Chains of Rage

Chronoseptic Warning: You have entered into a lorespace from an alternate timeline, remaining here for too long threatens the multiverse. Chronepsis advises you to stay alert for any potential paradoxes that may occur, and to be aware that things here may not be what they seem in the Quelmar you usually know.

Chains of Rage is an open-table Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition campaign run by DM Emma. It began on (Date). The campaign involves a pack of beginner werewolves called to the town of Clearbrook by the Heart of Blood pack to deal with spiritual corruption.

About

This campaign takes place in one of the many alternate universes separate from mainline Quelmar. In this universe, the goddess Gaia—also known as the earth mother—is dying. There is too much pollution: both environmental and spiritual. The creature ultimately responsible for this is the Wyrm, a spirit of pure entropy that fell to corruption in ages past. Gaia created werewolves as her warriors and the enforcers of her will among humans and spirits. As such, werewolves are beings that walk between two worlds: the world of flesh (the Map) and the world of spirit (the Umbra). Now, the once proud werewolves have been brought to heel. Their numbers are sparse and many of their greatest spiritual gifts have been lost. Despite this age of the apocalypse, there are still werewolves fighting to preserve what they can and stave off Gaia’s death.

Some such werewolves are those belonging to the Heart of Blood pack: a band of metal musicians and their manager who travel between regions, fighting the forces of the Wyrm where they can. They’ve recently set up camp in Clearbrook under the guise of taking a break from touring. In reality, their leader noticed that the local genetic research company, Stem Tech, was becoming a center of spiritual blight. They put out a call for assistance, and several young werewolves answered, eager to prove themselves to the rest of werewolf society. Unfortunately, the Heart of Blood pack has lost their leader, and they find themselves struggling to act in her absence. It will be up to the werewolves they’ve recruited to their cause to pick up the slack.

Player Characters

Do Not Edit Roster

Player Name	Character	Auspice	Tribe
Tina (she/her)	No-body (he/him)	Ragabash	Ghost Council
Manuel (he/them)	Ash “Eden” Delgado (he/them)	Galliard	Black Furies
Nikki (she/her)	Sydney (she/her)	Ahroun	Black Furies
Amia (any except he/him)	Yuzuki Mori (she/her)	Theurge	Hart Wardens
Sean (he/him)	Tai (he/him)	Theurge	Children of Gaia
Moses (any)	Silver (she/her)	Galliard	Bone Gnawers
Ultralectric	Cedo	Philodox	Glass Walkers

NPCs

WEREWOLVES / Do Not Edit Roster

Name	Auspice	Tribe	Occupation
Ire-of-Spring	Theurge	Black Furies	Bassist of “We Eat Your Young”
Kataleya Garcia	Theurge	Glass Walkers	Manager of “We Eat Your Young”
Ifeoma Hernandez	Philodox	Black Furies	Drummer of “We Eat Your Young”
Kai-Ming Zhang	Ahroun	Bone Gnawers	Lead Guitarist of “We Eat Your Young”
Charlotte Badeaux	Galliard	Ghost Council	Lead Singer of “We Eat Your Young”

SPIRITS / Do Not Edit Roster

Name	Rank	Allegiance	Concept
Cobra	Jaggling	Heart of Blood Pack, Gorgon	Spirit of Defense
Old Crow	Jaggling	Rat	Spirit of Theft & Hidden Caches
M1RR0R M1RR0R	Jaggling	Spider	Spirit of Connected Fragments
Figment of Eventide	???	Horned Serpent	Spirit of Dreams
Dog	???	Unicorn	Spirit of Pathfinding

The Story So Far

Godly Visions

Eden — Gorgon

TW: Violent Revolution & Mention of Systemic Bias

Eden was attempting to rest when a sensation of burning restlessness began to overwhelm them, so they went outside. The shadow of spirit named Cobra appeared, was caught by Eden, and asked them what they were going to do with their Rage. Then, Gorgon asked if he would cull those who needed culling and cast him into a vision of the Battle of Sangarará wherein he helped tear apart the Spanish colonizers hiding in a church. Afterward, Gorgon forced them to be present for the execution of a revolutionary leader and confront the unfairness of their circumstances as an undocumented youth. As Eden decided that he had no other option but to keep fighting, Gorgon declared that he would keep going even when he had fought to his end. Then, they woke up from their dream with Gorgon’s Blessing of Refusal.

Tai — Unicorn

While staring off into the distance by the pond hidden in the center of Clearbrook’s West Woods, Tai noticed that the broken statue beside the statues of Stag and Falcon had changed: it was whole again, but it was somehow impossible to discern what figure it represented. Then, a Dog spirit appeared and led him through the pond and into the Umbra on the other side. The spiritual manifestation of the forest was absolutely beautiful, but Tai sensed that it wasn’t quite everything it needed to be yet. The mysterious statue manifested again, but this time it began moving, revealing itself as a spirit. After allowing Tai to follow it for a time, the spirit spoke with Tai before positing that he learn when to fight his Rage and when to run from it. In that instant, all of Tai’s Rage faded (making him temporarily lose his werewolf powers) and the embodiment of his monstrous crinos form appeared. Tai’s inner monster chased him and pinned him to the ground, but Tai seemed to be able to momentarily break through the cloud of Rage with reason. At that, the spirit declared that enough was enough and Tai woke up, having earned Unicorn’s Blessing of Enigmas.

Silver — Rat

TW: Police Violence

Silver had decided to spend her afternoon drinking outside the pack’s safehouse cabin. While downing her fifth can of beer, she started hearing noises: people talking and footsteps. She soon found she was in one of the alleyways that make up Old Dale Alley in Clearbrook. She sensed a thread of connection between herself, the homeless people going about their business, and the town itself. Then, the police arrived and started shoving the homeless around with clearly excessive force. Silver moved forward, pulled her gun on an officer, and fired. Then, Silver seemed to fade from sight and become intangible to those around her. The remaining officers became even more violent after one of their own went down, but Silver was unable to physically affect them. She felt the thread of connection from earlier and tugged on it, which made her appear inside the Clearbrook sewers. There, swarms of rats were collecting forgotten trash and miscellaneous items. As Silver followed the rats, she had a vision of a time when she was cast aside: when her girlfriend Rose left her in disgust after Silver confessed to being a werewolf. Silver sobbed at the memory, but eventually found the strength to continue onward. At the end of the twists and turns of the sewers was a void of darkness, which she stepped into. The spirit who had given her this vision was at the bottom: Rat. Rat acknowledged Silver’s willingness to fight for the disenfranchised and they talked about her want to put some good into the world. Rat not so politely encouraged her to get her shit together and Silver woke up back at the cabin, having received Rat’s Blessing of the Forgotten.

House Rules

Penumbral Senses: This Gift can be used in homid and lupus form as well as the supernatural forms.

White Dragon of Friendship: Call out the “White Dragon of Friendship” if you believe a scene is creating out of character hostility between one or more players. This is to remind everyone that we are here to have fun and tell people to change the subject and cool off.

X Card: If at any point a subject comes up that is triggering to you, say “X Card” and the DM will pivot the scene in a different direction.

Rule of Cool: The DM reserves the right to overrule the system rules if a player wants to do something especially cool or interesting that normally wouldn’t be possible.

Final Moments: If a player’s character is in a situation where they are going to die, they may use their final moments to do something such as deliver an uninterrupted monologue and/or perform an action that will succeed, but not save them.

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