![]() ![]() At least part of this trend is the widespread use of modern birth control, stopping such accidents from occurring. They are intimately familiar with the rituals and ways of the Garou, but often have difficulty adapting to human or wolf societies.ĭuring the past generation, the numbers of Metis have dropped. Crinos is their natural form, and so Metis have to be raised among other Garou, usually within Caerns. In recent years, Metis have been accepted somewhat as individuals, but as a group they are still pointed to as mistakes and people who should not exist. The lives of Metis are cursed: Their parents broke the Litany, their birth may prove deadly to their mothers, and they are always marked by some kind of flaw which indicates Gaia's displeasure. The children of two Garou, Metis are the freaks of the Bete world. Homid Garou are strongly encouraged to breed with wolves as well as humans at some point in their lives, to ensure that the thinning of the bloodlines experienced over the past few centuries does not occur again.īeginning Gifts: Master of Fire, Persuasion, Smell of Man. The homids are the most numerous of the breeds, but they are no longer the overwhelming majority. He may have dreams of running through the woods on four legs, and have moments of completely losing his temper which are almost like black-outs. However a homid child is raised, he may still feel echoes of Rage and the connection of Gnosis. His true nature may even be kept from him until the elders have seen whether or not he will be Garou or just a Kinfolk. Since a homid child will not First Change until his teenage years if ever, he is typically taught to live in the normal world. These Garou were usually raised as humans, although they may be taught the lore of the Garou as well. While there are more than three forms that a Garou can shift into, only the Homid, Lupus, and Metis forms are forms that their children are born into. In general, while most non-metis Garou leave their native societies to live among their shapechanging kin (engaging in a modern primitive lifestyle), they retain healthy contact with their Kinfolk to ensure their protection as family and the overall health and vitality of the Garou line. Prior to this change, the proto-garou is usually unable to change forms, a condition that rarely causes difficulty amongst the homid and lupus, but which confines the metis to the perimeter (or bawn) of Garou-held holy places called caerns. Garou usually experience their first change during puberty, occurring in the early teenage years for homids, around 1-2 years of age for lupus, and typically about 6-10 years of age for metis. Prior to their First Change, Garou typically live amongst their kinfolk in most cases, non-metis Garou are raised unaware of their true nature. A werewolf's breed determines (to some extent) their Gnosis, or spiritual awareness (Lupus Garou being more in tune with the primal spirit world than Homids, and Metis Garou being in between). Once pariahs in Garou society, trying times have led to the partial integration of the Metis breed into the ranks of the Garou. A Garou born from two Garou parents is called a Metis and is invariably deformed as a result of this inbreeding, as well as completely sterile however, Metis have Gifts and advantages exclusive to their breed, including the ability to regenerate in all their various forms and a deeper understanding of Garou society owing to their pre-change life exclusively amongst the Garou. ![]() The breed or species of the mother determines the breed of the Garou. A Garou born in human form is called a homid a Garou born in wolf form is called a lupus. The circumstances of their parentage determines their breed. ![]() Most often, Garou are born to one non-Garou and one Garou parent but in families (both wolf and human) where Garou blood is especially strong, Homid or Lupus Garou sometimes are born from non-shapeshifting parents. A Garou's extended non-shapechanging family is called its Kinfolk. As dual beings (being both wolves and men), Garou can (and do) interbreed with both species. In the World of Darkness, lycanthropy is not a disease but a heritable trait. ![]()
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