Lupe Proudwalker

Lupe Proudwalker, "Speaks-for-the-Forgotten-Ones" is a Lupus Uktena Philodox.

Overview

Since her First Change, Lupe Proudwalker distinguished herself as a spokeswoman for equal rights, woman's issues, conservationist groups and Native American restitution movements. Her direct and passionate speeches at rallies throughout the United States have inspired her listeners in the struggle against the corrupt practices that deprive whole populations of their rights and destroy the few remaining areas of unspoiled wilderness. Many who have fallen under the spell of her words speak also of her feral grace and primitive beauty. Indeed, they should, for Lupe Proudwalker's unusual appeal comes, at least in part, from her wolf ancestors.

Born as a lupus among a pack of wolves hidden by the Uktena of the southwestern desert, Lupe felt amazement and delight at discovering how to walk on two legs and imitate the strange customs of humans. Unlike most wolf-born Garou, Lupe embarked upon a crash course in human behavior. What she learned both pleased and appalled her. Since awakening to her Garou heritage, Lupe has embraced both sides of her dual nature.

She sees her duty as a Lawgiver to speak out for all of Gaia's downtrodden, whether human or animal. Thus, she acts as an advocate for many groups - all of whom are equal in her eyes.

Lupe's fame has not made her welcome in the halls of power, however. Her name appears on Pentex hit lists and in FBI files. Targeted as a "reality deviant" by agents of the New World Order, she has often had to escape into the Umbra to avoid their attentions. Other groups, including right-wing extremists and moral majority advocates, claim that she is a "foreign agent" corrupting the ethics of America's young.

In some ways, they're right. Lupe seeks out disaffected youths and injects in them a new attitude, enlisting them in her own campaigns to bring together all Gaia's forgotten children into an army of rebuilders.

References

• WTA: Uktena Tribebook, p. 67