Drums Around the Fire is a 1993 fiction anthology from White Wolf Publishing for the Werewolf: The Apocalypse game series.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf 1993-94 Catalog:
- A tradeback anthology of new "Legends of the Garou" stories, including many of the more popular hero tales and yarns told around the fire to scare the pups. From heroic tales of Glory, Honor and Wisdom to a dark saga of the Black Spiral Dancers, these stories enrich the mythic tapestry of Garou culture.
From the Back Cover:
- Legends of the Garou
- Gaia is in pain. The Earth Mother is torn by the vile talons of the Wyrm, the dragon of destruction. Only Her children can stand before it - only the Garou, the werewolves, can hope to stop it.
- The Garou live in a dying world, a wilderness ravaged by the forces of greed and corruption. From the heroic Silver Fangs to the techno-savvy Glass Walkers, the 13 tribes use all their powers of spirit and nature to defend the earth.
- These are their tales...
- At the dawn of history, a Garou hero must fight against the most dreaded minion of the Wyrm... in the heart of a modern city, a Glass Walker learns a dangerous lesson in honor... a young pack fights to save children from the clutches of corruption... to save his people, a Stargazer must discover the secret of a dying bear... a Garou is forever changed by the dark vision revealed in the heat of the unleashed atom...
- ...these tales and more are told to strengthen the Garou for their final fight: the Apocalypse.
Contents[]
Introduction: The Talefires[]
Great-Thunder, elder Galliard of the Sept, starts telling tales.
Tales of Glory[]
- "The Fall of Criton" by Emrey Barnes
- "The Guardian Stone" by William Spencer-Hale
- "Patchbelly and the Plague-Wolf" by Phil Brucato
Tales of Honor[]
- "Night Flyer" by Sam Chupp
- "Gambit" by Nigel D. Findley
- "Lobra's Tale" by Daniel Greenberg
Tales of Wisdom[]
- "The Rabbi's Tale" by Bud Webster
- "Apocalypse Noir" by Bill Bridges
- "Otava" by Rustine Quaide
Totem Tales[]
- "Pegasus" by Phil Brucato
- "Coyote" by James Medley
- "Chimera" by James A. Moore
Tales of the Umbra[]
- "Restricted Entry" by Robert Hatch
- "Gardens Are Their Seeds" by Stewart Wieck
- "End Time Song" by Daniel Greenberg
Afterward: The Closing of the Moot[]
A Tale of the Apocalyse[]
- "Trinity Caern" by Sam Inabinet
Lexicon[]
Werewolf: The Apocalypse Product List[]
Currently Available Products[]
Coming Soon...[]
Background Information & Trivia[]
- The back of the book has a White Wolf Mail Order ad, an ad for the White Wolf Environmental Action Committee and a Werewolf: The Apocalypse Product List from 1992-1993.
- "Patchbelly and the Plague-Wolf" takes place during the Wild West, before Werewolf: The Wild West was a game setting.
Memorable Quotes[]
"Of all who have danced the Black Spiral Labyrinth since the beginning of time, only you have attained the threshold of this circle. Therefore, the great secret of this circle, the Great Secret of the Trinity, is unveiled for you alone among all the Changing Breed.
Yes, I know you and your kind of old, for the Garou have sworn themselves My enemies and inflicted grievous wounds upon Me in the past, They are but children, and are more closely bound to me than they suppose.
But I can see that your heart is sick with futile strife, and now open to My Truth. Soknow that I claim Gaia for My own, for the spawn of the Weaver have welcomed Me with their great rite. Know that I am One with Weaver and Wyld, for it is the joining of Our efforts in trine that calls all of the Tellurian into Being. Ever and always has it been thus.
Know that the great Rite of the Trinity heralds the certain coming of the Apocalypse, but that event is not what you were reared to believe it. Shed the despair you once felt when you heard the cries of Gaia in your dreams and consider what you learn here. The humans shall perform this rite many, many more times all over the world, just as the Father must cast his seed many times before the Mother is fertilized. And consider the women of your own pack or Kinfolk when they are heavy with pups. Can their moods be negotiated with reason? Could it be that Gaia weeps tears of joy, not agony as the other Garou suppose?
