From: A.CRAM@student.anu.edu.au (Andrew Cram) Subject: Ghost Howlers GHOST HOWLERS -------------- Those who believe the White Howlers were destroyed by the black spiral dancers are wrong. A few (less than 20) of these noble Garou still exist. The story of the howlers is irrevicably linked with that of there corrupted siblings the Black Spiral Dancers - when the Scottish tribe was taken by the Wyrm a few Garou and Kinfolk were elsewere, mainly scatteered accross the Roman empire as slaves. It is from these brave souls that the modern howlers decend. The Black Spirals still hunt for there former families, forcing any howlers they catch to dance the spiral, interestingly in the past 200 years not one howler has been successfully corrupted. Totem: Lion Initial Willpower: 4 Backgrounds: 3 background points spent freely. Beginning Gifts: Sense Wyrm, Shroud, Razor Claws. Wolf Form: Huge blue-white wolves of perfect proportions, almost all have blue eyes regardless of their homid eye-tone. Organization: Simply Put, none. With so few members of the tribe it is pointless to maintain a rigid system. All are held equally and given as much aid as possible although the young defer to the will and experience of the old. Habitat: The Howlers are found anywhere, usually near a Black Spiral Hive were they frequently attempt covert extraction raids on young, uncorrupted pups. Protectorate: Once long ago they were the protectors of Scotland. They still sometimes aid those of Scots decent - now however there protectorate centres around the Black Spiral Pups who they attempt to rescue from corruption. They also protect those who suffer due to the intolerance of others. Quote: "I will save the lost members of my family even if I must face the wyrm itself in single combat." Tribal Gifts ----------- Sense Wyrm (Level One) - Same as Metis Gift Shroud (Level One) - Same as Uktena Gift Razor Claws (Level One) - Same as Ahroun Gift Howl of the Banshee (Level Two) - Same as Fianna Gift Shriek (Level Two) - Same as the Bastet Gift Luna's Armor (Level Two) - Same as Children of Gaia Gift Faerie Kin (Level Three) - Same as Fianna Gift Venom Blood (Level Three) - Same as Get of Fenris Gift The Great Leap (Level Three) - Same as Silent Strider Gift Spitfire (Level Four) - Same as Bastet Gift Doppelganger (Level four) - Same as Glass Walker Gift Jumping to the Moon (Level Five) - Same as Bastet Gift The Dance Reversed (Level Five) - This gift is only effective on black spiral dancers (or others of the changing breed corrupted by the Wyrm), it forces them to dance the spiral backwards - away from the wyrm. The Howler must be in physical contact with the dancer to use this gift. When initiated the Howler and Dancer are transported to a pocket realm were the Howler must defeat a powerful bane whilst the dancer can do nothing but dance on the spot. If the Howler is successful the Dancer is removed from the Wyrm, all wyrm taint is removed and its sanity is restored - it looses all gifts of the wyrm and its connection to any bane totem. From then on it is a Ghost Howler (or which ever clan it was originally from). Andrew Cram,