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Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East is a supplement for Werewolf: The Apocalypse that details the Fera and Garou found in the Far East of Japan, China, and Korea.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

The Courts of the Beasts
My cousin, you seem confused. Did you truly expect that our ways would be as your own? Did you think that we fight your battles against this Wyrm? Cousin, you have much to learn. Perhaps we shall share our wisdom and ways with you. Then again, perhaps not.
One with Gaia, but a World Apart
If you want to see how the Changing Breeds are different in the East this is your book. Hengeyokai examines the shapeshifters of the East, describing their unique cultures and secret magics. Learn how the Tengu differ from their Western Corax brethren and how they view the face of the Eastern Umbra. What's more, the secrets of the elusive Kitsune werefoxes are fully revealed here, making this a complete Changing Breed book, as well! Do you really want to miss this one?

From the back of the book:

On Hemmed-in Ground, Resort to Stratagem...
The Wheel of Ages turns steadily to the age of blood and fire, the age that the Westerners call the Apocalypse. The ghostly roars of battles yet to come resound in the Yang Realms, and the cries of the wild devils echo between mountaintops. And the beast-changers, the moon's children - the hengeyokai - hear them all. The tigers watch the sun descend; the goblin spiders crawl in the shadows; the foxes whistle to one another; the dragons below the mountains wake. The time of great war is here.
On Desperate Ground, Fight!
Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East details the werecreatures of Asia, their sorcery and tactics, and their blood enemies. What's more, there's information on the spirit world of the East, as well as setting information on the Middle Kingdom and the Beast Courts. Finally, the elusive werefoxes - the Kitsune - appear in all the detail of a Changing Breed Book proper. Ignore this wisdom at your own risk.
Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East includes:
  • Details on the many Changing Breeds of the East, including Hakken Garou, Tengu and Zhong Lung
  • Full details on the Kitsune; an entire Changing Breed Book included within
  • Specific cosmology on the Asian spirit worlds, new Gifts, rites and powers, antagonists and more

Contents[]

Luna Beast Sentai Gaiamon[]

Comic; story by Ethan Skemp & Joshua Gabriel Timbrook, art by Joshua Gabriel Timbrook, lettering, coloring & concept by Aileen E. Miles.

Legends of the Garou: An Inauspicious Burial[]

A story that involves a Stargazer coming to the Middle Kingom to bury his master as he encounters a Wave Sentai of Hengeyokai who are to meet a Wu of Kuei-jin. Sadly, the Stargazer became involved in something he was not expecting.

Introduction: The Changing Phantoms[]

An introduction to the shapeshifters of the East

Chapter One: Lands of the Emerald Mother[]

The history of the hengeyokai and the tales of their lands

Chapter Two: The Tapestry[]

The Umbra of the East

  • Stork-Spirits - stats
  • Yang Realms
    • The Realm of Fighting Spirits
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Screaming Spear - stats
    • Umi
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Crab Soldier - Stats
    • The Mountains of Heaven
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Cloud Butterfly - Stats
    • The Tiger Lands
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Tiger-spirit - Stats
    • The Gardens of the First Age
    • The Goblin Jungle
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Goblin Tribesman - Stats
    • Temple of the Ancestors
  • Yin Realms
    • The Cave of Centipedes
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Hungry Ghost - Stats
    • Lord Spider's Web
    • Desert of Visions
    • The Forbidden Lands
      • Sample Denizen:
        • Ten Scorpion Devils - Stats

Chapter Three: Lords of the Beast Courts[]

This chapter gives details on the Hengeyokai that roam the Middle Kingdom, be they of the Beast Courts, or servants of their own masters and litanies. Details are provided for the Hakken (werewolves), Khan (weretigers), Kumo (werespiders), Nezumi (wererats), Nagah (wereserpents), Same-Bito (weresharks), Tengu (wereravens) and Zhong Lung (weredragons).

