Wolves in the Moss

[Max Kuryakin]

Apprentice ⇒ Master

Mundian ⇒ Bewarian

Events
Participate in 4 player-run or site-run events

• The tumbling snows stumble upon the earth | February snowstorm
  
• The valiant taste of death but once | Ides of March
  
• Midnight train going anywhere | Sheol
  
• When the dry bones dance, with the timbres and the lyre | Halloween 2023

Magic Ability Instances
Use a cantrip, boon, charm, or level ability 15x: 15

• All night I'll riot with you | Concordance 3x
  
• Midnight train going anywhere | Aspect 3x, Concordance 4x
  
• Witching Hour | Aspect 3x, Concordance 2x

Encounters
Participate in Encounter Thread 4x

• The valiant taste of death but once | Max insulting the vampire of Düsseldorf
  
• Midnight train going anywhere | Max vs. Lethe
  
• When the dry bones dance, with the timbres and the lyre | Maxem vs. The haunted house
  

One (1) thread involving tests of skill relevant to your Path with another PC

 
Path-Specific
Basic Thread Prompts   

• Scrying must be with the sage | Use two different combination keywords in a single thread.
  
• Succeed in an amazing physical feat, through using the Universal Keywords.
  
• But I keep snapping at Goliath's hands | Establish Concordance between you and a good friend.

Backfire Thread Prompts

• Light the Fire, Feast | Go Feral in human form.
  
• Go Feral from shifting back and forth, exceeding the maximum and rolling Attunement.
  
• Go through an Encounter under the effects of Aconite.

[Max Kuryakin]

Magical Oaths
✔ Promised not to tell anyone about Emily trying to do ritual magic.
✔ Promised not to tear Asphodel apart 'if he could help it.'
✔ Promised Dune to 'drag you out of danger, whatever it is.'

Playlist
The War was in Colour - Carbon Leaf
Control - Halsey
My Body - Young the Giant
Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

[Max Kuryakin]

In the Eyes of the City

Man About Town (21-30) ⇒ Rank 4 (31-40)

Reputation (29)

• Between the Stacks - Max helps Emily out with discovering her inner witch. (2 pts)
  
• Ego Death - Max and Malik lure an Onryo out of Barbarous Nightclub and chase it off. (5 pts)
  
• The roofs have rusted to earth, towers in ruins - Max and Juniper defeat a prowling cannibal monster. (2 pts)
  
• A fall into a ditch makes you wiser - Max and Emily defeat one of the nian menacing Easthaven. (5 pts)
  
• You're not as alone as you think | Max helps out Henrii when two thugs come to shake down the bookstore. (1 pt)
  
• For want of a nail | Max and Renzo fight off rat-thugs. (1 pt)
  
• Acquainted with the Night | Goki and Max help dispel a stray wanderer on Beltane (1 pt)
  
• A forked tongue drips poison in your ear | Max and Emily help the Cult of Dionysus out with a monster problem (2 pts)
  
• Wit waits on fear | Dune and Max come across a distressed Siren and help her out. (1 pt)
  
• For a sudden stitch | Max and Caleb fight a zombie mall Santa (1 pt)
  
• The valiant taste of death but once | Max and Emily, Ides of March event (1 pt)
  
• Midnight train going anywhere | Max, Goki, and Markus beat of the river of Lethe. (1 pt)
  
• When the dry bones dance with the timbrel and the lyre | Halloween '23 (2 pts)
  
• Shepherd of Vigil | Max and Em fight a bugul nos. (2 pts)
  
• Too much champagne is just right! | The Winter Gala social event. (2 pts)
  

What the Exchange Knows

• Aquainted with Juniper, a charge of the Exchange.
  
• Has spoken to the Inquisitor over phone, but hasn't directly dealt with the Exchange to date.
  
• Old friend of Dune, an Exchange agent.
  

What the Police Know

• A former paramedic with a local EMS service.
  
• Currently moving into a career as a firefighter.
  

[Max Kuryakin]

Brawler Rank III ⇒ Brawler Rank IV
4x thread training

4x threads utilizing Mundane Keyword
Take it on the chin | Strike 3x
Acquainted with the night | Strike 6x
I want this plot to twist | 2x
Midnght Train Going Anywhere | Strike 3x

4x threads utilizing Mundane Keyword in Encounter
A forked tongue drips poison in your ear | Strike 2x
Wit waits on fear | Strike 2x
For a sudden stitch | Strike 3x
Witching Hour | Strike 2x

40x rolling Strike utilizing desired skill

• Total: 23

[Max Kuryakin]

Previous Advancement

(01/04/2024) ✓

Novice ⇒ Apprentice

Deor ⇒ Mundian

Events
Participate in 3 player-run or site-run events

• Acquainted with the Night | Beltane
  
• A forked tongue drips poison in your ear | Bacchanalia
  
• Halloween Hullabaloo | Halloween

Magic Ability Instances
Use a cantrip, boon, charm, or level ability 10x:
Concordance: 6x
Aspect: 6x

