Sept of the First Rage

The Sept of the First Rage aka "Sept of Fells-Trees" or the "Unnamed Wolf Caern" is a Red Talon caern located in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1]

History

The Unnamed Wolf Caern, at the heart of the sept, was supposedly created by Fells-Trees himself, the ancient Red Talon also credited with inadvertently inventing the Garou glyph language. The legends among the Talons state that after the moot that finalized the Litany Fells-Trees lost faith in the other Garou. He saw them as well-meaning, but deluded by the Wyrm and by the humans, and so he communed with Gaia Herself and asked for help. She granted him the knowledge of creation, but cautioned him that using it carelessly would end him. He tanked Her, and told his cubs (one of whom, Spring Stream, also figure prominently into Talon legendry) that what he learned would save the tribe some time in the future. He then wandered off to die.

According to the tales, Fell-Trees wandered the spirit worlds looking for a place to lie down and free his spirit, but something pressed him to keep wandering. He eventually found a mountain that the humans had completely conquered. Their waste covered one slope, while the bodies of their dead covered another. The humans swarmed over the mountain, too stupid to clean themselves and too weak to do anything but breed.

Incensed, Fells-Trees used the knowledge Gaia had given him and cleansed the mountain of humans entirely, so much so that it became a caern through his will. He chose the newly purified caern as the place he would die, but knew that someday his tribe would find his secret. And now, in the Lasy Days, they have.

The caern itself lay untouched for many years. Red Talon legend says that all three of the Pure Tribes guarded the mountain at one time or another, but that none of them ever ventured far enough up the mountain to find the caern, During the Wyrmcoming, a pack of Red Talons, driven north by encroaching humans and European Garou, discovered the mountain and reasoned that if the climb was arduous for them, it would be doubly so for the weak homids and their human Kin. The Red Talons gathered their spirits and climbed the mountain. When they reached the higher slopes, they discovered that game was plentiful, but difficult to catch - years of living in the rugged terrain had made even the prey animals hardy and strong. The Talons rose to the challenge, and made the mountain their hunting grounds. And still the caern remained hidden.

Finally, one fall as the leaves began to die and the ground began to freeze, a young Ragabash called Runs-in-Rain chased a hare into the brush and fell into a depression in the mountainside. Recovering his footing, he felt the power of the caern and was overcome with the spirit of Fell-Trees. Fell-Trees graced him with a vision, later called the Prophecy of Gaia's Rebirth. It stated that a great leader would arise from the mountain and recover the secret of creation. Runs-in-Rain immediately summoned his fellow werewolves and they set about restoring the caern's spirit and power.

Sept Members

• Sunrise-Heart
• Fire-Friend - Red Talon Ahroun, Warder
• Born-in-Thunder - Red Talon Galliard Fostern, Peacekeeper
• Black-Paws - Red Talon Philodox, Master of the Rite
• Last-To-Eat - Red Talon Theurge, Master of the Challenge

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