Still, the tribe's noble blood, general coherence and millennia  of tradition combine to allow them to easily command respect and obedience from most Garou. The Silver Fangs are wealthy in land, money and magic, and most Silver  Fang kings are quick to reward  loyal service. Silver Fangs rarely step into occupied septs and demand control of the caern, but they often rise to positions of power within multi-tribal septs due to their natural charisma and combat prowess.

 

In the modem day, fewer and fewer Garou are willing to submit to the Silver Fangs' claim of Gaia-

blessed right of rulership; it seems obvious to younger werewolves that the Silver Fangs may be as much a liability to the Western Concordiat as they are born leaders. Rumors abound that the Silver Fangs themselves will fight at the head of the forces of the Wyrm, when the final drum sounds. Young Silver Fangs speak of refreshing the tribe's bloodlines, but the elders exhibit shock and horror at the very suggestion.

 

Tribal Totem: Falcon -- soaring high above all his subjects, Falcon's honor is unquestionable and his wrath strikes swift and true.

 

Advantage: Generations of perfect breeding have anointed you for leadership. Once per game during a Social Challenge against a Garou or a Garou Kinfolk, you have a free "First Tribe" retest.

 

Drawback: Those same generations may have entangled a few branches of the family tree. As a result, you're a bit mentally unstable. Begin play with one Derangement.

 

Restrictions: Silver Fangs must spend at least three of their initial Background Traits on Pure Breed; after those are purchased, all Backgrounds are available to them.

 

Beginning Tribal Gifts: Falcon’s Grasp, Lambent Flame, Sense Wyrm

 

Starting Willpower: Three

 

Wolf Form: The wolf form of a Silver Fang is suitably majestic, especially given the tribe’s strong bloodlines. With mighty jaws and lush tails, they command attention as easily in lupus form as in homid or Crinos. Their fur is usually silver or white.

 

Organization: The Silver Fangs have a rigid hierarchy; seven great noble houses cover the Fangs’ territory across the world, and within each Fang sept there is a King (the term applies whether the elder is male or female) and associated members of his court. The King is the eldest active Ahroun of one of the great bloodlines or one who has ennobled himself through legendary deeds. The court consists of two members of each of the other auspices in the roles of shamans (Theurges), stewards (Philodox), squires (Galliards) and seneschals (Ragabash). Members of other auspices fill these other roles more often these days as the Fangs’ numbers decrease. A Silver Fang King’s sept is divided into two courts, the Lodge of the Sun, which deals with business affairs and day-to-day operations, and the Lodge of the Moon, which handles spiritual affairs and interactions with the Wyld.

 

Habitat/ Protectorate: The Silver Fangs pay  careful attention  to the scions of nobility, for breeding purposes. Their pickings have gotten slimmer over the past 50 years as nobility as a lifestyle has begun to vanish from Europe and was never as grand in the rest of the world. The Fangs do have the choicest territory to be found in much of Europe and Russia, with majestic views from mountain eyries and the like. In the Americas  and Australia,  things  are considerably more egalitarian, and the Fangs scrap with the other tribes for the nicest digs. The Fangs keep close track of their Kin, and tribal “pedigrees” take up several volumes in any library. Money is not a consideration to noble blood - an exiled Romanian prince reduced to teaching high school in the US is worth far more to them than a nouveau riche industrialist descended from horse thieves.