The Hounds
of
Hell
Winter Palace
In today's nation there are fewer and fewer places of true Gaian and Garou power that are able to succeed in the ways that the great Caern surrounding the Winter Palace has been able.
In the distant north of today's soviet union there are vast areas still unpopulated by mortal society for their harshness and danger. The freezing temperatures can make even hardened adventurers turn away and situated in such a place lies the vast and beautiful Caern holding within it, the massive and magnificent Winter Palace of the Silver Fangs.
Held in the velvet hands of a Gaian so powerful her very steps can make even the hardest Fenrir shake and tremble. Her beauty is legendary amongst the Nation's Galliards and her power even more feared. Queen Tamara Tvarivich has stood at the head of the powerful Silver Fang House of the Cresent Moon for more years than she appears to have been able. Still within the appearences of beautiful and brilliant youth, the elder Theurge is the spiritual commander of the tribe.
It is a rare Garou who will cross this beauty. In every motion she excudes grace and elegance. But her battlelines have been some of the most successful against the Wyrm in the Nation's history. Her howls have echoed over the ice mountains she calls home more than once and the armored Queen has taken the battle personally against the dark many times. Having little fear of what they face, she accepts the manners of the nation in it's great battle and seems more than able in matters of War.
House Cresent Moon's war theurges are known to be more just ferocious, they are stunning as they are deadly, it is not only Garou that fight beside these fierce warriors of the Falcon after all.
Also within residence of the Winter Palace and adopted by the Queen is the son of Archadi Iceclaw, the Galliard known as Sergei. Sergei is an up and coming Garou learning from his hardened 'brother' and his beautiful and powerful step mother. Sergei is using his time within the Palace well. Learning all there is in the libraries of the Silver Fang's historical victories and royalty. Sergei is set by his step mother to sit within the stretches of power when he becomes of a suitable age and rank to the Nation. Some have spoken of her plans to allow him to succeed him, others do not believe that he will.
Besides the two Garou who stand with Queen Tamara as adopted sons, she rules from a height, mostly untouchable even by those who follow her closely. This however has proven the right formula in her rule and she is deemed one of the most successful rulers of her kind.
The vast halls of the Winter Palace are set in ice and white stone. Intricately decorated with silvery metals reaching into the stones like veins of a magnificent living being. Mirrors grace to bring white and pure light to even the deepest of corners, however making the place shine with the brightness of Helios and Luna's lights.
The Winter Palace itself stands in the heart of the northern russian ice mountains, surrounded by a vast and beautiful yet deadly storm that provides miles of thick Whiteout, making it near impossible for the mortals to ever tread on their lands. The Whiteout circles around a dense forest of ever greens capped with snow and frozen hard, providing shelter and hidden paths to the White Knights of this pocket of immense power. The White Knights provide the protective patrols around the area, each hand chosen by their queen to serve and treated with respect and honor by the Caernfolk and Kin.
The Knights of the Realm are headed up singlehandedly by the near legendary 'Blade of the Winter Palace' A metis by birth of unknown origins, The Blade's name is Kazimir Tvarivich, personally adopted by the Queen, he follows her relentlessly. The Blade is a Theurge much like his queen, strong, capable and elegant in his own way. The trails of the Knight's white cloaks are in honor of their Head Warder, Kazimir is a never really seen outside of his full regalia, keeping his far reaching eyes over the Palace and it's forests, leading with an Iron Hand for his Queen and his Caern's protection.
The Winter Palace itself stands in the heart of the northern russian ice mountains, surrounded by a vast and beautiful yet deadly storm that provides miles of thick Whiteout, making it near impossible for the mortals to ever tread on their lands. The Whiteout circles around a dense forest of ever greens capped with snow and frozen hard, providing shelter and hidden paths to the White Knights of this pocket of immense power. The White Knights provide the protective patrols around the area, each hand chosen by their queen to serve and treated with respect and honor by the Caernfolk and Kin.