Night Horrors: Wolfsbane is a sourcebook for Werewolf: The Forsaken. It provides antagonists to use in a Werewolf chronicle, and is the first appearance of the Idigam.
Summary[]
From the Onyx Path catalog:
- Those That Hunt The Hunters
- When the full moon rises, werewolves howl. The rule is simple: hunt, or be hunted. But what does it take to be not the prey, but the predator? What werewolves are strong enough to strike fear into the hearts of their brethren — and what else hunts the night?
- A Chronicle Book for Werewolf: The Forsaken
- 29 terrors and beasts to plague the Forsaken, or anyone else luckless to become their prey.
- Creatures designed for use with Werewolf, and antagonists suitable for bringing the feel of Werewolf to other games.
- Details on the idigam, the primordial horrors often whispered of but never before revealed.
Contents[]
Prologue: The Way Back Down[]
The stories surrounding Darius, Dar-Us, the Slow Killer.
Introduction[]
Chapter One: The Wolves[]
The Caretaker: Aldric Haven[]
Haunted by a dark past, Aldric Haven devotes his life to helping those who cannot help themselves. He and his pack take in and care for the sick, the homeless, the weak and the wretched, and they ask for nothing in return. Why, then, does Haven wake soaked in the blood of the very people he shelters, with no memory of the night before?
- Pack Totem: Chloe
Babe in the Woods: Bloody Mary[]
A pitiable stranger comes to town, begging for help. Bloody Mary digs her claws into any pack that takes her in and slowly pulls them apart. By the time her family comes to call, the pack's trust is eroded to shambles.
- Pack Totem: Hart-Protects-the-Herd
The Wolf of Gubbio: Brother Peyton[]
Along with his twisted, degenerate family, Brother Peyton "protects" the town of St. Mark. Like the Wolf of Gubbio, he guards the town against demonic predation. Unlike that legendary beast, he demands a dreadful price for his services: a price that keeps his own demons at bay.
The Black Dog: Jessie Hell[]
Taking as her inspiration the infamous Black Dog of myth and folklore, Jessie Hell ushers into damnation those whose misdeeds demand her unforgiving standards of justice. Forsaken who agree with her methods, though, might want to think twice when they learn just how she punishes the wicked.
- Rite: Rite of Perdition's Price (****)
The Silver Hook: Johnny Shadow[]
A Pure without a pack stalks the night. With silver hooks in hand, Johnny Shadow picks off members of the pack one by one and skins them. What he does with those skins is a horror to Uratha everywhere and profane enough to cloud the eyes of Luna.
- Rite: Skin of the Predator (****)
- Fetish (Klaive): Hate (**) and Pain (**)
The Slow Killer: Dar-Us[]
Even werewolves have their bogeymen. Darius, known to some as the "Slow Killer," is a legend among the Uratha, renowned and feared for his brutal approach to combat and his willingness to inflict pain and injury even on the People.
- Gift: The Bone Bargain (*****)
- New Fighting Style: The Slow Kill (* to ****)
- Leg Lock-Out (*)
- Bone-Breaking Grip (**)
- Shape-change Prevention (***)
- Neck Snap (****)
The Cleansing Flame: Reverend Ewan M. Ogilvy[]
Luna has led the People astray with her lies and rewarded the Forsaken with her blasphemous gifts. Caught early, most werewolves can be led down the virtuous path, and for those who aren't, Ewan Ogivy purifies sins and washes away Luna's stains in water or blood.
The Chat Room Stalker: Gatherer Wolf[]
Kidnapping the young of his enemy and brainwashing them to become soldiers of the Pure, Gatherer Wolf wounds his foes in a way no weapon can. A master of planning and stealth, he makes those from the Forsaken's lineage seemingly disappear into thin air. Those few who have gotten close to the truth have met more tangible, bloodier fates.
- Pack Totem: Whispering Pine
Twisted Mirror: Kat Brokensoul[]
As much a predator in the boardroom as she is on the streets, Kat Brokensoul is more trouble than any three Pure. She can chase a pack out of its territory while convincing the city council to route the new highway through its locus. But how can any werewolf be in two places at once?
- Rite: Rite of Twin Skins (***)
A Boy and His Dog: Little Shadow[]
Haunting his neighborhood like a grim spirit, Little Shadow is a boy lost in the recesses of his own mind. Orphaned by a pack he barely knew, Changed at an age far younger than most Uratha, he protects his territory the best he knows how - but he doesn't know that much.
Officer Death: Seething Brave[]
Pursing his quarry by any means necessary, Seething Brave has turned obligation into obsession. Pushed beyond his limits, his quixotic hunt of a superior enemy has made a quiet stretch of highway into a death sentence for the innocent and guilty alike.
