Boobook the Owl is a totem of Wisdom.
Overview[]
Boobook is a versatile bird, small and dark, with golden eyes. Unlike other owls, she is active in the daytime as well as at night. Boobook is difficult to see, for her plumage allows her to blend into the foliage of the trees in which she roots. Her flight is swift and silent.
Traits & Ban[]
- Background Cost: 4
Traits[]
Teaches her children adaptability; they may gain temporary aptitude with any Ability, at two dots, once per story. She also teaches her children Stealth 3.
Ban[]
Boobok's children must be adaptable and versatile, never becoming set in their habits or ways. She is the only Owl totem in Australia; followers of the Owl totem (such as Silent Striders) will gain alliance with Boobook instead.
Dead Magic II[]
Believed to be capable of smelling death, the Owl is a watcher for evil spirits and all that goes by night. As a result he is greatly honored, but also feared, for he may bring death to camp. Though Owl is a Dreamborn Ancestor, he is also connected to the Owl totem of Werewolf, and through that Owl, to other Owls. It is said that Owl's feathers are given to those who will one day become Lawgivers, because of a Dreamtime story where Owl was requested to judge a conflict between two hunters. Owl took for his fee the slain carcass of the animal the hunters had fought over.
Owl kin tend to be known by their aloof and laconic nature. They are capable of fixing others in a stare for hours. They tend toward understatement, both in dress and in communication.
Ban: You may never turn down someone who legitimately needs you to make a judgment between two conflicting parties.
Innate Abilities: +1 Wits, +2 Occult.
(3 Innate Abilities)
References[]
- WTA: Rage Across Australia, p. 139, 140
- MTAs: Dead Magic II: Secrets and Survivors, p. 62