Spirit Without Name
The Spirit Without Name is a Totem of Wisdom.
Overview
The Spirit without Name is a misnomer. This spirit most definitely does have a name but it is unpronounceable by humans, only conveyed by wolves through scent, body motion, and instinct. Humans cannot name it nor comprehend it. Wolves cannot miss it and see it in every motion of the breeze. It doesn’t represent anything, for then it would signify that and such semiotics are the thinking of humans. It merely is, signifies nothing, has very firm characteristics and is deeply meaningful – if you’re a wolf. (The spirit’s children tend to ignore claims from some homids that it may simply not reveal itself to humans in order to improve its mystique.)
Even if any human used these exact words, they’d get it wrong. Nonetheless, the spirit is the connection between the individual and the immediate, always fleeting environment surrounding him. It is the pack instinct. It is the brook and the knowledge of that brook; the tree and the knowledge of the tree at that very instant. It is here now, not a second ago, not a moment ahead, but exactly at this instant, as any wolf will understand it to be. It is, of course, most commonly the patron of Red Talon packs.
- Background Cost: 7
Traits & Ban
Traits
Those who follow this spirit are strongly attuned to their inner nature and instincts, and receive +2 Primal-Urge even if this takes their score over 5. Those of his children who have 6 or 7 Primal-Urge receive -1 or -2 difficulty to all Dodge rolls respectively. In addition, he attunes his children more strongly to what happens around them. The difficulty of all pack tactics is reduced by 1, and by spending one Gnosis point and rolling Perception + Primal-Urge (difficulty 8), for one minute a child of the Spirit without Name can sense all events around them for 20 feet per success rolled.
Ban
The sprit cannot even be sensed by those with less than Primal-Urge 3, and thus he will not adopt them. Nor will he adopt any pack with a homid in its ranks. Lastly, the spirit’s blessings cannot be received in the unnatural city.
References
- WTA: Players Guide to Garou, p. 141