Canis Circle

“Mark of the moonI shall not hideSilver and crimsonDarkness denied”On the western frontier of Dunland, the lumber industrial city of Pinecrest stands guard on the edges of the Needlewood.  Deeper, past the Needlewood and beyond the Stonesong River, lies an ancient forest known as The Howling where only the elder druids dare tread.  It is said they go to appease the soul of the forest itself, to keep it from reclaiming the city. 
There grow the massive giants which were saplings in the second age of the world.  Deep within The Howling, it is said that a dark and primal presence lingers on into the third age.  Legends of fell beasts abound in Pinecrest.  Some say they are merely stories told by the Grand Maw, the druids of Pinecrest, in order to keep civilization from plundering The Howling, and yet there are unnerving first-hand accounts that seem to lend credence to the tales and bedtime stories.  Some even believe that the spirits of the restless Suttar empire of the first age linger on, inhabiting new physical forms.  Whatever the truth, the Canis Circle, a special task force of the Grand Maw,  stands guard against these beasts, making sure they do not stray out of The Howling.  It is said, they maintain a mystical pool of liquid moonlight in the caverns beneath The Imminent Grove from which they draw the strength to contend with these… lycanthropes.  The Canis Circle has become one of the preeminent experts on lycanthropy in Tibaeria, and they have opened up their grove in an unprecedented move, in order to train non-druids in the craft of lycanthrope capture, and possible eradication should they be found outside of their natural ranges, wherever those may be.  These specially trained forces are the Vigilants and the Trackers.
A grafted grove has been transplanted to Clear Skies Cove to combat lycanthrope on Perelandra. Their mission is to destroy all lycanthropes, and to cure lyssanthrope… forcibly if the afflicted will not submit to treatment of their own free will. There is a bounty on lyssanthropes.  The Canis Circle will pay a 150g bounty to anyone who captures and returns a lyssanthrope, and 100g to anyone who provides information that leads to the capture of a lyssanthrope.
Vigilant
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