Monkey's Legacy/Story

## A new Pack

The forming of the new pack.

**Session 1**

Just before Sunrise. Cameron awoke to the smell of some gruel. It smelled awful!

Got ready and went outside to join Mysty, UrKon, and the rest of the pack Greet the Sun. Sparky was leading the Sept in the rite, and we all joined them. The Sept faced the Eastern Mountains and Gaia’s Heartbeat started to play guitar as Hermosa began singing Helios praises. Some of the other Sept members began drumming on empty buckets and others used makeshift maracas out of glass bottles and tin cans. As the first rays of the sun began to pierce the sky, the sept as one began to howl a greeting to Helios as his warm rays warmed our bodies.

The Sept then broke off and stood in line to get some of Mama’s Bring-the-Bacon gruel. I ordered some Door Dash for the pack. I ordered 4 Denny’s Breakfast Family Meal feast (eggs, bacon, breakfast sausage, hashbrown potatoes, and pancakes) for the pack. I went into the RV and brewed a pot of coffee and checked my email for any job requests.

Once Door Dash arrived, we as a pack sat in a circle as we ate. We ended up sharing stories of past deed:
Mysty accidentally challenged the Master of Arms to a duel. The duel was to first blood, and she won!

Cameron got drunk at a Bar Mitzvah that he crashed and ended up being the life of the party. He ended up getting on stage doing his very best Adam Sandler impersonation as a Bar Mitzvah singer. Cameron interfaced with the sound and light equipment and gave the kids a music laser show. He is now a legend among that little group of future lawyers and bankers.
Sparks “accidentally” shutdown the city grid. It was down for about 2 hours, but he was able to turn the accident into a profit for all the additional work that he got from the incident.

Salue-de-Patron stole a Backpack that ended up belonging to a vampire. She ran as fast as she could to the local sept, whom she had no idea who they were, for some help. This was NOT the best way to get introduced to the local sept but at least they helped kill the vampire. They even let her keep the backpack! Well… what’s left of the backpack.

Urko’n Moons-the-Crow was in the Umbra and got attacked by an ancestral spirit. It wasn’t his ancestral spirit, but he was very upset about something Urko’n did or something his ancestor did.

As we were talking, we noticed that the Sept elders separated themselves from the main group to talk amongst themselves but in ear shot of the pack. Mysty and Cameron acted like they were looking at pictures on his mobile phone as they all listened to the elders speak.
Delbert Finds-The-Treasure “I tell you this young pack is too green to help the Shadow Lords.”

Roof-Runner “We are too few to send one of our own. And the Lords will just use any pack we send as canon fodder. Send the new pack.”
Finds-The-Treasure “More reasons for us not to send this pack to the Lords. They are not ready!”

Roof-Runner “Better them then one of ours!”

Mama Brings-The-Bacon “Enough! This is my decision to make and my decision alone. It is my own wisdom that I will use. The rest of you go on out of here. Get!”

Cameron thinks to himself “Its good to know that there are those in all the nation who are willing to sacrifice others who are not their own. It is not just the Socials of the nation.”

Mama Brings-The-Bacon addresses the Monkey Legacy pack “Come on now! I know you heard us talking. Come on over here and see Mama.”
“Find-The-Treasure is right. You all need to be tested before we send you to fight with the Lords. So, Mama’s got a mission for you. There have been some bane spirits messing with our kin over yonder at the bridge. Take care of what you can and come back here. “
Sparks “What do you mean by take care of the banes.”

Mama “Figure it out. Now get along now… “

The pack separated to prepare for the recon and possible fight at the bridge.

Urko’n searched out to Sparky for some advice.

Cameron searched out Delbert. He said, “There is a camp of kin and homeless who live near the Environmental Solutions toxic camp. Search out the area and find what you can. Be careful, there is something really nasty down there. “

Cameron drove the pack to the area near the bridge that they were sent to investigate.

Urko’n Moons the Crow searched out areas that reeked of the Wyrm and found that the dump site was the source of corruption.

Mysty and Salue went to speak with the Homeless encampment and found out that there was some paid muscle disguised as a security force that has been harassing them every night. They gained the camp’s trust by providing a bag full of Vending machine treats including burritos and soups.

Cameron “Memphis” tried to peek into the Umbra to find banes but all he found was a computer in the Environmental Solutions building. So, he searched the internet to see if they were hiring workers.

Sparks hacked into the computer and found gigs after gigs of revolting porn. He was able to make 3 new worker profiles with 2 needing emotional support companions for us to use as disguises.

The pack prepares to infiltrate the dump site.

**Session 2**

Planning to infiltrate Environmental Solutions.

