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Elsewhere in the world, metis are the deformed offspring of two werewolves. Within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, however, this is not always the case. Any werewolf and any human or wolf Kinfolk who has been exposed to the region’s radiation and would otherwise produce Garou offspring runs the risk of bringing a metis into the world, instead.

Exposed Kinfolk who become pregnant have a 10% base chance of birthing a metis (20% if both Kinfolk parents are exposed). Exposed werewolves instead have a 20% chance (30% if her Kinfolk mate has also been exposed) of producing a metis offspring. This condition is universally fatal in female Kinfolk, and most of these children do not survive the deaths of their mothers. Male Kinfolk and werewolves exposed to the radiation are just as likely to sire metis offspring.

This mutation risk appears to be hereditary, as well, although it diminishes by with each gener­ ation that hasn’t been exposed to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone’s radiation. This has resulted in a much higher than average metis population in Belarus and the northern half of Ukraine.

The status of spontaneous metis among Cher­ nobyl Garou is complicated. Some treat them with special respect as werewolves born with battle scars of the war against the Wyrm. Others see them as corrupted creatures little better than the fomori they fight. Some werewolves who have been exposed to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone refuse to breed at all for fear that they will spread their corruption, while others use the excuse of spontaneous metis to hide their violation of the Litany.