Metis and the Wyrm.

                   On the True Nature of Metis
               Doxy, Silent Strider-Homid-Ragabash

There are three breeds of Garou, as we are aware.  There are the
children of the Wilderness, or the Wyld--The Lupus breed, born as
wolves, raised as wolves.  There are the children of the city, of
humanity.  Or the Weaver--The Homid breed, born as humans, raised
as humans.

Then there is the third breed.  They are born Garou, and raised
Garou.  But, rarely are they treated as equals by the other
Garou.  These are the Metis.  Children of the Wyrm?

There is a breed of Bete, known as Kitsune, whose metis are not
disfigured from birth onward.  Also, they serve the Balance Wyrm,
uncorrupted.

Look at the correlations:  The Wyld is dying, as are the Lupus. 
The Weaver is growing, as is the Homid population among the
Garou.  The Wyrm is insane and deformed wherever it appears.  As
are the Metis.

I am not saying that Metis are servants of the Wyrm--they serve
Gaia, as do the rest of us.  What I am saying is that they might
hold the knowledge, the wisdom, the power we might need to cure
the wyrm of its imbalance.

This correlation between the breeds and the faces of the Triat is
simply a logical extension of the rest of our lives.  Remember
that in its purest form, the Wyrm serves as important a function
as the Weaver and the Wyld.  We cannot hope to annihilate it.  We
can only hope to limit its influence, and possibly cure it.

This won't happen if we continue to mis-treat our Metis.  They
are just as important as the Homids and the Lupus, else they
wouldn't exist.  Certainly, they come into being as a direct
result of a violation of the Litany, but I propose that the law,
"Garou shall not mate with Garou," was a later addition, after
the Wyrm's corruption made such coupling a risky thing.

Rather than cast out our Metis, I propose we try to heal them of
this affliction, and heal the Wyrm of its.

Doxy,
Ragabash
Silent Strider
Homid

Marizhavashti Kali    / Visionary Fiction Developer "VII"
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