Sensei Taylor

Sensei Taylor, Autumn is a Hunter in Darkness Elodoth member of the Lodge of Seasons.

Background

Sensei Taylor isn't a sensei in the usual sense of the word (that is, a teacher of the martial arts). He does teach werewolves how to fight, sometimes, but it's usually by beating the snot out of them should he encounter them during summer. As a member of the Lodge of Seasons, his behavior changes throughout the year, but he is always an Autumn, and he has a very specific agenda for his fellow Imru.

Taylor feels that Luna gave him a mandate when she selected him for the First Change. The spirit wilds in his rural hometown were in terrible chaos, and under the half-moon, he discovered that the turbulence stemmed from the Uratha in the area carelessly draining various loci and hunting down weak spirits for sport. Taylor, guided by the Elunim, attracted the attention of a powerful spirit of killing frost, and the spirit put the local Hisil into a kind of dormancy, giving the Uratha time to reflect on what they were doing. The offending pack members, mostly Meninna, were humbled by Taylor's actions and initiated him into the tribe. He stayed with them for a while, but one spring a member of the Lodge of Seasons passed through town, and he followed her out. In joining the lodge, he remembered the power of autumn and the killing frost, and of the value of a sudden drop in temperature to allow time for reflection.

Taylor never joined another pack - he decided that there simply weren't enough werewolves training the younger Uratha in the proper respect for the spirit wilds. After all, the lot of the werewolf is not to dominate the spirit world but to look after it and make sure it stays in balance. As an Elodoth, he was skilled at dealing with spirits without manipulating them, and he had become skilled at understanding, finding and subduing other werewolves. He began visiting isolated packs, checking the spirit wilds and correcting imbalance where he found it. He was only one werewolf, and thus rarely engaged whole packs himself, but he found that if the situation in the Hisil really requited his action, there was always a powerful spirit willing to help him.

The first werewolf to call him "Sensei" was an Irraka who meant it as a joke, but the name stuck. "Sensei" means "teacher," and Taylor accepted this as his role - teaching werewolves to learn, remember and cherish their place within the spirit wilds. He's quite willing to injure werewolves to make the point, but he keeps scrupulously to the Oath. The fact that his nomadic lifestyle doesn't allow him to claim his own territory rankles him, and he wonders how famous he would have to become before other Uratha came looking for him.

Sensei Taylor is nearing 40. He is barrel-chested and muscular, with thick arms and a square jaw. He lets his black hair grow wild (he claims that he looks even worse when he tries to comb it), and usually purchases clothes from a local thrift store when entering a new city. He prefers to fight in Urshul form, saving Gauru for when he really needs to make an impression on disrespectful werewolves. He never changes to Primal Form when he's fighting something he doesn't intend to kill.

Stats

Auspice: Elodoth
Tribe: Hunter in Darkness
Lodge: Seasons
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 4, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 4 (5/7/6/5), Dexterity 3 (3/4/5/5), Stamina 2 (3/4/4/3)
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 3, Composure 2
Mental Skills: Academics 1, Computer 1, Investigation (Uratha) 2, Occult 2
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 3, Drive 1, Larceny 3, Stealth (Stalking Werewolves) 4
Social Skills: Empathy 2, Intimidation (Cold Logic) 2, Persuasion 2, Subterfuge 2
Merits: Fighting Style: Boxing 5, Language (First Tongue), Meditative Mind
Primal Urge: 4
Willpower: 5
Harmony: 9
Essence Max/Per Turn: 13/2
Virtue: Faith
Vice: Pride
Health: 7 (9/11/10/7)
Initiative: 5 (5/6/7/7)
Defense: 3 (in all forms)
Speed: 12 (13/16/19/17)
Renown: Honor 4, Purity 5, Wisdom 3
Gifts: Know Name, Partial Change, Scent Beneath the Surface, Sense Malice, Wolf-Blood's Lure, Anybeast, Father Wolf's Speed, Snarl of Command, Aura of Truce, Forest Communion, Running Shadow, Shadow Flesh, Soul Read, Primal Form
Rituals: 1; Rites: Funeral Rite, Rite of the Spirit Brand

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