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Tribes:

Black Furies:
The saying the female is the deadliest of the species may not always be true, but you wouldn't know it from looking at the Black Furies. According to tribal legend, the Furies became a tribe after Luna herself, in the Guise of Artemis the Huntress, charged a pack of female Garou with the task of defending the Wyld. However, their responsibility didn't end there, the Black Furies also bear the duty of protecting woman from those who would abuse or violate them. It's a duty they take very seriously; this tribe of warriors and mystics has zero tolerance for those who prey upon their fellow women. Those who cross the Black Furies find very quickly that these she-wolves have sharp, sharp teeth.
Tribal Totem: Pegasus
Backgrounds: No restrictions
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: Furries Chrinos, Hispo and Lupus forms are predominantly black, with highlights or stripes of white, silver or grey. Although the Furies originated in Greece, they have spread throughout the western hemisphere and come from all walks of life. As a rule, Black Furries tend to be broad shouldered and graceful.

Bone Gnawers:
The other tribes don't have much respect for the Bone Gnawers. For as long as there have been tribes, the Bone Gnawers have been the omega tribe, the one making do with whatever scraps the others toss its way. But the Gnawers don't spend much time bemoaning their fate. Although they might not have much of anything by way of wealth or breeding, the Bone Gnawers still have their stubborn pride. They're the ones who defend the down-trodden, who hunt the Wyrm in the worst parts of the cities where not even other werewolves go. The average Bone Gnawer might not be refined -- or even polite -- but he's not afraid of hard work or fighting dirty. The job's got to get done, even if nobody else is willing to do it.
Tribal Totem: Rat
Backgrounds: Bone Gnawers may not buy Past Life, Pure Breed or Resources
Starting Willpower: 4
Phisical: Mangy, jackal-like werewolves, often resembling large dogs. Their coats are a mishmash of clashing colours, and they usually smell bad. They are small for Garou, but are surprisingly touch for their size.. Bone Gnawers come from all lands and may be of any race or cultural background; no matter their origings, however, all Gnawers end up on the low end of life.

Children of Gaia:
The Children of Gaia have an especially thankless lot -- they are the voice that cries for peace in the midst of a nation of warriors. This isn't to say that the Children of Gaia don't believe the Garou should be fighting for Gaia -- the Children are warriors willing to fight and die for the Earth Mother, just like their brethren -- but the tribe was founded on the ideal that the more lives saved, the better. They strive to keep their fellow werewolves from battling amongst themselves, always mediating disputes and trying to bring rivals together against the common enemy. Although other Garou sometimes complain that the Children are too compassionate for their own good, the Children of Gaia maintain that it's useless to fight without knowing how to heal as well. The Children of Gaia have an especially thankless lot -- they are the voice that cries for peace in the midst of a nation of warriors. This isn't to say that the Children of Gaia don't believe the Garou should be fighting for Gaia -- the Children are warriors willing to fight and die for the Earth Mother, just like their brethren, but the tribe was founded on the ideal that the more lives saved, the better. They strive to keep their fellow werewolves from battling amongst themselves, always mediating disputes and trying to bring rivals together against the common enemy. Although other Garou sometimes complain that the Children are too compassionate for their own good, the Children of Gaia maintain that it's useless to fight without knowing how to heal as well.
Tribal Totem: Unicorn
Backgrounds: No restrictions
Starting Willpower: 4
Phisical: In their Hispo and Lupus forms, Children of Gaia resemble the magnificent wolves of mystic art. Clean Limbed and powerful, they radiate a tangible sense of calm and balence rather then the feral coldness of most Garou. Their fur tends toward shades of brown and grey, often spotted or striped with white. In homid form, Children of Gaia represent all human races and cultures.

Fianna:
The Fianna tend to define themselves by two things: their European, mostly Celtic heritage, and their devotion to the traditions of the Garou. Even the tribe's ragabash and Ahroun are expected to be able to tell a good story or remember an important legend when needed, and their Galliards are held to an even higher standard. The Fianna also enjoy a second reputation as perhaps the most passionate of tribes -- they enjoy a life perhaps a little too much, and have been known to get into terrible trouble when tempted by the pleasures of "the good life." However, their weak wills shouldn't be taken as a sign of weak warriors -- when her ire is raised, there are few things more dangerous than an angry Fianna.
Tribal Totem: Stag
Backgrounds: No restrictions
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: Fiana tend to breed among humans of Celtic desent, though there has recently been limited mingling outside that ethnic group. Their wolf forms resemble dire wolfs or wolfhounds; they are huge (particularly in Hispo form) and either red or black, with glowing green eyes.

