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The Shadow Lord Tribebook is the first tribebook regarding the Shadow Lords.

Summary[]

A Veil obscures your memory by day.
Behold a memory of what was once free.
Betrayed by errand children led astray,
We revile their false nobility.
Our rivals have condemned us to their Fate.
But dreams now dead to them inspire us still.
We guard our memories on cloaks of hate.
While vengeance still awaits through force of will.
The dark surcease of memory refrain.
The sound of Thunder echoes through the rain.
"Memory's Veil", Dark-Heart-of-Thunder, Shadow Lord Galliard
Shadow Lord Tribebook includes:
  • The history and culture of the Shadow Lords.
  • A "legends of the Garou" comic book.
  • Five ready-made characters.

Contents[]

Broken Trust[]

An eight-page comic, written by Brian Campbell, illustrated by Alex Sheikman, lettered by Matt Milberger and colored by Lawrence Snelly.

Introduction: The Gathering[]

Chapter One: Beautiful Lies[]

A short overview over the history of the tribe.

Chapter Two: Tribal Politics[]

Introduction into the internal politics of the tribe

Chapter Three: Renown and Shame[]

The internal ranking system of the Shadow Lords.

Appendix One: Hidden Strengths[]

Rites and Totems of the Tribe.

  • Tribal Weakness (Optional)
    • Failure's Dagger
  • New Abilities (Talents)
    • Interrogation
  • Backgrounds
    • Cultist Allies
  • Gifts
    • Cold Voice of Reason (Level Two)
    • Raven's Wings (Level Three)
    • Seeds of Doubt (Level Four)
      • Lords of the Summit Gifts
        • Interrogator (Level Three)
        • Mask Taint (Level Five)
      • Children of Crow Gifts
        • Perceptive Servant (Level One)
        • Dark Aerie (Level Three)
      • Bringers of Light Gift
        • Purify Scent (Level One)
        • Pure Identity (Level Two)
        • Purity of Blood (Level Five)
  • Rites
    • Rite of Shame (Renown) - Level Two
    • Communion with the Storm (Mystic) - Level Two
    • Calling the Storm (Punishment) - Level Three
  • Totems
  • Fetishes
    • Cloak of Darkness - Level 2, Gnosis 2
    • Blood Chalice - Level 2, Gnosis 4
    • Assassin's Klaive - Level 5, Gnosis 5
  • Talens
    • Whisper Feather - Gnosis 5
  • Merits and Flaws
    • Political Mentor (2 pt. Garou Ties Merit)
    • Diplomatic Immunity (3 pt. Garou Ties Merit)
    • Original Sin (1 pt. Garou Ties Flaw)

Appendix Two: Conspirators[]

A list of five ready-made characters.

  • Templates
    • Egotistical Spy - Homid Ragabash
    • Cryptic Shaman - Metis Theurge, Society of Nidhogg
    • Diplomat - Homid Philodox, The Bringers of Light
    • Romantic Poet - Homid Galliard
    • Wandering Swordsman - Homid Ahroun

Appendix Two: Masters of Shadow[]

Famous Shadow Lords of the past and present.

Background Information[]

  • The Shadow Lords Tribebook was re-printed in the Litany of the Tribes Volume 3.
  • Author's Dedication is to Scarlet and Patsy (pet rats).
  • Word from White Wolf Game Studio mentions Bill Bridges leaving.

Memorable Quotes[]

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Characters[]

Masters of Shadow[]

Others[]

  • Lady Catherine - Shadow Lord, Comic
  • Nikolai Chernenko - Garou Ahroun, Comic
  • Katya - Child of Gaia, Comic
  • Vaclav Stormcrow - Shadow Lord Galliard
  • Vlad Tepes
  • Tudor Vladimirescu - Past Shadow Lord Kinfolk
  • Tongue-of-Acid - Shadow Lord Ragabash
  • Veil-of-Darkness - Shadow Lord Theurge
  • Andrei Night-of-Terrors - Shadow Lord, Lord of the Summit
  • Rage-of-Darkness - Shadow Lord, Bringer of Light
  • Carol Graycoat - Shadow Lord, Child of Crow
  • Lord Nobunaga - Wraith
  • Inui Storm-of-Kyoto - Hakken
  • Skin-of-a-Thousand-Cuts - Shadow Lord, Mask
  • Force-of-Silence - Shadow Lord, Society of Nidhogg
  • Lost-Son-of-Gaia - Shadow Lord Metis, Lazarite
  • Voice-of-Reason - Shadow Lord Philodox
  • Heart-of-Fury - Silver Fang Ahroun, former Sept leader of the Sept of the Night Sky and toppled by Boris Thunderstrike
  • Ynosh Snatch-Talon - Shadow Lord scribe and scholar
  • Dark-Heart-of-Thunder - Shadow Lord Galliard

Terminology[]

Assamites, Bête, Camarilla, Camps: The Bringers of Light, The Children of Crow, The Hakken, Lords of the Summit; Corax, Crow, Dreamspeakers, Gangrel, Grandfather Thunder, Hengeyokai, Hollow Ones, Kitsune, Lasombra, Nictuku, Raven, Sabbat, Secret Societies: The Lazarite Movement, The Masks, The Society of Nidhogg; The Sept of Balance (Albania), Sept of Brooding Sky, Sept of Night Sky (Wallachia), Shadow Moot (Secret Moot), Status/Ranks: Alphas, Betas, Crows, Cultists, Outcasts, Ravens, Vultures (Shadow Lord Allies: Non-Garou); Thunderstrike Sept (Russia), Treaty of Tyre, True Sword of Vladmir, Tzimisce, Unseelie, Ventrue, Voivode,

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