The Face of Rage series

The Face of Rage, 11-1999

by Kioma Winterwolf

Introduction

Since time immemorial, the Garou have used items of power – fetishes and talens – to assist their struggle against all who would harm their Mother, Gaia. The first instance of a fetish is still very much debated, but the story of Great Song of the Morning and her magic bowl of water is a common one around the fires of the Theurges.

Whatever the truth, the Garou now hold many fetishes of varying power and ability, physical objects containing a spirit bound inside, allowing it special powers otherwise unheard of. That flute played by the Galliard at the Moot may have more power than just that needed to make a jaunty tune. The mighty sword that Ahroun swings may bite deeper than it should, or may crackle with electricity as it strikes its target.

The stick that the Philodox gave…

Originally posted to Nocturnis.net for The Face of Rage, 10/1999

Summary: Unclean Spirits: A Beginner’s Resource for Creating and Using Banes By Shannon W. Hennessy

For every positive force, there is a negative one to counter it. The entire universe works in a system of checks and balances; for every new planet that cools and begins to simmer the soup of life, a black hole forms light years away as if in almost direct result. Spirits are no different. The Garou and some Magi have communed with spirits since the beginnings of creation. For as long as there have been spirits, there have been men and beasts that have spoken to them, and as long as human nature has existed so have Banes.

Banes are spirits, which is to say they have been completely stripped of any semblance of a physical body or never had a body to b…

By: Robert Nordman

An alternative look at the Get of Fenris Tribe. Introduction The original version of this text was published in January 2001 on Ex Libris Nocturnis, and was intended as an alternative take on aspects from the Revised Tribebook. After just under twenty years, I had the opportunity to return to this text and revise it.

A few background notes are needed in order to understand some choices I’ve made. First of all, while the Goddess of Love did have valkyrias serving her as well as Odhinn, the more appropriate term “Shieldmaiden” has finally made its way into popular culture. This is what I had chosen to name the camp “Valkyrias of Freya” already in 2001, and I would encourage anyone to use this term even if you would disregard everything else in this text. It more accurately reflects the history of female warriors of the…