Werewolf: The Apocalypse lexicon
This is a lexicon of terms used in Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Common Parlance
These words are commonly used among the Garou.
- Anchorhead
- Anthelios
- Apocalypse
- Auspice (Ragabash, Theurge, Philodox, Galliard and Ahroun)
- Bane
- Bawn
- Blight
- Breed
- Caern
- Celestine
- Chimera
- Chiminage
- Cliath
- Concolation
- Concord, The
- Corruption
- Crinos
- Deep Umbra
- Delirium
- Diana
- Domain
- Falcon
- Fera
- Feral
- Fomor (singular), Fomori
- Gaffling
- Gaia
- Garou
- Gauntlet
- Gifts
- Glabro
- Gnosis
- Harano
- Hispo
- Homid (Breed and Form)
- Impergium
- Incarna
- Jaggling
- Kenning
- Kinfolk
- Klaive
- Litany
- Luna
- Lupus (Breed and Form)
- Membrane, The
- Metis
- Moon Bridge
- Moon-Calf
- Moongem
- Moot
- Mule
- Near Umbra
- Nexus Crawler
- Pack (WTA)
- Pathstone
- Pegasus
- Penumbra
- Protectorate
- Rage
- Rank
- Reaching
- Realms
- Rites
- Ronin
- Sept
- Stepping Sideways
- Stormcrows
- Talen
- Tellurian
- Totem
- Triat, The
- Tribe
- Umbra
- Veil, The
- Ways, The
- Weaver, The
- Wyld, The
- Wyrm, The
- Wyrmhole
Vulgar Argot
Young Garou use these terms to help distinguish themselves from their elders.
Old Form
These terms come from the Garou's distant past and show their Fianna origins. They are no longer used often but all Garou know them.
The Tribes
Umbra: The Velvet Shadow
- Airts
- Aisling
- Awen
- Blight
- Caern
- Celestine, Greater
- Celestine, Lesser
- Deep Umbra
- Domains
- Emanations
- Epiphs
- Gafflings
- Gaia
- Gauntlet
- Hellhole
- Incarna
- Jagglings
- Malfeas
- Membrane
- Mini-realms
- Mirror Zone
- Moon Bridges
- Moon Paths
- Near Umbra
- Null Zone
- Pack Totem
- Penumbra
- Periphery
- Phragments
- Reaching
- Realm, The
- Realms
- Spirit Gates
- Spirit Tracks
- Stepping Sideways
- Sub-realms
- Subway, the
- Tellurian
- Totem
- Trod
- Umbra
- Virtual Odyssey
- The Wagnerians
- Web
- Zone
The Silver Crown
- Gatekeeper
- Glen
- Lodge of the Moon
- Lodge of the Sun
- Lunae
- Lune
- Pictogram
- Rite
- Seneschal
- Silver Record, the
- Warder
Croatan Song
- Angalkuk (Wendigo)
- Angatkok
- Angoaks
- Daebaudjimoot (Wendigo)
- Heyoka (Wendigo)
- Hunkayapi
- Law Giver (Uktena and Croatan)
- Makuk
- Manitou
- Mediwiwin (Wendigo)
- Nawalak
- Nobugidaban
- Numaym
- Oki
- Pemmican
- Sachem
- Shaman (Uktena and Croatan)
- Songkeeper (Uktena and Croatan)
- Toyon
- Trickster (Uktena and Croatan)
- Wabeno
- Warrior (Uktena and Croatan)
- Ya'pahe (Wendigo)
Book of the Wyld
Book of the Weaver
- Device
- Drone
- Naming
- Onesong
- Three Seeds, the
- WeaverTech
Rage Across Egypt
- Ahadi
- Ali
- Allah
- Amenti (or Amentet)
