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All of the Terms

COMMON PARLANCE: Common terminology among the Garou

All Garou know these words as the most common vocabulary within the Garou Nation. All Garou, through their upbringing or through their cub years, are taught these words in order to function in everyday society amongs other Garou.

VULGAR ARGOT: Slang from the younger generation of Garou

The younger generation of Garou use these words to distinguish themselves from elders of the Garou Nation. Some elders find this manner of speech very impolite, especially amongst traditionalist Garou.

OLD FORM: Archaic & traditionalist meanings of ancient Garou culture

All Garou know these words though they might not use the archaic definitions anymore. These words hail from the ancient past and some have new meanings in the modern age as the Garou Nation enters a new era in fighting the Wyrm and defending Gaia.

A Terms

COMMON PARLANCE

A spirit gate between the The Near and Deep Umbra. Used for breaching The Membrane.

The age of destruction, the final cycle, the birth of death, the everlasting corruption, and the end of Gaia. A word used in Garou mythology to describe the time of the final battle with the Wyrm. Many consider this time to be the present.

The phase of the moon under which a particular Garou was born, whish is thought commonly to determine personality and tendencies.

The Auspices include:

Ragabash (New Moon; Trickster)
Theurge (Crescent Moon; Seer)
Philodox (Half Moon; Judge)
Galliard (Gibbous Moon; Moon Dancer)
Ahroun (Full Moon; Warrior)

OLD FORM

A pupil or a student who learns from a Mentor.

The magical paths within the spirit world also known as the Umbra.

Examples: Spirit Tracks, Moon Paths, etc.

A journey into the spirit world.

"Soul-friend"

Most often a bond with a pack Totem.

A Garou who travels from Caern to Caern but is bound to none of them.

Teacher, Mentor.

In the modern day, it is the 4th Rank of Renown amongst the Garou.

The sacred Muse, the creative impulse. Some say she is a spirit, but she has never been found. Moon Dancers (Galliards) go on quests for her periodically.

B Terms

COMMON PARLANCE

Evil spirits that follow the Wyrm. Many different kinds of Banes exist.

Example: Scrags, Kali, Psychomachiae, and more.

A boundary area around a Caern, patrolled and monitored carefully.

Any corrupted area in either the spirit world or physical reality.

The ancestry of a Garou: wolf, human or other Garou.

OLD FORM

Any sort of mystic place, whether a Garou Caern or a Wyrmhole. Often a glade or cave lcoated somewhere in the wilderness.

C Terms

COMMON PARLANCE

A sacred place; a meeting spot where the Garou can contact the spirit world.

"Ignorant of the Garou"

Term for Kinfolk or Garou who were not raised by Garou or within Garou society. These individuals are brought into the culture and the Garou Nation as a new "citizen".

The greatest spirits; the closest things the Garou have to gods.

Examples: Luna (the Moon) and Helios (the Sun)

A form of “favors done for services rendered.” A werewolf may perform a task as chiminage in order to repay a spirit for teaching him a Gift, or to repay a sept for allowing him to use its caern.

A young Garou, not yet of any significant rank. The 1st Rank of Renown.

A great moot, wherein many Tribes gather to discuss matters that concern the Garou Nation.

The agreement all the tribes reached nearly 9,000 years ago, after which the Impergium ended. Its traditions are still obeyed today.

The werewolves would leave humanity to its own devices, retreat from an overt presence in the world of men and try to guide and check them from the shadows. Garou would not kill with impunity, but instead maintain their own society separate from that of humanity. They would continue to take mates from the brightest and strongest humans, but they had faded into the collective unconscious of mankind.

The act of destroying, devolving, or debasing life; also, the often overwhelming effects of the Wyrm's actions. In the present age, it often refers specifically to the ecological ruin humans wreak upon the environment.

The half-wolf, half-human war form of the Garou.

Typically, a young Garou who has yet to do their Rite of Passage or is below the rank of Cliath.

VULGAR ARGOT

Derogatory term for a Vampire

OLD FORM

A Garou who sleeps with another Garou or has done so in the past. Often used as a word of anger or a derogatory term.

D Terms

COMMON PARLANCE

The madness and memory loss suffered by humans who look upon a Garou in their Crinos form.

A mini-Realm in the Umbra, usually connected to a larger Realm in the Deep Umbra.

E Terms

COMMON PARLANCE

A lesser spirit than a Gaffling

F Terms

COMMON PARLANCE

Garou term for shape shifter other than werewolves such as the weretigers, Khan, or the werebears, Gurahl. There are many other Fera but most of them do not have good relations with the Garou.

Slang term for Lupus.

The first time a Garou changes into a different form than they were born with, either shifting into Crinos or into Lupus or Homid.

First Change varies between Breeds. Most Lupus and Metis Garou have more peaceful first change events. Meanwhile, Homids, especially those who are Callow, have violent First Changes with multiple casualties.

(singular: Fomor)

Former humans who have turned to the Wyrm and draw power from its corruption. Fomori are also common enemies of the Garou.

VULGAR ARGOT

All of humanity, particularly those humans from whom the Garou recruit their own members.

OLD FORM

Your packmates; your comrades. Brothers and sisters and family by your own choice. Now known as the 2nd Rank of the Garou.

G Terms

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L Terms

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VULGAR ARGOT

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M Terms

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OLD FORM

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N Terms

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Y Terms

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All of the Terms

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H Terms

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M Terms

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