Kachi-Kachi

Kachi-Kachi is a Bone Shadow Ithaeur member of the Lodge of the Hungry Ghosts.

Overview

Even other Bone Shadows look at Kachi-Kachi as if she's strange. A number of things about her are unsettling: the hitching gait, they way her teeth seem too large for her mouth, and worst of all, the shriveled pucker of an eye socket from when she gave her eye to the toxic bite of a rat - as a gift.

Her history speaks of strangeness and tragedy. As a human, she was born prematurely from a diseased womb, killing her mother as she came to life. During her First Change, the Shadow bled over and warped her perceptions. As a result, she killed both her father and little brother, thinking they were "fire-people" trying to burn her. Her life as Forsaken has been no easier. She has suffered abuse at the hands of dominant Uratha, pushing her around under the presupposition that she is a weak - even sickly - wolf.

None of this stands in the way of her abilities, however. She isn't weak when it comes to dealing with spirits and the Shadow. Spirits seem preternaturally disposed toward her, flocking to her and teaching her Gifts for far lesser costs than they would demand of other Uratha. Her abilities with the yokai transcend that of spirits, too. The Hosts (particularly the Beshilu) seem inclined to listen to her advice, even taking it now and again. She counts among her allies a handful of Ridden that temper their angers and insanities by sitting with her and drinking tea from time to time. Kachi-Kachi barely deals with other werewolves at all anymore - a fact that concerns even those Forsaken in the Lodge of the Hungry Ghosts.

Soon, however, Kachi-Kachi (whose name, incidentally, is a homophone simulating the snap and pop of a crackling flame) will deal again with werewolves, at least for a time. The spirits have demanded that she take one one student, teaching him the ways of the lodge. The spirits whisper to her that it doesn't matter if the student wants to be taught - if he must be forced, then that is how fate decrees it.

Stats

Tribe: Bone Shadow
Auspice: Ithaeur
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 4, Wits 3, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 2 (3/5/4/2), Dexterity 2 (2/3/4/4), Stamina 2 (3/4/4/3)
Social Attributes: Presence 1, Manipulation 3 (2/3/1/3), Composure 4
Mental Skills: Academics 2, Crafts 3, Investigation (Shadow) 3, Medicine 1, Occult (Rituals) 4
Physical Skills: Larceny 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2
Social Skills: Animal Ken (Birds) 3, Empathy 3, Expression (Riddles) 3, Intimidation 2, Subterfuge 2
Merits: Direction Sense, Eidetic Memory, Fetish (Shadow Wings) 3, Natural Immunity, Quick Healer
Primal Urge: 4
Willpower: 6
Harmony: 5
Max Essence/Per Turn: 13/2
Virtue: Charity
Vice: Sloth
Health: 7 (9/11/10/7)
Initiative: 6 (6/7/8/8)
Defense: 2 (2/3/3/3)
Speed: 9 (10/13/16/14)
Renown: Cunning 2, Honor 3, Wisdom 4
Gifts: Two-World Eyes, Sense Malice, Ward Versus Predators, Read Spirit, Scent of Taint, Ward Versus Humans, Corpse Witness, Echo Dream, Gauntlet Cloak, Shadow Ward
Rituals: 4; Rites: Banish Human, Rite of Contrition, Call Jaggling, Obon Temae
Derangements: Suspicion (mild)

References

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