Corax and Kinfolk - A Virtual Gathering

If you play a corax in your local LARP, or even in a TableTop campaign, or if you just feel a strong Kinship with these shapechangers, feel free to drop me a line, and add yourself to the Virtual Gathering.

Here are a few of the denizens of this dark world...

Edwin McSol - breed, rank, age unknown.
Location: New Paltz, NY (part of the LARP there)
Edwin McSol is originally out of Ireland, now residing in the town of New Paltz, New York. He is currently trying to purchase a building out there 'for the Sept' (but more for The Hermetic Sociey of Swift Light), with hopes of it becoming a level 5 Anchorhead Caern. He is known to associate with the local leech population, but appears to be employing our usual tactics when dealing with them...

Matthew - A link to a corax's homepage. Hope he doesn't mind me scavenging his name & pasting it here.

Jasen Stirling (Thief-in-the-Night) - homid, Ales (rank 3). Age: 24
Location: Varies, depending on the TT campaign.
Born to a corax father and a mother of (weak) gypsy blood, Jasen spent his young years travelling from city to city across the US and Canada - touring with whichever theatre group his mother had hooked up with at the time. He practiced a little petty theft to make ends meet, and had his first change after being thrown from a third story window following a botched break-in.
From there he was quickly recruited by a pack of Glasswalkers to do some industrial espionage, giving them a "competative edge". He spent time in & around Boston, NY, & Chicago (sigh... don't we all?) getting into & out of mischief, and quickly rose to the rank of Ales/Adren among the Corax. However, after a couple political problems within the sept, he became disillusioned with the way garou did things. It seemed to him that they spent more time fighting eachother, and scrabbling for power within the sept, than they actually did combatting the wyrm.
He actively sought out a vampire & had a serious conversation or two, and decided they really weren't all that bad.
From then on, he began to drift from the ways of the garou, taking a few tentative steps towards the Wyrm. He hasn't looked back since.
If the corax have a 'Black list', I'm sure he's on it by now.

Corbin (Dances-the-Razor's-Edge) - homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Tabletop character, Dallas.
Corbin is quite the trickster and spy (the going James Bond-ish sort of joke about him is that he's on "Gaia's Secret Service"). He comes from mixed heritage -- his father was native (Tlingkit) and his mother English.
He travelled extensively as a child, but always managed to make it back home to Anchorage at least every once in a while.
Since his First Change, he has honed his talents as a spy/information gatherer and gotten into quite a bit of trouble. Lately he's been hanging around Atlanta and has decided to infilitrate the Kindred community. He picked up a fetish which pales his aura to look like one of the Leeches, and has become quite good at imitating them (everything is so very easy when they think you're a Malkavian!). He's had to be very quick on his feet indeed. However, with the current Sabbat menace there, things have been getting a little too hot for his talons to handle...

Jasper Fynes homid, rank unknown. Age: 32
Location: Tabletop character from England, in a 'Wild West' campaign.
Jasper is unusual, in that he's actually a were-magpie. (Hey, they're corvids, and there're loads of them in England!) Jasper has found a niche as a gambler-come-rogue on the Mississippi steamboats. After all, there are so many secrets to be found in the saloons and bars, especially when the whisky gets flowing. Sure, so Jasper is a little light-fingered, and acquires more shinies than your average corax, but so long as Gaia gets the gossip, who's counting?

Corynne - Non-WhiteWolf corax, young, and low in rank.
Location: Created in Witney, England. Living in the mythical city of Malakai.
Corynne is a young were-raven living in a fantasy world on a MUSH. She usually wears a tight black dress over her tall thin form (except, of course, when she is wearing wings and feathers). For a little more information about her, and a much bigger version of the picture, visit her homepage.

