- Creation Date: 06/08/2014 (Adren)
- Departure Date: On-Screen
- Picture Reference: Michael Fassbender
- Current Status: Active
| Thane Armitage | |
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| IC Information | |
| Full Name: | Thane Armitage |
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| Deed Name: | Consumes-the-Shadows-of-His-Enemies / Consumes-Shadows. Known as Dark-of-the-Moon (cub), Dominates-the-Corrupted (cliath), and Drowns-the-Wyrm (fostern). |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 34 (born September 6th, 1979) |
| Breed: | Homid |
| Tribe: | Shadow Lords |
| Auspice: | Ahroun (eclipse-born) |
| Rank: | Adren |
| Sept Position: | Tribal Elder |
| Pack: | none |
| Height: | 6'2" |
| Weight: | 175 lbs |
| Hair: | Brown |
| Eyes: | Blue |
| Nature: | Big Bad Wolf |
| Demeanor: | Alpha |
| OOC Information | |
| Quote: | “Know my face, for one day you shall see it looking back at you from your own shadow. Remember me and know I will be your death. The final storm is coming.” |
| Status: | Alive / On-Screen |
| Player: | FerroIgnus (Dakotatron, OOC bot) |
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Known History
Thane, by virtue of his rank, is known around the Garou circles. By and large, there's four main stories surrounding him.
The first is his childhood. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the resident Three Rivers Sept. The human world claims his mother, father, little sister, and nanny all died in a mass murder-suicide in 1995, when the boy was nine. Reportedly the police got involved in time to recover him. The true story, known amongst the Garou, is that Spirals murdered his father and nanny in the family home and abducted the others. His infant sister was slain by them and his mother, also Garou like her son, was broken and presumably taken away to be corrupted. Thane, not yet Changed, likely would have followed has the sept not tracked them down. Kinsmen on the police force covered up the true crime and altered the paperwork, resulting in the publically known story. Thane was reportedly never fully well after, claims of unusual behavior haunting him ever since.
The second story is his Rite of Passage. The boy was told to glean the information of a nest of leeches from one the sept had captured. When Thane emerged from the room with the required info, he was found unharmed and the vampire cowering, carved up with glyphs of shame, coward, leech, and fear.
The third story of Thane Armitage is that of his Fostern challenge. He was tasked with clearing out the Spirals that had taken hold in an old strip mine pit, the very one they had taken him to as a child. After scouting, he sought talens to crumble a dam holding back the river that once flowed through the area, using the talens to rapidly but naturally age the dam so as to avoid suspicion of tampering. The old pit was flooded and the sept coordinated to fall upon Spirals who came out. They patrol the area to this day after the local township officials were 'encouraged' to abandon plans to repair the dam, with the mine no longer in use.
The final story is that, for six years, Thane lived at the Teeth of the Night. There he challenged for Adren. He was tasked with slaying a nest of Leeches, which was successful and largely cut and dry. Darker rumors circulated about the dark fate that befell other Garou related to the event. An Adren named Storm-In-Silence, who was the one Thane challenged, died in the battle. Another Adren Ahroun, Elena Strikes-Before-the-Wind, served to confirm the challenge had succeeded despite Storm's death, though she herself was killed but short weeks after in a vampire raid. While there, he received a scar fetish commonly known amongst the Nation as a 'Soul of Lightning'. The spirit bound into the scars on his arms allows him to call upon lightning to harm his foes.
Current Events
Thane arrived at the Vault the evening of June 10th, 2014. There he contacted the current Shadow Lord elder, Ky, and made the aquaintence of William who also chose then to return to town and it developed into a short order Lord meeting. With his chiminage announced and to be presented at moot, it looks like the Adren is planning on sticking around for the immediate future.
It doesn't seem like he has much choice in the matter. Word reached him that the same day he left Pittsburgh, the Spiral Revolution overtook the city - and the Black Spiral Dancers with it. He's been in as frequent contact with them as the broken, badly damaged communication networks allow to keep tabs on their well-being and any combat or related information that he then passes to the Galliards of the Triquetral Accord.