  • Hakken
    • Hakken Lexicon
      • Gifts
        • Dream of a Thousand Cranes - Level One
        • Fair Path - Level One
        • Storm Winds - Level Two
        • Dark of Night - Level Three
        • Living Treasure - Level Four
        • Divine Wind - Level Five
      • Rites
        • Rite of Seppuku
  • Khan
    • Gifts
      • Catfeet - Level One
      • Crushing the Centipede - Level One
      • Razor Claws - Level One
      • Sense the Truth - Level One
      • Gift of the Cricket - Level Two
      • Heart of Fury - Level Two
      • Sense of the Prey - Level Two
      • Paws of the Raging Spirit-Tiger - Level Three
      • Devour the Unclean - Level Four
      • Punishment from the Moon - Level Four
      • Heaven Thunder Hammer - Level Five
  • Kumo
    • Gifts
      • Nimbleness - Level One
      • Shadow Step - Level One
      • Fangs of Madness - Level Two
      • Replenishment of the Flesh - Level Two
      • Spittle of Corrosion - Level Two
      • Hideous Bite - Level Three
      • Snare of Beauty - Level Three
      • Web Tremors - Level Four
      • Elder Wisdom - Level Five
  • Nagah
    • Gifts
      • Eyes of the Dragon Kings - Level One
      • Scent of Running Water - Level One
      • Slayer's Eye - Level One
      • Sense of the Prey - Level Two
      • Veil of the Wani - Level Two
      • Blessings of Kali - Level Three
      • River Mother's Blessing - Level Three
      • Breath of Sweet Amrita - Level Four
      • Gaze of the Serpent - Level Four
      • Breath of the Dragon Lords - Level Five
      • Call the Flood - Level Five
    • Rites
      • Rite of the River's Blessing - Level One
  • Nezumi
    • Gifts
      • Hunter in Crowds - Level One
      • Raiding the Umbral Hoard - Level One
      • Resist Toxin - Level One
      • Cloak of Darkest Night - Level Two
      • Secrets of the Tunnels - Level Two
      • Keening of Swarm Panic - Level Three
      • Gnaw - Level Four
      • Snake Bites Itself - Level Five
    • Rites
      • Rite of Plague Genesis - Level Four
  • Same-Bito
    • Same-Bito Lexicon
      • Gifts
        • Shou of Zhong Long - Level One
        • Blood Scent - Level One
        • Sight Without Sight - Level Two
        • Iron Jaws - Level Three
        • Voracious Hunger - Level Three
        • Bite of the Destroyer - Level Four
        • Tsunami Form - Level Four
        • Teanoi's Rage - Level Five
  • Tengu
    • Gifts
      • Crane's Wisdom - Level One
      • Sweet Words - Level One
      • Voice of the Mimic - Level One
      • Courtly Speech - Level Two
      • Shoulder Cracker - Level Two
      • Slicing Feathers - Level One
      • Yoshitsune's Sword - Level Three
      • Bloody Feather - Level Three
      • Airt Sense - Level Four
      • Bloody Feather Storm - Level Four
      • Deceptive Demise - Level Five
      • Thieving Talons of the Magpie - Level Five
    • Rites
      • Rite of the Fetish Egg - Level Two
  • Zhong Lung
    • Zhong Lung Lexicon
    • Archid Form Characteristics
      • Gifts
        • Chi'ih Ming - Level One
        • Dragon's Milk - Level One
        • Shou - Level One
        • Breaking the Tomorrow Wall - Level Two
        • Clap of Thunder - Level Two
        • Send the Dream - Level Three
        • The Dragon's Tongue - Level Three
        • Anger of the Wani - Level Four
        • Harmony of the Soul - Level Four
        • Sleep of Si Wang Mu - Level Five
        • A Thousand Secret Faces - Level Five
      • Rites
        • Rite of Nanfeng (South Wind)
        • Rite of Xifeng (West Wind)
        • Rite of Beifend (North Wind)
        • Rite of Dongfeng (East Wind)

Chapter Four: Weapons and Antagonists[]

The hengeyokai's arsenal of magic and infamous enemies.

