Kinhome

Kinhome is a Kinfolk religious group that believes that when they die, their spirit travels to their tribes homeland

Overview

The idea that after death, Kinfolk go to their Garou’s tribal homeland in the Umbra makes sense to many Kin. For them, human religions do not explain their nature or offer them a convincing image of an afterlife. As Kinfolk, even if underappreciated or mistreated by their Garou kin, they know they have something that is lacking in the rest of humanity. What would a merely human religion have to offer them? The hope is that when they die, Kinfolks’ spirits go to the Umbral homeland set aside for their tribe.

Some believe that, within that homeland, a “Kinhome” exists for Kinfolk. In that place, their service to the Garou ends and their spirits dwell in an eternal bliss. When Garou spirits or Garou traveling in spirit form seek to enter Kinhome, they enter at the pleasure and in the service of the Kinfolk spirits that dwell there. The thought that a place exists where the Garou defer to them holds a great deal of appeal to many Kinfolk.

Those who believe in Kinhome do not have weekly “church” services, but usually honor their beliefs within their homes or, occasionally, at “Kinhome moots,” usually held near the solstices and equinoxes. These meetings do not take place on the solstice (or equinox) itself because the Garou hold their seasonal rites at those times and usually have some form of participation for their Kinfolk. Most believers do not speak of their beliefs to Garou, but they find satisfaction in thinking about a time when they do not have to take second place to their Changing kin.

References

• WTA: Kinfolk: A Breed Apart, p. 34