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
- Glory
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)
- Awareness
- 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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