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Garou Lexicon
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Common Parlace
The most common form of Garou language, used by all manner of generations and ages.
A
Adren – A rank three Garou. A well respected and well known werewolf.
Ahroun – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Ahroun is the Warrior, born under the Full Moon.
Airts – The magical paths within the spirit world. Examples are Spirit Tracks and Moon Paths.
Anchorhead – A spirit gate between the Near and Deep Umbra. See "Membrane".
Apocalypse – The age of destruction, the final cycle, the birth of death, the everlasting corruption, 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, especially because of men nesting upon the moon.
Athro – A rank four Garou. A highly honored and often heeded werewolf, whose tales are commonly known.
Auspice – The phase of the moon under which a particular Garou was born; commonly thought to determine personality and tendencies. See "Ragabash", "Theurge", "Philodox", "Galliard" and "Ahroun".
B
Bane – Evil spirits that follow the Wyrm. There are many different kinds of Banes.
Bawn – A boundary area around a Caern, where mortals are closely watched. Patrolled and protected by Garou of the Sept affiliated to that Caern.
Blight – Any corrupted area, in either the spirit world or physical reality.
Breed – The ancestry of a Garou, be it wolf, human or other Garou.
C
Caern – A sacred place; a meeting spot where Garou can contact the spirit world.
Celestine – The greatest spirits; the closest things the Garou have to Gods. Examples include, Luna (The Moon) and Helios (The Sun).
Charach – A Garou who sleeps with another Garou or who has done so in the past. Often used as a word of anger.
Chiminage – Traditionally, a Sept can make a request of any Garou who uses its Caern; "chiminage" is the term used for this request. Also used to refer to the price spirits ask Garou in exchange for their services.
Cliath – A rank one Garou. A werewolf who has passed their rite of passage, but has yet to accomplish much of note.
Concolation – A great Moot, wherein many Tribes gather to discuss matters that concern the entire nation of Garou.
Corruption – The act of destroying, devolving or debasing life; also, the oftenoverwhelming effects of the Wyrm's actions. In the present age it often specifically refers to the ecological effects of the humans wreak upon the environment.
Crinos – The half-wolf, half-man war form of the Garou.
Curse, The – The Garou word for the subconscious fear and uneasiness that humans have around them.
D
Deep Umbra – The aspects of the Umbra that lie outside the Membrane. Reality becomes more and more fragmentary the further one travels from The Realm.
Delirium – The madness suffered by Humans who look upon a Garou in Crinos form.
Domain – A mini-realm in the Umbra, usually connected to a larger Realm in the Deep Umbra.
E
Elder – A fifth rank Garou. A werewolf whose power and wisdom are almost legendary to their fellows. With a small 'e', can be used to refer to any Garou who outranks the speaker.
F
Feral – Slang term for a Garou of Lupus ancestry.
Fetish – An item of great spiritual significance. Fetish's have many uses and always have a spirit bound into them.
Fomor (plural Fomori) – Humans who have turned to the Wyrm and draw their power from it. Rarely, this term can apply to Wolves and very rarely to Coyotes. The Fomori are servants of the Wyrm and enernies of the Garou.
Fostern – A second rank Garou. A werewolf who has proven themselves, and is considered trustworthy.
G
Gaffling – A simple spirit servant of a Jaggling, Incarna or Celestine. Gafflings are rarely sentient.
Gaia – The Earth and related Realms, in both a phsical and spiritual sense; the Mother Goddess.
Galliard – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Galliard is the Moon Dancer, born under the Gibbous Moon.
Garou – The term Werewolves use for themselves.
Gauntlet, The – The barrier between the physical world of Earth and the spirit world of the Umbra. It is strongest around technological (Weaver) places and weakest around Caerns.
Glabro – The near-man form of the Garou.
H
Harano – Inexplicable gloom, inexpressible longing for unnameable things, weeping for that which is not yet lost. Some say it is depression caused by contemplation of Gaia's suffering.
Hispo – The near-wolf form of the Garou.
Homid – A Garou of human ancestry. Occassionally used disdainfully by Ferals (eg, "You fight like a Homid").
I
-ikthya – "Of the Wyrm"; a suffix appended to a name. Considered an honorific by the Black Spiral Dancers-to all others, it's a truly dire accusation.
Impergium, The – The 3,000 years immediatly following the birth of agriculture, duing which strict population quotas were maintained, by the Garou, on all human setements.
Incarna Avatar – A type of lesser Incarna, a Jaggling equivalent, affiliated to a Pack of Garou and representing that Pack's links to a totem spirit, of which the Incarna Avatar is itself representative.
