Lodge of the Sleeping Bear

Lodge of the Sleeping Bear lodge member

The Lodge of the Sleeping Bear is a Lodge of the Hunters in Darkness.

The spirit patron of the Lodge of the Sleeping Bear is Mother Bear.

Overview

The Brethren War did a great deal of damage to the Forsaken of North America, but the Pure didn't claim victory everywhere. In some areas, the Forsaken were able to repel the Pure, but in others, the battles just opened a vacuum. The state of Michigan is one such place.

Everything north of Detroit is lost, except for the Sleeper Bear dunes and the surrounding area. The loci of the state feed spirits that repulse and terrify the Forsaken, and crossing the state on foot (or stopping to rest) is inviting death. The Lodge of the Sleeping Bear, a small pack of Hunters in Darkness that dwells in and around Traverse City, is the last holdout. The lodge loses a member a year from attrition from the enemies in the area, but Hunters from other parts of the country sometimes join and keep the lodge alive. The lodge members are patient. When the Mother Bear awakens, she will help them take back the state.

Membership

The Lodge of the Sleeping Bear accepts any Hunter in darkness who wishes to join, and might accept other tribes as well, if they were willing to take the oaths of membership. The lodge has only between five and a dozen members at any given toe. but the dunes would support more than that. They consist of almost 50,000 acres along the shores of Lake Michigan, and contain numerous small loci and enough game for several wolf packs. The area towns are somewhat expensive to live in, but the members of the lodge ae willing to live simply for their cause.

Game Mechanics

The following are an overview of the game mechanics.

Prerequisites

None except the willingness to stay in the area. Leaving the area surrounding the dunes, even for a moment, means leaving the lodge. This means that if a member chases an enemy out of her territory, she needs to stop before she leaves the dunes (and all members can sense these boundaries).

Benefits

Apart from having access to the natural resources of the dunes, the lodge doesn't offer much in the way of benefit to its members. They share everything, however, and are quite willing to instruct each other in Skills, rites and anything else that would be helpful. In game terms, anything that one lodge member can learn from another costs three-quarters of the normal experience, rounding up. So, if one member were to teach another the level-three rite Bind Spirit, the cost would be four experience points instead of six.

References

    Werewolf: The Forsaken Lodges
    First Edition
    Blood Talons Lodge of Cerberus • Lodge of the Einherjar • Lodge of Garm • Lodge of the Lone Wolf • Lodge of Night • Lodge of the Shield • Lodge of Swords • Lodge of Wendigo
    Bone Shadows Lodge of Baital • Lodge of Death • Lodge of Doors • Lodge of Hallowed Halls • Lodge of Harbingers • Lodge of the Hundred Days • Lodge of the Hungry Ghosts • Lodge of Prophecy • Lodge of the Reaping • Lodge of Voices
    Hunters in Darkness Lodge of Ashes • The Brotherhood of Eshu's Cap • Lodge of Carrion • Lodge of the Empty Den • Lodge of Harmony • Lodge of Ruin • Lodge of Seasons • Lodge of the Sleeping Bear • Lodge of Wrath
    Iron Masters Lodge of 66 • Lodge of Arms • Lodge of the Hidden Hunt • Lodge of Lightning • Lodge of Metal • Lodge of Scrolls • Lodge of Spires • Lodge of Stones • Lodge of Wires
    Storm Lords Lodge of Crows • Lodge of the Final Winter • Kshatriyas • Lodge of the Maelstrom • Lodge of Namarrkun • Lodge of Salvation • Lodge of the Shadow's Storm • Lodge of the Shadow Throne • Lodge of Thunder • Lodge of Winter
    Auspice Lodge of the Boundary • Lodge of the Broken Pledge • Eigner Lodge • Lodge of the Endless Horizon • Lodge of the Fury Choir • Lodge of the Hazzan • Lodge of Luna's Tears • Lodge of Lycurgus • Lodge of the Second Moonrise • The Secret Tribunal • Lodge of the Shadow Throne • Lodge of the Spirit Chains • Lodge of the Spoken Word • Lodge of the Starless Sky • Lodge of the Storm's Eye
    Pure Lodge of Absolution • Blood of Kings • Council of Eagles • Lodge of Kin's Blood • Lodge of Night's Fear • Lodge of Plague • Lodge of Sana'a • Lodge of Vermin's Shadow
    Others Lodge of the Adder • Lodge of Arkadia • The Armée Sauvage • Lodge of Avalon • Lodge of the Black Woods • Lodge of Bloody Spears • Brotherhood of the Crossed Swords • Lodge of Chemics • Lodge of the Coyote • Lodge of the Crossroads • Cult of Bones • Lodge of Echoes • Lodge of the Endless Moon • Lodge of the Fallen Idol • Lodge of the Feast • Lodge of Fevered Light • Lodge of the Firestick • Lodge of Grey Hunters • Lodge of the Grotto • Lodge of Howling Death • Lodge of the Hunt • Lodge of Ilia • Lodge of Kletby • Lodge of the Lake • Lodge of the Lion • Lodge of London • Lodge of the Lost • Lodge of Luna's Devotees • Lodge of Mammon • Lodge of Mania • Lodge of the Modernist • Lodge of the Morning Star • Lodge of the Nahual • Lodge of Praetors • Lodge of Quetzal • Lodge of the Red Sands • Lodge of the Rose • Lodge of the Sacrifice • Lodge of Saints • Lodge of the Savior • Lodge of Scars • Lodge of Scavengers • Lodge of the Shepherd • Lodge of Silence • Lodge of Songkran • Lodge of Tears • Lodge of the Thin Shadow • Lodge of Two Worlds • Lodge of the Union • Lodge of Unity • Lodge of the Willow Branch
    Mots Eiwaz • Valkyrja
    Second Edition
    Blood Talons Lodge of the Einherjar
    Bone Shadows Lodge of the Hundred Days
    Hunters in Darkness Lodge of the Hook Hand • Lodge of Sleepless Earth
    Iron Masters Lodge of the Shield
    Storm Lords Lodge of The Roman Ritual
    Ghost Wolves Eaters of the Dead • Lodge of the Field
    Auspice Lodge of the Chronicle • Lodge of Gargoyles
    Pure Lodge of Muspell
    Others Lodge of Garm • Dreaming Lodge • Lodge of Quicksilver Children • Lodge of the Screaming Moon • The Temple of Apollo • The Thousand Steel Teeth
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