'Der Find Hürt Mit!'
World War II wrenched the Shadow into gory bits. That war spilled rivers of blood and pain into the spiritual landscape, perhaps more than any event in modern times. From Tunisia to Japan, from Paris to London, World War II resulted in the deaths of many men, the destruction of the land and unimaginable tortures. Spirits reeled, tainted with the resonance. Ghosts arose from the horror. Parts of the Shadow split like infected cankers, discharging more tainted Essence and continuing the ugly cycle.
The Savage Army is French in origin, and it is in France that most wolves of the lodge live today. Born from the Nazi occupation of France after that country’s conditional surrender in 1940, the packs of the Armée Sauvage saw the Germans as crass and clumsy invaders, raping territory left and right. These Forsaken had little interest in national pride, and cared little for the ideologies that fueled the war: they simply wanted safety and sanctuary for themselves, their kin and their territories. At first, the packs hesitated getting at all involved in this mortal skirmish. Wars were terrible, but history made clear that wars passed. But the spiritual landscape still held the suppurating scars of the First World War, and this new war ripped those old wounds open anew. It was made worse that the German occupationo enemies. The Rat Hosts thrived in the ruined villages. Mad spirits found countless vessels and mounts to Claim as their own. Some of the monsters even marched alongside the Nazi interlopers.
Prerequisites:
Harmony 6 or above, Honor •••, must be Ghost Wolf
Benefits
In a strange way, these Ghost Wolves agglomerating in a single lodge almost makes them their own unique tribe. Therefore, Blood-Red Blackbird grants them access to a spread of potential Gift lists. At the time of joining, an individual may choose one from one of the following three Gift lists: Inspiration, Dominance or Warding. From that choice, the werewolf may purchase Gifts as if he has a tribal affinity with them (i.e., new dots x 5 instead of new dots x 7). Inspiration comes from Blackbird’s song, Dominance comes from the fact that Blackbird is very demanding and Warding is due to Blackbird’s powerful territoriality.
