Josiah Windford

Josiah Windford is a Homid Ahroun Silver Fang. He is the Warder for the Sept of the Moon's Blessing.

Biography

Josiah Windford grew up in Asheville, North Carolina. His early years were spent in the best schools his parents' considerable wealth could afford. As a boy he was athletic, competitive, and a dreamer; his mind was filled with medieval fantasies and he briefly considered a career in the military (when he was nine) as the closest thing in the modern world to being a knight.

Fortunately for Josiah, he was marked as a "Garou-to-be" shortly after his birth and just before his First Change, a Kin-Fetch summoned some of the region's Silver Fangs. Josiah disappeared from his exclusive boarding school and was educated in the ways of his tribe. When Josiah finally returned to his bewildered and frantic parents nearly a year later, he found himself something of a local celebrity; his parents had believed him kidnapped and had spent many anguished weeks waiting for a ransom note that failed to come. The ensuing manhunt turned up no evidence of the boy, and he was given up for dead. His return "from the grave" garnered a good dead of publicity in the local papers, so much so that for nearly two years, Josiah had to keep his contacts with area Garou very discreet. He spent much of his time alone on his parents' well-guarded estate outside Asheville, wandering in his sizeable backyard and dreaming of the time when he could freely fight Gaia's battles with the Wyrm.

It was during that time that the young Silver Fang received the first inklings of his heroic past lives as well as the beginnings of a serious (though not particularly harmful) delusion. Josiah became convinced that he was the reincarnation of the "real" King Arthur. His king, however, didn't match any of the historical and mythical versions. Instead, he was a daring Silver Fang warrior-king who nearly established Gaia's paradise in Britain before his work was undone by the infamous Black Spiral Dancer known as Mordred.

When Josiah was eighteen, he announced to his family that he was going to strike out on his own, to prove himself and to find his true purpose in life. Since Josiah was legally an adult, his parents could do nothing to prevent his departure; to ensure his well-being, however, they gave him a credit card and promised to make good any debts he might incur.

Josiah roamed the mountains for many years with a pack of Silver Fangs and Fianna, and garnered much collective glory through their battles with the Wyrm in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. During one of their encounters with a now-defunct hive of Black Spirals in Kentucky, Josiah discovered a Grand Klaive lying at the bottom of an oil-fouled pond. For him, it was the final proof of his true identity; Excalibur had come home.

After a time, Josiah's pack fell prey to infighting and he left them in disgust, claiming that they were no true knights of Gaia if they could not work together. He came close to the despair of Harano before he was discovered by Hattie Thunderwife, who adopted him into the Sept of the Moon's Blessing. Since then, he was proven to be an asset to the sept. His tales of past deeds (not just his own) have inspired many of the younger Garou. He accepted the position of Warder as his due and faithfully discharges his duties, firmly believing that the king is the land. He has no desire to leave the environs of the caern, which he considers to be the center of his rightful domain. If his occasional insistence on courtly behavior annoys his septmates, they feel it is a small price to pay for his fidelity as a proven warrior of Gaia.

Image

Josiah is an uncommonly handsome man in his mid-30s. His silver hair, which he wears long and proudly, is natural. He carries himself like a king, and usually dresses in fine, if somewhat archaic, clothing. His idea of "casual" wear is a belted tunic, tight-fitting denim trousers (he will not call them "jeans"), and knee-high boots. In Lupus form he is an awe-inspiring silver "poster wolf." If his Crinos form weren't so formidable, it, too, might be considered beautiful in a terrifying way. In all his forms, Josiah is fond of jewelry, particularly the kind that announces his presence. (He has no use for stealth.)

Stats

Position: Warder, Sept of the Moon's Blessing
Breed: Homid
Auspice: Ahroun
Tribe: Silver Fangs
Nature/Demeanor: Director/Gallant
Physical: Strength 4 (6/8/7/5), Dexterity 4 (4/5/6/6), Stamina 4 (6/7/7/6)
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 2 (0/0/0/0), Appearance 5 (4/0/5/5)
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 4
Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 4, Dodge 2, Expression 2, Intimidation 2, Primal-Urge 2
Skills: Archery 4, Drive 2, Etiquette 3, Firearms 1, Leadership 2, Melee 2, Survival 1
Knowledges: Enigmas 3, Linguistics 3 (Greek, Latin, Russian), Occult 4, Rituals 4
Backgrounds: Past Life 4, Pure Breed 4
Gifts: Inspiration, Lambent Flame, Persuasion, Razor Claws, Sense Wyrm, Awe, Luna's Armor, Spirit of the Fray, Staredown, True Fear, Disquiet, Heart of Fury, Princely Bearing, Silver Claws, Wrath of Gaia, Ignore Wound, Mastery, Mindblock, Spirit Ward, Stoking Fury's Furnace
Rank: 4
Rage 5, Gnosis 6, Willpower 6
Rites: Rite of Cleansing, Moot Rite, Rite of the Opened Caern, Breath of Gaia, Greet the Moon, Greet the Sun, Rite of Talisman Dedication, Rite of Accomplishment, Rite of Wounding
Fetishes: Grand Klaive

References

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