Arden Kantner

Arden Kanter is a Hunter in Darkness Ithaeur member of the New Hope Pack in Colorado.

Background

Arden Kanter claims to be the best educated of the pack. He's never actually been to college - and indeed didn't finish high school - but he proudly boast a "Ph.D. from the University of Life." As annoying as that claim is to Shrike's Thorn (who did attend college), a few moments of conversation with Kanter leaves most people in agreement.

Arden was born in Canada, but left the country on his 18th birthday. He traveled to Switzerland first, then to Germany, then back to North America to the Appalachians. No matter where he went, though, he was never far from the mountains. He climbed into the foothills and talked with the people who lived there, and then climbed to any peaks he could manage. Along the way, he picked up many useful skill. Mountaineering was only the most obvious, but by the time Arden reached Colorado, he spoke seven languages, was a crack shot and had read the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad-Gita cover to cover. He studied the lore and legends of every country he visited, but did so by talking to storytellers rather than by reading history. When his First Change came rather than by reading history. When his First Change came on a clear, crisp night under the mountain sky, Kanter wound up adapting with atypical speed. He spent three years as a Ghost Wolf before joining the Hunters in Darkness, and was on his way to Sakendar Isi when his path crossed that of Jack Kinneson. The two Uratha talked and came to respect one another before ever asking about tribe, and Arden agreed that the future depended on werewolves casting aside any unnecessary strife. Tribe, he felt, was too much a human conceit.

Arden us about Kinneson's age, but looks much younger (a fact he attributes to "clean living"). He has a thick, full beard and a head of bushy brown hair. He dresses as though he expects to leave the city and never come back any moment. His breath is usually foul, as Kanter refuses to ear anything he doesn't catch himself, and prefers eating and digesting in wolf form.

Stats

Auspice: Ithaeur
Tribe: Hunter in Darkness
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 3, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 3 (4/6/5/3), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/5), Stamina 3 (4/5/5/4)
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2 (1/2/0/2), Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics 1, Crafts 1, Investigation 1, Medicine 2, Occult (Cultural Legends) 2, Politics 1
Physical Skills: Athletics (Pursuit) 3, Brawl 2, Drive 1, Larceny 1, Stealth 2, Survival (Hunting) 4
Social Skills: Empathy 1, Expression 2, Persuasion (Neighborly) 2, Socialize 2, Streetwise (Blending In) 3, Subterfuge 1
Merits: Contacts (pen palls the world over) 1, Language (Arabic, Arapaho, German, First Tongue, Hindi, Japanese, Spanish) 7, Strong Back
Primal Urge: 3
Willpower: 5
Harmony: 9
Max Essence/Per Turn: 12/1
Virtue: Charity
Vice: Pride
Health: 8 (10/12/11/8)
Initiative: 6 (6/7/8/8)
Defense: 3 (3/3/3/3)
Speed: 11 (12/15/18/16)
Renown: Cunning 1, Purity 4, Wisdom 3
Gifts: Call Water, Speak with Beasts, Two-World Eyes, Manipulate Earth, Plant Growth, Forest Communion, Primal Howl, Beast Ride
Rituals: 2; Rites: Rite of Dedication, Call Human

References

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