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	There are currently several major camps in the Glass Walkers:		There are currently several major camps in the Glass Walkers:
	*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Traces its lineage to Italy, so a lot of their Kin and members are Italian; when the Mafia rose to power they got carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Their founder worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant ~~theurges~~ of his time, resulting in the Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the [[Get of Fenris]] and [[Red Talons (Werewolf)\|Red Talons]]) of the Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from the Roaring Twenties to the 1950s, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from the Silver Fangs is 500 years old).		*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Traces its lineage to Italy, so a lot of their Kin and members are Italian; when the Mafia rose to power they got carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Their founder worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant Theurges of his time, resulting in the Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. In modern days whan Mafia is on the decline they try to branch out and infiltrate Mexican Cartels, Irish Mob and other ethnic organized crime (although never Russian Bratva, as it's considered Silver Fangs turf). Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the [[Get of Fenris]] and [[Red Talons (Werewolf)\|Red Talons]]) of the Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from the Roaring Twenties to the 1950s, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from the Silver Fangs is 500 years old).
	*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced the Wise Guys when the Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal and somewhat less dickish. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go-to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market. Usually seen fighting Pentex and its subsidiaries.		*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced the Wise Guys when the Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal and somewhat less dickish. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go-to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market. Usually seen fighting Pentex and its subsidiaries.
	*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliché in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced computer viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end to rip a Pentex hacker's ass open. As with the Corporate Wolves, they're usually seen hitting Pentex (albeit in the IT dept., rather than the stock market.)		*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliché in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced computer viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end to rip a Pentex hacker's ass open. As with the Corporate Wolves, they're usually seen hitting Pentex (albeit in the IT dept., rather than the stock market.)

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	The '''Glass Walkers''' are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkers thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They're the richest of the tribes and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics in the Garou Nation can't exactly deny they'd be fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.		The '''Glass Walkers''' are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkers thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They're the richest of the tribes and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics in the Garou Nation can't exactly deny they'd be fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.

			Tribe's totem spirit - '''Cockroach''' - values adaptation and survival above all. In human-dominated world this means learning to live alongside humans and use their ways to your benefit. Cockroach is relatively friendly with Machine and Science aspects of Weaver but absolutely hates her Patriarch aspect and sees it as the biggest threat to the world. He teaches his children to nurture "positive" aspects of Weaver while fighting her more destructive and insane sides. Other tribes tend to miss nuances in this relationship and just think Cockroach is so corrupted by Weaver he barely counts as Gaian spirit anymore, and as such get no respect from other tribes, and some even see him as evil corruptive force. Glass Walkers themselves use the fact they worship it a source of (much needed) humility: "Yes, we're the richest, most adaptive and one of the biggest tribes, but don't forget that we kneel to a tiny insect that crawls in the trash".

	Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.		Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.

	The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Unlike Children of Gaia, however, Glass Walker Metises are valued on merit, not loved unconditionally. [[Noblebright\|To the Walkers, a malformed or mutated Garou is still a Garou; though they might be limited next to a healthy Homid or Lupus, they're still given a chance to stand or fall on their own]] (though they still dump their insane/too crippled to be useful Metis on the CoG.)		The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Unlike Children of Gaia, however, Glass Walker Metises are valued on merit, not loved unconditionally. [[Noblebright\|To the Walkers, a malformed or mutated Garou is still a Garou; though they might be limited next to a healthy Homid or Lupus, they're still given a chance to stand or fall on their own]] (though they still dump their insane/too crippled to be useful Metis on the CoG.) On the plus side, GW Metises can be proud in knowing they're valued for their achievements, not out of pity. Most Walkers don't care about blood much and eagerly accept those born of other tribes if they agree with Walkers' philosophy, and a sizeable minority of Glass Walkers are exiles from the tribes that see cities and technology as inherently evil and ostracize those who embrace them. As a result, Glass Walker blood is VERY mixed and [[Silver Fangs\|"pure" blood lineages]] are almost nonexistent.

