Paul Bode's Roleplay Game
Werewolf the Apocalypse
A big thanks to all the players and groups over the years who have contributed to the game.
Unaffiliated Garou
Jonathan Brimble ‘Choice’: Shadow Lord, Philodox, Rank 3, 6ft tall, 29 years old, Ash-Blonde long hair in a ponytail, square jawed and a stocky build. Artistic and easygoing and a dedicated trainer of pups, but occasionally gets stressed out by younger pups and their unwise antics. Recent events have seen him lose caern leadership, be cast out and then learn months later that his caern has fallen to the Wyrm. So, presently he feels like the world is on his shoulders and he is less of his tolerant self. Hopes to sever the ties and become completely independent. Jonathan is known for his diplomatic skills that have allowed his caern to prosper. Normally dresses in black leather jacket with battered x-combat boots with a white t-shirt.
Lu-Tsu says: Hmm, what to say about Mr. Jonathan Brimble, well, he's a Shadow Lord by name and a Shadow Lord by nature, he's cool and calculated and one to keep an eye on.
Damon Wright says: An interesting person and as his caern shows a good leader.
Stefan Hein: A fine leader; open when he needs to be and quiet when it is wise to show silence. He did not, in truth, make me feel as though I was totally trusted, but I can forgive him this minor oversight considering the circumstances.
Michael Jones says: A friend, a mentor, a brother. A man i have the upmost respect for. Gaia has truely blessed us with such a leader to help our next generation.
Richard West ‘Blue-Ray’: Glass Walker, Ahroun, Rank 3, 5ft 10’ tall, 26 years old, short cropped blonde hair, cute innocent face, highly technically minded. Originally he came from the London Caern after a falling out with Santiargo and Space-on-Disc. Presently he is looking for a new home after the fall of St Albans and has received some negative attention from the fall which has made him a poor market with other caerns. He has a spirit of a dead garou guiding him and people still guess who the ancestor is. Richard has distanced himself over the years from the London caern and there is always awkwardness when him and ‘Space’ are together. Wears trendy clothes or occasionally hip-hop stuff and occasionally still seen with his skateboard, even though he does no longer use it. It reminds him of days gone.
Lee Holden: Fianna, Ragabash, Rank 3, 5ft 9’ tall, 29 years old. A mass of long ginger hair, either plated or in two ponytails and a smiling face. He was rather dirty looking, short with drug and booze induced states which he can drop at a hat. He is often insulted by being called the ‘botched Garou’ and the elders at Colchester wanted rid of him when he was young but he tagged along with ‘Choice’ as pack mate and friend. He is poor with combat skills and has had some unofficial theurge training by Father Wimbish during his time at St. Albans. He has a love of keyboards and electrical based music and is quite a talented player. Likes most people apart from his mentor Wimbish the ‘Choir boy pimp’ who he goads constantly. Generally wears Goth clothes and heavy metal t-shirts.
Lu-Tsu says: Fianna Ragabash by name, Fianna Ragabash by nature.
Stefan Hein: He can certainly hold a conversation. Even on his own. For hours. And hours. And hours.
Michael Jones says: A good guy always a laugh and always keeps everyones spirits up..... yes you can take that in multiple ways.
‘Lu'Tsu’: Stargazer, Theurge, Rank 2, 5ft 11’ tall, 31(78) Years old, a Tibetan born Garou that is much older than he looks due to an aging flaw. His hair is now white and plated, and often wears a Tibetan throw and stays constantly in the penumbra. He is the one of the last of the PSP pack members, and has recently come from the Sept of Sherwood where he has struggled against James Purcell's oppression. Occaisonally he will appear to bring guidance and support for other garou, but he knows his time is now limited. He brings the additional benefit of a talented theurge to caern and may appear during monthly moots. Often wears a full robe, sometimes orange or green in colour.
Sion Murphy: Fianna, Theurge, Rank 2, 5ft 10’ tall, 28 Years old, an Irishman who has was convinced by Jonathan Brimble to stay at his caern. His Wife Rhona has some special significance to the Totem, yet no one can think of any reason why this may be the case. Sion is presently missing and it is likely he may have gone to ground with his kinfolk wife and child. Sion was seen wearing a rangers uniform when last seen.
Nina ‘Walaria’ Vale : Black Fury, Ahroun, Rank 4, 5ft 9’. 35 years old. A cocky and attractive headstrong lady who has a certain French aspect about her but says she is not French. Her garou name is often just shortened into a ‘W’. She will have an answer and an opinion to most things and can be overly hostile, particular to men, Silver Fangs, Fianna, Glass Walkers and Get-of-Fenris. However she is still approachable (unlike some furies) and it is not unheard of her having a serious debate until she loses interest or patience. She is a capable warrior and has been an active caern guardian for many years. It is likely she will be picked up by a new caern soon as her competence and experience makes her invaluable. She dresses in fashionable, tight clothes and crop tops and is often seen scowling.
Moves-with-Moon: Nina and me are pack members. She is strong fighter, stronger than me even. We have great respect for each other. For a monkey she is ok, may we continue to pack with each other.
