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For the actual werespiders, see Ananasi

Ananasi is a sourcebook to Werewolf: The Apocalypse. It is the seventh book of the series describing the Changing Breeds, and focuses on the eponymous Ananasi werespiders.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

Kiss of the Spider Folk
Out of the shadows they come, scrabbling on eight million tiny legs. They have no friends, only food. They have no enemies, only the dead. They are the children of Weaver, Wyrm and Wyld all in one, the predators among predators. They are without mercy or compassion, but they are never without style. They are the Ananasi, the children of Grandmother Spider and they're so very hungry.
Death on Eight Legs
With the release of the seventh Changing Breed book, the werespiders get their time in the spotlight. Ananasi contains all the tricks of the trade necessary for players to start up all-spider games, to add an eight-legged element to existing Werewolf chronicles, or to even beat vampires at their own bloodsucking game. If you're looking for something deliciously different for your next session, look no further.

From the back of the book:

One thread at a time
One single strand of the Web
Can make all the difference
Can change the World
A twist of the Skein and this one lives
A fold in the Fabric and that one dies
We do not make the thread nor own it
But we know how to change its Pattern
The Great Web is skewed and abstract
Not what it was meant to be
The Triat broken by time and deceit
We, the Triumvirate, will undo that madness
But the work is hard and takes time
The Symmetry is not an easy goal
We are patient. We are ready.
We are legion, and we are strong
The great Web will be rebuilt
We will achieve our goals, fulfill out destiny
In the Name of the Mother-Queen
If we must kill you all to do so
We are the spiders, hunters of destiny
The architects of fear and fantasy
We are the Patient Ones
And we are hungry.
- Ananasi weaving song
Ananasi includes:
  • The society and history of the pitiless werespider race
  • Complete rules for werespider characters, plus advice on using their macabre powers to best effect
  • Sample Ananasi characters, advice for all-Ananasi chronicles, and more

Contents[]

Prom Queen[]

Comic by Brett Brooks and James A. Moore, art by Leif Jones and Alex Sheikman.

Introduction: In a Madly Sacred Place[]

  • Recommended Reading
    • Silk by Caitlin Kiernan
  • Recommended Websites
    • www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Info/spindraad.htm
    • www.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider8.htm
  • Recommended Viewing
    • The National Audubon's Society's Guide to North American
    • National Geographic's Wildlife Series
    • The Curse of the Black Widow
    • Kingdom of Spiders
    • Arachnophobia
    • Tarantula

Chapter One: First Threads[]

The history of the Ananasi

Chapter Two: The Web[]

Werespider society and survivalism

Chapter Three: Anchor Lines[]

Ananasi around the world

Chapter Four: Metamorphosis[]

