It’s your glory to sacrifice yourself for the greater good. Precisely what this greater good looks like is up to you. It’s probably based on a religious creed – possibly, but not necessarily, Islam or Christianity. Then again, you may want to give your all for a secular cause you believe in, maybe a political ideology, a philosophical ideal, or simply the opportunity to be heroic in ways only you can perform. This sacrifice doesn’t have to be fatal, though it’ll probably wind up being terminal eventually. Until then, you tend to put yourself in a position to suffer so that someone else might thrive.

Sacrifice is a mighty thing in magick. The willingness to surrender one’s self to a greater end is one of the most obvious (and famous) Paths toward Ascension.

That said, such Self-Deprecation can have unfortunate consequences far beyond simple hazards to your health. Martyrs tend to get on people’s nerves, wind up being taken advantage of, and deal with abuse that has nothing to do with

the greater good. Worse, perhaps, people like you often resent the beneficiaries of their sacrifice, many of whom might not want you to sacrifice yourself at all.

– Regain Willpower whenever you manage to make a noticeably positive difference in someone else’s situation by giving deeply of yourself.

The Martyr is at her strongest when forged in a crucible of suffering. It’s not necessarily masochism that drives her on this path; it may be a desire for attention, or a profound belief in the virtue of self-sacrifice. Garou society has a ten­ dency to romanticize the heroic last stand of a Martyr, and as dangerous as the war is, following this Archetype’s path can quickly lead to the heroic end the Martyr may crave.

— Regain a point of Willpower when you suffer some amount of damage or loss of a definable resource for the sake of your ideals or for another’s immediate gain.