	On the plus side, GW Metises can be proud in knowing they're valued for their achievements, not out of pity. Most Walkers don't care about blood much and eagerly accept those born of other tribes if they agree with Walkers' philosophy, and a sizeable minority of Glass Walkers are exiles from the tribes that see cities and technology as inherently evil and ostracize those who embrace them. As a result, Glass Walker blood is VERY mixed and [[Silver Fangs\|"pure" blood lineages]] ~~tend to be rare~~.

	Meritocracy and focusing on the future have it's downsides, though. Glass Walkers internal politics are quite cutthroat - not to the level of the [[Shadow Lords\|backstabbing beta bastards]], but often too uncomfortably competitive by the liking of other tribes. Those deemed "stuck in the past" and incapable to keep up with [[Tzeentch\|rapidly progressing technology and human society]] are looked down upon and mockingly called "Iron Riders" (a reference to a now-obsolete camp of the Walkers from the Industrial Revolution). Older Garou, venerated in most tribes, are not given "proper respect" unless they can prove their worth and keep up with the young blood. Wisdom of the old age holds little value in they eyes of Glass Walkers, and countless gifts, rites, fetishes and the like are lost every few generations, forgotten in pursuit of newer and shinier toys (consumer culture, anyone?).		Meritocracy and focusing on the future have it's downsides, though. Glass Walkers internal politics are quite cutthroat - not to the level of the [[Shadow Lords\|backstabbing beta bastards]], but often too uncomfortably competitive by the liking of other tribes. Those deemed "stuck in the past" and incapable to keep up with [[Tzeentch\|rapidly progressing technology and human society]] are looked down upon and mockingly called "Iron Riders" (a reference to a now-obsolete camp of the Walkers from the Industrial Revolution). Older Garou, venerated in most tribes, are not given "proper respect" unless they can prove their worth and keep up with the young blood. Wisdom of the old age holds little value in they eyes of Glass Walkers, and countless gifts, rites, fetishes and the like are lost every few generations, forgotten in pursuit of newer and shinier toys (consumer culture, anyone?).

1d4chan>Ow, My Sanity. at 19:00, 21 April 2022

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1d4chan>Ow, My Sanity. at 08:14, 19 April 2022

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	Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.		Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.

	The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Unlike Children of Gaia, however, Glass Walker Metises are valued on merit, not loved unconditionally. Walkers ~~see it that~~ malformed or mutated Garou is still a Garou ~~and have a lot of use, if~~ a ~~bit more limited than~~ healthy Homid or Lupus, ~~but~~ they ~~have little patience with those Metis born~~ insane or too crippled to be useful ~~and dump them to~~ CoG ~~just like other tribes. On~~ the ~~plus side, GW Metises can be proud in knowing they're valued for their achievements, not out of pity. Most Walkers don't care about blood much and eagerly accept those born of~~ other tribes if they agree with Walker philosophy, and sizeable minority of Glass Walkers are exiles from more "backwards" tribes that see cities and technology as inherently evil and ostracize those who embrace them. As a result, Glass Walkers blood is VERY mixed and they breed true less often then more pure blooded tribes and don't have pure blood lineages.		The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Unlike Children of Gaia, however, Glass Walker Metises are valued on merit, not loved unconditionally. To the Walkers, a malformed or mutated Garou is still a Garou; though they might be limited next to a healthy Homid or Lupus, they're still useful (they still dump their insane/too crippled to be useful Metis on the CoG, as with the other tribes.)

	~~Meritocracy and focusing on~~ the ~~future have it~~'~~s downsides~~, ~~though~~. Glass Walkers ~~internal politics~~ are ~~quite cutthroat - not to the level of Shadow Lords, but often too uncomfortably competitive by~~ the ~~liking of other~~ tribes~~. Those "stuck in the past"~~ and ~~incapable to keep up with rapidly progressing~~ technology and ~~human society are looked down upon and mokingly called "Iron Riders"~~. ~~Older Garou~~, ~~venerated in most tribes, are not given~~ "~~proper respect~~" ~~unless they can prove their worth and keep up with the young~~ blood~~. Wisdom of the old age holds little value in they eyes of Glass Walkers, and countless gifts, rites, fetishes and tallens are lost every few generations, forgotten in pursuit of newer shinier toys~~.		On the plus side, GW Metises can be proud in knowing they're valued for their achievements, not out of pity. Most Walkers don't care about blood much and eagerly accept those born of other tribes if they agree with Walkers' philosophy, and a sizeable minority of Glass Walkers are exiles from the tribes that see cities and technology as inherently evil and ostracize those who embrace them. As a result, Glass Walker blood is VERY mixed and [[Silver Fangs\|"pure" blood lineages]] tend to be rare.

