What good

purpose could there be to keep secrets from Gaia’s pro­ tectors? This Gift allows the werewolf to supernaturally eavesdrop on whispered conversations—what she does with the information learned is, of course, up to her own conscience. A crow- or bat-spirit teaches this Gift.

System: The player spends a point of Willpower. For the rest of the scene, all whispers within 200 feet are

HAKKEN GIFTS

A Japanese offshoot of the Shadow Lords, the Hakken have struck many pacts with the spirits of the Land of the Rising Sun which are unknown to their Western counterparts. Hakken prize honor, sophistication, and skill with the blade in equal measure.