Get of Fenris:
No tribe has a more ferocious reputation than the Get of Fenris -- and they like it that way. The Get -- or Fenrir, as some still call themselves -- idolize strength above all other virtues: the strength to endure pain and hardship, the strength to defend one's Kin and territory, the strength to overcome Gaia's enemies, and the strength to lay down one's life for one's comrades. Unfortunately, this emphasis on strength has led far too many Get to look down upon any werewolves of other tribes (and even humans) who they see as being weak in body or character. The Fenrir aren't well-loved by many tribes, but that matters little to them. When the Final Battle comes, each and every Get will be willing to die fighting in their Mother's name -- something that can't always be said for the others.
Tribal Totem: Fenris
Backgrounds: Get of Fenris may not purchase contacts or mentor.
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: The lupine forms of most Get resemble huge northern grey wolfs, broad shouldered and muscular with huge jaws. Black and brown patches are common, although some supremicest Get consider anything less then a pure grey coat to be a sign of mongrel blood. The Get Of Fenris derived almost entirely from nordic stock, although some septs will allow members of other ethnic groups if they think the "foreigners" can handel it. Most Get have some form of battle scar, and many brand themselves or carve permanent runes into their flesh during impassioned rites.

Glass Walkers:
Not all tribes oppose the Weaver. The Glass Walkers have always believed that the Weaver, though ill, can be cured -- and that her creations are things of wonder, not corruption. The most urban of tribes, the Glass Walkers are very much at home negotiating deals in the boardroom, climbing quietly up elevator shafts, or hacking into encrypted computer systems. They are allies with spirits of technology, and well-versed with the works of man. Their only weakness is a telling one -- with so much emphasis on their human side, the Glass Walkers are gradually losing touch of what it means to be half wolf as well.
Tribal Totem: Cockroach
Backgrounds: Glass Walkers may not purchase Pure Breed, Mentor or Past Life
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: Glass Walkers have bred with humans the world over. They are noted by their devotion to fashion, though this varies by sub culture; an individual Glass Walker may look like a GQ model or a tatooed street hood. In wolf form they are generally small to medium size. Their fur is often multi coloured and mottled (and occasionally dyed). Many of the tribes younger members dye and clip the manes of their Chrinos forms into a variety of clourful and bizzare styles. Of all the tribes, the Walkers hsve the fewest lupus, and their blood is thinning as a result.

Red Talons:
The best reason for any human to fear the wilderness is the tribe called the Red Talons. For millennia, the Talons have watched humanity slaughter their wolf brethren, drive entire species to extinction time and again, pollute their lands and even murder one another. As a result, most Red Talons have come to hate humans with a passion. There are no homids in the tribe -- even if a Talon did manage to overcome his hatred for humanity long enough to beget a Garou child on a human mate, the rest of the tribe would never allow the young one within their ranks. Regrettably, as wolf populations dwindle, the Red Talons are in decline. Even so, they growl that it is better to die out entirely with their honor intact than embrace the very species that has done more damage to Gaia than any other.
Tribal Totem: Griffin
Backgrounds: Red Talons may not buy Allies, Contacts, or Resources. Their only Kinfolk are wolves.
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: Red Talons are not used to Homid form and assume it only rarely. When they do, they are often rough, hairy, crude and slouching. Some Talons even resemble Neaderthals. In wolf form, they are of medium to large frame, with ruddy or brown fur and noticeably large jaws. There is always a shock of flameing red fur somewhere on their bodies; the Children of Gaia say this is Gaia's mark of shame, but the Talons claim it is a badge of honour.

Shadow Lords:
To the Shadow Lords, control is everything. These dark werewolves look at the decaying state of the Garou Nation and tell one another that noble sentiments are no longer enough -- more reliable, even more drastic methods are necessary to preserve the Garou as a race. As a result, the Shadow Lords use intrigue, domination and cunning as weapons, exerting as much control as possible over their surroundings. To their way of thinking, they must make certain of the Garou's eventual victory -- by whatever means necessary.
Tribal Totem: Grandfather Thunder
Backgrounds: Shadow Lords may not buy Allies or Mentor.
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: Shadow Lords can be of any human stock, for they have bred with the best and brightest of all peoples. They are generally muscular, with a comanding bearing. In wolf form they are large, stocky and dark, rather resembling enormous pit bulls.

