March, 28 2007

"Lillianna is now den mother...
everyone knows she is pregnant.
Some people know it's with a metis.
Sadly we also know there is a chance she may die..."

There are many things I have found out about the caern and garou society...
firstly, I am indeed werewolf I have come to terms with this, and have found that
my past means nothing now. Now that I have learned the basics of shifting I have
been confronted and asked to help the newer cubs... I have doubts about them.

I was asked by Lillianna to provide a challenge, for Grace's rite of passage, and
after talking with Grace about how she is always being betrayed. I am glad this was
a non-personal attack, to prove her worth.

The objective I was given was to test Grace to see if she was ready to become
Cleioth, the rank after cub (Rank 1) her challenge was to guard a pregnant fostern
from attack.

My first plan was to draw away Grace and leave her cub unguarded then to have
my pack close in and take out the cub. Using a sneak attack from the Umbra.

The first attack was prevented due to Elona's interference, and to the confirmation
of my fears that the cubs were not trained well in combat, they are strong, but they
are afraid of attack.

I dropped out of the Umbra in a surprise attack, and had but two seconds before
being hit. Grace hit me across the face with her boken, I heard it connect with one
of the other cubs. Then I heard something that almost made me lose control, the
thump of running feet. This is the first change I will make if I become cub alpha, I
will lead their training regiments. I understand that they are new... but to abandon
a fight this early and easily...

I found myself out-manned and overpowered, there was no choice for me to take
but regroup and lead another attack.

With this development in the course of things I have come to realize, the task ahead
of me will not be a simple one.

It is odd though last night I told Grace that I wouldn't challenge her position as
alpha. And yet that is what I have ended up doing. I have basically evicted Grace
from her position as alpha via means of advancement. Perhaps peoples views of me
as a Shadow Lord were correct. I want to be honest but something tells me I have
a future in this caern for something special.

The next challenge I presented was to bring in force. At this point I should comment
that it is agreed upon that there should be no lethal force and no gifts are to be used. I
was joined by a guhral who suggested that a garous strength is in numbers. Which led
me to the idea that I should try and recruit a stronger force, Therin was his name, I
will use his help in the future. However at this point I recruited Flash Gordan, a Bone
Gnawer of Silent Strider aspect, and a female garou, whom I have spoken little to,
I must remember to speak with her.

With my new force we set out in an honorable fashion to fight with Grace, we found
her not far from the den. After reacquainting ourselves with the challenge we prepared
to fight. Elona, the wise girl she is, threw a challenge to make me either drop my boken
or to run away, I am a warrior at heart. I dropped my weapon, but she was persistent
she used intimidation, which would have worked had Therin not stepped in. Therin
held a challenge against Elona to make her either stand down or run away, she is a
warrior as well... she stood down.

I dodged Graces boken, grabbed it broke her leg and beat her with her boken. In
essence I would have won had the battle not gone in a completely opposite turn
there was a grand fight, but unfortunately things took a turn for the worse. The cubs
know nothing of the heat of battle, in this battle they chose to watch and stand out
of harms way. It is odd that I ended up fighting off two opponents, and they, the
stronger fighters stood away and fought no one. Unfortunately after a while Flash
decided that honor was no longer important and he used a gift. Falling touch, on Elona
she was doing nothing and he used falling touch on her, a humiliation to a great warrior.

I close saying only that next week I will be cub alpha... I have proven my skill.