Angels of Want
The Feeder of Greed is a distant master, and his devoted servants count themselves lucky (in their own way) if they interact with one of his Maeltinet. Greed is natural. The very foundation of life is hunger, and the very foundation of civilization is a hunger for things beyond the immediate satiation of the belly. Even taking more than is absolutely necessary for survival is a natural thing; to have more than the minimum that you need makes you healthier than those who live on the edge of starvation. All of Nature strives to prosper. It isn’t wrong to want. And it isn’t “right” to repress the hunger for more — it’s pointless. There will always be more, and so there will always be strength in the desire for more. So, at least, claim the werewolves who have pledged themselves to the Lodge of Mammon.
The Lodge of Mammon is, of course, quintessentially selfish. Lodge members don’t work too hard to rationalize their choices in the context of their other “duties” to Luna or the Firstborn. These werewolves worship the incarnation of Greed itself for selfish reasons — they believe that when all is said and done, the Feeder of Greed will triumph as one of the dominant forces of the Shadow, and those who stood with him (or “it”) will be better off than those who didn’t. The spiritual servants of Mammon encourage this point of view, of course, and cultivate the greed of lodge members as well. Mammon and his ilk truly do give generously to those who swear fealty to him.
Prerequisites
Cunning •, Subterfuge ••
Benefits
Though the lodge is composed of greedy individuals, there’s still a support network that holds to the principle that to give more is to encourage more desire. New recruits to the lodge of Mammon receive a free dot of the Resources Merit, unless that dot would take them to five dots or more. They also receive +2 bonus dice to any Social rolls made to interact with greed-spirits, or to Harmony rolls made to influence or bind greed-spirits through ritual fashion.