Monkey King’s Legacy gathered in the Sprinter van and shared the information that we uncovered. Mysty and Salue spoke to the homeless encampment and discovered that Environmental Solutions is not the only problem in the area. Some goons dressed in Security guard uniforms have been harassing the encampment. Sparks and Memphis discovered that Environmental Solutions are hiring and devised a plan to be the new employees, two scientists with an emotional support animal and 1 night guard with his emotional support animal. Salue was excited to have new clothes for her Lupus form. Mysty on the other hand was not thrilled at all but she conceded to stick to the plan and allowed the harness to be placed on her.

Monkey King’s Legacy approached the Environmental Solutions office and walked into the building. They were greeted by a young receptionist, but the most repugnant scent slammed the senses of the pack. Memphis was overwhelmed by the scent that he ran outside and puked everything that was found inside of him. The receptionist then screamed, “They are here! They are here!” as she hit an alarm alerting the whole place that a fight was imminent. Mysty sprang into action and killed the receptionist by biting her head off!
The pack moved away from the building to escape the smell of putrescence. 2 male workers charged us with malicious intent. Mysty engaged one of the guards and quickly knocked him on his ass. Sparks was providing support from the van, and he hacked the system to turn off the god forsaken alarm. Memphis and Moons attacked but to no avail. Salue then attacked the guard and tore out his manhood. The guard screamed in agony. Mysty then bit off one of the guard’s legs. The two guards howled in pain. Memphis used his firearm to execute one of the guards as Mysty finished off the other guard.

Workers were spotted running out of the business grounds escaping through a hole in the fence.

Sparks successfully got access to the plants system and found a way to potentially destroy the plant.

**Session 3**

Investigating the outside of the warehouse the Monkey Legacy Pack finds a sludge poop trail leading out of the water and heading straight to the homeless camp. The trail reeks with the stench of a thousand infectious diarrhea shits. The pack follows the trail and finds two giant Shit monsters. One of them looks like it is grabbing a poor soul by the throat and the other is swallowing another unfortunate soul (we can only see two legs hanging outside of it).

Mystie attempts to pull out the homeless person out of the Poop Monster’s mouth.

Sparks fires his weapon at the Poop Monster trying to choke out the homeless person. He hits and diarrhea bleeds out of the wound.
Urkon claws at the Poop Monster swallowing the person. He connects and deals 4 damage raking down the Monsters back. Urkon gets splashed with some nasty poop sludge, but the hit was satisfying.

He hears “ha ha Urkon poopy guy”

Memphis attempts to fire his gun and misfires and misses hitting someone else. He hears a scream in the distance.
One of them turns and attacks with a toxic vomit spraying Mystie’s body. She resists the toxic blast. The body is not released.
The other Poop monster bends over and sprays Urkon with a blast of toxic shit. Urkon feels the burn of the infectious diarrhea.
Monkey’s Legacy blood boil with Rage and their righteous fury against the Wyrm’s minions strengthens their resolve.
Mystie successfully pulls out the homeless person from the monster’s maw. The release sounds like an echoing fart.
Sparks fires again at Poop Monster #2. He fires a burst and deals a devastating blow against the Wyrm creature. The Poop Monster loses its shape and falls into a pile of crap. The smell is awful.

Urkon in lupus claws at Poop Monster #1 connecting with another solid blow. The creature’s substance flings off the creature. Letting go of the person it was strangling with his claw.

Mystie concentrates on keeping her gift going.

Memphis fires his pistol and connects with 2 shots and kills the Poop Monster as the monster kills the man it was holding by breaking its neck.

Urkon is running though the camp trying to cleanse the poop off his pelt.

Mystie and Urkon use the outside RV shower to wash off the toxic shit off their bodies. Memphis hands both of them a change of clothes.

Urkon performs the rite of cleansing and carries the jar of evidence of killing the banes tormenting the Homeless camp.

The pack searches for Salue to not leave a pack member behind.

Memphis, Sparks, and Urkon collaborate together to come up with a plan to destroy the plant. We got 13 successes! The plant and river and some boats burst into flames. The whole thing looks like a beautiful accident. The dead bodies are incinerated. No evidence is left behind. In the umbra the poop monsters are still swimming in the river. This is a hell hole. Memphis uses his fetish to peek in the umbra and sees all the banes that exist in this area. Memphis takes a picture of the inferno from the umbra.

The pack watches the blaze and then hears the sirens of the firetrucks. We all pile into the RV and make our way back to the Sept but we stop for some Chinese food for an all you can eat buffet. Post combat food always tastes the best. The restaurant gives us 10 trays of Chinese food but don’t let us eat at the buffet. The pack gets rushed out of the restaurant and get shooed away.

Memphis buys Urkon and Mystie some body spray. Urkon keeps the spray to be used as an explosive device for later. Mystie declines the body spray.

Arriving at the Caern, Mama is receiving a delivery of cans of food. The delivery is being given by another Garou with some pure breed.

Sparky snags away Urkon’s food.

Delbert takes Mystie’s food and Mystie’s territorial nature kicks in. She beems at him with eyes of intimidation to no effect. She looks like a young Cliathe trying to intimidate an older Garou. Delbert starts a Staredown.

