Rage Across the Amazon is a regional sourcebook and chronicle for Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf 1993-94 catalog:
- A Chronicle book detailing the Amazon War, the Garou's guerilla war against Pentex Inc. in the South American rainforests. Besides armies of Pentex marauders, the Garou must face the wrath of the native werejaguars - for old hatreds die hard. The Amazon is an important battlefield in the war against the Wyrm's corruption; victory or failure here will greatly decide the fate of other natural sites. Includes extensive encounters and maps for the battlefields of the jungle war.
From the Back Cover:
- The Greatest Threat
- The Wyrm has made its move — Pentex Incorporated is behind the destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest. Bulldozers tear down ancient trees, leaving scorched wastelands behind. Factories vomit balefire into the rivers, poisoning Gaia's bloodstream. Banes screech through the jungle, maiming the spirits and Umbral glens. The hungry may of the Wyrm opens wide to devour its feast...
- The Greatest Sacrifice
- ...but the Wyrm chokes on the bitter rage of the Garou. The warriors of Gaia are here to end the corruption, destroy the defilers and take back the Earth. The Amazon War has begun, the greatest battle yet for the body and soul of Gaia. In their darkest hour, the Garou must succeed before the Dark Foe destroys everything.
- Rage Across the Amazon is a chronicle setting for Werewolf. It includes:
- The heroes and villains of the War, from the mighty Garou Golgol Fangs First to Pentex's Samuel Haight, the Garou Skinner.
- The Others in the war: the Bastet werejaguars and Mokolé werecrocodiles whose homes are threatened by the conflict.
- A sheet of full-color temporary tattoos, including tribal pictograms and marks of renown.
Overview[]
This book covers the Amazon rainforest, and the Amazon War between the Changing Breeds and Pentex to determine the fate of the region. The included chronicle also bridges the gap between Under a Blood Red Moon and the ongoing saga of Samuel Haight. Supplementary content in the appendices adapts the various forms of weapons and equipment from the The Players Guide for use in Werewolf chronicles. Finally, the hard copy of the book is packaged with a sheet of temporary tattoos bearing several Garou runes.
Contents[]
Legends of the Garou: "Distant Thunder"[]
A tale of the first to fall in the war.
The loss of the Get of Fenris pack known as the Black Frost and their pack leader, Grendel Walks-with-Death (Pg. 4).
Introduction: Welcome to Hell[]
- Source Material
- Books:
- The Amazon: Past, Present, and Future by Alain Gheerbrant
- Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest, a Resource & Action Guide, edited by Angela Gennino
- Books:
- Movies:
- The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman
- Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- Medicine Man, directed by John McTiernan
- Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone
- The Mission, directed by Ronald Joffe
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord, directed by Hector Babenco
- Aguirre, Wrath of God, directed by Werner Herzog
- Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg
- Movies:
Chapter One: History[]
The supernatural history of the Amazon Basin and the war against Pentex.
Chapter Two: Geography[]
Details the region and its particular hot spots.
Chapter Three: People[]
Who's who in the war: the Garou, Bastet, Mokole and Pentex Incorporated.
- Animals:
- Anaconda (Pg. 58)
- Jaguar (Pg. 58)
- Crocodiles (Pg. 58)
- Electric Eel (Pg. 58-59)
- Piranha (Pg. 59)
Chapter Four: Encounters[]
A full-length story: "In Dreams and Nightmares," plus many story ideas for Amazon War adventures.
- Thunderwyrm - Stats
- Tunnel Rats - Fomori - Stats
- Giant Mosquitoes - Stats
- Giant Locusts - Stats
- Furmlings - Stats
Rio by Night[]
- Brujah Neonates - Stats
- First Teamers - Stats
- Sharp Shooting Stragglers - Stats
- In Dreams and Nightmares
Appendix One: Weapons and Equipment[]
The weapons of the war, from fetishes to LAW rockets.
- Archaic Weapons
- Blowgun
- Fetish Weapons
- Black Furies: Axe of the Matriarch
- Children of Gaia: Chalice of Renewal
- Fianna: Sword of Fionn
- Get of Fenris: Fist of Thor
- Glass Walkers: Laying Down the Law
- Shadow Lords: The Black Bow
- Silent Striders: The Whispering Crystal
- Silver Fangs: Sceptre of the Impergium/Delirium
- Stargazers: Orb of the Umbra
- Uktena: Wand of Ashes
- Wendigo: Buffalo Spear
- Black Spiral Dancers: Spiral Boomerang
- Silver Weaponry
- Guns
- Heavy Weapons
- Vehicles
- Drugs and Poisons
- Security Systems
Appendix Two: Totems and Tactical Storytelling[]
The strange totem spirits of the Amazon and optional rules for running group encounters in the war.
