House of Wolves

## ***In the pack, We Trust.***

Second among the four great houses, the House of Wolves operate closely with the House of Crows in governing the city of Sanctus - while the Crows provide governance, administration, and, of course, taxation, the Wolves provide a sense of security and law within Sanctus' neighborhoods and wards.

The House of Wolves operate in a unit-hierarchy called Packs. Your pack is your family; they are those you'll fight and die for, and the House at large are family to you as well. This mentality permeates their entire being, with unity amongst the pack coming as a must. You die for your fellow wolves, and they are willing to do the same for you. It is a brotherhood founded on mutual respect and camaraderie, for the good of Sanctus.

*Loyalty Beyond All Else:* Wolves stick together, always. Betraying your fellow packmates means expulsion from the house. Those in your pack are your brothers and sisters, and you are expected to treat them as such.

*Monster Slayers:* Unlike the Lions, who train for duels, the wolves are the shield against creatures of the Fog. They excel in pack tactics, and will strike together in order to fell much more powerful foes. Without them, it's possible the walls of Sanctus would have fallen long ago.

**Total Strength:** Approximately four thousand packmates.

**Prime Tenants:** Pack, Loyalty, Order.

**Alignment:** LN

**House City:** Cohor

**House Structure**

A pack of 5-10 Packmates is led by a Pack Alpha and called a Pack.

A group of 5-10 Packs is led by a Cohort Alpha and called a Cohort.

A group of 5-10 Cohorts is led by a Legion Alpha--and is called the Legion. The House of Wolves has one legion, and one Alpha who runs the house.

Another 400-600 members of the House are members at Large; they do not have a single pack. Some Wolves refer to them with love--"everyone's Packmate." Others speak down to them, calling them "Packless."

The Wolves are a strict and potent fighting force, who rely on one another as much as a building relies upon its foundation.

## ***Deathwatch***

Deathwatch, those who are stationed within the Nexus, are mostly made up of the Wolves. While any member of the Major Houses can elect to serve on Deathwatch, you seldom find them compared to the Wolves. Their black armor and cloaks are catching, as they silently wait for those who were unlucky enough to die, yet fortunate enough to not go hollow.

## ***Season of Strife***

The Lord of Wolves, the seldom named Shira Dulane, is not one to rush to battle. The imposing leader quickly got to work on meeting with the belligerents and the Lions. She declared herself and her wolves neutral to each side, and that they would act as they always did. It had been centuries since the war, but Shira remembers it well. She yet bears the scars from the Night of One-Thousand Flames, having been seriously burned as she tried to rescue helpless souls from the inferno. There have been many Lords before her, and all knew the horror of that year. None would repeat it.

*“If you wish to cut one another down, you will do it in your own cities. You will bleed on your own streets. You will fight in your own homes. You will die on your own doorways. Break the peace in mine, you pay my price. For Crows just as Cobras. My Wolves stand ready.”*

*-The Lord of Wolves, in her address to the warring Houses.*

*“Lions are flying the same flag as us this time around. Trouble starts in the streets, you treat those pretentious pricks like they’re one of us. Together we keep the peace. All patrols on high alert.”*

*- The Lord of Wolves to the pack.*