Thistle Fellon - corvid, Volucris (rank 4).
Location: Tabletop character in Bellingham, USA, whose player lives in Lake Tapps
Thistle's about a pistachio over five feet tall. Her hair and eyes are black, of course, when not in corvid form. She generally wears it in a pair of french braids on either side of her head to keep it the hell out of her way and for maximum shiny-thing display. She categorically refuses to wear colors, or indeed anything that is not black. This is partially due to the fact that silver shows up best on it but is mostly due to a belief that ravens being any other color in any form is deeply unnatural, almost Wyrm-tainted. Her corvid form, which she uses most of the time, wears several tiny silver anklets.
She was born in Blaine, just south of the border between the U.S. and Canada in Washington state. She was given her homid name at the same time she underwent her First Change, both occurring shortly after she fell out of the nest and in a fit of terror changed into something even LESS likely to land well. And lo, the small, naked, black-haired girl fell smack-dab onto a clump of thistles at the base of the tree her mother nested in. Yup. Thistle Fell-On. Hahaha. She fell in with a caern of Garou a bit south in Bellingham a year later and has been there ever since in the capacity of Caern Guppy (one step below the beta. Haha again.) She also has a son, Scarborough Flies-Into-Walls Fellon (he landed on an herb garden. Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme), who is about a year old and just as aggravating as his mother. Aww....
Quote: There's a raven tax on this caern, you know. One shiny, please.

Donivon (Wanderer of the Night Skies) - homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Tabletop character from Vancouver, Canada.
Donivon is a 17 year old kid who hit it rich shortly after his first change. He is a bit of a smart alek, but bloody good at what he does.
Quote : Enjoy life and have fun. You only live once, so live it up.

Jeckel - homid, Ales (rank 3).
Location: Boston - the setting for a LARP in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Jeckel was thrown in as an added touch to a Vampire LARP chronicle.
Although he was only intended at a minor character he became a popular character with the players and played the part of informant to any of the players who were willing to part with their "shinies".
Quote : I wouldn't have taken the pendant if you had just given it to me.

Anxst Kennealy (Strange-as-Angels) - homid, Neocornix (rank 2).
Location: Tabletop character, GreenBay, Wisconsin.
Anxst Kennealy is 5'6", 125 lbs, with long black hair and a penchant for little silver bells. Anxst wears nothing but black, silver, and white (topped off with a silly floppy hat) and is normally rumpled, looking as if he just got in from a hike gone wrong.
He grew up in Green Bay, never fitting in. He hates football, dislikes cheese, and thinks beer is swill. Now, he's a watcher in the darkness, and nothing escapes his gaze. He's friends with the area bone gnawers, and he's alerted them to what's going on quite a few times. Now, he thinks he's seen a Gurahl in the area. Raven only knows what he'll find out.....
Quote : If you're so smart, why aren't you naked?

Ewan Taggert - homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: MUSH character on Metro: Toronto by Night.
Integrity, honour, and silent strength: these are all qualities that no one dares to associate with Ewan Taggert. Though a kind young man, and charming in his own particular way, there are few who would accuse the musician of being a poster child for morality. When he's not busy talking, he's busy smoking; when he's not busy smoking, he's busy drinking, and once the alcohol's done, his eyes have only /begun/ to wander over every female form in the room. For all of his faults, however, Ewan is nothing if not honest, and though he works according to his own rules, he adheres strictly to those principles. Of course, those principles might include a little petty theft and some gossip-gathering to compliment his musical endeavours, but then, a man has to make a living, doesn't he?