Stefan Hein: I will not speak ill of any Garou. My honour will not allow it. So, in this instance, I will say nothing at all.
Michael Jones says: A great warrior. She may be quick to anger, she may have judged some unfairly but still it seems her intentions are at least well meant.
‘Jean De Grace’: Silver Fang, Ahroun, Rank 4, 6ft 1’ tall, 33 Years old, a suave French man with a cocky attitude and a klaive of repute. His hair is long and in a pony tail and he is clean shaven and well groomed. He has had a long and coloured past with some dispute, but no one counters his pure combat ability and iconic leadership. He never drinks and keeps a proud image always presented showing a role-model aspiration for young garou. He can speak French and English both fluently. He is a multi millionaire and dresses in quality suits and high fashions with a ‘classic’ look, particularly being fond of tweeds. His Glaive dates back to the 8th Century.
Lu-Tsu says: A mighty warrior, if not a bit self indulged. His past haunts him and he's scared of it all catching up with him again.
Moves-with-Moon: He fights hard, and he fights fast. The best monkey warrior I have ever encountered.
Stefan Hein: His honour is an inspiration to us all, for it is the true hero that displays grace in atoning for his errors. I have heard dark talk of his past, and of that, I simply cannot comment.
Michael Jones: A wise man and a famed warrior.It saddens me that he has left the 'Cairn of Lost Pups'. A victim of circumstance. He will be missed.
Spike: Silent Strider, Metis, Philodox, Rank 3, 6ft, Age? A grotesque Metis who looks like a burn victim in all forms but who commonly is seen only in his war form. Unable to fit into human society, it is not sure where he has gone since St Albans fell to the Wyrm. His appearance makes him very difficult to hide in most societies. If handled sensitively he can be a caring Garou who is loyal to his friends without fault. If handled badly he makes a bitter enemy who never forgets and will constantly work against you. His standing at St Albans was very low and Swan does not like him, denying hope of rising further rank or a position. He wears bandages or nothing in his garou form and spends most of his time in the penumbra. He was commonly used for guard watches.
Father Wimbish: Star Gazer, Theurge, Rank 3, 5ft 10, 50 years old, Father Bartholomew Wimbish has been around since the early days and has had a chequered past with firstly the Get-of-Fenris and later the Shadow Lords. He is now practically retired after the fall of St. Albans and he just does what he can help in garou society when the harano does not take him to dark places. He did until recently hold a job at St. Albans cathedral as a preacher who still teaches the words of God. He remains a devoted but broken priest, missing his left hand, with a circular monk-like natural bald patch from his disappearing hairline. His unique view is that God and Gaia are in the same being and many of the Christian stories have origins in the legends of the garou.
Lu-Tsu says: This man puts to much faith in the wrong things, Gaia above all others should be worshiped, not this God he talks about.
Moves-with-Moon says: Where is the Bears hand?
Damon Wright says: A wise man and I hear one of the greatest umbral explorers. He has a number of friends who are supposedly enemy’s of the Garou. We need all the friends we can get in these times.
Stefan Hein: Howls to a false God are wasted breath, no matter how pure-hearted the howler may be.
Michael Jones: A wise thurege who is a credit to our society. It seem truly unfair he is burdened with his condition. I wish i knew the man better.
Deimos: Unknown, Theurge, Rank 5, Metis?, 5ft 10, Unknown age, an old lady who resembles a spirit watcher with what little skin is visible being grey and wrinkled. She is extremely odd and unusual but makes wise predictions and has an intimate knowledge of the umbra and many of the goings on within the World. She says she is from ‘all the tribes and yet of none’ but is suspected of actually being ronin. She had taken up refuge at St. Albans aiding the caern before its fall. She has disappeared since the fall and it is assumed that the great strange theurge has actually died, fallen to the Wyrm. Her robes are black and torn in places with a hood over the head, she carries a watcher-staff which helps her walk and she was almost always seen in her homid form.
Damon Wright says: A curious Garou who is of all tribes yet of none. Someone who knows more than they let on and lets on that they knows a lot.
Stefan Hein: She once said my own taint was one of pride. She is a wise creature, and I thank her for her words. If, in truth, she is not a Garou, then I will not relish her dying under my claws. Gaia’s decree states that no creature other than Garou shall walk the Heart of a Caern. This is hardly a law to be picked at and avoided depending on one’s state of mind.
Michael Jones says: A wise garou. Who from what i have seen always knows more than what she lets on. I would be intrested to see what truley is her
John 'Has No Friends' Constantine: Ronin, Theurge, Rank 3, 5ft 10, 35 years old, a mousey brown haired man with a serious, knowledgeable look. Originally from Uktena and a mage background, his father killed by vampires. He packed with John De Grace for a while and the two have had a ‘dislike/like’ friendship ever since, until he offended Uktena’s people who have since turned their back on him. Always vocal and with little tact, John as insulted his way through life and many of the people he knew have died along the way...giving rise to his garou name. Suspected killed by a haephodant, he has since re-emerged in time of need. He too carries a watcher’s staff and an assault rifle for ‘diplomatic’ missions.
Lu-Tsu says: 'Has No Friends', a sad case really, he's done so much and yet he's not remembered.