- Totems
- The Tactical Storytelling Method
- Werewolf Temporary Tattoos
- A Note From the White Wolf Environmental Action Committee
Background Information & Trivia[]
- This book was reprinted in Rage Across the World Volume 3.
- Many of the locations, items, totems, rites, gifts and characters in this book would be featured in the Rage CCG expansion set, War of the Amazon. As well as the Rage/WTA fiction novel, Breathe Deeply.
- This is the first book to use the term Skin Dancers, as Robert Allred and Haight have planned on creating a tribe on their own: "Skin-Dancers" (Pg. 96).
- Word from White Wolf mentions Brian Campbell, Kathleen Ryan and Keith Winkler deciding to be Summer Interns at White Wolf.
- The Special Thanks mentions that Matt Wagner was left out of the credits for the cover of the Werewolf Players Guide.
- The ad at the back of the book is: Clan Shirt Offer.
Memorable Quotes[]
Characters[]
Garou[]
- Alestro
- Argues-With-Anger
- Awena Walks-The-Airts
- Breoghan Dances-in-Clover
- Cavalo
- Code Red
- Crick Rumwrangler
- Dag Hateful Hand
- Elap Ylliw
- Fierce Hunger
- Garret Faithful
- Golgol Fangs-First
- Horus the Sword
- Jubati
- Klymtra
- Lanya Wings-Afire
- Last-One-Out
- Maria Orrelano
- Owl Eyes
- Roshen One-Arm
- Rough Tangent
- Sherrick
- Tanzut
- Thunder Tiger
- White Father
- Hoards-Thunder - Past Uktena Garou (Pg. 14)
- Killian Stormfist - Fianna Garou (Pg. 17)
- Dreads-Not - Bone Gnawer Theurge Garou (Pg. 20)
- Airk Goldfist - Garou (Pg. 21)
- Shress Hardheart - Black Fury Garou (Pg. 21)
- Fölk Humblehammer - Garou (Pg. 21)
- Earth's Anger - Silver Fang Past Life (Pg. 21)
- Shandy, War Leader
- Jurgen Kreig, Battle Master
- Ioba Fareye
- Orson Bladewalker - Shadow Lord Ragabash: Ghost Raptor (Pg. 50)
- Uthor Bitesilver - Silver Fang Ahroun: Ghost Raptor (Pg. 50)
- Dione Shadowbreeze - Black Fury Theurge: Ghost Raptor (Pg. 50)
- Nathan Duskrunner - Glass Walker Garou (Pg. 66)
- Guiterrez - Leader of the Open Arms Sept in Rio, Garou (Pg. 67)
- Lupe - Past Bone Gnawer Past (Pg. 68)
- Goltrag Huolg
- Grendel Walks-with-Death - Get of Fenris, Pack Leader of the Black Frost, Died
- Cacu - Past Uktena
- Inki - Past Uktena
- Huatopé - Past Uktena
- Jorgen Fists-of-Thunder - Legendary Get of Fenris
- Windsinger - Stargazer Theurge, Ghost Raptor
- Sharpened Breeze - Stargazer, Kailindo Mentor to Thunder Tiger
Bastet[]
Mokolé[]
Vampires[]
- Mary Johnson, Caitiff
- Richard Justice, Thin-blooded
- Suarez
- Boyer - Suarez's right hand man (Pg. 69)
Other[]
- El Dorado
- Joseph Herlech - Archeologist
- Samuel Haight
- Barnaby Shadrack
- Catherine Snodgrass - Pentex Regional Board (Pg. 53)
- Robert C. Barnacre - Pentex Regional Board (Pg. 53)
- Bethany Kiker - Pentex Regional Board, Daughter of James Kiker (Pg. 53)
- Salazar Eustis - Pentex Regional Board (Pg. 54)
- Dean Herburger - Pentex Regional Board (Pg. 54)
- Deborah Garcia - Pentex Regional Board, Fomor (Pg. 54-55)
- Samuel Jehosaphat Linedecker - Pentex Regional Board, Fomor: ChemBatch #373 (Pg. 55)
- Charley Riley - Pentex HQ Personnel: Chief Engineer (Pg. 55-56)
- Doctor George Bernard - Pentex HQ Personnel: Head Scientist: Project Iliad (Pg. 56)
- Dr. Elise Bornman - Pentex HQ Personnel: Head Scientist: Project Odyssey (Pg. 56)
