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Murrenic Wolves
[Impulse – Gang Up]

Murrenic wolves are more aggressive and less shy of humans than most wolves, and that’s bad enough.  Travelers from abroad claim that the wolves of Murren behave in the summer the way most wolves do in the leanest winters.  So when Murrenic packs get pushed south into Crickton, always in the winter, it is very bad news.

There’s a popular story in Crickton that the wolves that come are the descendents of the Murrenic people that used to live in Crickton (ignoring the fact that there are still a lot of Murrenic people living in Crickton today) under the heel of the oligarchs in the days of the Oak Province.  The Oak oligarchs amassed fabulous wealth through ruthless, relentless exploitation of their people and the land, and the story goes that this left them, over time, jaded and bored and powerful.  Excesses followed, blue glazed kilns in every settlement, children roasted by the dozen in every kiln, lurid and abominable things.  Who knows if the people abandoned civilization and the human form out of outrage, due to their corruption from the top or because of some angry deity, but they all shed human form and ran for the steppes (after savaging the oligarchs or with same as their alphas, depending) and left the land open for the Savels to settle.  If you’re not sensing self-serving, racist propaganda, then do pay the fuck attention.

 Murrenic wolves run in large packs, and don’t mind losing a few of their lower status members on testing opposition and opportunity.  They’re not man-eaters by choice  but they will take people if people are what are available.

Harm [1D and Down, 3/2D if Down] This isn't terribly mysterious.  They surround you, hamstring you, pull you down.  Then things get bad.

Hunted by Wolves

Wolves move into position around you, at a distance, in shadows, unnoticed.
Wolves begin to reveal their presence in order to get you to run.
Lower status individuals attack and retreat to test you, and try to get you to run.
The bulk of the pack attacks and retreats, all sides, in waves.

Face Disaster to evade the pack or separate an individual from the pack far enough that you can dispatch it.  Individual wolves aren’t usually a challenge to a hero unless they are pack alphas.  The pack will suffer a few losses before they decide to be elsewhere, more than wolves from other parts, mind, but  they aren’t about to fight to the last.

Face Want to find a place that is sheltered from the wolves.  Wolves are better swimmers and climbers than many people think, but they aren’t quite as good as humans.  Usually, finding shelter just delays things with the pack, but they may find something else to chase.

Face Violence [15] to stare down and cow wolves.  Godspeed.

Hospices and municipal governments sponsor wolf hunts fairly regularly, to the point where wolf hunting is a legitimate (if not highly regarded) profession.  They pay bounties for raw pelts, mark them with purple dye and make blankets, rugs and coats for the needy.  This makes Cricks associate wolf fur with poverty.  As such, they don't trade very well.