Silent Striders

Wandering Messengers and Scouts of the Wastes

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Who They Are

The Silent Striders have always been travelers — the Garou who move between communities, carrying news and maintaining the connections that keep the Nation from fragmenting. In a post-Sundering world of fifteen isolated Basilicas separated by hundreds of miles of lethal wilderness, that role is indispensable. They know the roads between Basilicas the way other Garou know home territory: which stretches carry the worst Wyrd corruption, where spirit paths remain, which Neobedouin caravans are safe to travel with. They bring letters, intelligence, and occasionally people, and ask nothing in return but passage and a meal.

Nickname	Wanderers
Totem	Owl, silent watcher, messenger between states of being, wise traveler of borders
Appearance	Lean, long-limbed, quiet in every form; dark fur fading toward gray at the edges
Starting Willpower	4
Tribe Gift Path	Speed, Endurance, and the Roads Between

Viewpoints

On...	...they say
Black Furies	They protect the places we pass through. We carry word of injustice they haven't found.
Children of Eshtarra	They tend the people. We connect the people. These purposes align completely.
Fianna	They keep what was. We carry what is. Both necessary.
Get of Fenris	They make dangerous places safer to cross. We're grateful.
Glass Walkers	They know the cities we pass through better than we do. We share what we know.
Kindred	We've delivered more than one message between Basilicas on behalf of Kindred. They pay fairly.
Lost	They travel between the Dreaming and the real world as we travel between Basilicas. Kindred spirits.
All Supernaturals	We carry your news if it is true. We carry nothing else. Remember this when you deal with us.

Silent Strider Tribe Gift Path

●○○○○ Speed of Thought (Passive) — +2 to movement rate in all forms. Travel speed, not combat speed.

●●○○○ Sense the Dead (Passive) — passively senses ghosts, Wraiths, and spiritual residue nearby, useful for reading where the dead have gathered on the roads between Basilicas.

●●●○○ Silence (1 Gnosis, diff 5) — the Strider and up to three companions move in complete silence for one scene; communications during this time can't be electronically overheard.

●●●●○ The Unseen Pass (2 Gnosis, diff 7) — passes through a guarded location leaving no evidence of passage — no records, scent trail, or footage — for one specific entry, traversal, and exit.

●●●●● Reach the Umbra (3 Gnosis, diff 7) — steps sideways even where the Gauntlet would normally prevent it, bringing up to two companions. ST involvement still recommended given the Gauntlet's damaged state.

Eshtarra's Gift & Tribal Cost

Eshtarra's Gift: The Road's Gift	Tribal Cost: The Dead's Attention
Immune to disorientation and exhaustion from extended wilderness travel; never lost by mundane means; always know roughly how far they are from the nearest Basilica. Free Waystone Background dot.	Ghosts and Wraiths are persistently drawn to Silent Striders. Staying in one place more than a week accumulates ghostly hangers-on others may begin to notice. Cannot be suppressed without active effort.

See also: Werewolf overview · Character Creation Guide