Guardians of the Caerns

Guardians of the Caerns is a sourcebook for Werewolf: The Apocalypse detailing the social lives of werewolves in their caerns and septs.

Summary[]

Home Sweet Home

Werewolves would give their lives to keep the sacred places of Gaia from being defiled. They draw lines of battle, readying themselves to fight, bleed and die in defense of their homes. Their conviction is absolute; they fully believe that their homes must be defended for the good of the world. Now find out why.

Trespassers Will Be Mauled!

Ever wondered what exactly werewolves do all day? Wonder no longer. Guardians of the Caerns is the sourcebook of septs and caerns, detailing the sacred places and the Garou communities that guard them. It contains information on sept offices, tribal septs, caern logistics, defensive tactics--even an in-depth look at those who must grow up strictly as Garou, the metis. This is the book for anyone who really wants to understand just what it is they're fighting for.

Guardians of the Caerns contains:

Guidelines for creating and customizing caerns and their septs
Elaborate information on sept offices, caern geography, tribal caerns and even special fetishes
An extensive look at metis, with details on adolescence, new Gifts, new Merits, Flaws and more

Contents[]

Legends of the Garou[]

"The Giving of a Klaive"

Introduction: Opening the Caern[]

Caern Purpose
- Glory
  - Caerns of Fertility, Plenty, Rage, Strength, Wyld, Courage and Love
- Honor
  - Caerns of Gnosis, Healing, Kingship, Stamina, Willpower, Justice, Sacrifice and Unity
- Wisdom
  - Caerns of Calm, Enigmas, Humor, Primal-Urge, Streetwise, Visions, Craftsmanship, Memory and Stealth

Chapter One: Of Caerns, Sorrows and Joys[]

The logistics of caern design

Chapter Two: Tribal Lines[]

Tribal and Changing Breed traditions of caern defense

Chapter Three: Digging In[]

Player involvement in caern defense and improvement

Arming the Guardians
- Sentry's Voice - Fetish - Level One, Gnosis 4
- Watchspear - Fetish - Level Two, Gnosis 5
- Arrow-Killer - Talen - Gnosis 6
- Trapdoor Boon - Talen - Gnosis 5

Chapter Four: Not of Garou and Kin Born[]

The metis lot

Metis Deformities
- Albino
- Cleft Lip
- Conjoined Twin Syndrome
- Fits of Madness
- Foul Scent
- Fragile Claws/No Claws
- Hairless
- Hard of Hearing/Deaf
- Hemophilia
- Hooves
- Horns
- Human Face
- Hunchback
- Hyperactive Senses
- Hyperallergic
- Monstrous
- Mute
- No Ears
- No Sense of Smell
- No Tail/Deformed Tail
- One Eye
- Oversized Limbs
- Palsy
- Poor Sight/Blind
- Physical Deformity
- Restricted Forms
- Seizures
- Silver Hypersensitivity
- Third Eye
- Tough Hide
- Wasting Disease
- Weak Immune System
- Weak Musculature
- Withered Limb/Lame

New Merits and Flaws
- Awareness
  - Compensatory Senses (3 point Merit)
- Garou Ties
  - Phantom Mask (2 point Merit)
- Human Society
  - Unnoticed (2 point Merit)
- Physical
  - Prosthesis (3 point Merit)
  - Double Jeopardy (5 point Flaw)
  - Metamorph (6 point Merit)

Metis Gifts
- Wriggle - Level Four
- Frozen Form - Level Three
- Badger's Hart - Level Four
- Twist of Fate - Level Five

Background Information[]

Ads at the back of the book include: Werewolf: The Apocalypse - The Heart of Gaia, Hunter: the Reckoning, Mage: The Ascension Revised Edition (March 2000) and Exalted (Symbol of the Sun, no text).

