Kinfolk

Bonds of blood, ties of ancestry and oaths of loyalty - these are the links between the werewolves and their Kinfolk. Kinfolk are an essential part of the world of the Garou. But they aren’t supernatural creatures, certainly not on the level of the werewolves; they can’t turn into nine-foot, seething balls of canid terror and prance through a rain of bullets without a scratch. They’re the werewolves’ human or wolf relatives, undeniably a valuable part of werewolf society but never quite equals within it. In short, they’re family, with all the headaches, sorrows and joys that implies. Kinfolk occupy a range of positions in Garou culture, from beloved mates and siblings to little more than breeding stock or grunt soldiers in the war against the Wyrm. Sometimes, the chains that bind Kinfolk to Garou are loving and freely accepted; other times, they sink Kinfolk in a mire of forced obligations.