Incarna – A class of spirits; weaker than Celestines, but still greater spirits by any measure.
J
Jaggling – A spirit servant of an Incarna or Celestine.
K
Kinfolk – The non-shapeshifting relatives of the Garou, who are immune to the Delirium and fare much better against the Curse than normal mortals do.
Klaive/Grand Klaive – A Fetish dagger or sword, usually of great spiritual potency and nearly always made of silver.
L
Language, The – The language of the Garou which relies as much upon body language and tone as upon actual words.
Litany, The – The code of laws kept by the Garou. Part of the Concord.
Lost Cubs, The – Those who are Werewolves but who for some reason have never been collected by their tribes and instructed in the ways of the Garou. These individuals are often driven insane by the unexpressed Garou side of their nature, or they suffer from and die from severe depression.
Lupus – A Garou of wolf origin and ancestry.
M
Membrane, The – The barrier between the Near and Deep Umbra's. To breach it, and Anchorhead must be found. Alternatively, the Garou can travel through the Dream Zone.
Metis – The sterile and deformed offspring of two Garou. Generally reviled by Garou society.
Moon Bridge – A gate between two Caerns; it most often appears during Moots.
Moon-Calf – Idiot, simpleton.
Moot – A Sept or Tribal conclave that takes place at a Caern.
Mule – Slang for Metis Garou. Often used disdainfully, but one of the lesser insults used for Metis Garou.
N
Near Umbra, The – The spirit world surrounding the Gaia Realm.
P
Pack – A small group of Garou bound to each other by ties of friendship and mission as opposed to culture. Usually they are in the service of a Totem spirit.
Penumbra – "Earth's Shadow''; the spirit world direct surrounding the physical world; many, but not all, terrain features will be the same.
Philodox – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Philodox is the Judge, born under the Half Moon.
Protectorate – The territory claimed and patrolled by a Pack or Sept.
R
Ragabash – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Ragabash is the Trickster, born under the New Moon.
Reaching – Travelling into the spirit world.
Realms – The worlds of "solid" reality within the Tellurian. Earth is often reterred to as The Realm or the Gaia Realm.
Revel – Performed at the conclusion of Moots, the revel is the shifting of all participating Garou into Crinos, to participate in a ritual hunt of everything in the Protectorate which might threaten the Caern.
-rhya – "Greater in station"; a suffix appended to a name.
Ritemaster – A Garou at a caern or in a pack who leads the rituals. The ritemaster of a caern often is also responsible for making certain that the spirits are not upset by any member of the caern, and is allowed to approve or deny rites taking place on the Bawn.
Ronin – A Garou who has chosen or been forced to leave Garou society. It is a harsh fate to become a "Lone Wolf,'.
S
Sept – The group of Garou who live near and tend an individual Caern.
Stepping Sideways – See Reaching.
T
Talens – Minor fetish's, which often can only be used once or a very limited number of times.
Tellurian, The – The whole of reality.
Theurge – One of the Auspices of the Garou. Theurge is the Seer, born under the Crescent Moon.
Totem – A spirit joined to a Pack or Tribe and representative of its inner nature. A Tribal Totem is an Incarna, while a Pack Totem is an Incarna Avatar.
Triat, The – The Weaver, the Wyld and the Wyrm. The trinity of primal cosmic forces.
Tribe – The larger community of Garou. Tribe members are often bound by similar totems and lifestyles.
U
Umbra, The – The spirit world.
Urrah – Garou who live in the city; also, the tainted ones.
V
Veil, The – Part of the Delirium. An effect which induces madness in humans, rather than force them to accept visual evidence of the existance of Werewolves.
W
Ways, The – The traditions and abilities of the Garou. The way of Stepping Sideways, the way of fiery Rage, the way of changng shapes, the wisdom ways and the way of Gaia.
Weaver, The – Manifestation and symbol of order and pattern. Computers, science, logic and mathematics are examples of the Weaver's influence on the material plane.
Wyld, The – Manifestation and symbol of pure change. The chaos of transmutation and elemental force.
Wyrm, The – Manifestation and symbol of evil, entropy and decay in Garou belief. Vampires are often manifestations of the Wyrm, as are toxic waste and pollution.
Wyrmhole – A place that has been spiritually defiled by the Wyrm invariably a location of great corruption.
Y
-yuf – "Honoured equal"; a suffix appended to a name.
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© Copyright White Wolf Publishing, Inc.
