Ashes and Smoke
The Hirfathra Hissu as a tribe are renowned for going where other werewolves fear to tread, searching for wisdom that has been left untouched. Those Bone Shadows of the Lodge of Death, however, feel that the greatest mystery lies not in the howls of the Cahalith or some pocket of the Shadow, but in the inevitability of the grave. What lies beyond the veil of death is a question that humans and werewolves alike have tried to answer — unsuccessfully — for thousands of years. All humans have to go on is faith in a few dubious stories of tunnels of light,but the Uratha have the testimony of the spirits. This doesn’t help as much as they’d like, however.
Bone Shadows might join the Lodge of Death for any number of reasons. The tribal imperative to seek knowledge isn’t as great an impetus to seek out the lodge as one might think, though. While death is more an ever-present threat for werewolves than for most humans, that doesn’t mean the Uratha welcome death, or do not fear it. Joining the Lodge of Death requires an applicant to face her own demise, so if all a Bone Shadow seeks is knowledge, safer paths exist.
Prerequisites
Honor •, Wisdom ••• and Occult ••• with a Specialty in Ghosts, Death or another applicable field (Storyteller’s discretion).
Benefits
Members of the Lodge of Death know the times and circumstances of their deaths. Therefore, lodge members do not fear an untimely end. Members of the lodge do not fear for their own lives (though they might feel afraid for loved ones), and are immune to supernatural attempts to instill fear. Also, members’ Harmony ratings are treated as two higher when considering triggers for Death Rage. That is, a member might have Harmony 6, but does not need to check for Death Rage if injured outside of combat (see the chart on p. 174 of Werewolf: The Forsaken).
