Fianna Tribe ~ Known among Garou throughout Ireland, Britain and Europe as bards, storytellers and great warriors, the Fianna have earned their reputation through the centuries by mastering both sword and song. Although today the Fianna make their homes in many parts of the world, their graceful Celtic homelands are still dear to them. The bards of the Fianna are considered by all tribes to be the most gifted, even by other Gibbous Moons. Taught from birth to master the glory of song, their memories reach back farther into Garou history than any other tribe (despite the claims of those who might contest this). Fianna Ahroun are also taught the glory of battle and prove to be difficult adversaries for even the most ferocious Get of Fenris. Out of all the tribes, the Fianna seem to be more tolerant and hold fewer prejudices than any other tribe. They do have long-standing rivalries with both the Get of Fenris and the Shadow Lords, though, and they will go to great lengths to show up or embarrass members of those tribes. For the most part, the Fianna are content with a good song and a pint of stout, but they are quick to temper and dangerous when angered. In recent years, there has been a division of loyalties among the Fianna. With the occupation of Northern Ireland by the British, Irish Fianna have lent their services to the IRA, while their British cousins have joined forces with the Provincial Army. This has been the greatest threat to Fianna security ever. The war rages on, despite pleadings from other Fianna for the fighting to cease.

Tribe Advantage: Heirloom - The Fianna are extremely close-knit and very familyoriented. As a result, all Fianna begin with an heirloom that can be used as a two Trait fetish. A player can spend additional Background Traits if she would like this Heirloom to be more powerful; however, a Garou can never have a fetish with more than five Traits.

Tribe Drawback:  Heirloom - If a Fianna ever loses her Heirloom, or if it is destroyed, she automatically loses two Honor Renown Traits and will be unable to gain any further Renown until she has either recovered her Heirloom or received forgiveness from her Fianna elder.

Beginning Gifts: Persuasion, Resist Toxin

Wolf Form: In full Lupus form, the Fianna appear as huge blood-red or black wolves with green to greenishgray eyes. They look very much like dire wolves.

Organization: Family is very important to the Fianna, as blood is everything to this tribe. Fianna and their Kinfolk meet once every lunar month to settle disputes and rejoice in their Celtic heritage, spinning tales of their deeds and bringing greater glory to themselves and to the tribe. The governing body that oversees this tribe, the Council of Song, is a group of elder Garou. Each one is elected by the tribe from a different Auspice. Their responsibility is to decide all matters concerning the tribe, affairs concerning intertribal politics as well as matters pertaining to other facets of society, both human and Garou. They are well-respected among the Fianna, and their word is considered law.

Habitat: The Fianna may be found in all environments, although they prefer rural areas. The elders and their kin prefer the quiet life of farming, while the youth are apt to live in the cities among the humans and follow their ways.

Protectorate: These Garou hold close ties to the Celtic way of life and, because of this, they protect the Irish and British with a fierce passion. Due to their migrations in recent decades, they have also taken the responsibility of protecting singers and entertainers of all types.

Quote: "I’m concerned as much about Northern Ireland as you are, but right now, why don’t you sit your arse down and listen to the music? Damn! Bartender, another whiskey... Hey, I said shut up!"

~*~Leader of the Pack ~  Anamchara`Seregon ~*~

Glass Walkers Tribe ~ While the Bone Gnawers merely survive in the city, the Glass Walkers thrive there. They see the city as just another kind of wilderness: an ocean of concrete, a forest of skyscrapers or a coral reef of condominiums. They feel that the city has a kind of spirit and life all its own, and they seek to explore the diversity that this "new wilderness" provides.

The Glass Walkers originated in Mesopotamia, where they split with the Garou and came to live in the cities despite the proscriptions against doing so. They became enforcers and mercenaries for merchants in the Middle Ages and allied with guilds and the like. They were at the forefront of technological change during the Renaissance and later in the Industrial Revolution, learning that everything has spirits, even great steam engines and assembly lines.

The Glass Walkers developed Mafia ties as a result of their enforcer past, and in the ’20s, Glass Walker gangs provided muscle to many Mob actions. With the advent of computers, the Glass Walkers learned about a new kind of spirit— the Net-Spiders, the computer spirits. Befriending these spirits, they found themselves in control of spirits that could alter and gather information from computers all over the world, and they discovered an entirely new world called the CyberRealm. The Glass Walkers believe it is their duty to guide the cities and technology of the world to a path allied with Gaia. Indeed, they see Gaia as a part of the city itself.

Tribe Advantage: Weaver’s Children ~ The Glass Walkers begin the game with one additional Influence Trait. Furthermore, a Glass Walker can purchase more Influence with experience (which is something other Garou cannot do). One Trait of Influence can be purchased for three experience points— subject to Storyteller approval, of course.

Tribe Drawback: Touch of the Weaver ~ Glass Walkers are one bid down in all interactions with non-Weaver Spirits (they must bid two Traits to begin a challenge against one).

Beginning Gifts: Control Simple Machine, Persuasion

Wolf Form: Small-to-medium size wolves with mottled patterns in their fur (often with an "unnatural" tinge). Many of the cubs of this tribe indulge in Urban Primitivism, cutting their fur in strange shapes, piercing their bodies, submitting to silver brandings, accumulating strange tattoos and generally altering their bodies the way they want them to be.

Organization: The Glass Walkers are generally organized in a very human way. They tend to think of themselves as a corporation, with directors, middlemanagement and employees. Their caerns are usually located within cities, often in places that shock and alarm other Garou (such as the tops of skyscrapers or in the middle of abandoned factories). Many of the old-guard Glass Walkers are still very much allied with the Mafia and tend to rule their septs like Mafia families. Many young Glass Walker packs have very loose structures— Garou hackers and Computer Theurges care more for knowledge and skill than they do for Renown. Some Glass Walker packs merge with other Glass Walker packs into large, roaming "Urban Primitive" tribes.

The Glass Walkers were once allied with the Bone Gnawers, but since 1929 and the Great Depression, they have fought off and on. Still, because they both live in the city, they are usually friends, or at least allies against a common outside evil. Many Glass Walkers have positive relations with Ventrue and Toreador vampires, despite the Litany’s prohibition against dealing with the Kindred. These more civilized Kindred see the Glass Walkers as perhaps the last hope of making peace with the Garou, although competition in financial spheres has also caused conflict in the past.

Habitat: The Glass Walkers live in the cities, period. They hate the wilderness for the most part, and need civilized comforts wherever they go. Some Glass Walkers are seeking to beautify the city by planting hardy trees and creating arboretums, but this is as close to the wild as the Glass Walkers want to get.

Protectorate: The Glass Walkers watch over the city, but more specifically, in recent times, they have begun guarding and watching over the underworld of a city: the crime, drugs, prostitution and nightclubs. The younger

Glass Walkers see it as their duty to watch over the worldwide computer Net— the Digital Web that stretches across the entire globe.

Quote: "Okay, I was cool when you asked me to leave the Gameboy behind. And I can understand not bringing along an electric generator— they’re heavy. But now you’re saying that I can’t bring my CD player into the caern because it’s upsetting the spirits? That’s crap! What do they want to hear? John Denver?"

~*~ Leader of the Pack ~ ]v[a|achBr|sba]\[e ~*~