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Desmond Miles

Homid Theurge Silver Fang

Physical Notes
- 6'/195 lbs
- In Lupus form, he's a white wolf with golden eyes.

History Liner Notes
( Desmond is 25; in-WoD DoB to be determined.)
- The Assassins are a splinter faction of the Silver Fangs who originally formed after the War of Rage, formed of werewolves that recognized that the Weaver was as significant threat as the Wyrm and considered their Garou brethren's fixation on the latter ultimately impeded their ability to defend Gaia. Direct confrontation was determined to be a non-viable path; instead, it was agreed to attempt to influence the course of events from the shadows, saving their unheeding brethren from themselves without them ever knowing the forces that were acting to protect them. They would accomplish their mission not by shouting it from the mountains, but by working in secret.

- While a number of Assassins broke away from the main Silver Fang tribe and were lost, scattering to hidden caerns, others remained in the ranks to feed information on the movements of the tribe so the Assassins on the outside could counter-act or complement them as necessary. They consider the Weaver and its agents to be their sworn enemy over the Wyrm, a view that hasn't made them well-loved.

- Desmond was raised on the Farm, an off-the-grid Assassin community. The Assassins were generally open with their children about the existence of the supernatural and spirits, training them rigorously in combat and various ways of repelling the Wyrm, but refrained from teaching them about Garou society as a whole, electing to do so only when children had either undergone the Change or reached the age of majority.

- Children on the Farm were kept largely ignorant of the existence of the larger Garou nation, raised in an almost Hunter-like enclave and essentially fed a direct-drip feed of the idea that the Weaver and the Wyrm were equally bad influences on the world and it was their Gaia-given mission to counteract their influence. Very culty.

- Desmond ran away from the Farm at the age of 16 and ended up in New York City. He applied the skills he learned from the Farm to forge paperwork and blend into city life. He become a bartender for Bad Weather and proceeded to happily pretend to forget everything he used to know about fighting for the next 9 years.

- In the meantime, the actual power/influence of the Assassin order as a whole has severely dwindled, which is why none of them were in a position to rescue Desmond -- only enough to pick up on the information and pass it on to someone who might be able to do something about it. An anonymous tip about a scion of a long-vanished Silver Fang bloodline (in reality, a message from one of his ancestor spirits) gets passed to the Crescent Moon, which dispatches some poor fucker to investigate.

Gifts

• Climb Like an Ape / City Running (Homid, Rank 1)


• Spirit Speech (Theurge, Rank 1)


• New Moon’s Laughter (Silver Fang, Rank 1)


• Rooftop Sprint (Homid, Rank 2)


• Eyes of the Lynx (Theurge, Rank 2) (doesn't seem to be on tcgarou; it's on wyrmfoe tho???)


• Reason’s Grasp / Reason (Silver Fang, Rank 2)

Climb Like An Ape/City Running
Garou with this Gift find that moving vertically is just as easy as moving horizontally; whether they are walking along a sidewalk, climbing stairs, or scaling the side of a building, their pace doesn’t change in the slightest, nor do they tire out more rapidly. This Gift doesn’t make it any easier or less dangerous to climb in precarious circumstance — a ten-story fall is still a ten-story fall, and a sheer surface remains sheer — but the Gift does make sure that the character can climb as quickly as he walks.

Spirit Speech
This Gift allows the Garou to communicate with encountered spirits. The Garou is thus able to address them whether they wish to be adddressed or not. Of course, nothing (usually) prevents the spirit from ignoring the Theurge or leaving.

New Moon’s Laughter
This Gift allows a werewolf to make others around her more receptive to criticism and less obsessed with their own pride, thus showing them the wisdom of the New Moon.

Rooftop Sprint
On occasion, a city Garou may find himself in a chase across the rooftops of his town. He may be pursuing a fleeing Wyrm-spirit or Black Spiral Dancer, or he might be running for his life from similar foes. Rooftop Sprint makes such a chase much more survivable — and even winnable — for the Garou who uses it. He becomes able to leap up and down several stories, and easily spring across open alleyways

Eyes of the Lynx
Lynx-spirits, embodying the Umbral ideal of their earthly counterparts’ powerful eyesight, can see even beyond physical obstacles. Theurges who learn this Gift can peer through walls or beneath the earth.

Reason's Grasp
The Silver Fangs took up many burdens when they accepted the leadership role for the Garou Nation. One of the hardest of these to bear is the propensity towards Harano and the mental disabilities that beset members of the Tribe. However, the spirits took pity upon the tribe members who were suffering and failing at a time of need, so they sent a Firebird spirit to teach them this Gift. Reason’s Grasp allows a Silver Fang to free herself temporarily from Harano or mental illness. It can also protect against any sanity-altering attack, be it from a spirit, Wyrm creature, vampire, mage or demon.

TBA to Make Desmond's Life Suffering Later
Blood Life (Theurge, Rank 2)

Traits

Physical:

• Quick: ****


• Strong: *


• Tough: **

Social

• Charismatic: **


• Impressive: *


• Manipulative:

Intelligent

• Intelligent:


• Perceptive: ***


• Wily: **