Saint Anthony's Fire: Tony Markov[]
Spreading his faith like poison, Tony Markov, fanatical alpha of the Volki, uses an ergot-spirit to taint the totems of Luna's Uratha, causing entire packs to convulse with toxin-induced visions of Gurim-Ur. The blind must be made to see the truth, whatever the cost, and those unworthy or unable to do so are better off dead.
- Rite: Rite of the Toxic Scar (***)
- Spirit: Toxic Familiar
The Wolf-Born: Urazakh-Angir[]
Living messiah to the Pure Tribes, or a monstrous aberration of Urfarah's bloodline? Only time will tell which of these Urazakh-Angir - the so-called Promised One - proves to be.
The Guilty Saint: Victor Lawrence[]
Werewolves are creatures of instinct and passion and must struggle against their baser instincts to maintain the balance between the material and spiritual halves of their souls. Sometimes they fail, and when they do, Victor Lawrence is there to remind them of their purpose. Some Uratha require more forceful reminders than others, and the Guilty Saint will show them.
The Monster in the Dark: Wandering Jack[]
Haunted by terrible memories and pursued by the beast within, Wandering Jack never knows where he's going to wake up next. All he wants is a cure, something that'll let him rest, but every morning he wakes up fearful of the night before. Only one thing's for certain when Johnny's in town: his alter ego brings hell to everyone he meets.
Chapter Two: The Shadows[]
All the Better to Eat You With: Adarusharu[]
Lurking in the woods at the outskirts of human life, a shadowy pack of wild wolves waits to eat anything in its path. The Adarusharu want your fear and your flesh. What can the Uratha do against a wolf-host?
- Aspects:
- Swarm Attack
- Gauntlet Breach
- Sense Fear
- Stalking
Lost Pawn of the Fungal Hosts: Harlan Walters[]
When the Uratha are involved, people die. Sometimes, however, they come back. Harlan Walters is is one of the Returned, a werewolf victim returned from the dead, whose very existence hides an ancient secret - a secret involving the fungus that grew beneath Father Wolf's cooling carcass so many eons ago.
- Usudwirku Aspects:
- Growth
- Healing
- Produce Namusiden
- Mycotoxins
An American Magath: Irinam the Colossus[]
America is beautiful, bold and brave, but also violent and rapacious. Irinam the Colossus reflects all of this and more. An elder spirit of American expansionism, the Colossus has become magath and suffers a confusion of purpose that had dipped into madness. She stalks the back roads of America (and, if rumor's true, wherever American has interests) like some oversized vagrant, always looking for her reason to exist... and forever hungry for her next meal.
The Rod to Stepford: Lonesome Forest[]
Some travelers chance across Lonesome Forest; others come to it after friends spread the good word. It's small-town America at its best - but soon the town sinks its hooks deep, and people are powerless to leave. It takes a brave soul to fight a whole town of duguthim, and the monstrously powerful magath lurking in the background.
Wolf Foe: Peter Strohm[]
An ancient enemy walks the earth in the body of a man driven by hate for the People. Wolf Foe strikes like lightning from a clear sky with a unique arsenal, and possessed by a spirit that harbors a grudge dating back to Urfarah himself.
The Mockingbird: Su Ubh[]
Humans are such a fascinating lot, and the Mockingbird just can't get enough of them. Luring his victims out of their homes with the power of his voice, the spirit carries them away to his Shadow nest, never to be seen again.
In His Kiss: Versipellitis[]
Have you had sex with a werewolf who has had sex with anyone else since 1976? If so, you might be at risk for having contracted Versipellitis. Symptoms may include increased desire, excess hair and murder.
The Urlathlu: Vincent Franco[]
Nourishing itself upon the slow decay of the human soul, the bizarre Worm Host inhabiting the vicious mobster Vincent Franco has only just began its reign of terror over the criminal underworld.
Chapter Three: The Idigam[]
- Su'ur
The Unholy Host: Gamugur[]
Left unquestioned, faith is eternal and immutable. Gamugur clings to the stability of faith in a sea of chaos like a drowning man cleave to a life jacket. Those who come too close risk being caught up in the struggle and pulled under.
The Explorer: Gifmalu Igizalag[]
Since the 1970s, Gifmalu Igizalag has inspired numerous packs to take up its hunt in the wake of this explorer's brutal experiments. But how does one entrap a creature with no fixed form? How does one track a spirit intent on traveling across nations without regard to territory? Most importantly, how can the People protect the ones they love from an entity that can enter their homes through the drain in the sink?
The Ravenous Swarm: Mussughana[]
With a hunger that has consumed it since the dawn of time, Mussughana, the ravenous swarm, seeks to devour all that exists and return the world to a state of raw, primal emptiness. Aided by sinister cultists and alien locust-Hosts, it strips the land bare wherever it passes, bringing death and famine in its wake.