For having the courage to look upon the naked truth of Our work, I now make of you My prophet, My voice. Know that I have children of Mine own among the Garou, whom you may know as the Dancers of the Black Spiral. Even the wisest among them know not this Great Secret, and the time is nigh that they should come to know it. They shall come to this place, to revel in the wonder of My work, and to draw sustenance and inspiration from the energies I shall leave behind Me to mark My passing. I would that you speak to them, passing on the wisdom that you gained by being here, by witnessing this." - The Eye of the Wyrm (Trinity Nuclear Weapon) to White-Eye-ikthya
Characters[]
Introduction and Afterward[]
- Great-Thunder - Galliard Garou
The Fall of Criton[]
- Awen - Female Garou
- Josphea - Past Black Fury, Died
- Griffules - Past Silver Fang
- Teneglocles-ikthya - Past Wyrm-Corrupt Mage, Died
- Hadria-rhya - Past Female Silver Fang
- Lextes-rhya - Past Silver Fang
- Elysia - Past Black Fury, Athro, Died
- Og-rhya - Griffules' Garou ancestor-Past Life
The Guardian Stone[]
- Speaks-With-Clenched-Fists - Get of Fenris Tale-Master: Black Fangs Pack Member
- Laughing Wolf - Get of Fenris, Crimson Gaze Sept Leader
- Kurak - Past Get of Fenris
- Steelclaw - Get of Fenris
Patchbelly and the Plague-Wolf[]
- Patchbelly - Metis Uktena/Fianna born, Shadow Lord
- Colonel Bannister "Plague-Wolf" - Black Spiral Dancer
Night Flyer[]
- Long Hunter - Lupus Ahroun Garou
- Moon Walker, "She-Who-Walks-on-the-Moon" - Female Lupus Garou, Dancer
- Night Flyer, "Flyer-of-the-Night" - Female Lupus Ragabash Garou
- Bear-Killer - Lupus Garou
- Wind Whisper - Lupus Theurge Garou
- Tree Climber - Lupus Philodox Garou
Gambit[]
- Jonathan J. Rifkin "Jayjay" - Glass Walker Theurge
- Roger Daly
- Hyram Wirth - Executive assistant to Daly, Glass Walker Elder
- Anton Stefanov - Executive assistant to Daly, Glass Walker Elder
- Vincent Rache - Glass Walker
- Hugo Rache - Vincent Rache's Father
- Stephanie Bowelsby - Hugo Rache's Mother
- Judith Herzfold - Stephanie Bowelsby's Father
- Jerome Rifkin - Jonathan J. Rifkin's Father
- Harriet Daly - Jerome Rifkin's Mother
- Simon Wolfe - Harriet Daly's Father
- Erica - Mortal
Lobra's Tale[]
- Windlass - Children of Gaia Philodox: Maverick Pack
- Loba Carcassone
- Siptah - Shadow Lord
- Tyr Hatchet-Maw - Get of Fenris
- Alia - Black Fury: Maverick Pack
- Grumm - Wyrm-Corrupt Get of Fenris, serves Soarzech, Skinned by Loba
- Jacob Morningkill
- Spring - Female Fianna
- Mister Wonderful - Glass Walker Ragabash: Maverick Pack
- Three Leaves - Uktena Theurge: Maverick Pack
- Krazz - Female Lupus Red Talon: Maverick Pack
- Sham Man - 7th Generation
- Soarzech - 7th Generation
The Rabbi's Tale[]
- Croucher - Bone Gnawer Philodox
- Philo - Garou
- Levi ben Jacob - Rabbi Theurge Garou
- Vaclav - Philodox
- Wojciech - Garou
- Anna - Female Garou
- Tadeusz - Garou
- Wladyslav - Garou
- Stanislaus, "Bugs" - Ragabash Garou
- Krystoph - Theurge
- Skibinski, "Bear" - Ahroun
- Avram - Kinfolk Clockmaker
Apocalypse Noir[]
- Benny - Ex-Bone Gnawer, Black Spiral Dancer
- Mr. Black - Garou
- Miss Marylin - Female Silver Fang
- Baldrick Hex - Theurge Garou
