Fera

The Garou are not the only werebeasts alive in the world. Once, many different Changing Breeds walked the earth, each serving Gaia in their own way. However, the Garou made war on these shapeshifters - The Fera - in the bloody War of Rage. Unknown to most Garou, several breeds of Fera still survive - carefully hiding from the werewolves that slaughtered their ancestors long ago.

 

 

The oldest trickster myths of human culture may have their root in the Nuwisha. These werecoyotes are renowned for their wicked sense of humor, and have a habit of pulling dangerous pranks on their neighbors. The Nuwisha don't do this out of sheer spite, though - the Coyote Breed means to teach an important life lesson with every trick they play.

 

 

 

 

The Corax are the Garou's closest allies among the Fera, although even these clever raven-shifters keep the werewolves at arm's - or wing's - length. The Corax quietly aid a few Garou septs as messengers and harbingers, warning them if an otherwise invisible danger draws too close.

 

 

 

 

The Bastet, who take the forms of great cats, are perhaps the werewolves' bitterest rivals. The "Eyes of Gaia" blame most of the world's problems on the Garou, and many of the werecats would rather die than aid one of the "dogs." The Bastet are swift, cunning and strong, but their pride may be the death of them.

 

 

 

Only a few of the Gurahl werebears are left - which is a great tragedy in itself. Although capable of great Rage, the Gurahl are much more renowned for their healing abilities. Too few survive to mend the world - although those that remain will certainly try.

 

 

 

The Mokolé call themselves the "Memory of Gaia" - and they have evidence to back up this claim. These crocodilian shifters have access to a well of racial memory reaching back even to the age of the dinosaurs. This memory, combined with their Rage, grants the Mokolé war forms that are as much like dinosaurs or dragons as anything else - reason enough to be called the "Dragon Breed."

 

 

 

 

The Ananasi werespiders are more alien then even some Wyrm-corrupted monsters. These creatures are said to serve not Gaia, but some vast spider-spirit both like and unlike the Weaver. Those few Garou who know that the Ananasi still exist know far better than to trust the spider-folk.

 

 

 

 

Beneath the cities nest the Ratkin, a vicious breed of rat-shifter. These bitter urban wererats feel betrayed by all their fellow shapeshifters, and are pursuing a violent vendetta against the human race. To the Ratkin mind, all that is important is that the Ratkin survive the Apocalypse - whatever it takes to do it.