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They're also notable for being one of the "Tribes of the Wyld", making them uniquely suited to interact with the weird flux-spirits that inhabit the Umbra. These skills are often in high demand, especially considering that the other "Wyld Tribe" is the [[Red Talons]], and as bad as the Furies can get, they're still preferable to the Talons' bullshit.
They're also notable for being one of the "Tribes of the Wyld", making them uniquely suited to interact with the weird flux-spirits that inhabit the Umbra. These skills are often in high demand, especially considering that the other "Wyld Tribe" is the [[Red Talons]], and as bad as the Furies can get, they're still preferable to the Talons' bullshit.


Traditionally, the Black Furies have been the "feminist" faction, with a sacred mandate to respect women and protect them from abuse. As with other factions in the [[World of Darkness]], exactly how much they have secretly been pulling the strings behind literally every feminist achievement of human society, from the suffragettes and establishment of protective shelters for abused women to modern-day [[SJW]]s, depends heavily on the edition - earlier editions attribute more direct influence to them than to humans.
Traditionally, the Black Furies have been the "feminist" faction, with a sacred mandate to respect women and protect them from abuse. As with other factions in the [[World of Darkness]], exactly how much they have secretly been pulling the strings behind literally every feminist achievement of human society, from the suffragettes and establishment of protective shelters for abused women to modern-day [[SJW]]s, depends heavily on the edition - earlier editions attribute more direct influence to them than to humans, while later ones generally frame them more as helping from the sidelines or otherwise indirectly aiding them.


Camps of the Black Furies consist of:
Camps of the Black Furies consist of:
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* '''Bacchantes:''' The "conservatives" of the Furies, dedicated to their traditional role of destroying anyone who wrongs women or children. Of course, their track-record against taking down ''female'' abusers is spotty to say the least, when it's mentioned at all.
* '''Bacchantes:''' The "conservatives" of the Furies, dedicated to their traditional role of destroying anyone who wrongs women or children. Of course, their track-record against taking down ''female'' abusers is spotty to say the least, when it's mentioned at all.
* '''Freebooters:''' Black Furies dedicated to finding new Wyld places to be consecrated into Caerns... but there's not really a lot of these left, so the kuklos has been shrinking over time. A sub-faction believes that they need to go exploring the Umbra and find a new body for Gaia elsewhere.
* '''Freebooters:''' Black Furies dedicated to finding new Wyld places to be consecrated into Caerns... but there's not really a lot of these left, so the kuklos has been shrinking over time. A sub-faction believes that they need to go exploring the Umbra and find a new body for Gaia elsewhere.
* '''Moon-Daughter:''' Black Furies who have infiltrated the New Age and Neo-Paganism movements in order to turn these into tools to keep Gaia through constant change; they're probably the most inconsistent of the kukloi in terms of actual practices as a result.
* '''Moon-Daughters:''' Black Furies who have infiltrated the New Age and Neo-Paganism movements in order to turn these into tools to keep Gaia alive through constant change; they're probably the most inconsistent of the kukloi in terms of actual practices as a result. Probably the most likely of the kukloi to work with the Sisters of Hippolyta, due to both being heavily connected to New Age/Neo-Pagan groups and the rough alignment of their values.
* '''Order of Our Merciful Mother:''' Moon Daughters MK1: Christianity is Fun. This faction is comprised of Black Furies attempting to subvert Christianity from within and redirect its focus from a patriarchal god (the Weaver) to a matriarchal goddess (Gaia). They're by far the most derided kuklos in the tribe, due to most Black Furies having a colossal hateboner for Christianity in general over its historical views; that a number have become genuinely converted to Christianity themselves doesn't really help in their eyes.
* '''Order of Our Merciful Mother:''' Moon-Daughters MK1: Christianity is Fun. This faction is comprised of Black Furies attempting to subvert Christianity from within and redirect its focus from a patriarchal god (the Weaver) to a matriarchal goddess (Gaia). They're by far the most derided kuklos in the tribe, due to most Black Furies having a colossal hateboner for Christianity in general over its historical views; that a number have become genuinely converted to Christianity themselves doesn't really help in their eyes.
* '''Sisterhood:''' The information network and utility staff. They began as an Underground Railroad-style organisation, smuggling Kinfolk, Garou, and women targeted by the First Inquisition to safety during the Burning Times; nowadays they coordinate the Kinfolk information-gathering networks of the tribe, gather resources, and act as a helpline for those Kinfolk who have been wronged by men, with those who they perceive as having done wrong swiftly being visited by a very angry Fury or two.
* '''Sisterhood:''' The information network and utility staff. They began as an Underground Railroad-style organisation, smuggling Kinfolk, Garou, and women targeted by the First Inquisition to safety during the Burning Times; nowadays they coordinate the Kinfolk information-gathering networks of the tribe, gather resources, and act as a helpline for those (typically female) Kinfolk who have been wronged by men, with those who they perceive as having done wrong swiftly being visited by a very angry Fury or two.
* '''Temple of Artemis:''' One of the oldest kukloi. The hyper-conservatives, so fixated on returning to their original Tribal purpose that they advocate a full withdrawal from the Garou Nation. They also act as the judges for Furies who break tribal customs.
* '''Temple of Artemis:''' One of the oldest kukloi. The hyper-conservatives, so fixated on returning to their original Tribal purpose that they advocate a full withdrawal from the Garou Nation. They also act as the judges for Furies who break tribal customs.


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"We have every reason to hate Man. The catalogue of his outrages against us would fill the Abyss. Across the world in recent years, Man's fear of our rising power has led us into open war with him. But even if Man were faithful to the Goddess, he would still have no place with us. Our way is the way of Artemis, the Virgin huntress, and her purity is our own. We shun Man for his weakness, his place in Gaia's shadow, not for his crimes."

