Caerns: Places of Power is a sourcebook for Werewolf: The Apocalypse that details fourteen caerns: one for each of the thirteen tribes of the Garou Nation, plus a twisted hive of the Black Spiral Dancers. Caerns: Places of Power also introduces the Kitsune: the werefoxes of Japan.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf catalog:
- Land of Longing
- The world is the flesh of Gaia, the Earth Mother. She is sacred to the Garou. Across Her surface are sites where Her power is strong, where the Garou can still connect with the spirit world. In woods, in valleys and on mountains, these sites can still be found. They are the caerns, the ancient places of power.
- Land of Death
- As humanity spreads out across the once virgin earth, the caerns die out, unable to withstand the onslaught of mankind's destruction. Gaia's flesh is torn away. There is still hope, however. Even in the cities, the sacred sites can still be found, kept alive by the Garou. How long will the caerns survive? The Wyrm slithers ever onward, destroying everything in its wake...
- Caerns: Places of Power is a Werewolf sourcebook detailing Garou sacred sites all over the world. It includes:
- Fourteen caerns, from the Wheel of Ptah crossroads in Casablanca to the Black Spiral Dancers' living caern — inside the gut of a giant Thunderwyrm.
- A full-color map of the world's Moon Bridge routes.
- The cunning and dangerous Kitsune werefoxes of Japan.
Chapters[]
Legends of the Garou: Fragments of a Whole[]
The legend of the metis Ahnai, of her betrayal and her sacrifice. Story by Alan Bryden.
Introduction[]
Expanded information on moon bridges.
- Moon Bridge Rites and Gifts
- Rite of the Opened Bridge
- The Rite of Luna's Spear - Level 3
- Gifts
- Open Moon Bridge - Level Three Ragabash Gift
- Speed of Thought - Level One Silent Strider Gift
- Spirit of the Bird - Level Two Uktena Gift
- Umbral Sight - Level Three Theurge/Uktena Gift
- Pulse of the Invisible - Level Three Theurge Gift
- Bridge Walker - Level Four Galliard Gift
Black Furies: Greece[]
The Black Furies' Sept of Bygone Visions, located on an island off of Greece.
- The Treasure of the Womb:
- Bathory's Chalice - Level 4, Gnosis 7
- The Rain God's Tears - Level 4, Gnosis 9
- A Library of Lore
Bone Gnawers: Washington D.C.[]
The Bone Gnawers' Sept of the Awakening, located on Hains Point in East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C.
Children of Gaia: San Francisco[]
The Sept of the Western Eye, maintained by the Children of Gaia in Muir Woods National Monument near San Francisco, California.
Fianna: Ireland[]
The Fianna Sept of the Tri-Spiral, located in Brugh Na Boinne near Leinster, Ireland.
Get of Fenris: Germany[]
The Get of Fenris's Sept of the Blood Fist in the Schwarzwald — the Black Forest of Germany.
Glass Walkers: Hong Kong[]
The Glass Walkers' Sept of the Council for Universal Trade in Hong Kong.
Red Talons: Alaska[]
The Red Talons' Sept of the Weeping Daughter, located in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska.
Shadow Lords: Japan[]
The Sept of Ichijyo Modoribashi, maintained by Hakken Shadow Lords and their Kitsune allies, located at the Ichijyo Modoribashi Bridge in Kyoto, Japan.
Silent Striders: Casablanca[]
The Silent Striders' Sept of the Wheel of Ptah in Casablanca, Morocco.
Silver Fangs: Russia[]
The Silver Fangs' Sept of the Crescent Moon, located deep in the central Ural Mountains of Russia.
Stargazers: Tibet[]
The Stargazers' Sept of the Snow Leopard, located at Shingalu Monastery in the Himalayas of Tibet.
- Eye Spirit (Jaggling)
- Charm: Telepathy
Uktena: Australia[]
The Uktena Sept of the Waking Dream at the Katajuta rock formation (also known by its English name, the Olgas) in the Australian Outback.
Wendigo: Arizona[]
The Wendigo Sept of the Painted Sands in the Navajo tribal reservation in Arizona.
- Wolf's Tooth Spirit
- Charm: Umbral Travel, Combat Coordination
Black Spiral Dancers: Beneath the Earth[]
The Black Spiral Dancers' Trinity Hive, located in the deep gut of "Grandmother Thunderwyrm", who is nestled underground near Alamagordo, New Mexico.