• Long Night of Solace | Attunement 7x, Concordance
  
• You're not as alone as you think | Attunement 2x
  
• But I keep snapping at Goliath's hands | Attunement, Concordance 3x
  
• I want this plot to twist | Aspect 2x, Attunement 4x
  
• Clamorous with Cares | Concordance, Aspect
  
• A forked tongue drips poison in your ear | Concordance, Aspect, Attunement 3x
  
• Ambling along on a walk of shame | Aspect x2
  
• In Dreams | Attunement

Encounters
Participate in Encounter Thread 3x

• A forked tongue drips poison in your ear | Fighting off a hydra
  
• For a Sudden Stitch | Fighting Zombie Santa
  
• Witching Hour | Fighting a dumpster diving colo-colo

One (1) thread involving tests of skill relevant to your Path with another PC

• All night, I'll riot with you | Attunement skill test

 
Path-Specific
Basic Thread Prompts   

• Long Night of Solace | Resist a shift
  
• The tumbling snows stumble up the earth| Utilize Heightened Strength or Speed

Backfire Thread Prompts

• When wolves run together | Utilize the Combination Keywords and go Feral
  
• The Shepherd of Vigil | Inadvertently break something with strength or speed

(07/03/2023) ✓

Dabbler ⇒ Novice

Hyrd ⇒ Deor

Events
Participate in 2 Player-Run or Site Events

• Winter Mischief | Christmas
  
• A fall into a ditch makes you wiser | Chinese New Year

Magic Ability Instances
Roll Cinder or Strike 30x ‣ 41x

Use a cantrip, boon, charm, or rank ability 10x

• Aspect of the Beast 6x
  
• Concordance 3x
  
• Attunement 5x

Utilize Each Keyword 3x

• Ground Sense 4x
  
• Sound 3x
  
• Partial Shift 3x
  
• Synergy 3x
  
• Brawler 4x

Threads

• The roofs have rusted to earth, towers in ruins | Strike 9x, Cinder 8x, Brawler, Ground Sense, Concordance 2x
  
• A fall into a ditch makes you wiser | Ground Sense, Aspect, Sound, Synergy, Brawler, Strike 10x, Attunement 5x
  
• For want of a nail | Ground sense, Sound, Synergy, Partial Shift, Brawler, Aspect 2x, Cinder 5x (Attunement), Strike 6x
  
• Of meat and men | Partial Shift, Attunement
  
• Lady Green Sleeves | Ground sense, Synergy, Sound, Attunement 2x, Aspect 3x, Concordance, Brawler, Strike 10x, Cinder 1x
  

Encounters
Participate in Encounter Thread 2x

• A fall into a ditch makes you wiser
  
• For want of a nail

Thread involving tests of skill relevant to your Path with another PC 1x

• Lady Green Sleeves | Max tracks Emily through the woods as she tries to hide her trail.

Path-Specific
Fundamental Thread Prompts

• Between the stacks | Experience an unwilling shift
  
• Acquainted with the Night | Experience the effects of aconite.

Weakness Thread Prompts

• Silver and Flame | Feel the effects of silver
  
• Wit waits on fear | Feel the effects of the new moon

(11/02/2022) ✓

Untrained ⇒ Dabbler

Reden ⇒ Hyrd

Magic Ability Instances 
Roll Cinder or Strike 20x: 24x
Use a cantrip, boon, charm, or level ability 5x: Aspect of the Beast 5x
Utilize Each Keyword 2x: Ground Sense 2x, Brawler 2x

• There was her and her very first heartbeat | Cinder 2x, Aspect of the Beast
  
• The wolf must life in the grove | Cinder 5x, Strike 4x, Brawler
  
• Winter Mischief (Event) | Strike 2x, Aspect of the Beast
  
• What the whispering cleverness demands you do | Cinder 1x, Aspect of the Beast
  
• Put up the tree before my spirit falls again | Aspect of the Beast
  
• Wolf clamped on by a lamb | Ground sense
  
• Ego Death | Ground Sense, Cinder 6x, Strike x6, Brawler, Aspect of the Beast
  

Encounters
Participate in Encounter Thread 1x

• The roofs have rusted to earth, towers in ruins | Max and Juniper fight a Rakshasa
  

 
Path-Specific
Fundamental Thread Prompts: Shift

• The wolf must live in the grove | Shifted for the full moon

Overextend Thread Prompts: Experience going Feral

• Ego Death | Enraged by an Onryo, Max loses himself in his werewolf instincts

Brawler Rank II ⇒ Brawler Rank III
3x thread training

• But I keep snapping at Goliath's hands | Training with Juniper
  
• Silver and Flame | Training with Goki
  
• Unguarded Instinct | Sparring with Brooke

3x threads utilizing Mundane Keyword

• The wolf must live in the grove | 4x Strike
  
• You're not as alone as you think | 5x Strike
  
• For want of a nail | 5x Strike

3x threads utilizing Mundane Keyword in Encounter

• Ego Death | 6x Strike
  
• The roofs have rusted to earth, towers in ruins | 9x Strike
  
• A fall into a ditch makes you wiser | 4x Strike

30x rolling Strike utilizing desired skill

• Total: 33