Valkenberg Foundation is a supplement for Werewolf: The Apocalypse tells the story of the Questing Pack, a group of lost Garou pups who attempt to find other pups before madness takes them.
Summary[]
From the White Wolf 1993-94 catalog:
- "The Garou cannot recover every cub. Those that suffer the First Change without the support of their tribe are lost, These Lunatics run alone in a cruel world of madness-until the Valkenburg Foundation steps in. The characters are recruited to become the Questing Pack and hunt down lost cubs, those who endanger themselves and the Veil with their madness. But, something casts a shadow on the Foundation. Can the Pack recognize the danger within and avert it in time? Valkenburg Foundation is a story supplement which includes five stories designed to be run in chronological order."
From the Back Cover:
- The Shattered Mind...
- The Garou cannot recover every cub. Those that suffer the First Change without the support of their tribe are lost. These lunatics run alone in a cruel world of madness - until the Valkenburg Foundation steps in. The characters are recruited to become the Questing Pack and hunt down the lost cubs, those who endanger themselves and the Veil with their madness.
- Plays Dark Tricks
- From the grimy streets of New York City to a bizarre government laboratory, the Questing Pack must journey to rescue lost cubs from their dark fates. But something casts a shadow on the Foundation. Can the Pack recognize the danger within and avert in time?
- Valkenburg Foundation is a story supplement. It includes:
- Five stories, designed to be run in chronological order, relating the tale of the Questing Pack.
- Details on the Lunatic Garou, those who cracked under the strain of their Change, and how the Valkenburg Foundation works to cure them.
- New nemeses for the Garou, from the mysterious Puppeteers to the wrathful Samuel Haight.
Contents[]
Legends of the Garou: Shadow of the Wolf[]
Selected journal entry of Dr. Leopold Valkenburg. He attempts to aid Baron von Kulk in unlocking his repressed Garou heritage, but discovers that the baron is possessed by a malevolent spirit. Valkenburg manages to drive away the spirit, but in doing so earns the enmity of a pack of Red Talons led by Dark Blood Gushing.
Introduction[]
The history, geography, and people of the Foundation, including inmates.
- Warding Spirit - Stats
- Charm: Harass
Story One: When the Wolfsbane Blooms[]
The characters are recruited to become the Questing Pack.
- Fetishes:
- Moongleam - Level 2, Gnosis 4
- Whistle Call - Level 3, Gnosis 6
- Spirit Slayer - Level 6, Gnosis 6
- War Paint - Gnosis 5, Talen
- Summons From Across the Gulf - Level 6, Gnosis 7
Story Two: Hostile Takeover[]
The Pack goes to New York to bring back an escaped Lunatic -but this Lunatic has allies both in the corporate boardrooms and on the grimy streets.
- Laror's Thugs - Stats
- Masters' Bodyguards - Stats
- The Freddies - Stats
- The Original Freddies - Stats
Story Three: Skins[]
The Pack befriends a group of Lunatic lupus only to later discover them dead and skinned — the work of Samuel Haight, a Kinfolk whose plan is to gain full Garou heritage at the cost of other's lives.
- Hunters - Stats
- The Guards - Stats
- Ritual of the Sacred Rebirth - Level Five Rite
- Sam's Fetish: Shedding the Spirit Skin - Level 5, Gnosis 7
Story Four: Weird Science[]
The Pack travels to the northwest to free a Lunatic from imprisonment in a government laboratory . Where Science and the Wyld meet, anything can happen.
- Chi Chuan Gang - Stats
- Bloody Fist Gang - Stats
- Trailer Psychomachia - Stats
- NNL Guards - Stats
- Guardian Net-Spiders - Stats
- Charm: Calcifying Venom
- Database Squid - Stats
- Charm: Anti-Virus Aid
- Chemical Worm - Stats
- Charm: Kiss of Glowing Corruption
- Weaver Ants
- Charm: Repair Pattern
- Hedge Electricity Elementals
- Charm: Spasm Shock
- Gate Tower Banes - Stats
- Charm: Embodiment
- The Hidden Psychomachia - Stats
Story Five: Dark Union[]
The dark secret of the Foundation is revealed. The Pack must ally with the insidious Black Spiral Dancers to avert the coming disaster.
Appendix: Characters[]
The NPCs for the campaign, both allies and antagonists.
- Mary Canoe: Rite of Initiation - Level Two
- Graveseeker's Gift: Grasp the Beyond - Level 4, Theurge
- The Puppeteers - Stats
- Charms: Ignore Call, Clock of Ignorance, Steal Essence
Background Information & Trivia[]
- This book was reprinted in Werewolf Chronicles Volume 1.
- Page 27 has a sentence cut-off (Missing text) under the Refusal section, "She bids the pack take".
- Valkenburg Foundation (along with Werewolf: The Wild West) seems to have been partly inspired from S.P. Somtow's novel, 'Moon Dance' (1989).
- Samuel Haight learned about the Ritual of Sacred Rebirth from a cult in India. The Skin Dancers are never named in the book and wouldn't appear until The Chaos Factor.
- Playtesters credited in the book include: Les Brooks, Alan Bryden, Anne Merrit, Sam Shirley and Jennifer Starling.
- A Word from White Wolf mentions the hiring of Michelle Prahler to the production department.
Memorable Quotes[]
"We come before the fires this night to remember.