Memphis fires his weapon up in the air to break up any potential fight between Delbert and Mysty. Mama punches Cameron and tells him, “Don’t you ever fire a weapon in my caern without attacking an enemy.” Cameron apologizes to Mama, “Sorry Mama but we don’t have time for this. We need to report what went down without any static.” Cameron bares his throat to Mama to show submission to her. Mystie turns her attention from Delbert and checks to see how Memphis is doing. Delbert says, “Know your place cub.” Mystie does not make contact with Delbert’s eyes and does not answer him.

Mama – “So, tell me what happened”

Memphis retells the accounting (3 successes) and gives a solid story. (4 temporary Glory, 2 temporary Honor, 1 Wisdom)
Mama decides to send the Monkey Legacy Pack to help the Shadow Lord War Party.

Hard Hammer is the Shadow Lord that is running the war party. He is the Wyrmfoe of the Sept of the Mountain Shadow.

**Session 4**

We went to a bar to join a war party. After talking to the bouncer, we got in. The SL pack greeted us. Or something. They were snotty.
After that Misty introduced herself to the SF pack. And after that we got to know the mixed pack.

Salue changed back to human.

We talked a lot. Misty asked the Silver Fangs about Grogu... Ogru!

At the end the humans left the bar, but in the last moment a human broke the veil with confessing his love to the Shadow Lord Girl.
Salue laughed it off, but people are still chasing after the girl.

Our pack is commanded to stay in the bar by the Silver Fang Alpha. It seems the Silver Fang decided the Shadow Lords ar not fit to lead.

**Session 5**

Cameron and the pack piled into the Sprinter Camper van and made their way to the War Party meeting place. Cameron’s driving is superb! One might even venture to say that he is an EXPERT Driver. Along the way to the meeting place, an overzealous Washington Trooper turned the lights on and claimed that Cameron was speeding. Cameron knew to keep his cool and the best course of action was to be respectful to the State Trooper and just accept the citation. He can always hack the system to make the fee just go away. Once the Trooper let them go, the drive was uneventful, and he got the pack to the bar on time.

The pack made their way inside the bar and found a booth. Salue went to the bar and ordered the pack top shelf drinks making sure to leave it on Hard Hammer’s packs tab. The pack made themselves comfortable and waited until they were summoned by the War Party’s leader. Various packs started to make the rounds and one by one they made small talk and got to know the pack.
Hard Hammer asked the pack to keep an eye on his packmate Azam to make sure she didn’t get into any trouble. It turns out that Azam has a star-crossed lover, a human who knows that she is Garou and he is not kinfolk.

Cameron was not really interested in playing “babysitter” and put on his fetish goggles to observe the Umbra and watch the pack patron totems interact with each other. Cameron interacted with the other totems and attempted to make peace with some of the totems that he may have offended. He was particularly interested in making peace with Crow to hopefully learn a future gift. The spirit world was interesting… The majestic Golden Eagle of the Silber Fangs reborn House Golden Sky perched himself in the highest point of the bar to watch the others. Crow was there too perching himself at the same level as Golden Eagle to show that the sky belong to him too. Monkey King busied himself helping to groom Racoon of the native tribes. Racoon enjoyed the attention but was getting frustrated at constantly being compared to Panda. “Stop calling me xiongmao!” said Racoon.

Salue broke Cameron’s attention and said that Azam’s potential mate has arrived. Cameron took off his goggles to catch Azam and her Romeo making their way out of the bar. Cameron rushed the DJ booth and called out to Azam that the next song was dedicated to her and her friend, but “it was written” that Azam would ignore Cameron and make her way out of the bar to the town of Rock this Town by the Stray Cats. Mysty and Salue made their way through the crowd and out the door following Azam out. Cameron followed and Sparks took the rear. Azam’s trail lead into the woods.

Monkey Legacy followed and eventually caught up to Azam. Azam knew she was caught and she shifted to Galabro and took a defensive stance to protect her Romeo. The pack tried to tackle her but she was able to dodge their advances. Mysty shifted to human and told Azam that we were here to help not hurt. She referred to Cameron as a dog. Salue shifted to Crinos grabbed Romeo and played a game of this “Boy is Mine” with Azam. They both were careful to not wishbone Romeo and Salue won with her size and strength of being in war form.

Unfortunately, the commotion attracted the attention of some local hunters. Long story short, the pack and Azam made quick work of the hunters. Sparks looted the hunters of their weapons and valuables as the pack convinced Azam that they would help keep Romeo safe from the laws of her Sept. Cameron promised to use his contacts to send Romeo to his Tribe mates where Romeo will be employed and Azam could visit him later. Azam was skeptical but she knew that her tribe mates would kill her love and that option was not acceptable to her.