Memorable Quotes[]

"No, really, they're huskies. I raise them. Really." - Leo Brenner, Glass Walker Philodox, being caught in a lie
"We're from the Shadow Lords. We're here to help." - Damian Lastlaugh, Shadow Lord Ragabash, about to score a caern

Characters[]

Johnny McLaren, "Forged-in-Fire" - Fianna Ahroun
Caoilte McLaurin - Fianna
Ian Corrigan, "Gleam-in-his-Eye" - Fianna Galliard, Sept Leader of Sept of Bridget's Blessing
Caelbad mac Fiachu - Fianna, Past, Died
Adamnan - Caelbad's Son, Fianna
Aoife - Caelbad's Sister, Fianna
Padrig mac Comhail, "Padrig Mor" - Fianna, Aoife's Packmate, Past, Died
Andrea - Fianna Ragabash
Erin Kelly - Fianna Galliard, Fostern of Sept of Bridget's Blessing
Brian McCormac - Fianna Warder of Sept of Bridget's Blessing
Red Ruff - Fianna Master of the Challenge of Sept of Bridget's Blessing
Ambergold - Fianna Brewer
Drellock - Wyrm-beast, Past
Gavin Mac Fionn - Fianna, Past
Stone Belly - Garou, Warder
Blade-Taker - Garou, War Chief of the Watching Falls Sept
Bent-Bow - Uktena Theurge
Conn mac Aoghan - Garou, Sept Guardian, Walking Hill Sept
Molly Joy-of-Het-Heru - Silent Strider
Derrick Twoclaw - Metis Garou
Brenda Newshine - Garou
Ranulf - Get of Fenris Ahroun
Henri de Calais - Silver Fang, House Wyrmfoe, died
Otto - Get of Fenris
Adela - Kinfolk
Hendric - Otto's Son, Get of Fenris
Volke - Kinfolk
Marcus Cloudwatcher - Shadow Lord Philodox
Pete - Garou
Rides-the-Mist - Garou
Suzanne - Garou
Ulfred - Garou
Quickfoot - Lupus Garou
Daniel Ironskin - Garou Ahroun
Adalay - Ironskin's Sister, Kinfolk
Clear Measure - Garou
Nightrage - Garou
Farshot - Garou
Moonshadow - Garou
Leo Brenner - Glass Walker Philodox
Richard Eyeshine - Wendigo Ragabash
Flatline-the-Banes - Garou
Wired-For-Rage - Garou
Banefragger - Garou
Damian Lastlaugh - Shadow Lord Ragabash
Crazy Man Sillivan's
Shizu Sees-Within - Stargazer Theurge
Hauptmann Klaus Braun, Get of Fenris Kinfolk, Black Eagle team leader
Renault the Rabble-rouser - Bone Gnawer Galliard
White Eye - Red Talon
Brighteye - Theurge, Became a Caern Totem for the Dawnstar Sept
Sings-to-the-Black-Rock - Garou
Weeping Stone - Uktena Philodox
Pan-Foot - Black Fury Metis
Teiresias
Roland Metalsinger - Bone Gnawer
Eliza Hummingbird - Children of Gaia
David - Children of Gaia
Dragonfly - Fianna
Josiah - Fianna
Shelly - Fianna
Luc - Fianna
Handel - Glass Walker
Maria - Glass Walker
Burning Branch - Red Talon
Fishcatcher - Red Talon Theurge
Hamstringer - Red Talon
Mephi Faster-than-Death
Jacob Morningkill
Soun - Stargazer
Upside-Down Walker - Uktena
Aspeth - Ananasi
Etienne - Ananasi
Nora - Ananasi
Enbata, 'Lord of Thorny Skies -Bagheera Bhon Bhat
Black Tooth
Iosef Backtracker - Corax
Growling Rock - Gurahl
Conroy - Died
Churning River - Mokolé
Kakeita - Nagah
Silver Sariyena - Nagah
Tokuda - Nagah
Talesinger Mishanter - Garou
Curious Moon - Nuwisha
Izzy - Ratkin
Martha - Ratkin
Eyes-of-the-Wound - Rokea
General Ten Suns - Hengeyokai
Skottri Thousandslayer - Warder of the Burning Stone Caern
Ashen Voice - Garou
Merryk Winterchase - Children of Gaia Metis Moondancer, Clover Falls Sept
Eye of Ebon Moon - Philodox Children of Gaia, Past, Parent to Bittersown
Long Claw - Gurahl Lorespeaker, Past
Smenkhare - Silent Strider Theurge, Past, Parent to Bittersown
Harks at Still Water - Black Fury Homid Ragabash
Mavis Thornberry - Black Fury Metis Ahroun
Shabazz Strunk - Bone Gnawer Homid Theurge
Pinto One-Ear - Bone Gnawer Metis Philodox
Raine Hildebrandt - Children of Gaia Homid Philodox
Calvin Maffey - Children of Gaia Metis Ahroun
Blaze of Blackwater - Fianna Lupus Philodox
Bridget Empty Hand - Fianna Metis Ahroun
Torgeir Olafsson - Get of Fenris Homid Ragabash
Oddvar Hacelock - Get of Fenris Metis Galliard
Blake Rubenstein - Glass Walker Homid Theurge
Com Beta Io - Glass Walker Metis Theurge
Wanders Under Hill - Red Talon Lupus Ahroun
Sparsefur - Red Talon Metis Philodox
Crookpaw
Luna Moth - Red Talon Metis, Sept of Bridget's Blessing
Ivar Elek - Shadow Lord Homid Theurge
Sunniva Hardon - Shadow Lord Metis Theurge
Atoberhan Assifa - Silent Strider Homid Galliard
Semere - Silent Strider Metis Ragabash
Molly Potter - Semere's Mother, Garou
Vassilissa Klimetnovna - Silver Fang Homid Ragabash
Feliks Hides-in-Shadow - Silver Fang Metis Galliard
Ivan Two-Tongue - Metis, Tale
Chung Guotin - Stargazer Homid Philodox
Madhur Rani - Stargazer Metis Theurge
Gomda of the Blue Sky - Uktena Lupus Theurge
Taima - Uktena Metis Ahroun
Weayaya Beardancer - Wendigo Homid Galliard
Yancy Yodkolo - Wendigo Metis Ragabash
Marijika Foebreaker - Past Fenrir Homid Galliard, Died