- Anubis
- Apep/Apophis
- Ba
- Bubasti
- Caliph
- Duat/Tuat
- Ennead
- Gûl
- Hadith
- Heart Scarab
- Hieroglyphs
- Isis
- Jann
- Ka
- Ka'ba
- Khem
- Ma'at
- Mecca
- Medina
- Muhammad
- Mummy
- Nephthys
- Naos
- Nome
- Qur'an
- Set/Sutekh
- Shabti (pl. Ushabti)
- Sharia
- Shemsu-heru
- Shi'a
- Soul-Drinkers
- Sunna
- Ta-Mera
- Ta-tchesert (or Ta-djesart)
- Urthekau
- Wadi
- Yaaru
Rage Across the Heavens
- Anthelios
- Aphelion
- Asteroids
- Astrology
- Astronomy
- Ecliptic
- Equinox
- Eshtarra, the Songteller
- Hakahe, the Ebon Whisperer
- Horoscope
- Izarra Tarana, the Star Singers
- Katanka-Sonnak, the Wind Rider
- Light Year
- Lu-Bat, the Peaceful Counselor
- Magnitude
- Matagar, the Lord of Beginnings
- Meros, the Wandering Mystic
- Meteor/meteor shower
- Mitanu, the Clever Rogue
- Nerigal, the Ice Warrior
- Orrery
- Perihelion
- Retrograde
- Rorg, the Many-Taloned Hunter
- Ruatma, the Shadowed One
- Shantar, the Loom Maker
- Sidereal Year
- Sokhta, the Lambent Lady
- Solar Year
- Solstice
- Songan, The Noble Brother
- Tambiyah, the Veiled Mother
- Vegarda, the Lady of the North
- Yakecen, The Fallen Singer
- Yaraan-Doo, The Dying One
- Zarok, the Crowned Ruler
- Zenith
- Zodiac
Players Guide to Garou
- Battle Skin
- Blooded
- Burr-tail
- Coup-Counter
- Fang-sheared
- Firewall
- Flame-bent
- Half-tongue
- Herrian
- In Wroth
- Jacked
- Land-lorn
- Man-sheath
- Pallid Crown
- People, the
- Purgator
- Roughcoat
- Showing Throat
- Smoothcoat
- Sundered
- Tenderized
- Terrius
- Thorn
- Tsar
- Vareign
- Wyrm-riven
Kinfolk
- Fellowship
- Nanna
- Stud
- Mare
Formal terminology
- Bequest, the
- Callow
- Fellowship
- Garou gene
- Kenning
- Kin Fetch
- Plebe pack
- Subaltern pack
Informal/Slang
- Golden apple
- Idiot
- Lethal mutation
- Mare
- Nanna
- Rotten apple
- Stud
- Unfortunate
- Ushers
Changing Breeds
Ananasi
- Agere
- Amari Aliquid
- Anansi
- Anomia
- Aspect
- Atahsaia
- Chymos
- Damhàn
- Estotilandia
- Faction
- First War, the
- Fylfot
- Gaderin
- Grandmother Spider
- Great Mother, the
- Great Web, the
- Hatar
- Insect Races
- Kar
- Kumo
- Kumoti
- Malum
- Mother-Queen
- Myrmidon
- Ovid
- Plicare
- Padrone
- Queen Ananasa
- Secean
- Sylie
- Symmetry
- Tapestry, the
- Tenere
- Triumvirate
- Unweaving
- Weaving
Bastet
Common Terms
- Ahu
- Asura
- Caliah
- Cahlash, the Unmaker
- Chatro
- Chaya
- Crinos
- Dakat
- Den-Realm
- Folk, the
- Gaia
- Hakarr
- Hanshii
- Homid (Breed and Form)
- Jamaa
- Jamak
- Karoush
- Kheuar
- Kit
- Killi
- Kuasha
- Lune
- Madness, The
- Nala, the First Mother
- Nyota Jamaa
- Padaa
- Pride
- Pryio
- Rahjah, the Maker
- Seline
- Shadow Folk
- Sokto
