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Bill Bridges, Alison Cybe, Matthew Dawkins, Cat Evans,

Erica Mahoney, Michele Masala, Nik May, J. F. Sambrano,
Leath Sheales, Ethan Skemp
Credits
Developers: Matthew Dawkins and Leath Sheales
Writers: Bill Bridges, Alison Cybe, Matthew
Dawkins, Cat Evans, Erica Mahoney, Michele Masala,
Nik May, J. F. Sambrano, Leath Sheales, Ethan Skemp
World of Darkness Line Developer: Matthew
Dawkins
Australian Aboriginal Consultant: Harry Olden
Editors: Maria Cambone and Heather Rigby
Art: Mike Gaydos, Sam Denmark, Brian Leblanc,

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Drew Tucker, Paul Tobin, Laura King
Art Director: Mike Chaney and Maria Cabardo
Graphic Designer: Mike Chaney

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Introduction 4
Ahroun Tales 7
The Night We Lost Ranch Apocalypse 7
The Price of Rage 15
The Weaver’s Webs 17
The Tale of Ko’eti and Redbone Ron 22
Rage Unabated 28
The Annals of Albrecht 31
Rage, Rage 41
Against the Dying of the Light 42
The Ahroun’s Tale 46
Plot Hooks 47
Galliard Tales 51
When Lives Change Forever 51
Kuikatl Chichilamah 56
Scent of the Impergium
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Shattered-Dreaming 68
Sorrow in the Blood 78
The Galliard’s Tale 83
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Plot Hooks 84
Theurge Tales 89
Leeched 89
Philodox Tales 169
Night Out in the Siege City 96
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The Soul of Heavens 104
The Far Side 112
Death and Rebirth 114
Shadows and Ash 116
Petitioning Gods 117
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The Theurge’s Tale 120
Plot Hooks 122
Ragabash Tales 127
Free-X 127
On Metaplot 209
Freaks 128
Call Log #11 130
Genocidal Tendencies 133
Evolutionary Pressure 134
Table of Contents
Gaia’s Plan 135
Intercepted Communications
from Outlook Post #7 136
God-Buyer 138
One Head Falls 138
Battlefield Virginia 140
Confusing the Spiral 141
Intercepted Communications
from Outlook Post #7 144
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A Word with Raccoon 145
Unpleasant Unity 148
Home 150
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Intercepted Communications
from Outlook Post #7 150
Sing for the Fallen 153
The Sun Sets Blood Red
on the 10th Day 153
Status Report 157
Memory 158
Intercepted Communications
from Outlook Post #7 161
The Ragabash’s Tale 164
Plot Hooks 165
Tied in Knots 169
The Definition of Madness 178
Introspection 185
A Question Hangs 191
She Never Slept 195
Speculations 197
Observations 200
The Philodox’s Tale 204
Plot Hooks 206
Myth, Progression, Metaplot 210
Storytelling Metaplot 212
Werewolf Editions and Metaplot 214
Timeline of the Apocalypse 216
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“Even one such as I can be touched by our stories.
It’s from our stories that we derive our only hope and triumph. That, and Shadow Lord rule.”

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— Margrave Yuri Konietzko, Shadow Lord Theurge

Harano is the state in which a werewolf finds • Chapter One: Ahroun Tales — We open our
herself when she succumbs to despair. Some Garou story with the Full Moon and its tales of com-
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look dimly on such kin, believing it is no way to
end a life. “Self sacrifice is the only way to meet the
Apocalypse!” they cry as they rush into battle. Those
in Harano merely pine for what once was, and what
bat, bloodshed, and wisdom gained from the
battlefield. War is our footing, and destruction
is at hand.
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• Chapter Two: Galliard Tales — We move on to
they believe never can be. the Gibbous Moon and the songs sung by the
Except they’re wrong. Galliard, with stories of tradition, inspiration,
Through tales, songs, poems, and art, the Garou and grievous loss. Our Galliards impart tales of
and Gaia persist. They remember all that went before, stirring victory and howling defeat.
in painful, exacting detail, even when it tortures them to
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do so. They share these stories not just to commiserate,

on to the Crescent Moon and share stories of
but to sow wisdom. They believe, and rightly so, that
journeys into the Umbra, the power of spirits,
by spreading their stories of triumph and failure, joy
and fetishes and Gifts possessed by the Theurge.
and misery, battle and peace, sacrifice and slaughter,
The Theurges impart their insight here from
that they will become greater than their ancestors and
their varied views of the spirit world.
hold a chance of saving Gaia and their people.
• Chapter Four: Ragabash Tales — We hear
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There are more ways to meet the Apocalypse than

in the thick of carnage or in the depths of despair.
One such way is through telling tales. Wisdom is as
great a trait as Glory and Honor, after all.
The Apocalyptic Record
In The Apocalyptic Record, young and old
Garou deliver tales of great, humble, disastrous, and
glorious deeds. They run the gamut from tales of war
and the Wyrm, to stories of the Umbra, Kinfolk, and
tribes long lost.
from representatives of the New Moon and all
their promises of poetics, trickery, Kinfolk, and
Wyrm-tainted foes. Through canny and calcula-
tion, the Ragabash may hold the key to triumph
in the face of Apocalypse.
• Chapter Five: Philodox Tales — Our judges and
mediators, the Philodox, conclude our tale. Like
the Half Moon that represents them, they advo-
cate for balance, even if that sometimes takes the
form of an eye for an eye. Their stories are ones

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We Garou convey heroism and tragedy by howling, carving glyphs
into tree trunks and rocks, and marking the very Umbra with the stench of
defeat or sweet smell of victory. We write, of course, and we speak. We’re a
largely oral tradition, and have to be to prevent our enemies and prey from
discovering our panoply of secrets, to say nothing of our shames.

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Times are changing, though.
It was my task, ahead of the Apocalypse, to gather these tales and put
them in one place. Things look bleak, my friends, and we can no longer rely

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on grandfathers and grandmothers sharing stories around the campfire as
a means of conveying wisdom. No. If we’re to see future generations, we
need an enduring repository of stories, so the young can learn.
I’ve spoken with kin and with foes. I’ve stolen and bought information.
I’ve interpreted words as best I can when I’ve only heard them third hand
or paw. I do this knowing it could bring shame upon me and have me cast
from my people, though my friends and companions in my pack support
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my endeavor. I will always have them, and Gaia, who I am confident knows
I am doing this for the best reasons.
A Red Talon might say I’m serving the Weaver through this record. A
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Glass Walker may laugh and shake my hand. I’m not doing this to please
or to annoy. I’m doing this to keep our tales alive.
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of peace, no matter how temporary, and ruling,
whether that authority serves justice or not.
• Chapter Six: On Metaplot — Werewolf: The
Apocalypse has a history stretching back many,
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many years. This chapter opens the door on that
history, and provides invaluable advice on how
to utilize it in your chronicles.

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