Garou Lexicon
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Common Parlace
The most common form of Garou language, used by all manner of generations and ages.
A
Adren – A rank three Garou. A well respected and well known werewolf.
Ahroun – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Ahroun is the Warrior, born under the Full Moon.
Airts – The magical paths within the spirit world. Examples are Spirit Tracks and Moon Paths.
Anchorhead – A spirit gate between the Near and Deep Umbra. See "Membrane".
Apocalypse – The age of destruction, the final cycle, the birth of death, the everlasting corruption, 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, especially because of men nesting upon the moon.
Athro – A rank four Garou. A highly honored and often heeded werewolf, whose tales are commonly known.
Auspice – The phase of the moon under which a particular Garou was born; commonly thought to determine personality and tendencies. See "Ragabash", "Theurge", "Philodox", "Galliard" and "Ahroun".
B
Bane – Evil spirits that follow the Wyrm. There are many different kinds of Banes.
Bawn – A boundary area around a Caern, where mortals are closely watched. Patrolled and protected by Garou of the Sept affiliated to that Caern.
Blight – Any corrupted area, in either the spirit world or physical reality.
Breed – The ancestry of a Garou, be it wolf, human or other Garou.
C
Caern – A sacred place; a meeting spot where Garou can contact the spirit world.
Celestine – The greatest spirits; the closest things the Garou have to Gods. Examples include, Luna (The Moon) and Helios (The Sun).
Charach – A Garou who sleeps with another Garou or who has done so in the past. Often used as a word of anger.
Chiminage – Traditionally, a Sept can make a request of any Garou who uses its Caern; "chiminage" is the term used for this request. Also used to refer to the price spirits ask Garou in exchange for their services.
Cliath – A rank one Garou. A werewolf who has passed their rite of passage, but has yet to accomplish much of note.
Concolation – A great Moot, wherein many Tribes gather to discuss matters that concern the entire nation of Garou.
Corruption – The act of destroying, devolving or debasing life; also, the oftenoverwhelming effects of the Wyrm's actions. In the present age it often specifically refers to the ecological effects of the humans wreak upon the environment.
Crinos – The half-wolf, half-man war form of the Garou.
Curse, The – The Garou word for the subconscious fear and uneasiness that humans have around them.
D
Deep Umbra – The aspects of the Umbra that lie outside the Membrane. Reality becomes more and more fragmentary the further one travels from The Realm.
Delirium – The madness suffered by Humans who look upon a Garou in Crinos form.
Domain – A mini-realm in the Umbra, usually connected to a larger Realm in the Deep Umbra.
E
Elder – A fifth rank Garou. A werewolf whose power and wisdom are almost legendary to their fellows. With a small 'e', can be used to refer to any Garou who outranks the speaker.
F
Feral – Slang term for a Garou of Lupus ancestry.
Fetish – An item of great spiritual significance. Fetish's have many uses and always have a spirit bound into them.
Fomor (plural Fomori) – Humans who have turned to the Wyrm and draw their power from it. Rarely, this term can apply to Wolves and very rarely to Coyotes. The Fomori are servants of the Wyrm and enernies of the Garou.
Fostern – A second rank Garou. A werewolf who has proven themselves, and is considered trustworthy.
G
Gaffling – A simple spirit servant of a Jaggling, Incarna or Celestine. Gafflings are rarely sentient.
Gaia – The Earth and related Realms, in both a phsical and spiritual sense; the Mother Goddess.
Galliard – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Galliard is the Moon Dancer, born under the Gibbous Moon.
Garou – The term Werewolves use for themselves.
Gauntlet, The – The barrier between the physical world of Earth and the spirit world of the Umbra. It is strongest around technological (Weaver) places and weakest around Caerns.
Glabro – The near-man form of the Garou.
H
Harano – Inexplicable gloom, inexpressible longing for unnameable things, weeping for that which is not yet lost. Some say it is depression caused by contemplation of Gaia's suffering.
Hispo – The near-wolf form of the Garou.
Homid – A Garou of human ancestry. Occassionally used disdainfully by Ferals (eg, "You fight like a Homid").
I
-ikthya – "Of the Wyrm"; a suffix appended to a name. Considered an honorific by the Black Spiral Dancers-to all others, it's a truly dire accusation.
Impergium, The – The 3,000 years immediatly following the birth of agriculture, duing which strict population quotas were maintained, by the Garou, on all human setements.
Incarna Avatar – A type of lesser Incarna, a Jaggling equivalent, affiliated to a Pack of Garou and representing that Pack's links to a totem spirit, of which the Incarna Avatar is itself representative.
