Lodi Clawfoot is a Metis Ragabash Bone Gnawer who resides in Appalachia.
Biography[]
Born in the rural community of Leicester, North Carolina, not far from Asheville, Lodi was an "accidental" metis. Her Garou father, a grizzled scrapper named One-Ear, fell in love with Claudie Milleroy, a woman he thought was one of the local community of Bone Gnawer Kinfolk. Claudie's pregnancy triggered her own late "change," One-Ear and Claudie discussed their predicament at length, and finally decided that they would trust Gaia and bring their offspring to term.
Both parents were present at Lodi's birth, anxiously waiting Gaia's judgment on their forbidden mating. The infant Crinos seemed to be perfectly formed, until she was fully drawn from her mother's womb; only then was her metis disfigurement made plain. Her right foot was shaped like a mangled claw. One-Eat and Claudie took one look at the product of their love, a gurgling, laughing, deformed but ultimately beautiful daughter, and decided that Gaia's gift of life was not to be spurned.
Lodi grew up secure in the knowledge of what she was, and her parents made very effort to minimize her limitations. Although her clawfoot hampered her physical movements, she soon learned to compensate, developing a scrabbling gait in Homid form and a three-legged lope in Lupus form that gave her almost normal movement. From infancy, she manifested an uncommonly playful temperament along with a sense of daring that pushed her to take risks that kept both her parents on edge, expecting disaster.
One-Ear presented both his wife and child to the Sept of the Grandfather when Lodi was still very young. After consulting with the elders of the sept, Lodi's parents decided to ensure that their daughter got special training so that her defect would not hold her back. They traveled via Moon Bridge to the Sept of the Moon's Blessing in Kentucky, and arranged for Lodi to study Kailindo with the resident Stargazer, Galileo Crosses-the-Stars. The eager young Ragabash readily learned (or tried to learn) anything that was taught to her.
When Lodi was 15, her parents left her in the care of her tutor to travel to Knoxville, where One-Ear hoped to get in touch with the city's local Bone Gnawer community. They never returned, and attempts to find out what happened to them failed. Lodi was devastated by their loss, but refused to allow anyone to pity her. She determined that one day she would discover what happened to them, although she hadn't the faintest idea of how to start. In the midst of her confusion and sorrow, one of the younger Garou in the Sept of Moon's Blessing hinted that her tragedy was Gaia's way of punishing her parents. To her tormentor's surprise, Lodi demonstrated just how well she had learned her lessons in Kailindo. Although she felt justified in her action, she realized that her time in Kentucky was over.
She returned to the Sept of the Grandfather, where her personality and game determination won her a place in the sept. Eventually, she was accorded the status of Master of the Challenge in honor of her struggle to overcome her physical impediment. She still wants to go to Knoxville to try to find out what happened to her parents, but she is unwilling to leave her duties at the sept. She collects information about the area from anyone she meets, often mixing with the tourists from Tennessee who visit Grandfather Mountain and quizzing them about strange goings on near Knoxville.
Image[]
Lodi appears as a young woman in her early 20s, with blond hair worn in a long braid and mischievous blue eyes. Her Lupus form resembles a yellow-coated cross between a wolf and a coonhound. She retains her long hair even in Crinos form. In all forms, her claw foot is immediately apparent. Lodi wears comfortable, looses clothing, and usually goes barefoot, since it is difficult to find a shoe that will fit her deformed foot.
Stats[]
Position: Master of the Challenge, Sept of the Grandfather
Breed: Metis
Auspice: Ragabash
Tribe: Bone Gnawer
Nature/Demeanor: Maker/Jester
Physical: Strength 2 (4/6/5/3), Dexterity 2 (2/3/4/4), Stamina 3 (5/6/6/5)
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 2 (1/0/0/0), Appearance 3 (2/0/3/3)
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 5
Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 2, Dodge 2, Empathy 3, Primal-Urge 2
Skills: Animal Ken 2, Etiquette 1, Kailindo 3, Melee 2, Stealth 1, Survival 2
Knowledges: Enigmas 3, Herbalism 2, Medicine 2, Occult 2, Rituals 3
Backgrounds: None
Gifts: Blur of the Milky Eye, Cooking, Heightened Senses, Alter Sense, Blissful Ignorance, Curse of Hated, Open Moon Bridge, Silence
Rank: 3
Rage 4, Gnosis 5, Willpower 7
Rites: Rite of Contrition, Greet the Moon, Greet the Sun, Rite of Talisman Dedication, Rite of Praise
Fetishes: Harmony Flute
References[]
- CTD/WTA: Rage Across Appalachia, p. 69-70