- Taghairm
- Tahla
- Taklah
- Tribe
- War of Rage
- Yava
Formalities and Rank Titles
- Akaa
- Bon Bhat
- Buree Pa
- Hamaal
- Ilani
- Naa
- Shining Child
- Tekhmet
- Tilau
- Watua
Slang
- Brain-Wading
- Caloo
- Declaw
- Dog
- Ghat
- Housecat
- Meshing
- Monkey
- Ngiri
- Playing Blood-Tag
- Puss-in-Boots
- Ratshit
- Scratching One from Nine
- Spiderface
- Yabba
Gurahl
- Arcas
- Arthren
- Arthren
- Bhernocht
- Bjornen
- Buri-Jaan
- Council of Autumn
- Fests
- Gallivant
- Geth-Rura
- Hibernation
- Kieh
- Kojubat
- Kovi
- Mangi
- Matae
- Pattern Breaker
- Powwow
- Rar-Azgai
- Regalia
- Rishi
- Sorna
- Talchwi
- Tapestry Maker
- Ursa Major
- Ursa Minor
- Ursus
- Verden
- Yarn Spinner
- Uzmati
Hengeyokai
- Age of the Dawning
- Age of Legends
- Age of Shadows
- Age of Sorrow
- Age of the Ten Thousand Things
- Age of Testing
- Bakemono
- Beast Courts of the Emerald Mother
- Centipede, centipedes
- Court
- Court of Ancestors
- Courts, the
- Dragon Line
- Dragon Nest
- Emerald Mother, the
- Fifth Age
- Fist
- Gai'nan
- Gaki
- Hengeyokai
- High War
- Hsien
- Kin-jin
- Kuei-jin
- Lantern
- Leaf
- Low War
- Marawa
- Minister of Heaven (Wyrm: Ministers of Hell)
- Mirror
- Mirror Lands
- Mountain sentai
- Namebreakers
- Nareau
- Okuma
- Pillar
- Rati
- San Yuan
- Sentai
- Shen
- Sixth Age
- Sunset People
- Susanowo
- Talon
- Tapestry, the
- Tsuki-yomi
- Wall, the
- War of Shame
- Wave sentai
- Wheel of Ages
- Wind
- Yama Kings
- Yang World
- Yin World
- Yomi
- Yomi World
Hakken
- Ashigaru
- Bushido
- Chushin
- Clan
- Daimyo
- Mon
- Naru-kami
- Shintoku
Same-Bito
Zhong Lung
Kitsune
- Batsu
- Byakko
- Chie
- Doshi
- Eji
- Genko
- Go-en
- Gukutsushi
- Hitogata
- Inari
- Ju-Fu
- Juko
- Jyu-ho
- Kagayaki
- Kanji
- Kataribe
- Kiko
- Kitsune
- Kitsune-go
- Kojin
- Koryo
- Koto
- Kuko
- Kyubi
- Nine-Tails
- Nogitsune
- Origami
- Paths
- Prince Inari, the
- Reiko
- Roko
- Sambuhenge
- Sempai
- Shakko
- Shen
- Shinju
- Silver Lady, the
- Tamamono
- Tenko
- Toku
- Yakan
- Yojutsu
- Yomi
- White-Faced One, the
Mokolé
- Age of Sleep
- Ambalasokei
- Apocalypse
- Archid
- Bandaiyan
- Bata'a
- Bête
- Big
- Blood-devil
- Buaya
- Callsinger
- Champsa
- Clutch
- Damned
- Designer
- Devisor
- Dinosaur Kings
- Dissolver
- Drachid
- Dragon's Dream
- Dragon Kings
- Dream Hunter
- Egg-smasher
- Entoban
- Eshu
- Farm Boy
- Gendasi
- Gharial
- Gumagan
- Halpatee
- Homid (Breed and Form)
- Innocents
- Inwitting
- Jati
- Karna
- Last Times
- Lineage
- Ma'afa
- Makara
- Mancala
- Matre
- Mnesis
- Mokolé
- Mokolé-Mbembe
- Mokolé-mbembe
- Monster of the Deep Shadows
- Mother Cow
- Olodumare
- Ora
- Perfect Clutch
- Piasa
