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The Totems of Hircine
Among those of us to whom Lord Hircine bestowed his most precious gift of Lycanthropy. There are legends that he also set into the world specific artifacts of his power. They date to a period when men could neither write, nor speak, nor barely think, but the powers of blood of the beast were yet flowing strong among the selected.
The first: a carved skull of the wolf itself.
Used by those ancient shamans in the blood ceremonies that created our lineage. it is said
to grant a great presence to those who prostrate themselves before it. such that those
who witness their forms cower in a terror unknown except to those who have glimpsed
the face of Hircine himself.
The second: a thigh bone, carved as the skull.
but from some animal unknown. Used as some form of medicinal wand in the more
ancient-brotherhood. it was said to grant a kind of heightened awareness. both in sight
and smell. such that the prey could never flee too far from our senses.
The third: a simple drum, its mundane appearance meaning it is most likely lost to
the mists of long ago time. As our fathers would beat time to summon their brethren
from the fields. so too would our forebears in the blood call their allies to them with its
pounding. Through these totems, we channel and focus our energies of the beast. While werewolves give up the powers of magic known to men, we can tap into a more direct natural energy at
times. and through these totems, discover the abilities that first tamed the world before
wrought civilization sullied it.