- Mel Westerburg - Pentex HQ Personnel: Foreman (Pg. 56)
- Sgt. Roland Thompson
- Tanya Woo
- Abraxas
- Jack Sardis
- Abigail Peabody, "Drowner"
- Lance White, "Fatso"
- Charles Grammercy, "Eel"
- Meeks
- Arthur Barrister
- Anthony Blakemoor
- Terry Williamson
- Danny Vanderhooten
- Dwayne Billingsley
- Dominic King
- Ischen - Wyrm Minion
- Tobora - Chimera
- Robert Allred
- Elliot Meiche
- Danforth Stern
Terminology[]
Amazon War, Ayahuasca (Spirit), Battle Moots, Battles: Battle of Bane Field, Battle of the Dreadful Moon, Battle of Freaks, Battle of Screaming Mud, The Fall and Return of the Hero The March of the Trees; Blood Bond, Companies: Allred Military Academy (Pentex), Developers Forestry Group (DFG, Inc.: Pentex), Endron Oil, Green River Awareness (Pentex), Harold & Harold Mining, Inc., Magadon, Inc., Nolan Harker Mining and Transportation Company, Pentex, Rainbow, Inc. (Pentex); Council Moot, Den-Realms, Gift: Unstoppable Warrior (Golgol's: Level 6, Ahroun); Groups: Amazon War Council, Amazonian Uktena, Balam, Bastet, Black Fury Amazons, Brujah, Chimera, Delta Company (Pentex), Dreamspeakers, Fianna Council of Song, First Battalion (Alpha Company and Beta Company: Pentex), First Team, First Team Number 13, First Team Number 17, First Team Number 22, First Team Number 31, First Team Number 36, First Team Number 55, First Team Number 69, Freebooters (Camp), Gamma Company (Pentex), Kindred, Leeches, Mokolé, Pure Ones, Sabbat, Setites, Technomancers, Tremere, Vampires; Locations: Amazon, Brazil, Caern of the Rain Spirits, Corcovado Caern, Den of Black Claw, Den-Realm of Rorth Son-of-Bast, Dorado Realm, Grrrash tak'nyrrr, Hell's Hand Hive, The Hollow Heart Caern, Hooark'Ooark, Manaus, Napa Valley Sept (Roshen), Open Arms Sept, Operation Blight, Pentex HQ, Pentex Laboratories, Ranch Apocalypse, Rio de Janeiro, Sept of Gold, Sky River Caern, South America; Other Fetishes: Battle Harness (Golgol's: Level 5, Gnosis 6), The Black Pistol (Elap's: Level 6, Gnosis 8), Conquistador's Sword (Haight's: Level 6, Gnosis 6), Free Ride (Rough's: Level 5, Gnosis 6), Scar Fetish Armor (Sherrick's: Level 3, Gnosis 5), Severed Arm (Roshen's: Level Special, Gnosis 7), Shedding the Spirit's Skin (Haight's: Level 5, Gnosis 7), Skin of the Toad (Black Claw's: Level 4, Gnosis 5), Stalk the Heart (Tanzut's: Level 4, Gnosis 7), Sword of the Avenging Son (Tanzut's: Level 5, Gnosis 6), Tiger-Scar (Thunder's: Level 2, Gnosis 5), Tsansti's Blowgun (Jubati's: Level 4, Gnosis 7); Packs/Wargs/Positions: Battle Master, Black Frost Pack (GoF), Borzoi (Scouts), "Dark Foe" Warg/Moon, "Dread Claw" Warg/Moon, "Dread Foe" Warg/Moon, Gaia's Hand Packs, Gaunt Dogs Pack (Sherrick's, SL), Ghost Raptors Pack, Guardian, "High Mountain" Warg/Moon, High War Chieftain, Kreig's Warg, Moon, North Ward, Pack of the Severed Arm (Roshen's), "Red Sky" Warg/Moon, The Savage Gristle Pack, South Ward, Tangible Spectres Pack, War Chieftain, Wargs, War Leaders; Rite: Ritual of Sacred Rebirth; Skin Dancers, Totems: Anaconda, Coatimundi, Harpy Eagle, Jaguar, Panthesilea, Toad; Skull Pigs, Taghairm, Thaumaturgy, Victory Moot, Wyrmhole,
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