- Accolon - Stargazer
Otava[]
- Avar Gunnarson the Trapper - Stargazer
- Risto Saarinen, "Lostwind" and "Sorepaw" - Ragabash Children of Gaia
- Olaff - Silent Strider
- Matti - Garou
- Juko - Get of Fenris
- Kaija - Female Garou
- Timno - Garou
- Johannes - Get of Fenris
- Paavo - Elder Garou
- Snorri - Garou
- Bakki - Garou
- Kaiser - Garou
- Uncle Veli - Risto's Uncle
Restricted Entry[]
- Derek Beausoleil - DataTek Administrative Supervisor, Glass Walker Kinfolk
- Bud Mulhaney - DataTek Employee, died
- Tia - Derek's gtreat-grandmother
- Claire Hayes - Female Glass Walker
- Ms. Sontag - Female Fomor
- Jennifer Mulhaney - Bud's Daughter, Human
Gardens Are Their Seeds[]
- Euricles - Garou
End Time Song[]
- Spike - Ragabash Garou
Trinity Caern[]
- White-Eye-ikthya - Ex-Uktena, Black Spiral Dancer
Terminology[]
Introduction: Amazon, Chicago; The Fall of Criton: Arcane, Artemis, Avenging Talons of Heracles Sept/Strength and Vengeance Caern (Silver Fangs), Criton, Healing Huntress Sept/Caern of Diana's Healing (Black Furies); The Guardian Stone: Black Fangs (Get of Fenris Pack), The Sept of the Crimson Gaze (Get of Fenris), Valhalla; Patchbelly and the Plague-Wolf: Dakota, Fort Clifford, Great White Father, Halterston; Night Flyer: Father Winter, Summer Country; Gambit: Corporate Raiders Sept, Daly & Associates, Enterprise Club, New Business, Old Business, Smiling Buddha Caern, Smiling Buddha Club, Vancouver, White Orchid (Vancouver Gang), Lobra's Tale: Finger Lakes Protectorate, Goddess' Hand Caern, Maverick Pack, Minnesota, Mountain Laurel Caren, New York City, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Rabbi's Tale: Krakow, Poland, Prague, Quest, Wieliczka; Apocalypse Noir: City Father, Court of the Moon, First Team, Monkeywrencher, New York; Otava: Asia, Europe, Finland, Germany, Helsinki, Kymi, Norway, Russia, Scandinavia, Sweden, Vikajarvi; Pegasus: Daughters of the Gorgon, Medusa; Restricted Entry: Cockroach, DataTek (Company), Drake & Company (Pentex Company), Florida, Haiti, Howl, Sshraaknaanha-grakklaa (Means: Glass Walkers); Gardens Are Their Seeds: Chimare, Questing, Vortex; End Time Song: Beast-of-War, Eater-of-Souls; Trinity Caern: Black Spiral Labyrinth, Elementals, Eye of the Wyrm, Jornada del Muerto, Kalus, Pattern Web, Prophecy of the Phoenix, Psychomachiae, Rite of Caern Building, Rite of the Trinity, Scrag, Sierra Oscura, Third Sign, Weaverlings; Balefire, Banshee Howl, Cadavers, Call of Succor, Call of War, Changing Breed, Chant of Challenge, Covenant, Coyote, Cub, Curse of Ignominy, Death Howl, Defiler, Eagle, Elders, Fetish, Fenris, First Change, Ghosts, Gifts, Glabro, Glory, Glyph, Gnosis, Grandfather Thunder, Guardian, Honor, Hymn of Praise, Kin-Fetches, Kin/Kinfolk, Leeches, Lion, Lizard, Luna, Mages/Magi, Malfeas, Membrane, North Country, Owl, Pentex, Pup, Rage, Rank, Realm, Renown, Riddle Game, Rite, Rite of Passage, Sept Leader, Seventh Generation, Silver, Snatcher Caste, Spirit, Spirit of the Flames, Spirit Tracer, Soul, Tale-Master, Vampires, Veil, Warder, Werewolf, Whelp, Wisdom, Wyrm-beast, Wyrmground, Wyrmling, Wyrm-taint,
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