Swara

The Swara, also called the Silver Folk, are the werecheetahs of the Bastet tribes. Like their kin, they are extremly fast and travel much and have an unique link withe Umbra. The Swara are very paranoid and distrust others, even of their own kind.

Like all Bastet, they share a Yava.

History
Of all tribes of the Bastet, the Swara are the least understood. This is a result of their very isolated culture. As only breed of the Bastet, the Swara are able to step sideways, which allows them to travel to realms within the umbra that their brethren are unable to reach. Some speculate that this is a result of their strong relationship to Luna, who most Swara revere. Some legends calim that is was a Swara who first visited the moon during the time of the Impergium. This has taught them the meaning and importance of the war against the Wyrm and how dire the situation is. Many Swara know that the Apocalypse is heading and prepare for it. Many other Bastet, exspecially the Simba, view the Swara as cowards who rather flee an anemey than face it.

The War of Rage hit the Swara especially hard. Few members of the tribe survived, leading to severe inbreeding. All members of this tribe now possess Metis disfigurements regardless of breed (1 for Homid or Feline, 2 for Metis). More than 50% of disfigurements amongst the Swara are related to their claws. After the War, the Swara had to constantly move due the predations of the Simba and Ajaba, who considered the Swara traitors and cowards. This taught the Swara to trust no one outside their tribe and still today, most Swara are very xenophobic.

Like the Pumonca, Swara are loners and wanderers: their territory, however, extends across the whole world, and beyond. This well-traveled outlook tends to feed their cultured paranoia rather than dispel it, and they make only superficial ties outside their tribe.

Many Swara allied themselves with the Ahadi.

Kin
The human side of the family favors the bushmen and herders of central and southern Africa. Early on, the cheetah-children are set apart from their more outgoing peers by their timid, nervous ways, and they often end up being ostracized long before First Change even has a chance to happen. Among the Bushmen and Bantu, community is vitally important; Swara avoid community, and are considered odd from the childhood. Whatever their form or breed, a Swara is lean, slender and wiry. The majority of the tribe itself descends from black Africans, though a few odd European Swara exist. The latter usually have lighter coats than their relatives do. Each Swara receives a tribal tattoo from their mentor just before graduation into the loner's world. These tattoos often appear in a fairly obvious place: on the shoulder blade, a bicep, or on the face, depending on the person's human culture. A werecheetah keeps to themselves after their fostering, until they find a mate. The two bond cautiously, then separate as soon as possible. A mother will raise her children just long enough to ensure their survival, then leaves them at the home of some trusted Kinfolk. For a year or so, she watches the family until she's convinced they won't harm her children, then fades off into the woods or grasslands. Fathers are presumed to do the same, but do not have the same obligations.

Organization
Swara are solitary creatures who prefer wandering alone through the worlds. Despite this, they prefer the company of their own kind to the company of other Fera. Groups of three or four younger Swara are not uncommon.They use their numbers to strike quickly, in military style tactics to take down their foes.Their hatred for the Garou runs deep and many Swara avoid them.