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While Garou unquestionably know the Wyrm exploits evil in the world, the enemies of the Garou Nation refuse to see creation in such black-and-white terms. Many are weak-willed enough to justify reprehensible actions with a host of rationalizations. They may know what they’re doing is wrong, but their litany of their lies is endless: “I’m just trying to survive”; “it’s not my fault”; “you made me do this”; “I can fix this later”; “they had it coming”; “better them than me”; “I didn’t really mean it”; “I just need one more fix”; and so on. Most never see themselves as villains; instead, they’re victims trying to work their way out of a temporarily bad situation. When their baser instincts overcome them, it’s easy to disavow responsibility, insisting that they’re helpless in the face of greater forces.

If a troubled mind can’t reconcile the horrible things it’s done, a slow descent into madness is inevitable, leading the victim into greater acts of annihilation, consumption, perversion, and victimization. Some occultists are quick to point out that saying “the Wyrm is evil” is all too easy. It relies on blind faith in one’s own ability to always tell good from or evil, or at least to negotiate morally-questionable situa­ tions. All too often, one wrong call is all it takes to ensure inevitable victory for the tormented minions of the Wyrm.