Gregori Zimyannin (Caliban) - homid
Location: Tabletop(?) character from Raliegh, N.C.
Tall dark and handsome (but then again what corax worth his or her salt aint?) with a carefully cultivated lucifer-like sexiness, wearing skin tight blue jeans and a black t-shirt, covered by a blue denim jacket with a gorgeous celtic sun on the back, Caliban cuts an impressive figure. But his reputation is even more impressive... He is a sorceror, warlock and alchemist over 300 years old, rumored to turn lead into gold, to know where the Key of Solomon is, and to have bargained with Lucifer himself.
He lets people believe it all, and more. But in truth, Caliban was born on the Russian steppes, as Gregori Zimyannin - a poor kid, he had a cold, hard childhood and had to fight for every bit of learning he could get. His father, seeing the boy's love of learning, got a loan to send him away to school in Moscow. It wasn't until he returned home that he found out where his father had gotten that loan - from the russian mob - who destroyed his house and killed his family when they couldn't repay the money.
Surveying the ruins of his former life, the Change came over Gregori. He learned, after that, of how his father had hidden the truth from him: the fact that he was kinfolk to the Corax, and that for generations back his ancestors had been shape shifters... each taking on the name of Caliban when their time came.
And now that it is his time, Caliban travels all over Europe, learning voraciously, becoming an expert on languages, history, the occult, and the dark secrets of the world. He has spoken with vampires in dark allies , whispered with mages in libraries, and on many occasions aided the garou if he felt they were just. None of them know his secrets... but he is intent on gaining more of them, and chasing down the truth about legends of the past.
Quote : "Pleased ta meetcha hope ya guessed ma name... "

Jackilin Crowly (Jackie Crow) - corvid, Neocornix (rank 2).
Location: Richmond, Va (character). Cheasapeake (player) Jackie Crow tends to forget that she's human, and still screams at the local ravens, or hops up onto tables to get a better look at something. She wears black (how original) with multi-colored ribbons. She has watched stuff happen - some good, some bad. ('nuff said)
Quote : "You see the tree by the light of the lamp... I wonder when will you see the lamp by the light of the tree?"

Neé (seeks out the stuff) Gardener - homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Stuttgart (character), Friedrichshafen, Germany (player)
Nee is very proud of HIS name, which originated from France.
He lives a fast life as a reporter for " Bild Zeitung" and knows a whole lot about Stuttgart's mysteries. He seldom holds back the information he has gathered, publishing it instead under a pseudonym. Recently, Pentex has picked him on... They killed his mother and keep track of him all around the clock.
Quote : "May I Quote this in the next issue?"

Keryn (SkyWyld). - Kinfolk in all the ways that count.
Location: Found around the Denver (Co) area
I'm not much of an RPer, never touch WWtA with a 10 foot pole, but I'm 'bout as Raven as they come. The teachers don't think my perching in chairs is that great, or when the notes remind me of a good story I just have to tell the class. I get questioned about my bottletop and poptab necklaces and obsession with bits of metal I find, but heck I'm not alone, am I now?
Quote: "She who fights and flies away, lives to fight another day..." --Me

Nix - Corvid, Ales (rank 3).
Location: NPC LARP character in New Britain by Nite (Narrator - New Britain, Ct).
Nix was born and raised as a Raven in England. He leaned more to the mysteries of the unknown than usual. During his Rite of Becoming he destroyed his braid and was never heard from again. That was over ten years ago. He's back from the Deep Umbra, on a mission, and packing a piece of the sun.
Quote : "Pssst, Hey you, yeah you Vlad Pretentious, wanna see somethin shiny?"

Cody "Take-it-and-Run!" Grayson - Homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: L.A.
Cody's a young lad,with long Raven (duh) Black hair and a goate, Deep green eyes. He still acts like a teen, usualy only wearing a light Grey T and Baggy black jeans. Sometimes he also wears an oversized black vest. And always his pair of blue suede mocisans. Oh, and don't let me forget the Large SILVER feather pendent he wear's oh a small SILVER chain (said to those Garou out there that for some reason don't like him...). He's an East wind and Loves telling stories... lots and lots of stories.
Quote : "I'm the kinda guy who wears his mind on his sleeve, I've got a habit of losing my shirt." - Bare Naked Ladies (One Week)

