Bestiary

City Tree is just what it sounds like, a tree in the city. City Tree is an iconic rebel of the urban landscape; it forces its way through concrete, feeding itself with trash and polluted water, yet still rises strong. It bears fruit that feeds the homeless and less fortunate. It holds the precious little topsoil in place, guaranteeing years of fertility for those few square feet. It’s a little victory for the Wyld, but sometimes a little victory means the difference between survival and all-out defeat.

City Tree doesn’t exist by every single tree in the city, only the very healthy ones that stand against the odds. But where City Tree stands, Garou should take notice. It’s a very useful spirit that will help any working toward making the city inhabitable for its kin. It can heal and protect war-torn warriors.

Rage: 4, Willpower: 8, Gnosis: 8, Essence: 20

Charms: City Tree’s Trunk*, Cleanse the Blight, Create Wind, Healing

• City Tree’s Trunk: The spirit has a permanent soak pool of eight dice, and can increase that by the spirit’s Gnosis by spending two points of Essence. Alternatively, it can grant this additional soak to other spirits by spending another point of Essence. A spirit receiving this blessing applies the soak pool from City Tree’s Trunk in addition to its own armor.

Image: City Tree looks like a tree. It’s vaguely anthropomorphized. It uses its branch/limbs to press down on the ground, constantly trying to free itself from the cement around it. It struggles slowly and constantly. Knife cuts along its bark act as eyes and a mouth. It speaks with frustration and impatience, but shows empathy and concern for the city and its inhabitants. It’s often found with numerous other, smaller spirits around. It shields them from bigger threats, and becomes a makeshift shelter for the less capable.