So Salue took Romero to Cameron’s Sprinter Van and tied him up and sprayed him with Urkon’s Axe body spray to hide his scent from potential hunters. She used her gift to calm Romeo and keep him quiet.

The rest of the pack went inside the bar with Azam and met up with Hard Hammer. Hard Hammer was happy to see Azam safe. Azam said that Romeo was dead and the pack supported the story to avoid any additional conflict. It wasn’t until Sparks came and corroborated the story that Hard Hammer accepted it to be ‘truth’.

The pack gained a favor from their new contact Hard Hammer.

The pack gained a favor from their new ally Azam.

Sparks gained some new shiny toys for him and Cameron to modify.

Cameron spoke to Monkey King and the pack now have pack mind speak.

**Session 6 - Salue**

(The Pack of Burning Bridges)

We arrived at this Caern with the other pack. Turns out the four Metis are actually the Caern. Like a pack that plays Caern. Most are injured, the Ragabash is dead.

They asked us if we want to participate in the rite to honor her death and we did. The Galliard did quite the impressive howling. Even the Caern's spirit showed up. The Caern is one for Lore and with very poorly defense. More like barely. Like, a some boy scouts had just came close to overthrow this caern, right?

Thorngrim - leader of this Caern - asks us if we want to stay. They really need help defending this place. Sparks told them we have to think about it. But in the case we do stay we first need stable internet. He also remarks that the internet makes the world go round to which I think the Fianna responded "No, Gaia makes the world go round!" "Yes", said Sparks, "but Gaia can't just get a Pizza delivered here."

After that they had to explain Pizza. But I only heard Pizza. I want Pizza. I asked Sparks if he can get a Pizza. He said he would even order for the whole Caern! But there was no reception. I'm kinda sad.

But I discovered a strange marking on one of the trees. Gimpy Joe said, that's from an Silver Fang who marks their territory as his. Guess what, it's from Hunts-the-Wyrm, the guy we are looking for.

We follow a trail of scent to a pond and it rains and rain is wet. After a jump into the umbra it still rains. Even the trees are there because they are old trees. Why did it still rain in the umbra?

I tried to hide under Misty while she tried to find the trail of scent again. I wasn't as successful as she was. But I spotted our totem gaffeling and ask him zo ride on me. He did! I paraded a little bit around with him on my back. They said, I had a monkey on my back, which is very true, literally. But I didn't get the joke. Whatever. After talking Sparks into Lupus form (why would anyone not like the Lupus form) we ran on, following Misty following the trail.

There was a Grove. A lush, nice Grove with trees. Misty went to sniff on a tree but the tree talked to her. Apparently the tree was a spirit. We heard a yelp and the spirit tree lady rushed of to the sound. Misty run after her. I tried to follow but couldn't find a way without being blocked every four jumps. And Sparks… He just isn't a big fan of running in Lupus through spirit swampy groves in the rain, I guess.

However, when Misty arrives, she saw a white Crinos holding a little white Cub hostage. If I understood it correctly Misty rushes in for a bite immediately. You don't threat cubs in front of Misty!

The Crinos chose talking over fighting and after the Grove Spirit Tree Lady gaves him an apple he threw the cub at her feet. The cub was unharmed, but odd. We have heard of a story about some Garou having a child with a grove spirit but if that's the case here? I don't know.

Well the Crinos changed to homid and looked like a Silver Fang but in a Red Talon/ Bone Gnawer Style. This hair. Untamed. Though he is in fact the one we were looking for.

I asked him if he could make the rain stop by demanding it because he's a Silver Fang. He answered that he would not let it stop because the grove must be cleansed. You know what? Our Silver Butt Crack here kept stealing the power of the Grove Spirit which results in her not being strong enough to keep the grove clean. The corruption is not big so she'll be fine fending it off if no one steals her power.

We told Hunts-the-Wyrm that the Shadow Lord sept wants him back. He agreed with coming with us but first he needed to head to his hideout to get some things or something. Oh, nearly forgot: The Silver Hair Desaster didn't like Sparks because he's not a nature boy. He didn't like me either. Same reason. Also, I'm a Bone Gnawer.

After that Silver Menace turned around and leads us to his hide out. Misty follows and so does Sparks after complaining about how everyone wants to run as Lupus through the rain.

I stayed back to talk with the spirit - Apple her name. I gave her a little bit of my power so she can take care of the corruption and of the cub. She was thankful. I think the Monkey liked it.

Well, I followed the others but I got lost. At some point they noticed me being not there. I howled for help! Misty howled to help! And allegedly the Silver Bundle Of Joy said something along the lines of "You've got to be kidding me. The City Wolf got lost in the forest."

Quite some time later we reunited and celebrated for a minute before following the guy again. I stayed very close to Misty so I could not get lost again!