Gerrald Syntax - Homid, NeoCornix (rank 2).
Location: Madison, WI / Olympia, WA (School) Gerrald is a tall whipcord-thin white male, about 6'1", with dark brown hair and thin round spectacles. (He originally needed prescription lenses, but after his egg breaking both to avoid suspicion and because glasses had become a habit, he kept them. They are a fetish, and so go with his change.)
Gerrald lived first in a suburb of Chicago, Illiois and was a sad little geeky recluse, but for some reason never succumbed to the "fatty" thing that usually comes with being a geek. His family moved to Madison when he was 11, and not long after that his egg broke. With the knowledge of what he was now in his grasp, he was taught by an older Corax who hung out with the local leech set. His thirst for knowledge as a young geek blossomed into a hunger that drove him into all areas of inquiry, from history and politics to mathmatics and computers. Reading all those old books, he gained a good deal of insight into the H.Sapiens species, and gained him the skill to throw out quick, to the point comments absolutely slathered with knowledge.
Gerrald now currently resides on campus (at The Evergreen State College in Olympia Washingtion) and has taken to making nightly flights into the city from the relatively forested campus to gain insight into the city's life. His recent absorption of computer related knowledge has put him in touch with the Virtual Adepts. He now has several allies within the Mage Tradition, and travels to the Virtual Web often.
Quote : "I have taken all knowledge to be my province."
Check out his Homepage.

Ralph - Corvid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Ralph is from a dark-future game.
Ralph was born in a tree, with his sister Trixie. One day he fell out, stumbling into an alleyway. It was there that his spirit egg hatched, and he first began to understand human speech. The first word he heard was "ralph" (from a drunk homeless man, who then proceeded to...well, ralph). He took the word for his name and soon drifted into a big sparkly thing (the arcology). He was immediately found by the mages and other nonvampire supernaturals (who run the place) and given a home and a job.
Now, he is a 5'11", thin, pale-skinned young man, with long sleek black hair and eyes. He spends his days with his friends Stanford (Bastet) and Fred (Mokole), (who, much like him are janitors) scouring the mall/arcology complex for secrets and sparkly things. At night he (and his fellow janitors) join their kindred friends for all kinds of colorful fun.

Corvus Umbracor - Elven (non-WhiteWolf Corax).
Location: Dallas, TX, USA (player).
Corvus isn't a White Wolf Corax, really. He is an adaption of the shapechangers from the Shadowrun RPGs. A Shaman, of course, and it you can't figure out his totem, well . . I feel for you. *laughs*
Check out his Homepage.

Robyn Goodfellow - No breed/rank given.
Location: Flint (character). Grand Blanc (player).
Robyn Goodfellow lives alone in his appartment. He plays role-playing games every Friday. He's also spying on what seems to be a government conspiracy (possibly Project Twilight).
Quote : "Dreams no mortal dared to dream before..."

Simon - Corvid, NeoCornix (rank 2).
Location: Iceland (player). Simon is a character on the 'Seattle by Night' Chat.
One day Simon was watching some loggers (and leaving a few birdy presents for them) when he noticed that the new Foreman -- who drove the workers especially hard -- was different. He performed "Scent of the True Form" and discovered that the Foreman was Formor. Simon watched him for a week, passing the information down the Corax information highway all the while. When the Foreman brought the loggers closer and closer to the boundaries of a lupine kinfolk pack, Simon immediately warned the local Garou...who barely bothered to listen to him. Repeatedly he warned them and told them what was going on, but the Uktena were too busy plotting to give the Corax any time to explain.
One night, the foreman and a few of his buddies (all pentex formor) went out to wipe out the bothersome pack of wolves. Now, Simon knew he was not a fighter, but he did what he could. He squawed and "dogged" the corrupted men as best as he could. Finally one of the Formor got aim on one of the wolves. Simon was no longer thinking -- he attacked the formor while still in corvid form. He distracted the gunner and saved the wolf, but was immediately knocked to the ground, and unconsious.
He awoke in the Uktena Caern, where they praised his deed. And at the next Parliment, he attained Renown and Rank 2, and was given permission to leave the woods and hunt the Formor in Seattle.
Quote : "I criticize by creation - not by finding fault."

James "Cap" Sharadin (Bottle Cap) - Homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Jacksonville, Fl, USA (player). James is a traveller, but frequents Okechobee, Fl.
James was a baaaadd boy growing up, ever the misfit, almost the bully. He liked to know what was going on... until he found out for real. He was following some local hoods around and pooof ... what a bad time to change! Now he is watching events unfold from a Child-of-Gaia caern in Okechobee, FL.
Quote : "If at first you don't succeed, you didn't dig deep enough the first time."

