War of Rage

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The War of Rage was an ancient war fought between the Garou and the Fera. It happened before start of recorded history. Sources differ on whether it occured before or after the Impergium.

Sources differ on why exactly the War of Rage started. All sources point as the Garou being the agressor. Some sources say they sought to make themselves the first among Gaia's children and have the other Fera submit to their rule. Some Fera claim it is because the Garou demanded they show them secret powers granted them by Gaia that had not been meant for the Garou.

While some of the Fera are physical or spiritually more powerful in a one on one fight with the Garou, werewolves fight in packs. They picked off the solitary Fera one by one, driving some to extinction.

The Ratkin have a particular hatred for the garou as the War of Rage drove one whole aspect of them to extinction. Ratkin numbers have since rebounded, but they have never recovered the lost Aspect. (Ratkin aspects are similar to Garou auspices.)

Some races of Fera were largely spared from the War of Rage. The Fera native to the Americas were largely spared, as were the Rokea. The American Fera instead suffered through the second war of Rage when the European tribes arrived and attacked them. The native Uktena and Wendigo often helped the native Fera evade the European Garou, which just resulted in the European Garou attacking the native Garou.

The Camazotz were driven extinct in Europe during the first war of rage, but survived in the Americas until the second war of Rage. The Shadow Lords are generally blamed for killing the last Camazotz and have a camp dedicated to trying to make ammends for driving the breed to extinction.