Werewolves of London

         This is a resource page on a campaign of Werewolf: The Apocalypse, using the rules from the new World of Darkness core and Werewolf: The Forsaken. The campaign, started in 2009, is about a set of British rock stars who gravitated together as teens and formed their own band, and then found that they were all werewolves. We pick up the band in mid-career as they are doing their first international tours. Their songs include "Mystic Taint," "Blood in the Snow," and others.

Xandra (played by Heather)

A mixed instrumentalist and lead songwriter of the band, fond of world music influences and odd instruments.

Colin (played by Bill)

A Glasswalker, who plays keyboard, and is known for his technological savvy.

Maggie (played by Cynthia)

The lead singer of the band, an Irish-American woman known for her fiery spirit.

Rocky (played by John)

The drummer of the band, known for his angry streak and his bulldogish promotion of the band in their early years.

Wiilo (played by Liz)

The lead guitar player, who went off for a solo career.

Recurring NPCs include our manager Kumar Patel, our PR lady Ruth, and our replacement lead guitarist Ben Ortega. Werewolf contacts include Tansy Miyamoto, a Glasswalker in Boston.

Session Summaries

• #1: Teens in England - We narrate about the band's early years when they got together as teens, and have an adventure as they go to a music festival up north early in their career. They find a troublesome spirit causing a flood on the festival grounds, and trace it back to a gambling hall owner.
• #2: Blood in the Snow - We jump ahead 2-3 years as the band has hit it big and are doing a U.S. tour. In Alaska, we contact some Uktena and help them by
• #3: Mean Tree - The band goes down to Phoenix, where Wiilo disappears and we get Ben Ortega to fill in for him. There is a minor disturbance as armed skinheads disrupt their practice. More importantly, strange feedback in the sound equipment turns out to be messages from a local spirit. After contacting Kayla - a local Uktena werewolf - we head down Hohokan highway according to the message we heard, and find an evil tree spirit that has been tormenting the ghost that contacted us.
• #4: Boston Dancers - The band takes time off from their tour to visit Maggie's family in Boston. Meeting her mother Kate and grandmother Brigit, they learn that Bill Dudley - a friend of her cousin Ted - has been pulled dead from the river. We retraced his investigation of a firm called APEX Duplication, and mounted an assault on their place to find a hideout of Black Spiral Dancers.
• #5: - The band goes to (?), and has its (?) stolen off the bus. Later, one of the roadies turns up dead. The police are involved, but the band investigates on its own. We eventually question the spirit of a camera and learn that an unscrupulous collector is responsible. We find him and teach him a lesson. Songs for our concert include "Green Onion" and "Six Feet Under."
• #6: Shuttle or Bust - The band gets a new producer, Ross, who insists that they begin travel with the bus instead of by plane. Taking our last plane flight to Orlando, Florida, we prepare to play at the Brighton Casino. We recruited Ben Ortega to fill in for the rest of the tour for Wiilo, who has left for a solo career. The local Uktena contact us to help them covertly destroy the space shuttle - their plan to scuttle the American space program, thus reducing pollution. Maggie and Colin are horrified at this, and feel deeply betrayed that Xandra and Rocky would even consider this. Rocky and Xandra back out as plans are exchanged, and then independently Colin and Rocky both go to the shuttle site to head off the Uktena. In the Umbra by the shuttle, they run into a fight between Silverfangs and the Uktena. Rocky tries to make peace, but fails and the Silverfangs kill one Uktena and drive off the others.
• #7: Finale - Rocky returns to talk with Xandra, then Kumar contacts them upset over Maggie's leaving. Colin at first goes on his own, but then joins the two at the hotel in Florida. They use the excuse of the hotel security chief disappearing (and a scare involving some dogs) to cancel the show. They then head up to Boston -- after hearing that they have a new head to their recording company, after the old one died of a heart attack. They are suspicious and determine to get together to confront and possibly destroy him. They stalk into the office with their faces covered and disable the security cameras, then change into near-wolf form to confront him. Xandra and Rocky capture him physically, but going into the spirit realm Colin is wounded. They join forces and try to confront an evil spirit within a guitar in the spirit realm, and eventually defeat it by a combination of physical force and music. After a farewell concert in NYC, they go their separate ways. Xandra goes on solo hunting; Rocky gives up music but works to hunt evil, trying to get different tribes to cooperate (and trying to stay in touch with everyone); Colin sets up a studio in London and has a solo career; Maggie dies in a suspicious drunk driving accident.

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Links

• W:tA on the Official WoD Wiki
• MrGone's Play Aids for WTF