- The Srizaku
The Breeder: Udu Luhal[]
Udu Luhal, the idigam known to werewolves as "the Matchmaker," searches for the spirit it believes will enable it to breed, creating a niche for itself in the Shadow. Unfortunately, it believes that the unihar, the blasphemous product of the union of two werewolves, represents its best chance for success, and so it endlessly tries to arrange the conception of these Ghost Children.
Mother Wants a Family: Umum Wabalu Damu[]
The idigam Umum Wabalu Damu, the White Lady, collects the ghosts of the dead to build her army in the hopes of filling the void in herself, created by her millennia-long imprisonment on the moon.
The Nemesis: Zul Sanak[]
Driven well beyond madness by the rejection of Mother Moon and Father Wolf, Zul Sanak now exists to prove its superiority over the half-breeds who were beloved while it was despised, and so justify its implacable hatred of the Uratha and their ancient progenitors.
Background Information[]
Memorable Quotes[]
"This is the truth, boy. I can sit here on this rocky outcropping all day and all night and I can rattle off the Names of all the horrors I've seen. The rats in men's bodies, the spirits with moon eyes, that Fire-Touched preacher down on Route 66. But that menu of awfulness won't even give you a glimpse of what's out there. I'm paraphrasing here, but there's more hell-born evil under Heaven and Earth than you know, little Horatio." - Corwin Sandstone, Bone Shadow (Back Cover)
Characters[]
- Corwin Sandstone, Bone Shadow (Back Cover)
- Aidan's Plea - Forsaken
- Mani Seif - Blood Talon
- Eli Marks - Ghost Wolf, died
- Christopher "Solo" Lowrie - Storm Lord, BMX Pack
- Wendy Draper - Wolf-Blooded
- John Hardrick - Wolf-Blooded
- Lisa Brant - Bone Shadow
- Aidan Hardrick - Wolf-Blooded, died
- Mama Vigil - Uratha, The Servants of the Wretched Pack
- Found - Ghost Wolf, The Servants of the Wretched Pack
- Big Bob - Uratha, The Servants of the Wretched Pack
- Emeline Gravier - Aldric's mother, human, died
- Rex - Forsaken, died
- Laurie the Ghost - Forsaken
- Father Wolf - Forsaken, The Family Pack
- Grim Root - Forsaken, The Family Pack
- Possum - Forsaken, The Family Pack
- Birdcatcher - Forsaken, The Family Pack
- Jophiel - Ivory Claw, The Mad Wolves of St. Mark Pack Totem (Helion)
- Shadow of Empty Cradles - Death and Disease Spirit
- Rachel Abrams - Ivory Claw, The Mad Wolves of St. Mark Pack
- Jedediah Raine - Ivory Claw, The Mad Wolves of St. Mark Pack
- Abraham Raine - Ivory Claw, The Mad Wolves of St. Mark Pack
- Lucy Abrams - Ivory Claw, The Mad Wolves of St. Mark Pack
- Uriah MacCreedy - Irraka Bone Shadow
- Micah - Forsaken, Jessie's Uncle, killed by a Bale Hound
- Sarabeth MacCreedy - Elodoth Bone Shadow, Alpha of The Wolves of Gehinnom Pack
- Duncan MacCreedy, "Vernus" - Rahu Bone Shadow, The Wolves of Gehinnom Pack
- Azrael MacCreedy - Ithaeur Bone Shadow, The Wolves of Gehinnom Pack
- Brother of Fire - Fire-Touched, Follows Johnny Shadow
- Joshua Proudblood - Ivory Claw, Follows Johnny Shadow
- Crack Tooth - Predator King, Follows Johnny Shadow
- Bare Claw - Forsaken
- McEvers - Wolf-Blooded Family (Fire-Touched)
- Emily (Rabid Sister) - Fire-Touched, Children of the Father Pack
- George (Defies the Moon) - Fire-Touched, Children of the Father Pack
- Landon (Walks with Fury) - Fire-Touched, Children of the Father Pack
- Jesse "Bear Trap" Kern - Pure Tribe
- Clay "Gut Check" Larson - Pure Tribe
- Watching Eagle - Forsaken Pack Totem
- Mitch Lanning - Ivory Claw, The Old Firm Pack
- Pastor Gray - Fire-Touched, The Old Firm Pack
- Desolation Jess - Ivory Claw, The Old Firm Pack
- Barag-Lugal - Spirit, Totem