Metis of Note
- Bittersown, the first metis according to some legends
- The First Ronin, also called the first metis by some
- Zhiyuan, Stargazer metis who advised Kublai Khan
- Meryet-Aamose Sheshi, Silent Strider metis
- Annie Licks-the-Wound Linden, Black Fury metis and healer

Terminology[]

Ananata, Bawn, Caelbad's klaive, Caern: Black Forest Caern, Bluewater Caern, Brugh Na Boinn Caern, Burning Stone Caern, Caern of the Rent Sky, Caern of the True Walker, Denali Caern, Dawnstar Caern, Gallows' Pole Caern, Winter Pass Caern; Caern Positions: Caller of the Wyld, Council of Elders, Gatekeeper, Guardian, Keeper of the Land, Master of the Challenge, Master of the Howl, Master of the Rite, Talesinger, Trutchcatcher, Warder, Wyrm Foe; Caern Spirits, Den-Realm (Gurahl: Umbral Glades), Fire Moon sentai, Graves of Hallowed Heroes (BF: Gaia's Repose/Nekropolis, BG: Boneyards, F: Heroes' Cairn, GoF: Hall of the Slain/Vale of the Slain), Grotto, Grotto of Six Heated Gashes, Hallahan, Heart, Hive: Hive of the Broken Manse; Kiba, Metis, Moot, Nest, North Country Protectorate, Pit: Carrion Pit, The Pit of the Withered Soul: Rite of Caern Building, Rorqual, Sept: Burnt Grass Sept, Clover Falls Sept, Dawnstar Sept, The Gaia's Bounty Sept, La Cosa Nostra (GW), Mudpuppy Sept (BG), Neon Ice Sept, The Sept of the Acrophon, Sept of Bridget's Blessing (F), Sept of Brightskull's Eye, Sept of the Bright Talon (SF), Sept of Bygone Visions, Sept of the Nine Crowns, Sept of the Sacred Logo, Sept of the Waking Dream, Sept of the Western Eye, Steaming Dawn Sept, Temple of Evening's Peace, Ten Claw Sept, Walking Hill Sept, Watching Falls Sept, Wheel of Ptah; Shrine, Sylie, Totem, Totem Avatars, Umbra, Wallow, Widdershins,

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