Michael Jones says: A true friend.
John Willis Smith: Shadow Lord, Galliard, Rank 3, 5ft 8, 32 years old, a handsome but middle aged pop music singer from the 90’s. John has managed to stay out of the limelight since, the music world and the garou world and has managed to fade into the background. He has been developing his position in the World without risking affiliation with any caern in particular and has considered moving to France and the French caerns. Other than this, nothing more is known about him and his whereabouts. He is very rich and dresses accordingly.
'Captain': Children of Gaia, Philodox, Rank 4, 5ft 10, unknown age, a thin face and bodied man with full white beard, squinting eye, pipe and captains hat. He is almost a pirate like character that moves around in a mobile caern (similar design to bastet lairs but on a tug-boat.) He is part of the active pack and also the leader in one role and is always sighted near lakes and bodies of water. There are dark rumours that he kidnaps people and forced them to work for them – a story told to pups if they don’t follow instructions. In reality he is a man that lives for now and serves Gaia in the ways he can. Often in a full captains uniform or a large brown crinos with whitish fur from age.
'Matt' Gordon Matthew Atherton-Smythe says: Nice guy. Generous to a fault. Severely underappreciated. We still owe him much.
'Slaver': Fianna, Galliard, Rank 2, Metis 6ft, 33 years old, a wide faced, simple-looking man with wide eyes and a blank expression. Slaver was never a clever child, nor a clever adult. He just never understood the jibes, nor the shame that his parents had given him. He did what he was told, the best he could, to the extent of his ability. However that was not enough for his Fianna sept, so they chased him out and was left to fend for himself. Nearly slain by a bane, the savaged young garou was rescued by a werewolf in sailor hat and from that day he travels with his friend, pack-mate and sept-mate Captain. Slaver wears simple clothes and they form the extent of what he can find and obtain.
Knate 'Guns are for Cowards' Fisher: Glass Walker, Ahroun, Rank 2, 5ft 11, 28 years old, a stocky blonde haired man who is still often seen with his fetish skateboard ‘Sk-Bore’ and brandishing a small array of firearms. It is unsure how he obtained his deed name, but it is apparent by looking at him it is done in sarcasm. Knate was one of the PSP pack mates and although he now wanders from caern to sept and occasionally into new packs he has kept very much in the limelight of garou politics. He remains well known at ‘Sept of the Green’ and the ‘Sept of Sherwood’. Knate dresses in baggy pants and metal or fashion labelled t-shirts.
Damon Wright: Silent Strider, Galliard, Rank 2, 5ft 11, 31 years old, a short mousey haired, clean shaven, smart dressed man with tanned skin. Damon is a former member of the PSP packs reputed with taking down the haephodants in the heat of the crisis. He is probably the most experienced of garou with dealing with these banes and has been sought out for advice with these banes in recent times by elders and cliaths. He is one of the many children of ‘Buries-the-Dead’ and maintains a good relationship with his legendary mother despite his westernisation. Damon dress smartly in clean shirt and trousers.
'Tits-on-That': Glass Walker, Ragabash, Rank 3, 5ft 10, 37 years old, a still jovial, short haired greying man, blind with obvious injuries to his eyes. ‘Tits’ had an active life as a young garou and went on many adventures. In one of those adventures he was captured by Black Spirals and the mental and physical ordeal brought an end to the adventures. His eyes cut out with silver never grew back and still the mental ordeal comes back to haunt him at nights where he will relive the experience. It was suggested the ‘Rite of the Winter Wolf’ but the Manchester Children of Gaia moved him to the support of the secret COWRI (Centre of Werewolf Rehabilitation and Integration) clinic where he still remains having treatment. He has a good life and there is enough left of himself to make the people who work there happy to have him as a patient. It is unsure if he will ever be released. He often wears his green medical gown or simple clothes if he is allowed out into the grounds.
Martin 'Silvertongue' Jenkins: Shadow Lord, Philodox, Rank 3, 5ft 11, 28 years old, straight faced man with brown hair and sharp eyes. ‘Silvertongue’ is an ex-policeman who has had an active and varied life as a garou during his travels around the world. He has acquired an ancient klaive which he now bears with pride and there are songs of his journeys with it. He has decided to not become caern locked and spends much of his time helping and touring the caern circuit. He has strong links with Colchester and it is expected he also acts as a spy for Lord Gilliat which can make him less likely to be trusted. He wears smart attire for travelling, sometimes a suit in a travelling bag to change into for official meetings.
Georgie Lockhart: Unknown, Unknown, Pup, 5ft 10', 21 years old, Georgie is a little overweight, he also was born with a bad leg. He needs a walking stick to help him move about. He has a portly but smiling face, dark short hair and is very gentle mannered. Georgie was a late turner, he had the bad dreams and strange 'night walks' for longer than most Garou. It was probably his gentle nature which got him through. He was a bus driver, and new his routes well, until the day that his world turned upside down at the Caern of the Camper's Tent. Since that day, he has not looked back, and was the only survivor with Knate Fischer on the Egyptian excursion. He was a member of the PSP2 pack and worked to defeat the haephodants in the crisis.