Category:Kinfolk

Setting
The Kinfolk of the Garou Nation are a diverse group of people of all walks of life. They are known to be quite resilient yet have always been over protected by the Garou, sometimes to the point the Kinfolk begin to dislike the Garou themselves. While not all Kinfolk are humans, many are wolves, they all are bound to the Garou or to the Fera and Changelings. The Various tribes have very different views on the kinfolk of the Garou Nation. The more traditional ones believe they should be protected, though some solely because without them the Garou lose two very valuable things. First, family, and second, the very valuable ability to have someone who can deal with humans.

Some Garou cherish their kin; protect them and love them. Others like the Red Talons only care for their Wolf Kinfolk and claim no human kinfolk. Some are so protective of their kinfolk, such as Glass Walker Lupus Kin, that you’d think they were so rare to be almost non-existent.

Bitten
While the Bite has existed for a long time, no one knows the origin or if it is a good thing or a bad thing. Both Human and Wolf kin can be bitten, and after 28 days of horrible sickness (most of it in the first week), the Kin goes through their first change and becomes a Garou (or fera) leaning towards the tribe that they were Bitten by. But not all choose that tribe, as some in the case of those Bitten by Red Talons and being human kinfolk are not admitted to the tribe even if they do happen to lean into the hate of mankind as a whole just like them. The Bite is potentially a very dangerous weapon in the hands of the Garou, but those who have been Bitten cannot cause the Bite, nor breed, as they are rendered sterile by the sickness it causes.

The Battle of Crescent Moon
While many Kinfolk did not fight, several hundred did, of all tribes. These kinfolk used Silver Bullets and Dragon Fire rounds to deal with the various enemies in volleys of hundreds of shots and even arrows in some cases. Acting as long range cover fire, using human military tactics against the Fomori, Vampires, and Black Spiral Dancers. Without this extra aid, surely the Garou Nation and Fera would have perished. This is a point of pride from those who were on the front line and survived it.

Setting
As the Garou Nation’s kinfolk are varied so too are the kinfolk of every breed of Fera. From the Emerald Court’s multi-cultural existence, to the Melting Pot of American Culture, to the Varied tribal cultures of Africa and South America, the Fera Kinfolk of all Breeds are all different and skilled in many ways.

What the Garou Kin are to the Garou the Kinfolk of the Fera are equally the same if not more necessary. Fera sometimes have even harder times dealing with humans, especially the Rokea, so the Rokea’s kinfolk, called Kadugo, are absolutely necessary for that purpose and to ensure what few Homid Rokea there are do in fact have a next generation thus the Rokea jealously guard their kinfolk from other Breeds. Though most of the Kadugo dwell around the coast, or on small island nations. Hawaii, New Zealand, and other small island nations are sometimes entirely made up of Kadugo without ever knowing it.

The Gurahl and Wendigo share many kinfolk in the American North West, as well as Siberia. The Bastet of the Ahadi sometimes share kinfolk with the Silent Striders, and the Uktena of Australia are as tied to the Lost Bunyip as they are the Uktena themselves.

Modern days have left the Kinfolk venturing across an increasingly smaller world, while their full on changing breed cousins, fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters live in a world of spirits and war, that they barely know a thing about until brought into the fold; this isn’t due to a lack of knowledge exactly but a lack of the breeds ability to find their distant kinfolk and teach them.

Among Fera there are more lost kinfolk than among Garou, and many have no clue just how important they are to the fera breeds.

The Battle of Crescent Moon
Only a handful of Fera Kinfolk went to this battle, and even fewer returned. They fought alongside their Breeds, healing as best they could, providing cover fire with silver ammunition, or in a handful of cases outright fighting with blades and fetishes made specifically for them.

Of the Rokea the Lamnidae family lost half a dozen family members in this battle, however their ferocity was made known when they killed an Elder Abomination alongside their family Patron.

Likewise a few Nuwisha kin showed their wild smiles while sabotaging equipment of the enemy with dynamite and detonated these as the battle began.

The Simba mostly forbade their Kinfolk from going, however a few did anyway, to the ire of the Simba themselves. Few made it back to be punished for this act of endangerment of the species however, and those that returned did not get punished, but rather some took the Bite instead to act as Warriors of the tribe.

Several Khan did as much as the Simba, though a handful in preparation rallied expensive amounts of equipment for the other kinfolk. Many Khan kinfolk come from noble families of India and Asia and have wealth to spare.

The Ajaba however fought alongside many of their own kinfolk, embracing them in life and death that made both halves of the breed fight all the harder.