How to build a werespider

  • Merits and Flaws
    • Organized (1 point Merit)
    • Human Form (3 point Merit)
    • Venomous (3 point Merit)
    • Sex Appeal (4 point Merit)
    • Crawlerling Alteration (4 point Merit)
    • Pithus Alteration (4 point Merit)
    • Good Reputation (5 point Merit)
    • Gender-Morph (6 point Merit)
    • Hive Mind (7 point Merit)
    • Unkempt (1 point Flaw)
    • Vampire-phile (1 point Flaw)
    • Impatient (2 point Flaw)
    • Emotional Attachment (3 point Flaw)
    • Empathy (3 point Flaw)
    • No Fangs (3 point Flaw)
    • Limited Diet (4 point Flaw)
    • Unstable Features (4 point Flaw)
    • Can't Eat Solid Foods (5 point Flaw)
  • Gifts
    • General Gifts
      • Balance - Level One
      • Bind - Level One
      • Jump - Level One
      • Many Eyes - Level One
      • Resist Pain - Level One
      • Resist Toxin - Level One
      • Stolen Moments - Level One
      • Web Haven - Level One
      • Web of Smoke - Level One
      • Burrow - Level Two
      • Hand Fangs - Level Two
      • Morphean Bite - Level Two
      • Replenishment of the Flesh - Level Two
      • Safety Line - Level Two
      • Silencing Webs - Level Two
      • Spines - Level Two
      • Tarantula's Kiss - Level Two
      • Waterwalk - Level Two
      • Blood Pump - Level Three
      • Bug Lord - Level Three
      • Catch The Wind - Level Three
      • Cling - Level Three
      • Part Webs - Level Three
      • Slick Webs - Level Three
      • Spider's Grace - Level Three
      • Tick Body - Level Three
      • Trap Door - Level Three
      • Venom Bite - Level Three
      • Entropic Bite - Level Four
      • Iron Web - Level Four
      • Preserve - Level Four
      • Hydraulic Strength - Level Four
      • Web Blanket - Level Four
      • Carapace - Level Five
      • Survivor - Level Five
      • Umbral Barrier - Level Five
    • Aspect Gifts
      • Tenere
        • Groom - Level One
        • Patience of Ananasa - Level One
        • Breath of Ananasa - Level Two
        • Camouflage - Level Two
        • A Mother's Look - Level Three
        • Reshape Object - Level Three
        • Understanding the Tapestry - Level Four
        • Web Sheet - Level Four
        • Spider on the Mirror - Level Five
        • Thieving Touch of Spiders - Level Five
      • Hatar
        • Blood of Pain - Level One
        • Wyrmling Kinship - Level One
        • Blood of Illusion - Level Two
        • Call of the Wyrm - Level Two
        • Corrupt - Level Three
        • Pulse of the Invisible - Level Three
        • Touch of Blood - Level Three
        • Ill Wind - Level Four
        • Still Blood - Level Four
        • Burning Blood - Level Five
        • Touch of the Unweaver - Level Five
      • Kumoti
        • Inspire - Level One
        • Mother's Touch - Level One
        • Arachnophobia - Level Two
        • Insight of the Mother - Level Two
        • Lead-Line - Level Two
        • Alter Lilian - Level Three
        • Sense Motion - Level Three
        • Mindblock - Level Four
        • Nature of the Beast - Level Four
        • Assimilation - Level Five
        • Mass Confusion - Level Five
    • Faction Gifts
      • Myrmidon
        • Illusion of Size - Level One
        • Open Seal - Level One
        • Might of Ananasa - Level Two
        • Pincers - Level Two
        • True Fear - Level Two
        • Scorpion Tail - Level Three
        • Weak Arm - Level Three
        • Blood Hunt - Level Four
        • Drying Bite - Level Four
        • Image of The Great Mother - Level Five
        • Thousand Hands - Level Five
      • Viskr
        • Curse of the Great Web - Level One
        • Scent of Sweet Honey - Level One
        • Mindspeak - Level Two
        • Minor Unweaving - Level Two
        • Calcify - Level Three
        • Cocoon - Level Three
        • Lesser Unweaving - Level Three
        • Attunement - Level Four
        • Brethren Call - Level Four
        • Greater Unweaving - Level Four
        • Shattering - Level Five
        • Summon Paradox-spirit - Level Five
        • Web of Illusion - Level Five
      • Wytsta
        • Alter Mood - Level One
        • Beastmind - Level One
        • Blinding Spit - Level Two
        • Visceral Agony - Level Two
        • Aura of Ananasa - Level Three
        • Tick Body - Level Three
        • Web Snare - Level Three
        • Blades of the Mantis - Level Four
        • Wither Limb - Level Four
        • Razor Webs - Level Five
        • Summon Net-Spider - Level Five
  • Rites
    • Shared Rites
      • First Rites: Rite of the Questing Stone, Breath of Ananasa (Breath of Gaia), Rite of Silence
      • Triumvirate Rites: The Rite of Binding, Flyfot's Rite (Rite of the Fetish)
    • First Rites
      • The Rite of Spinning - Level One (Mystic)
      • Tapping Ananasa's Wisdom - Level Two (Accord)
      • Recorder - Level Two (Mystic)
      • Rite of Appeal - Level Two
      • Guardians - Level Three (Caern)
    • Triumvirate Rites
      • The Gathering Children - Level Three (Accord)
      • Rite of One - Level Five (Mystic)
    • Viskr Rites
      • Studying the Great Web - Level One
      • Summon Paradox - Level One (Mystic)
      • Rite of Weaving - Level Four
  • Fylfot
    • The Armoire of Abiele - Level 1, Gnosis 5
    • Arnoch's Bait - Level 2, Gnosis 6
    • Caen's Lace Kerchief - Level 2, Gnosis 6
    • The Ruby Eye of Tomas - Level 2, Gnosis 6
    • The Music Box of Chien-Tu - Level 3, Gnosis 6
    • Piccola's Picture Frame - Level 4, Gnosis 7
    • Skeleton Closet Key - Level 4, Gnosis 7
    • The Watch of Second Sight - Level 5, Gnosis 8

Appendix One: A Thousand Fangs[]

Character templates and famous Ananasi

  • Templates
    • Exterminator (Agere) - Arachnid Hatar, Myrmidon
    • Art Director (Amari Aliquid) - Homid Kumoti, Viskr
    • Gardener (Gaderin) - Arachnid Tenere, Wyrsta
    • Prom Queen (Plicare) - Homid Tenere, Viskr
    • Porn Star (Chymos) - Homid Kumoti, Wystra

Appendix Two: Loose Threads[]

Information on real spiders and the truth behind Ananasi beliefs

Background Information[]

Ads at the back of the book include Hunter: The Reckoning and Werewolf: The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia.

Memorable Quotes[]

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Characters[]

  • Courtney Harper - Ananasi, Comic
  • Amanda - Human, Died, Comic
  • Elizabeth - Ananasi
  • Limuloida - Ananasi, Crawler
  • Abiele Dumont - Ananasi
  • Arnoch - Ananasi
  • Caen - Ananasi
  • Chien-Tu Phillips - Ananasi
  • Rena Piccola - Ananasi

Terminology[]

Ananasi, Ananasi Renown: Cunning, Obedience, Wisdom; Aspects: Hatar (Myrmidon: Agere, Viskr: Anomia, Wyrsta: Malum), Kumoti (Myrmidon: Kar, Viskr: Amari Aliquid, Wyrsta: Chymos), Tenere (Myrmidon: Secean, Viskr: Plicare, Wyrsta: Gaderin); Athasaia, Blood Pool, Cabal, Colonies, Damhàn, Estotilandia (Limuls, Pax), Faction: Myrmidon, Viskr, Wytsta; The First War, Forms: Crawlerling, Homid, Lilian, Pithus; Fylfot, Grandmother Spider, The Great Mother, The Great Web, Hodgkins, Carroll and Farris (Firm), Hunger, Insect Races, Insect Wars, Kumatai, Kumo, The Laws of Ananasa, Le Mère Jolie (Milan, Italy), Metamorphosis, Mother-Queen, Ovid, Padrone (WTA), Paradox-spirits, Pentex, Queen Ananasa, Sacred Caves, Sylie, Symmetry, The Tapestry, Ti Malice, Triumvirate, Umbra Spider, Unweaving, War in the Heavens, Weaving, The Web, Web of Ananasa, Yahwie,

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