WHITTIGO

By Adam Solis (ajsolis@aol.com). Refer to the Wolfen kith.

Description

Just as the Wolfen kith is descended from the fears of the European garou, the whittigo are formed from the fear of the Wendigo tribe and the Wee Tee Go fomori (detailed in Ways of the Wolf). Whittigo have the same affinity and birthrights as the Wolfen (Resilience of the Beast and Feral terror). They do not share the same frailty though. Instead the Whittigo have the frailty of Dark Hunger. Whittigo are cannibals who must make a willpower roll (difficulty 5) to restrain himself from eating raw meat when given the opportunity, even if that meat is human. The whittigo also have the frailty fear of fire, just like the tree people kith. The other way in which they differ from Wolfen is that whittigo are Nunnehi with all that state implies: an extra success on primal rolls, the ability to enter the umbra, access to totem and familiar spirits, and the necessity of gleaning glamour from the earth instead of people. Naturally, the most popular totem is Wendigo, but as the Whittigo spread across the earth jungle cat and reptilian totems are coming in vogue. Whittigo Dauntain have been known to embrace Wee Tee Go, the false Wendigo, as a totem. Whittigo with the totem background can turn into the appropriate animal in a fashion to pooka. For example, one with the Wendigo totem could transform into a wolf of the same breed and feature as a Wendigo garou, one with a jungle cat totem would turn into a jungle cat, and one with a reptilian totem could turn into a reptile. Use the statistic adjustments for garou, bastet, or mokole as appropriate. The feral terror form and pelt will match the totem form, which must be Wendigo, false Wendigo, feline, or reptile. No other totems are available to whittigo.