  • Merits and Flaws
    • Perfect Protocol (1 point Merit)
    • Auspicious Birth (2 point Merit)
    • Rival Clan (1 point Flaw)
    • Inauspicious Birth (2 point Flaw)
    • Angry Ancestor (2 point Flaw)
  • Gifts
    • Create Element - Level One
    • Mindspeak - Level One
    • Sense Imbalance - Level One
    • Blaze Talons - Level Two
    • Courtly Speech - Level Two
    • Waking Dream of Unity - Level Three
    • Exorcism - Level Four
    • Part the Wall - Level Four
  • Rites
    • Rites of Accord
      • Rite of Feeding the Ghosts - Level One
      • Rite of the Second Face - Level Two
    • Caern Rites
    • Death Rites
      • Journey's End - Level Two
    • Mystic Rites
      • Rite of the Harmonious Journey - Level Three
      • Rite of the Spirit Tattoo - Level Four
      • Rite of the Goblin Chrysalis - Level Five
    • Punishment Rites
      • Rite of Quiet Burial - Level Three
      • Rite of Hell Made Flesh - Level Five
    • Renown Rites
      • Rite of the Opened Way - Level Two
  • Fetishes
    • Yomi Slayer Spells - Gnosis 5 (Talen)
    • Wailing Devil Claw - Level 3, Gnosis 6
    • Tengu Feather Cloak - Level 3, Gnosis 7
    • Five Winds Fans - Level 4, Gnosis 7
    • Earthquake Maw - Level 5, Gnosis 7
  • Antagonists
    • Bakemono
      • Powers
        • Armor
        • Biting Plague
        • Centipede's Kiss
        • Fleshflow
        • Hellish Beauty
        • Razor Tattoos
        • Spirit Eye
        • Thousand Jaws
    • Banes
      • Bhuta - Stats
      • Face Jackets - Stats
      • Mukade - Stats
      • Water Ghosts - Stats
      • Yomi Blood Guards - Stats
    • Kuei-jin
      • Young Running Monkey - Stats
      • Elder Mandarin - Stats

Chapter Five: The Nine-Tails[]

This goes into full details on the Kitsune, the wayward 'new' members of the Beast Courts and those who follow their own way. Character Creation, list of Gifts are also listed here.

Chapter Six: Birth of the Youngest[]

The origin and history of the Kitsune

Chapter Seven: The Courtly Dance[]

The werefoxes' society in Asia and around the world

Chapter Eight: Opening of the Eyes[]