- Proudest Monkey
- Rats
- River Pact
- Ruler-Of-The-Tides
- Salty
- Sharptooth
- Stream
- Suchid
- Sun
- Sun bridge
- Syrta
- Tenrec
- Two-legs
- Unktehi
- Varna
- Wallow
- Wanderer
- Wani
- Was
- Within, the (also "Great Within")
- WonderWork of the Wyrm
- Zhong Guo ("chung kuo")
- Zhong Lung ("chung lung")
Nagah
- Ages of Kings
- Ahi
- Ananta
- Apsa
- Azhi Dahaka
- Balaram (Breed and Form)
- Crown
- Devi
- Jeweled Pools
- Jurlungur
- Kali
- Kali Dahaka
- Kamakshi
- Kamsa
- Kartikeya
- Khurah
- Naginah
- Nandana
- Nemontana
- Nest
- Sacred Secret
- Samskara
- Sannyasin
- Sayidi
- Serpent Waters
- Sesha
- Silkaram
- Three Mothers, the
- Vasuki
- Vritra
- Wani
- Xi Wang Chi
- Yamilka
- Zuzeka
Ratkin
- Colony
- Courtiers
- Crèche
- Deceit
- Nest
- Ramblers
- Rampage
- Rat Pack
- Ratling
Rokea
- Betweener
- Breakers
- Brightwater
- C'et
- Darkwater
- Dimwater
- Dirtwalker
- Grotto
- Kadugo
- Kopa Loei
- Kraken
- Kun
- Kunspawn
- Lamprey
- Moon's Blood
- New Wound
- Oversea
- Oversea's Balm
- Okeans
- Pelageans
- Qyrl
- Qyrlings
- Rorqual
- Same-Bito
- Scuttlers
- Sea
- Sea's Soul
- Small Seas
- Small Wounds
- Three Daughters
- Undersea
- Unsea
- Wound, the
Pentex
- Book of the Wyrm Second Edition: Pentex Jargon
- AQD: Acquisitions Division
- ARD: Areas of rapid development
- DD: Division Director
- EXD: Executive Director
- FIN: Finance
- HRD: Human Resources Development
- ICS: Information Collection Systems
- IL: Project Iliad
- OD: Project Odyssey
- OPD: Operations Division
- QCE: Quality Compliance Experts
- PCD: Project Coordination Division
- PENETX 2100: Partnership, Energy, Novelty, Technology, Enthusiasm and Excellence
- PR: Public Relations
- PRI: Team Prime
- RD: Regional Directors
- SAP: Strategic Action Plan
- SDD: Subdivision Directors
- SPD: Special Projects Division
- TQM: Total Quality Management
- Werewolf Storytellers Handbook Revised: Spook Speak
- Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex: Technobabble
- E3: Electronic Entertainment Expo
- ToA: Tellus of America
- ToJ: Tellus of Japan
- Twitch Games: Games that require quick reaction speed
Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated
- Book of the Weaver: Developmental Neogenetics Amalgamated
- Allele
- Carrier
- Chromosome
- Consanguinity
- DNA
- Dominant allele
- Epistasis
- Gene
- Genetics
- Genome
- Genotype
- GLS
- Heterozygous
- Homozygous
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pleiotropy
- Recessive allele
- Werewolf Storytellers Handbook Revised: Lexicon
Werewolf: The Wild West
Common Jargon
These words are commonly used by native and immigrant werewolves alike.