– A Black Fury, on Men... the gender, not the species.

"Man can be kind, gentle, respectful and understanding. Like a dog, he may be a faithful companion, but will bite, and bite hard, if he feels himself wronged. Sadly, his confidence is so fragile that any hint of his weakness is often enough to bring him to homicidal rage. Man makes a good lap-dog, but far too often he has rabies, and must be put down for his own good. In the end, the choice is yours. Man is not evil by nature. The Wyrm, however, is only footsteps away from his heart."

– Ditto.

The Black Furies are one of the 13(-ish) remaining Garou tribes in Werewolf: The Apocalypse. They can be summed up as amazon werewolves. Whether they're one of the more rational tribes with a focus on saving human society from itself, or slavering lunatics who want to castrate every living thing with a Y-chromosome is largely dependent on the edition, the writer, and the subfaction you're talking about. We are not kidding about the misandry thing: their original 1e creation myth literally boiled down to "in the beginning, Gaia was supreme, all was paradise, and women were the most important gender because women are connected to Gaia, and that's why they can get pregnant; when man realized he was powerless and inferior, he revolted, betrayed Gaia to the Weaver, defiled nature by seizing control, and basically ruined everything by inventing the concept of patriarchy".

Either way, their Totem Pegasus is a big time misandrist who will only allow female Garou to join the Tribe (with the possible exception of male Metis born to an established Black Fury. Again, their characterization is super inconsistent.) They tend to have at least a passable relationship with the Bone Gnawers and Children of Gaia, which is where they tend to direct any male children they produce (those who remain usually get sacrificed to Gaia - because, y'know, they're a bunch of misandrist wankers).

Some of them lean pretty heavily on the Greek Mythology angle and work closely with the Sisters of Hippolyta from Mage: The Ascension. Others are dedicated to infiltrating human religious institutions, making them werewolf amazon nuns.

They're also notable for being one of the "Tribes of the Wyld", making them uniquely suited to interact with the weird flux-spirits that inhabit the Umbra. These skills are often in high demand, especially considering that the other "Wyld Tribe" is the Red Talons, and as bad as the Furies can get, they're still preferable to the Talons' bullshit.

Traditionally, the Black Furies have been the "feminist" faction, with a sacred mandate to respect women and protect them from abuse. As with other factions in the World of Darkness, exactly how much they have secretly been pulling the strings behind literally every feminist achievement of human society, from the suffragettes and establishment of protective shelters for abused women to modern-day SJWs, depends heavily on the edition - earlier editions attribute more direct influence to them than to humans, while later ones generally frame them more as helping from the sidelines or otherwise indirectly aiding them.

Camps of the Black Furies consist of:

  • Amazons of Diana:: Less a formal group and more a catch-all for the more violent and warlike "Rah rah rah, we'll castrate you if you piss us off!" Furies. The "hate men for being men" mentality is particularly attributed to these members, though (in a microcosm of the tribe) exactly how true this rings varies from member to member. In 1e, they were known as the Maenads, and had about the same role.
  • Avenging Mother: A group of Black Furies seeking to destabilize Garou politics to force the Garou to become matriarchal. Haven't seen much success, partly because of their tiny size next to literally every other kukloi, let alone the actual tribes.
  • Bacchantes: The "conservatives" of the Furies, dedicated to their traditional role of destroying anyone who wrongs women or children. Of course, their track-record against taking down female abusers is spotty to say the least, when it's mentioned at all.
  • Freebooters: Black Furies dedicated to finding new Wyld places to be consecrated into Caerns... but there's not really a lot of these left, so the kuklos has been shrinking over time. A sub-faction believes that they need to go exploring the Umbra and find a new body for Gaia elsewhere.
  • Moon-Daughters: Black Furies who have infiltrated the New Age and Neo-Paganism movements in order to turn these into tools to keep Gaia alive through constant change; they're probably the most inconsistent of the kukloi in terms of actual practices as a result. Probably the most likely of the kukloi to work with the Sisters of Hippolyta, due to both being heavily connected to New Age/Neo-Pagan groups and the rough alignment of their values.
  • Order of Our Merciful Mother: Moon-Daughters MK1: Christianity is Fun. This faction is comprised of Black Furies attempting to subvert Christianity from within and redirect its focus from a patriarchal god (the Weaver) to a matriarchal goddess (Gaia). They're by far the most derided kuklos in the tribe, due to most Black Furies having a colossal hateboner for Christianity in general over its historical views; that a number have become genuinely converted to Christianity themselves doesn't really help in their eyes.
  • Sisterhood: The information network and utility staff. They began as an Underground Railroad-style organisation, smuggling Kinfolk, Garou, and women targeted by the First Inquisition to safety during the Burning Times; nowadays they coordinate the Kinfolk information-gathering networks of the tribe, gather resources, and act as a helpline for those (typically female) Kinfolk who have been wronged by men, with those who they perceive as having done wrong swiftly being visited by a very angry Fury or two.
  • Temple of Artemis: One of the oldest kukloi. The hyper-conservatives, so fixated on returning to their original Tribal purpose that they advocate a full withdrawal from the Garou Nation. They also act as the judges for Furies who break tribal customs.
The Garou Tribes

Black Furies

Bone Gnawers

Bunyip

Children of Gaia

Croatan

Fianna

Get of Fenris

Glass Walkers

Red Talons

Shadow Lords

Silent Striders

Silver Fangs

Stargazers

Uktena

Wendigo

White Howlers