Many of the backgrounds in this section resemble the ones that appear in the Werewolf: The Apocalypse, 20th Anniversary Edition. These backgrounds, however, emphasize their relevance to Kinfolk characters. Other backgrounds are new and pertain exclusively to Kinfolk (or as exclusively as a Storyteller wishes them to be). Storytellers should help their players choose backgrounds that fit the Chronicle. The Backgrounds Allies, Contacts, and Mentor remain the same for Kinfolk. The main rulebook covers these. Kinfolk may not purchase Kinfolk, Past Life, Rites, Totem, or Fetish. Instead, Kinfolk may purchase the new Background Kinfolk Rites in order to learn special rites just for them. They may take Fetish as a Kinfolk Merit.