- Anchorhead
- Apocalypse
- Auspice (Ahroun, Galliard, Philodox, Ragabash and Theurge)
- Bane
- Bawn
- Blight
- Breed
- Caern
- Celestines
- Concolation
- Concord, The
- Corruption
- Crinos
- Deep Umbra
- Delirium
- Domain
- Elder
- European (General term for all Garou not of Pure One stock)
- Feral
- Gaffling
- Gaia
- Garou
- Gauntlet
- Glabro
- Heavens, The
- Hispo
- Homid (Breed and Form)
- Impergium
- Incarna
- Jaggling
- Kenning
- Kinfolk
- Klaive
- Litany, The
- Lupus (Breed and Form)
- Membrane, The
- Metis
- Middle Lands
- Mockeries
- Moon Bridge
- Moot
- Mule
- Near Umbra
- Pack
- Penumbra
- Protectorate
- Pure Lands
- Pure Ones
- Reaching
- Realms
- Sept
- Stepping Sideways
- Storm Eater, The
- Tellurian
- Totem
- Triat, The
- Tribe
- Umbra
- Veil, The
- Ways, The
- Weaver, The
- Wyld, The
- Wyrm, The
- Wyrmcomer
- Wyrmhole
Slang
These terms are in favor with young Garou, who prefer "plain speech" to fancy formality. Elders typically look on such as disrespectful.
Old Form
These terms were spoken in the oldest days and are kept alive by lorekeepers; most display a distinct Fianna turn of phrase. Werewolves use this "fancy-speak" only infrequently, but virtually all know these words and their definitions.
Dark Ages
These are terms found in Werewolf: The Dark Ages and the Dark Ages: Werewolf Rulebook.
Dark Ages: Werewolf
Werewolf: The Dark Ages
References
- WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse Rulebook, p. 29-31
- WTA: Drums Around the Fire, p. 209-216
- WTA: GURPS Werewolf: The Apocalypse, p. 203-205
- WTA: When Will You Rage?, p. 438-446
- WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse Second Edition, p. 25-27
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild, p. 21-25
- WTA: Umbra: The Velvet Shadow, p. 11-13
- VTM/WTA/MTAs: The Chaos Factor, p. 42
- WTA: The Silver Crown, p. 246-249
- WTA: Werewolf: The Apocalypse Revised Edition, p. 53-55
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild Revised Edition, p. 30-33
- WTA: Croatan Song, p. 12-13
- WTA: Book of the Wyrm Second Edition, p. 52
- WTA: Book of the Wyld, p. 17
- WTA: Book of the Weaver, p. 12, 93
- WTA: Rage Across Egypt, p. 14-17
- WTA: Subsidiaries: A Guide to Pentex, p. 103
- WTA/cMET: Mind's Eye Theatre: Book of the Wyrm, p. 159-160
- WTA: Rage Across the Heavens, p. 15-17
- WTA: Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes, p. 13
- WTA: Kinfolk: A Breed Apart, p. 9
- WTA: Ananasi, p. 15
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 3, p. 41-43, 132-133
- WTA: Bastet, p. 26-27
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 1, p. 119-123
- WTA: Gurahl, p. 17-18
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 2, p. 42-43, 117-120
- WTA: Hengeyokai: Shapeshifters of the East, p. 19-21, 62, 90, 101, 124-125
- WTA/cMET: Hengeyokai: Way of the Beast Courts, p. 43-45, 52, 90, 113, 158-159
- WTA: Werewolf Players Guide, p. 165
- WTA: Mokolé, p. 16-17
- WTA: Nagah, p. 16-17
- WTA/cMET: Laws of the Wild: Changing Breeds 4, p. 53-54, 144-145
- WTA: Rokea, p. 16-17
- WTA: Werewolf Storytellers Handbook Revised, p. 143, 156
- WTA: Players Guide to Garou, p. 22-23
- WTA: Players Guide to the Changing Breeds, p. 42-43, 55, 85, 99-110, 113, 122-123, 140, 150, 179
- WTA: Werewolf: The Wild West Rulebook, p. 29-31
- WTWW/cMET: Laws of the Wyld West, p. 47-51
- WTA: Werewolf: The Dark Ages, p. 14-15
- WTA: Dark Ages: Werewolf Rulebook, p. 18-19