Incarna – A class of spirits; weaker than Celestines, but still greater spirits by any measure.
J
Jaggling – A spirit servant of an Incarna or Celestine.
K
Kinfolk – The non-shapeshifting relatives of the Garou, who are immune to the Delirium and fare much better against the Curse than normal mortals do.
Klaive/Grand Klaive – A Fetish dagger or sword, usually of great spiritual potency and nearly always made of silver.
L
Language, The – The language of the Garou which relies as much upon body language and tone as upon actual words.
Litany, The – The code of laws kept by the Garou. Part of the Concord.
Lost Cubs, The – Those who are Werewolves but who for some reason have never been collected by their tribes and instructed in the ways of the Garou. These individuals are often driven insane by the unexpressed Garou side of their nature, or they suffer from and die from severe depression.
Lupus – A Garou of wolf origin and ancestry.
M
Membrane, The – The barrier between the Near and Deep Umbra's. To breach it, and Anchorhead must be found. Alternatively, the Garou can travel through the Dream Zone.
Metis – The sterile and deformed offspring of two Garou. Generally reviled by Garou society.
Moon Bridge – A gate between two Caerns; it most often appears during Moots.
Moon-Calf – Idiot, simpleton.
Moot – A Sept or Tribal conclave that takes place at a Caern.
Mule – Slang for Metis Garou. Often used disdainfully, but one of the lesser insults used for Metis Garou.
N
Near Umbra, The – The spirit world surrounding the Gaia Realm.
P
Pack – A small group of Garou bound to each other by ties of friendship and mission as opposed to culture. Usually they are in the service of a Totem spirit.
Penumbra – "Earth's Shadow''; the spirit world direct surrounding the physical world; many, but not all, terrain features will be the same.
Philodox – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Philodox is the Judge, born under the Half Moon.
Protectorate – The territory claimed and patrolled by a Pack or Sept.
R
Ragabash – One of the Auspice's of the Garou. Ragabash is the Trickster, born under the New Moon.
Reaching – Travelling into the spirit world.
Realms – The worlds of "solid" reality within the Tellurian. Earth is often reterred to as The Realm or the Gaia Realm.
Revel – Performed at the conclusion of Moots, the revel is the shifting of all participating Garou into Crinos, to participate in a ritual hunt of everything in the Protectorate which might threaten the Caern.
-rhya – "Greater in station"; a suffix appended to a name.
Ritemaster – A Garou at a caern or in a pack who leads the rituals. The ritemaster of a caern often is also responsible for making certain that the spirits are not upset by any member of the caern, and is allowed to approve or deny rites taking place on the Bawn.
Ronin – A Garou who has chosen or been forced to leave Garou society. It is a harsh fate to become a "Lone Wolf,'.
S
Sept – The group of Garou who live near and tend an individual Caern.
Stepping Sideways – See Reaching.
T
Talens – Minor fetish's, which often can only be used once or a very limited number of times.
Tellurian, The – The whole of reality.
Theurge – One of the Auspices of the Garou. Theurge is the Seer, born under the Crescent Moon.
Totem – A spirit joined to a Pack or Tribe and representative of its inner nature. A Tribal Totem is an Incarna, while a Pack Totem is an Incarna Avatar.
Triat, The – The Weaver, the Wyld and the Wyrm. The trinity of primal cosmic forces.
Tribe – The larger community of Garou. Tribe members are often bound by similar totems and lifestyles.
U
Umbra, The – The spirit world.
Urrah – Garou who live in the city; also, the tainted ones.
V
Veil, The – Part of the Delirium. An effect which induces madness in humans, rather than force them to accept visual evidence of the existance of Werewolves.
W
Ways, The – The traditions and abilities of the Garou. The way of Stepping Sideways, the way of fiery Rage, the way of changng shapes, the wisdom ways and the way of Gaia.
Weaver, The – Manifestation and symbol of order and pattern. Computers, science, logic and mathematics are examples of the Weaver's influence on the material plane.
Wyld, The – Manifestation and symbol of pure change. The chaos of transmutation and elemental force.
Wyrm, The – Manifestation and symbol of evil, entropy and decay in Garou belief. Vampires are often manifestations of the Wyrm, as are toxic waste and pollution.
Wyrmhole – A place that has been spiritually defiled by the Wyrm invariably a location of great corruption.
Y
-yuf – "Honoured equal"; a suffix appended to a name.
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© Copyright White Wolf Publishing, Inc.