We come not to dance, but to weep.
We weep for the Lost Garou, and we weep for our future.
If we ever cease to remember, the danger will grow again. The Wyrm festers when we forget." - Legends of the Garou, The Shadow of the Wolf
Characters[]
- Dr. Leopold Valkenburg
- Jacob Hargast - Garou (Pg. 4)
- Jeweled Tears - Children of Gaia Leader (Pg. 4)
- Dark Blood Gushing
- Baron von Kulk
- Gustav - Baron von Kulk's manservant
- Carney Brothers - Twins, Ragabash Children of Gaia Lunatics (Pg. 18)
- Delilah - Female Homid Moon Dancer Stargazer Lunatic (Pg. 18)
- Kaloo - Lupus Philodox Wendigo Lunatic (Pg. 18)
- Onke - Female Lupus Ahroun Black Fury (Pg. 18)
- Joseph - Homid Philodox Silver Fang Lunatic (Pg. 18)
- Lewis - Homid Silent Strider Lunatic (Pg. 18)
- Judy Bonaparte - Female Homid Ragabash Glass Walker Lunatic (Pg. 18)
- Det. Ed Caldwell (Pg. 39)
- Mary Canoe
- Marsha Catford (Pg. 71)
- Chico - Ahroun Bone Gnawer (Pg. 68)
- Clawless
- Eats-Pinecones
- Dan "Dumper" Ferrel - Galliard Bone Gnawer, Pack Leader (Pg. 68)
- Goltak - Black Spiral Dancer, died (Pg. 82)
- Orson Gravely/Graveseeker
- Grey Nose
- Hacktalon
- Samuel Haight
- Roy Hell (Pg. 41-42)
- Victor Helms
- Hosh-Grom
- Racer John - Ragabash Bone Gnawer (Pg. 68)
- Johnny
- Kanak-tale
- Joshua Keating
- Det. Janice van Landingham
- Albert Laror (Pg. 36)
- Jenny Yehn - Harold's Partner (Pg. 30)
- Lish'ta
- Lucius
- Harry MacReady
- Harold Masters
- Det. John Painted-Elk (Pg. 66)
- Red Fur
- Rorgrath
- Shadowpad (Tara Mitchell)
- Sha-Draak
- Janet Shirek
- Shtüm'ta - Black Spiral Dancer, died (Pg. 82)
- Dan Skyseeker
- Snarl
- Taka-kané
- Tall Wolf
- Shred - Red Talon (Pg. 62)
- Ben Thomas
- Leslie Thomas, "Kela"
- Gretchen Valkenburg
- Guy Videretto (Pg. 68)
- Rick Woods (Pg. 36)
- Whitemane - Garou, Darkrunner Pack, Died (Pg. 34)
- Sheckley - Garou, Darkrunner Pack, Died (Pg. 34)
- Detective Janice van Landingham (Pg. 35)
- Frank Pritchett - Federal Marshall (Pg. 65)
- Ralph Bear - Bears Brothers Circus (Pg. 65)
- Timothy Bear - Bears Brothers Circus (Pg. 65)
- Ethan - Nosferatu protected by Bone Gnawers (Pg. 68)
- Kiao Fong Xijang - Leader of the Chi Chuan Gang (Pg. 64)
- Run Thao - Chi Chuan Gang Member, Second-in-Command (Pg. 64)
- Hua Zhi Laotung - Chi Chuan Gang Member, Second-in-Command (Pg. 64)
- Rick "Duza" Anduza - Leader of the Bloody Fist Gang (Pg. 64)
- Steve Leftridge - Bloody Fist Gang Member, Second-in-Command (Pg. 64)
- Kelly Beritelli - Rick's Girlfriend (Pg. 64)
- Marsha Catford - Center for Psychiatric Studies Director (Pg. 71)
- Dr. Rolf Hergmann - Center for Psychiatric Studies(Pg. 72)
- Dr. Greffig - Center for Psychiatric Studies(Pg. 61)
- Dr. Otwell - Center for Psychiatric Studies, Died (Pg. 75)
- Kelly Edwards - Center for Psychiatric Studies, Consultant from DNA, Inc. (Pg. 72)
- Dr. Jacob Runstler - Possessed by a Puppeteer Bane, Died (Pg. 85)
Terminology[]
Amhurst (Company), Bears Brothers Circus, Black Belch Hive (Yellowstone), Bloody Fist Gang, Caldron Rock Sept, The Center for Psychiatric Studies, Chi Chuan Gang, Darkrunners (Pack), First Change, Freddies (Street Gang), Great Elk (Pure Heart Sept Totem), The Insidious Fist (BSD Pack), Kin Fetch, Lost Cubs, Lunatic, Mir-Herta, New York, New York City, Nexus Crawler, Nolan-Harker Mining and Transit Company (Pentex: NHMTC), Northwest National Laboratory (NNL: Blight), Nosferatu, Pacific Timber, Inc., Palfrey's (Restaurant), Psychomachia, Puppeteer Bane, Pure Heart Sept, Questing Pack, Redland City, Ritual of Sacred Rebirth, Seattle, Sept of the Green, Sept of the Hand of Gaia, Silver Cord, Switzerland, Tremere, Valkenburg Foundation (Wyoming), Valkenburg's Serum, Veil, Washington, Wyoming,
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