Red Talons

Are the only tribe among the Garou that is exclusively lupine in nature (save for a very few metis), shunning humanity completely as a blight on the Earth. Wolves have no concept of time like humans do. Yet the Red Talons, despite their attempts to deny it sometimes, are not wolves and so, elements of oral tradition have become rooted into their tribe. The Talons tell stories to acknowledge sadness and grief, but the concept of a far away "past" remains elusive to most. In moots, temporal distances are usually expressed as "some time ago". The Talons tell that their Tribe was formed directly from Gaia and that they remained the purest Garou that kept in touch with their original shape. In their myths, humans were originally prey and therefore unable to understand the laws that govern the relation between predators and prey. It was through the gifts of the Wyrm that humans learned to take from other predators and become hunters themselves. When one of these humans killed another predator, a wolf, Gaia decided to bless the other predators with tasks to help her to keep the world in balance. Every predator got a task, while some species who failed at it were demoted to prey status. The Wyrm, however, came to Gaia and reminded Her that the humans were predators, too. Since She had no task left for them and wished to give her creation a place, she instead granted the other predators the ability to interbreed with the humans, to teach them. To the Talons, this exposed the early changing breeds with the taint of the Wyrm through their invading human-minds. Other, more radical, Talons even maintain that the connection to humanity is a curse inflicted by the Wyrm upon the changing breeds, transmitted through sexual intercourse or after biting a human and tasting its blood.

Tribal Trait - Memories of Impergium

The characters innate hatred for humans flares up. You treat all human Kinfolk and Homid Garou (and their scent) as possessing level 1 Wyrm Aura and all other Humans as possessing level 2 Wyrm Aura (unless normally higher) for the purposes of the Rage Table.

Background

All Red Talons follow the rules bellow during character creation:

• Tribal Totem: Griffin.
• Primal: Increase your Primal Urge by 1 and always treat your Primal Instinct as 1 Point higher than it actually is.
• No Human Kinfolk: The character cannot chose Homid as his breed type. The character is also not allowed to take any human based Specializations or Advantages. Your starting Humanity is reduced by 1.
• Pariahs: When it comes to Renown you always treat all your Categories as being 1 point lower than they actually are for the purposes of Social Bonuses when interacting with Homid Garou or human Kinfolk.
• Gifts of the Griffin: Chose a single permanent Level 1 Red Talon Tribal Gift for your character to possess.

Camp

A Red Talon may chose to belong to one of the following Camps within her Tribe. This is an optional choice the character can take and should really only be taken by characters of Rank 2 or greater.

The Lodge Of The Predator Kings

The Predator Kings believe that the time for compromises is over and the humans have to be slaughtered until there is no one left.

• Bonus: Mortals, specifically humans, suffer a 3 Point Penalty to their Willpower tests against the effects of Delirium or Lunacy which you cause.
• Negative: Change the text in Pariahs Background to - When it comes to Renown you always treat all your Categories as being 1 point lower than they actually are for the purposes of Social Bonuses.

Warders Of The Land

Moderate Talons, the Warders will kill any human who trespasses into their territory, but will not follow them beyond that.

• Bonus: Lose the Pariahs Background.
• Negative: You gain a 1 dot Flaw - Compromised Identity.

Whelp's Compromise

More an insult than a political faction, the Whelps are those rare Red Talons that see value in some human inventions and believe that not all humans should be killed. Also called the Anti-Extinction Faction.

• Bonus: Lose the Pariahs Background and change the text under No Human Kinfolk Background to - The character cannot chose Homid as his breed type. The character is also not allowed to take any human based Specializations or Advantages.
• Negative: When it comes to Renown you always treat all your Categories as being 2 points lower than they actually are for the purposes of Social Bonuses when interacting with other Red Talons who are not part of the same Camp.

The Dying Cubs

A secret group within the Tribe who use human suffering and torture to "nurture" Gaia and (supposedly) heal the wounds inflicted on Her by the humans. Their camp Gifts may or may not be taught by banes.

• Bonus: Your Primal Urge is 5. You may take level 1 Black Spiral Gifts and Rites.
• Negative: Lower your Humanity by an additional point and start the game with 1 Point of Corruption.