- Crop Spiders
- Charm: Pickpocket
- Crusher (Gnome Bane)
- Guardians - Black Spiral Dancers
Appendix: The Kitsune (Werefox)[]
Information on the Kitsune shapeshifters, including their breeds, Paths (Auspices), and Jyu-ho (Gifts).
- Jyu-hô
- Kojin (Homid)
- Seduction - Level One
- Moon Dance - Level Two
- Silver Tongue - Level Two
- Call of the Dead - Level Three
- Walking Between Worlds - Level Three
- Forgetfulness - Level Four
- Rôko (Fox)
- Burrow - Level One
- Cloak of Shadows - Level One
- Moon Dance - Level Two
- Blind - Level Three
- Walking Between Worlds - Level Three
- Call to Allies - Level Five
- Shunjû (Metis)
- Flow of Aura - Level One
- Moon Dance - Level Two
- Regal Authority - Level Two
- Speak the Remnants of Thought - Level Two
- Walking Between Worlds - Level Three
- Marionette - Level Five
- Dôshi
- Blessing the Blade - Level One
- Swarm of Servants - Level Three
- By the Light of the Moon - Level Four
- Kojin (Homid)
- Ju-Fu sorcery
- Parchment of the Labyrinth - Level Two
- Parchment of Banishment - Level Three
- Eji
- Sense Hostility - Level One
- Bolt - Level Two
- Enduring Warrior - Level Two
- Dragon Ally - Level Five
- Gukutsuhi
- Clear the Mind - Level One
- Mother's Touch - Level One
- Read the Soul - Level Two
- Illusion - Level Three
- Kataribe
- Fable - Level One
- Lore - Level Two
- Seek - Level Three
Background Information[]
Currently, this sourcebook is sold on DriveThruRPG alongside Rage Across Russia as part of Rage Across the World Volume 1.
The artwork on page 89 was re-used for a Mage: The Ascension book.
Memorable Quotes[]
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Characters[]
- Breathes-in-the-Desert, Uktena - Legends of the Garou
- Ak-Gah - Black Spiral Dancer turned into a animal by Breathes - Legends of the Garou
- Anhai, Ex-Uktena Metis Black Spiral Dancer - Legends of the Garou
- Walks-With-Gaia - Silver Fang Philodox
- Iocasta the Wise - Black Fury, Past Mistress of the Rite, Sept of Bygone Visions
- Iona Kinslayer
- Kyra Firefoot
- Kelonoke Wildhair
- Teiresias
- Hylia Knoxos, Black Fury, Old Warder of the Caern
- Aegina - Black Fury Kinfolk
- Brunhilde - Kyra's old friend
- Mother Tamara, "Soda Drinker" Bone Gnawer Philodox
- Father Thomas, "Worm-Baiter", Galliard
- Chryseis Athene, Past Black Fury Philodox
- Cracked Teeth, Bone Gnawer Ragabash
- William "Father Bill" Cameron, Glass Walker Galliard
- Olivia Wainwright, Glass Walker
- Art Morgan - Mortal, Writer for the Deviant Magazine
- Michael Atreides, Bone Gnawer Ahroun
- Blood-Licker, Bone Gnawer Ahroun Ghoul
- George Lawrence - Nosferatu
- Hawk-Sees-the-Sun, Past Uktena
- John Muir - Kinfolk
- Celeste Snowtop, Children of Gaia Philodox
- Alsea Walks-the-Distance, Past Children of Gaia, Voice of the Goddess
- Duncan Evenhand, Past Children of Gaia, Arm of the Goddess
- Able Heart, Children of Gaia Ahroun
- Tim Rowantree, Children of Gaia Ahroun
- March Lion, Uktena Galliard
- Hot Eye, Uktena Philodox
- Sharon Morning Cloud, Uktena Ragabash
- Silent Fist-That-Wins, Uktena Ahroun
- Bongos, Bone Gnawer
- Roderick Harrington, "Money Bags", Glass Walker
- Morihei High Mountain, Stargazer
- Doctor Dag Jragghold, D.N.A. Supervisor
- Bron Mac Fionn, Fianna Galliard
- Son-of-Moonlight, Fianna Theurge
- Ailis, Fianna Ahroun
- Mavin O'Neill - Ailis's Kinfolk Mother
