Werewolf: The Dark Ages

Werewolf: The Dark Ages is a historical setting sourcebook for Werewolf: The Apocalypse set in the same time period as Vampire: The Dark Ages. Unlike the Vampire setting, only one WTDA book was produced before the release of Dark Ages: Werewolf in 2003.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

Wolves at the Door

The vampiric lords of the Long Night claim supremacy over medieval Europe - and yet they keep to their castles and cathedrals, worriedly watching the forests between. For great wolves hunt the wild places and pace the roads, and howls of anger echo across the moors. By day they walk as humans - and when the moon rises, their hunt begins. They are the werewolves of the Dark Ages.

Rage Across the Long Night?

Werewolf: The Dark Ages is a supplement allowing Werewolf: The Apocalypse players to explore the medieval World of Darkness from the Garou's point of view. This book contains just about anything you could want for adapting werewolves to the Dark Ages setting, from information on the tribes of the time to guidelines for crossing over with Vampire: The Dark Ages. Whether you want to try a completely different spin on medieval horror fantasy, recreate the deeds of your modern-day Garou's ancestors, or even give the Lupines in your Vampire: The Dark Ages game some real teeth, this is the book for you.

Werewolf: The Dark Ages includes:

The Dark Medieval setting from the Garou's viewpoint, including on the Umbra and a close look at the British Isles
Full character creation guidelines for medieval werewolves, including tons of new Gifts, rites and fetishes
Crossover guidelines for bringing Vampire: The Dark Ages characters into your Werewolf game, lists of medieval equipment, and more

Contents[]

Legends of the Garou: The Jewels of Boleslav[]

Introduction: Dawn and Twilight[]

Suggested Resources: A Baronial Household in the 13th Century by Margaret Wade Labarge, Life and Work in Medieval Europe by Boissonade, Everyday Life in Medieval Times by Marjorie Rowling, Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages by Frances and Joseph Gies, Cadfael stories by Ellis Peters, Sir Derek Jacobi's TV movies, Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose, Hârn RPG, Stealing Heaven (Movie), Robin and Marian (Movie), Braveheart (Movie), The Lion in Winter (Movie), El Cid (Movie), Osprey Men at Arms, Warrior and Elite series (Medieval European Armies, Norman Knights, El Cid and the Reconquista, Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe and Viking Hersir), Three Pillars, Transylvania by Night, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Hildegard von Bingen's Music, and Basil Poledouris' Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack.

Lexicon

Chapter One: The Dark Wilds[]

Dark Medieval Europe from a Garou point of view.

The Treasures of Tara
- Cauldron of the Dagda
- Harp of the Dagda
- The Horn of the Stag - Level 6, Gnosis 7
- The Golden Torc of Kingship - Level 4, Gnosis 6
- Crone's Tongue - Level 4, Gnosis 6, Difficulty 5, Damage Str +4

Additional Reading
- Isle of the Mighty
- Court of All Kings
- Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon)
- Mabinogion (Welsh)
- The Tain (Ireland)
- The Book of Invasions (Ireland)
- Gold, Lee. Vikings.
- Duffy, Sean (Ed.). The Macmillan Atlas of Irish History.
- Fines, John. Who's Who in the Middle Ages.
- Kenyon, Sherrilyn. The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages.
- Muir, R. The National Trust Guide to Dark Age and Medieval Britain, 400-1350
- Staplehurst, Graham. Robin Hood: The Roleplaying Campaign.
- Walton, Ken and Jo. GURPS Celtic Myth.
Chronology of the British Isles

Chapter Two: The Ten Tribes[]

The tribes of the Dark Medieval setting.