Kitsune character creation

  • Backgrounds
    • Batsu
    • Clan
    • Go-en
    • Sempai
  • Breed Gifts
    • Kojin
      • Persuasion - Level One
      • Seduction - Level One
      • Smell of Man - Level One
      • Jam Technology - Level Two
      • Silver Tongue - Level Two
      • Staredown - Level Two
      • Disquiet - Level Three
      • Reshape Object - Level Three
      • Tongues - Level Three
      • Forgetfulness - Level Four
      • Spirit Ward - Level Four
      • Assimilation - Level Five
      • Call to Allies - Level Five
    • Roko
      • Burrow - Level One
      • Cricket Leap - Level One
      • Heightened Senses - Level One
      • Scent of Sight - Level Two
      • Sense Imbalance - Level Two
      • Ten Chi - Level Two
      • Blind - Level Three
      • Catfeet - Level Three
      • Name the Spirit - Level Three
      • Carrion Clothes - Level Four
      • Forest Lord - Level Four
      • Elemental Gift - Level Five
      • Song of the Great Beast - Level Five
    • Shinju
      • Flow of Aura - Level One
      • Scent of the True Form - Level One
      • Sense Wyrm - Level One
      • Call to Duty - Level Two
      • Imperial Authority - Level Two
      • Past Whispers - Level Two
      • Distant Whispers - Level Three
      • Eyes of the Cat - Level Three
      • Wisdom of the Ancient Ways - Level Three
      • Roll Over - Level Four
      • Scent of Beyond - Level Four
      • Imperial Obligation - Level Five
      • Marionette - Level Five
  • Path Gifts
    • Doshi
      • Blessing the Blade - Level One
      • Breath of Yu-Chiang - Level One
      • Sense Magic - Level One
      • Sense Wyrm - Level One
      • Spirit Speech - Level One
      • Blood Omen - Level Two
      • Command Spirit - Level Two
      • Ghost Speech - Level Two
      • Name the Spirit - Level Two
      • Sight from Beyond - Level Two
      • Exorcism - Level Three
      • Pulse of the Invisible - Level Three
      • Spirit Ward - Level Three
      • Swarm of Servants - Level Three
      • By the Light of the Moon - Level Four
      • Fooling the Tiger - Level Four
      • Grasp the Beyond - Level Four
      • Spirit Drain - Level Four
      • Feral Lobotomy - Level Five
      • The Malleable Spirit - Level Five
      • Seal of Inari - Level Five
    • Eji
      • Falling Touch - Level One
      • Razor Claws - Level One
      • Resist Pain - Level One
      • Sense Hostility - Level One
      • Bolt - Level Two
      • Enduring Warrior - Level Two
      • Sense of the Prey - Level Two
      • Spirit of the Fray - Level Two
      • Call of the Dead - Level Three
      • Song of Fear - Level Three
      • Weak Arm - Level Three
      • Element Meld - Level Four
      • Sorcerous Bite - Level Four
      • Dragon Ally - Level Five
      • Fire Immunity - Level Five
    • Gukutsushi
      • Blur of the Milky Eye - Level One
      • Clear the Mind - Level One
      • Mother's Touch - Level One
      • Open Seal - Level One
      • Dreamspeak - Level Two
      • Fan-Shadow-Robe - Level Two
      • Silver Tongue - Level Two
      • Taking the Forgotten - Level Two
      • Distant Whispers - Level Three
      • Ebisu's Fingers - Level Three
      • Shadow-Fan-Flowers - Level Three
      • Moon-Fan-Face-Shadow - Level Four
      • Whelp Body - Level Four
      • Madness - Level Five
      • Violation - Level Five
    • Kataribe
      • Beast Speech - Level One
      • Fable - Level One
      • Mindspeak - Level One
      • Truth of Gaia - Level One
      • Centipede's Beckoning - Level Two
      • Distractions - Level Two
      • Lore - Level Two
      • Tongues - Level Two
      • Seek - Level Three
      • Silence - Level Three
      • Uzume Sings - Level Three
      • Kuei Dance - Level Four
      • Shadows by the Firelight - Level Four
      • Assimilation - Level Five
      • Fabric of the Mind - Level Five
  • General Gifts
    • Chi Sense - Level One
    • Ishin Denshin - Level One
    • Scent of Running Water - Level One
    • Moon Dance - Level Two
    • Sense Magic - Level Two
    • Spirit Speech - Level Two
    • Ghost Speech - Level Three
    • Puppeteer's Secret - Level Three
    • Shadow-Fan-Flowers - Level Four
    • Possession - Level Five
  • Ju-Fu
    • Ju-Fu Gifts
      • Element Child - Level One
      • Lantern - Level One
      • Paper Speech - Level One
      • Umekochi's Mouth - Level One
      • Attraction - Level Two
      • Eyes of the Wall - Level Two
      • Labyrinth - Level Two
      • Silver Sigil - Level Two
      • Banishment - Level Three
      • Paper Beast- Level Three
      • Beast Shape - Level Four
      • Walk - Level Four
      • Kidnap - Level Five
      • Paper Flesh - Level Five
  • Rites
    • The Opening of the Eyes - Level One
    • Rite of the Crossroads - Level Three

Appendix: Nobles Among Nobles[]

Kitsune templates and heroes

  • Templates
    • Underground Shaman - Kojin Doshi
    • Neighborhood Hero - Kojin Eji
    • Fox-Woman - Shinju Gukutsushi
    • Ears of Inari - Roko Kataribe, Inari (Totem)

Background Information[]

Memorable Quotes[]

When all the mountains have been shaken
Then where will all the dragons go?
- Tengu riddle

"The only ones out of the lot that seem worthy friends are the Corax and the Nu-Isha; if only we could meet with those "kai-otes," perhaps they might be able to explain why the Sunset People misbehave so!" - Katsuko Moon-Saint, Kitsune, Eji

Characters[]