- Blane O'Neill - Ailis's Twin Brother, Kinfolk
- Cormac Mac Eire, Fianna Ahroun
- Autumn's Daughter/Oonnal'los'kry, Ex-Fianna Black Spiral Dancer of the Decayed Toadstool Pack
- Tears-of-the-Land, Fianna Philodox
- Mary O'Reilly, "Deirdre", Fianna Galliard
- Wind-Across-the-Hills, Fianna Ragabash
- Torragash the Slayer, Past Get of Fenris
- Walkarn the Sword-Breaker, Past Get of Fenris
- Baldur Bright-Fang, Past Get of Fenris
- Lorkush Thunderhowl, Past Get of Fenris
- Boshtagg Mountain Breaker, Past Get of Fenris
- Londis Fenris-Pup, Past Get of Fenris
- Lars Johannssen, "Jarl Torgus Firemane", Get of Fenris Ahroun
- Scar Throat Leech-Killer, Get of Fenris Galliard
- Freke, Gere & Hugin, Get of Fenris Theurge
- Sky Eyes Dances-with-Luna, Get of Fenris Philodox
- Else Waldenkrieg, "Wyrm-Guard", Get of Fenris Galliard
- Gaia's Favored Child, Get of Fenris Philodox
- Stigghalf Bone-Breaker, Get of Fenris Ragabash
- Raven Corpse-Killer, Get of Fenris, previous Jarl, Scar Throat's Father
- Wok Wok Rik, Glass Walker Elder
- Mystic Orchid, Children of Gaia Theurge, Caretaker of the Peach Grove
- Plant-in-the-Machine, Glass Walker Philodox, City Farmer
- Leaping Wonder, Glass Walker Philodox, Caretaker of the Peach Grove
- Rose Thorn, Glass Walker Ahroun, South China Traders
- Zu Lo'lang, Glass Walker Ahroun, Iron Brotherhood
- Jeffy MacBade, leader of the Swift Dealing Smile Pack
- Enlightened Wolf, leader of the Northern Mountain Temple Pack
- John Mimby, Fianna Galliard of he Swift Dealing Smile Pack
- Timely Waterwheel, past great Galliard sage
- Inner Rhythm, Past Glass Walker Theurge, South China Trader
- Hu Jang, "Lightning Strike", Glass Walker Ahroun
- Jo Wu, "Limitless Hard-Drive", Glass Walker Philodox
- Song Chiang, "Welcome Rain", Glass Walker Galliard
- Junk Junk King, Bone Gnawer
- All-Seeing-Eye, Bone Gnawer
- Wu Yong, "Iron Ghost", Glass Walker Theurge
- Arthur Chang, "Weaving Wheel", Glass Walker Theurge
- Perfecter of Forms, Stargazer Philodox
- Revenge-of-the-Land, Children of Gaia Ahroun
- Li Kw'ei, "Spinning Buzz Saw", Glass Walker Ahroun
- Heart-of-Winter, Red Talon Galliard
- Old Storm-Chaser, Red Talon Theurge
- Eater-of-Bears, a Red Talon Ragabash
- Stands-like-Mountain, Red Talon Philodox
- Greasy-Fur, Red Talon Ahroun
- Michael Fishbane, Fomor
- Rachel Rain, Fomor
- Ralph Needlemeyer - Mortal, Owns Ralph's Comic Book, Bait, and Tackle Shop, sells Idol and Marble comics
- Felix Nix - Mortal, Cannibal Butcher, works at Wiggly Mart
- Mustspha Alajawan - Mortal
- Grisly Addans - Mortal
- Alfred Verner - Mortal, Verner Estate, Past
- Delilah Verner-Braun - Mortal, Matriarch of the Verner Estate
- Fulton Verner - Mortal, Delilah's Brother, Verner Estate
- Charles Verner-Braun - Mortal, Delilah's Son, Verner Estate
- Abigail-Lynn - Mortal, Delilah's Great-Granddaughter, Verner Estate
- Horace Verner - Mortal, Cousin, Verner Estate
- Jim Tauttelbaum - Mortal
- Robert Neighbors - Mortal, Fan of Dr. Where
- Horace Verner
- Dr. Yossif Yuganoff, Silver Fang Kinfolk
- Abe-no-Seimei - Mortal/Sorcerer, Past, Kitsune claim he was one of them
- Oda Nobunaga - Bushi Leader, Died
- Chikara Sakaki, Hakken Ahroun
- Katsutoshi Hongo, Hakken Philodox
- Ayaka Jinnai, Kitsune Eji
- Kazami Hinatsune, Kitsune Doshi
- Andrei Zjarkov, "Horns-of-Lightning", Shadow Lord Philodox