Finally we arrived at the hideout. We stepped in the real world and he has some kind of cave-ish thing at the coast. It still rains. The Silver Unsympathetic told us to come in and wait in the front part of the cave. He goes deeper. We heard female sobbing from the next room. Concerned we talked about it and at last decided to check it out. Yeah, boom. Woman in chains. With a collar with silver spikes on the inside. Pure Breed. Very, very pregnant. She asks us to free her so she can flee. Confused we kind of get the story from her and the Silver Litany Breaker.

So she is supposed to be a Spiral Dancer but never actually danced the Spiral (so she said). She found Hunts-the-Wyrm, seduced him and they created the baby in her belly. That's what is. The future is unclear.

Hunts-the-Wyrm wants her to bear the child, kill her after the child doesn't need her milk any longer (because she is a Dancer) and wants to raise the child on his own.

The Girl wants to flee, live and having her child.

We are quite indecisive here.

Option A: Kill both parents now. If the child survives, it's what Gaia wishes and we can give it to the Metis Caern for upbringing.

Option B: Same as A, but letting the dad live. Thing is - he'll probably fight us and / or destroy the metis caern to get his kid.

Option C: In dubio pro reo. Free the girl so she can flee and live. She says she is no Black Spiral Dancer. Maybe that's true. Or maybe it's a lie and we unleash a Dancer in the wild.

Option D: Kill the Girl and her Baby. Because they could be to corrupted.

Option E: Just kill the whole family. She might be a Dancer. The Baby might be corrupted. And the Silver Problem probably broke every single law of the Litany.

Option F: Involve the Shadow Lord Caern. They should deal with this.

Option G: We are still thinking and the alphabet has still enough letters. We have to wait for what our Theurge thinks because we are all in this mess.

Cameron

- needs to form an opinion if we shoud stay a while at the Metis Lore Caern and help them protect the Caern

- needs to think about the dilemma with the happy problematic family

**Session 6 - Mystic**

After I came down from my rage from slaughtering what we later found were children, I sat, silently listening to the others. Still frustrated, I stayed in my crinos form and watched Cameron heal their wounded. I couldn’t believe their numbers were so small. It must have been a relatively new caern?

Looking around, I noticed the pillars were glowing. Each were marked in Garou glyphs but as she watched, they mysteriously changed, phasing.

Their Galliard approached us. They asked if we would join in their song of mourning of the dead. Of course, we agreed. I didn’t move much, but instead watched the Galliard perform the rite.

It was a feast for the ears. It took everything I had not to try to join in and possibly ruin a delight. Just then, a large spirit appeared before us. It was in the shape of a Garou in crinos form, but it changed into different figures continually. I’m pretty sure I recognized heroes old and fabled flash before in the figure. It made me realize why this caern was called the ‘Caern of Great Deeds’. It was an archive of Garou history… Why was this place not better defended?

I closed my eyes, while I thought about this place. I heard Sparks talk to the remaining Garou about our search for Hunts-the-Wyrm. Their faces contorted in disgust while my attention re-focused. Salue mentioned that she smelled urine from a garou that wasn’t present and the Garou confirmed it was probably him. However, they did not know his whereabouts.

Getting up, Salue approached and mentioned that we should track him the old fashion way. She teased me a little. With a snort, I told her my nose worked fine. Sparks looked on begrudgingly while Salue and I focused on picking up the scent. We managed to do so, her better than I.

We figured to leave Cameron to continue tending to the injured.

As soon as we were going to depart, the Garou asked us to stay to defend the caern. We looked at each other and debated between the help they needed, the Bonegnawers we left behind and the mission that we were assigned. Sparks told them that we will think about it and will give them an answer when we returned.

We followed the trail, but it led us to water. Sparks followed behind in lupus, while I concentrated at the dead end, watching the disturbed surface of the lake.

The rain was coming down hard. Salue nuzzled me and placed her head under my tummy to shield herself from the rain. I paid her no mind as I thought. I looked towards Sparks, and we decided he must be in the umbra, but with the rain, we would not be able to use the reflection of the water to slip through easily. It didn’t seem to matter however, since we were in a forest with no weaver influence.
Salue and I slipped right through, but it took Sparks a good half of a minute to cross over. By the time he did, Salue and I were both sniffing to regain the scent. It was stronger here. It was evident that there was no corruption here by how little the real world and umbra had changed much in appearance.

I took off to the west with Salue behind me and Sparks behind her. I took a moment to ensure we were going in the right direction.
I came to a grove with a large, knotted tree in the middle. I trotted over and began sniffing at its roots.

 “Hey!” it said. The voice was feminine. I jumped back a little startled. I sniffed a little more,

 <Did this tree just talk?>

 “Yes, I did!” she responded.