  • Kuei - Tengu, Comic
  • Zokoku - Kumo, Died, Comic
  • Bareiho - Kitsune, Comic
  • Katsumi - Hakken Kinfolk, Died, Comic
  • Okami - Hakken, Comic
  • Kim - Khan, Comic
  • Gajani - Zhong Lung, Comic
  • Michael Walks-on-Ashes - Stargazer Theurge, son of Blood-on-the-Water, packmate of the Second Seven, Legends of the Garou
  • Blood-on-the-Water - Michael's Father, Stargazer
  • Shan, the Mountain - Khan, Legends of the Garou
  • Huo Qiyun, the Burning Skyscraper - Glass Walker/Boli Zousizhe, Ahroun, Legends of the Garou
  • Jimi, the Strictly Secret - Tengu, Legends of the Garou
  • Hong Tan, the Red Altar - Nezumi, Legends of the Garou
  • Li Feng - Stargazer, Mentor, Died, Legends of the Garou
  • Wu Bingshi, the Witch's Sword - Kitsune, Legends of the Garou
  • Su Hou - Glass Walker/Boli Zousizhe
  • Tensui - Hakken
  • Raging Floodwater - Zhong Lung
  • Sifu Whispers On The Wind - Stargazer
  • Shindosi Wisdom-of-the-Shadows - Unknown Hengeyokai
  • August Personage - Incarna
  • Nakoko - Tengu
  • Thanh Orchid Wings - Tengu
  • Tensui Shining Fang - Hakken
  • General Tearing Lightning - Unknown Hengeyokai
  • Gajya - Spirit, Umi, the Dragon King's seneschal
  • Motomuchi Slashes-Heaven - Hakken, Theurge to Clan Yomitachi, Iron Pillar, South Wind and Moon Talon to the Forest Shaker Sentai
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu - Hakken
  • Lord Taira Akio - Hakken Kinfolk
  • Taira Kameko -Hakken, Taira's Wife
  • Taro - Hakken Kinfolk, Akio and Kaneko's son
  • Jun - Hakken Kinfolk, Akio and Kaneko's son
  • Taira Sayo - Hakken Ragabash, Akio and Kaneko's daughter, died
  • Yotomi Clan - Fallen to the Wyrm
  • Vasana
  • Vinata
  • Yo Fa, aka "Poison Claw" - Nezumi, Knife Skulker
  • Mizuchi
  • Meiying, Beautiful Flower - Zhong Lung
  • Ice Feathers - Tengu, Past
  • Si Wang Mu - Dragon King, Legend
  • Tiandi - Dragon King, Legend
  • Mayani - Homid Zhong Lung (Komodo)
  • Mei-Fei Quan - Kitsune
  • Joy - Mei's Mother, Died
  • Thuy Quan - Adopted Mei-Fei
  • Jianbua Hu - Mei's Uncle, Kitsune, Died
  • Amy - Thuy's Wife, Adopted Mei-Fei
  • Sondok-Dusksong-Fireblade-Inho Queen of Silla - Kitsune, Kataribe
  • One White Feather - Tengu, Legend, Korea
  • Burrs-in-the-Ears, Fire-Splits-the-Sky - Kitsune, the first Doshi
  • Tange Phom
  • Blackfoot - Kitsune, Gukutsushi
  • Matsuko Sun-Devil - Kitsune, Regent, Eji
  • Katsuko Moon-Saint - Kitsune, Regent, Eji
  • "Hideko" - Kitsune
  • "Zeke"

Terminology[]