Black Furies
- Camps: Amazons of Diana, Bacchanantes, Freebooters, Temple of Artemis, Order of Our Merciful Mother
Bone Gnawers
- Camps: Hood, Maneaters, Children of Famine
Children of Gaia
- Camps: Anointed Ones, The One Tree, Aethera Inamorata, Angels of Gaia, Servants of the Unicorn
Fenrir
- Camps: Valkyria of Freya, The Hand of Tyr, Mjolnir's Thunder, The Fangs of Garm, The Glorious Fist of Wotan
Fianna
- Camps: Grandchildren of Fionn, Tuatha de Fionn, Children of Dire, Brotherhood of Herne, Songkeepers
Red Talons
- Camps: Lodge of the Predator Kings, Warders of the Land, The Night-Fear, The Setting Moon
Shadow Lords
- Camps: Lords of the Summit, Bringers of Light, Children of Crow, Masks, Society of Nidhogg, Judges of Doom
Silent Striders
- Camps: Harbingers, Seekers, Dispossessed, Wayfarers, Daggers of Nut
Silver Fangs
- Camps: Ivory Priesthood
Warders
- Camps: The Bellows and Crucible (Firetenders), Brethren of the Book, The Golden Wheel

Chapter Three: Warriors of the Long Night[]

Creating Werewolf: The Dark Ages characters.

Abilities
- Talents
  - Larceny
  - Other Talents: Intrigue, Acting, Weather Sense, Search, Mimicry, Scavenging, Begging
- Skills
  - Archery
  - Crafts
  - Ride
  - Other Skills: Carpentry, Cooking, Boating, Fletcher, Herbalism, Hunting, Smithwork, Weaving
- Knowledges
  - Academics
- Backgrounds
  - Resources
- Merits and Flaws
  - New Merits
    - Acute Sense: (1 point Merit)
    - Nobility: (1-5 point Merit)
    - Vampire Ally: (4 point Merit)

Gifts
- Homid
  - Speech of the World - Level Two
- Metis
- Lupus
  - Sense Prey - Level One
- Auspice Gifts
  - Ragabash
    - Snow Running - Level One
    - Reynard's Lie - Level Three
  - Theurge
  - Philodox
  - Galliard
    - Call for Vengeance - Level Five
  - Ahroun
    - Gift of the Salamander - Level Two
- Tribe Gifts
  - Black Furies
    - Level One: Heightened Senses, Sense Wyrm
    - Man's Skin - Level One
    - Level Two: Curse of Aeolus, Sense of the Prey
    - Flames of Hestia - Level Three
    - Visceral Agony - Level Three
    - Level Four: Body Wrack, Wasp Talons
    - Arrow of Artemis - Level Five
    - The Thousand Forms - Level Five
  - Bone Gnawers
    - Level One: Cooking, Scent of Sweet Honey
    - Trail of the Larder - Level One
    - Blissful Ignorance - Level Two
    - Plague Visage - Level Two
    - Call the Rust - Level Three
    - Gift of the Skunk - Level Three
    - Infest - Level Four
    - Wither Limb - Level Four
    - Level Five: Riot, Survivor
  - Children of Gaia
    - Level One: Mother's Touch, Resist Pain
    - Eve's Blessing - Level One
    - Calm - Level Two
    - Grandmother's Touch - Level Two
    - Level Three: Dazzle, Spirit Friend
    - Angel's Semblance - Level Four
    - Serenity - Level Four
    - Level Five: Halo of the Sun, The Living Wood
  - Fenrir
    - Level One: Razor Claws, Resist Pain
    - Snow Running - Level One
    - Snarl of the Predator - Level Two
    - Wearing the Bear Shirt - Level Two
    - Level Three: Might of Thor, Venom Blood
    - Hero's Stand - Level Four
    - Iron-Can't-Bite - Level Four
    - Level Five: Horde of Valhalla, Fenris' Bite
  - Fianna
    - Level One: Persuasion, Resist Toxin
    - Faerie Light
    - Howl of the Banshee - Level Two
    - Warrior's Draught - Level Two
    - Faerie Kin - Level Three
    - Lleu's Spear - Level Three
    - Balor's Gaze - Level Four
    - Warp Spasm - Level Four
    - Level Five: Call the Hunt, Gift of the Spriggan
  - Red Talons
    - Level One: Beast Speech, Scent of Running Water
    - Prey's Cry - Level One
    - Sense of the Prey - Level Two
    - Snuff Flames - Level Two
    - Snap Man's Chains - Level Three
    - Trackless Waste - Level Three
    - Level Four: Avalanche, Quicksand
    - Level Five: Curse of Dionysus, Gaia's Vengeance
  - Shadow Lords
    - Level One: Aura of Confidence, Fatal Flaw, Resist Toxin
    - Level Two: Clap of Thunder, Luna's Armor
    - Icy Chill of Despair - Level Three
    - Raven's Curse - Level Three
    - Dolorous Stroke - Level Four
    - Open Wounds - Level Four
    - Level Five: Obedience, Shadow Pack
  - Silent Striders
    - Level One: Sense Wyrm, Speed of Thought
    - Heaven's Guidance - Level One
    - Messenger's Fortitude - Level Two
    - Speech of the World - Level Two
    - Level Three: Adaptation, The Great Leap
    - Dam the Heartflood - Level Four
    - Speed Beyond Thought - Level Four
    - Level Five: Gate of the Moon, Reach the Umbra
  - Silver Fangs
    - Level One: Lambent Flame, Sense Wyrm
    - Eye of the Falcon - Level One
    - Level Two: Awe, Luna's Armor
    - Level Three: Silver Claws, Wrath of Gaia
    - Lordly Will - Level Four
    - Mastery - Level Four
    - Divine Regalia - Level Five
    - Luna's Avenger - Level Five
  - Warders
    - Level One: Persuasion
    - Artisan's Command - Level One
    - Smith's Blessing - Level One
    - Gift of Salt - Level Two
    - Mask the Predator - Level Two
    - Tongues - Level Three
    - Weaponmaster - Level Three
    - Level Four: Attunement, Doppleganger
    - Calm the Flock - Level Five
    - Command the Blaze - Level Five