 <We were looking for ‘Hunts-the-Wyrm’. Have you seen him?> I looked over the bark of the tree. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed withering on the edges of the grove. Suddenly, I heard cries of a puppy to the west. As I started to turn, I heard.
 “HUNTS-THE-WYRM!” she cried angrily. The tree glowed blue, and particles of light emanated from the side of the tree. A woman’s body sprang out and started running towards the sound of the distressed youngling. Instinctually, I began pursuit.
 My paws thumped in rhythm, and obstacles did not pose an issue for me, but I watched as the woman didn’t bother to maneuver the terrain. Rather she flowed through them. Her form became a bit more tangible, looking like her body was made of white bark and roots. She was so fast that I almost lost sight of her.

 As I approached where she stopped, I saw a crinos werewolf throw what looked to be a puppy to the woman’s feet. He snatched what looked to be an apple from her hands. My soul flared with rage seeing this.

I pounded the ground faster, then leapt. He saw me and in moments, tried to revert to his homid form, but it was too late. I buried my fangs into his arm. He roared and attempted to punch into me, but I landed on the ground in crinos, absorbing the blow completely. I snarled.

“What business do you have, crossing into my territory?! Who are you to interfere?” He exclaimed.
[We’ve been looking for you Hunts-the-Wyrm-rhya and it becomes my business when a cub is involved!] I bared my teeth through the guttered growls of the high tongue.

Hunts-the-Wyrm scoffed and motioned to the child, “That is not flesh and blood! That is merely a spirit!” I looked from him to the woman now cradling the sobbing child. I was aware that there were some Garou that would beat spirits to get essence from them. However, from my teachings, I felt this practice to be wrong.

Opening my maw, I opened my claws, palms up, [They are still part of Gaia herself! Would you dare hurt the Mother?]
He peered into me, “I do not abide to your rules!”

Just then, Salue and Sparks arrived.

“State your name” he addressed me. I started to walk towards my pack, faced him and stood up straighter.

[I am Lighting-Claw of the Stargazer Tribe. Apprentice to Kai Celestial-Fury]

“Ah... Celestial-Fury… I know him…” His eyes moved to the others.

“State your names.”

Sparks and Salue stated their names and he mumbled under his breath, “Urrah..”

I was surprised but I didn’t say anything.

“So. Why did you come to find me?” His arm began to heal from the damage I did to him. I took notice and figured he was a wolf like me. In fact, I studied him. His hair was stark white which was common for Silver Fangs. His skin was dark from sun exposure, and he was thin, but muscular. His eyes… they smoldered with experience, distrust and gave a sense of unpredictability. I regarded, but knew we had to be careful.

Sparks explained to him that his tribe wanted him back and we were sent to retrieve him. Hunts eye-ed the young Glasswalker until he decided to trust him. Hunts invited us to follow him home. Sparks and I did immediately, shifting to lupus, but Salue stayed behind to console the tree spirit. She tarried long enough to have lost us.

I felt her connection grow weaker. I stopped and looked back. Her howl could be heard in the distance. Hunts noticed then saw Salue was not with us.

<The urrah got lost?! Typical>, he sneered.

Mystic ignored him and howled back to Salue. Eventually Salue did find them, and they continued their journey, both females side by side, happy to be reunited.

Soon after, they came to a clearing and all wolves stepped through the gauntlet, appearing suddenly in the material world. The rain was still pouring down, but before us was a cave. I grinned,

<Oh, look Salue, a cave so you can stop whining like a puppy about how wet it is out here> I trotted behind her and pushed her in.
Surprised, she let herself get pushed in. Both wolves shook out their fur.

Hunts shifted to human and told us to stay by the entrance while he gathered his things. He continued further in, eventually turning a corner. I sat as Salue started to sniff around. Sparks returned to his breed form, watching the entrance.

We perked at the clatter of chains. Salue and I looked at the darkness as someone started to beckon us to come forward. I ruffled. As we listened, it began to beg us to quickly come over and let them out.

I froze in place as Salue started to move towards it.

<Wait! What if it’s a bane? What if he has captured something and has been feeding that essence to it?> I motioned quietly to her.

I don’t know… She watched the darkness <Monkey King would not want us to keep someone imprisoned…>

Sparks came closer to us, “Yes, but that doesn’t include the servants of the Wyrm…”

<Well we should at least take a peek?> Salue moved closer.

<We were told to stay put. We can ask when he gets back> I growled.

“Please let me out! Quickly, before he gets back!” The pleading went on like this. The pack was pulled with curiosity until they finally took a peek in the cell. It was a tall dark brown-haired woman, chained to the wall. She wore a silver collar around her neck, and she was very pregnant. We could tell, not only was she Garou, but she was of a very old line of Garou. What house? They didn’t know, but it couldn’t be Silver Fang.

The pack all gasped and started to talk among themselves telepathically on whether to let this woman go or not.

{We can’t let her stay here!} Salue began.

{There might be a good explanation! We don’t know who she is!} I hissed.

{Either way, we know he’s someone that has broken multiple laws of the litany} Sparks contemplated.

{We need him to explain this} I looked at the two.

<Whose child is that?> I asked.