	~~Being~~ Glass ~~Walker Kinfolk sucks though,~~ not ~~because they abuse them or something~~, but ~~because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind~~ of ~~useless for all but making babies, while in most~~ other tribes ~~they're tribe's providers~~ and ~~invaluable buffer between humanity~~ and ~~Garou nation. Being Walker wolf~~-~~kinfolk is it's own can~~ of ~~worms~~, ~~as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin~~ in ~~well protected zoos or parks -~~ not ~~exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to~~ "~~liberate~~" ~~them from these "chains~~ of the ~~Weaver", but~~ Glass Walkers ~~aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin~~ and ~~often send trespassers back to their caerns~~ in ~~a series~~ of ~~small sandwich bags~~.		Meritocracy and focusing on the future have it's downsides, though. Glass Walkers internal politics are quite cutthroat - not to the level of the [[Shadow Lords\|spoopy backstabbing bastards]], but often too uncomfortably competitive by the liking of other tribes. Those deemed "stuck in the past" and incapable to keep up with rapidly progressing technology and human society are looked down upon and mockingly called "Iron Riders" (a reference to an old and now-obsolete camp of the Walkers). Older Garou, venerated in most tribes, are not given "proper respect" unless they can prove their worth and keep up with the young blood. Wisdom of the old age holds little value in they eyes of Glass Walkers, and countless gifts, rites, fetishes and the like are lost every few generations, forgotten in pursuit of newer and shinier toys (consumer culture, anyone?).

	Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers ~~kind of~~ deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.		Being human Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though. They aren't [[Black Furies\|abused or]] [[Silver Fangs\|relegated to second-class in the tribe]], despite what some of the more "Modern Civilization is Evil!!!" writers tried to retcon in, but the Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff that their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies. Most tribes have them as their tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou, but the Walkers are able to handle that almost on their own.

			Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from these "chains of the Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and [[Anal Circumference\|often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags]].

			Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers tend to deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.

	For someone so often accused of being tainted by the Weaver, the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name (something no other tribe has done, ever). They started as the '''Warders of Men''', and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman society, much to the chagrin of vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to '''Tetrasomians''' (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).		For someone so often accused of being tainted by the Weaver, the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name (something no other tribe has done, ever). They started as the '''Warders of Men''', and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman society, much to the chagrin of vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to '''Tetrasomians''' (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).

	When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from the locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the '''Iron Riders'''. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again. In a bit of a twist, the '''Glass Walkers'''' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was getting tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple ~~years~~.)		When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from the locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the '''Iron Riders'''. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again.

			In a bit of a twist, the '''Glass Walkers'''' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was getting tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple decades.)

	There are currently several major camps in the Glass Walkers:		There are currently several major camps in the Glass Walkers:
	*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Traces its lineage to Italy, so a lot of their Kin and members are Italian; when the Mafia rose to power they got carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Their founder worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant theurges of his time, resulting in the Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the [[Get of Fenris]] and [[Red Talons (Werewolf)\|Red Talons]]) of the Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from the Roaring Twenties to the 1950s, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from the Silver Fangs is 500 years old).		*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Traces its lineage to Italy, so a lot of their Kin and members are Italian; when the Mafia rose to power they got carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Their founder worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant theurges of his time, resulting in the Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the [[Get of Fenris]] and [[Red Talons (Werewolf)\|Red Talons]]) of the Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from the Roaring Twenties to the 1950s, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from the Silver Fangs is 500 years old).
	*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced the Wise Guys when the Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go-to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market. Usually seen fighting Pentex and its subsidiaries.		*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced the Wise Guys when the Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal and somewhat less dickish. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go-to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market. Usually seen fighting Pentex and its subsidiaries.
	*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker ~~cliche~~ in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced ~~compouter~~ viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end.		*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliché in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced computer viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end to rip a Pentex hacker's ass open.
	*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by the Weaver, got exposed as such, and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers. Those who got in purely to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left, with various degrees of success.		*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by the Weaver, got exposed as such, and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers. Those who got in purely to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left, with various degrees of success.
	*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. If Wise Guys are the brutal enforcers of the tribe, Dies Ultimae are tactical spec ops, on the bleeding edge of military technology and tactics. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.		*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. If Wise Guys are the brutal enforcers of the tribe, Dies Ultimae are tactical spec ops, on the bleeding edge of military technology and tactics. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.

1d4chan>Mezmerro at 07:38, 19 April 2022

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	Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.		Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.

	The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from these "chains of the Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.		The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Unlike Children of Gaia, however, Glass Walker Metises are valued on merit, not loved unconditionally. Walkers see it that malformed or mutated Garou is still a Garou and have a lot of use, if a bit more limited than healthy Homid or Lupus, but they have little patience with those Metis born insane or too crippled to be useful and dump them to CoG just like other tribes. On the plus side, GW Metises can be proud in knowing they're valued for their achievements, not out of pity. Most Walkers don't care about blood much and eagerly accept those born of other tribes if they agree with Walker philosophy, and sizeable minority of Glass Walkers are exiles from more "backwards" tribes that see cities and technology as inherently evil and ostracize those who embrace them. As a result, Glass Walkers blood is VERY mixed and they breed true less often then more pure blooded tribes and don't have pure blood lineages.

			Meritocracy and focusing on the future have it's downsides, though. Glass Walkers internal politics are quite cutthroat - not to the level of Shadow Lords, but often too uncomfortably competitive by the liking of other tribes. Those "stuck in the past" and incapable to keep up with rapidly progressing technology and human society are looked down upon and mokingly called "Iron Riders". Older Garou, venerated in most tribes, are not given "proper respect" unless they can prove their worth and keep up with the young blood. Wisdom of the old age holds little value in they eyes of Glass Walkers, and countless gifts, rites, fetishes and tallens are lost every few generations, forgotten in pursuit of newer shinier toys.

			Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from these "chains of the Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.

	Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.		Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.
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	*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliche in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced compouter viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end.		*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliche in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced compouter viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end.
	*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by the Weaver, got exposed as such, and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers. Those who got in purely to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left, with various degrees of success.		*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by the Weaver, got exposed as such, and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers. Those who got in purely to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left, with various degrees of success.
	*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.		*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. If Wise Guys are the brutal enforcers of the tribe, Dies Ultimae are tactical spec ops, on the bleeding edge of military technology and tactics. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.
	*'''City Farmers''' - Focuses on bringing the green back to cities instead of trying to slow down their growth, founding parks, hydroponics and designing bio-domes and arcologies for self-sustained cities of future that could leave the nature alone. The hippies of the tribe. Would probably work very well with the [[Children of Gaia]].		*'''City Farmers''' - Focuses on bringing the green back to cities instead of trying to slow down their growth, founding parks, hydroponics and designing bio-domes and arcologies for self-sustained cities of future that could leave the nature alone. The hippies of the tribe. Would probably work very well with the [[Children of Gaia]].

	{{OWoD-Tribes}}		{{OWoD-Tribes}}

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	The Glass Walkers are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkes thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They are the richest tribe and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics could not deny Garou nation would fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.		The Glass Walkers are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkes thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They are the richest tribe and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics could not deny Garou nation would fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.

	Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to games Silver Fangs and Shadow Lords play.		Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.

	The tribe is the most Homid-heavy in all Garou nation, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to Children of Gaia, and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from "chains of Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.		The tribe is the most Homid-heavy in all Garou nation, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to Children of Gaia, and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from these "chains of the Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.

	Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.		Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.

	For someone so often accused of being tainted by ~~Waver~~ the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name. They started as "Warders of Men", and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman legions, much to the chagrin or vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to Tetrasomians (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).		For someone so often accused of being tainted by the Weaver, the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name (something no other tribe has done, ever). They started as the '''Warders of Men''', and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman legions, much to the chagrin of vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to '''Tetrasomians''' (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).

	When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the Iron Riders. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again. In a bit of a twist, the Glass Walkers' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was setting tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple years.)		When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the '''Iron Riders'''. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again. In a bit of a twist, the '''Glass Walkers'''' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was setting tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple years.)

	There are currently several major camps in Glass Walkers:		There are currently several major camps in Glass Walkers:

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	The Glass Walkers are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass ~~Walkes~~ thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They ~~are~~ the richest ~~tribe~~ and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics ~~could not~~ deny ~~Garou nation would~~ fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.		The Glass Walkers are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkers thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They're the richest of the tribes and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics in the Garou Nation can't exactly deny they'd be fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.

	Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.		Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities (to the point where they can't recharge Gnosis outside of them) and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to the games the [[Silver Fangs]] and [[Shadow Lords]] play.

	The tribe is the most Homid-heavy ~~in all Garou nation~~, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to Children of Gaia, and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from these "chains of the Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.		The tribe is the most Homid-heavy out of the Nation's members, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to the [[Children of Gaia]], and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from these "chains of the Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.

	Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.		Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.

	For someone so often accused of being tainted by the Weaver, the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name (something no other tribe has done, ever). They started as the '''Warders of Men''', and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman ~~legions~~, much to the chagrin of vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to '''Tetrasomians''' (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).		For someone so often accused of being tainted by the Weaver, the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name (something no other tribe has done, ever). They started as the '''Warders of Men''', and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman society, much to the chagrin of vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to '''Tetrasomians''' (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).

	When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the '''Iron Riders'''. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again. In a bit of a twist, the '''Glass Walkers'''' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was ~~setting~~ tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple years.)		When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from the locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the '''Iron Riders'''. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again. In a bit of a twist, the '''Glass Walkers'''' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was getting tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple years.)

	There are currently several major camps in Glass Walkers:		There are currently several major camps in the Glass Walkers:
	*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. ~~Since tribe traces it's~~ lineage to Italy a lot of their Kin and members are Italian so when Mafia rose to power they ~~get~~ carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. ~~Founder of the camp~~ worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant theurges of his time, resulting in Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the Get of Fenris and Red Talons) of Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from ~~20-es till 50-es~~, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from Silver Fangs is 500 years old).		*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Traces its lineage to Italy, so a lot of their Kin and members are Italian; when the Mafia rose to power they got carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Their founder worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant theurges of his time, resulting in the Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the [[Get of Fenris]] and [[Red Talons (Werewolf)\|Red Talons]]) of the Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from the Roaring Twenties to the 1950s, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from the Silver Fangs is 500 years old).
	*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced Wise Guys when Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market.		*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced the Wise Guys when the Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go-to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market. Usually seen fighting Pentex and its subsidiaries.
	*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since late ~~1990-es~~ to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliche in the arsenal and make it double.		*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliche in the arsenal and make it double. Capable of doing batshit insane stunts like Matrix-style battles against Wyrm-produced compouter viruses in online space, or travelling through an ethernet cable before popping out in Crinos form on the other end.
	*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by Weaver, got exposed ~~on it~~ and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers~~, but those~~ who got in ~~just~~ to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left.		*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by the Weaver, got exposed as such, and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers. Those who got in purely to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left, with various degrees of success.
	*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.		*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.
	*'''City Farmers''' - ~~a camp that focuses~~ on bringing the green back to cities instead of trying to slow down their growth, founding parks, hydroponics and designing bio-domes and arcologies for self-sustained cities of future that could leave the nature alone. The hippies of the tribe.		*'''City Farmers''' - Focuses on bringing the green back to cities instead of trying to slow down their growth, founding parks, hydroponics and designing bio-domes and arcologies for self-sustained cities of future that could leave the nature alone. The hippies of the tribe. Would probably work very well with the [[Children of Gaia]].

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	The Glass Walkers are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkes thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They are the richest tribe and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics could not deny Garou nation would fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.		The Glass Walkers are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]. They are the archetypical city-werewolves to the point other Garou accuse them of being "more human than wolf" or outright Weaver-tainted. While most Garou are disgusted by the "scabs" they call human cities, Glass Walkes thrive in them, embracing human culture and technology, incorporating it into their rites and gifts, and using it to their own benefit and the benefit of Gaia (as they see it of course). They are the richest tribe and often take the job of financing nation-wide projects, so even their harshest critics could not deny Garou nation would fucked without Glass Walkers and their resources.

	Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want ~~gunslinger~~ that ~~could~~ shoot a klaive out of Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about ~~surviivng~~ in forest ~~- you~~ DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities and useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to games Silver Fangs and Shadow Lords play.		Glass Walkers are mostly known for three things: money, technology and guns. Everything that needs good financing needs a Glass Walker behind it. You need someone to hack security or delete footage of you breaking the Veil? Glass Walkers. Want gunslingers that can shoot a klaive out of a Black Spiral Dancer's hand from 500 feet away? You go Glass Walkers. Want someone who knows two shits about surviving in a forest? You DON'T go to Glass Walkers. They're hilariously useless outside cities and halfway to useless in Garou politics, too involved in human affairs to pay attention to games Silver Fangs and Shadow Lords play.

	The tribe is the most Homid-heavy in all Garou nation, with ~~Lupuses~~ so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to Children of Gaia, and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from "chains of Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in series of small ~~boxes~~.		The tribe is the most Homid-heavy in all Garou nation, with Lupus-born so rare and treasured most end up growing spoiled rotten due to constant care. They're also one of the most lenient tribes to Metis, second only to Children of Gaia, and as Lupus are so rare, their Metis tend to dominate positions that require high Gnosis. Being Glass Walker Kinfolk sucks though, not because they abuse them or something, but because Walkers are so good at dealing with human stuff their Kinfolk end up feeling kind of useless for all but making babies, while in most other tribes they're tribe's providers and invaluable buffer between humanity and Garou nation. Being Walker wolf-kinfolk is it's own can of worms, as many Walker septs prefer to keep their wolf-kin in well protected zoos or parks - not exactly an ideal conditions for a wolf. Sometimes other Garou try to "liberate" them from "chains of Weaver", but Glass Walkers aren't messing with security of their treasured wolf-kin and often send trespassers back to their caerns in a series of small sandwich bags.

	Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers, being heavily invested in human business, are vulnerable on that field. Besides, vampires obsession with keeping the Masquerade ~~make~~ them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers learned to ~~not get in leeches way unless~~ they ~~get~~ too far.		Living in the cities means coming in contact with vampires, and while in combat most vampires are not really a threat even to the weakest of werewolves, they can hit back hard in the field of intrigue and politics, and Glass walkers (being heavily invested in human business) are particularly vulnerable on that field. Besides, the majority of vampires' obsession with keeping the Masquerade often makes them clean up behind young hot-blooded packs who break the Veil, so leeches can have their use. Walkers kind of deal with vampires by not dealing with them - Banes and Pentex are much more immediate threats and much more visible one next to vampires who hide behind their Masquerade and are afraid of dreaded "Lupines" almost as much as they are afraid of humans finding them out. Sure, some young packs would occasionally kill some young vampires for a few points of renown, but older Walkers have learned to compromise and ignore them until they start going too far.

	For someone so often accused of being tainted by Waver the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing tribe's name. They started as "Warders of Men", and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman legions, much to the chagrin or vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to Tetrasomians (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders). When industrial revolution started tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas where they moved behind more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities other werewolves were avoiding, ~~taking new name -~~ Iron Riders. At the break ~~o XX~~ century one of their camps called Glass Walkers discovered ~~city fathers~~ and ~~mothers~~ - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed name ~~again~~. Glass Walkers reign wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. And because ~~after that leading camps changes so fast other tribes barely able~~ to ~~keep track~~.		For someone so often accused of being tainted by Waver the tribe is extremely dynamic, changing with time and human civilization and even changing the tribe's name. They started as "Warders of Men", and were the tribe charged with overseeing human civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Syria and Israel, and as city-based human civilization spread from there all over the world they followed. During antiquity they spread westwards and infiltrated Roman legions, much to the chagrin or vampires (who infiltrated Roman politics and priesthood) and most other European Garou (who got their human Kinfolk royally fucked by Roman legions). During Medieval and Renaissance they continued to operate mostly from Italy and co-opted Italian scholars, philosophers and engineers, incorporating their teachings into tribe's philosophy, changing tribe's name to Tetrasomians (although most other Garou continued to call them Warders).