Rites
- Rites of Accord
  - Awakening of Gaia's Strength - Level Three
  - Rite of the Wilderness - Level Four
- Caern Rites
  - Rite of the Tempest - Level Four
- Rites of Death
- Mystic Rites
  - Rite of Blood - Level Two
- Punishment Rites
  - Curse of the Wolf - Level Five
- Minor Rites

Fetishes
- Bear Blanket - Level 1, Gnosis 5
- Leper's Rags - Level 1, Gnosis 6
- Trail Branch - Level 1, Gnosis 5
- Feather of the Waters - Level 2, Gnosis 5
- Heart of Fire - Level 2, Gnosis 6
- Sun Crystal - Level 2, Gnosis 7
- Beast Masks - Level 3, Gnosis 8
- Belt of the Giants - Level 3, Gnosis 6
- Cloak of Woven Mists - Level 3, Gnosis 6
- Staff of Life - Level 3, Gnosis 9
- Bone Flute - Level 4, Gnosis 9
- Forest Crown - Level 4, Gnosis 7
- Iron Crown - Level 4, Gnosis 7
- Keystone - Level 4, Gnosis 8
- Dreamcaller - Level 5, Gnosis 8
- Harp of Enchantment - Level 5, Gnosis 6
- Ice Blade - Level 5, Gnosis 8
- Lionfang - Level 5, Gnosis 8
- Ring of the Elements - Level 5, Gnosis 9

Talens
- Alicorn Dust - Gnosis 5
- Blood-Drinker Stone - Gnosis 5
- Faerie Blood - Gnosis 7
- Fleshbiter - Gnosis 7
- Salamander's Scale - Gnosis 6

Chapter Four: Sit Down by the Fire[]

Storytelling a Dark Ages game.

Antagonists
- The Norse
- The Golden Horde
- Teutonic Knights
- The Church
The Wyrm
- The Black Spiral Dancers
- Glutton Worms - Stats (Fenrir: Linnorms, Furies: Hydrae or Tartetan Worms, Silent Striders: Aaapef or Sebau, Silver Fangs: "Shit of the Zmei")
- Liderci (Jagglings of Karnala, Urge Wyrm of Desire) - Stats
- Gahoej, Ally of Angu, Urge Wyrm of Cruelty - Stats
- Nimphlax, Jaggling of the Defiler Wyrm - Stats
- Claude Boudelier, Fomor and Black Spiral Dancer Kinfolk - Stats
Demons
- Aughisky, the Demon Steed - Stats
The Fae
- The Unseelie Court
Ceilican - Stats
Magicians
Other Garou

Chapter Five: Blood and Fury[]

How to use vampires in a Werewolf: The Dark Ages game, and vice-versa.

Appendix[]

Rules for medieval weapons, equipment, Dark Ages tribal weaknesses and more.

Tribal Weaknesses
- Black Furies: Anger
- Bone Gnawers: Scorned
- Children of Gaia: Weak Veil
- Fenrir: Intolerance
- Fianna: Low Self-Control
- Red Talons: Mark of the Beast
- Shadow Lords: Failure's Dagger
- Silent Striders: Haunted
- Silver Fangs: Lordly Arrogance
- Warders: Known to Vampires

Index[]

Character Sheet[]

Background Information[]

Special Thanks is made to Kathy, Ian, Jeff, Phil, Larry, Katie, Shaggy, Conan, Cary, Allison, Jane, Shane, Anna, Nate and Karen.
The ad at the back of the book is for the Year of the Reckoning: The Fools Luck: The Way of the Commoner (Feb. 99), The Cainite Heresy (Mar. 99), The Time of Thin Blood (Jul. 99), Rage Across the Heavens (Aug. 99), Technocracy: The Players Guide (Aug. 99), The Ends of Empire (Oct. 99) and Hunter: The Reckoning Rulebook (Nov. 99).

Memorable Quotes[]

Characters[]

Legends of the Garou: The Jewels of Boleslav
- Boleslav the Brave
- Kazimier Piast - Shadow Lord Ahroun, Son of Jagiello
- Jagiello - Kazimier's Father
- Zophia - Kazimier's Wife, Silver Fang Kinfolk
Chapter One: The Dark Wilds
- Harald Hardrada - Get of Fenris Kinfolk
- William Wallace - Kinfolk
- Robert the Bruce - Kinfolk
- Colla - Gangrel, Lost Fianna Kinfolk, Destroyed
- Geoffrey d'Avesnes, Bishop of Chester - Kinfolk
- Elizabeth of Derchester - Witch
- Malcolm MacGregor - Mortal
- Robert of Perth - Mortal
- Dyfn ap y Cynnedd - Kinfolk
- Henry of Bristol - Mortal
- Cynan - Mortal, Leader of a small abbey
- Brian O'Rourke - Mortal, Bard, Enchanted
- Lorkush Thunderhowl - Fenrir, Sept Leader of the Sept of the Blood Fist
- Guillaume Sun's Glory - Elder Silver Fang
- Sharkala
- Baba Yaga
- Koschei the Deathless
- Count Vladimir Rustovich
- Nightmaster
- Balor
- Black Monk
Chapter Two: The Ten Tribes
- Demetria - Black Fury
- Graytooth - Bone Gnawer
- Anselmo - Merchant
- Skywatcher - Children of Gaia
- Rethgar - Fenrir
- Lord Haaken
- Ronan - Fianna
- Gregor the Terrible - Tzimisce voivode, Died
- Countess Nastassia, Claws-of-Thunder - Shadow Lord
- Margrave Andrei Konietzko - Shadow Lord, Judge of Doom
- Stefan Mooncloud - Silent Strider
- Konstantinov Icehowler - Silver Fang
- Julian - Warder
- Tatiana - Silver Fang Theurge, Abomination
- Brother Ambrose - Human
- Brother Giles Tales-in-Paper - Warder
- Abbot Dunfry