Cheshire (Enjoyer of Madness) - Non-WhiteWolf Corax.
Location:
Reykjavik, Iceland. Cheshire is a traveller, and has been around the world many times. He is extremely intelligent (as all corax are), yet uses wisdom for so-called "insane" purposes.
Quote : "I'm mad, you're mad, we're all mad here!"

Gavril Betta (Whispers-in-the-Box) - Homid, Volucris (rank 4).
Location: Rhode Island LARP. (Although the character is in Toronto, I believe).
Gavril is six foot four, 144 pounds. Black hair, Black eyes, and Black Tattoos. He wears a silver ring on every finger except his left ring finger (all fetishes).
Gavril was the Hint finder and giver in a Rhode Island Larp, always seeming to know which part of the room to be in for the escape or the fight. (Of course the fight can only be for the really important. How else do you think he got all those pretty rings?) He has taken a brief vacation, though, after getting ninety percent of our group killed on some bad info about some cool fetishes. He saved 3 members, but was forced to give up the (fetish) ring he found for the "good" of the group.
Quote : "The Ring was more important than them. But you still must know when you have to let go."

Hiromi - Tengu, (rank 2).
Location: Framingham, MA, USA (player). Hiromi was previously of Japan. Currently, she's in Metrowest Massachusetts for personal reasons.
A follower of the code of Bushido, Hiromi lives by the sword. She is Japanese, a scant four feet and ten inches in height. Her eyes are black. Her hair is also black, and falls down to her waist when she doesn't have it up. She enjoys decorating herself as much as any other Corax. Her rings, earrings, and pendants are all sterling.
Until recently, Hiromi was studying to become a master in her arts. Then a Corax named Corbin came to her with the wish of learning the code of Bushido. She agreed. He then told her he needed to bring her back to the U.S. with him. Upon communing with the spirits, she learned that this was necessary to further her wisdom. So she went back with him, only to find herself mixed up with a pack of unruly garou, and the threat of black spiral dancers.
Quote : "Wisdom and honor before action, student. What is getting yourself killed going to accomplish? Sheesh."

Jack Ways (Talks Sideways) - Homid, Ales (rank 3).
Location: Norfolk, VA (player). Jacks lives in Atlantic City, NJ in the summer, and Tidewater, VA in the winter.
Jack wears a bowler, long sleeve shirt, boots, jeans and tank top, all same shade of night. He also wears a silver Ahnk and beads. He carries a sterling silver butter knife (just because he likes playing with it) and metallic yo-yo (ditto).
He had his first change in Romania, right around the time of the coup. He relocated to Virginia, and embroiled in all sorts of vampiric politics, including a short stint when he was ghouled by a Settite. Luckily, he was dominated in remembering nothing of it.
Quote : "Kaw Mother F*cker Kaw."

Sheril Carver (Sky Dancer) - Corvid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Virgina Beach, Va (player). Part of a LARP, based in Atlantic City, NJ. Sky Dancer has black hair and brown eyes, with a slightly tan complexion which sets the attention just below her face. She wears a lot of black - black pants, black shirt, and a black velvet overshirt which accentuates her curves (and they're very nice curves, as birds go). Her sweet outgoing & innocent disposition has led another corax to nick-name her double dip (as in 'ice cream').
Born and raised in Salem, MA, Sheryl became a member of a coven of witches. They knew what she was, though, and sent her on many missions, to watch the witch hunters. Each night after telling Raven of her secrets, she and her sisters planned the demise of the hunters. When she turned 20, her sisters told her of a place named Atlantic City where secrets, mysteries, and puzzles abound. Upon reaching this new city, Sheryl found and met up with her new friend and comrade, another corax named Talks Sideways.
Quote : "CAW CAW ... BANG ... F*CK ... YOU MISSED!!!!!"