Abomination, Age of the Dawning, Age of Legends, Age of Shadows, Age of Sorrow, Age of the Ten Thousand Things, Age of Testing, Aiyi, Ananta, Auspice: Fist, Lantern, Leaf, Mirror, Pillar; Bakemono, Batsu, Beast Courts of the Emerald Mother, Bête, Biting Rain Court, Boiling Silver Gang (Sentai), Boli Zousizhe, Bushido, Byakko, Cave of Centipedes, Centipede, Cherry Phoenix Court (Mount Fuji), Chi, chih-mei, Chi'lung, Ching-tu, Chuming, Chushin, Clan, Code of Sensei Mizuchi, Court, Court of Ancestors, Curse, Daimyo, Demon Emperor, Demon Lands, Den-Realms, Desert of Visions, Dragon Line, Dragon Nest, Ebon Dragon, Emerald Mother, Endless Maze, Feng Shui, Fifth Age, Forbidden Lands, Forest Shaker Sentai, Gaiadharma, Gai'nan: Courtiers, General, Herald of All Tongues, Historian, Minister of Human Benevolence, Questioner of the Laws, Regent, Seer, Sentai; Gaki, Gardens of the First Age, Genko, Goblin Jungle, Go-en, Habatsu, Hakken, Hakken Rank: Ashigaru (0); Hengeyokai, High War, Hirayanu, Hsien, Ju-Fu, Jyu-ho, Kagesame, Kailindo, Kanji, Khan, Khan Forms: Chatro, Crinos, Feline, Homid, Sokto; Kin-jin, Kitsune, Kitsune Breeds: Kojin, Roko, Shinju; Kitsune-go, Kitsune Camp: Inari's Messengers; Kitsune Forms: Hitogata, Juko, Koto, Kyubi, Sambuhenge; Kitsune Paths: Doshi, Eji, Gukutsushi, Katraribe; Kitsune Ranks: Kiko (2), Koryo (3), Nogitsune (0), Reiko (4), Tenko (5), Yakan (1); Kitsune Renown: Chie, Kagayaki, Toku; K'iulung, Kuei, Kuei-jin, Kuko, Kumo, Kumo Breeds: Arachnos, Homid, Metis; Kumo Families: Blessed of Rati, Children of Nareau, Marawa's Brood; Kumo Forms: Aghora, Homid, Lilian, Thousand Fang; Lightning People, Lord Spider's Web, Low War, The Mandates, Marawa, Middle Kingdom, Minister of Heaven, Mirror Lands, Mon, Mountain sentai, Mountains of Heaven, Nagah, Nagah Auspices: Kali, Kamashi, Kamsa, Kartikeya; Nagah Breeds: Ahi, Balaram, Vasuki; Nagah Forms: Azhi Dahaka, Balaram, Kali Sahaka, Silkaram, Vasuki; Namebreakers, Nareau, Naru-kami, Nezumi, Nezumi Aspects: Seers, Skulkers, Tunnel Runners, Warriors; Nezumi Breeds: Homid, Rodens; Nezumi Forms: Crinos, Homid, Rodens; Nine-Tails, Okuma, Origami, P'o, Rank: Stone (0), Wood (1), Iron (2), Steel (3), Gold (4), Silver (5), Jade (6); Rati, Realm of Fighting Spirits, Renown: Glory, Virtue, Wisdom; Ronin, Scarlet Talons (India), Same-Bito, Same-Bito Auspices: Irono, Karui, Koshoku; Same-Bito Breeds: Rongo, Tangaroa; Same-Bito Forms: Kabina, Karvu, Tsufu, Warui, Watasami; Sempai, San Yuan, Scarlet Queen, Sentai, Sept of the Snow Leopard, Seven Sacred Cedar Sept (Kunming City), Shakko, Shen, Shining Cliffs Court, Shintoku, Silver Lady, Spirit Courts, Stargazers, Sunset People, Susanowo, Talon, Tamamono, Tanuki, Tapestry, Teanoi, Temple of the Ancestors, Tengu, Tengu Camp: Gray Clouds Temple; Tengu Forms: Corvid, Crinos, Homid; Ten Thousand Immortals, "Tiandi, Lord of Thunder" (Totem), Tiger Lands, True Gaia Realm, Tsuki-yomi, Umi, Waking Seals Caern (California), Wall, Wangtong (Bone Gnawers), Wani, Wan Xian, War of Shame, Wave sentai, Way of Emerald Virtue, Web of Ignorance, Wheel of Ages, Wind, Yama Kings, Yang World, Yin World, Yojutsu, Yomi, Yomi World, Zhong Lung, Zhong Lung Auspices: Nam Hsia, Pei Tung, Sai Chau, Tung Chun; Zhong Lung Breeds: Draco, Homid; Zhong Lung Forms: Archid, Homid, Suchid; Zhong Lung Ranks: Kiao (1), Kiao-lung (3), Lung (2), P'an-lung (5), Ying-lung (4);

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