Chapter Four: Sit Down by the Fire
- Werewolves of Note
  - Sister Helena Agnes Adostopoulis - Black Fury Theurge
  - Hugh, Earl of Chester - Ahroun
  - Lady Elsebeta von der Nacktschwert - Shadow Lord Philodox
  - Aidan FitzBurke - Fianna Ragabash
  - Nadim the Healer - Silent Srtrider Galliard
  - Hilario Blanco - Bone Gnawer Theurge
  - Thibault L'Emile - Warder Homid Ahroun
  - Father Russell - Children of Gaia Philodox
  - Proudfang - Red Talon Ahroun, Sept Leader of the Sept of Dark Waters
  - Astrid Snorrisdottir the Foebreaker - Fenrir Galliard

Terminology[]

Lexicon: Ceilican, Curse of Lycaeon, Fenrir, Luperci (Warders in Italy), Sumarie, The Veil, Warders of Men (Warders or Warder of Apes); Abyss, Aetherial Realm, Arcadia Gateway, Atrocity, Bane, Battleground, Black Spiral Dancers, Blight, British Isles: England: Canterbury, Cornwall, Daneclaw, Draycott Castle, London, Northumbria, Silbury Hill, York; Ireland: Bru na Boinne, Silver Tara (Airgeteamhair); Scotland: Damburrow, Edinburgh, Fir Chreig, Glen Mor, Loch Ness, Orkneys, Shetlands; Wales: Chester, Deheubarth, Gwynedd, Isle Anglesey, The Shrine of St. Olwen, Yr Wyddfa Fawr (Mount Snowdon); Bru na Boinne, The Byzantine Empire: Constantinople; Caerns, Camp, Carpathians, Corax, Daoine Sidhe, Delirium, Dyn a drowyd yn flaidd, Each-Uisge, Eastern Europe: Buda-Pest, Hungary, Poland, Transylvania; Erebus, Fae/Faerie, Fair Folk, Fetish, First Battle of Tara, Flux, France: Brittany, Languedoc, Normandy, Paris, Provence; Garou Nation, Gauntlet, Gift, Glamour, Greece, Gurahl (Rare), Helios, The Holy Roman Empire: Austria, Bohemia, Burgundy, Germany, Italy, Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Sicily, Switzerland; House Merinita, Houses of Hermes, Iberia (Spain): Aragon, Castile, Cordova, Leon, Navarre, Portugal, Seville; Kelpies, Kinfolk, Klaive Dueling (klaivaskar), Krakow, Kupala, Legendary Realm, Machine, Mage, The Middle East: Baghdad, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tunis; Morozhki, The North: Denmark, Kiev, Norway, Odessa, Russia, Scandinavia; North Africa: Alexandria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Marrakech, Morocco; Pangaea, Patriarch, Penumbra, Ratkin, Realm, Rite, Sceptre of Re, Seelie Court, Selkie, Sept of the Blood Fist, Sept of Bygone Visions, Sept of Dark Waters, Sept of the Great Mountain, Sept of the Night Sky, Silver Fang Houses: Austere Howl, Conquering Claw, Crescent Moon, Gleaming Eye, Unbreakable Hearth, Winter Snow, Wise Heart; Summer Country, Talen, Teutonic Knights, Tribal Homeland, True Faith, Tuatha de Danaan, Tylwyth Teg, Vampires: Assamites, Baali, Blood Oath, Blood Pool, Brujah, Cappadocian, Children of Jormungandr (Norse Setties), Discipline, Einherjar, Followers of Set, Gangrel, Laibon, Lasombra, Lhiannan, Nosferatu, Ravnos, Road of Heaven, Rostalich, Salubri, Set, Toreador, Tremere, Tzimisce, Unseelie Court, Vargr, Ventrue, Voivode; Verbena, Vodianoi, White Howlers, Wild Hunt, Wolfhome, Wyck, Wyrm-troll, Zmei,

International Editions[]

Lobisomem a Idade das Trevas (Unknown publishing date, Publisher: Devir Livraria, Language: Portuguese)

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