Zady Teague (Rain-in-the-Morning) - Homid, NeoCornix (rank 2).
Location: Coal Mountain, West Virginia (character)
Zady's homely. That's being kind. She stands 5'11" barefoot and has never weighed more than 130 lbs in her life. (at present she's 120) Her Indian ancestors show in her sharp cheekbones, hawk nose, and black hair. Her English ancestors gave her pale skin, sunken eyes, and may have married their cousins once or twice too often. In any big city, people whisper "anorexic" as she walks by, but she has eaten like a horse all her life just to keep 130 lbs on. Zady's unusually laconic for a corax. (of course, that's plenty chatty for most normal folks) She does tend to become more verbose as her stress level increases. When she doesn't stop to take a breath, look out.
Zady was born to Vernice and Lloyd Teague on October 1, 1972. A sleepy trucker orphaned her, and her paternal grandmother, Opal Teague, took the baby girl to raise. Opal was the mountain's Granny: midwife, doctor, vet and witch all rolled into one. Her first change occurred at 17. She woke up one morning in a tree, and promptly fell out. Granny, being Corax herself, just tucked her more firmly under one wing- for awhile. The morning of her 18th birthday Zady awoke to find most of her clothes in an ancient suitcase at the foot of her bed. Granny fed her breakfast, kissed her cheek, gave her $50 cash money, and kicked her out. She landed on her butt in Charleston. She joined the Marines because they would take her right away, and because her recruiter promised her Medic training. The next seven years were spent in the Corps, in Korea, in Iraq, in Somalia, in Rwanda. She was about to re-up for another tour when she got the telegram. Granny was dead. She mustered out, and went home. She's been taking over for Granny, and spending a bewildering amount of time hanging out with the pups over to the Fianna caern. She's still not quite sure how she got to be part of their gang, but it sure gives her some excitement.
Quote : "Derned pup.. whyn't ya let me see ifn thar's anyone home afore you go in?!?!"

Alex Robinson (Talon) - Homid, Ales (rank 3).
Location: Phoenix, Arizona.
Alex is 5'10", 120 lbs, with long strawberry blond hair, and blue eyes. He usually wears button up shirts, and nice pants, and always wears a coppery pendant, with a raven on it, as well as a silver bracelet, and a silver ring, with a ruby in it.
He was with a sept near Seattle for about 8 months, but left due to a BSD raid... leaving his first love behind. He met a Kindred named Jet, and was so curious about vampires that he hung around with him for a while. Eventually he came to Phoenix, and started hanging around the Anarchs in the city, learining all kinds of neat stuff about these critters.
Quote : "Helios, gimmie some lovin'!"
(Talon is a PC active in 'Valley By Night', part of 'One World by Night'. For more info, contact the ST list at vbn-st@chronic.lpl.arizona.edu)

Luath Fitheach (Flies-with-Death-to-bring-Light) - Homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: Franklinville, USA (player). Luath is a nomad, wandering along the Eastern seaboard.
In homid form, Luath is 5'3", 123lbs with a short black mop of hair, and violet eyes. She usually wears her favorite black leather duster trench (dedicated).When she's in corvid, however, she wears a bright orange vest (made especially for her, & dedicated).
Luath Fitheach had a happy child hood, always explorin' and gettin' into what she shouldn't (she was always in touch with her corvid nature, actin' birdish even before she had her first change). After highschool she flew off to NYC and had a brief relationship with a gangrel named Niles (a dark secret of hers). Right now, though, she's just flappin' free.
Quote : "Can't sleep, clowns will eat me. Can't sleep, clowns will eat me,Can't sleep, clowns will eat me. Can't sleep, clowns will eat me."

Winglagher - Homid, Oviculum (rank 1).
Location: New York (player and character)
Winglagher has black spiky hair, and is usally dressed in loose fitting clothing in order to conceal something.............

Ian Wolfe (Knower-of-Ways) - Corvid, Neocornix (rank 1).
Location: Detroit (character)
Quote : "There's nothing more dangerous than an honest businessman." - Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #27