Sept of the Trillium Glade (1975) Nestled in the depths of Dead Mountain's forest floor, this caern consists of a mossy log jam atop a creek's source beneath millenia of decomposing trees in the shadow of Dead Mountain. When you climb into the log jam, the decomposing trees shift and trap you in their grip. If the the forest accepts you she opens herself and shows you the way to ground. If she does not, you will remain entangled in the limbs of the fallen trees until you yourself are a part of the forest. Most of this Caern's gauntlet is incredibly thin, and if you bear her boon, she will let you quickly emerge from the ground at any part of her forest.
Level: 5 Type: Summer Country Tribal Structure: Red Talon (50/50 Winter Council/Garou Nation) Patron: Dume'fa Gauntlet: 1
Glyph Notes:'forest' + 'mountain' + 'trilliums' + 'caern'
Dume'fa (1975) The Yoncalla Kalapuya word for 'Mother'. Also known to the Red Talons as Grandmother Wolf, she was charged by Luna to help nurture and raise The First Pack. When Old Father Wolf came for the cubs to leave them in the wilds to fend for themselves, Dume'fa was sticken with grief, and fled both from the sight of Gaia and recorded garou history. She provided the safety and warmth the cubs needed for a garou to know that good things existed in the world worth fighting for. And to that end, she adamantly held open the gate to Summer Home even as the nunnehi closed the wild corners of rest of the region to all else, beckoning her wolves someday return home. Her territory is represented in the physical world by a patch of fungus spanning 6 square miles, making Dume'fa the largest living organism on earth.
Background Cost: 4 Traits: Once each year, the ageless and mourning Dume'fa will bless any non-human-born member of her pack a spiritual vision showing her insights of things in the past, present, and sometimes her belief in the future. These can manifest as dreams, the chosen pack members slipping sideways to come face to face with Dume'fa herself, or in the form of spirit messengers bringing messages to those outside of her reach. After the vision, if any pack member is holding a mushroom offered by dume'fa herself, , they can always communicate with each other. As an added bonus, the pack receives +2 Enigmas and +2 Investigation; the Dume'fa’s followers are good at finding information if they dig into the past. Ban: Dume'fa requires that her followers carry her voice for all wolves to hear and perform Rite of the Summer Wolf any time the hottest and driest day of the year over the Trillium Glade coincides with a westward blowing wind
Glyph Notes: 'patron' + 'pregnant' + 'wolf' + 'forest' + 'mountain' + 'death' + 'Summer Country' "Dume'fa, Patron Spirit of Dead Mountain, and Sept of the Trillium Glade. She is the howling grandmother, standing in between the physical world and Summer Country. Her howling swirls air spirits about her mountainous form, making the very rocks resonate at her peak. Every wolf that dies hears her call, beckoning them home."