Relations with his tribe were also put on the fast track, with Ky advising him of visions pointing him to a location in Owens Sound and a cavern there hiding a lost fetish made by his father - a spyglass that would allow the user to see enemy movements. Seeing it as a worthwhile venture with the Spiral Revolution attacks on the front door, the two travelled to retrieve it. There in the cave of Wind and Shadows, Thane found himself battling with a powerful Night spirit who was the guardian of the fetish. Though wounded to death's door and back, Thane defeated the spirit at the cost of some of his own entrails. The fetish was retrieved successfully, with Ky having his own personal challenges to overcome to do so.
They arrived home in time for Thane to attend the (miraculously successful) Great Hunt of 2014. A short time after, it was formally announced that Thane was now the tribal elder.
Appearance
Thane isn’t a man who’s appearance stands out much. He’s caucasian of skin tone with a faint swarthiness should he stay out in the sun long enough to catch a tan. His bones are pronounced, giving him the appearance of leanness despite having a solid, even musculature that speaks of someone who’s gained his athleticism through rounded activity versus focused weight training. His hair is a tawny brown in most lights and usually kept in a short style. Often, there’s a good day’s growth of beard on his face which seems to hide small nicks and old scars. His eyes are a mid-tone blue, often held under pensive brows. There is a look to him, the weight of something undefined. It’s like looking into the eyes of a man who has seen terrible things and was never quite was the same after.
Usually, he’s casually dressed but cleans up when the need calls. He’s never seen among the normal public in anything but long sleeves regardless of the weather to hide the massive, unnatural-looking scarring on his forearms. They don’t seem to restrict movement, but the oddly darkened scars are numerous like lightning bolts across his skin. It would be a feature that certainly drew attention and he prefers not to make up stupid answers to gawking children and nervous parents. Or, less welcome still, those who might actually recognize them for that they are.
In his lupine forms, Thane shows the distinctly darker coat traditional of Shadow Lords. It is mostly a warmer toned black with brown ticking and a few lighter patches around his shoulders. His eyes show a pale yellow. The scars on the lower portions of his two forelegs are dominantly visible, jagged and ash-stained. Numerous other small scars mark him, with the only other of note being a larger, superficial scar across his stomach.
Hooks and Contacts
- Thane is from the Sept of the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh, PA. His family were long-standing members with a history going back to the founding of the city.
- He also spent several years in the Teeth of the Night sept in central Europe.
- Thane has an ex-wife, Lilian, and a daughter named Corrine. She was born in 1994 and is trueborn. Thane has next to no contact with Lilian when he can spare it, though does keep an eye on Corrine from afar.
- Thane is a member of the secretive Bringers of Light camp. He does not disclose this, nor does he have anything outwardly defining this. Only other members are likely to recognize him for being one of their own, if that.
Sheet Info
| Rage | Willpower | Gnosis | |||
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| 6 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Physical | Social | Mental | |||
| Strength: | 4 | Charisma: | 3 | Perception: | 2 |
| Dexterity: | 3 | Manipulation: | 3 | Intelligence: | 3 |
| Stamina: | 4 | Appearance: | 2 | Wits: | 2 |
| GIFTS | |
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| Rank 1 | Master of Fire, The Falling Touch, Razor Claws, Fatal Flaw, Seizing the Edge, Shadow Weaving |
| Rank 2 | True Fear, Staredown, Luna’s Armor, Clap of Thunder |
| Rank 3 | Shadow Cutting |
| Rank 4 | none |
| Rank 5 | none |
| RITES | |
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| Level 0 | Gaian Boon |
| Level 1 | Rite of Talisman Dedication |
| Level 2 | none |
| Level 3 | none |
| Level 4 | none |
| Level 5 | none |
Leadership
| Preceded by: Ky |
Shadow Lords Elder 2014-Present
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Succeeded by:<br./>Incumbent |