- Hunt's Eye - Predator King seer
- Ronnie Chen - Private investigator, human
- Pretty Boy Don - Cahalith, The Crescent Street Shadows Pack, died
- Liza the Bitch - Forsaken, The Crescent Street Shadows Pack, died
- Alan Kensington - Forsaken, The Crescent Street Shadows Pack, died
- Crow's Wit - Forsaken, died
- Irene "Mother's Clutch" Gordowski - Forsaken, Seething Brave's Packmember
- Little Dee "Barking Sparrow Kincaid - Forsaken, Seething Brave's Packmember
- Emmet "Points Toward Sky" LeBeau - Forsaken, Seething Brave's Packmember
- Maiya - Markov's mother, human, died
- Dedushka Gosha - Markov's grandfather, died
- Tox-Never-Speaks, Master of Strychnine - Fire-Touched, The Volki Pack
- Father Strict, Master of Hemotoxin - Fire-Touched, The Volki Pack
- Doc, Master of Hemlock - Fire-Touched, The Volki Pack
- Ten-spot- Forsaken, died
- Anya - Forsaken, died
- Jay-Jay - Forsaken, died
- Gargahan Shulath (Bringer of Ruin) - Predator King, The Ancient Law Pack
- Endammu (Flesh-Ripper) - Ivory Claw, The Ancient Law Pack
- Ka Hadar (Burning Whisper) - Fire-Touched, The Ancient Law Pack
- Lahan-Aru (Prey-Render) - Predator King, The Ancient Law Pack
- Tammath-Mar (Beast-Who-Devours) - Pure Pack Totem, The Ancient Law Pack
- Georgia - Iron Master Ithaeur, Conscience Pack
- Murphy - Storm Lord Elodoth, Conscience Pack
- Enrique - Blood Talon Rahu, Conscience Pack
- Samuel - Storm Lord, former alpha of the Conscience Pack, died
- Treadfoot - Bone Shadow, died
- Harry - Forsaken
- Newton - Forsaken, died
- Oathmaker Lyn - Forsaken, Alpha of the Talons of the Green River Pack, died
- New Dawn - Forsaken
- Fink - Forsaken, River's White Howl Pack
- Rein - Forsaken, River's White Howl Pack
- Hangman - Forsaken, River's White Howl Pack, died
- Wednesday - Forsaken, River's White Howl Pack, died
- Santos - Forsaken, River's White Howl Pack, died
- Tzarum Kur - Spirit of the hill
- Gregory Reed - Human. Hunter, Guardians of the Spear
- Darren Ryan - Human. Hunter, Guardians of the Spear
- Anna Lucas - Human. Hunter, Guardians of the Spear
- Jeremy Finch - Human. Hunter, Guardians of the Spear
- Digging Claws - Forsaken
- Nancy - Infected with Versipellitis, died
- Martin - Forsaken
- Juris - Hunter in Darkness
- Max Roman
- Rachel Snow
- Vic Bellows - Iron Master, died
- Esmeralda Ríos - Ivory Claw, died
Terminology[]
First Tongue: Adarusharu (Hungry Teeth, Wolf Hosts), Dar-Us (Slow Killer), dug-ús-thim (Ghost-Claimed), Gifmalu Igizalag (Perfect Dusk Watchman, Idigam), Namisuden (The Marching Dead), Nusuzuth Sur (Ancient Law), Sha’an kulzu namakhra inshi (No one can save you now), Su Ubh (He Who Gathers Up, the Collector), Uglathlu (Worm Hosts), Ur Khubhar (Wolf-foe), Urazakh-Angir (Wolf-Born-Foretold), Usudwirku (Mushrooms, Fungal Hosts), Kul Thari (Endless Moment of Death), Elunim, Unihar, Udu Luhal (Breeding-Beast Master, Idigam), Zi'ir, Imru nu fir imru, Dar-Us (The People don't kill the People, Slow Killer), Tzuumfin, nuzusul, Meninna, Beshilu, Barag-Lugal (?, Wolf-Spirit), Hithimu, Gurim-Ur, Gargahan Shulath (Bringer of Ruin), Endammu (Flesh-Ripper), Ka Hadar (Bruning Whisper), Lahan-Aru (Prey-Render), Nusuzuth Sur (Ancient Law), Tammath-Mar (Beast-Who-Devours, Totem), Tzarum Kur (Spirit of the hill), Azarath (Azlu), Ninna Farakh, Enzuk Umada (Magath, Lonesome Forest), Hisil, idigam, Gurdilag (?, idigam), Su'ur, duguthim, Gamugur (Unholy Host, Idigam), Mussughana (Worm that feasts, Idigam), Srizaku (Locust Hosts), Uratha Safal Thil Lu'u, Umum Wabalu Damu (The White Lady, Idigam), Umum’Abum (?, Idigam), Zul Sanak (?, Idigam), Amahan Iduth, Urfarah
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