Forest Ghost Sept

Theoretically, all tribes should be equal within the council. However, in any group, regardless of whether an official leader is named, there will always be an unofficial leader of some kind. There is always someone to whom people will consciously or unconsciously defer. In the case of Vancouver, this unofficial leadership has fallen upon the Forest Ghosts Sept of the Silver Fangs and the leadership of Montgomery Abercorn.

There are two reasons for this. The Silver Fangs are still seen as the noblest and most prestigious tribe among the Garou. This is despite the growing evidence that their bloodline is somewhat tainted and the ongoing attempts by some Shadow Lords to undermine this authority. On a more personal level, Abercorn himself is seen as the architect of the Covenant with the Kindred. He is perceived as a visionary leader who halted the expansion of the Wyrm’s corruption.

Abercorn sits on the Council of Representatives, where he’s considered more or less to be the “elder statesman”. He is the de facto leader of all Garou in Greater Vancouver, even though officially he has no authority beyond his own tribe.

The Forest Ghost Sept meets in the forested hills up Indian Arm, northeast of Deep Cove. Most of the homid members of the sept live in houses or cabins deep in the woods, sometimes in areas accessible only by boats and “water taxis”. The lupus members live “wild” in the forests, of course.

Abercorn has served the Silver Fangs and the People in general for more than half his life. That’s how he views his tenure as leader of the Forest Ghost Sept, and he believes he’s served them well.

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