			When the industrial revolution started, the tribe's political heart migrated to London (starting a long rivalry with the Fianna) and then across the ocean to Americas, where they moved behind the more aggressive tribes that conquered Pure caerns from locals and instead established railroads and built new caerns in big cities that other werewolves were avoiding, resulting in them being renamed the Iron Riders. At the break of the 20th century, one of their camps (called the Glass Walkers) discovered City Fathers and Mothers - powerful urban spirits - and overtook the whole tribe, to the point it changed their name. Again. In a bit of a twist, the Glass Walkers' reign as the top camp wasn't long but everyone kind of agreed to keep the name because it rocked. (And because it was setting tiresome to change their name and update everyone on what one to use every couple years.)

	There are currently several major camps in Glass Walkers:		There are currently several major camps in Glass Walkers:
	*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Since tribe traces it's lineage to Italy a lot of their Kin and members are Italian so when Mafia rose to power they get carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Founder of the camp worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant theurges of his time, resulting in Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next o Get of Fenris) of Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from 20-es till 50-es, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from Silver Fangs is 500 years old).		*'''Wise Guys''' - Werewolf mafia. Since tribe traces it's lineage to Italy a lot of their Kin and members are Italian so when Mafia rose to power they get carried in and found out there's a lot of money and power in organized crime that could be used in the name of Gaia. Founder of the camp worked directly with Al Capone and was one of the most brilliant theurges of his time, resulting in Wise Guys developing lots of new rites and Gifts under his leadership. Probably the most "brutal" and "aggressive" (in quotes because they still look like hippies next to the Get of Fenris and Red Talons) of Glass Walker camps, it dominated the tribe from 20-es till 50-es, and are currently considered "old-fashioned traditionalists" despite the camp being less than 100 years old (for comparison, "young and energetic" house Wyrmfoe from Silver Fangs is 500 years old).
	*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced Wise Guys when Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think Wolf of Wall ~~street~~, except ~~more~~ literal. Continues to be the richest most well-connected Garou around and are the go to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market.		*'''Corporate Wolves''' - The camp that replaced Wise Guys when Mafia went out of power, and most Glass Walkers switched to legal business. Think ''Wolf of Wall Street'', except very literal. Continues to be the richest and most well-connected Garou around and are the go to werewolves to hurt Wyrm corporations where it stings the most - in the stock market.
	*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since late 90-es, early ~~0-es~~. Expect every hacker cliche in the arsenal and make it double.		*'''Random Interrupts''' - Werewolf hackers and IT, and the camp on the rise, dominating the tribe politics since late 1990-es to the early 2000s. Expect every hacker cliche in the arsenal and make it double.
	*'''Cyberdogs''' - a camp of ~~crazy transhumantis~~ who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by Weaver, ~~get~~ exposed on it and ~~then~~ massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers, but those who ~~get~~ in just to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool ~~cyberfetish~~ prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from scraps left.		*'''Cyberdogs''' - Started out as a camp of transhumanists who discovered how to make spirit-powered bionics, first to patch up combat wounds then to upgrade healthy limbs to bionics, then to run insane experiments. Their leadership was certainly corrupted by Weaver, got exposed on it and was massacred by the rest of Glass Walkers, but those who got in just to replace lost limbs or eyes with cool prosthetics are still around and trying to rebuild the camp from the scraps left.
	*'''Dies Ultimae''' - ~~half~~ mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.		*'''Dies Ultimae''' - Half mercenary company, half doomsday cult, they are military werewolves who work for the highest bidder and prep for Apocalypse. Except, you know, the real one. They are known for incorporating Kinfolk into their war packs in some kind of combined arms tactics, kind of solving the problem with Kinfolk feeling useless but creating another problem by putting them in harm's way.
	*'''City Farmers''' - a camp that focuses on bringing the green back to cities instead of trying to slow down their growth, founding parks, hydroponics and designing bio-domes and arcologies for self-sustained cities of future that could leave the nature alone. The hippies of the tribe.		*'''City Farmers''' - a camp that focuses on bringing the green back to cities instead of trying to slow down their growth, founding parks, hydroponics and designing bio-domes and arcologies for self-sustained cities of future that could leave the nature alone. The hippies of the tribe.

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