By Jim Bohiem ([email protected])
The Shen-entu are a very ancient breed of shape shifters and they were the first to realize that the Wyrm had strayed from its path. They, being no warriors, first contacted the Gurahl to heal the Wyrm . When that didn't work they met the Garou to Kill the Wyrm; they have been trying for millennia. Then they contacted the Ratkin, to keep the ways of the Balancer Wyrm alive. Then they contacted Nuwisha to act like the Wyrm was still a Balancer and to laugh like nothing was wrong. Later, they contacted Corax and Bastet to watch the Wyrm. Eventually, they contacted Mokole to remember the fate of the Wyrm. There are legends of other shifters contacted for other purposes, but only elder Burden-bearers know of that. Thus it was not Gaia who assigned the roles but Shen-entu working in her stead.
The Shen-entu did not participate in the Impergium because they knew what the likely outcome would be. Instead, they supported the Ratkin version of the Impergium and they tried to do the same in Polynesia, where turtles where accepted pets.
The Shen-entu took no part in the War of Rage and the angry garou that killed one was immediately cut off from gifts, Gnosis ,and rituals directly by Gaia and also that Garou became irredeemably of the Wyrm.
The Shen-entu acted in the area of the Pacific Ocean and used their powerful gifts to create the Ring of Fire (and an Umbra realm of the same name).
The Shen-entu live near the Pacific Ocean and they breed from the tribal natives and the sea turtles. Recently, Shen-entu have been breeding with tortoises and those Shen-entu have infiltrated government environmental agencies and Washington based eco-lobbies.
The Shen-entu are the most at home in the Umbra of all the changing breeds and their gifts reflect that. Their home realm is a vast ocean with an island about the size of Michigan. It is said that anyone who swims to the end of the ocean in their homeland comes back with great gifts and you must swim the length of the ocean to rise to rank 5.
Rage is different for the Shen-entu. By spending one point of Fage in Glabro, Crinos, Eshespus or Shellus form, the Shen-entu may double his effective Stamina. This may be done only once. Due to their lack of speed Shen-entu may not use rage for extra actions; instead they can raise their strength by one.
Shen-entu never learn gifts from elders,only spirits. Shen-entu regain all Gnosis if they sleep for three days straight.
Rage:1
Willpower: 4
Gifts: Sense Wyrm, Alter Gauntlet
Rage: 2
Willpower: 3
Gifts: Scholar's Friend, Mindspeak
Rage: 3
Willpower: 5
Gifts: Falling Touch, Truth of Gaia
Gnosis: 4
Gifts: Persuasion, Tongues
Gnosis:3
Gifts: Odious Aroma, Mask Flaws
Gnosis: 6
Gifts: Landwalker, Create Element
Crinos: In Crinos the shell is extremely apparent and muscle mass doubles again from Glabro. The Crinos gains 25% in height from the homid form. Delirium is incited as if Willpower was +3.
Eshespus: Huge turtle. The turtle gains 150% in weight from homid. It looks like a really big turtle.
Entrus: Entrus is Turtle form. It is no different from a turtle.
Shellus: Shellus is as if the turtle's shell covered the entire body with no holes at all. The turtle cannot see but all other senses are unmodified.
Sea Turtle: Speed of Thought (1), Breathe (2)
Metis: As Garou metis, Mask Flaws(1), Fury of the Tormented (3)
Entrus: Landwalker (1), Sense Evil (2), Alter Land (3), Qyrl's Shell (4), Alter Realm (6)
Long Swimmer: Alter Land (3), Cataclysm (5)
Burden Bearer: Command (3) (as Dominate level 1), Invoke Gaia (5), Drop Burden (6)
"We respect then; they are pure."
Rokea: They hate us for our opinion of the landwellers so the war must continue.
"Die"
Ratkin: They do not bother us so we will not bother them.
"Who the hell are you talking about?"
Bastet: We help them from anonymity.
"I have heard only legends."