Silent Striders:
The Silent Striders are wanderers and rovers across the whole world -- but not by choice. Unlike any other werewolf tribe, the Striders were driven from their homelands thousands of years ago, and cursed to wander ever since. They travel roads that no other werewolf walks -- sometimes by choice, sometimes not. Their Crinos forms echo Anubis, the Egyptian guardian of the dead -- and like their legendary counterpart, the Striders are very familiar with the spirits of the deceased. Legend has it that the entire tribe is haunted -- another reason that they never stay too long in one place, but are always driven to travel onward.
Tribal Totem: Owl
Backgrounds: Silent Striders may not buy Past Life or Resources.
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: Striders have a variety of human somatypes, though most are lean from constant travel. Striders originated in North Africa and thus most are African or Semetic, but they have interbred with humans of all stocks. In wolf form they are long and lean, resembling the jackals of Egyptian art, with inscrutable expressions and regal contenances. Silent Striders in Chrinos form may well be resposible for the legends of such dieties as Anubis and Set.

Silver Fangs:
The Silver Fangs have always sat at the head of the Garou Nation. They claim that a mandate from Gaia herself appointed them to lead the other werewolves in peacetime and in war. To their credit, they have largely taken the responsibility seriously, breeding with human nobility and attempting to treat their cousins with noblesse oblige. However, the Fangs have a long tradition of pride bordering on arrogance, and over selective breeding has eaten away at the tribe's stability. The Silver Fangs seem to be rotting from within. A few young Fangs are doing what they can to revitalize the faltering tribe, but it may already be too late.
Tribal Totem: Falcon
Backgrounds: Silver Fangs must spend at least three of their background points on Pure Breed.
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: While spreading throughout Europe and North America, the Silver fangs the nobility and wealthy class of nations in which the dwelt. They have refined features often with familial peculiarities (distinctive noses, chins, etc.). Their lupine forms are always pure white or silver, with long jaws and graceful builds. Their eyes are often blue or green, and they usually wear some form of jewlry even in lupus forms.

Stargazers:
The Stargazers have always valued wisdom over glory or honor -- without wisdom, they claim, there is no knowledge of what glory or honor truly are. This focus on the transcendent, however, has left the Stargazers in a precarious position -- they have fewer Kinfolk, even fewer Garou than any other tribe.
Tribal Totem: Chimera
Backgrounds: Stargazers may not buy Allies, Fetish or Resources.
Starting Willpower: 5
Phisical: Many Stargazers come from Far Eastern stock. Some, however, are European or African in ancestery. The graceful Stargazers range from striped grey to solid black in colour, though many have fur of a lighter hue. Most are lean, and nearly all radiate a tangible aura of serenity.

Uktena:
No other tribe knows just how much forbidden knowledge has fallen into the claws of the Uktena. By any estimation, it must be quite a bit. The Uktena have taken it upon them-selves to emulate their water-spirit totem by collecting as much supernatural lore and mystic wisdom as they can. To this end, they have bred with many human cultures, expanding well beyond their American Indian roots to touch the peoples of the world. They put their arcane knowledge to good use -- the Uktena are masters of destroying or imprisoning Banes that no other werewolf could oppose as effectively.
Tribal Totem: Uktena (a Native American water spirit combining the features of a serpent, deer, and cougar)
Backgrounds: No restrictions
Starting Willpower: 3
Phisical: The wiry Uktena tend toward reddish-black hues in wolf form, with large brown or black eyes. Many are descended from Native Americans, but septs incoperating other ethnic groups exist. Over the years the tribe has incorperated many downtrodden ethnic groups into the fold. Uktena have the disconcerting habit of staring intensly at everyone around them. They exude an air of mystery and menace; although small for Garou, the Uktena have a cold ferosity disporportianite for their size.

Wendigo:
Children of winter and the north wind, the Wendigo are an implacable force of nature given flesh. This American Indian tribe suffered much during the Europeans' colonization of the Americas, and they grew even more bitter and warlike in response. Like the cannibal spirit they follow, the Wendigo are not much given to mercy or compassion. Nonetheless, the wisest among the tribe realize, particularly with the Stargazers' departure, that they must mend their bridges with the European tribes soon -- the tribe that stands alone falls alone.
Tribal Totem: Wendigo (the cannible spirit of winter)
Backgrounds: The Wendigo may not buy Contacts or Resources
Starting Willpower: 4
All Wendigo are Native American. Their wolf forms resemble giant northern timber wolfs - grey, brown, or a mixture of both, with broad shoulders and short, strong jaws.

A note about Phsical Appearence --- This is just there to act as a guideline and to state what most members of a tribe look like. If you really want to be a caucasian Wendigo with dyed purple fur, go ahead. You will look very odd, but that is your choice.