Blood and Thorns
The world encroaches. The human herd swells. The cities are massive tumors spilling bile out into the wilderness. All the sacred places are in danger. Even on the highest mountaintop, climbers come to build research stations or to “test their limits” with narcissistic adventures. In the deepest forests come campers, loggers or park rangers. This world is home to few unspoiled locales, and it seems that every square inch has been marked indelibly with the footprints and fingerprints of humans. The sacred places are all in danger.
The Hunters in Darkness aim to protect these places, and all undertake this task in a unique way. The Brotherhood of Eshu’s Cap is one such group of Hunters. These wolves have their own brand of keeping the sacred places safe and bringing order and solace back to the world. They achieve this order by first waging a war of chaos. Much like the way Eshu diverted attention from the well and tricked all the villagers into destroying one another, the Brotherhood doesn’t need to kill anybody. These werewolves merely need to plant the seeds and watch the mad tangle grow. If chaos is put into motion, all things take care of themselves. Ideally, it always works. In reality, it’s rarely so easy, but they claim more successes than failure. This isn’t enough for some Forsaken, who believe that the Brotherhood’s risky claiming of many sacred areas is dangerous and that those areas need to be remanded to more pragmatic keepers.
