Silent Striders
Gift · Werewolf
The best thing about swift messengers is that they tend to travel alone a lot. The worst thing is that all that stringy muscle makes for poor eating.
The lone Silent Strider is much easier to kill than it is to liberate, but for all the work it might take to bring a Strider into our fold, the reward is well worth it. The were wolves run to and fro, passing news between septs and packs alike. A lone Strider is considered normal, and they are rarely questioned. Even if another werewolf does question her, he’ll accept evasive and enigmatic answers — it’s the Strider way. Infiltration and lies are the ex-Strider’s specialty.
Every Strider wants to return home, find her ancestors, and lift the tribal curse. A few hold out hope that they can. It’s that hope that gives the Wyrm a chance at their hearts. Lead the hopeful with well-placed rites. Let the Strider believe she is a key to relieving the tribe of one of its burdens. As the Strider performs each seemingly innocuous rite, she’ll gain a touch of taint. Each new ritual will be slightly worse than the last, but each time, she’ll find herself stepping closer to liberation from her curse.
Only too late will she realize the curse is gone because she is no longer one of Owl’s children.