Morihei High-Mountain is a Homid Galliard Stargazer from San Francisco.[1]
Biography[]
Already the source of several tales in the Silver Record, Morihei High-Mountain travels the earth and the Umbra like a one-man commando squad, hunting the Wyrm's minions to their darkest hiding places and destroying them, bringing corrupted locales back to Gaia's blessing. He is a driven an, relentless in his mission, and this has made him incredibly knowledgeable and highly skilled.
Yet he came late to this life and to his existence as a Garou. He was a lost pup, an internationally recognized thoracic surgeon, with a wife and a baby daughter. Then the First Change came, and he slaughtered them both in a fit of dark rage that had been building for years. Madness and self-loathing filled him, and had he not been recognized then by the Garou of the Sept of the Green, he would certainly have taken his own life. Mother Larissa helped him to understand his true nature and his place in the grand scheme. In time, he left Central Park and embarked on a rigorous journey through the Himalayas, ultimately dragging himself exhausted and injured to the door of the Shigalu Monastery in Tibet, home of the Sept of the Snow Leopard.
Some say he actually died at that door and was returned to life by the Stargazers within, but this is just legend. However it happened, he was accepted into the Sept by his tribe and undertook the Path of the Adventurer, rigorously throwing himself into the spiritual practices of the monastery and into the study of Kailindo. If his raison d' etre was to serve Gaia, then that he would do. His spirit was so great that Lungtok, the Sept Leader, took him as a personal student. Their relationship as teacher and student continues even now, even as Morihei High-Mountain roams the worlds running from his pain and to the fate of a true hero.
Image[]
Morihei's Homid form is a dashing and fit man in his late 40s, wearing adventure clothing like a contemporary Indiana Jones. In Crinos, he is a large gray werewolf of strangely gentle aspect. In both forms, he is solemn and quiet; their his sadness in his eyes.
Stats[]
Breed: Homid
Auspice: Galliard
Tribe: Stargazer
Nature/Demeanor: Penitent/Survivor
Attributes: Strength 3 (5/7/6/4), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/5), Stamina 4 (6/7/7/6), Charisma 3, Manipulation 1 (0/0/0/0), Appearance 3 (2/0/2/2), Perception 5, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Talents: Alertness 3, Athletics 2, Dodge 3, Empathy 2, Expression 2
Skills: Drive 1, Etiquette 1, Firearms 1, Kailindo 4, Melee 1, Performance 2, Repair 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Knowledges: Enigmas 2, Linguistics 2, Medicine 5, Occult 1, Rituals 2, Science 1
Backgrounds: Mentor 4, Pure Breed 1
Gifts: Balance, Beast Speech, Persuasion, Sense Wyrm, Distractions, Inner Strength, Staredown, Surface Attunement, Clarity, Merciful Blow, Reshape Object, Song of Rage, Bridge Walker, Cocoon
Rank: 4
Rites: Rite of Cleansing, Rite of Contrition, Rite of the Opened Caern, Rite of Becoming, Rite of the Questing Stone, Rite of Talisman Dedication, Rite of Accomplishment
Fetishes: Coin of Wealth, Tears of Gaia
Rage 6, Gnosis 9, Willpower 8
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ WTA: Caerns: Places of Power, p. 44
- Rage: Rage: Warriors of the Apocalypse, p. 66-67
- Rage: Rage Basic Set