Hattie Thunderwife is a Homid Ahroun Children of Gaia. She is the Sept Leader at the Sept of the Moon's Blessing.
Biography[]
| “ | They keep talking about the Garou Nation and all these old so-called heroes. King Albrecht – who’s going to replace him? Well, who cares? I’m old! I ain’t going to save you, and neither is anyone else like me. The one to replace all these elders is you. We’ll be saved by you, the young and the true. | ” |
Born Hattie Jenkins to a poor mining family in Harlan County, Kentucky, Hattie's First Change came upon her earlier than most Garou. Before she was 10, her father's union activities brought some unwelcome callers to her family's company hovel late one night. Hattie woke up to the sounds of her mother's screams and her father's groans as company goons methodically and brutally taught the uppity union organizer a lesson. Hattie doesn't like to remember precisely what she did when the red haze of fury came over her, but when she was next aware of her surroundings, the goons lay in pools of blood on the floor of her parent's tiny bedroom. Hattie's father died in the hospital of massive internal injuries and her hysterical mother, who claimed that the "avenger of God" had come down to visit justice on the iniquitous, was sent to a mental hospital for "observation." Hattie, bloodstains and all, was put in a foster home until her mother's sanity could be assessed.
Hattie ran away from the foster home and hid from the authorities for three days until a social worker finally located her. Fortunately, the social worker was a member of the Children of Gaia. Myron Delacroix had seen Hattie's files and suspected that she was a Garou. When he found her, Hattie was hungry, scared, and determined to rescue her mother. After promising his aid, Myron took the child to the Sept of the Moon's Blessing. He was able to get Hattie's mother, whose mind had become permanently unhinged, placed in a comfortable sanitarium. He also concealed his discovery of the child from the authorities, so that "Hattie Jenkins" became a permanently missing person.
Since then, Hattie has struggled to control her temper and to channel her Rage in useful ways, such as visiting punishment on those who despoil the land or who attempt to grind others under their heels. Eastern Kentucky has presented her with plenty of opportunities to act as Gaia's "avenging angel."
In the mid-1980s, she took over leadership of the Sept of the Moon's Blessing when its former Sept Leader died in a battle with a Wyrm-creature. Since then, Hattie has used her formidable size and forceful personality to inspire the members of the sept to take a greater interest in social affairs. She regards the sept to take a greater interest in social affairs. She regards the Garou of Knoxville in general, and Glass Walker Megan Alexander in particular, with barely disguised contempt, feeling that they have misplaced their priorities by involvement in the Weaver's wiles. She despises the degradation of the human spirit that prevails among the economic victims of King Coal almost as much as she hates what has been done to the beauty of the land in the name of profit and greed. She would love to find some great all-purpose cure for the land and its people.
Image[]
Hattie Thunderwife is a large, amply built woman. Her looks and carriage beat the unmistakable stamp of her mountain roots. She usually dresses in loose-fitting print dresses or coveralls (never jeans), and fights a neverending battle to keep her long, dark auburn hair under control. In Lupus form, she is a large, chunky gray-brown wolf. Her Crinos form goes without saying.
An old crone of a woman, Hattie is in her 70s and unwilling to accept any bullshit whatsoever. She’s still physically formidable even in her advanced years, with an angry, no-nonsense attitude at odds with the reputation of her tribe. She’s very community-minded, both among the Garou of the region and the downtrodden humans she sees as her people. Hattie comes from a union family and takes organizing seriously, giving a lot of her time to young Garou who are new to the sept.
Stats[]
Position: Sept Leader, Sept of the Moon's Blessing
Breed: Homid
Auspice: Ahroun
Tribe: Children of Gaia
Nature/Demeanor: Alpha/Survivor
Physical: Strength 4 (6/8/7/5), Dexterity 2 (2/3/4/4), Stamina 5 (7/8/8/7)
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 4 (3/0/0/0), Appearance 3 (2/0/3/3)
Mental: Perception 4, Intelligence 3, Wits 5
Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 4, Dodge 2, Empathy 1, Intimidation 3, Primal-Urge 2
Skills: Animal Ken 1, Drive 1, Etiquette 1, Firearms 2, Melee 1, Leadership 4, Survival 2
Knowledges: Enigmas 2, Law 1, Herbalism 3, Politics 2, Rituals 4
Backgrounds: Contacts 2, Mentor 1
Gifts: Falling Touch, Smell of Man, Resist Pain, Grandmother's Touch, Luna's Armor, Spirit of the Fray, Staredown, True Fear, Combat Healing, Dazzle, Silver Claws, Stoking Fury's Furnace, The Living Wood, Part the Veil, Strength of Will
Rank: 5
Rage 7, Gnosis 8, Willpower 8
Rites: Rite of Cleansing, Rite of Comfort, Rite of the Opened Sky, Moot Rite, Gathering for the Departed, All Minor Rites, Rite of Binding, Rite of Talisman Dedication, Rite of the Totem, Rite of Ostracism, Rite of Accomplishment, Rite of Passage, Rite of Praise, Rite of Wounding
Fetishes: Gaia's Poultice
References[]
- WTA: Rage Across Appalachia, p. 72-73
- WTA: Shattered Nation, p. 60