- Max Capra, Silent Strider Kinfolk , Owner of Siduri's
- Siduri - Max's Wife, owner of Hotel du Jasmin
- Ashante - Silent Strider Ahroun, Bouncer for Siduri's
- Night, Silent Strider Hero
- Howl, Silent Strider Hero
- Wind, Silent Strider Hero
- Sight-of-Sun, Stargazer Theurge Hero
- Bes-por-Numin, Silent Strider Ragabash
- Zosho Alemein, Silent Strider Theurge
- Sam Patel, Silent Strider Galliard
- Bane Render - Get of Fenris, failed to climb the great fir tree of Crescent Moon in the Umbra
- Piotr Volk, Silver Fang Ahroun
- Grimfang, Silver Fang Theurge
- Nicolai Predatelski, Silver Fang
- Speaker-to-Mountains, Uktena
- Tatiana, Black Fury
- Andrei Bolkowski, Silver Fang Philodox
- Viktor Zemtsov, Silver Fang Galliard
- Cries-at-Night, Silver Fang Gallirad
- Ivan Sukosin, Silver Fang Ragabash
- Lungtok, Stargazer Philodox
- The Cheng Sisters (Wen Cheng and Tritsun Cheng), Stargazer Ahrouns
- Terdak Lingba, Stargazer Theurge
- Gesar, Stargazer Ragabash
- Tara, Children of Gaia Galliard
- John Campbell, Stargazer former Get of Fenris Ahroun
- Milarepa, Children of Osiris
- Justinian of Byzantium, Past Stargazer Theurge, Snow Leopard Sept Founder
- Jintjinjara, Bunyip Leader
- Runs-with-Ghosts, Uktena Theurge
- Lamurun, Uktena Philodox
- Kooasca-Ki, Uktena Galliard
- Elspeth Nametaker, Uktena Theurge
- Bathes-in-Blood, Uktena Ahroun
- Leaps-the-Wind, Uktena Galliard
- Biting Fang, Uktena Ahroun
- Kwik-Kwik, Uktena Ragabash
- Calls-to-the-Night, Past Uktena Philodox
- Tania Ear-to-the-Earth, Wendigo Ahroun, Daughter of Glass Bird
- Red Stone Water, Wendigo Ahroun, Janice and Ann's Foster Mother
- John Big Fish, Wendigo Theurge
- Michael George, Wendigo Galliard
- Iron Horse Walker, Wendigo Ragabash
- Longstar, Wendigo Galliard
- Howls-at-Death, Past Wendigo
- Glass Bird, previous Wendigo Sept leader of the Painted Sands
- Janice Clear-Drink, Wendigo
- Ann Susan Black Horse, Wendigo
- One-Ear Snarls, Wendigo
- Old Dog, Wendigo
- Billy Two Heart - Mortal Chanter
- Ghavaaldt, Black Spiral Dancer Galliard
- Zhyzhak, Black Spiral Dancer Ahroun
- White-Eye-ikthya, Ex-Uktena Black Spiral Dancer Philodox
- H'ualorph, "Palefish", Black Spiral Dancer Theurge
- Jumuju, "Hitcher", Black Spiral Dancer Ragabash
- Slatescrape-ikthya, Ex-Glass Walker Black Spiral Dancer Theurge
- Great Stout Oak - Glade Child
Terminology[]
Caern of the One Moon (Legends of the Garou), Caldron Rock Caern, Fetishes: Amulet of Good Cheer (L2, G6), The Ankh of Ptah (L5, G7), Bear Claw Dagger (L4, G7), Bundle of Jackal's Laughter (L3, G7), Cellular Phone (L3, G6), Clawed Cane (L6), Crystal of Personal Warmth (L2, G6), Dokko (L5, G4), Dreamtime Feather (L3, G7), Eye of Luna (L2, G4), Fire-Elemental Bullets (G5), Gae Bolg (L4, G7), Ghost-Tobacco (G6), Glitches (G8), Kurdaitcha (L5, G8), Luna's Vengeful Spirit (L5, G9), Mask of the Rite (L4, G7), Master's Plasters (G8), The Paw of Fenris (L6, G8), Silver Whip (L3, G6), Soulstone (L5, G8), Spirit Broom (L3, G5), Spirit Brush (L4, G8), Staff of the Mule, Star Beads (L4, G7), Thunder Arrows (Talen), Tooth of the Wolf (L3, G7), Tree Cloak (L3, G6); Gaia's Hand Caern, Gift: Rebirthing (6); Hollow Heart Caern, Kitsune: Dôshi, Dreamweaver, Eji, Gukutsuhi, Hitogata, Ju-Fu, Jûko, Jyu-hô, Kataribe, Kojin, Kotô, Kyûbi, The Opening of the Eyes (Ritual), Paths, Rôko, Sambuhenge, Shunjû, White-Faced One; Moon Bridges: Safe Moon Bridge, Attack Moon Bridge, Wild Moon Bridge; Pure Heart Caern, Rites: Chain the Cataclysm (L5), Rite of Arterial Introduction (L2); Sept of the Awakening: The Awakening, Black Magic (Club), Black Rat Pack (Blood-Licker), Deviant Magazine, Eagle, Nastrum Enterprises, Rat, Rite of Scattering, Sky Eagles Pack (BF), Washington, D.C.; Sept of the Blood Fist: Geistburg (Company), Germany, Grunewald Forest, Wild Boar; Sept of Bygone Visions: Argassi, Calyx, Circle, Greece, Hecate's Gate, Maenads, Siren's Rock, Themis, Vision Pool, Womb; Sept of the Council for Universal Trade: Boli Zousizhe, Bone Field, Broken Junk City (BG Pack), Caretaker of the Peach Grove, Cockroach Pit, Hall of Heads, Hong Kong, Hong Kong City Farmers, Iron Brotherhood, Mother of Peach Trees, Northern Mountain Pack, Smiling Happy Buddha, Spooky Tooth, South China Traders/Pirates of the South Chia Sea, Swift Dealing Pack (F), Tin Hau, Wantong (BG), Watchers of the Streets (BG Pack), Wok Wok Rik Film Company, Xing Kanmengou (SG); Sept of the Crescent Moon: Falcon, Russia, Zmei; Sept of the Green (Central Park Caern), Sept of Ichijyo Modoribashi: Bushi, Hakken, Japan, Jyu-Kin-Dou (Sorcerers), Kyoto, Nine-Tails, On-Myo (Sorcerers), Seimei Jinjya (Shrine); Sept of the Painted Sands: Arizona, Failed-to-Speak People (Spirits), Flagstaff, Messengers (Spirits), Hero Twins, Nature-People (Spirits), Sees-Far Tortoise Sept (Uktena), Sidewinder Off-Road Motorcycle Club, Tall Rock Sept, Two Foot Red Sept; Sept of the Snow Leopard: The Blood Stone, Bon Cult, Crazy Umbra, Dargo (Spirit), Garden of the Inconstant Moment, Gyasto (Luck Spirit), Hell's Gate, Lalung Leh pass, Milarepa's Cave, Nyalam, Red Hat Sorcerers, Shingalu Monastery, Sky Burials, Stone of Marut, Tibet; Sept of the Tri-Spiral: Arcadia Gateway, Council of Song, Dana, Decayed Toadstool Pack (BSD), Dowth, Fairies, Fir Bolg (Fomori), Ireland, Keeper of the Song, Knowth, Leinster, Newgrange House, Righ (Sept Leader), Song of the Sept, Stag, Tuatha De Danann, Wild Hunters (Ailis' Pack); Sept of the Waking Dream: Alice Springs, Australia, Ayers Rock, Bunyip, Dreaming Womb, Dreamtime, Glade of Ancestors, Nullarbor Plain, Pitantjatjara, Rainbow Serpent (Imberombera), Uktena, Valley of the Winds; Sept of the Weeping Daughter: Alaska, Beavertail Roadhouse, Bloody Woods, Crawlers-From-Void (BSD Pack), Doom-Hurlers (BSD Pack), Grimbone Caern, Lawson, Lycanthrope: The Rapture, Monastery of Saint Anselm, Ralph's Comic Book, Bait and Tackle Shop, Sept of the Open Heart, Strong Backs (RT Pack), Spottings (TV Show), TV 7 Lawson, Verner Estate, Walkers (Spirits), Weeping Daughter, Wiggly Mart, Yorgus Meat Processing Company; Sept of the Western Eye: Aeolus, California, Cataclysm, City Lights (Bookstore), Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated, Horrid Hole Pit (Death Valley), Rokea, San Francisco, Underlings (BSD Pack), Vampire Club; Sept of the Wheel of Ptah: Archivist, Casablanca, Fountain of a Thousand Grieving Battles, Hotel du Jasmin, Morocco, Mosque of Anfa, Ptah, Quiet House (SS Tavern), Siduri's Cafe, Spring of Visions; Trinity Hive: Alamagordo, Ferectoi, Grammaw, Green Dragon, Nevada, New Mexico, Thunderwyrm; Wind Catchers Caern, Winter Wolf Caern,
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