Places

Shifting veins of silver flow haphazardly across the Silver Path. This metal is favored for forging powerful klaives but requires considerable effort to mine. The noise of mining risks attracting the attention Abyssal dwellers but does not carry any curse from the Realm. The Silver Path is the most mysterious of the three paths. It is enlightening but perilous to spiritual wellbeing. This path is not physically demanding but each traveler brings her demons with her and risks her soul. Great totemic carvings watch and judge the travelers on the path. Few if any travelers return from the Silver Path unchanged. Werewolves who have traveled this path agree that they faced challenges that made them reassess their beliefs and self-worth, but no two agree on the specifics of these trials. Storytellers should present challenges to the pack based on their personalities, fears and hopes.

Madness and despair usually claims those few creatures who call the Abyss home. Lost cubs, stranded Umbral trav­ elers and even humans lost in physical reality sometimes

find themselves within the Abyss with little understanding of how they arrived. The humans rarely survive but those that do often become warped and twisted. These strange beings can be wild and difficult foes, but if rescued they may be cleansed of the taint and returned to reality and whatever life they can find.