“It’s my child! Not his! He can’t have it!!” She roared with a borderline crazed voice.

“What tribe are you from?” Sparks asked.

“I have no tribe!” She growled. We looked at each other.

<Surely you had a tribe by now…> I began.

Hunts-the Wyrm came back and growled, “I thought I told you to stay at the entrance! Don’t mind her, she’s a crafty one.”

I shifted to homid form and glared at him, “Would you please meet me outside of the cave?” Hunts followed me out of the cave while the pack watched. Sparks used his gift of Gaia’s Truth and turned to the woman.

“Who is she and why is she pregnant?! Did you rape her??” I snapped.

“Maelynn? No… I would never do such a thing!” He scoffed. Though I was in my human form, my ears were working like I was used to. So, I heard,

“It is his, I seduced him!” from the chained lady. I looked at Hunts with annoyed disappointment. He blushed.

“Where did she come from Hunts-rhya!?” my voice raised.

“The wench is a Black Spiral Dancer.” He crossed his arms, like he did nothing wrong. I clasped my hands together in prayer,
“You… FUCKED a BLACK SPIRAL DANCER?! You BROKE the litany! You don’t know what you have done!” My rage flared.

“Relax! The child will be a White Howler once it is born!” I stopped, realizing what he was doing. I couldn’t help but think about what my fate would have been if Kai hadn’t found me first. I stared at him for a bit before Sparks walked over.

“You don’t know what the child will be like!” I continued.

“I think we should kill her.” Sparks interrupted. I looked at him.

{She won’t give a lot of information, but so far, she claims to be without a tribe, and dodged my question if she served the wyrm. Only saying that a fool served the Wyrm. We can’t let her escape.} He stared into my eyes, and I could see how troubled he was.

I turned to Hunts-the-Wyrm.

“My Philodox has made a decision. What did you plan on doing with her?”

“Kill her, naturally. Once I have the child and the child is weened, I will kill her.” I nodded silently as Hunts revealed this.
“You can’t stay here. Your tribe calls to you. What do you plan on doing with her?” I pointed out.
“You’re right. I could just kill her now…”

“And forfeit the child?” I asked. He stopped and pressed his lips together.

“I think she is in her 3rd trimester, considering just how large she is. The infant would be in crinos form and may be able to survive being out of her,” said Sparks in a matter-of-factly gesture. Salue and I looked at him, both confused at the calculating garou. He looked between us from his ponder with a slight questioning shrug, “We could… leave it up to Gaia if it survives…”
“No, we should get our last member so we can sort this out properly” I said.

“I just don’t want her to have the opportunity to escape” Sparks looked at me with concern.

{I’m fine with letting her go} Salue pawed the door. I sighed. I didn’t want to admit that I admired Salue’s thoughts on this.

Sparks walked away, to try to see if he could send a spirit message to Cameron since he still couldn’t get signal out here.

**Session 7**

Cameron attempted to Bind some Wind spirits into some bullets. He attempted to use his willpower to entice the wind spirits but they rejected his attempts. They state that they are tired of spirits being abused by new Garou in the area.

He tended the wounded and made his way to where his pack has found Hunts-the-Wyrm. As he gets closer to the pack, they use their newly gifted totem power of mindspeak to fill him in on what they have found.

Once he arrives, he hears the screaming of the pregnant BSD and Hunts-The-Wyrm is nowhere to be seen. The pack is outside of the cave discussing some options.

Vlad a new Shadow Lord rolls up on the pack and introduces himself. The Glasswalkers pull their guns on Vlad while Mysty glares at him intensely. After pleasantries, we inform the new Shadow Lord of the situation that we find ourselves in. He says that we should make this decision when we have a full stomach. He just made a kill and is willing to share with the pack. Vlad brings the kill and starts butchering the deer. Mysty and Memphis start a fire in the rain and forge for some local herbs and spices. Memphis is horrified at how bad of a job that Vlad is shredding the carcass. Memphis offers to cook the venison and makes an outstanding dinner.

He offers Vlad the best piece for making the kill. He saves another ‘best’ piece for Hunts-the-Wyrm. All other pieces are of equal size and cuts for the pack. Mysty’s and Salue’s cuts are BLUE (extra rare). It is one of the best tasting steaks they have even had. Memphis calls Hunts-the-Wyrm to come and eat. Hunts-the-Wyrm comes out and goes to Vlad and takes his cut of meat. Enraged, Vlad lunges for Hunts-the-Wyrm and Hunts-the-Wyrm punches him in midair and knocks Vlad out with one punch. He then goes to Memphis and snags the steak that is reserved for him.

Memphis is pissed and he draws his weapon and fires point blank into Hunts-the-Wyrm’s chest and sys, “And so it was written "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth". Respect those who are lesser in station for all are of Gaia.”
 “I had already saved you the best piece. "Respect the Territory of another" Hunts-the-Wyrm soaks the bullet and starts to bolt into the forest.

Sparks draws his rifle, switches his clip to silver bullets, and fires a burst into Hunts-the-Wyrm’s back and drops him. Memphis walks up to him and shoots him in the knee.

Hunts-the-Wyrm draws on the power of his rage and heals all the damage and attempts to make an escape again. Hunts-the-Wyrm makes a leap and gains some distance on the pack.

Vlad recovers from the punch and chases after Hunts-the-Wyrm. He makes a Claw swing and misses. Sparks moves closer and fires on Hunts-the-Wyrm. He hits true and Hunts-the-Wyrm yelps in pain.

Memphis fires and finishes Hunts-the-Wyrm off. They confirm the kill and make sure that he stays dead.

They Kill the BSD and unfortunately the child dies.

They gathered the corpses and burn the bodies. During the cremation, Memphis and Sparks cite all the Litany violations these two committed.

* Garou Shall Not Mate With Garou
* Combat the Wyrm Wherever it Dwells and Whenever it Breeds
* Respect the Territory of Another
* Submission to Those of Higher Station
* Respect Those of Lower Station, for all are of Gaia.
* The First Share of the Kill for Greatest in Station
* Do Not Suffer Thy People to Tend Thy Sickness. He wanted to Bring Back the White Howlers
* Ye Shall Take No Action That Causes a Caern to Be Violated<

We cleansed the cave. This place has been found to be hiding a Giant Bane. We need to tell the Uktena about this place.

**Session 8**

While attempting to do the Rite of Cleansing, Memphis concludes that it might not be a good idea. From the stories that he has heard, the area where the cave is may be home to a Giant Wyrm Creature. If we attempt to cleanse the area, we may provoke the Giant Bane and then we have bigger problems to deal with. Memphis immediately stops doing the Rite and tells the pack what he suspects. The Wyrm corrupted Boy Scout Troop, finding a Ronin that is clearly Wyrm corrupted and a Black Spiral Dancer Princess gives evidence that this is a place of Wyrm power.

We need to tell someone but, Who? The local Sept of 4 Metis, go wander in Younger Brother territory and tell them if they don’t rip our throats out, or tell the Shadow Lords who sent us to find Hunts-the-Wyrm.

The pack decides to make a trip to the local Sept. We might find out more information at the Caern to the Sept of the Great Deed. On the way back, the pack senses Wyrm corruption similar to what would be found in a garbage dump.

Mysty worries that Hunts-the-Wyrm was tending to the giant Bane.

As the pack gets closer to the Sept of the Great Deed, Salue and Mysty lead the pack with the Howl of Announcement. The pack are met by Gimpy Joe and Spirit Hammer. Gimpy Joe, “What are you doing back? Salue, “You have asked us for help and we have returned.” Hammer, “You have an open invitation. Welcome and come.” Mysty, “We bring news, Hunts-the-Wyrm is dead. We found a disturbing situation.” Salue says, “It was less Hunts-the-Wyrm but more of F\*cks-the-Wyrm.” Memphis chuckles. The Sept lightens up and chuckle too.
Mysty, “Yes, quite dead. He was holding a Black Spiral Dancer captive and he had impregnated her.”

The Sept keeps on listening to the tale. Spirit Hammer looks happy. Dragon looks concerned. Fangs of Spring ice looks upset.
Mysty, “There were other transgressions that happened and we do plan on reporting to our benefactors and letting them know too.” Fangs of Spring Ice, “You executed him without consulting the ex-Tribe. They will come and cause trouble for us.” Mysty, “Speak. What does she mean by this?” Hammer, “Cliathe, I will keep my council. I am not one to be ordered by anyone.” Mysty, “We are not enemies. Our pack are willing to help.” Monkey Legacy back up Mysty to show that we are unified and support her. The other pack back up Hammer. They are upset that the caern is now exposed and other Garou will be coming.

Mysty, “Your pack has done a good job of taking care of the caern and protecting the area. You need to be commended but accepting aid is nothing to bring shame or dishonor.” Hammer, “You have done everything expected but the other Garou will never accept us to be Metis.” Mysty, “You should be proud of all your accomplishments and be recognized for all that you have done.” Mysty, “We believe the safety of the Caern is above all. But we have discovered something that not only threatens this Caern but all of Gaia. It is not a sign of weakness to ask for help from your fellow breathren. It would be a sign of weakness not to.” Spirit Hammer stands and says, “Our pack needs to discuss this.” The pack learns the Wind River pack about the pack of Uktena. This place is a repository of knowledge. This caern has stories that Garou need right now. If the Wyrm makes a push, the nation will lose this forever.

The pack shares pizza and whiskey with the Sept. Over dinner, the pack agrees to seek aid. But we need help to cleanse the area and investigate the small town near here and destroy the Wyrm’s minions. He also asked us to be ambassadors of the caern to other Septs.
They will hold a large Moot and invite the nation to the caern.