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Some Garou believe the Spiral curse exists within all werewolves. This belief is rarely literal, but speaks to one of the greatest fears in the hearts of Garou. In werewolves, self-control is the most important, defining factor in one’s existence. The Garou’s conflict with the Wyrm begins with the battle inside, to fight the Wyrm that lurks within his heart, taking root in feelings of physical desire, jealousy, anger, and hunger. There the Garou builds a labyrinth for himself, and it is the Wyrm’s desire to see that he walks it.

In a more literal sense, the curse of the Black Spirals lives in many Garou, not all of whom are members, or captives, of Black Spiral packs. The curse, and the inclination to do harm and embrace the Beast are so much stronger in these Garou, who “walk the Spiral inside” every day of their lives. Indeed, history has seen Garou who have walked the path of darkness, in pursuit of some great want, some forbidden love, or path of bloody vengeance, only to face consumption by the essence of the Wyrm. The Black Spiral Dancers avidly pursue such spontaneously created horrors, considering them near-members of the tribe already. They need only to walk the spiral in the flesh, and glimpse with their eyes the Wyrm they have already found in their soul, for their induction to be complete.

In all of this, they are the vector through which the Spiral tribe perpetuates.